Every day when Los Angeles Police officers pin on their badges and prepare to protect and to serve, they’re reminded of what they learned as Academy recruits: a reverence for human life. Los Angeles Police Department officers are never trained to “shoot to kill,” only to stop a deadly threat in order to keep the [...]
By Lorenzo Marchessi Corel’s VideoStudio Pro X5 Ultimate is a real outstanding value because it literally has—hundreds of bonus effects, filters, transitions and templates that can be interchanged on all levels! The software has a very useful screen capture utility that allows you to capture what you needs for still framing and titles or credit [...]
Underwater seismic testing sounds like dynamite going off outside your home, over and over again. The sound carries for thousands of miles, and marine animals can’t escape it. Dolphins and whales might beach themselves to get away, or, if they’re too close, they could suffer hearing loss or other injuries. The loud noises can make [...]
By Pete Tejada Where does one turn when faced with only one “possible” road to travel, which lead down a destructive path? As many as 40 percent of the American electorate now describe themselves as independent voters rather than Republican or Democratic. As the 2012 Presidential and Congressional elections draw inevitably closer, independents are turning [...]
By Sam Cordova When you read the Thirteenth Amendment, Section 1, to the Constitution of the United States of America, you will clearly see and understand that slavery of the Negro population after the Civil War was prohibited. Involuntary Servitude, protecting all of us, was also prohibited. The amendment reads as follows; “Neither slavery nor [...]
By Monica M. Alexenko Van Nuys, CA Wake-up Los Angeles, it’s time to start asking some questions, especially of our illustrious political leaders. For instance, just how much has that “sales tax” increase we’ve been saddled with off-set the budget shortfall? And of course, the “Re-Districting” process — what happened? And just how were those [...]
In this week’s address, President Obama calls on Congress to pass the Buffett Rule, a principle of fairness that ensures that millionaires and billionaires do not pay less in taxes as a share of their income than middle class families pay. The President believes our system must ask the wealthiest to pay their fair share, [...]
By Irving Leemon, Contributing Columnist Why aren’t all of the government agencies at all levels (local, state and federal) required to put at least a small percentage of their budgets aside for times like these? Any smart household puts some money aside for emergencies and if income decreases. The governmental agencies at all levels act [...]
By Irving Leemon, Contributing Columnist The recent spate of shootings in schools seems to have a couple of things in common. They appear to be associated with relatively small towns and townships. Most of the shooters are teenage students that are loners, are the victims of harassment, usually on the Internet, and they get their [...]
By Irving Leemon, Contributing Columnist Recently, every day, in the papers, on the radio, and on TV there are beatings, shootings, killings, armed robberies, and suicides in Southern California, and other parts of the nation. I believe that this is a result of the poor economy and the lack of jobs, and the number of [...]
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