Professor Stanton, I have looked for some of the comments I have posted, not just today, but in the past, and though the system said they were successfully posted, I do not seem to be able to see them. So I posted some blogs and don't know what else to do...

I just wanted to wish everyone the best of luck in their future endeavors and a Happy Holiday Season. With the holiday season approaching, our lives become much more hectic and stressful. I know personally, that the past two weeks have pushed my stress levels beyond the limits and at times I have wanted to throw in the towel, but instead held my head high and continued to forge forward.
I know I am praying every day, that I receive a passing grade, so that I can move forward with my plans. I hope that you have achieved the goal you have anticipated in this class and you can move on to the next step of your degree.

Global topic 11/16: Pakistan Amends Rape Law In Victim's Favor: How can a country need to amend the law in favor of the victim? Aren't laws in effect to protct the innocent? Maybe this country should consider not allowing bigamy, then they would not need to ammend the laws in such a matter. Then to top it all off human rights activists are mad because of the change.

Global Topic 10/29: Ok where is the justice in this state. I just read an article about a 26 year old woman, who at 17 went to a party, got drunk and stupid, went to another friends house and stole some liquor from the garage. When confronted by the parent, she hit him in the neck with the bottle and they arrested her for burglary and aggravated battery. This is not the problem I have though. Now "17", she is hauled to Orient Rd jail, kept there for days, tried as an adult, once sentenced to 60 days in jail (Orint Rd). She is a Scholar in school, with a 4.8 GPA, Treasurer of the Honor Society, full blown scholarships and accepted to a highly acclaimed college. Her teachers struggle with the jail to bring her school work to her, so that she can maintain her status, allowing her to graduate with her class. Since being released from jail, she has been in no trouble, was forced to attend a community college, due to finances, she is married with children. Her dreams of becoming a Nuclear Biologist where crushed because she is a convicted felon, she can never hold a Professional License or Certification and she has fought with the system since, trying to have her case expunged so she can go on with her life. It has been two years since she first submitted the papers for pardoning but the wonderful government has "LOST" them or just has "NEVER RECEIVED THEM".
Later in the article, it is revealed that she had turned to drinking after the passing of her step father, with her mom struggling to support the famil on menial income, and numerous other struggles.
I feel for this young woman and can read between the lines of the article figuring out why she was so harshly punished, but it is due time she is given her pardon. There are hundreds of juvenile car theives, every day stealing 20, 30, 40 cars a week and they get slapped on the hand told never to do it a gain. Within a few weeks they are caught again, and nothing is done. Lets get real, where is fair and equal in this state. Punishment for the the crime, not life.

Comment on Cindys' post 11/25: First and formost, had I called the police for anyone, not knowing who they are you should have made them wait outside. If I were not in the position I am, I would not care if they were getting beat down to the ground. My family safety is the utmost importance n my residence. Secondly, if the cop was truly concerned and doing his job he would have ensured the victims safety, by either making an arrest or taking the victim to a shelter. And on the subject of a language barrier issue, try conversing daily with people who know little to no english, and when you tell them yo don't speak their language, they get pissed and start cursing at you in their language. It is very stressful, especially when you are willing to help these people, but can't do so until you find out what the problem really is.

Comment to Brents post on 11/1, The Return Policy: I find it rediculous that people will return merchandise to get their money back, because they want to go out and party or get cigarettes. But on the flip side, if you still have tags attached and your receipt, I don't see why you should not beable to return merchandise. Being int he job I am in, I have seen people literally walk into stores empty handed, walk around for a few minutes, then come up to the service counter and return an item they have picked up off the shelf. Then when I come in with a receipt, and the merchandise I "PAID" for, if I am beyond my "90 DAYS", I get told I can't return the merchandise. Go figure.

Commenting on the return policy blog. I don't agree with you that all sales should be final, but i do agree that people go nuts taking things back. i know of girl that bought a bassinet, used it until her baby grew out of it, then took it back for a full refund. She actually told me i should do the same. i just looked at her like she was crazy. But i still have my dumb bassinet. Anyways, they must not loose too much money or they would not have had the same polocies for so long. But nothing makes it right to return things when you have already used them.

Here's a semi-interesting gloabal topic. I don't ahve a newspaper for statistics but shopping over the holiday season. Can you imagine the number of purchases that are made and also the number of returns made. The stores around this time of year need to make new policies to stop people from returning almost everything they buy. People have loop holes for what they are doing. It might seem innocent when somebody returns something but there is a lady who does this at a string of Hallmark stores. She will buy stuff and return but she will still make money from points on a card and theres never a receipt. I say, forget store credit and not having receipts. All sales should be final whether or not the customer is happy with what they bought.

I'm not saying I'm for or against the war but we can all agree that a war is a horrible thing. Between the fighting and killing and loses, its not something any of us should ever, WANT to see, nor be involved with. Now here is a solution that I thought up in the car on the way home while I was singing some Kelly Clarkson and Back street Boys. This is what we do........ We don't need to use bombs and guns what we need to throw at them are..................... PLAYDOH and LEGOS.

Do you recall anyone saying f&@* you f*^%playdoh and damn the little Lego men. Never. Everyone loves playdoh and legos! We bomb them with legos and playdoh and then we go over and we offer them the little people and the wheels to make a car... and if they can play nice we will share our trees and windows and together we can build a giant Lego house and afterwards we can make fake playdoh food which we all did as a kid. (I just liked rolling it into a deformed strand of playdoh that I would swing around until it broke, or you would try to turn it in to a pretzel.). That was always fun too. Anyways I think this is a perfect example that childhood innocence is the best time of our lives. I think we should give it a shot. Who knowmaybeaby after all this fun, we would all be able to sit in a ginormes circle and bust out the ge-tar, and sing kum-bi-ah..Wouldn'tent that be just peachy?

Im going to go ahead and comment on Brent’s topic of privacy in cell phones... even though I’m a little bias. A cell phone is private property, just like mail, just like your house. There for, im not saying it should be illegal, but it just shouldn’t happen. that’s like passing a note in class n having the teacher pick it up and read it. That’s just not cool. But then again, like what Cindy said, you should never write something down, unless it would be ok for anyone to see it, i.e.: your boyfriend, your best friend, or even your best friends' boyfriend... so yeah... that’s just my opinions, n thanks Brent for picking a topic I could so easily write about.

So, about a month ago, a man knocks on my door while i am on the phone and yells call 911. So, immediately i dial 911. When the dispatcher asks me what the emergency was i realized i didn't know so i just explained what had happened and i went outside and asked this man what the problem was. He and his mother start yelling, one in english, one in spanish, that the guys sister-in-law is beating up the guys mother. So next thing i know the accused mother-in-law beater has my phone and is telling the dispatcher in spanish that there is no problem and then she hangs up. Ofcourse the dispatcher calls me back asks to talk to the accused and has a spanish speaking person to talk to her. By now a police man has arrived and for the next 3hrs. i had this lady and 3 policemen in my apartment. For the next 5 hrs after i had this lady in my apartment. Because the police officer felt bad for her and didn't want her to go back home with the accusers, he asked if she could stay with me. i didn't want her to but i said yes.
This brings up two topics language barriers and domestic abuse. Actually this could be considered elderly abuse if it had gone any further. In a case like this i feel bad for noone. i know for some people it is hard to leave abusive places maybe even impossible in those cases i feel bad.

Well Fran, i never really seen police in marked cars do much more than speed. Although, i did see one police officer in like a really scummy tire lot doing who knows what with some girl i seen him talk to from the tire place. i could be way off though. Who knows. What i do know is that my husband's cousin, who WAS a police officer, was caught in his car doing who knows what, got caught, and is now a computer tech.

I enjoyed reading trifles. I thought it a very simple easy to understand play. I caught some of the little things within the play but i also was surprised at some of them when i looked them up. Mostly like the cherry jar. i still think its a little funny. I think that the story was about Minnie Wright being treated so badly and finally standing up for herself. She must have figured no one would miss such a mean man anyway. I really think it's funny how a lot of women writers write stories like this. It makes me wonder if it makes life easier to live for them.

Here is another thing I would like some honest comments on. I will not take anything said personal, though it pertains to my profession. How many of you see marked police/sheriff vehicles violating traffic laws, and wish there was something you could do about it? I do not believe that I am above the low, by no means, but there seems to be a vast majority of individuals within the field of law enforcement, who think they are. There is a web site that is directed towards law enforcement, and in the past few days, I have read the most humiliating statements made by some of the people I work with, to the point that I find it embarrassing to admit that I work with them. Let me please have your thoughts.
Oh and by the way, if any of you heard of the deputy haveing 11 accidents over the course of her career, and yesterdays being one that could have been fatal, I don't find an excuse or acceptance to this either. She is a liability to the county, and the accidents she has are not held against her personal vehicle insurance.
What are your thoughts.

Topics for Writing: #5 I agree with the critics that Minnie Wright is the most important character in the play. She is the one that everything in the pla focuses on, other then being the dead husband. If Glaspell had Mrs. Wright on stage, then he would have to show more in the play, where she is defending herself against the acqusations made, and the play would have a different turn to it.
#6 This play is about a crime, in a country setting, about a unhappy unfilling marriage. I'm not sure how the men regard to the women.

Topics for Writing: #5 I agree with the critics that Minnie Wright is the most important character in the play. She is the one that everything in the pla focuses on, other then being the dead husband. If Glaspell had Mrs. Wright on stage, then he would have to show more in the play, where she is defending herself against the acqusations made, and the play would have a different turn to it.
#6 This play is about a crime, in a country setting, about a unhappy unfilling marriage. I'm not sure how the men regard to the women.

I chose the issue of the death penalty being imposed on Danny Rollins for the murders he commited years ago. I do not think that the families of the victims should have to wait any longer for the justice they deserve. It has been 15 years since being convicted and it is due time the families get their due. It is not like the punishment is more than the crime he committed and the state needs to move on with the execution, of the savage beast. I am for the death penalty, and have rarely if ever heard of one being carried out, where the convicted individual was not guilty of their crime. The releif these families will have will be overwhelming once the due process is done.

I chose the issue of the death penalty being imposed on Danny Rollins for the murders he commited years ago. I do not think that the families of the victims should have to wait any longer for the justice they deserve. It has been 15 years since being convicted and it is due time the families get their due. It is not like the punishment is more than the crime he committed and the state needs to move on with the execution, of the savage beast. I am for the death penalty, and have rarely if ever heard of one being carried out, where the convicted individual was not guilty of their crime. The releif these families will have will be overwhelming once the due process is done.

I chose the issue of the death penalty being imposed on Danny Rollins for the murders he commited years ago. I do not think that the families of the victims should have to wait any longer for the justice they deserve. It has been 15 years since being convicted and it is due time the families get their due. It is not like the punishment is more than the crime he committed and the state needs to move on with the execution, of the savage beast. I am for the death penalty, and have rarely if ever heard of one being carried out, where the convicted individual was not guilty of their crime. The releif these families will have will be overwhelming once the due process is done.

I chose the US service members who are on trial for the rape in Iraq as my global topic. It is very disheartening to know that a few individuals have made a name for all service members and US citizens as well. This behavior is what makes our allies and others dislike the US so much and then we wonder why it is that the foriegn countries attack us so viciously when they do. If you are guilty you are guilty, regardless where you are living. In my early service years, 3 Marines raped and killed another US Marine. They received life in a Japanese prison, because it was committed outside the base boundaries. Average life expectancy was 3 years for a foriegn to survive in a Japanese prison. I don't think they deserved that long. Where is this world headed with such violence and disregard for human life?

So what do you think about these pervs that continue to fall for the tricks of Datelines, "To Catch a Predator" YOu would think they would learn. They all say they knew it was a set up, too. Are they really that sick and perverted. I guess they are since they are caught doing what they are doing. They are so long gone that they are willing to chance their life on one action. I wish there was a way to catch every single one. It's too bad the penalties for what they do are not as harsh as they should be.

Today i think i will pick the global topic of racism. I sometimes wonder if racism is starting to rise again. I mean i know that it will never die. i also know that it probably never was lessened. i think it was just hidden. Either way, i have heard and seen more racial comments in the last year than in the last ten years. I first thought maybe people are just getting more comfortable with other races but now i am starting to think that the comfort will lead to an uprising in racial tensions. It's scary to think about, especially in the world that we live in today where everyone is mixed. I think it would be nice if people were never judged by their race.

Commenting on Brentd's, I too think it's extreme to be in trouble for looking at someone's cellphone. Cell phones can be lost at any given moment. One of my teachers once said never write anything down that you don't want the whole world to read. And i think that goes for this text messaging stuff too.

Well, I skimmed through the plays and I think I may like this section of the class. I have always loved plays and movies though. I never read or seen any of these plays. Not even Hamlet. I do intend to watch it though. I think that when covering plays we should be able to enjoy them by hearing them read. Now if it's within a small group or as a class, i think i would prefer the class just because for people that don't read too well or read slow they may not want to read and even if they do it might ruin the whole thing. I would like to hear a play read aloud by people that have the talent and the enthusiasm for it. I guess it really doesn't matter though, that's just my opinion. The reason i feel like that though, is because i lose interest and tend to get annoyed by slow readers. Man i must sound horrible. Well i guess we'll have to wait and see how it goes.

I don't know if this should be considered, but I am going to talk about cellphones and how they affect personal relationships. Cellphones are still a revelation to many people.
I read an article in the newspaper regarding the effect cellphones are having in an individual's life. Are cellphones an invasion of privacy if you read someone else text messages, etc.? There are two sides to this topic. Reading anyone else's mail is considered an invasion of privacy, therefore, this theory should apply to cellphones also. I think it can also go the other way too. Cell phones are something used to communicate and humor ourselves with. Having laws against looking at other people's phones is, in my opinion, too extreme.

I don't know if this should be considered, but I am going to talk about cellphones and how they affect personal relationships. Cellphones are still a revelation to many people.
I read an article in the newspaper regarding the effect cellphones are having in an individual's life. Are cellphones an invasion of privacy if you read someone else text messages, etc.? There are two sides to this topic. Reading anyone else's mail is considered an invasion of privacy, therefore, this theory should apply to cellphones also. I think it can also go the other way too. Cell phones are something used to communicate and humor ourselves with. Having laws against looking at other people's phones is, in my opinion, too extreme.

So, here we are again and this one is about the plays. I skimmed through them and even reading some of the lines were strange. It's weird how they talk like Yoda in some plays and then other are normal. I like plays because they are like movies but with more emotion and probably better acting. There isn't any room for mistakes which is fun to watch for if you are at a boring play. The only one of these plays I have seen is the Glass Menagerie. It was ok, but it was interesting to see one guy play two parts. The mistakes were noticeable but the did a good job of recovering. There are so many you could teach plays. The best one that I think would work is probably assigning part for people to read in a circle. You could have people act it out but I wouldn't want to volunteer for that. Reading the plays out loud will help people to understand them better.

Is anyone having a problem finding that ablong thing? If anyone can help me find it i'd appreciate it. That's if anyone does their blogs soon and reads my message.