Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Is the Death Penalty ok?

A Kansas court just ruled death on Lisa Montgomery, for stealing an unborn baby from a woman's womb and then murdering her. In 2004 Montgomery met Bobbie Jo Stinett at a dog show and planned from then to kidnapp her child. Montgomery kept in touch with Stinett online and planned to meet with her again to purchase a puppy. The prosecutor proved that Motgomery planned this attack because she had been researching on how to perform a c-section. She had been in trouble before for faking pregnancies to reap financial benefits. This premeditated murder is a result of Montgomery's ex-husband threatening to expose those lies to her work. She broke into Stinett's home, tied her up and tried to perform a c-section. She was able to retrieve the baby and then killed Stinett. Montogomery was seen showing off the baby as if it was hers in her town Melvern, Kansas. The baby was born 4 weeks premature, yet Montgomery did not try to get medical attention for the baby. The baby, Victoria Jo , is three years old now and lives with her father. As for Montgomery, she is now on death row awaiting her fate for this heinous crime. I am personally against death row because i don't think that anyone has the right to kill someone else, but I don't know what the proper sentencing is for someone like this. Yes, I think she is mentally ill however, that seems too easy to let her sit in a mental institution. What do you'll think?

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Sunday, October 14, 2007

Religion

Religion has never been a big part of my home life. Yes, we pray before every meal and before bed, but we don't go to church every Sunday. At my dad's house I do go to church most of the time because my younger brother is religious and I go to support him. Like I said in class, I was randomly put in the Bible Literature class my sophomore year. I tried to get out of it but my counselor refused. By the end of the year, I loved that class because I had learned so much. At first though, I was really embarrased because every other student was a junior or senior and some kind of Youth Quake leader. We had random "basic" quizzes over imfomation that we were expected to know just from our knowledge prior to the class. I was the only one that would fail them. It was extremely difficult for me since I wasn't as educated on religion as everyone else. I received a B in the class but I could have done better if the teacher taught, instead of discussing issues in the Bible.

Sunday, October 7, 2007

Being Branded

In the painting there are four men; one of them has his foot on the thigh of a brown bull. The men and the bull are centered in the painting. Two men are pulling the bull's head down and he is laying on his side. I can tell that he is struggling to get up because his head is jerked up and the bulls legs are in the air. The man that has his foot on his thigh, is branding his thigh. It's not clear what the brand is. In front of the bull there is a fire pit and there are sticks to the right of the pit. One man is standing in front of the pit. Also there is a tainted silver pale adjacent to the man.In the background there are many bulls grazing. There is also a large cactus plant to the left side of the painting. Very faint in the distance, there are five birds flying around. In the very back of the painting there are two horses in between all the bulls, with men riding there backs. The sky is gloomy and gray; there are no clouds either. Al l men in the painting have brown hats on. The painting is very interesting and you can easily tell the emotions surrounding the painting, which is stern.