Americans prefer news from Web to newspapers

Here’s some news that most of us already knew…..That’s why internet news sites are becoming so popular, even though mainstream media tries to hurt the internet news’s credibility….it’s not working. Sure there are good and bad on the internet. You can say the same thing about TV or radio. You just have to pick your sources that you trust.

Americans prefer news from Web to newspapers: survey

The Internet has surpassed newspapers as the main source for national and international news for Americans, according to a new survey.

Television, however, remains the preferred medium for Americans, according to the survey by the Washington-based Pew Research Center for the People & the Press.

Seventy percent of the 1,489 people surveyed by Pew said television is their primary source for national and international news.

Forty percent said they get most of their news from the Internet, up from 24 percent in September 2007, and more than the 35 percent who cited newspapers as their main news source.

Only 59 percent of people younger than 30 years old prefer television, Pew said, down from 68 percent in the September 2007 survey.

The latest survey was conducted December 3-7 and released on Tuesday. Pew did not provide the margin of error.

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The Truth About the Pullout in Iraq by Multi-National Coalition Forces

Well this maybe a surprising information to some who think G.W. was  against the UN as was perceived by many. You may change your mind about that as you read this article and see the real reason for the talk about a pullout of troops from Iraq by Bush and Obama both further evidence that there is “not a dime’s worth of difference” between the two major parties.. Our readers  might find this interesting that we are negotiating the pull out not for the reason we hear in the media, but because the UN Security Council unanimously voted on Monday to recognize the expiration of the mandate of the U.S.-led multinational force in Iraq (MNF-I) by the end of the year. The 15-member body adopted a U.S.-British resolution “recognizing the expiration of the mandate of the multinational force at the end of December 31, 2008,” as requested by the Iraqi government.
So while the Bush administration has been frantically trying to get an security  agreement with Iraq now. It’s only a  cover for protecting  American forces in Iraq once the U.N. mandate expired December 31,2008. If Coalition Forces remained in Iraq without a new mandate allowing them to be there, they would instantly become illegal occupying forces. So again we see the U.N. dictating to the US and other countries. Things are never what they appear to be are they? Bush is trying to look like the US is in control in Iraq, when in reality the UN is telling us it’s OK  to invade and when to make planes to withdraw..The biggest reason why Japan, Poland and Australia pulled their forces out of Iraq is because they knew the U.N. was not going to extend their mandate past the end of 2008 and they did not want to be caught with forces beyond that date. Now you know more of what’s really going on with the Iraq pullout of forces.

UN recognizes end of mandate of multinational force in Iraq

UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 23 (APP): The UN Security Council unanimously voted Monday to recognize the expiration of the mandate of the U.S.‑led multinational force in Iraq (MNF‑I) by the end of the year. The 15‑member body adopted a U.S.‑British resolution “recognizing the expiration of the mandate of the multinational force at the end of December 31 2008,” as requested by the Iraqi government.

“This termination marks a turning point for Iraq and the end of an important era for the UN and, above all, the contributing countries to the MNF‑I,” Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari told the 15‑member council.

Zebari said that Iraq and the United States have negotiated “new security arrangements to direct the future bilateral partnership”between the two countries, including an agreement on the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq and a strategic framework agreement for U.S.‑Iraq friendship and cooperation, which have been approved by the Iraqi government and parliament.

Past Security Council resolutions which authorized and extended the MNF mandate, have been based on the “premise that the MNF‑I’s continued presence would be until such time that Iraq can assume full responsibility and self‑sufficiency in maintaining security for the country and the people of Iraq,” he said.

“Now, according to the agreement with the United States, 2011 would be a realistic date for the withdrawal of all U.S. forces from our country,” Zebari said.

“Therefore, noting the significant progress achieved, and the conclusion of the security accord with the United States, Prime Minister (Nouri) Maliki’s letter, dated December 7 2007, was the final request to extend the MNF‑I mandate, which will thus expire at the end of this year,” said the foreign minister.

Zebari thanked the multinational force for contributing “vital support to the progress in building security and stability in Iraq, and towards our transition to a sovereign, federal and united democracy,” as well as all the MNF’s contributing countries.

The UN Security Council adopted resolution 1546 on June 8 2004 to authorize the multinational force to stay in Iraq and has successively extended its mandate at the request of the Iraqi government.

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