Veteran saves lives in Plane crash. (Austin, Texas)

A man that normally replaces windows for a living, Robin Dehaven, also an army veteran had saved many lives from a tragic plane crash. It is said that the pilot intentionally meant to crash into the building with passangers on board and 200 people inside of the building. "The people were kind of in a panic, wanting to get out quickly, of course, so I climbed up into the building with them," Dehaven said. Dehaven said that his clear mind and calmness helped him greatly with the rescue. Though many people were panicked most got out safely, including the 5 that Dehaven had rescued with a ladder on the top floor. 13 people were injured and 2 people's remains were found.
I believe that this is a Very heoric story. It's scary though to think that we have more planes crashing into building, especially after the 9-11 attack. This scares me and possibly other people on what other things could happen in the future, if all this is happening 9 years later, what could happen then years from now? I belive Dehaven used his skills greatly and officiently that he used in the Army during this event. It helped everyone stay calm and helped with panic as mostly everyone out of the building. I think more people need to be like the "true texan" as Dehaven says and have more selfless acts of heroism.

"Veteran saves lives in Plane crash. (Austin, Texas)

Issue #1-War Dollars

"The money for the war, federal funds, and national debt has vanished into thin air." Where has all the money gone?"

One current issue in the United States is that the budgeting system is horrible. Each year the president and congress make a budget for hundreds of federal programs. They then give the estimate to the Treasury to see how much tax revenue the Treasury will recieve. We give the congress the name "power of the purse," because they spend a great deal of money on a war that many people had a "clear dissatisfaction of." All of this money is coming the pocket of the people, billions of tax dollars have been given for the war. Why pay for a war that many American's believe is doing more harm then good? Due to many events happening, the start of World War 2, the 9-11 terrorist attacks, the stock market crash, and the world in a recession the U.S treasury has continously had to borrow money from other countries that we can't give back. We keep borrowing money for things that we dont need so much which is digging us deeper into a hole of National Debt. It is said that by the year 2017 the just the interest of the debt alone will be 1 trillion dollars! When is it time to close the purse of congress and stop opening the billfold of money when we can't pay it back, when we keep continuing to spend money we Do Not have.The commander in chief, also known as the president makes all the decisions when it come's to the war and America's battles. The new argument is that we should now bring the problem with war to the president and he/she should veto any war/irag policy to prevent worse outcomes. There are two viewpoints. One, people think that the war is doing more harm rather than for the good and that we are spending too much of our tax dollars for something that will continue in a downward spirling motion. Or two, that we should continue giving the money to help with the war because we are fighting for our countries freedom.


I believe that we do need to start spending our money better. The war has been going on now for 5 years and it continuously keeps getting worse, we keep losing soldiers, and money is coming out of our pockets for something we don't see it getting any better. It's also hard to determine what every single tax dollar is going when no one knows exactly where it is going to. It is America's freedom but when is enough, enough? Since when does the number of deaths of soldiers equal up to our freedom? I think we need to stop spending money because the National Debt keeps climbing up more, especially from past and present war dollars. This is where our money is going to now. Obama wants to spend lot's of money on things that can help us, yet where will we all be getting the money from when the money is all gone and we can no longer borrow any? A committee from Massachusetts also believs that we need to stop paying for things that aren't as important and to budget our money better. Many peoples viewpoins on war dollars:

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Issue #3

"Milkshake Murderer!"

They call her the "milkshake murderer " because she had slipped drugs into her husbands milkshake right before she had murdered him. She had trial in Hong Kong and she had said that she had killed him in self-defense. Also, she had abused drug and alcohol which had made her a very violent person. She demanded a retrial and felt life in prison wasn't fair for her defending herself. I feel that it's ridiculous that she gets a retrial after there is evidence that she had slipped drugs into his milkshake. Why would anyone do that to defend themselves? It also states in the article that when she abused drugs and alcohol she became more violent. Maybe he was trying to defend himself rather than the other way around. What I also don't get is if she killed her husband in self-defense then why did she hide his body in their storeroom ( wrapped in towels, in a sleeping bag, and rolled up in a carpet.) Why didn't she call the police to tell them that she had killed him because she was trying to defend herself. My opinion, retrial=she's COMPLETELY guilty.

"MilkShake Murderer!"

2 people die from car running into a casino!?

2 men have died due to an elderly man running into the Edgewater Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. 5 people altogether including the driver had all been taken to the hospital. It's said that the elderly man had crashed into the casino due to a "medical episode." To me this article shows why there is such conflict about what age elderly people should have their license. I think maybe we do need to pass a law about this and then maybe make it so if they need a ride somewhere we have bus or transportation for them. Although it's teenagers and elderly people that are the one's getting in the most car accidents. Does this mean we should take teenagers drivers license away too if we also take away the elder's license. To me this could go many different ways. 1. We could create transportation for them yet, this doesn't give them much privacy or freedom. Yet it creates more jobs and keeps elderly from driving and accidents. 2. If we take their license away should we take teenagers license too? Since we are in just as many accidents as the elderly people are?

"2 people die from car running into a casino!?"