Oregon House Passes HPV Vaccine Bill

The article I reviewed for this week was the Oregon House Passes HPV Vaccine Bill. This article was basically explaining that the House voted in favor of a bill that will later go on to the states Senate in order to become a law. This bill requires state-regulated insurance programs to cover Gardasil for females. Human papillomavirus (HPV), is linked to cervical cancer, so it is very important to have preventions. Gardasil is a HPV vaccine that protects against about 70 percent of the HPV strains that are linked to cervical cancer. It was approved for use in girls and women between the ages of 9 and 26 in 2006. Many insurances already cover the vaccine, this bill just seeks to ensure that coverage continues for people who previously have coverage and any new insurance programs. State Representative Deborah Boone said, "This will help innumerable young women from ever having to worry about cervical cancer as they grow older."I think there are ups and downs to medications such as Gardasil. Although it is wonderful to vaccinate early, to avoid a higher risk of cervical cancer, many studies have shown that vaccinations such as Gardasil carry a risk for other illnesses. I think that women need to know their bodies, understand how they work and what they need to be healthy, so if there is any guarantee that this will prevent certain strains of cancer, great.

Crew Honors Captain After Rescue! 4/11

This article is about one of the most recent victories from the US Navy seals snipers. It started when a cargo ship was overtaken by pirates. The captain offered himself as an hostage, in order to let the others go. The five day standoff ended when Navy seals snipers killed three of the pirates and took the fourth hostage. While the Americans won victory with their fight with the pirates, other countrys leaders seem to believe that it won't discourage the pirates at all. After him being rescued he was taken and given a medical examination, where he was in fairly good condition, then sent to another ship, where he was debriefed about the incident, and now he is expected to be flown home to his family, on Tuesday. Captain Phillips, who was said to be resting comfortably, spoke to officials of the Maersk Line, who quoted him as saying: “The real heroes are the Navy, the Seals, those who have brought me home.” Well done to the U.S. Navy Seals, for bringing a man willing to risk his life to free his crew, home.

North Korea Missile 4/4

The article I read this week was titled "North Korea Rocket Stirs Hawks". It was found on the The Nation website. This article was about North Korea sending a nuclear missile into the Pacific Ocean. With these problems approaching, we definitely have a threat about one getting sent into the US soils. It also talks about how crucial it is for all leaders of nuclear countries to support Presidents Obama's and Medvedev's huge effort to achieve the only real and lasting solution to the problem. Which is the elimination of all nuclear weapons. What they are calling Global Zero. The article also says, "talk about a former US Senator Chuck Hagel offering a powerful voice of reason on behalf of Global Zero--an international, non-partisan initiative dedicated to achieving a binding, verifiable agreement to eliminate all nuclear weapons. "

OK, my opinion and always has been, is that North Korea is our biggest fear. I always told my friends and family that we should be more worried about North Korea than anywhere else. When they said we need to worry about Iraq or Afghanistan, I would always so no. North Korea has the strength, power, materials and the funds to do the most destruction. I think we need to do whatever it is we have to do, in order to get everyone on our side. Not necessarily by following their beliefs or anything, but by showing them there is a different style of life. Now I realize that it isn't possible for us to be everyones "friends", but we need to do something to take care of the US. So come on Obama, here is your chance.

Makeup- Post #3 (due 2/28)

U.S. Decides to Release Detainee at Guantanamo

This article told about the Justice Department deciding to release a detainee from Guantanamo Bay. The detainee was a doctor in which the Bush administration had once claimed, had taken part in an anthrax program of Al Qaeda. The government had stop accusations pertaining to the anthrax claim, but continued to hold the doctor claiming he had ties and had met with Osama Bin Laden. The Obama administration decided to let him go, due to the detainee and representatives were preparing a federal hearing in a habeas corpus case, in which the detainee was challenging his imprisonment. The lawyer for the detainee said, "that under an agreement the court case could be reopened if his client objected to the conditions of his release." Also going on to say, "the meetings with Mr. Bin Laden had been chance encounters and that the Justice Department decision had vindicated his client. As a doctor, there was no basis under international law for the U.S. government to hold him."
OK Mr. Obama, first of all, why are we closing down Guantanamo Bay? I think that is ridiculous. Secondly, why is every terrorist that has been captured before, especially those from the Bush administration being released? If you have something against Bush, don't take it out on the rest of this Country, by turning all these people loose. They are in there for a reason. I am sure they weren't just picked out of the crowd. Obama has done some pretty stupid things since he has been in office. I'm not trying to knock Obama, everyone president has and will continue to do wrong, but the whole "We Can Change" or whatever it was, doesn't mean lets turn a bunch of terrorist out and shut down the prison. Get Real!

Breast Cancer Awareness

The article I read for this week is found on the Feminist Majority Foundation website. It is titled 'Representative Wasserman Schultz Launches Breast Cancer Prevention Bill.' The article was about Representative Wasserman overcoming her battle with breast cancer and since her battle she is proposing a bill. Called the Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young Act ( EARLY Act). The article goes on to say how important it is to become aware of breast cancer detection at an early age. That women from all ethnic and cultural backgrounds are able to get breast cancer. She proposed that, "the Centers for Disease Control to develop and implement a national education campaign to increase awareness of the threats posed by breast cancer in young women". Representative Wasserman in a different press release than the information above came from also went on to say that, "While I certainly was fortunate enough to have access to good health care, I didn't find my tumor early because of luck. I found my tumor early because of knowledge and awareness. I knew that I should perform breast self-exams, and I was aware of what my body was supposed to feel like. We need to ensure that every young woman in America can rely on more than luck. Their survival depends on it."
OK, in my opinion every lady should have to take a class or something to learn about breast cancer, how to become aware of it, how to do self-exams, and what they should do if a lump or tumor occurs. I come from a long line of females that have survived breast cancer, and I can say that many of them did survive thanks to early detection. Just last year both my mom and grandmother were diagnosed with breast cancer, and both had the lumps removed, took radiation and are still with me today. I think this is a good proposal of this bill and it is worth the time, effort, and money.

Same Sex Bill Fails in NM

Domestic Partnership Bill Fails in NM State Legislature

My article this week was about a bill that would have allowed same sex couples access to domestic partnership in New Mexico failed to pass in the state Senate last week. 10 Democrats and all of the Republicans voted against the bill. It failed 17 to 25. The biill would have provided same sex couples with legal rights and benefits of marriage under state law. The New Mexico governor Bill Richardson told the Sante Fe New Mexican that "I'm disappointed by the Senate's actions today in defeating what is fundamentally an issue of civil rights and equality."

Ok well, I have a problem with this. In my opinion it is not right for same sex marriages to occur. It is against my religion and the way I was raised. I understand that people want to be happy and you can't pick who you fall in love with and so on. But In the bible, it says that marriage is supposed to be between a man and a woman. I just cant even cope with the governor saying he was disappointed because they wouldn't pass this bill. Does the Governor realize what he is saying. Yeah, people do whatever they want. But it isn't right. I don't expect to be judged by this because I have family who prefer the same sex, but they know how I feel. I don't accept it for them, so I won't accept it for anyone else. I might be narrow minded or just plain old fashioned, but that's how I was brought up and that is still what I believe.

The Nation's Obama's War?

OBAMA's WAR?

Although I agree with some of this article. I truly find it hard to believe that it is just the President's war. The article I reviewed this week, was about President Obama making promises to end the war in Iraq, bring home soilders, and he who had ordered a review of the US options, claiming we need didn't need all the soilders overseas, was now sending 17,000 troops. The article also states" On the same day Obama announced his escalation, the United Nations reported that Afghan civilian deaths--many of them at the hands of US forces, especially from airstrikes-- increased by 40 percent last year". As bad as that is, I'm sorry. We as Americans have to take care of ourselves. Now what really makes me mad is that politics are now saying that President Obama has taken over President Bush's war. OK! Well let me spill my guts on these comments. It isn't really Obama's war or wasn't Bush's. Would it have been better for US(ALL OF US), as AMERICANS, to let terrorist have gotten away with 9/11? Now really. If President Bush hadn't decided for war, that's what would have happened. All those lives, gone for no reason. No War would have meant we really didn't care. So WELL DONE PRESIDENT BUSH!!!! It's not a President's WAR..... IT'S THE AMERICANS WAR!




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