Stage Eight: Environment and Resources

Resources for the environment need to be tight, because the people are running low on resources. There are some resource problems that have just came to the evironment, and there are some resource problems that have been a problem for a long time. The biggest problem are the gas prices are rising and that has been a problem for a long time. But there are people working on it right now to fix that problem. I agree resources for the environment are getting pretty low, but there are other ways.

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Stage Seven: Cloning

Cloning can be wrong or right, it just depends how far it goes when, it comes to it. It is wrong to clone an entire human, because it is adding a human life without consent. But it is not wrong if you clone human organs, because it is not adding a human life. Cloning other species like sheep, bull, and other animals is not wrong, because another animals life is less valued than a humans.
Cloning can have a point where it is right and where it is wrong, it can be from cloning a cell to cloning an entire human. Some say that it is wrong to clone an entire human, because they said that it is an act of god. It is not wrong to clone human organs, because it can be good help for medicine, it can give people new organs, people who need transplants, last year more than seventy thousand people need new organs, but only a fraction of the people got the transplants they needed. People die at a high rate because they don't get the organs they need. But cloning has been successful by cloning other species mainly sheep or bulls.
When at sometimes cloning is right, it can be also necessary when it comes to cloning human organs. But cloning humans should not be allowed, some say no one can play god. Cloning sheep and bulls is not wrong because they are not as valued as humans and it helps study the science of cloning. Cloning has its boundaries, a boundary from right to wrong.

Stage Six: How Fear Affects Americans

I agree that fear puts Americans through such panic, so people just get scared stupid and become gullible. Fear is what led us to what we are going through right now, the war in Iraq, the raise in gas prices. After 9/11 people were so scared, they believed anything they heard from the Bush administration and the print and electronic media. It made them think they were in constant danger.
The war in Iraq is amongst us because we were afraid that there were weapons of mass destruction, so we have troops looking for them for the past four years and still haven't found the weapons of mass destruction. Fear limits our logical thinking and causes people to take rash actions, it is one of man's oldest emotions.
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Stage Five: The Death Penalty

The death penalty is a serious national issue that the United States has been dealing with for centuries. Some people are for the death penalty and some people are against the death penalty; it is a debate that, after all these years, should have been resolved. Most states in the United States use the death penalty; only fourteen states have eliminated the death penalty. The death penalty is a huge debate and a huge issue for the United States.

But fist, a brief history of the death penalty in America. The country has executed over fifteen thousand people from 1608 to 2002, base on the charts. Since 1976, Texas has been the number one state that has executed the most prisoners in the United States. Between 1608 and 1972, 14489 inmates were executed. Since 1972 only 1087 inmates have been executed. The year 1972 is a lot less because that was the year a new policy ruled the death penalty laws unconstitutionally.

The people who are against the death penalty think the death penalty should be stopped because there are some people who are innocent and getting executed. According to the website the death penalty information, 124 death row inmates have been eronerated since 1973.

The people who are for the death penalty think they should keep the death penalty because there are a lot of bad people out there that need to be stopped. The death penalty can be a necessary thing to do sometimes, because it can scare people into not breaking the law.

What Alex Keary believe should be done with the death penalty and Alex does think the death penalty should be done because there are some things that are necessary even if it does seem terrible it can be the right thing.

Stage Four: On Stump, Low-Key Thompson Stirs Few Sparks

The Article called "On Stump, Low-Key Thompson Stirs Few Sparks," is about a former United States Senator, Watergate investigator and famous actor; Fred D. Thompson is going to try to run for president of the United States. If Fred D. Thompson runs for president and becomes president, he would be the second famous Republican actor in United States history. The first famous Republican actor who was president of the United States was President Ronald Reagan, Fred D. Thompson could be the second and a odds show he could be a good president because Ronald Reagan was a good president. Because Ronald Reagan was also a famous actor and good at politics just like Fred D. Thompson.
The first time when Fred Thompson is when he was speaking in a small restaurant and shown his remarks saying that he is going to run for president of the United States. He stood face to face in front of a quiet audience and spoke his words and made a few jokes, the speech he made it easygoing. He spoke in a very broad generalities on the conservative principles in particular, federalism and cutting government spending. But he didn't show any strength in fund-raising in his campaign opening months.
The results that Fred Thompson got, out of his speech in the restaurant at Nevada, Iowa, saying that he is going to try to run for president. Kay Odell, a retired child-abuse worker, said the Fred Thompson would make a very good president. What Kay Odell added was this "I'm sure he'll make a good president." Fred Thompson is good at public speaking, he's good at politics and he knows what he is doing most of all, he could make a great president.http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=980DEED91E30F937A35753C1A9619C8B63

Stage Two: Inquiry Stalls Abortion Clinic

The article called "Inquiry Stalls Abortion Clinic," is about a battle between Pro-life and Pro-choice and whether clinic in Aurora, Illinois should be given an occupancy permit the Planned Parenthood of Chicago. The story tells that the Pro-Life Action League preventing the Planned Parenthood from letting them open the clinic, which allows abortion. A protest going on in Aurora that deals with an important national issue, abortion. The story tells about a battle going between Pro-life and Pro-choice.
The story involves the following organizations: Planned Parenthood, Pro-Life Action League, Alan Guttmacher Institute, and an Aurora spokesperson. The Planned Parenthood paid for the clinic in Aurora. The Pro-Life Action League is protested the clinic and has stalled Planned Parenthood from opening their clinic. The Alan Guttmacher Institute and the Aurora spokesperson are both neutral. The Alan Guttmacher Institute reported that Illinois 46th nationwide in access to contraceptive services. The Aurora spokesperson talked about whether Planned Parenthood had committed fraud by not revealing that they were to be the tenants of the building when the contractor first applied for the building permit.
When reading a news story it is important to ask the question: Is this an objective story? The article is an objective reporting of the story. The article is important because it deals with a major public debate: abortion the Pro-Life Action League is using local law, i.e. not revealing who the tenant will be when known. When applying for the building permit. The Planned Parenthood’s Argument, the reason the story is important is it show how Anti-Abortion organization are challenging abortion services at the local level. The numbers of how many organizations between the pro-life side and the pro-choice side are even. There is no winning side in the article "Inquiry Stalls Abortion Clinic."
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Auditors: Homeland Security not meeting expectations

The Article "Auditors: Homeland Security not meeting expectations," is about the Homeland Security Department not doing its jobs well enough to meet the expectations. The Homeland Security Department's primary goal is to keep additional terrorist attacks from happening and to keep the damages of a terrorist attack to a minimum. The Homeland Security Department has been trying to get on top of things since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. But the Homeland Security Department has yet to meet those objectives since September 11, 2001.

The Homeland Security Department has made well developed plans and programs, but has not been able to fully complete and carry out those programs, because of the efforts to spot where people are illegally entering the United States, the report said. In congressional testimony Micheal Chertoff, the Homeland Security Secretary, defended the Homeland Security Department's progress and assured lawmakers the country was safer than it was before September 11, 2001. The experts and the Government Accounting Office auditors said that it would take the Homeland Security Department at least five years to seven years to come together and meet expectations. Government Accounting Office auditors also said that the Department of Defense that was started fifty years ago still faces serious management challenges.

People should read the article called "Auditors: Homeland Security not meeting expectations," the article is about the Homeland Security Department not meeting their required goals. The Homeland Security Department main expectation is to keep another terrorist attack from happening and if it does happen again the Homeland Security Department would try to keep the damage to the attack place to a minimum. The Homeland Security Department has been unable to meet those mandates for some time now.