What To Do With The President (Revised)

Many have debated whether President Trump should be impeached, but some would say that he should stay in power. Some people would even agree that Trump is an, “artificially tanned potato” that is certainly going to ruin America and he is unfit to govern our country. While others would say that he is a leader and founder, who can change society as we know it. Donald Trump should stay in power because he is a lively and productive man.

Trump is a lively man with the connections and personal relations that connect America and make us thrive. He is known as a man who knows the people and is a great business man. Everyone knows that the key to running a successful business starts with your staff, Trump clearly knows how to communicate with his people. Trump is a very successful business man and is greatly productive history. Its obvious that Trump has taken business and made a huge profit from it. If Trump uses some of these tactics while he is in office, America is sure to prosper. Everyone knows the exciting feeling of winning a game, with Trump on our side, we are sure to experience that feeling in the future.

Many have debated whether President Trump should be impeached. Some would even claim that it is possible to be a lively and productive man such as Trump, but also have committed acts that would justify impeachment. This could be true in some other cases, but in Trump's case, no such act has been proven yet and I would argue that no one is perfect. Many of us have said or done things that we regret and wish we could forget, and to hold past mistakes against our president is truly unfair and unjust. Donald Trump should stay in power because he is a lively and productive man, whom we can trust. Clearly it is better to keep President Trump in power than to impeach him.

Action in Needed

In my fellow classmate and friend's blog, Living in a Red State, Lauren states that, "According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention more than 140 Americans die every day from an opioid overdose. Today we call that an epidemic." I heartily agree with her that, "If the Just Say No campaign did not work why should the American public believe that declaring a public health emergency will. Because it is not good enough." She makes a great point that for an epidemic, this large. It is wiping out almost a whole generation of people. This has become a national emergency and we need to do more to fix the problem.

When the Trump administration launched an ad campaign trying to bring awareness to the detriment of drinking and doing drugs, they failed to make an impact. During Trump's speech, he had a similar position to another politician who suggested to, “Just say No”. Trump echos this with his, “don’t drink don’t drink”, something his alcoholic brother would tell him.  Like Lauren said, "It appears Trump wanted to create a show, some sort of temporary solution that creates a band-aid for addiction treatment. The funds allocated for Public Health Emergencies are almost gone and there are no new policies being put into place, so where is the real solution?"

She makes a strong argument by not only naming the problem, but naming a proper solution. She says that, "A possibility would be to make Naloxone, an anti-overdose drug, more available and allow insurance to cover more treatment costs so that people have an opportunity to go." I agree with her, that if we have an epidemic such as this, we need to treat it like one. We need to come up with a more substantial and more significant solution, because addiction is not to be taken lightly. Addictions are major battles that are incredibly difficult to fight. Addictions can drive people to do insane things, such as killing themselves. We need to stop losing people to something so dangerous. 

What To Do With The President

           Many have debated whether President Trump should be impeached, but some would say that he should stay in power. Some people would even agree that Trump is an, “artificially tanned potato” that is certainly going to ruin America and he is unfit to govern our country. While others would say that he is a leader and founder, who can change society as we know it. Donald Trump should stay in power because he is a lively and productive man.
            Trump is a lively man with the connections and personal relations that connect America and make us thrive. He is known as a man who knows the people and is a great business man. Everyone knows that the key to running a successful business starts with your staff, Trump clearly knows how to communicate with his people. Trump is a very successful business man and is greatly productive history. Its obvious that Trump has taken business and made a huge profit from it. If trump uses some of these tactics while he is in office, America is sure to prosper. Everyone knows the exciting feeling of winning a game, with Trump on our side, we are sure to experience that feeling in the future.
            Many have debated whether President Trump should be impeached, but some would say that he should stay in power. Donald Trump should stay in power because he is a lively and productive man. Clearly it is better to keep President Trump in power than to impeach him.

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"Why I am defending the farmer tossed out of a Michigan farmer’s market for his traditional views on marriage."

If America prides itself on being the land of the free, then why is it that we abolish people for sharing their view in a public place? A man by the name of Steve Tennes, owns Country Mill Farms in Charlotte, Michigan. The city of East Lansing tossed him and his family out of its farmer’s market when they learned that Steve had posted on Facebook that he still adhered to the teachings of the Catholic Church, that he believes marriage is a sacred union between one man and one woman. Steve also adheres to the Church’s teaching that every individual, as a child of God, has immense dignity and worth and should be treated as such. Thus, he treats all his customers and employees just so. Unfortunately for Steve, His beliefs about marriage were different than the city’s, and because he had the nerve to state them publicly, Steve and Country Mill had to be banished. The article reads, "It used to be a common American value that everyone had the freedom to live and speak without government coercion. But that value apparently does not extend to a person who respectfully expresses one particular viewpoint on marriage in the public square." It seems that the government even affects something so seemingly innocent like a farmers market these days. This article makes you really wander if we are truly free. If one man simply states his beliefs and suddenly he is torn away from his lively hood, what will happen next? Steve runs a second-generation family business, he was a regular farmer just doing his job. His company, Country Mill, grows apples, blueberries, peaches, cherries, sweet corn, and pumpkins. It hosts numerous community and charitable events. And it has sold its produce at the East Lansing Farmer’s Market for many years. In fact, from 2011 to 2016, the city expressly invited Country Mill to participate in the market as an “invitational vendor” because of its exceptional service. Whether religious, agnostic, or atheist, no individual should be forced to choose between the government’s orthodoxy or withdrawing from the public square. That is one of our country’s founding principles. And that is why Steve’s case is so important, not only to Michigan citizens, but to people everywhere. We can only hope that federal courts continue to uphold the right for everyone to speak and act in accord with their conscience without being punished by the government for doing so.

Critique/Commentary

WATCHDOG FINDS ATTICA’S MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT UNIT IS HAVEN FOR ABUSE AND NEGLECT

This article focuses on "Attica's Mental Health Treatment Unit" and what is wrong with their program. To quickly sum up the program, people incarcerated in the RMHU (Residential Mental Health Unit) remain in their cells for at least 19 hours a day. They are to be let out for four hours each weekday to participate in other programming and get one hour for recreation. Though it seems to be a practical solution, I agree with their argument that the RMHU is supposed to be a therapeutic alternative to punitive solitary confinement, but in reality there are many similarities between the two. For one at Attica, they have "Out-Of-Cell Restrictions" that are not respectful or up to code. The article says that when out-of-cell restrictions are in place, prison staff are supposed to provide “alternative mental health treatment or other therapeutic programming.”and their solution is a simple cell-side interview. This is a conversation between mental health staff and the patient at their cell door. This does not qualify as effective mental health care. Such interactions are devoid of privacy and having such conversations through a cell door, and sometimes a shield, are not conducive to treatment. Officers can overhear what are supposed to be private and intimate conversations, the fear of which prevents some individuals from even having conversations at all. This is only one example of the abuse and neglect that is happening within the unit. I agree with the article, Attica's Mental Health Treatment Unit has its faults, and is in need of a desperate change. No one, especially those who have been diagnosed with serious mental illness, should be treated so carelessly and inhumanely.

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Mexican School Hit by Quake, Heartbreak and Moments of Joy

You should read this article because others are in need of our help. Several weather anomalies have occurred recently including, Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane Irma, and now an earthquake that hit Mexico with a magnitude of 7.1. Many of us were affected by Hurricane Harvey this past month, and now is our chance to help others that are going through yet another tragedy. Even if you choose not to help out or donate, you could spread the word so that we can raise awareness. At the very least awareness will help us all work together to help those in the world that aren't as fortunate as us.

https://www.mexico-earthquake-school.html/TheNewYorkTimes

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