Should adoption records be open rather than sealed?

Knowing a few people who have gone the adoption wrought, meaning putting their kids up for adoption they all chose to have an open adoption. They felt that giving their kids up at the time was the right thing to do because the friends that I have to put their kids up for adoption were between the ages of 13 and 16 at the time. They felt that they would be giving their kids a better life by giving them a chance but they wanted to be able to see them grow and see what type of people they became. I feel that people should have the option for closed or open adoption records. It is a personal choice that I think people should be able to make. It is hard enough putting a child up for adoption and some people are ok with the fact of knowing their children but not being mom or dad and some people it is much harder and would rather not keep the wounds open and would rather close them and try to move on as much as a person can. Adoption no matter what if you have a open or closed case is a good thing and there should not be a better choice to have it open or closed.

Should sex and violence on television or in the movies be restricted?

I have always found that this issue is a continue one that people tend to talk about especially who have children. My personal belief I believe that sex and violence in movies and on TV should not be restricted. I feel as a mother that if you are concerned about what is going on in movies and on television you should monitor what they are watching. I have seen with cable companies that they now have a parental control on the television to be able to restrict children from watching certain shows. Though the parental control only works for the TV as a adult you can monitor what movies your children see at home or in the movie theaters.

                I think restrictions on TV and in the movies is a bit much. I believe if you just monitor what is going on or what the movie or TV show is about you should be fine. I don’t think that it should be restricted because if you restricted sex and violence from TV you would have to restrict the news channels because you see it all the time. So no I don’t believe you should restrict these things people just need to be more responsible and know what is going on.

Is rehabilitation of felony offenders possible/ desirable?

There are so many different types of felony offenders if you really think about it. You could be a felony offender by drugs, theft, conspiracy, sex crimes, assault to name off a few. I think depending on the type of felony you have you can be rehabilitated. Growing up my dad was a felon he unfortunately had like 9 or 10 different felony charges. If you were to look at his record you probably would be scared of the thought of him being around having drug, theft and a few more charges on him you wouldn’t want him around and you would think that he was a piece of garbage that would never change but I believe that they can be rehabilitated, my dad was. I think anyone can be rehabilitated besides people who kill other people or who sexually assault someone there is something not right up in their head and they will be that way forever. I think with the right support and help people can become healthier and live healthy normal lives.

Should juvenile offenders be tried and punished as adults?

This is a very thinkable question, should juvenile offenders be treated like adults or not. As a Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement major in each of my classes this comes up. Half the class says yes and half of the class says no then there are a few people in between that say yes depending on the age and what happened. I am one of the few people who are for it but under a certain circumstance. I believe that if a seven year old boy kills his little sister playing with a gun that was loaded in his dads drawer shouldn’t be charged and treated as an adult but if a fifteen year old is playing with his dads gun is a totally different story. I believe that it all depends on the age of the child and the mental development the child is at. There are certain circumstances where I believe that juveniles should be tried as a adult because you get to a certain age where you no what’s right and what is wrong. This is such a hard question because you could go back and forth on what you think is right and what you think is wrong. I believe that juveniles should be tried as a adult if they commit a crime that if a adult would do it they would get in much more trouble. We have laws in some states protecting minors to a certain age but for the most part children no right from wrong and if they are willing to commit a crime that is sever they should be punished and just because their kids doesn’t mean anything.

Should bartenders be held responsible for the behavior of their patrons?

I totally feel that bartenders should be responsible for how people act and what happens. Just as if a minor gets drunk at a party and hurts someone else it is the parent’s fault whose house they were at where they consumed the alcohol at. There is one person serving them drinks and if you over serve them it should be put on the bartender. I have a friend that lost her dad a year ago to a horrible accident that had to do with drinking. He was not killed in a drinking and driving accident but he one night consumed to much alcohol at the bar that he went to every night and the bar knowing that he had already had too much kept serving him and that night he went home and had a accident an in the result of it lost his life. She is now living on her own with her son struggling every day not having her dad around because the bar and bartenders were not smart enough to cut him off. So yes, I believe that bartenders should be held responsible for the behaviors of what happens with the people they serve.

Political Blogger #2

I chose this picture because most of the pictures that I looked at were lame and I thought this one stuck out the most. There is so much corruption that goes on there all one large stink bug. There are so many icky bugs out there that this was a great picture to show off political issues.

Political Cartoon Bog #1

I chose to write about this one because this picture is so true in some sense.There are so many people being pushed aside when the people who are suppose to be helping them the most are getting them into more trouble then good. Look at all of those papers pushed aside as the Home Mortgage man is just sitting there with his arms behind his head as if his job is done. Your job is not done till everyone is happy.