The Cornerstone of Our Legal System– Jury Duty

Posted on July 29th, 2007 by Christine.
Categories: Current Events & Politics.

While I was in Canada, my boss received a jury summons and one night, while waiting for the crew to shoot the next scene, we entered into a discussion about the best way for him to get out of it. Everyone there had advice. “Say you know someone involved with the case,” “Say you make crime movies and have enough experience to know who’s innocent or guilty right off the bat,” “Say you’re a Jehovah’s Witness,” “Say you hold a police officer’s testimony over anyone else’s.”

Everyone seemed to have a strategy for getting kicked off a jury as if it were an art form. I didn’t think much about it until I read an article today on …

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Conduct “Unbecoming”

Posted on July 16th, 2007 by Christine.
Categories: Current Events & Politics, Sex and Relationships.

Two cases involving the behavior of women being scrutinized has recently garnered a lot of public attention, so I thought I’d post on the subject and give my two cents.

First, let’s talk about Miss New Jersey. Here’s the recap: 22-year-old Amy Polumbo (Miss New Jersey) was almost forced to give up her crown after “racy” photos were anonymously mailed to pageant officials. It turns out that she was able to keep her crown, but after seeing the photos that were ultimately released to the public, I’m wondering why it was a problem to begin with. The photos– which show no nudity at all– are hardly racy. One shows Amy’s boyfriend pretending to bite her nipple through her …

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It’s Amazing I Turned Out as Well as I Did…

Posted on July 12th, 2007 by Christine.
Categories: Current Events & Politics.

So I had to post an email my father just sent me. It was a forward– I love my Dad but he tends to find the most asinine emails and somehow thinks it’s a good idea to forward them on to me even though he’s quite aware of my political views. I’m starting to think he does this just so I can send back responses confirming just how ridiculous the emails are and why he should put a little more thought into who might’ve originated them and what their agenda could be. So… here’s the latest. It was teeming with every propaganda technique I ever learned about, poorly disguised I might add, so I decided to …

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Proud to Be an American

Posted on June 25th, 2007 by Christine.
Categories: Current Events & Politics.

With all the world’s hate for the U.S. based on a myriad of reasons from our system of government, to our president, to our foreign policy… I’d just like to bring light to a fact that inspired an article on CNN today: Americans donated more money to charities worldwide than the citizens of any other country– twice as much in fact than the second most charitable country which was Britain.

In total, Americans donated almost $300 billion to charities last year in response to the needs created by the Asian tsunami, and hurricanes Katrina, Wilma, and Rita. Excluding relief funds for various disasters around the world, the 2006 total of philanthropic giving in the …

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