Heart Health

I think it is scary to know that cardiovascular diesease is the "nation's leading cause of death." Although they said it has dropped in recent years, health official says it will increase twice the amount in the next several years. Especially right now, where we are in a financial crisis and where prices are high, people have been eating at fast food restaurants because it is all we can afford. From eating a lot of fast food, it clogs arteries with fatty plaques, which can result of a heart attack in middle aged men and women. One of the solution to reduce and eliminate cardiovascular disease is for Americans to change their lifestyles. I believe it is hard to change our lifestyles because we are not very aware of this cause. It is difficult to change our way of life because we are so use to the way we live that we just don't want to change. All I think we can do is to start excersing and begin to cut down on fatty foods.

Juvenile Court or Adult Court

The issue that I have chosen is “Juvenile Justice.” If a youth commits a serious crime they should be tried as an adult. Juvenile court is only for people who commit less threatining crimes. If a youth kills, rapes, or other related adult crimes they should go to adult court. They should go to adult court so that they learn from there actions. They know what is right from wrong so they should not be doing these crimes in the first place. I believe that all people that do crimes that can affect everyone they should be tried as an adult and that includes youths. Youths that do harmless crimes do not deserve being trid as an adult because that is harsh. They will learn from these minor mistakes. But the youth that committed the serious crimes might not learn from it and do it again. that is why all youth that commit major crimes should be tried as an adult.

Love is Love

I have many friend who are gay. I hate the fact that people try so hard to make their lives miserable because they are who they are. It does not matter whether your gay, straight or swing both ways, just as long as you have a heart to love. No one can tell you who to love and how to do it, if you're a girl and you love girls, more power to you. Its not harming anyone. If it bothers you so much, then change your mind about it. I support gay marriage and I am glad that California passed the law to allow gay marriage. I think its wonderful because those people who suffer from hiding who they truly are, can finally take a breather and come out to the world without having to feel scared. It makes the world a happier place.

Clean Water Restoration Act is it bad?

Should Congress pass the Clean Water Restoration Act? No the clean water act should not be passed. The Clean Water Act is not doining enough for the United States for us to give the goverment full reign over our land. The Clean Water Act wants to help clean only the water that we have polluted. They are not going to spend money on all the pollution. What a nice bonus for them to control the activities around the area they are protectiog. By no means should we not clean up the pollution and protect the land and animals. We should commit to cleaning it all.

Internet information

How many times have you ever tried to search for a topic on the internet and found misinformation?
Misinformation it is common!! It happens because of the new technology that most of people has computer at home and anybody can create a web page, a blog, and post any information and thoughts online. A student from Africa can find information that an American person wrote. The entire world can take a look on whatever information. Image that i was looking for information about a candidate that i want to vote, and i found bad information, such as that he or she is muslin. Should i trust?
For me it is hard to trust website that does not have clear information. However, because of the easily access of internet, most of people would use the internet for researching, rather than going to the library and spending time looking for the right book.
I am an internet lover and because of the easily access of searching, it is hard to not use, but be aware that misinformation might have.

The Right to Bear Arms

Many people want individual gun ownership to be banned, they believe that owning a gun increases violence. Owning a gun does not increase violence, if you own one for self-defense. Having a gun lowers assaults and robberies because the criminal would be more afraid to attack or rob a victim for the fear of getting shot. Lessening restrictions on guns will not increase violence because guns are sold to people who do not have criminal records. This also increases public safety. Also many people say that if gun regulations are lessened it will put more gun out for criminals children to get a hold of. But if the people who are buying a gun are properly screened this should not happen. Overall if people are allowed to own guns it can reduce violence and increase public safety.

Gay Marriage

Currently the U.S.A. is going through a very big change; first elected black president when only 50 or so years ago black people were oppressed and now we are face with another injustice, the equal rights for gay couples. The question still remains to whether gay marriage should be allowed. For many of those who oppose the issue, it could be a matter of religious beliefs, but in the constitution clearly states that religion and government are to be separated and the people have the right to choose. More importantly, people have the right to be happy, why should that be outlawed? Couples, whether your straight or gay should be able to control their own personal lives and have equal rights. Hopefully in the near future we are able to look back at how silly we are too have not given gays the right to marry.

Which is the proper choice Go to Juvenile justis system or adult jail?

I believed it is not appropriate to prosecute juvenile to juvenile Justis system when they offended serious crimes. I thought that they should be prosecuted to adult jails to experience the painful hardships to be able to realize the depth of what they did since adult jail is more strict and terrible place to have compensation. However, the article of PRO enabled me to what is the most important thing to need to be done to keep community safe from Juvenal crimes is. The important thing is not to punish the young people, who did crime, with strict and violent way, but is to try to treat them and make their mind to enable them to grow up as a mature person when they go out from there. Therefore, there is a fact that young people who went to prison as a adult is more likely to be dangerous when they came out than when they went in there. It is not necessary that a rigid and painful hardship in adult jails for Juvenal's can keep the safe community's. I think punishing young people, whose brains are under growing, with abuse is no use. I am considering that it is the same thing as teaching math to babies.

Juveniles and Adult Court

Should state laws that facilitate prosecuting juveniles in adult court be changed? Juveniles who commit murder, rape, or other "adult-like crimes should be tried in adult court. Juveniles who do these kinds of crimes should not just a get slap on the hand and let back into society. They know what is right and wrong. So I believe that they should be tried in adult court, and be given what they deserve. If they want to commit these crimes and take these actions, they should be willing to face the just consequences of it. And hopefully they will learn their lesson while in prison and change their ways.
Studies show that crimes committed by juveniles are on the decline. I believe this has to do with the tough disciplining action of the state. So I hope they will continue to enforce this type of prosecution to keep youth crimes down.

Life in prison for Juveniles?

If a juvenile that is 17 years old and is charged with a first-degree murder, should the law send him to juve or should they lower the cut-off age of the juvenile courts to 16 or 15, try him in an adult coourt and sentence him to life in prison without parole at the age of 17? Sending a miner to life of prison without parole seems kind of harsh. No kid should be in an adult prison for life. If the crime was that intence than at least do the 30 years thing or something. Even if the crime rate did lower in the 90's, it is rising again because the youth thing that it is to harsh.

Plastic? Not a Good Idea.

Regulating Credit Cards:
The issuing of credit cards have risen numerously within the past few years and has resulted in consumer credit card debt. Although a credit card may be useful, it puts consumers that are not able to keep up with their bills in serious debt. According to this article, consumer purchases have jumped 25 fold from $69 billion to $1.8 trillion. It is absolutely difficult to own a credit card, and not use it. After applying for one credit card, there comes another and then another. It is inevitable to not have a credit card especially when college or other financial need occurs.
I think regulations should be put in the use of credit cards only because a credit card is very hard to manage. When a consumer owns a credit card, no cash is used, only the credit card. Credit cards are being swiped for everything a consumer purchases and is not so much of a good idea. At the end of the day, when the consumer looks at what he/she purchased, the total comes out to much more than what was expected. Retaining a credit card, the consumer spends more than what he/she actually has and can pay for in cash and therefore, results in credit card debt.

Marriage should be a privledge everyone should have.

Gay Marriage Showdown......

I believe that gay marriage should be allowed in all 50 states.

I see nothing wrong with two people getting married, whether they are man and women, or of the same sex.Honestly,it is not hurting anyone.Marriage is a commitment that two people make to show how much they love and care for another person.It shows that they want to spend the rest of there lives together.They should not be judged by there sexual prefrence.
Same sex couples should be allowed not only the pleasure of getting married, they should be able to be recognized for it everywhere they go.By not allowing there marriage to be recognized you could be taking away there medical benefits, taking food off there children's table and putting them out on the streets because they have nowhere to live.
They should be treated the same and with the same respect and dignity as those who are straight.Because of the laws and the negativity against same sex marriage,I personally have lost family and friends to murder and suicide over being gays and/or lesbians. But you know what is even worse, people look back at there deaths like "It's okay, it was only that lesbian girl, or what? That gay gay hung himself.."Its disturbing how people can treat others so harsh.
I do not believe that people have the right to say whether a couple should beable to have eternal life togehter as a married couple. Can't these people see that they to have there own flaws..

Categories Should Have Some Meaning

We use the terms "juvenile" and "adult" for a reason. Not just in reference to juvenile offenders, the words do mean something. They define categories of people based on their ages. It's as simple as that. If we start to change the definition of the terms to suit any arbitrary agenda, we risk having some amount of chaos emerge. We have three states in the union, (New York, North Carolina and Connecticut), that try all juveniles at the age of sixteen and seventeen as adults and this makes absolutely no sense. Yes, some exceptions to this rule of category division exist such as the occurrance of such violent juvenile crimes that the ante is upped for intervention, likewise we have adults that escape trial in adult court for reasons of insanity, but surely there is no grounds for treating all sixteen and seventeen year old offenders as adults! If this were justifiable, the sixteen and seventeen year olds, as a population, would be adults in all regards. Heaven help us if that were the case. For both juveniles and adults as well, this would be as shocking a change in life's order as if babies had to now take care of their parents.

Prosecuting Juveniles in Adult Courts

Prosecuting juveniles in adult courts need to be enforced because the severity of crimes committed today have gone from bad to worst. Many are under the influence of drugs that makes the crimes so severe; many resulting in deaths of innocent victims. Even if the prefrontal lobes of some juvenile offenders are not fully developed until the mid-twenties, they still should be liable for the crime committed. The immaturity of the brain encourages risky behavior, and the risks that theses juveniles take will dangerously increase if they are not shown the seriousness involved. If the law should lighten the enforcement of juvenile crime in the court systems, the public and the law enforcers would be endangered. Many times the serious offenders have it in their genes to commit such dangerous acts, and this is when it becomes chaotic because repeated behavior will continue.

America's Borders

This border will control illegal migrants from crossing over into the United States. Bush and his administration has created this multi-billion dollar project to build 670 miles of steel-mesh fencing mixed with vehicle barriers. Although fear arises that illegal migrants will find other means of crossing, the death toll is assumed to rise higher than it already is. Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California feel the effects of this sight soring fence, it is expected for construction to be done by the end of this year.
Many environmentalists are controversial on the matter, they say this 14 foot fencing will stop wildlife from developing, however, they also need to think about the drug smugglers and terrorists. In my opinion, taking back control of our borders is imperative, it may not stop all illegal entries, but slowing it down helps.