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This is a protest that needs to be address. The Native Americans are protesting against an corporation that is trying to steal their water supply without any regard of the Indians that depend on it. During the protest, non-violent protesters were attacked by dogs and pepper sprayed without waning.

This article supports banning smoking in public places.  Studies show that there have been positive health and economic impacts where these bans have been implimented.

Should people be allowed to keep exotic animals as house pets? This article mostly talks about why people shouldn't be keeping exotic animals as pets. Some of the reasons are that many exotic animals have diseases that can be fatal and most exotic animals will attack their owns. This article also gives some other reasons of why this should not be legal. 

This website is for those interested in how George Bush expanded the government and how it went against every conservative belief. It explains the dangers of big government and its potential for corruption.

This article talks about the Benghazi attacks on 4 Americans that were ambushed in there compound. Explain how the white house new of these attacks and what was Hillary Clinton's involvement.

I think that this was a necessary action to take, this could be out next president. It's unfortunate that these things are being lied about and covered up.

I think this is a pertinent piece of information about a possible presidential candidate. Why would she use her private e-mail when she knows that it's violates governmental regulation and then delete those e-mails? I think she is too skilled of a politician with something to hide. There is more to Hillary than meets the eye.

This is a fascinating article questioning whether or not same-sex marriage damages others' religious freedoms. While I do not completely agree with the thoughts stated in the article, they do raise some interesting points.

America has arrived at a dangerous, unprecedented moment: an Administration is attacking a state that is simply trying to help the federal government restore the rule of law. The State and Federal government are still clashing heads on what should be done for the immigration laws and still uncertain on the safest and most reliable way to protect our borders and citizens.

What some see as a surprise attack on states' rights, others know as a carefully thought out education reform. What seems like straight-forward educational reform has sparked plenty of controversy. For some, the Common Core State Standards seemed to come from nowhere, and appeared to be a sneaky attack on states' rights to control local education.

Police say they are treating a fire that was deliberately set at an Ontario mosque a hate crime. Police are still searching for suspects in the Saturday night fire and say it is unclear if it was connected to the deadly terrorist attacks in Paris the previous day.

The right to privacy is constantly under attack. However, individuals have different standards for what they deem to be acceptable for others to see or know about them. The writer shows how people are growing more accustomed to giving up some privacy if it is beneficial.

The idea of giving up privacy seems simple when not thinking of the consequences it might entail. This article highlights the positives and negatives that come along with relinquishing privacy.

This article explains that the Brazilian president is speeding up the destruction of the Amazon Rainforest. The scientist's explain that we are reaching an irreversible point if the forest continues to be destroyed. The article also explains the attack on indigenous people who want to protect the forest.

I feel that this is an important issue, the environment is such an important part of the world we live in. Especially such a big rainforest such as the Amazon. So many animals will lose their homes and way of living.

NBC mentions that due to technology advancing our privacy is diminishing. Their main question and point is do the people of America really care about their privacy when "they say one thing and do another."

In 1998 the individual soda intake was at its highest, averaging a surprising 56.1 gallons. Six years later in 2004, carbonated soft drinks had a 7 percent decline in individual consumption. In addition, replacing regular soda with diet soda helped decrease the intake of caloric beverages an impressive 12 percent. Health problems like obesity and being overweight result from the lack of nutrients in these beverages. The widespread issues are due to high rise consumption rates of these carbonated soft drinks. Liquid candy is statistically proven to be a prime factor for excessive weight increase. A problem for our population following the increase is the Type 2 diabetes. These health issues can lead to long term illnesses and sometimes life threatening diseases such as heart attacks, strokes and cancer.

This website is for those conservatives concerned with President Obama's policies and their attack on civil liberties.

This website addresses the attack on our privacy. It offers suggestions to going against "big brother" and how to personal protect yourself. It also describes the government's role in our privacy.

This article talks about how surveillance is stealing people's identities and just a way to track people. It then goes to explain how you can protect yourself from identity theft and overall safety and privacy.

The National Security Agency has greatly expanded since September 11, 2001. People have come forward and recently exposed the corruption of the system, and the spying the agency has conducted on millions of Americans, through phone calls and other mass forms of media we consume everyday.

I understand the reason for the surveillance, but I feel that if they find nothing wrong, they should move on. I also feel that it is a violation of peoples' rights to privacy. If I was a suspected terrorist or caught peeping on sites that I shouldn't, please track me so that I don't hurt anyone or do irreparable damage. However, if you spy on me and all I do is talk to family and do homework, pay bills and occasionally visit Facebook, then just leave me alone. Spend the time watching someone that you should be.

Whether the NSA is listening to you or not, if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to worry about, they are not sharing your information with others, nor are they even listening closely to your conversation. The NSA was weakened through the repealing of the patriot act last year, and since there have been 3 major terror attacks on the homeland, a clear rise in terror in the homeland through the gained power of terrorist due to paranoia from American citizens, who value privacy over safety.

Trump has proposed a policy to stop refugees coming into the country. That has horrible consequences. It says to the world that the US will not help offer help in times of need. It also leads to families being separated as refugees already in the US won't be able to get their families to come over too.

Thank you for sharing this article, I personally and politically believe in helping refugees. One of the great things I have loved about America is how helpful and open the US has previously been in accepting refugees. I'm saddened that this may no longer be the case with the Trump Administrative.

The same proposition was put into place during world war two after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. Just out of curiosity, do you believe it was appropriate then?

Trump bans Muslim targeted countries. Did he ban the wrong countries? Most of the terrorist attacks that have happened here in America have been done by born U.S. citizens

I think this article is not very scholarly, but they made good points about the origins of some of these terrorists.

According to Benjamin Franklin, Those who surrender freedom for security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one." Secondly, it is illegal to discriminate on the basis of race, color, origin, gender, disability, sexual orientation, etc.

This site contains a long article regarding police brutality and racism. It focuses on the statistical data which shows that African-American men are more likely to be targets of police brutality and the article tries to rationalize why this might be. It also talks about how these attacks or acts of brutality change how people of color and or people, in general, view the police.

The Obama administration's rule requiring employer health plans to cover birth control without a co-payment has given rise to a slew of lawsuits by private companies claiming the mandate attacks religious freedom. Employers refusing to provide birth control for their employees due to their religious beliefs.