Response: "Crazy Love"

I find it to be ridiculous that life is all about finding someone you have to "settle" with, meaning not the person you want. I like to think that i'll find someone i'd love to spend the rest of my life with and be fully committed. The thing that would make me trust the other person enough to make the leap would be for all the time they had been there for me, through thick and thin, through everything they've done for me which will probably include many meals, cleaning, dishes, childbirth for heavens sake(i want alot of kids so hats off to my future wife). Even if one might think there is someone out there who is the richest, best looking, and smartest person out there who would want me, well they probably aren't the person for me so tough luck. looks, money and smarts aren't important when it comes to finding "the one." its what the french would call a certain "Je ne sais qua" that i'm looking for.

Response: "The Politics of Rescue"

Interveining with other peoples' business is hard enough on a day to day life with regular everyday problems, now imagine trying to help in another countries problems. seems impossible right? It has shown most obvious that the United States always seems to be helping out in other peoples' problems often, but is it too much? I for one don't think so. In the article it mentioned the US becoming the world police, and i see where they are coming from, i just believe other countries need to help out more. When there is ethnic cleansing and other forms of terrorism, who are we not to help? how can we just sit back and do nothing when we know what is happening over there? i'm not saying the United States can fix the world or that it has all the answers, i'm just saying if we do nothing we are almost as bad as the people or groups doing these horrific acts.

Response "Why We Fight"

Is it right that a person could kill another person in war and be considered a hero, but if someone kills a person not in war they are just considered a murderer? I for one think it is. I'm not a fan of war or fighting of any kind and have no intentions of joining the armed forces, but i support our country and stick behind them all the way. I agree with the 3 different criteria that Augustine wrote that were used for determining war. I am a person who still hopes of a world where countries are peaceful with one another, but i guess not all people feel the same way. I do realize when using words to try to settle things don't work war can be necessary and then it's acceptable to take these steps. I think in our countries past there have been many times where we were right for declaring war...but then also other times when we have not. I think in this day and age some have become to quick to want to play the war card.

Response to "Army's war game"

As a avid video game player, i'm not certain if i've ever played a game that was sponsored by the army, i've played my fair share of war like video games. I agree with the idea the main purpose of these video games is to start to lead young adults to start having an interest in the army and even possibly joining it. Before reading this article i've never heard of the free video game "America's Army" that is available to so many americans. I've never been to a NASCAR event or a state fair, so since they commonly distribute copies of them there, maybe thats why.

I have no agruments against what the army is doing and i think its a great way to start to getting people interested in the army, and i'm sure it works. some people would probably not want there kids playing the game, but thats there job to watch what there kids are doing. In my eyes its a free video game, what's not to like about it? I'm not joining the army. At this point in my life i know that the army isn't for me, so i can see how it would have a bigger effect on the younger teens, but thats a job for their parents to regulate.

Response, "Al Gore"

Global Warming has been an issue brought up by Al Gore and supported by many others including scientific professionals, and i think to those out there who completely dissagree with them are just out of thier mind. It's obvious that something is going on with our planet. These natural disasters such as hurricane Katrina and the flooding of New Orleans must have had something cause them. This planet has been able to survive for so long without us inhabiting it that it just shows that how we treat the planet definately has something to do with how the climate is changing. Serious problems can come if nothing is done about the problems we already have, but is it too late? And would all the people of the world be able to put thier differences aside and come together to help try and save earth? I don't think so and it's a shame

Response "I have a dream"

Martin Luther King Jr. was a great man who stood for what he believed to be right and what he knew was right, even when many other didn't have the same beliefs as he did. He is a major part of what makes America what it is today in a good way. America known to many as the land of the free wouldn't be so true if it wasn't for Martin Luther King Jr. standing up for this beliefs in civil rights, and not only for blacks but for all other genders and people of diffrent religions will live together happily. I think the importance of speaking between the Lincoln and Washington monument was because Washington helped lead the people to form this country as its own, becuase thats what himself and his poeple believed in, and Lincoln believe that all men were equal and that slavery should be done way with, even though many people didn't agree. Martin Luther King Jr. was not a president or an elected official, but he was an American hero just the same. This great nation has been changed for the better because of his efforts to this cause.

Response "Your Gamete, Myself"

Egg donor or Adoption? This article really discusses the two top options for couples who have the desire to become parents and are unable to concieve a child themselves. Both sides of this arguement have good points and it is one of those decisions I feel that cannot be decided unless you are actually put into that situation. No matter which one a couple chooses, they will still have to deal with the enevitable comment, "technically you're not my mother".

As much as I do believe that adoption is a great choice for many couples and there are so many great children out there who just need a family to accept and love them...I think I'd have to side with using an Egg donation. Although it is very very expensive, I know I would be devistated to not be able to have children of my own that I know came from me, and I would pay any expense to allow my future wife to be able to have a chance at actually being pregnant and giving birth to a child. I'm sure many would argue that it's a ridiculous amount of money to be spending on something that isn't even 100% chance of working, but if this is what my future wife wanted...I'd do all I could to give it to her.

When it comes to picking the donor, I believe that too many people look for too many special attributes. Like hair color, height, education...Next thing they'll want to choose is the shoe size their kid will grow up to have. I think looking at past medical history is the only thing that should really matter, becuase once you have a child it should be loved no matter what hair color, if any hair at all, just as much. The real meaing of "Family" isn't decided by your genes...its by the love people have for you and people need to remember that.