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Brice Johnson

Obama approval rating back to 50% mark - 6 views

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  • Caleb Hohneke on 01 Mar 12
     
    i love obama
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  • Jeff Reddish on 02 Mar 12
     
    Caleb, you know nothing of politics..... read a book.
  • Wesley May on 02 Mar 12
     
    I think should get someone else in office instead of Obama because he hasn't been doing so well.
  • xhotxsoccerbabe on 09 Mar 12
     
    Yes, Obama hasn't been the best, but he has done a much better job than Bush. Let us not forget that Bush is the one who set us into debt and left Obama on a sliding slope. He has actually made our decrease much better then how Bush left us and he has created a lot of new jobs. An example: Bush's reign is a car. He made this car junky and it barely runs and is steadily getting worse. Obama is then sold the car and he starts to make repairs, but the car keeps breaking and having other parts go bad because of the state it was left in. Obama is doing everything that he can to make this car good again. It's also frustrating that everyone is so against what Obama is doing. I mean if you think he's doing such a bad job, do you think you could do it better? What could you do differently compared to what Obama is doing? This takes time to get out of debt. It's not like you can just snap your fingers and make the debt go away. So, maybe we should think before we just hate our President because everything's not perfect. Perhaps we should think before we just bash on someone.
  • Jake Radford on 21 Mar 12
     
    Obama is in the 98th percentile for his NCAA bracket. Little fun fact for you guys.
Samuel Blazek

National Healthcare Will Require National RFID Chips - 7 views

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  • Bryan Pregon on 21 Mar 12
     
    An interesting concept for sure. Although the author might be overstating the possibility of this kind of technology, I would be shocked if most people would agree to this sort of tracking. But then again I was shocked to see how many people are OK with the TSA "naked scans" at airports too... guess privacy isn't as concerning to Americans as it once was.
  • dmiddlemist on 29 Mar 12
     
    As much as the vast majority of people dread the thought of this, I personally think that it has potential to make the world a much better place.
Jeremy Vogel

Massachusetts judge rules for inmate's sex-change surgery - 3 views

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  • Jeremy Vogel on 06 Sep 12
     
    A federal court judge on Tuesday ordered Massachusetts officials to provide sex-reassignment surgery for a transsexual prison inmate, after determining that it was the only adequate treatment for the inmate's mental illness.
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  • Hope Philbrick on 06 Sep 12
     
    I think that from the physiological stand point this court case makes seance. How ever I think that our tax dollars should not be used to make this medical procedure happen.
  • Payton Whiteaker on 07 Sep 12
     
    This is a very odd case to say the least. This prison inmate is at 13x the risk of a sexual assault as the average inmate. So, the question is, is the protection of a near-insane murder worth tax payer dollars? I don't think so, but something has to be done about the inmates safety, perhaps being placed alone, or with people of the preferred gender of the inmate? In the event of tax payers paying, is it really that much? The government comes up with about $2,650 billion yearly from income tax alone. To add on, it is really not that often that this expensive of a situation arises. Is it really that big of a deal for something that almost never happens, but may help someone in the near future?
  • Alex Snipes on 07 Sep 12
     
    This may be what's "best" for the inmate, but he/she (no offense intended, I just don't know what to call them) murdered someone. Don't you think that a murderer should in some way "pay" for what they've done. They don't deserve the best, but they also don't deserve to be sexually assaulted. Also, tax payer dollars should not go towards things like this, that money is for the betterment of the community and/or the country. To fix the sexual harassment problem, the inmate should be put somewhere alone. Yet, another question rises, what about all the other inmates (male or female) who are sexually assaulted? We can't worry about them all, plus they're in there for a reason, they don't deserve tax money to go towards protecting them whenever they put others in danger that led them to be in prison. So, the answer is no, it's not worth it. It's not tax payer's problem.
  • Jenny Ord on 07 Sep 12
     
    if this person wanted to become a women then wouldn't they prefer men? which means that if they are 13 times the risk, wouldn't that be a good thing since they like guys? well if it was a rape then i understand but there are sometimes in prison when it isn't a rape or sexual assault, both want to do it. in that case that person should consider themselves lucky to be around guys all the time.
  • keowa coleman on 07 Sep 12
     
    haha what if this dude was just really straight and thought that if he gets a sex change that he will be placed with da lady's so he wouldn't be around all da dudes n stuff .
  • Alexis Theos on 07 Sep 12
     
    I agree with Payton just place her alone if its for her safety. If its for her mental condition send her to a prison mental health facility.
  • Jaidlyn Bookout on 07 Sep 12
     
    I just don't understand how a PRISON INMATE is allowed that luxury of sex change surgery. Especially considering the price and how much it really is causing taxpayers
  • Olivia Burgher on 07 Sep 12
     
    I personally think that this was a great decision. I believe that a person's mental health is the most important aspect in the road to any sort of recovery. Even though the transgender inmate did commit a murder, she deserves to have the resources to stabilize her well-being. Should the rest of America have to pay for it? Perhaps not, but I don't mind helping out someone who desperately needs it. Although, I guess that depends on your belief on the importance of mental health.
  • Payton Whiteaker on 11 Sep 12
     
    Jenny, this is really not a matter of sexual interests. If this person wants a sex change, it may be because of this sexual interest, but then again, it may not. They may simply want to be a female. The funding should come from the inmate, but the inmate cannot earn funds while behind bars, perhaps the inmate should be allowed to work up to being allowed to have a sex change operation.
zach parker

School lends belts to students with saggy pants - 19 views

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Dakota Smith

Sandusky Arrested again - 5 views

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  • Dakota Smith on 07 Dec 11
     
    SICKO
  • Derek Large on 07 Dec 11
     
    MY GOD. why cant they leave him in prison for once. He cant get away with it anymore so what is their problem with putting him in prison for the rest of his life???
  • broxton anderson on 08 Dec 11
     
    for a man his age, rehabilitation will be near impossible. you cant teach an old dog new tricks. If let out he will continue to molest young boys. The only solution, is life in prison.
Brice Johnson

Obama will challenge Congress in ambitious State of the Union - 2 views

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  • Brice Johnson on 24 Jan 12
     
    This SotU address will be the most important one Obama has given to date. Laying out the blueprint for the rest of this term will play a major factor in the campaign for the presidency again
  • Bryan Pregon on 24 Jan 12
     
    I would encourage everyone to peek in (it will be on the major network stations) @ 8:00pm our time. Certainly all the media outlets will be dissecting his speech by this time tomorrow!
Bryan Pregon

Classes Resume After "Hit List" Threat Closes Schools - 4 views

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  • Bryan Pregon on 12 Mar 14
     
    "Burwell, Nebraska Public Schools after they were canceled so administrators could prepare new security measures in the wake of a threat mailed to City Hall."
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  • Hailey Hallagan on 12 Mar 14
     
    I think that they should of shut school down for a while. They put a bunch of peoples lives in danger. Even if they checked their bags and what not, that doesn't mean they aren't considered dangerous.
  • Abbey Tierney on 12 Mar 14
     
    i Think that they should shut the school down until they take all the security measures possible to make sure something doesn't happen again
  • Kelly Hickey on 12 Mar 14
     
    It stinks that things like this keep happening. Why do people keep making serious threats to hurt other people at schools? What do they gain from that?
  • rjackson654 on 12 Mar 14
     
    They should have shut down the school for awhile. It should be taken with more precaution they should have taken even just a day or two to decide if what they are doing is enough to keep people safe.
  • rpeters048 on 12 Mar 14
     
    I feel like they have done everything right in this situation, there isn't a whole lot more they can do to help the cause. Closing school a little longer I feel wouldn't have a huge effect on the situation, yet it could help the students clear their mind and stuff.
  • Autumn Bettcher on 12 Mar 14
     
    Safety measures should be taken and those who were addressed in the "hit list" should have extra protection seeing as they are targets of this threat.
  • Bryan Pregon on 13 Mar 14
     
    I agree with many comments here. It would seem that there must have been enough credible evidence to think that the person making the threat might act on it. Even though I posted the article, I think we can sometimes get over excited when hearing these sorts of stories... the fact is, schools are among the SAFEST places for us to be. There has been school violence (even locally), but those situations are thankfully very rare!
  • Melanie Mathiesen on 13 Mar 14
     
    It makes sense that the school is taking the measures needed to make the school a safer environment. No one should have to go to their job or their classes scared of being killed.
  • Lauren Colpitts on 14 Mar 14
     
    School should have been closed for awhile until it was safe for everyone. They need to make sure that no one is in any sort of danger. The school should go through all the things wrong and find ways to fix it all.
  • Bethany Churchill on 14 Mar 14
     
    I agree that it is important for threats to be prevented, and I think what they are doing to prevent them may just be what is needed to be done.
  • Este Smiley on 14 Mar 14
     
    I think the steps they are taking are the right way to handle the situation. Everyone should be considered a suspect, you never know who could be behind the threats. The administrators and students safety should be their top priority.
tmarkee97

Stadium deaths: What's behind the fatal falls - 1 views

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  • tmarkee97 on 26 Nov 13
     
    It happened again Sunday. A woman leaped from the third level of the Oakland Coliseum during the Raiders football game. She survived the 40 to 50-foot drop when a Marine vet who happened to be leaving the stadium shielded her fall with his body. But others have not been so fortunate.
  • jkeller068 on 27 Nov 13
     
    Right..when you think you know It all..this happens.
  • ladasia on 27 Nov 13
     
    It's not people being "so stupid". Many people don't think :"If i catch this ball I might fall to my death". I understand some had drugs in their systems, others jumped, and others just fell. That doesn't make them stupid.
deahnna

For 22 Years, Caught in a Murder Case's Tangled Web - 0 views

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  • deahnna on 02 Dec 13
     
    Two boys were convicted of a murder charge, but were they really the killers? The case is full of problems, holes, and errors made by the detective on the case.
  • jamie003 on 05 Dec 13
     
    The detective on the case is probably doing all this protect the real killers. Its abuse of power yet again.
  • Rani Athay on 05 Dec 13
     
    Detectives shouldn't have the right to just arrest whomever without concrete evidence.
Bryan Pregon

Where is the world's most corrupt nation? - CNN.com - 0 views

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  • Bryan Pregon on 04 Dec 13
     
    "More than two thirds of the 177 countries included in the 2013 Corruption Perceptions Index scored below 50, where 0 indicates the country's public sector is seen as highly corrupt and 100 as very clean."
  • nlarsen15 on 04 Dec 13
     
    Interesting way to rank the countries. I could see those 3 nations as the "most corrupt." Then again, there's probably stuff going on behind the curtain in other nations that we don't know about. Wouldn't surprise me :P
Amanda DuBois

Fleeing man leaves baby in Hastings field | Local News - KETV Home - 2 views

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  • Amanda DuBois on 29 Aug 13
     
    Two females were babysitting a child, and they took the baby with them to go shoplift and ditched the baby in a field so they wouldn't get caught. One was arrested and there is a warrant out for the other arrest.
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  • ladasia on 29 Aug 13
     
    That is so not cool. You shouldn't shop lft in the first place but there is no telling what could have happened to the child. Talk about not thinking of the lives of others...
  • amber1996 on 29 Aug 13
     
    Why would someone even want to shop lift something when they were babysitting they would other things to do and more responsibilities when your babysitting.
  • Hayli Erickson on 30 Aug 13
     
    That is absolutely terrible ! Who knows what would have happened to that child! How could anyone be so cruel to a child, just so they can shoplift !!
  • Sara Dunn on 30 Aug 13
     
    Really proves you have to know the people you trust with your kid.
  • Will Schademann on 03 Sep 13
     
    Absolutely horrible. The amount of trust in the world is horrible right now.
  • Victoria Kirk on 03 Sep 13
     
    I wonder what kind of charges they are going to face or are they going to get a slap on the wrist and be told not to do it again like many people.... Hmmmm.
  • Rachel Cottone-Dungan on 03 Sep 13
     
    That's ridiculous. I guess you really have to find out about babysitters. People are scary.
  • Paul Gerjevic on 03 Sep 13
     
    ether way its bad but it could of been the best choice to do because who knows what could of happened if the kept the baby with them
Hayli Erickson

Father's lesson is deadly for 19-year-old son Tyler Comstock as he is shot and killed b... - 4 views

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  • Hayli Erickson on 08 Nov 13
     
    This is absolutely crazy! This is a perfect example of police crossing the line of authority. He was killed because he wouldn't shut off the truck. His dad was trying to teach him a lesson, not kill him.
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  • amber1996 on 12 Nov 13
     
    I agree with Hayli, I don't understand why they had to shoot at him they could of shot at the tires or somewhere on the truck. so many killings have been happening by miss observations and cops killing innocent people.
  • ladasia on 12 Nov 13
     
    This is a total abuse of power. There are so many other ways you could stop a driver. They should have backed off like Ames suggested
  • Sara Dunn on 13 Nov 13
     
    Just because you have a right to have a gun and fire if needed, doesn't mean you should every time a person isn't cooperating.
  • Victoria Kirk on 13 Nov 13
     
    Yet again another case where the police have gone to far. With the government protection will these cases ever stop? Yeah they fire one guy then the next day you hear about it in a different state. Where is the punishment?
  • sarah smith on 13 Nov 13
     
    I agree with Ladasia it is another example of total abuse of power.
  • Pedro Valdez on 03 Dec 13
     
    This is a great example of the police abusing there power. Yet there is no consequences for the police that shot a 19 year old that would not turn off his truck engine.
  • Daniel Bonner on 03 Dec 13
     
    The police should be fined and fired from their jobs! They abused their power.
  • chrislegg263 on 03 Dec 13
     
    another example of abuse of there power
  • Jordan Freeaman on 03 Dec 13
     
    To pursue a stolen vehicle and pull them over is one thing but to need your weapons at all when the father is the one who called the police and use that much force is pointless and life wasting as we can see.
  • eddymora on 03 Dec 13
     
    They shot at a person who was unarmed and wasn't trying to hurt anybody, yet they chased him down and killed him like a criminal. This doesn't make sense.
  • McKenzie O'Brien on 03 Dec 13
     
    I agree with Hayli because all he was doing was teaching a lesson! Not try to kill him!
  • Jakson Cole on 04 Dec 13
     
    This is a terribly unfortunate story. But I agree with the decision that the policemen made. The boy was driving recklessly and not cooperating on a college campus. If it had escalated much more they would have been putting the university in danger.
  • jkeller068 on 04 Dec 13
     
    Not the best story I've heard..thoughts and heart goes out to the family..
  • samaeld on 04 Dec 13
     
    Where was the escalation, Jackson? They could have smoked him out, they have tassers, there are all sorts of non-lethal things Cops are trained in for this kind of situation. Yet here they with out their guns and mow him down with shots to the head. There was no need for that.
  • nlarsen15 on 05 Dec 13
     
    Sad stuff out there. And it kinda hits home considering this took place here in Iowa...
  • Lauren Nahnsen on 05 Dec 13
     
    Not that I want to admit it, but last year I got in HUGE trouble because I told my mothers car multiple times without permission. What if they would have wanted to teach me a lesson? Would I get killed just because I had a moment of bad decisions? This makes me think how easily this could have been me.
Bryan Pregon

Slap To The Face Gets Student Expelled - 11 views

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  • Bryan Pregon on 24 Apr 14
     
    This case is NOT about the S.L.A.P.S test to decide if something is obscene (Serious Literary, Artistic, Political, Scientific value). So anyway, different sort of slap... Do you think the school reacted with an appropriate punishment?
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  • Evan Dreessen on 24 Apr 14
     
    No I don't believe that the school should have expelled him. Students get into fist fights, but sometimes only get suspended. He should be punished, but I think they went a little too far.
  • Sarah Allmon on 24 Apr 14
     
    I feel the school went a little overboard on the punishment, but then again it shows other teens that slapping someone in the face is not okay, and is not a joking matter.
  • Lauren Colpitts on 29 Apr 14
     
    Seems to me that this punishment was cruel and a little excessive. I do agree that he needs some sort of punishment to learn from it but the one he received took things to far.
  • dhyme345 on 29 Apr 14
     
    I think they went a little too far with the punishment. They could've suspended him instead.
  • Bethany Churchill on 30 Apr 14
     
    I think they went too far for the punishment. I understand that it's bad to randomly hurt people, but expelling him is too much.
  • Deja Hathaway on 07 May 14
     
    I agree that it went to far.
Bryan Pregon

"I can't breathe!" N.Y. chokehold decision - CNN.com - 24 views

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  • Bryan Pregon on 04 Dec 14
     
    Recent cases like these bring up issues of POWER and govt authority. Are these examples concerning? Which side (police/suspect) do you tend to sympathize with most?
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  • taylorcrinklaw13 on 04 Dec 14
     
    I don't think it's concerning. The government is there for a reason, and they need power to do their jobs. I tend to sympathize with cops because it only shows the bad police that are in the system, a video of an officer doing something good rarely goes viral.
  • chrislindqvist on 04 Dec 14
     
    I sympathize with the cop. He is here to protect us from people that can cause bad things, Michael Brown actually attacked him and the cop did what he had to do to survive. You have to show respect to cops and he didn't do only because he was black or that he wanted to kill someone, he did it becuase the felt threaten for his life
  • Mia Wheeler on 04 Dec 14
     
    I usually don't see death as an answer to anything unless that person is causing harm to other people. I don't think the officer should have actually killed him but instead used a different method to getting him to do what he wanted him to do.
  • Erin Wolff on 04 Dec 14
     
    I think these examples are very concerning. I sympathize with the suspect, Eric Garner, after watching the short 2 minute clip of the incident. The suspect was unarmed, and was only verbally refusing arrest, there is no probable cause for putting the suspect in a choke hold, and very well killing him. The grand jury that decided that officer, Daniel Pantaleo, did the right thing started peaceful protest in the Garner family. This is like the case in Ferguson, Missouri, except these protest do not include, looting, setting businesses on fire, or tear gas.
  • aharding484 on 04 Dec 14
     
    I think there could have been a better way to control the situation other than a choke hold. It would be understandable if it was for a few seconds to calm Garner down, but the police should have known when to stop. He should have been charged for excessive force.
  • jgroenjes on 04 Dec 14
     
    I strongly sympathize with Eric Garner and his family in this case. Police are stepping over the line in instances like these, and no penalties are given to them. The fact that death is necessary for the resistance of a single unarmed citizen is horrific. Resisting arrest or not resisting arrest, if there is no threat of fatal harm to the police officer, no arrest should ever resort to murder.
  • fwyldes753 on 05 Dec 14
     
    I understand that the police thought they had to stop him, but putting him in a choke hold was not the right way. They are going to far with the power they think they have.
  • jjohnson749 on 08 Dec 14
     
    i didn't see any reason why the officer put Eric Garner in a choke hold for what he did, the officer was abusing his power, a choke hold was not the right answer.
  • austin807 on 09 Dec 14
     
    They are going to far with the power they think they have, a choke hold was not right way to go
  • samanthaahern on 09 Dec 14
     
    yes especially the part when the officer put eric in the choke. the officer thinks he can do whatever he wants just cause hes a cop and had some power of us but he took it to far
  • darianhubbard on 09 Dec 14
     
    There were better methods of restraint to get Eric Garner into handcuffs. A choke hold was definitely not necessary, and the cop was definitely abusing his power. No attempted arrest should end in the death of someone, cop or citizen.
  • bdiaz971 on 09 Dec 14
     
    The cop has a right to detain anyone that is breaking the law, but he should not have put him in a choke hold. He has numerous tools capable of detaining someone such as; handcuffs, pepper spray, and a taser.
  • kschwindt on 09 Dec 14
     
    I don't believe that anyone should have any chances of death when being put in handcuffs, but I also don't know the full story of the incidents of the victims, maybe they weren't cooperating and the cops felt that the only way to control them was the chokehold. I believe that the cops should find another way to hold down their victims when handcuffing
  • escheffler on 10 Dec 14
     
    I think that this case is similar to the Ferguson case which could cause more people to start protesting more and even worse then they already are. Things could get really bad if it ever happened again.
  • djones036 on 10 Dec 14
     
    The cop has a right to detain anyone that is breaking the law, but he should not have put him in a choke hold. He has numerous tools he could of used while detaining someone like his taser, handcuffs, or pepper spray.
  • brooklynschroede on 12 Dec 14
     
    The cop has no reason to put him in a choke hold and for so long. The guy was saying he couldn't breathe. This is very wrong and he could of detained him a few other ways.
mya_doty

90-year-old Florida man charged for feeding homeless people - 28 views

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  • mya_doty on 05 Nov 14
     
    (CNN) -- Arnold Abbott handed out four plates of food to homeless people in a South Florida park. Then police stopped the 90-year-old from serving up another bite. "An officer said, 'Drop that plate right now -- like I had a weapon,'" Abbott said.
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  • efigueroa871 on 05 Nov 14
     
    Whats wrong with that.
  • michaelaheilesen on 10 Nov 14
     
    I think that's awful and definitely shouldn't be against the law. Providing the homeless with a meal doesn't necessarily keep them on the street, rather them starving and not having any energy to even try to turn their lives around is.
  • jchristensen043 on 10 Nov 14
     
    Instead of it be against the law, they should be encouraging more people to feed them. If we just let them sit there and starve they will die, I would rather have homeless people living, then a bunch of dead bodies laying around the city. Maybe all they need to get the motivation to get up and get a job, is by other people showing that care about them, and want them to live a healthy a life.
  • amcclain946 on 04 Dec 14
     
    I think this is absolutely ridiculous. How could the government of Fort Lauderdale be so ignorant and selfish? Granted, some people are homeless because they've made bad decisions to get to that point but some are homeless because they honestly can't help it. Who knows? But I think it should be okay for people to feed the homeless. It should be comforting knowing that people have caring hearts and are willing to give the less-unfortunate people food. I hope the banning of giving food to the homeless never becomes illegal in the state of Iowa because I have given homeless people food countless of times and I will not stop.
  • fwyldes753 on 04 Dec 14
     
    I don't think it should be against the law, its just help. Just because someone fed one person doesn't mean everyones going to go and be homeless.
  • pkleppe761 on 04 Dec 14
     
    Reading this story upsets me because no one should be charged for feeding the homeless. That is the same as arresting and charging a man/woman for donating to charity. I do believe that some people are homeless because they got themselves there from their life decisions and choices, however others have no other way out. For example, a veteran could be very ill after coming back home and maybe having PTSD and feel helpless and lost. They do not know where to go or who to ask for help. Helping the homeless lets them know that someone cares and wants to help, and I feel this act of kindness might just be the motivation they need to get themselves together and fix their life. This helps them know they are not alone. Florida is ridiculous for charging that man. Instead of it being a bad thing, let us encourage it.
  • djones036 on 04 Dec 14
     
    People should be able to help whoever they please. I think the man shouldn't get in trouble because he is helping them by giving them meals. This could also help them save money and eventually buy/ rent a house in the future.
  • kschwindt on 04 Dec 14
     
    Every town has some sort of poverty and not feeding the homeless isn't going to get rid of them.
  • matuszeski on 04 Dec 14
     
    Feeding the homeless should not be a crime. It is helping someone in need which is what citizens of a community should be doing is helping people in need and getting the back on there feet.
  • kquinlan591 on 04 Dec 14
     
    I don't believe that Abott should be arrested just because he was doing a good deed. I understand the views of the policeman and how they're just doing their job but it's not fair to Abott that he was just trying to be a good person. There is no reason why he should be arrested and think it's crazy that people are getting upset for helping the homeless. They should just leave him alone because it doesn't affect their lives in a big way.
  • bllandon on 04 Dec 14
     
    I do think that feeding them food -may- keep them in that cycle. MAY. I highly doubt it does though, because those homeless people probably have nowhere else to go at this point. And how are they suppose to "break" the cycle if they have nowhere to go? No job? If Florida isn't letting these people feed homeless people, then how about THEY do something about it rather than just giving everyone fines and acting without thinking.
  • John Scheffler on 04 Dec 14
     
    I think the city had made this a law in order to give the homeless an incentive to get a job. Which I personally believe is a terrible idea. No one likes living homeless, everyone needs a helping hand sometimes. I would think the officers of the city would have enough morals and ethics to not enforce this law. To be ignored and simply done away with in a few months. It's a sad day when helping becomes illegal.
  • jjohnson749 on 04 Dec 14
     
    i don't get why feeding the homeless is against the law, whats wrong with it? your helping a person maybe even saving their life.
  • malr2528 on 04 Dec 14
     
    I think the law against public food sharing is ridiculous. These kind of rules don't encourage the homeless to start getting back on their feet. Yes, they rely on the food given to them but all the law is doing is pushing the homeless out of Fort Lauderdale, to other areas. Rather then enforcing this new law they should come up with program that provide the homeless with job training and experience so they can really start off productively on their own.
  • ravenmaine on 04 Dec 14
     
    To put it lightly the banning of public food sharing is a stupid, stupid law. Credit, however, to Seiler for saying, "Providing them with a meal and keeping them in that cycle on the street is not productive." He made a valid point, yes, but a homeless person is just the same as a person who owns four houses, they just don't have as much luxury. I think homeless shelters, or even what Arnold Abbot does, feeding the people in need on a beach, that's their luxury. How are you going to take away something like that, for most, it might keep them hopeful. It shouldn't be up to the law who we as people want to help.
  • justin988 on 04 Dec 14
     
    this is a joke, how can you not feed another human being??
  • mhart079 on 04 Dec 14
     
    To me this is not just and feeding the homeless isn't against the law. My assumption is that the cop had hard feelings against the homeless guy and was enforcing illegally.
  • Erin Wolff on 05 Dec 14
     
    I don't think that this should be an actual law, what's the harm in feeding the poorest of the poor people? Cops are cracking down way too hard on the wrong "laws". There are criminals out there killing people, dealing drugs, stealing, and we're giving them jail time with possible probation, but feeding a homeless man is a serious crime? Think again.
  • brooklynschroede on 05 Dec 14
     
    I think this is ridiculous. We give our police too much power. Feeding the homeless is not a crime and it never should be. We have soup kitchens and things for them. How is it any different? The cops are pretty much taking away our rights and telling us not to be nice? Totally wrong.
  • tcomulada881 on 05 Dec 14
     
    I think Abbott has a right to feed the homeless. They don't have anything so we don't just want them to die in the street for starvation that's inhumane. They're just homeless people that are trying to eat the police should have their attention on things that are more important crimes. Besides feeding homeless people isn't a crime.
  • chrislindqvist on 05 Dec 14
     
    This sound unbelievable to me and I hope it does it to many other people too. We have to find sympathy to those people and don't think they are some other kind of thing, They are also humans with feelings.
  • davyana on 09 Dec 14
     
    I don't understand what is so wrong with feeding the homeless. I'd do the same exact thing if I could. Police officers are suppose to protect and that means everyone, even the homeless. If a police officer became homeless, losing his job, house, family, etc. I'm sure his friends and past co-workers would feed him too. So what makes him any different than the "random homeless guy on the street." ? I don't think Abbott should get charged.
  • justin988 on 09 Dec 14
     
    his sound unbelievable to me and I hope it does it to many other people too. We have to find sympathy to those people and don't think they are some other kind of thing, They are also humans with feelings.
  • estuckey767 on 09 Dec 14
     
    I don't see what is wrong with feeding the homeless. These people are at the lowest point in their lives and need all the help they can get and they fact that the city just want's to look the other way while these people suffer and hope that they go away is heartbreaking. People should help the homeless, help them get back on track and get their lives in order not treat them like a rat. There are actually criminals that get to go free and an old man who was helping the homeless gets put in jail? That's ridiculous.
  • deanaroth on 10 Dec 14
     
    There is nothing wrong with feeding those who don't have food. But I also believe at some point these people should have done something to prevent themselves from getting to the point that they can't afford food. Everybody gets a chance to try to find a place where they can support themselves. But I also believe it is wrong to prevent someone from trying to help them along, all they are trying to do is make their lives a little bit easier. There is no reason this man should be put in jail, he has done no wrong.
  • jordan fichter on 12 Dec 14
     
    I don't see anything wrong with giving to the homeless, but instead of giving an giving I would try and get them a job or help them
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Ferguson turns into tinderbox once again after new details leaked. - 0 views

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  • taylormorris on 21 Oct 14
     
    Brown's blood was found on officer Wilson's uniform and in the police car, which supports the claim that there was a struggle that justified use of deadly force. If there is not an indictment of the officer, there are fears that the riots in Ferguson will spiral out of control.
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Could immigration cause another government shutdown? - CNN.com - 9 views

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  • danielaespinoza on 24 Mar 15
     
    Congressional Republicans are vowing to fight President Barack Obama's plan to make immigration changes through executive action, but they are struggling with how to do that without triggering another government shutdown. The House and Senate need to pass a measure during the lame duck session to fund federal agencies, which will run out of money in mid-December.
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  • jimmymc731 on 24 Mar 15
     
    Obama wants to use his executive power to pass immigration. And the whole other part of the government does not want this and will use all of there tools to stop him!
  • dillonpalen on 24 Mar 15
     
    Obama is nearing a final decision on immigration and will use his executive power to pass it and the others don't want that and there trying to not have the government shut down again cuz of it
  • leomendez on 24 Mar 15
     
    ^
  • Bryan Pregon on 25 Mar 15
     
    This is an interesting follow up article: 5 Myths of Illegal Immigration. http://money.cnn.com/2014/11/20/news/economy/immigration-myths/index.html Some of the fact presented are surprising.
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CNN Democratic town hall: 6 takeaways - CNNPolitics.com - 1 views

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  • lydiabrown22 on 04 Feb 16
     
    Both candidates engaged with the audience and were at their best when getting away from the talking points so familiar to many by this time. Then again, each were faced with questions that demonstrated their weaknesses either in winning a Democratic primary or in November.
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Hillary Clinton responds to Trump's attacks on Bill - 1 views

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  • jwondercheck947 on 11 Jan 16
     
    When it comes to Republican Donald Trump repeated attacks about her husband's sex life, Hillary Clinton has one message for Donald Trump: "Didn't work before, won't work again." Trump has spent weeks attacking former President Bill Clinton on the campaign trail, calling him "one of the great abusers of the world" and comparing him to Bill Cosby, who is facing sexual assault allegations.
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