Trial On 9/11 person?

I personally don't think this man should receive all of the freedoms that a US citizen receives. But I do feel the jury in his trial should be made up of people who will attempt to look at the crime without bias although this will be very hard to find in the united states. But if we are going to take any of this man's rights away I feel the trial should at least be just.

Obama's presidency

Aside from policy, Presidential interaction with topics from our government book, and party views aside, I think Obama's biggest obstacle is to stand by his views, policies, and promises without being completely bias towards what will win him the reelection.  I think that electing the first black president was such an enormous step that people have extremely high expectations and many of these expectations are very contingent on his reelection.  This is a tough place to be in for Obama and I do not believe dissent is the highest form of patriotism.  We should be praying that he can stand by his beliefs and dreams for our country and not fall into the clutches of the reelection monster.

Different backgrounds in supreme Court

To be honest, at first I thought the supreme court judges were assigned specific cases to handle on their own but after learning from this certain bearded man I know that it is a collective and confusing/unique judging process where each supreme court justice plays a role in each case, my outlook became entirely different.  I think it is good to have judges with entirely different backgrounds so hopefully each angle of a case can be better seen and understood.  If all of the judges were exactly the same we wouldn't need a group of them to all express the same decision and opinion on matters and cases.  Lets go diversity in the Judicial Branch!

Dove in Afghanistan

I thought the blog we read was very interesting.  Top here such a head strong left wing person somewhat "admit" to the need for troops in Afghanistan is shocking to me.  But, what I found most interesting was the comment from the Medea lady about Afghanistan women needing to fight for their freedoms and progress.  It seems a little contradictory to what you are protesting against in Afghanistan.  You want to help them but you think they shouldn't get any help? Interesting...yet what i feel must be considered is that we are hearing this from someone else not the direct source.  

Hate Crime

I am for gender identity, homosexuality, and transgender communities being protected against the hate crime law. Although it is disputed because putting these groups in the same category as race and religion is to say the least a touchy subject. Aside from the dispute about putting these things in the same category I still think that the new communities protected under the hate crime law because of cases that have proven crimes agaisnt these communities as very similar to other hate crimes.

Earmarking Bills

Earmarking the new hate crime additions in a military spending bill is a very clever move. Although I do agree with the new parties protected under the hate crime law, I do not agree with earmarking cases such as these under bills that are so completely unrelated. I think there should be another way to pass a controversial bill but perhaps our government's structure is responsible for these situations.

Stop of federal m.m. involvement in states

To be completely honest, I do not feel that Medical Marijuana is a topic that our government should be so concerned with. We have much larger problems to face in our government and our congress cannot currently pass a piece of legislature about seemingly anything especially such a controversial topic as medical marijuana. I, however, am for the federal government's new decision to stop involvement in medical marijuana cases within the states. I think it is a product that must be taken advantage of in our struggling economy.