Uk Shooting Leaves 12 Dead

Derrik Bird a man from the UK, had gone on a shooting spree in england the other day. This man had injured 25 people and had killed 12 others. During the man hunt they found Bird in the alley shot and dead. When Derrick Birds friend came forward he had said that Bird said "You won't see me again." The shootings spread across 3 english towns. They believe that the body they have found is Derrick Birds.

There was no motive for the shootings that the police had found. I find this incredible someone would go on a shooting spree and then kill himself without leaving a reason to the world. Could it be family troubles? Bird had two sons, each moved away from home and him and his wife were divorced. Seems that all the random killings of innocent people is due to love problems. What makes it worse is that alot of the murderers kill themselves so they don't have to deal with the consequences. In my personal opinion this is the most undeniably selfish thing any person can do. You really need to be sick in the head to be able to kill a bunch of people just to end up killing yourself. I guess if people are going to kill themselves reguardless then there is simply no way to keep people from doing this.

Issue # 1: All Things Being Unequal

The fact is that there is becoming a large gap in the wealth of united states citizens. over the last 30 years the share of national income going to the wealthiest 20 percent of households went from 45.4 percent to 53.5 percent. But meanwhile the share for the bottom 20 percent decreased from 5.8 percent to 4.1 percent. The problem exists when the cost of living has gone up while wages remain low. Experts list a number of causes to the issue including globalization, technology, education, and tax policy. Most of the impact is effecting the middle class. Some think that the govern­ment should restrict some trade and outsourcing which would keep some jobs in the united states. We call this attempt to protect domestic jobs and markets Protectionism. Some think that the more wealthy should be taxed more heavily than the middle and low income families. Also they think that adding additional job retraining programs, wage insurance, and unemployment benefits will reduce the damage done by globalization. The other side of the argument believes that this would simply reduce business profits and leave less to distribute to employees. Also they believe that raising taxes will simply slow economic growth and hurt all workers. Some oppo­nents also say that with federal spending on entitlement pro­grams and other social safety net efforts already consuming nearly half of the federal budget, the nation cannot afford new social programs.

Now my opinion. The problem is evident, too much variation of wealth in this nation. So I believe the solution is simple. We do need to tax the poor less and the wealthy more. Why should someone who is struggling to make it by and living paycheck to paycheck have to pay the same percentages in taxes as someone who gets a 26 million dollar bonus because he is the ceo of a big corporation. More money will come from the rich to the government which will help us pull out somewhat of the deficit we have dug for ourselves. Also, I think that we should be a country that can take pride in knowing that everyone is given a fair chance. So the guy that is working at 711 and can barely afford his appt. and his car shouldnt have to give his money to the government if he hasn't got that much to give. But the ceo should have to make up for these people that have it more difficult when they can go out and frivilously go out and buy whatever they desire. No one needs millions of dollars a year to live. But people do need a minimum amount to survive and that is why the people at the bottom should have a chance to climb up that ladder so one day they can help the people that are struggling. Programs should be passed that puts more money into the education system and more directly to teach classes such as economics that teach people to budget their money better. I believe this will decrease some of the gap with the poorest of people because it will keep more people out of debt which has become a huge issue in this country with credit cards. Also more money should be put towards college to offer more grants and cheaper loans to encourage more people to continue education to put more people into higher paying jobs rather than graduating high school simply to start a minimum wage job. Another possible solution is that there be a limit on the amount of wealth and land a person can own. Examples of this practice go back at least to the Roman republic in the third century B.C. when laws were passed limiting the amount of wealth or land that could be owned by any one family. The Romans had the right idea I believe. and so did Robin Hood and i believe that is the central idea here, you can have so much wealth and land but when a person reaches a certain point that wealth should be given to the poor. However this would outrage the wealthy people it would benefit the poor and suffering.

Issue#2

Issue#3

Flooding affects roads, train service in Northeast

The state of Rhode Island is having problems with flooding. This would be putting it kindly. The recent storm dumped 8.75 inches of rain in East Providence, 7.6 inches in downtown Providence and 5 inches in Cranston. This is catostrophic to the people of Rhode Island who are loosing their homes to the rising water. Transportation is nearly all cut off. President Obama has issued a state of emergency for the state. Schools are closing and people are rapidly leaving the area. The Yantic River set a record when it crested Tuesday at 13.6 feet -- 4.6 feet above flood stage -- in Yantic. I found this the most incredible.

I believe that there should be a procedure put in place just as there would be for a tornado in any other town for flooding to a certain region. There needs to be a certain way of ranking how bad the flooding is. If it is begining to flood so and so much above the flood level then there should be a procedure for that level. The next level would be the next step up above the flood level and there would be a procedure for that also. so on and so on so that by the point the state hits this level of flooding there is already actions being taken to keep the water at bay and the state safe.

Obama energy plan would open Atlantic and Gulf drilling

For the last 20 years there has been a ban on drilling for oil in the gulf of mexico. Today Obama announced his plans to drill for oil in the gulf. Obama believes this will create job opportunities. It will also reduce our dependence on foreign nations for oil. However it is not all cut and dry, there are people that are against the drilling of oil claiming that it will disrupt the marine habitat in the gulf. Tree huggers everywhere are claiming that it will reduce the use of fishing grounds in that area and people in florida could be put out of work and take millions of dollars out of the economy with it.

I believe that the fish and other marine life will be fine. If they miss their homes so what they can swim to a new part of the ocean, its huge. Also, I believe this is the best idea Obama has had since he was elected. Finally we can cut down on how much oil we buy from the middle east, after all that has caused nothing but problems for us. Also having the price of gas drop this summer wouldnt be too shabby! I dont understand why have not been utilizing these resources that we have had for so long! Why was there a ban on drilling when this could be a big part to reducing our deficit.

4 dead in D.C. shooting

Four people have died after a shooting in southern Washington, D.C. There were a total of 7 males injured and 3 females injured. Authorities said multiple shooters opened fire on a crowd Tuesday night. The shooting started a police chase that ended in the arrest of three men. Four officers recieved minor injuries from an accident during the chase. The suspects were found with an assult rifle. Another person was shot on nearby, but it wasn't clear whether that shooting was related. The authorities believe that it was a gang related shooting just when they were under the impression that gang related violence was decreasing.

I think it is a shame that some places have so much violence. From what i have heard D.C. is a pretty rough town. It is definately not somewhere i would like to live. I believe that more money needs to be spent taking down gangs that are killing innocent people and selling drugs. also i believe that most of the killings that happen especially in bigger cities like this revolve around drugs. I think that if we put more effort into the war on drugs we will reduce violence in the process.

$250 million for abstinence education not evidence-based, groups say

The health care reform legislation that President Obama signed recently isn't only about insurance coverage. There's also a renewal of $50 million per year for five years for abstinence-focused education. The 250 million dollars would go towards abstinence programs in school to prevent people from have sex before marriage. Obama protests that sex before wed-lock can cause negative psychological and physical effects. People are having problems with this part of the health care bill because this 250 million is going to state organizations that have proven to be ineffective. Medical professional organizations also criticize abstinence education on ethical grounds, for leaving out potentially lifesaving information. Abstinence only programs "are inherently coercive by withholding information needed to make informed choices," the American Public Health Association said in a statement.

How do I feel about this? I do not think that the 250 million dollars is being spent wisely. It may be a good in theory but how would anyone actually keep kids in school from having sex. I dont think just because there is more advertising against sex people will just decide to refrain from sex until marriage. With the way that the younger generation is I do not believe any type of exposer to anti sex campaign ads will change anyones point of view. I do not also agree with Obama about the negative effects that sex can have psychologically. The only harm i see in sex before marriage is risk of pregnancy and also std's. The money should be spent on reducing these two things but not sex itself because it will never stop happening.

Judge: Boy, 12, will be tried as adult in double homicide

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Today in Pennsylvania a 12 year old boy accused of shooting his fathers pregnant girlfriend with a 12-guage shotgun is on trial. The catcher in this case is that the child is being charged as an adult, this is because in Pennsylvania it is manditory for any person over the aged of 10 that has commited either a homicide or a murder to be tried as an adult. He is now facing a maximum of a lifetime sentance. When he commited the murder he was only 11 year old. Also the shotgun that the child used was made for someone of his stature, it is assumed that it was his gun.

This article had me split in my decision to support either the Pennsylvania law and say that he should be tried as an adult and my prayers for the 12 year old kid to be tried as an adolescent. The first part of me wants to think he is so young that he doesnt know anybetter. After all 12 years old it very young. Not even old enough to shave he knowingly commited a murder? However the other half of me is for this law. This child had probably had used the gun before being that it was made for him. This would eleminate all my beliefs of it being an accident. And also being 12 is the legal age to need to be certafide to hunt, he was close enough he should have known what he was doing.