New York, New York

This spring break I spent it at New York. The aw began as we were landing, the view from the top and at night was amazing. Given we did arrive very late at night, we just went straight to sleep. The next morning, got up and visited the Liberty Island and Ellis island. Ellis Island is the place where the immigrants were screened for any kind of infection or diseases. Just seeing the pictures, one can get a sense of relief immigrants must have felt. A whole who beginning and a new life. After crusing Battery Park, we headed to check out the World Trade Center just a couple a blocks away. Though there is a only two big holes in the ground(it just looks like they are building any ordinary building), people after seven years still come to bring flowers to the site. Rumor has it that even a year after the incident, one would get chills just being near it. I only got to walk about a tenth of Central Park, which by the way is gorgeous. I visited the Natural Museum of History, where the movie "A Night at the Museum" with Ben Stiller was filled. I must admit, it would have been awesome to have some showcases come to life. LOL. At night I got to walk down Times Square. Las Vegas has alot of lights but Times Square puts it to shame. It was a bit impossible to walk though with the amount of people. I got to experience the subway. As a matter of fact,our subway was the 'E'. It took us pretty much everywhere we needed to go. Overall, I had a blast. Coming back though from such a fast paced city, I sure did get a reality check back in El Paso. We are sooo laid back. Anyways, this was my spring break, hope you all had a great one as well.

Injustice!!!

I was listening to NPR on the way to home yesterday after work. I caught the interview of an older lady who was talking about how her husband and herself have to eat of paper plates and with plastic utensils. The more I listened, the interview was concerning the eviction that renters are facing in California and accross the United States. Banks are trying to regain their losses by reselling the properties, but alot of people are losing their homes because of it. What was more disturbing about the issue of this couple, is that the landlord kept collecting money even though he was aware that the bank was foreclosing the property. The couple found out because there happened to be a notice on the door of the house asking them to leave within thirty days. How unfair is this? And to top it off, the couple did not get their money reimbursed for the time they paid when the landlord was aware of the situation. Fortunately, the couple got another thirty days to move out with the help of a legal aid, but the are still in world of hurt. Moving is not easy or cheap. God bless the families that have to rent and experience such injustice.

Should Marijuana be legalized?

A couple of weeks ago, I was watching a report on the television about legalizing marijuana. The report presented both sides of the story. If marijuana is indeed legalized, then it would make it that much harder for the government to control who takes it and how much. Then there is the possibility to legalize marijuana just for medical purposes. Patients that are submitted to their chemotherapy usually lose their appetite, many have lost about 80 pounds on average on a period of 5 months. Marijuana helps these patients to regain their appetite.
But let alone the fact of how it can help patients going through chemotherapy or diagnosed with immunosuppresive lupus among other diseases. What about the tax money that is being invested on crimes relating to marijuana. Thousands of people are arrested each year with a count of possesion. And some of these cases are medical related. Needless to say, their are many victims at the cost of marijuana not being legal if at least for medical purposes. For example,take Suzanne Pfeil. She was asleep in her assisted living hospice, the Wo/Men's Alliance for Medical Marijuana (WAMM), when more than 20 armed federal agents stormed into the facility and held an assault rifle to her head.WAMM was well-known as a medical marijuana dispensary and hospice that strictly abided by California state laws regarding medical marijuana Pfeil suffers from post-polio syndrome and is paraplegic. The police officers ordered her to stand, despite the fact that her leg braces and crutches were in plain view. Pfeil tried to explain that she couldn't stand, but the agents handcuffed her behind her back and left her on the bed for several hours.
Since the raid on WAMM, 33 patients have died. (www.mpp.org)
It is examples such as this one that make me want to consider the idea of legalizing marijuana. I honestly think that that money should be invested on other things such as alcohol. How many accidents are being caused because of alcohol? Shouldn't we set our priorities? I understand that marijuana just as being beneficial, can also be very dangerous.
I woul like to know what you guys think. Am I in the wrong to feel this way?