Trinity Bustria

I am an aspiring opinion journalist. Norwalk, CA

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Falcons graduate from Cerritos with three gifts

Cerritos Community College President Dr. Linda Lacy informed the class of 2013 that it is on a new journey on Saturday, May 18 at the 56th Annual Commencement Exercises. Dr. Gary Smuts, the Cerritos College Hall of Fame Distinguished Alumnus for 2013, delivered the commencement speech and elaborated on Lacy's words by describing the three tools Cerritos College gave these...

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Liberties and doobies?

Our Constitution's Framers believed in state's rights. If the grand majority of them lived today, they would be supportive of Washington and Colorado's laws on marijuana use. On April 12, after three U. S House republicans demanded that the president enforce federal laws on marijuana in Colorado and Washington, their Californian colleague Dana Rohrabacher proposed an act entitled Respect State...

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G.I. Joe: Retaliation, a new take on the old Joes.

In the sequel to "G. I. Joe: Rise of Cobra," John Chu killed off most of America's elite Special Forces Operators. Pakistan's president is assassinated and political chaos ensues in the nuclear-armed country. The President of the United States of America, played by Arnold Vosloo, orders the G. I. Joes to capture and dismantle Pakistan's unguarded nuclear warheads. After an...

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Preacher Asks Students who is the Greatest Person in History

Cerritos College has had street preachers and evangelists with signs visit its campus and proclaim the word of God. The student body saw another gospel preacher named Ray Comfort on Wednesday Jan. 24 with a camera and a microphone asking it who it believes is the greatest figure in history. “I am interviewing students for season five of my program...

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No drone strikes on traitors

Using drone strikes to kill alleged terrorists is justifiable in theory. However, drone strikes are oftentimes used by the Obama Administration illegally against American citizens that joined Islamist, jihadist terror groups. The correct, legal tactic to use against these alleged traitors is to capture them and later try them for treason. Let’s consider the case of Anwar al-Aulaqi. Anwar al-Aulaqi...

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Flag

This current opposition to the Pledge of Allegiance is based on a misunderstanding of what allegiance is being pledged to when it's being recited. In an age where our civil liberties and constitutional rights are assaulted by the Federal government, a resurgence of opposition to saying the Pledge of Allegiance has surfaced. The pledge within itself is good and contributes...

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Gun Laws are Ineffective

Increased gun control legislation would be ineffective in improving the safety of the people of the United States of America. In fact, more restrictions on the right that law-abiding citizens have to obtain and own firearms (as per the Second Amendment) would endanger the safety of this nation’s citizens. American Advocates of Gun Control contend that the increased amount of...