BRaig

Kentucky Republican**
 * Representative BRaig

The Kentucky congressman that I find myself most alike to is Geoff Davis. [|Geoff's homepage] __**5 Interesting Facts About Kentucky:**__ 1) Kentucky is famous for horse racing 2) Their old official state tree was the Kentucky coffee tree 3) Kentucky's capital is Frankfort 4) Rivers make up Kentucky's borders except for in the south 5) Abe Lincoln was born Kentucky

__**The Three Issues That I Am Most Interested In Are:**__


 * The Death Penalty**-There are many problems with this system of justice. One problem is that sometimes they are not sure if the suspect is really guilty, so they are executed. I think that this system of justice is cruel, but necessary. I think that in order to make sure that the suspect is guilty, they should go through extreme investigation before execution.


 * Natural Resources Defense-** The Natural Resources Defense is a great thing, but then, at the same time, it is not. The people are very worried about keeping the Earth "green" which is a good thing to hold on to, but in the process they are making it harder to keep the economy in good condition. I think that in order to help the problem, we should try to make an even balace between caring for the Earth, and our economy.


 * Civil Rights for** **Disibilities**- I think that the Equal Opportunities Program is a good thing and it helps people with dissabilities get equal rights. It is great that people in wheeled chairs and others who are inable to go up stairs and struggle with every day activities will not have to worry about struggling when they go to a public place.

__**5 Important Facts About Kentucky That Relate To Issues That I Am Interested In:**__ 1) Kentucky find that the death penalty is a good choice 2) Kentucky executes their criminals through lethal injection or electricution 3) Kentucky has been in the journey for civil rights for fifty year 4) In 1794, the Kentucky statute gave free or freed Negroes legal equality to whites 5) Coal has greatly impacted Kentucky's state budget


 * __My Bill:__** My bill is on a very interesting and concerning topic. Its goal is to protect all users of social networking sites from predators online. How we propose to do this is by filtering conversations and pictures between users and they will not be published unless they are approved first.


 * __Resources:__**

//Kentucky: Kentucky Commission on Human Rights - Home//. Web. 19 May 2010. [].

"KET | Living the Story | Civil Rights Timeline." //Kentucky Educational Television: Education, Public Affairs, Arts and Culture, Online Video//. Web. 19 May 2010. [].

"The Impact of Coal on the Kentucky State Budget." //MACED : Mountain Association for Community Economic Development//. Web. 19 May 2010. [].

//Death Penalty Information Center//. Web. 19 May 2010. [].

//Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice//. Web. 19 May 2010. [].

"State by State Database." //Death Penalty Information Center//. Web. 19 May 2010. [].

//Congressman Geoff Davis : Serving Kentucky's Fourth District//. Web. 19 May 2010. [].

//Justice For All - A Criminal Justice Reform Organization//. Web. 19 May 2010. [].

"Dangers of Social Networking Sites." //Internet Marketing Services and Company//. Web. 19 May 2010. [].

"Online Social Networking Dangers and Benefits - University of the Pacific." //University of the Pacific - Stockton, San Francisco, Sacramento//. Web. 19 May 2010. [].