Question of the week #4 answer

In my opinion the biggest political issue facing Virginia right now is abortion laws.  You either want abortion to be made illegal or you don't.  I personally do not believe it should be made illegal.  I believe people should have a choice of whether or not they want to have a child.  The primary argument against abortion is that it is an unchristian thing to do because it is taking the life of an unborn child.  However, the fetus is not considered a human being until about 8 weeks into the conception period.  Also, in a country with so many different cultures and religions, who are we to restrict the actions of other people based on one majority religion?

Current Event #4 Herman Cain Denies Sexual Harassment Accusation

Herman Cain, a Republican Presidential Candidate, was recently accused of being involved in several sexual harassment cases between 1996-1999.  He denied the accusation and responded with, "Bring me some facts.  Bring me the accuser." Herman Cain's chief of staff, Mark Block, stated, “Every negative word and accusation in the article is sourced to a series of unnamed or anonymous sources. Questionable at best.”

http://news.yahoo.com/herman-cain-denies-sexual-harassment-allegation-bring-accuser-140303941.html

Current Event #3 College Students echo Occupy wall Street Protests

http://news.yahoo.com/college-students-echo-occupy-wall-street-protests-041052358.html

College students started protesting this week about constantly rising tuition costs and the lack of jobs.  The movement, named "Occupy Colleges", is led by Natalia Abrams.  When asked, she said "Our goals are in direct solidarity with Occupy Wall Street." Students in about 140 schools in 25 states participated in coordinated protests, sit ins, marches, etc etc. Colleges across the country all participated.  The declining reality of the American Dream of working hard, going to college, and making it to the top of society is what drives these students to protest.  Personally, I really hope that these students succeed in their protests soon as I am a soon to be college student.  As an American citizen, I would also like the American Dream to even be possible for me once I'm out of college also.

Question of the week #3 Answer

President Obama's presidential report card:

Health Care= B: I believe that to get a estimation for a grade for this subject, then one really has to observe the Obama presidency from start to now.  When President Obama first created and enacted his plans for health care, he did a good job to create a plan that he was composed of his original ideas but, also gave congress some room to make suggestions for change. However, he did this to try and make sure all opinions of the people could be satisfied on this subject.  This unfortunately, has led to some inefficiency in getting things done when it comes to health care because there is so much debate on what will be enacted and what won't be.

Economic Downturn= A=   thats why


War on terror= A= Obama has been bringing troops back at a fairly consistent rate and also doing more to establish a stable democratic government over in Afghanistan.  O yeah, and he got Bin Laden

Reelection Bid= B-= Obama is the only logical choice for the Democratic party.  And while he may not be going all out in his campaigning right now, he certainly has raised enough money to suggest otherwise.  If the Republican don't get their act together soon then the election may be pretty clean cut in favor of Obama.