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5 Interesting facts: 5 issue related facts:
 * Name:Scott O'Malley**
 * State: New York**
 * Political party: Republican**
 * Congressman: Charles Schumer**
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 * The New York Post, started by Alexander Hamilton, is the oldest newspaper in the U.S.
 * The first railroad ran a distance of eleven miles between Albany and Schenectady, New York.
 * The Niagara Reserve in New York was the first state park in the U.S.
 * In New York, the Genesee River is one of the few rivers that flows South to North.
 * The first capital of the United States was actually New York City
 * New York is desperatley trying to come up with new job openings to help the Economy, and 192,000 jobs were created in February.
 * President Obama has considered tapping into the nations strategic oil reserve to help the rapidly rising gas prices, not only in New York, but also many states in the U.S.
 * Livestock is and produces 2/3 of the states agricultural income.
 * Printing and publishing, entertainment, mass communication, and advertising are some of New York's biggest industries.
 * In January of 2011, the unemployment was at a whopping high of 37.1%.

Issue 1: Gang Activity- Gangs have been in the United States for a very long time, and are present almost anywhere in the country, especially New York City, New York. To help at least control this issue, I think law inforvement should be more focused on bigger gang activity than smaller groups, although the smaller groups should not be ignored by any means. I think by elminating bigger gangs first, smaller gangs would have trouble taking their place because they are to small and undeveloped.
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Issue 2: Media and Politics- Sincepresnt Calvin Coolidge, politicians have been using the media to gain the attention of people. One example of this would be the legislature paying $240,000 to Armstrong Williams for the promotion of the No Child Left Behind education program. I think that the media, just like anyone else in this country with citzenship is allowed the freedom of speech, and should be able to promote anything they feel is necessary. Whether promoting a certain thing hurts the company or persuades a certain decision, it is the peoples choice of what they vote for, not the medias. Media and Politics should no doubt be allowed.

Issue 3: Domestic Violence/ abuse: I think that right now, The United States is right on with law enforcement in abuse and domestic violence cases. Abuse is occuring almost everywhere it seems like to me, making this of big importance. I think thatin this country, in order for everyone to be happy and healthy, abuse should not even be considered, let alone tolerated. Many abusive relationships can end up leaving the victim with further phsycological problems. The punishment for the abuser should be harsh, making sure to almost engrave in that persons head that abusing ANYONE is wrong.


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