to start something new and say goodbye to the oh today are to his very own new york resident laurie harkness asks people in the big apple what they will be happy to see the back come the stroke of midnight. two thousand and twelve is now a rival what would you rid the world of in the new year this week let's talk about that i think wall street protesting because it doesn't really help anything at all if you ask me i'm a business student it's my fifth year in college and i just i don't know what the point is i understand what they're fighting for and i agree for but for me i'm like you just taking up space i would probably say that after gambling the world be a better place without those things yeah i think it would probably be lots of benefits. i agree i think a lot of people would protest about oh i have no doubt a lot of people would protest definitely including the government because they are acts of much money out of it would be occupy the liquor store tired of us or our noble borders and more borders let's just all be one country. because it's so difficult to travel around people trying

sales are continuing in the run up to the christmas holidays so our own resident of the big apple laurie harkness went to ask people in new york why we're obsessed with buying stuff. there's no doubt we live in a consumerist world are you sick of it this week let's talk about that it's christmas time. i think it's normal. to to buy something why is it normal to buy so much more stuff just because it's jesus's birthday. good question there's no thanksgiving it's black friday so i think that sort of a real cultural shift you know what does it say about us as a culture that when we're so obsessed with buying stuff. that we need to get a life i think it's because the human nature has a longing for something and they've decided to fill it with things instead of a spiritual focus to those things get in the way of our spiritual quest i absolutely believe so because i think distraction is one of the keys to getting humanity off focus it is it's an important anymore so you have it you feel good and and that you are looking for something else yet and then you feel bad because you bought something that you

corruption is the fourth estate now beholden to it and has confidence in the mass media waning laurie harkness takes these questions to the story of the big apple. are you sick of the media being biased this week let's talk about that do you feel like the media's biased sure they are just going to pick the right one that you want to listen to is the right one are wrong i know. you're going to listen to the ball and make up your own mind when do you case very political party government is in power but i can't. see things on the media i absolutely do think it's important for the news the try to be on bias but unfortunately everybody brings their own slant to their reporting i don't think it's avoidable even though it's desirable obvious possible for anybody to be unbiased so why would we expect a news organization to be unbiased because they're professionals usually journalists job but they're still human. well they have a lot of stuff you either read or the news is untrue and a lot of it to a lot of it isn't that a shame that the news would be untrue. but the thing is it sells papers and it sel

and with millions yet to make their choice the question is what makes a good modern day leader laurie harkness to ask the people on the streets of the big apple. important elections will be held in many countries in two thousand and twelve what's it going to take to be a good leader in today's world this week let's talk about that what do you think is the most important quality for a world leader to have right now just empathy for what's going on right now. in ability be able to be flexible just with the american people the people the world. a lot of patience i equate intelligence with humor. i mean say oh yeah a quick mind do you think this sense of humor would be appealing in a world leader think it's an international way of speaking you know everybody gets it and everybody likes it that circumstances are controlled all the countries so somebody step up and take the reins you know would you follow someone that was strong like that even if you didn't necessarily believe. their true leader and were honest with people is having the ability to lead people more important than having the intellige

percent but is it really time to be loading up that credit card with all those expensive gifts laurie harkness of the resident dot net took that question to the streets of the big apple . tis the season once again will this lousy economy affect your how it is this week let's talk about that in a moment it's ok not so much effected but that's a spend a lot of money for other european countries the moment yes so that's an effect right but personally you don't feel. you can enjoy your holidays and shop in portugal is a lot of trouble there with the money so you think people will have less shopping and different holidays not at all to me i mean holidays i'm from brazil so the economies are helping me. how is it helping you to travel you know i'm from brazil is a developing country. personally i don't it hasn't affected me too much i'm a real budgeter so as my income went down i just changed my budget so for me it hasn't been a huge problem is it just that the world is bad at budgeting i believe the world or america is very bad at budgeting you're not personally affected though. what that. you read