Sentencing for Burress.

Celebrity preferential treatment was certainly evident in the case of Plaxico Burress a 32-year old former New York Giants professional football player who shot himself in the thigh while carrying a Glock in a nightclub in New York City in November 2008.

Burress began serving a two-year sentence September 24th, 2009 at Ulster County Correctional Facility in Napanoch, NY.

Considering New York State's mandatory 3.5 year setencing for gun possession, Burress was lucky to have walked away with a 2 year sentence. Burress was charged with two counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon and one count of second-degree reckless endangerment all of which could total up to 15 years in prison if convicted.

Registration on said weapon was in Florida and eight months expired. Another fact to consider even if his weapon was registered Burress would not have been allowed possession in New York state. Not mentioned by many articles was the fact that the bullet trajectory narrowly missed a security gaurd in the nightclub.

Burress is placed in voluntary protective custody while incarcerated, he is separated from the rest of the inmate population at all times and gets a single cell to himself. Burress also has hired a consultant to teach him how to use his jail time productively.

After Burress serves his jail time he will he reinstated by the NFL since his suspension following the arrest. If Burress serves with good behavior he'll get released in June 2011.

The arguments presented by King James 711 did confirm my own beliefs that celebrities get preferential treatment. It is interesting to note that this light sentencing is unusual for a black man in the United States.

AP article written for MSNBC NBC sports: http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/32965811/ns/sports-nfl/

NY Times Blog City Room by John Eligon copy and paste web address into into browser since this article is not allowed to be linked: http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/20/burress-expected-to-plead-guilty-in-weapons-case/

Position against Health Care Reform Bill

Health Care Reform threatens 80% of Americans, (roughly 130 million people) who receive insurance through their employer through their current insurance. In contrast to the 50 million uninsured who need a government-run system. And the 25 million underinsured Americans.

Reform is considered threatening because it would in effect persuade employers to stop buying private insurance and opt out for a less expensive and lower quality insurance for employees.

A loss of control has been identified because government run health insurance policy would take decision-making from physicians and patients and give it to government bureaucracy regardless of individual needs.

Health Care Reform will also take funds from other successful programs like Medicare serving seniors dependent on coverage for their expensive prescription drug medications to fund it. The worry is that this will result in reduced benefits from Medicaid.

Physicians fear that a government-sponsored program will reimburse them at rates equal to the Medicare program rates (very low) and has not been updated for inflation rates and the recession.

To read further on GOP Solutions for Health Care Reform please read Missouri Congressman Roy Blunt's News.

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The new 4th Avenue underpass is visually appealing and great for distributing traffic downtown.

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The new 4th Avenue underpass is visually appealing and distributes traffic well.

The Christian Science Monitor website review.

The purpose of the The Christian Science Monitor website is for information and archival sources. The purpose is achieved by making everything the site has to offer available in the basic layout. The author has somewhat misjudged the conventions of the web by making the person viewing it scroll down a couple of times. The audience is experienced with computers and older, likes to read the news and will scroll down for a story. As a woman I find the layout appealing, small but colorful photos of people. The content of the page is information rich, it is archival if you need it for that purpose. But the articles are set up in a manner of well-portioned chunks. The text is very clean and well organized, the lettering isn’t too difficult to read either. The graphics are tasteful and arranged well, nothing over the top to distract the reader from news. The loaded very quickly which I liked. The site is well organized into issues and into U.S or abroad. The Christian Science Monitor does require a lot of scrolling that might turn off some reader with less patience. No link rot that I’ve come across because I can’t find any links! I enjoy the design and layout of this website, it is fun.

Won't you take me to chunky town?

My family is cool. I like spending time with them but at some point my good natured, innocent facade starts to crack and I just want to sip a glass of wine over a cigarette after two days of non-stop hanging out. Some people have those families that they can really relax with and be themselves by family- mine not so much.

I was getting irritated with my Dad, his brother and my Dad's friend by the end of the third day. They wanted to get something to eat so we were leaving my apartment trying to figure out where when my stomach started to turn from stress. I was tired. My Dad turns to me and says, "You're always up for eating aren't ya? Where should we go?" I told them I wasn't feeling well and let them go. There is a threshold of tolerance for my good-nature and pops just crossed it.

I didn't say anything about his comment or react to it. I could've explained that I'd gained weight that year because of a medication and could've told him not to tell women everywhere, in or out of his life, anything, ever about their weight. As I get older, I've stopped lecturing and save the experiences to share with my friends and let the b.s. roll off my back.