Top 10 Things You're Greatful For This Holiday Season

List the TOP 10 things you are personally greatful for this holiday season.
Happy New Year :)

Automobile Cell Phone Ban

Read the following article and write a thoughtful response.

How plausible is this new proposed legislation? Apparently, accidentents due to distracted drivers is becoming more of an epidemic than DUI/DWI accidents. How willing would you be to adhere to this law? Explain the pros and cons involved.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/13/us/ntsb-cell-phone-ban/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

Oh, Holiday Tree! Oh, Christmas Tree!

Read the following article about the latest controversy regarding the holiday season.
Write a thoughtful response below.

http://www.wpri.com/dpp/news/local_news/providence/providence-tree-feud-to-be-brought-to-light?hpt=us_bn4

Happy Holidays

More and more we hear greetings this time of year expressed as "Happy Holidays" rather than "Merry Christmas." Because of that, we hear more and more dissatisfaction in private conversation over the use of this politically correct, generic greeting.

Are we becoming too polically correct in today's society?

Read the following article and write a thoughtful response.
http://theintermountain.com/page/content.detail/id/539318/Can-we-be-politically-correct-an---.html

Black Friday

Please read and reflect on the following piece about the possible boycott on Black Friday. Explain the recent backlash to this issue and your thoughts on this controversy.

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2011/11/black-friday-employees-push-back/1

Pizza is a Vegetable???

According to Congress, pizza will now be classified as a vegetable.
Read the following ( 2 ) articles about school lunch politics at work. With childhood obesity rates soaring, are we taking a step backward in response to pressure from groups who see it in their interest to serve junk food in our schools?
Please offer a detailed response to this issue.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/16/pizza-vegetable-school-lunches-lobbyists_n_1098029.html

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/11/veggie-politics-how-budget-cuts-can-make-pizza-a-vegetable/

Penn State Scandal

Read the following editorial regarding the Penn State Child Sex Abuse Scandal. Reflect on the author's rhetoric and offer your views on this case. How persuasive is her argument?

http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/08/opinion/jones-penn-state/index.html?hpt=hp_c1