Wednesday, May 11, 2011

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The reader of my publication is your typical college student. They don't care much for politics, although they do need a semblance of cultural knowledge to keep up their facade as a pseudo-intellectual. Stories about protecting the environment, fighting "the man" and saving endangered species in tongue-twisting foreign jungles are of utmost importance. There needs to be at least one article about marijuana legalization published each week, if not each day. Their viewing habits include reruns of family guy and weeds, though a majority of their time is spent stalking people on facebook.

To choose from the list you provided:



cutline: Bob Marley would 'legalize it'
1) Headline: We celebrate a life, on the 30th Anniversary of Bob Marley's death.
30th Anniversary of Death of Bob Marley/WSJ.com

The first time I saw Bob Marley perform I was eight years old. It was 1971. A Saturday afternoon. I was sitting in a Danish couch with beige cushions and maple arms in a new development of pre-fab homes in Kingston. He was a glowing presence on a 13-inch black and white Sanyo.

His bandmates Bunny Wailer and Peter Tosh were on either side of him, I guess. They must have been; but memory hasn’t saved their bodies, only their sound–their falsettos whinnying as Bob cantered through “Duppy Conqueror,” voice rearing wildly at the end of some lines.




photo cutline: hunters will literally be killing these adorable animals.

2) Wolf slaying in Idaho now legal.
 Wolf Hunt in Idaho/Statesman

Idaho’s Republican lawmakers know what they want to do now that the state has regained control of wolves.
“We need to put as much pressure as we can on those wolves, pin them down and drive them back into the wilderness,” said Republican Sen. Monty Pearce, chairman of the Senate Resources and Environment Committee. “I think we need to thin them down rapidly.”

Officials at the Idaho Department of Fish and Game believe about 1,000 wolves are in Idaho, though the official number is 705. The agency will begin work to establish a new population goal this month, with a new hunting season for wolves expected this fall.



3) Democrats refuse to cut taxes for "the man."
 Tax breaks for oil companies?/WashingtonPost

Senate Democrats unveiled a plan Tuesday to save $21 billion over the next decade by eliminating tax breaks for the nation’s five biggest oil companies, a move designed to counter Republican demands to control the soaring national debt without new taxes.
                   
With the proposal, Democrats sought to reframe the debate over debt reduction to include fresh revenue as well as sharp cuts in spending. For the first time, Democratic leaders suggested an equal split between spending cuts and new taxes — “50-50,” said Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (Nev.).

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