Nicest Prison Ever

I guess prison doesn't have to be all that bad. There is a prison in Norway that is more like a vacation island. The prisoners are allowed walk freely through the one square mile island and enjoy tennis courts, horse back riding, and of course the beautiful beaches on the island. Each prisoner is given their own little cottage to live on and are allowed to choose from many different meals from the chefs menu. The only thing stopping them from escaping is a one and a half mile canal, but why escape? Some people might think that prison is made for punishment, not fun and vacation like this, but the Norwegians are going a different rout, instead of punishing for crimes, they are making it more of a rehabilitation, and it works. In other countries like the U.S. and the U.K., about half of the prisons that are released are back behind bars in a few years, while in Norway, only 15-20% are back behind bars after coming out of one of these types of prisons. So should murders and rapists be punished and have to suffer for what they did, or should they be rehabilitated? It is a controversial issue but data shows that it works better to rehabilitate.

North Korea Expanding it's Nuclear Program

That's right, North Korea has announced that it will expand it's nuclear program. An update from an unidentified North Korean official to the world announced that it is for self defense. When asked why they need this type of self defense they said it was because the U.S. is being hostile towards them and they just want nice peace. North Korea is trying to make nuclear weapons and they will be testing there third one soon. Do they have the technology to actually deliver one of these nukes if they do achieve there goal of making them. Seeing as how last month they did were not able to send there ballistic missile very far, I think not. Should the U.N. intervene? If they are able to get this technology on their own should they be able to do it?

Mr. Carrier

A school is graduating 25, that's twenty five, valedictorians in one graduating class. Many people are disagreeing with this, for instance, our own Mr. Carrier, "Grades should be a representations of what kids know, not simply effort" said Mr. Carrier. He is right, the kids need to be graded harder, and beaten when they don't pay attention. The teachers should be fired or be forced to grade harder. What do you think, should the kids get valedictorian recognition or not? Should teachers have to grade harder? I think so, and so does Mr. Carrier. That says something, if Carrier agrees then its right.

Kid who is gay goes to school with a stun gun

So then, a mom, that's a mother of a son, sent her son to school with a stun gun. How stupid can you get. Not only is it a weapon, but it is a concealed weapon. The boy was being bullied because he was gay and he said he would do it again even though he was expelled. Yeah he was getting bullied but that doesn't give him the right to bring a weapon to school. The administration should have done more to stop the bullying or this might not have happened. He was facing massive bullying and was tormented for months. He might or might not be expelled.

Bin Laden

After the SEAL team went in and killed Bin Laden they took pretty much all his important documents and letters for the CIA. Bin Laden never expected the U.S. to obtain these documents but now they are in the hands of the CIA and some of them have been declassified and made public. They consist of letters back and forth from country leaders that supported him, what he thought was going to happen and advice he was giving to them. He was also planning another very big attack on the US but obviously he is now dead so that wont be happening. What about these country leaders that were secretly on his side? What do we do about them? Forgive and forget, or launch some nukes? The choice is obvious, launch some nukes.....

Mexico is Winning

Mexico winning the drug war?Yes it's true, Mexico is finally starting to win the drug war under the rule of President Felipe Calderon. Although 50,000 people have died since he started, it looks like it is worth it. The drug cartels used to bribe police and officials to stay out of their way, but not anymore. Felipe enlisted the military to take on the drug war instead of police that could be easily bribed. The military would of course win in all out gun fights as well so they didn't have a problem with that. The drug cartels were making around $10 billion in revenue every year and now that number has dropped in a very significant way. In the U.S. we have a policy that prohibits the military from being used against it's own citizens but we have the national guard. Is it right for Mexico to use their own military against these drug cartels? I think so.

Little Girl Kills Another Little Girl

It started out just like any other day for 5th grade Joanna Ramos, except today she got into a fight. She was in a planned fight that was to take place after her school day with a class mate of hers that went anonymous. She had around 15 minute window in between when her school day ended at 2:12 and when her after school activities started at 2:30. After school she left and then came back which is when the fight was supposed to happen. She died six hours later due to head-trauma. At first the other girl was going to be charged with homicide but then all charges were dropped.