Think 2 - Capital Punishment

Is capital punishment the right thing to do or the wrong thing to do? 13,000 and more has been legally exectued since colonial times. There are alot of good outcomes from this. Capital punishment is also known as "the death penalty". When someone convicts a crime of murdering a person, should he be executed?  If he is then this will prevent other criminals from commiting any other homicide or murder cases.  Studies shown that 1 execution deterrs 18 murders in the future. Also prisons in many countries are over-crowded and under-funded, and this problem is made worse with a life sentence. Why should any taxpayer bear the cost of supporting a murderer for an entire lifetime?  Now here are the cons of capital punishment. Although capital punishment can cost more than a lifetime sentence.  Most capital cases from arrest to execution, can cost between 1$ million to 2$ million... pennies. A case resulting in life imprisonment can cost around $500,000. It's best to avoid the death penalty because there has been incident where the criminal was innocent.  About 23 innocent people were executed in the U.S.A in the 20th century. Defendants who are mentally incompentent will often answer "yes" to questions in the desire to please others. This can lead to false confessions.  Over 30 mentally retarted people have been executed in the U.S.A since 1976.  Are we suppose to show that killing is wrong if we are having them killed too?  They say that every human being is entitled a second chance. I don't know who "they" are, but they said it!

Eclipse: Team Jacob or Edward?

So I just read the third book of the Twilight series, it got me to think about who Bella should've been with. If you haven't read the books yet, then let me break it down to you.  Bella falls in love with a vampire(Edward), and during that time Edward left Bella because he did not think it was right for Bella to be with him.  During the time that Edward was gone, Bella was crushed and depressed, so Jacob came in to make her content.  That's a real quick summary of the series.
  Edward left Bella because he didn't want to bring harm to her, and he could not live knowing that she had perished, he left to keep her safe, but he still loved her.  Even though Edward left he still came back though to protect her from another vampire named Victoria.  Victoria has been trying to kill Bella ever since the incident, I don't want to give away anything so you will have to just read it to see what happens.  Bella goes back to loving Edward like how she always had before he even left and Edward felt very bad for what Bella went through.
  During that time Edward was gone, Jacob was there to cheer up Bella.  When Edward was gone, Bella would have nightmares in her sleep and scream in the middle of the night, waking up Charlie.  This eventually became an every day thing that Charlie got use to.  Bella was depressed everyday and didn't want anything to do with her friends at school.  So Charlie decided it was best if Bella moved to her mothers place in Florida, she through a big fit about it.  So Bella decided to go out a little for Charlie, there she decided to spend her time with Jacob to fix two bikes she wanted to be able to ride.  During her time she was with Jacob, she became very content and loved every moment she had with him. Jacob even told Bella that he loved her, but Bella didn't want Jacob, she only wanted Edward who left her.
  So you tell me, who should Bella be with, Edward or Jacob?  If you haven't read the series yet, then I suggest you get started because it is a very good serie.

The poem " I Hear America Singing" by Walt Whitman, has the tones PRIDE and PROSPEROUS.
All the hard work that America has done, is something they are proud of. Everyone had a job that they were proud of working at, and having pride in there country. Prosperous shows the happiness all around America, from all of the success they have succeeded, by singing there tune while working.