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every 2-3 years. People do this because they believe intheir car manufacturers. People want consistency in theirautomobile manufacturers. For example, my mom usedto drive a Volvo XC90 (and she liked it). It was quiet, nice,fast, and very well constructed. We took it to the dealer 3times in three years for a regular service checkup; the carheld relatively low maintenance.There are also a large amount of people who love Americancars; they have driven American cars all their life.However, American cars have superseded features thatleave virtually no impact on foreign car companies.For American car companies to get back on theirfeet and rise up from the huge economic decline, theyare going to need to give their cars a new life. The firstcompany to do this was Ford. Ford has taken all their carsand made every single model from the Ford Fusion tothe Ford F-150 better. GM and the other major car companieshave been slowly doing what they can to followsuit. Ford now has the most potential out of any other carcompany within the U.S. The only way this will change isfor the other companies to create products people wantto buy. The entire point of this article was to explain thebad reputation American cars have had, and how Ihave myself witnessed the poor quality. If only AmericanCar companies could restart, rebuild and restoretheir automobiles to higher quality then they may beable to earn their place in the automotive network.Good things for American automobile manufacturersmean good things for the city of Detroit. I mean afterall, this is the Motor City.Capital Punishmentby Jacob OsbornThe amount of death row exonerates by stateis astonishing. Since 1973, there has been 138 peoplein 26 states released from death row with evidence oftheir innocence. This is an alarming figure. If in fact thesenumbers are true, than there is a good chance that manymore innocent people are currently stranded on deathrow. With advanced forensic technology, can we reallyafford to maintain this current gauge?After 1973, Oklahoma, Texas, Illinois, and Floridaall have more than 10 people exonerated from statepenitentiaries. However, in 2004, a man named CameronWillingham was not among these numbers. The case ofMr. Willingham has been in the news recently. He wasconvicted of murdering his three children by arson in a1991 house fire. He was then executed in 2004. A newreport from a national arson expert, prepared for theTexas Forensic Science Commission, has concluded thatthe original investigation of Willingham’s case was seri-ously flawed and could not support a finding of arson.Unfortunately, defense attorneys generally move onafter the accused is dead, and courts never entertainclaims of innocence after the defendant has beenkilled; they move on to more cases.People believe that courts are to blame. Theyattribute false testimony and biased jurors to poorjudicial rigidity. One Oklahoma resident said thatcourts were “a promise of justice on an un-weightedscale.” Although courts in Oklahoma (Texas, Illinois,and Florida) do have the aforementioned problems,they do yield to claims of innocence after the accusedis sentenced. The fault is not made clear between thecourts and investigative officials. The only thing that’sclear is that innocents are dying as a result. Needlessto say something must be done.In my opinion, capital punishment is irresponsible.The fault lies not only within the state courts but lieswithin the hands of those carrying out the investigations(i.e. forensic commissions). If in fact these thingsceased to exist than I am certain the amount of innocentson death row would decrease rapidly. That is notto say that there will be flawless investigations timeand time again.However, why institute capital punishment in thefirst place? It marks irresponsibility in our nation’shistory. We assume that “equality” brings equal punishmentto such exact extents that we find ourselvesback in the realms of Hammurabi’s Code. The truthis, capital punishment does not bring back one life.So what am I proposing? Am I suggesting that weharbor all these dangerous criminals at the taxpayer’sexpense? Well, yes. I would pay to keep these men offthe streets and I would never look to escape spendingmoney at the expense of another’s life. Regardless ofcost, prison is no cakewalk. Rotting in a prison cell is ahell of a lot worse than getting put down by “the manin the black hood.”In conclusion, our nation must strive to brushaway from their ideas about capital punishment.Most people you meet now ask “why should we haveto pay money for the crimes they have committed?”Current beliefs about capital pun(if you’ve gotten thisfar, you’ve exceeded espectations)ishment are (for themost part) faltered towards the general populationand prison inmates. Low court rigidity and poor investigationslead to many falsely accused persons. If oneis to instate capital punishment, these things must bereformed. Perhaps those in Congress (after this wholeeconomic crisis thing has been figured out) could providethe public with prison policy reform. Maybe thenwe could allow our prison system to work the way itwas meant to.
Horoscopesby Federica JonasAries: You will find yourself losing everything. Thismay or may not include earrings, your backpack, thelast piece of gum, and pants.Taurus: You’re in the month of Sarah Holloway, so ifyou’re a tennis player, try not to break your ankle.Gemini: Your parents ‘forgot’ to mention that youhave a twin sister named Ethel who lives with youraunt and uncle in Tennessee. This month, while on atrip down to visit the old coots, you’ll get to meet herand her 23 pet opossum.Cancer: Hmm… this is ironic, you’re the crab yetyou’re deathly allergic to them. So, you might wantto relinquish that 12th crabcake and head over to theER.Leo: This month is not a zoo going month for you,lions are fiercely attracted to you. But not in a ‘oh let’sbe friends’ kind of way but in an ‘I’m a wild animal andyou look like easy prey and the zoo food sucks’ kindof way.Virgo: Happy birthday! It’s your birthday month andyou get the best present of all: school. Enjoy that essayand those conjugations.Libra: Lucky you, you’re going to be on a boat! Toobad you didn’t see that rogue iceberg…Scorpio: You’re having a good month! Sucks thatall your friends are going to be ‘out of town’ for themonth. Or year.Sagittarius: Don’t text and drive, the stars tell methat a squirrel will make its way into your car andyou’re going to need every ounce of concentration toget him out before he chews up your seats and givesyou rabies.Capricorn: It’s time for a change in your life. Perhapslearning how to square dance will put some spiceinto your life.Aquarius: Your i-pod will fall into the sink whilebrushing your teeth, but it serves you right for tryingto be cool and listening to your i-pod while dealingwith water.Pisces: Ducks are not your friends. I know it’s fun to throwthings at them, but seriously, don’t. they’ve been plottingyour demise and will execute their plan if provoked.Long Live Roe(Pro-Choice vs. Pro-Life)BySarah HollowayIt is one of the most heated topics facing theSupreme Court to date. From the early 1900’s until the1960’s, law prohibited this procedure. In 1973, Roe vs.Wade, written by US Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackman,gave women the right to make decisions abouttheir bodies. Before that time, about 260 recordeddeaths occurred in the United States because the procedurewas not yet legal. Approximately 1.2 million ofthese now-legal procedures are performed each year.The procedure that has everyone “buzzing” is abortion.Abortion can be defined as pregnancy termination,an accident, as in a miscarriage, or by choice. In1973, when the landmark Roe vs. Wade Supreme Courtcase was decided, which made abortions legal, hundredsof federal as well as state laws had been proposed orpassed. Abortion has become one of the most visibly andlegally active areas in the field of medicine. Some controversiesthat address these laws are the issue of parentalnotification, the progression of the pregnancy and atwhat point termination is considered to be taking a life,the mandatory waiting period before an abortion canoccur, the regulations applied to abortion providers, thepublic fund use for abortions and the different rules andcases involving sexual assault and rape. Although theethics of abortion is a widely debated topic, I believe thata woman’s right to choose is part of her own personalfreedom. The ruling of “Roe vs. Wade” should be upheld.Some people do not agree with the ruling of “Roevs. Wade.” These people are often called anti-abortionistsor “pro-lifers,” believing that, immediately upon conception,a new life is beginning. Their main argument is thatno matter when it occurs, abortion is killing a human lifebefore it has a voice and the “pro-lifers” believe that noone has the right to take the life of another. Jane Roe,the woman behind the “Roe vs. Wade” case, has comeout against abortion, blaming herself for thousands ofdeaths following the landmark decision in her own case.She speaks now about the guilt faced by her as well asother mothers who made the decision to have an abor
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