week 18

Clay Duke was a troubled, broke ex-con with bipolar disorder, an interest in anarchy, a wife whose unemployment benefits had run out and frustrations that reached their boiling point on a day circled on his calendar at home.  He apeared in a school board meeting dimissing everyone but 6 men he felt were responsible for the firing of his wife.  Shots were fired but none of the school board was killed, only Duke who was killed in shootout with security.
I think the man was obviously troubled and has faced a hard life and that is made evident with his present situation before he died.  He suffered from bipolar disorder which was likely the main cause of the outburst.  Do you think that this situation could have been avoided and if it was how should a situation like this be handled or prepared for in the future.

Week 17

There has been recent discussion about the legitamacy of Cam Newton winning the Heisman trophy after recent problems brought up that he was involved in a money scam with other teams.  There have been talks that some voters will not have his name on the ballot when time comes to vote.  Although this may be true, he is still the frontrunner by a wide margin.  With this is mind there is no telling if others are to be influenced into not voting for him either after the Reggie Bush incident.

I think that because of the talent that Cam Newton is on the field he will be the winner of the award.  I do think that this scam has taken away some voters but not enough to the point he will lose.  Do you think that this conflice might turn into something more and he will lose or will it only sway some of the voters into not voting for him?

week 16

Talks in congress revealed the push for a removal of wolves from the protection of the endangered species list in the Unites States.  The wolves were put on the list after a dramatic decrease in the population size over the last couple of years but now it seems that the population has reached over 1700.  The worries are that the now larger population will result in an increase in livestock attacks.
I think that the wolf shoud still be protected untill it is made clear that they are at no more risk.  If lifestock attacks are what is preventing the population of a species to succeed then better protection methods should be taken.  Do you think that the wolf is over or under protected in its natural environment and should it remain on he endangered species list in the United States?