I agree, it should not be legalized. The studies that say that weed isn't bad for your health aren't talking about every day use. The studies show that it has no damage to yourself if you use it occassionaly. And even that doesn't mean that weed should be legalized.

I agree, this link does a very nice job of putting the facts into a condensed article. I think you found a very nice link because this is unbiased and to the point.

Technically, this as about as free as we can get. Any more freedom, and we may have criminals running rampant around, causing chaos. We wouldn't be able to do anything about it. These laws are necessary for an acceptable upright, upstanding society.

I agree, we shouldn't be quick to judge someone just because they are a certain race, religion, gender, etc. I think that discrimination is all about leaping to judgments, and it causes feelings of hurt and hate between people. Discrimination is a problem today and has been a problem forever. I think we need to learn how to be accepting and non-judgmental.

I feel like it is very important for there to be a restriction on what people do with their firearms. If there were no restrictions on what people do with their firearms, it would be like saying that it's okay to shoot people. That is not right.

Even if a woman is raped, the baby isn't at fault, the baby should be let live. I think that abortion should be illegal because it's murder no matter what you call it.

I agree that people have families to support. Congress needs to figure out a sturdy plan that will help our economy become stable and flourish.

I don't exactly agree because he may have tried helping with Wisconsin's economy, but how are we to know if he would be able to fix the U.S. It is on a much larger scale, so maybe he wouldn't be able to help the U.S. We don't know that he would do any better or worse than Obama.

I understand why you would say that, but I think that there is no reason at all to abort a child. I understand that if someone was raped that they would want to abort the child, but I still think that you shouldn't. Every life is sacred, and it isn't the baby's fault that you were raped. You can still put it up for adoption if you don't want it.

I think this is a very strong point. This is very true because if someone has a family member with breast cancer, that person has the right to support their family member.

When people say that our political leaders have done nothing, it bothers me. Some may not have been great, but there are many presidents who have done so much. We just need to find someone who will stand up for the 'everyman,' someone who will do their best to help us, the U.S., achieve our best.

This makes sense. I think that if weed becomes legalized, where will it stop? Next, people will be asking for other drugs to become legalized. Where will it stop?

www.thurstontogether.org/drugFacts/marijuana.html

Some people try to claim that media and publicity will not affect a trial because the jurors are not allowed to watch the coverage of the trial (http://www.albionmonitor.com/0402a/pretrialpublicity.html) , but if there is a similar case that has happened before, that may cause someone to think about the new case the same as the old one.

I understand how you see it as helping the economy, but weed can impair your judgement. If weed was made legal, how many people would we have running around with impaired judgement. Everything would be chaos, and if there are crimes commited, how many people are going to claim that they can't be held responsible because they were on weed? It would be a very bad thing if weed was legalized.

I agree with this because that bill is taking away rights given to us in the Constitution, and if that simple right of free speech is taken away, what kind of other rights may be taken away from us just because they can?

I think that abortion is a terrible thing. Any life is just as important as the next, and no one should have the right to take away their life. It is murder to kill even an unborn baby. Abortion should not be an option. http://www.abortionsarewrong.com/

I agree with this because the reality is that if the person has killed more than once, obviously they don't care about human life, so I believe that it is right for them to get the death penalty. I think that if someone is a repeat offender that they really shouldn't be given another chance to ruin people's lives.

I believe that we need patience, but above all else, I think we need Congress to become more progressive about solving our economic problems. I understand that this will take a while, but I think that Congress needs to figure out what they are doing to help the economy. We'll do what we need to do to fix the economy, so why won't they get to work on that?

In this day and age, there are many who believe that us American's are all about ourselves. I think that this is not true. Many people think that all politicians are horrible people and that they don't care about other people, but I think that that is not true. What we need to do, is really just need to find the one that will be progressive and do their best to help the citizens of America get into a position that will benefit the majority of the citizens, not what will benefit them.

For example, we should look to what otherr presidents have done in the past.

Franklin D. Roosevelt Home Owner's Loan Act Links (He helped keep people off of the streets):

http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=14665#axzz1jwDOQB7j http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Owners'_Loan_Corporation http://www.loansafe.org/forum/breaking-foreclosure-news/151-home-owners-loan-act.html

I think that if publicity from the media disrupts someone's right to a fair trial, the defendant should be allowed a retrial. A retrial is a fair thing to give to those whose trials have been unfair due to media. This happened in the case against Jack Ruby (the one who shot and killed JFK's killer.) Here is a link describing it: http://people.howstuffworks.com/ten-controversial-court-cases10.htm

I agree with this. We didn't have such bad debt in the past, so I think we should use past ideas to fix the problem with out economy.

I'm not saying that we don't need to consider more new policies, but I am saying that we should look to the past to see if we can find solutions to our economic problems back in history.

I think that taxing millionaires can help the economy. I'm not saying that millionaires should be the only ones taxed or that their taxes should be raised by so much, but I think that if they were to increase the taxes of millionaires just slightly, we would be facing slightly better economic opportunities.

I think that Conservative politics may help our economy more than Liberal because if we were to look to the past, we may be able to come up with solutions to boost our economic issues as we have done in the past. Although, it is still good to have some Liberals as well to have a different point of view, but I think Conservative politics may help more.