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To Die or Not to Die?

If you are unaware of what transpired in Arizona early January 2011 with the shooting of a U.S. Congressman and many others, then you must have been visiting Mars at the time. The 22 year old gunman, Jared Loughner, now possibly facing the death penalty for his drastic deeds committed on that dark day in Arizona, poses to mount a defense of insanity.

If the defense works then Loughner would face placement in a mental health facility under the facade of incarceration. But if convicted of capital murder, including that of a 9 year old little girl, then he could face the death penalty.

Many people have probably asked who needs a trial? Everyone knows he did it. Just put him in prison and throw away the key. Others have no doubt uttered fry his ass and rid the world of the likes of this evil. But we know that our justice system is based on the fundamental of innocent until proven guilty.

Personally, I would like to see the death penalty remain in place in this particular case. Every life that was lost in Arizona was precious. Every life that is taken by an act of murder at anytime, under any circumstance, is precious. And while I do not agree to a blanket of death penalty for all murder, my heart is especially affected by the death of the 9 year old whose
life was cut so short.

For more information on the death penalty: See the following DEATH PENALTY INFORMATION CENTER
1015 18th Street NW, Suite 704
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202) 289 - 2275
Fax: (202) 289 - 7336
Email: dpic@deathpenaltyinfo.org
http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org

The Death Penalty Information Center has available more extensive reports on a variety of issues, including:
"The Death Penalty in 2009: Year-End Report" (December 2009)
“Smart on Crime: Reconsidering the Death Penalty in a Time of Economic Crisis” (October 2009)
“The Death Penalty in 2008: A Year End Report” (December 2008)
“A Crisis of Confidence: Americans' Doubts About the Death Penalty” (2007)
“Blind Justice: Juries Deciding Life and Death with Only Half the Truth” (2005)
“Innocence and the Crisis in the American Death Penalty” (2004)
“International Perspectives on the Death Penalty: A Costly Isolation for the U.S.” (1999)
“The Death Penalty in Black & White: Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Decides” (1998)
“Innocence and the Death Penalty: The Increasing Danger of Executing the Innocent” (1997)
“Killing for Votes: The Dangers of Politicizing the Death Penalty Process” (1996)
“Twenty Years of Capital Punishment: A Re-evaluation” (1996)
“With Justice for Few: The Growing Crisis in Death Penalty Representation” (1995)
“On the Front Line: Law Enforcement Views on the Death Penalty” (1995)
“The Future of the Death Penalty in the United States: A Texas-Sized Crisis”

HAPPINESS

THE CHOICE TO BE HAPPY
BEGINS WITH THE OPENING OF THE EYES.
BY DAY'S END, THE WORLD WILL KNOW YOUR CHOICE

AFTERWARDS

I SAT DOWN.
I STARTED TO WRITE.
I WANTED TO WRITE.
I NEEDED TO WRITE.
I NEEDED TO CLEAR MY HEAD AND MY HEART.
I NEEDED TO START FRESH, TO START CLEAN.
I NEEDED TO BE EMPTY AND THEN FULL.
I NEEDED SPACE.
ALL OF MY SPACE WAS CROWDED.
THERE WERE TOO MANY PEOPLE, TOO MANY EVENTS,
TOO MANY MEMORIES IN MY MIND.
THERE WERE DREAMS AND HOPES AND LOADS OF TEARS.
BUT THEY WERE NOT FLOWING TEARS.
I HAD CRIED ALL THAT I COULD CRY.
BUT I NEEDED TO CRY MORE.
I NEEDED TO CRY AGAIN.
I NEEDED TO BE HEARD.
BUT I NEEDED MY PRIVACY.
I WANTED TO LAUGH ALONE
AND THEN,
WITH SOMEONE ELSE.
I THOUGHT:
“YOU KNOW, I HAVE NEVER LAUGHTED ALONE.”
IT WAS TIME.
THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY,
THE PERFECT REASON TO HOLD ON AND TO LET GO.
I NEEDED TO FOCUS, BUT NOT JUST YET.
I WANTED TO KNOW HOW I FELT, BUT I COULD NOT EXPRESS IT.
TOO MANY EMOTIONS, TOO MANY FEELINGS FOR NOW.
I NEEDED TO CLEAR THEM ALL UP…BUT…
ONE AT A TIME.
STEP THIS WAY…BUT…
ONLY ONE OF YOU AT A TIME.
I LOOKED AROUND; AND EVERYTHING THAT I SAW
REEKED OF TRADITION.
I DID NOT WANT TRADITION.
IT SMELLED OF SOMEONE ELSE’S MEMORIES.
I DID NOT WANT THEIR MEMORIES.
I WANTED MY OWN.
SOME HOW I KNEW THAT I COULD FIND THEM.
MY OWN MEMORIES I MEAN.
SOMEHOW I KNEW THAT I COULD HAVE THEM.
AND IT EXCTED ME. IT MOTIVATED ME.

Jenny Reed
March 07

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AGE IS JUST A NUMBER

Some say that age is just a number and I agree with them.  In politics it is the number that can change the world. If you are accessing this blog and you are at least 18 years old and not registered to vote or registered to vote
and do not vote then your age is just a number.

So, to make it more than just a number, engage in the right that some fought and died for and others enjoy the benefits from. Age is just a number that can change the nation if you will find it important to exercise your right to vote each time that there is an election in this nation. No matter what your political views or fave politicians...please register to vote. Remember 2012 will be here before you know it.    

A BLAST FROM MY PAST

 Welcome to our house in the Morning

Today I woke to the chimes on the alarm clock.  My daughter had set for 5:00 a.m.  However, the clock was in my room and to far from her room for her to have ever heard it.  Was it designed for the clock to wake me, so that I could wake her?  Does she wake easier to the sound of my voice rather than the chime of the clock?  I have offered numerous times for her to TAKE THE CLOCK into her room. She graciously defers each time to leave it with me.  I wonder why?  Then I wonder why I don’t just move it myself? Is it that I like the idea of her needing me still?  Am I somehow dependent on her dependence?  Would that make me co-dependent? I wonder.  Well, I am not sure if tomorrow the same will occur.  I am not sure that by the end of the day I will even remember that I wondered about all of this.  But for now, I ponder. 

Did God give me breath to day so that I could be here to wake my 16 year old twins for school?  Is his design for their lives greater than that of mine? Well, there is yet another daughter.  But she is a mere 11 years old.  Amidst the hustle and bustle of the morning crowd, she remained asleep.  Because I woke her late, she missed the bus to school.  Since my 19 year old had blown the motor in his car several weeks ago, I had to let him use my car to go to school.  He’s a college student and must travel some 24 miles to school each day.  Well, anyway, I could not take her to school because he had to leave early enough to drop me at work and to make it to class in time.  Its finals and you can’t be late.  It was still too early for my 11 year old to be dropped at school.  But even so, there was not enough time to take her to school, me to work and get him to class before the doors locked.  So, she came to work with me. I have the greatest friends in the world who happen to be my co-workers. I knew that one of them would take her for me.  Despite the soaring price of gas and the demands that their own family puts upon them, I just knew hat someone would be willing to help a sista out. 

I understood why my daughter was very sleepy and did not wake on her own as she sometimes does.  We had arrived home late the evening before, somewhere around midnight from a church trip that required 3.5 hours of return travel.  I was really feeling her.  I started to let her stay home from school after missing the bus.  But I saw that MAMA don’t leave me here look in her eyes and I just could not do it.