Expunging Education Exigency

Many see cutting back on funding advanced schooling as a way to help rid California of the debt we've gotten into. This will effect a lot of us high schoolers personally, as we are going to be departing our homes and venturing into college in less than a year. If college becomes more and more expensive, then less and less people will be able to afford it and therefore less people will become educated on a higher level. Though this may contribute to the current resolution of our debt, it could also possibly pose a problem for the future in that not many will be qualified for important jobs that require advanced schooling.

Eminent Domain...?

Alright, so how is it ok for the government to be able to take someone's property away? Even if they do give the previous landowners some money, there is no way to compensate them for their memories or sentimental attachment to the land (as exemplified in the movie "Barnyard".) I do see how this may benefit a lot of people at the sake of only a few, but regardless I don't think that this should be legal. If the government asked a person if they could buy their land from them while explaining the benefits it would have, but that person still refused, they probably have a solid reason behind it.

Democrublican

I read an article in the newspaper today, and I believe that the writer of it makes a valid point. He says that the Democratic and Republican parties have been more focused on their differences than their similarities, and this is leading to a lot of conflict. People are so caught up in defending their party against the other that they forget that beyond party lines we are all American. We all want what is best for our country, and just have different ideas of what that may be. Many Republicans fear what is going to come of the Democrat's win in the recent election. I don't believe that they need to though, because all in all what is more important than being a Democrat or a Republican is being an American citizen.