Critique

When reading the post "Get em' the hell outta' there" I can agree with every statement. I too do not understand why we are STILL at war in Afganistan. Now that we know the decision that President Obama has made, it is very disipointing. I also realize that is not as easy as people may think it is to just send the troops home. I think that the posts hits the nail on the head when it says " these countries will never be fixed, they are not fixable." I honestly think we are there to try and fix their country. It will not happen, people have to be willing to accept change before they will change. This just makes me wonder how much longer this war will last, when will we declare "victory" and say thats enough, and how can we declare victory when it's unclear why we are there fighting, what are we trying to achieve?

Gay and Lesbian marriage should be legalized in all fifty states.

I believe that the legislator should legalize gay and lesbian marriage in all fifty states because they are human beings and should have the same rights as anyone else. I don't understand how Americans can allow some states to legalize gay marriage and have gays and lesbians travel to get married. That to me is unethical. They should be able to stay in the comfort of their own town and get married where ever they want, just like everyone else can. I also do not understand why people think it is ok to discriminate against someone and say they can get married. I mean who do they think they are? I don't see the problem with gay and lesbian marriage, if they want to express their unity why not? Who am I to judge? Do people not understand that even if you do not allow gays and lesbians to get married they are still going to be here no matter what you take away from them? You cannot control how people feel, so why try to control their life. People that disagree with homosexual marriage say "marriage was made for a man and a woman." But marriage is about love, commitment, and happiness. And if two people feel that way toward each other why not allow them to become unified in marriage? The legislator needs to address this issue because if they don't no one will. I feel that this change will make so many Americans happy and the debate would be over. Lets face it, people are going to be the way the are whether you like it or not, so we need to embrace the change and move on!

Critique

I have very strong views that the war in Afghanistan and Iraq should be stopped. While reading Mrs.Nannapaneni's blog I could not agree more with each thing she said. The main point she made was, why are we fighting wars in other countries and trying to change other peoples views, when we need to focus on our own problems here in America.
Mrs.Nannapaneni's blog was excelent! She stated what she believed, why she believed that and used her feelings as a mother. I love the statement she makes when she says "No amount of force will change the mind of one single person, let alone millions. Change has to come from inside and only then can a country in tourmoil flourish to become a great nation, like America."

Abortion

Even though I am Catholic I have such mixed feelings about whether or not abortion should be legal or illegal. I don't think that abortions are moraly right. But think about if abortion is illegal how many kids would be thrown in the trash, or how many parents would be abusive, or not provide the necessary needs of the child. I know that adoption is an option, and there is so many people wanting to adopt children. But i think after a women carries a child for so long they have a harder time to give it away, even if they know they can't take care of the baby. According to huffington post Oklahoma has some of the strictest abortion laws in the country by forcing women to anwser questions about race and their relationships, and to listen to a doctor talk them through an ultrasound. Oklahoma did this to see what causes people to want an abortion. I think that this is disregarding freedom of making your own decisions. It is hard for me to think of a world where abortion would be illegal, Just because people should be able to decide what they want to do with their own body. I definitely am against tax-funded abortion. I agree that abortion is not health care. I think that if somebody does not want a baby then they need to be more careful of what there doing. On lifenews.com they quote President Obama saying that people that oppose abortion are terrorist. I don't understand how that even make sense because the people that are pro-life are agianst killing of innocent children and when I think of the word terrorist I think of someone who is agianst everyone and wants to hurt people. So where I stand on this topic is that abortion should not be made illegal and health care should not pay for abortions, I think it should be your choice, even if i don't agree with abortion.

President Obama and Nobel Peace Prize

I found a blog on The Smirking Chimp written by Sherwood Ross. The argument is basically saying that President Obama does not deserve the Nobel Peace Prize. The author of this blog is only speaking of other Presidents and their actions, and President Obama's previous jobs. In the blog the author seems like they wrote this blog out of anger, because President Obama addressed all nations. I think President Obama said the right things. The author is saying that Obama has not been president long enough to be awarded and does not deserve it. This article does not persuade me to think that President Obama does not deserve the Nobel Peace Prize. I think it is great that he hasn't been President for a long time and is already being rewarded. That just goes to show how much change he has already made.

Facebook's online poll crosses a line

The Los Angeles Times posted an opinion stating that Facebook reacted properly to a President Obama assassination entry. The social networking site is used by "more then 340 million users" mainly college students and middle age adults. To attract the audience the subject is extremely negative no matter what your views are negitivity sales. the argument is that Facebook made the right decision to take the poll down from the site. The assumptions the argument relys on is that "Facebook cannot police all of its users," so "It's appropriate for Facebook to give users the tools to police themselves." The L.A. Times is basically saying that people should not put up death threats whether real or insinuated, and that Facebook should act against these acts if possible, but it's not their responsiblity. The argument is supported by facts saying that people can report unethical behavior through links provided by Facebook. This argument I feel is not successful in convincing its reader. I personally agree with the argument, but if I didn't it would not convince me, because it did not seem to be a strong argument to one side, it seemed wishy-washy. At the beginning of the argument it talks about how Facebook did the right thing, but people should monitor themselves. In the end of the argument it seems like what the L.A. Times ment by monitoring themselves is to hide it, they said "Facebook should do a better job teaching its users how to guard their privacy against the risk posed even by seemingly innocuous application." So now they are saying the poll is harmless. If the poll was harmless why would Facebook take it down?

Protest over Obama health reform

I read an article on BBC about Obama's health reform. I think that "Protests over Obama health reform" is an important article to read because it is talking about how Mr. President Obama is refusing "to accepting no change on his top domestic priority." His health reform is basically saying that he is going to lower health care cost to ensure affordable, accessible health coverage for all by using tax dollars on government-run health insurance options. This is relevent to everyone because all of us get sick and some of us cannot afford adequate health care. Also it would be using our tax dollars to provide people with this coverage. I think it is important to have equal health care opportunities for all citizens. People should not have to go to the emergency room to get treated for a cold!