Thursday November 11

In Thursday's paper, there were three articles that really caught my attention.  The first one involved the second state banning the caffeinated alcohol drink Four Loko.  Michigan had already banned the beverage and now Washington is doing the same.  I think those will not be the last states to ban the drink as many people are seeing the effects that it is having on college students across the country. Many students are ending up in emergency rooms after consuming it and could have possibly led to severe alcohol poisoning which could result in death.  Along with states, many universities are banning the drink; but I don't really see how banning the drink at universities will work.  Universities can't stop underage drinking, so I don't really see how they're going to stop Four Loko. 

In the Sports Section, there was an article concerning George Steinbrenner's possible Hall of Fame induction after his recent death.  My people question whether he should be induction because of negative things he has done in addition to his achievements as Yankees owner. When other people were turned down for the Hall of Fame, how could Steinbrenner be considered?  Many people  may believe that the good outweighs the bad but that doesn't mean that these things still happened.  I fully agree with the writer when he says that Joe Torre should be considered over Steinbrenner.  I truly think that Torre had a far larger impact on the team over the years than Steinbrenner.  Steinbrenner had the money and had his people find the players.

Finally, there was an article about how Obama has changed the withdrawal of troops from July 2011 to at least 2014.  I think that this is a smart decision and maybe should leave them there a little longer.  Especially with the recent terror threats concerning packages on airplanes, there is still a major threat to the American people and that a strong pressure must still be placed on these countries.  If we take our troops out, we are just giving them more encouragement to attack the US.  By remaining a strong force in the Middle East, the US is showing these countries that we do not intend to back down anytime.