Roe Vs. Wade, an Inevitability

I don’t agree with my classmate’s article about Roe vs. Wade. I don’t agree that one of the largest crisis’ in our country today is not the war in Iraq or racially prejudicial hatred. I am in agreement with my classmate that nonchalant and frivolous abortions are ridiculous and not something to be taken lightly. But there are instances, I believe, that are not rape or incest, that are not endangering the physical health of the mother, and that I could understand a woman not being ready to have a child. Birth control is a great option, however, birth control is not 100% effective, the pill only promises 99% certainty – which isn’t certainty, and condoms can break.

My classmate states, “Individuals with the help of the current law have to be held accountable for the outright slaughter of their own young.” That, to me, is a frightening statement. Slaughter is an incredibly powerful word, one that implies a complete lack of emotion and basically, pure brutality. Who are you and I to label these women? Who are we to judge and who are we to decide for them? What about the slaughter of a woman’s right to choose what happens to her body? That right may not have tissue or blood running through its veins, but it’s real and it’s alive and it can die, too. We’ve only had the right to stand up and vote for 88 of the 221 years this country has existed. Are we already willing to give back some of the freedoms generations before us fought so hard to get?

As articulate and passionate as some of what your saying is… I, as a liberty-loving and independent person, can never stand behind a belief that limits my rights and potentially puts my future in the hands of Uncle Sam or George Bush. The bill of rights and the constitution was set up to keep larger powers from controlling U.S. citizens, it’s frightening that so many people are willing to give over the right to live their own lives for any reason, least of all in pursuit of telling others how to live theirs.

Superdelegates - Choosing our President

With the whole country and much of the world wondering about the US’s next occupant of the oval office, everyone’s curiosity is peaked about who will be next. After the election in 2000 and the let down to the county of George W. Bush becoming president while the popular vote actually went to Al Gore, we all must wonder how the shining example of a democratic society, which should be more fair… does not actually elect and therefore does not reflect the wishes of it’s citizens.

The Electoral College is the real elector of the President of the United States of America. With many states primaries already finished, the election dangles in the hands of the so-called, “super-delegates.” We hear about them on the news every night, and hear that our nation’s future leadership lies in their hands. So I’m wondering… Who and what are the super-delegates? Why is the decision in their hands versus the hands of the citizens of the United States?

Each party has delegate’s selected based on party primaries and caucuses in each U.S. state, these delegates account for a portion of the Electoral College. Super delegates are selected automatically, based on their status as current or former party leaders and elected officials, while others can be chosen during the primary season. The super delegates are able to support any candidate they choose.

So it seems that the powers-that-be feel that those in leading government positions should have more influence over the next leader of our country. I’m not sure I agree completely, but it does make sense to hope that those with vast experience in leadership situations will help to chose the candidate that holds the most promise… assuming the candidates they select don’t follow in their clumsy footsteps.