American Idol top 3 finalist

American Idol is now getting more and more intense. It has come down to only 3 contestants. They are Lee Dewyze, Casey James, and Crytal Bowersox. Last week it was Aaron Kelly and yesterday it was Michael Lynche that has left. He was a good singer i think he will be very successful even tough he didn't make it. He could sing and lets face it if your just in the top 10 in American idol you will get signed by someone or hit fame. Maybe not from J records but eventually you will get noticed. Look at Chris Daughtry for example and how successful he is. My predictions for Idol is between Crytal Bowersox and Lee Dewyze. They both have talent in their own styles. Lee is a rockstar type singer but he can also do R&B. Crytal is just all out R&B. Casey James looks alternative, country and rock. My best bet is Lee Dewyze he is unique and a fan favorite. Crytal will go far too because she can hit high notes. Its a hard one but well see what happens in the future.

Elena Kagans Supreme Court nomination

I found two similar editorials on the same topic. Its on the same topic which is President Obamas possible candidate for a Supreme Court Justice. One article is from Fox News which is titled Why Ultra-Liberal Obama Needs Kagan on the Court.. The other one is from the New York post and is titled The Kagan Nomination. Even though the topic of the editorial is the same and there are many similarities. There are many differences as well. For example the following.

Five Differences

-The editor from NY Post thinks Kagan is a good candidate for the Supreme Court Justice but its too soon to say. While the editor form Fox news thinks shes a good candidate for President Obama because she is a liberal and he can use that to his advantage.

-The one from NY post give a positive feel to the article and gives the facts as if agreeing with the choice and the one from Fox News is sort of neutral but still gives and opinion that its just good for Obama's benefit and a great candidate but not for the country.

- The details provided is also different. NY Post editor tells us facts of what she did and did not do in the past. Such as how she participated in government and the courtroom. Fox News gives us a background of Kagans experience. The editor talks about what school she graduated from and what her relationship is with Obama. Turns out they are good friends.

-The New York Post editor talks about the viewpoints of Kagan if she is for gay marriage and capital punishment. The editor also talks about why the Senate shouldn't rush and also judge Kagan on privacy rights,race or gender discrimination, and free speech. The Fox News editorial speaks about how she has liberal viewpoints and how she is a good candidate based on her health and age.

- Lastly, Well it is true one article is longer than the other lol na jk there are a lot more but that's all for now.

Oil spill proves it's Obama who is all hat and no cattle

Dear Fox News editor, I have read your article on the oil spill 40 miles off the coast of the Mississippi due to an explosion on an oil rig owned by BP. Yes you are right that this is a problem but you are wrong for judging the President too quickly. This is a rough cased to deal with especially because president Obama also had to deal with the Time Square bombing. Obama is a busy man I don't blame him for making an attempt to act 9 days after the explosion. He probably thought BP can handle it for now and that he will get to it as soon as possible. At least he took care of it that and did something that shows responsibility. Opposed to president Bush and the Hurricane Katrina incident or even during 9/11. President Bush was visiting a school during the attack. When he was informed quietly by secret service that the country is under attack he simply sat there nodding his head and then continued reading the book with the children. He was in total shock and fear You have to try and see the other side of the story. You really don't know what someone goes through until you take a walk in their shoes. You said the President is a man of thought and not action but he puts his thoughts to action. SO far what about the health reform and closing of Guantanamo bay? The president lived up to his word and I'm pretty sure those thoughts helped him do that. At least he thinks unlike a former president we had, he couldn't think,act, or even speak. Why is Fox News always finding a way to charge the president with something.Especially President Obama who is a Democrat. I never saw this kind of action with President Bush. Why do you want him to fail, does the case of race have anything to do with it, is it something personal or just political differences. I know one thing this president has the potential to be very successful and prove every one wrong. So just give him a break he just came to office. Have some patience

Couldn't they just tag him?

Dear New York Times editor, I have read your editorial and I agree with your views on the baseball game tasing inncident. A Phillies fan ran out on the field during a game and he was tased by the cops. Yes the 17 year old kid, Steve Consalvi shouldn't have ran on the field. He had no right to and was wrong for doing it but why lead to tasing, Should he get punished? Yes, but not that way. I understand the other side of the story where players need protection from fans because there are a lot of crazy people out there that are possible threats. Think about it though what sort of threat could he have been. He didnt look like a threat just an ordinary kid who wanted to do something extreme to have fun or to live up to a bet, besides he was out numbered where can he have gone. Probably disrupted the game but there are other things you can do before you take extreme measures. You can chase him, tackle him, then arrest him or ban him from the stadium. Tasing has the potential to kill someone if used at the right voltage. So it shouldnt have been the officers first option. You only tase when its an emergency and if your in danger because of a threat. This did not look like any emergency or a extreme threat. Only a frustrated officer who wanted to get things done quickly because of a wild fan. Think about it what if this kid was seriously injured or hurt. What would his parents think or feel. The police officer is not at fault here. He was just doing his job trying to act quick. I'm just saying he could have taken care of the matter by making better choices based on the scenario.

A firing squad for Faisal

Dear New York post editor, I have read your article and It seems you are not happy with the way government is treating terrorism. You are right they do have a lot of mistakes but one thing that disturbs me is that you seem to put out a bad image for all Muslims around the World. Well I beg to differ and think that is absurd. Did anyone ever stop to ever think about why terrorism is going on. Why these so called "Islamic" countries are trying to attack the U.S. What could they possibly want, power? No these are third world countries they don't have that scope to think or even try to conquer a bigger and better nation. They are weak in numbers militarily and they don't have the money to supply weapons. The best choice of word is revenge, can you think of any other reason why they would want to hurt us or attack. Obviously we done something to get them mad. In their eyes we are the terrorist. Did you sir ever try to get that sort of thinking or process into that thick nationalist skull of yours. I'm not saying that the people that resort to terrorism are right for doing it but maybe we are the ones that drove them there is all I'm pointing out. Did you know that terrorism is against Islam itself. Islam is about peace. Terrorist misuse,misguide,and disgrace the religion. Any way back to the topic. U.S isn't all that great you know. ITs called google check it out and do your research next time. America has been bombing other countries,conquering,going to war, and using imperialism to "help"other countries for years to come. Yea right in other words "help" meaning for America's own benefit. We have tried to be the police of the world and used that power in many twisted or mislead ways at times. This is reality and what High school textbooks leave out. How do you think they became a superpower and is as successful as they are now. Furthermore you have got to be kidding me with the firing squad. Do we even know for sure Faisal Shahzad did this. Yea kill him fine and what does that achieve we become just like them. Also what good is it to start controlling our immigration. That's racial discrimination and against the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th amendment in the Constitution. That's just like blaming any other race based on past or present disasters/attacks. That's pathetic that you would single out all Muslims because of fear and anger. Even Muslims in America fear of the terrorist attack that are spontaneous. They don't know when it will strike they are just like the rest of us. Not everyone is a radical Islam. Leave it to human beings to panic and start pointing fingers at each other when something goes wrong. We have to realize that terrorism is drifting us apart and we still have to respect each other and cooperate so we can work together. Whatever happened to United we stand ?

End Homeland insecurity

Dear Daily News Editor, I am with you all the way with this issue. There are two things I agree with. One is that we are too clueless about our enemy. For example, look at the 9/11 incident and the Iraqi war. During 9/11 we had no idea who did it, it hit us as a total shock. We blamed Osama Bin Laden, and we don't know if he really did it but well take the governments word for it. We blamed Saddam for WMD's and he ended up having none. We went to war with Afghanistan first to defeat Al'quada which is Osama's army. Then we went to Iraq and now we don't know who we are fighting because everyone looks like civilians. Its a guerrilla warfare or insurgency. If we want a safe environment we should be on the crime and the perpetrator right away. We shouldn't even let them get the opportunity to strike. Its easier said than done but that brings up my second topic. If we work hard enough we can achieve to fight against terrorism. In order to do that, we must have dedicated and effective workers who know what they are doing. For example,Homeland Security. Secretary Janet Napolitano is not doing a good job on the Time Square bombing case. Its as she is slacking and very far behind the game. She should of know what was going on and who was planning it. She also described the contents of the SUV as amateurish bomb technique. Not making a big deal out of it when if it did go off correctly it would have killed many people. Napolitano didn't know about Faisal Shahzad and that he got through airport security and was already boarded on a plane headed to Pakistan. Janet Napolitano misread everything and of all people,SHE should have been aware of a rising threat. I'm not trying to be harsh, people do make mistakes but I'm just saying that she should start taking things more serious and work more harder. Become more tough and precise so she can make an effective effort in fighting terrorism. If she cant handle that then we need to find someone who can.

Cheap Cameras are Useless,Focus on terror and a new RIng of Steel camera system

Dear Daily News Editor, You are exactly right and you make a good point. I agree with you, we do need some changes to be more cautious and have more protection. New York City is huge and people are moving fast everyday because they are busy. As they say time is money and we dont always have time to spot the little things that lead to big crimes. For example the recent Time Square bombing, What did the cameras do? We dont even know if the man we accused is the same man identified on the camera. The cameras we have in NYC are useless. Whats the point of putting low budget cameras that give blurry images, the whole reason for putting them up is security and if it doesn't give us that then its pointless. You can get better cameras with high quality images that are affordable by the common man. I think we can all agree that even we can get better cameras than the one the City puts up. Maybe it will be a little more than the standard ones we have now but I dont think money should be a factor when there are lives at stake. These cameras can make a big difference, we should get them up and running. We can't use any real evidence with the video image we have of the suspect. It could have been anybody in that video. It just showed a man changing his clothes in Times Square. What crime can we charge him for but just a reasonable suspicion. Also the picture we found of him and his family members in Times Square is also irrelevant. Who doesnt go to the City to hangout. Everybody does, its just a family night out. Where did we get this guy from, Faisal Shazad. Did we just pull a name out from a hat? its just wierd it looks as if this was plotted we should have know about the car way before and maybe we would have if security was on point and if our cameras helped us out which it didnt. I think theres more to this story that meets the eye. The government needs to step their game up if they really want to fight terrorism. They shouldnt have even let this attempt be an attmept or have a chance of happening. Im glad they acted quick and no one got hurt but its very disturbing that they didnt have a clue. Get to it and rise security quickly because people are starting to feel unsafe. Whether its research, cameras, or more police officers.