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Georgia Woman Says She Was Asleep When Shot by Police Chief Husband

"A Georgia woman who was shot by her police chief husband on New Year's Day in their bedroom told investigators today that she was asleep when the shooting happened and couldn't provide any information about how it occurred, authorities said. Georgia Bureau of Investigation agents interviewed Margaret McCollom in her hospital room at the Atlanta Medical Center, where she was taken after she was shot by Peachtree City Police Chief William McCollom in their home -- accidentally, according to the police chief. Though she could not say how the incident happened, Margaret McCollom told investigators that she believes the shooting was an accident, the GBI said in a statement. The police chief has been cooperating with agents investigating the incident, according to the GBI. Peachtree City police spokesman Lt. Mark Brown said during a news conference on New Year's Day that chief of police William McCollom "well-liked, well-loved."

"We are concerned for his wife and are concerned for the chief," Brown said.There were no witnesses inside the home and the shooting took place in the couple's bedroom, according to the GBI. McCollom called 911 at about 4 a.m. on New Year's Day and said he shot his wife in their home by accident, the GBI told ABC affiliate WSB in Atlanta. McCollom has been placed on administrative leave during the investigation."

The issue at hand is that an officer shot his wife in her sleep "accidentally", and neither one claims to have any recognition of how the incident occurred.
In my opinion, this whole thing seems odd and very suspicious. How do you "accidentally" shoot your wife in her sleep? He is a police officer. A police officer does not accidentally shoot his wife in his sleep. If that is the case, he should not be allowed to carry a gun. It makes me question the motive behind it all. Was the wife really asleep, or did she just say that she was because she was afraid of her husband? Did the husband truly accidentally shoot his wife or was it on purpose? What were the events that lead up to the shooting? So many questions boil from the unfortunate "accident", and I have a feeling the truth may be hard to get. Cops now a days have a very bad reputation, and it only seems to be getting worse.

Electoral College Question(s)

The prospect of directly electing the ruler of a nation was simply unheard of at the time. Most plans introduced at the constitutional convention called for Congress to elect the president, but the Framers ultimately decided that arrangement was too prone to corruption, and would weaken the executive if he owed his job to the legislative branch, so they instead designated a temporary "legislature" created for the sole purpose of choosing a president, and then dissolving. Some states held direct elections for their electors, even in the early days of the republic, though most simply appointed them through the state legislature. By 1824, most states had switched to popular elections as the method for choosing electors.
It is a shame that we live in a company that claims to be a
democracy, yet our votes don’t necessarily count. A president can lose or tie with the popular vote, but win the presidency if they have more votes according to the electoral college. This doesn’t make sense to me. I think that they should just count every vote, and whichever candidate has the most votes should be the president.
The first draft of our Constitution had Congress electing the President, but many delegates to the Constitution Convention were concerned that would create a much too cozy relationship between Congress and the President. The Electoral College was a compromise to avoid that problem. Only a few of the delegates to the Constitutional Convention were in favor of a popular vote for the President. While most delegates trusted the voters in their own state many had concerns about some of the other states, particularly the mercantile northern states versus the slave holding southern states and visa-verse. I believe in some aspects it did succeed and in others it failed as well.

2014 Election for Governor

If I was eighteen and registered to vote, and I had to choose to vote between Martha Coakley and Charlie Baker, my vote would go towards Charlie Baker. While Martha Coakley makes good arguments and has good focuses, Charlie Baker has better ones in my opinion. Martha Coakley focuses on elementary and pre-school education. That is all well and great, but all in all I do not see a problem that needs to be fixed or improved on here. Charlie Baker however, focuses on secondary education. Charlie Baker wants to put more charter schools in place and I think that is a great idea. Also, Charlie Baker wants to try to make college more affordable for people. Instead of a four-year college with four-year tuition, Charlie Baker's goal is to make college a three-year education where you achieve your Bachelor's degree. If you decide to attend college all four years, you would receive your Bachelor's and your Master's degree. I believe that is very helpful. Also, Martha Coakley is for sick time for workers and Charlie Baker is against it. I don't think sick time should be a law because you lose time that could make you more money and lose bonuses. Charlie Baker puts a lot of focus towards welfare as well, and Martha Coakley criticizes him for that. A lot of the population is in poverty and welfare could be very beneficial for people, so I believe it is a beneficial and important issue. Overall, Charlie Baker is a better option for Governor and my vote would go towards him.

Lincoln

Some of the difficulties that Lincoln faced in trying to pass the 13th Amendment were the people's fears of what would happen, and the discrimination against African Americans. There were over four million African Americans, and the people feared that they would start stealing jobs away and people would lose money. They were also concerned about voting, because there were a higher population of African Americans and the people were afraid they would be outvoted. Also, the Democrats thought that Abraham Lincoln was being a dictator. Abraham Lincoln was also a little dirty. He "lied" about his peace talks. He wanted peace to be contingent to the Amendment as well. Lincoln believed that the 13th Amendment was so important because he did not believe in slavery. Lincoln's main goal was to abolish slavery and have equal rights for every man.

Amendment Meme Pictures

This meme refers to the Fourth Amendment, stating that there shall be no unlawful search in a persons home without probable cause. Here, Nolan and I are sniffing candles. A cop cannot look at us and say "Hm, they are sniffing candles, that must mean they sniff up cocaine everyday. I'm going to go search their houses." There was no direct relation to the candles and drugs, also no evidence. Therefore, it would be an unlawful, illegal search.


This meme refers to the Fifth Amendment, which states your Miranda rights when you are accused and charged of a crime. Here, Molly was accused of relieving herself in the house, therefore charged with jail time in her crate. She was not happy, and howled loudly.

Petoria episode of Family Guy

Petoria was successful in becoming its own independent country in Quahog, RI thanks to Peter Griffin, founder of Petoria. Petoria is what is known as an oligarchy government. The definition of this is that few people have control over a country. In Petoria, Peter and Louis are the ones who have the complete control over Petoria. Due to his new "country" Peter enjoys the luxuries of certain things such as free drinks, taking over his neighbors pool, ect. Peter also commits and gets away with crimes such as urinating in public, stealing, and littering. Another luxury was that Peter made and followed his own laws and rules. However, consequences rose quickly. The United States sent out army troops to surround "Petoria" and have missiles and guns pointed at the house continuously as a means to make them give up and surrender. The United States also prohibited the people of Petoria from attending school, attending local market places, cut off their water supply and electricity. Peter had no army to fight back, and he quickly realized it, and realized how difficult it is running your own country and all of the responsibilities that come with it. With that, Peter quickly surrendered Petoria. 

The Ratification of the Constitution

In order for the Constitution to become a law, nine out of thirteen states had to ratify it. The people who wrote the Constitution knew that it would only have "real power" if all thirteen of the states were on board with it. This was a bitter battle of two years, and divided the people into Federalists and Antifederalists. The Federalists wanted a strong central government to hold the nation together. The Antifederalists thought that the Constitution gave too much power to the federal government. The Federalists feared too much democracy, and so they advocated limited popular election of federal officials. The Antifederalist however, feared that the Constitution took too much power away from the people. The Federalists believed that the states are ultimately subordinate to the federal government, while the Antifederalists believed that the states should hold more power than the federal government because the states are closer to the people. A large debate between the two groups was the Bill of Rights. The Federalists were against it while the Antifederalists were very much for it. Eventually, the Federalists agreed to having the Bill of Rights. Soon after there were enough states that had ratified the Constitution, and it went into effect in 1789. All is well that ends well.

http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/constitution-day/ratification.html