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10 Points easy! just persuade me on why i should vote for which candidate?

I am an independent. not a democrat or republican and im leaning towards ralph nader for the election but im not entirely sure. i personally don't like any of the candidates this year because one is a mini george w. bush who is gonna take over the country and the other is investing 10 billion dollars on preschool and is raising taxes. please persuade me to vote for your candidate and i will judge fairly and unbiased

Vote McCain
-no tax increases; economists almost universally agree that increasing taxes in a recession is a bad idea, but Obama is determined to increase taxes on "the wealthy"; the threshold for this category gets lower and lower with time
-control spending; both Republicans and Democrats have spent tax dollars like kids in a candy store, but you ain't seen nothin' until you see how much Obama can spend with support from a Democratic Congress; McCain is just about the only one who ever shows any level of spending restraint
- improve availability of health insurance without limiting the availability of actual health care; government programs like Obama proposes pay for care, but limit what you can get; who cares if the health care that is not available to you is free?
- energy; McCain will invest in alternative energy sources, but he will also deal with the current need for energy without sacrificing the environment
- bipartisan reform; Obama talks about unity, but he has NO record of hammering out compromise with those who disagree with him on difficult issues; McCain has worked out compromises with almost every major Democrat in the Senate on important legislation- Feingold, Kennedy, Lieberman, etc.
-national security; Joe Biden explains this better than I can- he assured us that within 6 months Obama will be tested by an international crisis manufactured by our enemies to test a president they see as weak; they don't see McCain as weak, they are unlikely to test him, so we are more likely to have peace
-civil rights; in Missouri law enforcement officials who support Obama create "Obama Truth Squads" to prosecute those airing campaign ads that they feel are unfair; in Ohio, state officials supporting Obama used their authority to open sealed records to find the dirt on "Joe the Plumber" after Obama botched his response to Joe's question; during his previous political campaigns, divorce records of his political opponents have been unsealed and released to the press;if this is what happens to people who cross Obama the candidate, do you really want to find out what happens to people who cross a President Obama?

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Violence on television affects children negatively, according to psychological research.

The three major effects of seeing violence on television are:

• Children may become less sensitive to the pain and suffering of others.
• Children may be more fearful of the world around them.
• Children may be more likely to behave in aggressive ways toward others.

Studies by George Gerbner, Ph.D., at the University of Pennsylvania, have shown that children’s television shows contain about 20 violent acts each hour and also that children who watch a lot of television are more likely to think that the world is a mean and dangerous place.  Children often behave differently after they’ve been watching violent programs on television.

In one study done at Pennsylvania State University, about 100 preschool children were observed both before and after watching television; some watched cartoons  that had many aggressive and violent acts; others watched shows that didn’t have any kind of violence. The researchers noticed real differences between the kids who watched the violent shows and those who watched nonviolent ones.

Children who watched the violent shows were more likely to strike out at playmates, argue, disobey authority and were less willing to wait for things than those children who watched nonviolent programs.

Field studies by Leonard Eron, Ph.D. and his associates at the University of Illinois, found that children who watched many hours of television violence when they were in elementary school tended to also show a higher level of aggressive behavior when they became teenagers.

By observing these youngsters until they were 30 years old, Dr. Eron found that the ones who’d watched a lot of television when they were eight years old were more likely to be arrested and prosecuted for criminal acts as adults.

Questionable Infl­uences

For most of television’s early years, it was diffi­cult to fi­nd role models who would inspire young girls in the viewing audience.

In the mid-1970s, a new genre of programs such as “Charlie’s Angels,” “Wonder Woman,” and “The Bionic Woman” entered the scene.

Now, there were females on television who were in control, aggressive and were not dependent upon males for their success.

Conventional wisdom might suggest this phenomena would have a positive impact on younger female viewers. But, a recent study by L. Rowell Huesmann, Ph.D. – a psychologist at the Aggression Research Group at the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research –refutes that premise.

Huesmann’s research states that young girls who often watched shows featuring aggressive heroines in the 1970s have grown up to be more aggressive adults involved in more confrontations, shoving matches, chokings and knife fi­ghts than women who had watched few or none of these shows.

One example cited by Huesmann is that 59 percent of those who watched an above-average amount of violence on television as children were involved in more than the average number of such aggressive incidents later in life.

Huesmann says that ages six to eight are very delicate and critical years in the development of children. Youngsters are learning “scripts” for social behavior that will last them throughout their life. Huesmann found those “scripts” didn’t always have happy endings.

In the onset of his research – which took place between 1977 and 1979 – Huesmann asked 384 girls in the ­first through ­fifth-grades in Oak Park, Ill. about their viewing habits.

In his follow-up between 1992 and 1995, he tracked down 221 of the original subjects and  collected information on their life histories. Huesmann had subjects enter responses into a  computer and as an accuracy check, Huesmann got information about each subject from a close friend or spouse.

What Is Being Done About The Problem

The television industry took steps toward implementing a ratings system for its programming at a meeting with President Clinton in late February.  The policy is to develop a ratings system for television programs that will give parents an indication of content not suitable for children.

The rating system may use letter codes (such as PG-7 for programs deemed suitable for children aged 7 and up, PG-10, PG-15, etc.), or the television industry may develop a short description of content which would be broadcast prior to the program.

Unlike the Motion Picture Association of America, which uses an independent third-party board to rate films, television networks will rate their own programs.

“I agree with President Clinton’s and the industry’s decision to promote some sort of ratings system and the use of the V-chip,” said Dorothy Cantor, PsyD, president of the American Psychological Association. “We live in an era where both parents are often working and children have more unsupervised time. Parents need help in monitoring the amount of television and the quality of what kids watch

while they’re young.”  continued on next page According to recent studies, the following steps can help parents maintain some control in shaping their child’s viewing habits.

Watch at least one episode of the program your child views so you can better understand the content and discuss it with them.

Explain  questionable  incidents  (e.g.  random violence) that occur and discuss alternatives to violent actions as ways to solve problems.

Ban programs that are too violent or offensive.

Restrict television viewing to educational programming and shows or programs  which demonstrate helping, caring and cooperation.

Encourage children to participate  in  more interactive activities such as sports, hobbies or playing with friends.

Limit the amount of time children spend watching television.

About the Author:

Melvin Grant is a contributing writer for Martial Arts Monthly magazine.

http://www.learnmartialartsonline.com
http://www.martialartsteachers.com

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