Posted by 4Brianna on September 23, 2009 at 8:00pm
Today in CWI, we discussed the assigned blog topic for the weekend. We had our choice of 9-11, Taliban, Al-Quada, or Afghanistan. We mainly discussed what happened on 9-11.About 3,000 people died on that day. There were four planes. 2 crashed into the World Trade Centers, 1 into the Pentagon and then the last one was taken back over by the passengers on the plane, so it ended up crashing into a field in Pennsylvania. The last plane's destination was the white house.I continued looking up the topics we are going to debate for the democrat-republican debate on Thursday.Here are the democrat's views:-abortion: democrats are pro choice, which means they think abortion should be legal. They believe every woman should have their own choice and the right to their own bodies.-flag burning: Some democrats think it should be banned because it is unpatriotic to burn our national symobol. Other people think it should be legal because people have their own rights.-gun control: They believe that we need to keep guns out of criminal's hands. The 2nd ammendment says that people have the rights to their own fire arms. Democrats believe if we take guns away, the violence will go down.-environmental laws: We need to protect our natural resources and make the environment cleaner. A cleaner environment = a stronger economy. If we invent/operate new technology to protect the environment, it will create jobs.-affirmative action laws: They support them. The affirmative action laws basically say that race or whatever else shouldn't matter. People shouldn't discriminate based on those things.-immigration: Democrats support immigration. They believe everyone whould have a chance at a good life. Democrats also think that the U.S. will be a better place if we let them come here.-minimum wage: We should raise the minimum wage approximately 2 dollars. People who work hard should not have to live in poverty.-health care: Democrats are obviously for the universal health care plan that was proposed by our democratic president Barack Obama. Ultimately, it would lower prices and hopefully make health care available to everyone. To afford this health care, their plan is to higher taxes for the rich.-taxes: The middle class should be given a tax break, which will return money to them, so this could help stimulate the economy. To make up for the money that they're not getting from the middle class, tax the rich even more and have them pay their fair share.-military spending: Increase it, because it will make our military bigger and better.-death penalty: It should be legal. The capital punishment is pretty much just ineffective.-gay marriage: They think that gay marriage should also be legalized. If 2 people are in love, they should be allowed to be together. Also, it wouldn't be such a big deal if they got the benefits such as being able to visit their boyfriend/girlfriend in the hospital or have them on their health care. Those are just a few reasons that democrats think legalizing gay marriage would be beneficial.-prayer at school: Democrats believe it shouldn't be allowed at school, that we need to keep church and state seperate.
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