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comment "Why I'm Pro-Choice. Logic."Your post is full of information and I especially like the example you used (Dan, his wife, and Victor) to try to get us to understand that abortion and murder are two separate issues. I dought that a pregnant female is thinking what degree of murder am I committing. That is usually shouted out by the anti-abortion groups. Why do people have to get so emotionally involved in something that is so personal and according to Roe v. Wade it is still legal to get an abortion in the first trimester. Then in the second and third trimester the state has adopted restrictions. And you're right we can't even agree when life begins at conception or at birth. Physicians should not be punished for performing abortions in a safe environment. As you stated that a woman is scared, sad, and distraught before an abortion so how can she be malicious? I agree with you that abortion should be kept legal so the states can regulate and put guide lines on this very sensitive and personal issue.

comment on "High ho, Controversy, away!" on the blogspot Political View:...don't ask. I found your post very interesting. I happen to be a gun lover myself and agree that "the idea of strict gun control is ludicrous". I also grew up around guns. I lived on a farm and my father used guns as a means of protection from preying animals or unwelcomed people. I know the damage guns could do. My father believed in the second amendment as I do. My children know what a gun can do. I believe educating children about guns might help in some of the "accidents". Adults and parents have the responsbility to educate these children. You are right criminials are not going to purchase a gun legally. It is faster and cheaper for them to buy a gun illegally where it is difficult to track. I found the FBI Crime Index Report interesting as it states that 1.8 of 10,000 police officers are arrested every year. If peace officer can't be trusted who can? I praise the Supreme Court for declaring individual's rights to bare arms.

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I found your post very interesting. I also agree that the US National Government should pass the Dream Act, which would allow achieving illegal immigrant high school students to continue their education and not worry about their immigation status. Many families come to the United States in search of the "American Dream". Unless the US Government passes the Dream Act immigrant parents and their children will work side by side in the same low paying jobs.If the immigrant has children who are born in the United States they will qualify for medicaid and ther government programs. This will put a strain on our economy and the cycle will continue. Right from the beginning many immigrant students face the language barrier and culture shock. They have to work twice as hard in school. Students from Mexico have to grasp the educational concepts in spanish then "translate" them into english because by third grade everything is in english. YES! Reward them with their residency for all the hard work. Hopefully, the US National Government passes the Dream Act proposal.