Do Senior Citizens Need to Exercise?

Many people ask the question, "Do senior citizens need to exercise?" One of the greatest causes of atrophy to the muscles of seniors is insufficient activity needed to stimulate adequate blood flow to vital organs.

Reasons for an Exercise Program:

Left to the reticence of a senior lifestyle can result in disease, lack of muscle tone, and promote a depressing, non productive lifestyle. I speak from experience as I watched my mother refuse to do her required exercises after her knee replacement surgery. She chose instead to sit in her chair and watch TV the greater part of the day and evening. Because of her inactivity I watched as she became a prisoner in her own body. This had a great effect on not only her physical activity but also her mental condition.

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Democratic Policing - Human Rights and Ethics

The protection and preservation of life must be the highest priority of the police. Now this may sound like the obvious, and it is to those police in democratic societies that practice democratic policing. However, it is not obvious to many police from many different countries. They prioritize things like maintaining order or protecting the government far above that of preservation of life. That is why you have police from countries that routinely indiscriminately fire guns into crowds and cause widespread death and injury. Iran is one of the obvious recent examples but this has also recently happened in India, Nepal, Kenya, and Zimbabwe to name a few. The populace rarely will put up with this for long before uprisings or even insurgencies appear.

Police should always work with integrity and professionalism. This simply means that the police should do the right thing in an acceptable and transparent manner even if they "know" no one is watching. If they continue to operate this way they should have no problems.

Freedom and Liberty, Rights and Privileges

As a longtime public servant, I've found it personally and ethically important to steer well clear of partisan politics when declaiming from the public soapbox that the Times Union has graciously offered me here. When I have written on political matters in recent months, I've sought to straddle a middle ground, by encouraging civil discourse between those of differing views, or asking that both the left and the right be able to justify their "research", or imploring people to not use intentionally provocative words like "Socialist" or "Nazi" or "Tea-bagger" in such tense civic times as these.

Such central positions tend to come naturally to me, I think, because I'm a native Southerner, well and happily raised in an Evangelical Christian, Marine Corps household, a proud military veteran myself, and with a household income that puts me in one of the most-heavily taxed brackets (all of these traits commonly viewed as defining "tags" of the contemporary conservative), but yet I've also spent most of the past quarter-century north of the Mason-Dixon line, much of it working for nonprofit organizations associated with either the social services or arts or educational sectors, all viewed as bastions of extreme liberalism. I move easily in both worlds. And I respect those who work for common good, locally, at a State level, or nationally, from either side of the political spectrum, if that work is done in good faith, without bias or prejudice.

What is a Citizen Petition?

A citizen petition is a way of asking for changes on an issue that concerns you. Under the First Amendment of the Constitution, citizens have this right to make their views known and to request that government agencies or departments as well as private businesses and enterprises take a second look at laws and regulations that affect them in a detrimental way. Citizens can also make a petition to request that changes not be made, such as to the environment, when changes are proposed for the use of land.

It is possible for citizens to have laws enacted in some of the states of the United States by means of a citizen petition. Although it is the job of the legislature to enact laws for the citizens of a state, when a group of citizens feels that their needs are being overlooked, they do have the right under the First Amendment to initiate a petition asking that a law be enacted.

An American Citizen's Right to Bear Arms and to Live Free

Yet, there is an even better reason why citizens should also be gun owners, and that is the right of citizens to protect themselves against their government. In fact, the drafting of the 2nd Amendment by the founding fathers was not to combat crime, but to guard against an oppressive and unscrupulous federal government. The founding fathers literally feared the United States Congress.

George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin, among others, were afraid that their new creation would someday try to use the new continental army against them in order to reestablish a ruling elite to oppress the people. This fear was driven by the fact that the first thing the British attempted to do against them was to take away their guns to stop the march toward independence from Great Britain. The debate over gun rights was the most hotly argued topic at the Continental Congress meetings, leading to ratification of the United States Constitution. Following a seemingly endless number of rewrites, private gun ownership rights were finalized in 1791 by the State of Virginia. The argument has never abated even to today, with the courts hearing arguments on controversial cases that eventually lead to yet another refinement in 2nd Amendment law.

The Right of Universal Healthcare

One of the primary distinctions between America and most every other country in the world is our belief in human rights. We hold a distinct position in our belief that all men are created equal with certain unalienable rights that were endowed to all men upon their birth.

So what is the meaning of "unalienable right" as used in the Declaration of Independence? Unalienable means something that cannot be transferred or assigned (given to another). In this case we are considered "endowed" as being part of us that cannot be separated. These rights are also known as natural rights. Rights derived from nature and not granted by any government.

It is also understood that rights come with responsibilities. We know that the right of freedom of speech comes with the responsibility to use that right without infringing upon others. We have all heard the saying that freedom of speech does not give you the right to yell fire in a crowded theater. Although this saying is partly correct the truth is you absolutely DO have the right to say it, but you also bear the responsibility for HOW you use it.

Choosing The Right Accredited School

In today's marketplace, there is an almost bewildering array of choices in providers to meet your needs. From patients choosing health care services to homeowners hiring contractors, consumers seeking the most for their money must exercise caution when evaluating the alternatives. Making the wrong selection wastes time and money, and adds frustration to any transaction, whether the goal is an elective surgery, a remodeled kitchen or a business degree. Fortunately, there are some guidelines that can help you single out the best match for your requirements.

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