Capital Punishment for Mentally Ill?

The State of Texas has decided to execute an inmate that has severely mentally ill issues. Mr. Panetti committed murder and was convicted in 1995 for the killing of his in-laws with a hunting rifle. In his capital murder trial, he was dressed in a cowboy suit and attempted to subponea, there was a controversy about let him represent himself because his state of mind was diagnoses with schizophrenia, delusions, and psychotic episodes. Mr. Panetti is not just another insane prisoner; his name is synonymous with the Supreme Court’s modern jurisprudence about mental illness on death row. In Panetti v. Quarterman, decided in 2007, the justices held that it is not enough for a defendant simply to be aware that he is going to be executed and why — the previous standard the court had used in permitting the execution of the mentally ill. Rather, he must have a “rational understanding” of why the state plans to kill him. Mr. Panetti understood that the state claimed the reason for his death sentence was the murder of his in-laws, but he believed the real reason was “spiritual warfare” between “the demons and the forces of the darkness and God and the angels and the forces of light.” But the justices refused to set defined guidelines for determining whether someone is competent enough to be executed, and they did not overturn Mr. Panetti’s sentence. Instead, they sent the case back to the lower courts for a fuller reconsideration of his current mental state.

Ebola criticism

In Zendy Vazquez Government In America Blog  she saids that Ebola has been controlled in the United States. I agree with that, but there are more than just one case in US soil. In the couple of months there have been more cases of Ebola in the United States. It all begin when Thomas Eric Duncan, a Liberian who traveled to Dallas, began developing symptoms for Ebola on Sept. 19 and tested positive for Ebola six days later. Two nurses, Nina Pham and Amber Joy Vinson, were caring for Mr. Duncan during what federal health officials have called the highest risk period, when he was vomiting and experiencing diarrhea. Both nurses tested positive for Ebola after Mr. Duncan died. This are some of the recent cases where Ebola was involved. October 10, 2014 a healthcare worker at Texas Presbyterian Hospital who provided care for the index patient tested positive for Ebola. October 15, 2014 a second healthcare worker who provided care for the index patient at Texas Presbyterian Hospital tested positive for Ebola. In October 23 The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene reported a case of Ebola in a medical aid worker who had returned to New York City from Guinea, where the medical aid worker had served with Doctors Without Borders. I do agree they with you that United States has making a good controlled; but this country could do more, for example, I think no commercial flights from Africa should land in the United Stated. Call me panic dude but I am just concern about this virus spreading all the nation and becoming Zombie land.

Corruption in U.S. national government?

U.S. national government is the largest political organization in the world, that is one of the main reasons it is probably corrupt throughout its various levels. Government corruption happens everywhere, you can't prevent the total crap all over the planet Special interests and a small percent of elite people control both parties, the presidency, and the courts. I will mention some examples that prove corruption in this presidential administration in all three powers (executive, legislative, and judicial). In the Executive area the ATF gunwalking scandal– Attorney General Eric Holder was held in Contempt of Congress after refusing to release all documents which the House of Representative had demanded concerning the Fast and Furious gun walking operation. In the legislative branch a good example is Richard George "Rick" Renzi is a former American politician and was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives representing a district in Arizona was found guilty of 17 counts against him, which included wire fraud, conspiracy, extortion, racketeering, money laundering and making false statements to insurance regulators. In the Judicial branch Samuel Kent a Federal District Judge of Galveston, Texas, was sentenced to 33 months in prison for lying about sexually harassing two female employees. Government's only interest is for its own survival and well-being. The U.S. Government, like nearly all governments are victim of corruption because it is simply inevitable, no governmental power can prevent it entirely. Many forms of corruption are illegal in the United States, including embezzlement, bribery and extortion, but sometimes it just happens.

Ebola Outbreak!!!

In the article “The politics of ebola” written by Ross Douthat found in the New York Times explain with solid arguments the politics involving the embola case and some reasons why Liberian flights still have authorization to land in US soil. I agree with the author he said some arguments about why the Obama administration has been so resistant to the idea of stopping flights from Liberia to the U.S I agree with the argument that states that leaders in a democracy like president Obama are very aware of the potential political implications of everything they do, they are less likely to let ideological considerations get in the way of taking certain steps in a crisis, because they know that whatever damage those steps might do to their own interest, but I think that hundred Ebola cases spread across five cities are worst that the political-ideological incentive cuts. In a crisis like this is very complicate to imagine that anyone knows what to do about the situation. I am sure that mistakes have been done in Dallas and the situation can get out of control. I did read that conservatives blocked (along with a thousand other things) Obama's nominee for Surgeon General, which has created conservative criticism. I think the author has a good creditability because this is a real situation happening in the United States and he has solid strong arguments that make scene to me. Also he is the author of "Privilege: Harvard and the Education of the Ruling Class" (Hyperion, 2005)

Attorney General Eric Holder vs Economic Meltdown

In the opinion of Mr. Nocera in The Hole in Holders Legacy of the news paper New York Times , I am not understanding Mr. Nocera. Is it that he do not believe that the administration would have suffered had the Attorney General gone after the men in the banks and insurance companies that precipitated the melt down, or is he arguing that he should have done more anyway? I can't tell. Though I myself would have loved to see more prosecutions, I am a realist person. The administration would have been clobbered by everyone

This collapse happened because we are greedy and willing to ignore decency as long as we are making so much money. And I might add, we run the risk of a repeat as this as I see in your newspaper articles indicating that car dealers are now using the same tactics, despite the regulations. Is there no stopping us? I think not. And laying this on Mr. Holder is useless.

read liberals, conservatives, tea party, independent  had they attempted to do more. As such I give them Holder credit for his efforts to prosecute, his success in collecting the fines he did and his effort to ensure the announcement of the reforms that are now in place. There is much on which to build.

Top leader of Sinaloa Cartel busted but...... No harm to the structure

Reading the article in USA today named Drug empire will survive without 'el chapo' gives us an idea that why busting the top leader in the Sinaloa Cartel would not reduce neither the power of the organization and the amount of illegal drugs imported to the United States by the cartel. Dismantling this organization will be more harder than just capturing the leader, it goes way beyond that. Law enforcement of each country (Mexico and US) will need to capture the people working in the government that let this cartel operate with impunity. New leader will rise called Ismael Zamabada and violence will continue. I agree with the article bringing Chapo to justice will bring more violence because members of the cartel are willing to fight each other to gain more pieces of the pie. Government should hit this cartel by  seizure their enterprise and corporations that  launder money, there is where hurts the most and could make more damage to the organization.