In the News- "Juiced"

1. Do you believe that Jose Canseco was right in the fact that he gave the names of the baseball players involved with steroids in his book "Juiced"?
I do not think that Jose should have revealed the names of the baseball players that were involved with steroids in his book. Especially since he respected them and thought of them as his friends. Thats just not something that you do to people you think highly of. It was very disrespectfully of the other players. And if the other players wanted to be known they themselves would have come out. If Jose wanted to use their names he sould have asked permission or at least you a suto name.

2. To what degree do you think the "steroid era" will tarnish the history of the great American sport baseball?
I think there will become stereotypes about the game as well as the players. I think that itll never go away as well especially since so many people have been caught and admitted to using them.

3. What is your view of some positive and negative aspects of performance enhancing drugs?
I think if you make a world record or beat it by using drugs it should not be considered. Of course you will preform way above average but thats not really you preforming, that a hulk version created by the use of drugs.

4. Do you believe that performance enhancing drugs play a major role in all sports today?
I definitely think that it is a factor, and that anyone who is using drugs to enhance their performance should take a look and weigh the outcome: Doing really well on a game or having your reputation at stake and your health which can ultimately prevent you from playing the game you love. I also think that if you really love the game that much you would want to strive to do you best and you would want to do that naturally, so you could be known for doing your best the right way. Today in any game there has been leaks about people using drugs to enhance their performance so yes, they do play a major role in ALL sports today.

In The New - Democrats in the White House

My question to you now, is do you think that the democratic party and the new elect President is capable of bringing the change that we need to the United states and its economy?
I have faith that he can. So far Mr. Obama has come through with all his promises and one of his promises that he has made to the American people is that he is going to bring about change and do things a little differently than thing have been running. So since he has never bailed on his prmoises I don't expect him to bail on this one.

Do you think the state of the economy will improve or get worst in the years to come?
Right now I don't really think that it can get any worse than it is now, but I think with immediate action and the right choices made with constant attention I think that in the years so come the economy will improve not right away but in a few years.

Do you think inexperience is a big issue that should be considered?
I believe that it is an issue that should be considered but if Mr. Obama is surrounding himself with people who are more experienced than him then that somewhat makes up for his lack of experience.

In the News - U.S close to $1 trillion Deficit.

1.) In your opinion, what do you think the US government should do in order to stabilize the economy to not be in such a huge deficit?
I think that as a country we should end the war in Iraq that is just wasting money in which we do not have to spend in the first place. That should give us a few billion dollars there and increase taxes slightly not by much due to the way the economy is very unstable, but just enough so that it doesn't hurt people financially.

2.) Do you believe that taxes should be raised in order to pay back the debt that we are in?

I do believe that the taxes should be raised in order to pay back the debt that we are in right now. I cannot think of another way that we could get out of debt without increasing taxes. I believe that if we do not do something about it now that we will always carry this debt with us.
Obama is saying that he is not going to increase taxes but what he is not saying is how are we going to fix this debt.
McCain on the other hand is saying that he does have to increase taxes in order to get back some kind of stabilization.

3.) If you were president of the United States in January of 2009, what would you do in order to solve this deficit problem?
I think i would definitely have to raise taxes or come up with a really great plan to get the country out of debt and out of debt fast.

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In regards to Stacy's In the News I think just to be on the safe side religious art such as those should be viewed in the relative place of worship. If it was in the public there are many evil people out there who would get offended and vandalize the art which then would offend the people who followed the faith that the art depicted. So I think just to prevent any of that happening I think that it should not be in the public eye.

I think that any religion should be able to display their art if it is in the appropriate place due to people disrespecting other people's religion. I think people should keep religious art in a religious art gallery or within their own place of worship.

Should the government be involved in the funding or do you agree its unconstitutional?
I don't think that the government should be involved. But if they were I suggest that they fund all religions or none at all.

Would it be much more acceptable if an independent group of people did it since in America we do have "Freedom of Speech"?
Either way there are people out there who are not going to accept it and show hatred to the art, so frankly I don't think it would make a difference who does it.

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I believe that the trooper did intentionally hit Grant. Due to the fact that it was sad that the trooper was caught on tape saying that he hit Grant and he meant to. I'm still undecided about whether or not it was a racist act. I would like to believe that it was not but yet still there is a part of me that wants to say that it was an act of racism.
I think that there are not many cases brought to the public's attention because the feds don't want to have a state that doesn't trust their authority. They rather have these cases kept silently than let the public know about it and then question the authority of officers.
I do think that the punishment was reasonable. There are some people who attempt to commit murder and get way with less than that. I do believe that there is favoritism given to those who were suppose to be protecting and committing to the community's safety. I think the reason for that not that I do believe there should be a reason is that the person who gives off the punishment looks at what good the officer has done and counteract his/her punishment.

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Pit bull Attacks

I do not believe that humans should have the same punishment that dogs have for harming humans, despite their intelligence level. I don't agree that dogs should be put to sleep for showing some aggression towards someone however i do think that the dog should be placed in some type of training to decline its aggressiveness because it has displayed aggression which can lead to the dog bitting someone in the future.

I do that that pit bulls are dangerous animals they display behavior just like lions and tigers and we don't see many people trying to have a lion or tiger as a pet, because at any given moment just like a pit bull they can attack humans.I think that pit bulls should be banned because too many innocent people are getting hurt and this can be easily prevented.

I have never liked pit bulls because of their aggressive nature so these recent attacks from pit bulls only heights my dislike for them.

There really isn't much that I can think about to prevent future attacks. I personally believe that there have been too many attacks and that pit bulls should just be banned altogether.

In the News Facebook

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These types of social networking have drastically altered many people’s lives. The social networks have changed the way we communicate market and advertise, meet people, and even write as well as so many other daily activities. Personally I think that facebook is just a phase that people are going through. Look at myspace that was social networking that started it all and now there are hardly people on it. I do believe that there will be many more social networks to come and they will all eventually fade out just as myspace did.

I think that facebook is a plus and minus. It does help a lot with advertising, meeting new people, marketing, However there are people who do not know how to use this tool responsible and are just adding random people who they don’t know and putting obscene photos for people to comment and this type of behavior is getting them into major trouble. I think it could be a good thing if people were just conscious about what they do and how their actions can lead to great consequences.