I believe that in the future newspapers will become obslete. They just aren't needed anymore. So many many people can get their news from other, more convienient places. I get my news from the internet or the tv. It is just so much easier and you don't have to pay a penny. I mean why would people continue to pay for newpapers when there is a cheaper and more efficient way to get your news.
If newspapers dissappeared i wouldn't care at all. I don't use newspapers and they aren't important to me in any way. They are just a waste of money. In the future i will continue to just get my news off the internet, it's just so much easier. I' m sure some people will miss them, and alot of jobs will be lost, but it will just be one more old thing that's been replaced. It's just the way the world works.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Thursday, March 5, 2009
3 topics
Sports
I enjoy sports and there are just alot of controversial things in baseball. In baseball alone tehre are many things such as steroids to write about. Steroids in general is a heady topic. It is everywhere, in the olympics, and in professional sports.
Terrorism
Terrorism is a huge deal. Not only is it very scary and dangerous, it is a real life problem. There are crazy people all over the world who just want to see the world crash. They dont care about people and i find that interesting. I would like to learn about people's motives for killing.
Torture
Torture is very controversial. Some people would say its very necessary to idk stop terrorism or get answers. I dont really think it's that necessary but there are instances where answers are needed. I mean sure its cruel but they aren't good people in the first place. This topic would be interesting to learn about.
I enjoy sports and there are just alot of controversial things in baseball. In baseball alone tehre are many things such as steroids to write about. Steroids in general is a heady topic. It is everywhere, in the olympics, and in professional sports.
Terrorism
Terrorism is a huge deal. Not only is it very scary and dangerous, it is a real life problem. There are crazy people all over the world who just want to see the world crash. They dont care about people and i find that interesting. I would like to learn about people's motives for killing.
Torture
Torture is very controversial. Some people would say its very necessary to idk stop terrorism or get answers. I dont really think it's that necessary but there are instances where answers are needed. I mean sure its cruel but they aren't good people in the first place. This topic would be interesting to learn about.
Steroids in baseball
Allan Doherty, The Primadonna of Primobolan, Steroids in Baseball, February 7, 2009, March 3, 2009, steroidsinbaseball.net/articles/rodriguez1.html
Alex Rodriguez tested positive for two different steroids in an 2003 anonymous drug test, and hwo he got in trouble for a supposed "anonymous" drug test is beyond me. In his 2003 season A-rod was the MVP of the American league and Home Run leader and he is even supposed to become the home run king by the end of his ten year contract with the yankees.
Alex was actually on the same steroids that Barry Bonds took, and reportedly Barry didn't test positive for the steroid in 2003. This raised the question, how many people didn't even get caught? How many people made it past the steroid tests? Many baseball players took steroids, whether they were pitchers and hitters. The whole steroid era was messed up, and if they planned on enforcing rules on steroids they should have tested for them more intensly. You can't just make rules and not plan on enforcing them. Competative edge won over in baseball and it really is the commisioners fault.
Allan Doherty, Kirk Radomski's "Bases Loaded", Steroids in Baseball, February 2, 2009, March 3, 2009, http://www.steroidsinbaseball.net/articles/radomski.html
Kirk Radomski's "Bases Loaded", is a book that describes the underhanded world of professional baseball. He describes the commisioners direct disregard of steroids and the media's hush hush attitude. "I think what Mark McGwire has accomplished is so remarkable, and he has handled it so beautifully, we want to do everything we can to enjoy a great moment in baseball history."- Bud Selig.
Allan Doherty, The Mitchell Report, Steroids in Baseball, March 3, 2009, http://www.steroidsinbaseball.net/mitchellreport.pdf
For more than a decade there has been widespread illegal use of anabolic steroids
and other performance enhancing substances by players in Major League Baseball, in violation of federal law and baseball policy. Club officials routinely have discussed the possibility of such substance use when evaluating players. Those who have illegally used these substances range
from players whose major league careers were brief to potential members of the Baseball Hall of Fame. They include both pitchers and position players, and their backgrounds are as diverse as those of all major league players.
Alex Rodriguez tested positive for two different steroids in an 2003 anonymous drug test, and hwo he got in trouble for a supposed "anonymous" drug test is beyond me. In his 2003 season A-rod was the MVP of the American league and Home Run leader and he is even supposed to become the home run king by the end of his ten year contract with the yankees.
Alex was actually on the same steroids that Barry Bonds took, and reportedly Barry didn't test positive for the steroid in 2003. This raised the question, how many people didn't even get caught? How many people made it past the steroid tests? Many baseball players took steroids, whether they were pitchers and hitters. The whole steroid era was messed up, and if they planned on enforcing rules on steroids they should have tested for them more intensly. You can't just make rules and not plan on enforcing them. Competative edge won over in baseball and it really is the commisioners fault.
Allan Doherty, Kirk Radomski's "Bases Loaded", Steroids in Baseball, February 2, 2009, March 3, 2009, http://www.steroidsinbaseball.net/articles/radomski.html
Kirk Radomski's "Bases Loaded", is a book that describes the underhanded world of professional baseball. He describes the commisioners direct disregard of steroids and the media's hush hush attitude. "I think what Mark McGwire has accomplished is so remarkable, and he has handled it so beautifully, we want to do everything we can to enjoy a great moment in baseball history."- Bud Selig.
Allan Doherty, The Mitchell Report, Steroids in Baseball, March 3, 2009, http://www.steroidsinbaseball.net/mitchellreport.pdf
For more than a decade there has been widespread illegal use of anabolic steroids
and other performance enhancing substances by players in Major League Baseball, in violation of federal law and baseball policy. Club officials routinely have discussed the possibility of such substance use when evaluating players. Those who have illegally used these substances range
from players whose major league careers were brief to potential members of the Baseball Hall of Fame. They include both pitchers and position players, and their backgrounds are as diverse as those of all major league players.
Allan Doherty, Mark McGwire's Final At Bat, Steroids in Baseball, December 5, 2006, March 7, 2009, http://www.steroidsinbaseball.net/articles/mcgwires_final_at_bat.html
This goes to show hwo people who took steroids are going to have a hard to get into the hall of fame. People dont care about stats once people know who took steroids. People are now looking to exclude people who have taken steroids from the Hall of Fame and some great baseball players will never even have the chance to be a Hall of Famer because of a mistake that they made
Allan Doherty, Baseball's Integrity is in the Cellar, Steroids in Baseball, December 6, 2006, March 10, 2009, http://www.steroidsinbaseball.net/articles/baseballs_integrity_in_cellar.html
Bud Selig has been a joke of a commisioner. He never actually did his job and he has ruined the integrity of baseball. He has literally been worthless. Vincient Fay actually made a steroid and drug ban in 1991 because of a potential problem. Selig a past owner was just interest in making money for the league and for the owners.
Allan Doherty, Balco Timeline, Steroids in Baseball, March 10, 2009, http://www.steroidsinbaseball.net/balco.html
This timeline shows the effect of steroids in not only baseball but all sports. Many high profile athletes took steroids to get an edge over the competition. Even though all these sports had anti-doping agencies, it didn't make a difference. Steroids are just too easy to get ahold of and there are too many drugs to try and test for.
Monday, February 23, 2009
"Death to a Dream"
Based on the article written by Joel Kotkin it isn't very likely that California will make a comeback, and if there is eventually a comeback it won't be anytime soon. The University of California, Santa Barbera forecasted that California will actually lag behind until 2011. California has made a comeback before actually in recent history, but there are just too many things wrong right now. Unemployment is up at 10% and is still expected to rise. Kotkin believes that the people in the legislature of California is still just taking us backwards. He doesn't believe the people of California made a good choice in electing a movie star in running the state, and the California has just turned into a laughingstock.
The writer believes that the only way California can turn things around is for it to make jobs for themselves. He thinks that people like the Cardenas family need to try and make a business for themselves and take things from there. He also believes that the people fighting to make things greener aren't helping, but just hurting.
I don't agree with his reasoning. The way the housing plummeted isn't the government's fault. I mean things could have been planned for, but it wasn't the government's fault. I don't know that much about the government and their decisions, but if the government is making bad decisions it's still the people's fault. They are the ones who chose who was going to run the government, therefore it was their fault.
The writer believes that the only way California can turn things around is for it to make jobs for themselves. He thinks that people like the Cardenas family need to try and make a business for themselves and take things from there. He also believes that the people fighting to make things greener aren't helping, but just hurting.
I don't agree with his reasoning. The way the housing plummeted isn't the government's fault. I mean things could have been planned for, but it wasn't the government's fault. I don't know that much about the government and their decisions, but if the government is making bad decisions it's still the people's fault. They are the ones who chose who was going to run the government, therefore it was their fault.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Everyone is going to be effected by the new budget. When the new budget was first engineered it failed to gain the two-thirds vote that was needed, and the Democrats were trying to pursuade just one Republicn. Eventually the Democrats agreed to ban legislative pay increases during deficit years, and they eliminated a 12 cent gas increase that they planned on putting in. Maldonado, the senator who agreed with these circumstances, also made California political primaries open and nonparisan.
The new budget has $15 billion in spending cuts, $ 12.8 billion in temporary taxes, they borrowed $11.4 billion, and they made a new reserve fund with $1 billion. If the state recieves money from the nation some of the taxes will be reduced and the borrowed money should be cut in half. Billions of dollars are going to be out of schools, and healthcare institutions, sales tax is going up by 1 percentage points, and the licence fee is raised to 115% of the old price. Although the gasoline tax has been shot down, residents income tax rates were raised by a quarter of a percentage point. Althought the new taxes are only supposed to last two years it could be extended for another two years by the voters. But all that being said small businesses are going to be given tax breaks, and so are some parts of the movie industry which is huge in California. Both tax breaks are considered huge wins for Republicans who just wouldn't give in.
The new budget has $15 billion in spending cuts, $ 12.8 billion in temporary taxes, they borrowed $11.4 billion, and they made a new reserve fund with $1 billion. If the state recieves money from the nation some of the taxes will be reduced and the borrowed money should be cut in half. Billions of dollars are going to be out of schools, and healthcare institutions, sales tax is going up by 1 percentage points, and the licence fee is raised to 115% of the old price. Although the gasoline tax has been shot down, residents income tax rates were raised by a quarter of a percentage point. Althought the new taxes are only supposed to last two years it could be extended for another two years by the voters. But all that being said small businesses are going to be given tax breaks, and so are some parts of the movie industry which is huge in California. Both tax breaks are considered huge wins for Republicans who just wouldn't give in.
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Tropic Thunder
Tropic Thunder was easily the best movie of the year. There were alot of very good actors in the movie. All the actors were funny, but Tom Cruise definately stood out. The entire movie was funny and there weren't any boring parts. The movie literally went from one funny part to another, and it kept me lauging the entire time.
Robert Downey Jr. was incredibly funny and i thought he played the part perfectly. Jack Black is funny in every movie he has ever been in, and the same with Ben Stiller. I thought the storyline was good and it was a very intense movie. I mean how can you go wrong with a movie that is hilarious and action packed. I mean even the action parts were funny.
I could see this movie over and over again because its just so perfect. I mean what more could u want in a movie. Its funny, it has great actors, and it has alot of action. It was so unlike any other movie and the storyline was just so different. It must've taken alot of time to get all of the top-tier actors, and it was surprising to see all of those actors working together
Robert Downey Jr. was incredibly funny and i thought he played the part perfectly. Jack Black is funny in every movie he has ever been in, and the same with Ben Stiller. I thought the storyline was good and it was a very intense movie. I mean how can you go wrong with a movie that is hilarious and action packed. I mean even the action parts were funny.
I could see this movie over and over again because its just so perfect. I mean what more could u want in a movie. Its funny, it has great actors, and it has alot of action. It was so unlike any other movie and the storyline was just so different. It must've taken alot of time to get all of the top-tier actors, and it was surprising to see all of those actors working together
new era . new responsibilty
President Obama made the statement that "this is a new era, with new responsibilities". In my opinion Obama is absolutly right about this. Life is changing and so are our responsibilities as a nation. But not only just as a nation, but also as a community. As a community we need to come together, make smarter choices. Personelly, we need to do whats best for us. save the money we need. The way life is going right now, we need a change. Obama believes that with change, comes new responsibilty.
As a nation, the tasks that we need to take on are large. We need to change our lifestyles. Large businesses are having to close their doors because they can no longer make payments. They cant pay their employees, so they are having to lay people off. As nation, this effects us largly. We need to stop using money we dont have. Thats what got us in this situation in the first place.
This effects our community in just the same way. Most bussnisses in Cottonwood are locally owned. When you go into a store, the chances of you knowing the people working there are pretty high. Everyone knows everyone. And before, we could go into a store, buy stuff from them, and give them business. But now the way our economy is, people cant spend as much money, which means the stores cant make money, so there letting people go, and some are closing their stores.
Personnely what this means to me is that the chances of me being able to find a job thats hiring is pretty low. People are having to lay employees off, they dont want to hire anyone new. So when i leave for college, it will be hard for me to find a job, so i wont have extra money. This problem effects everyone. The new responibilities we need to take on to be able to get through this are important. We need to save the money we have. Make it spread out so when we actually need it, we have it. We shouldnt drive extra because of gas prices. And most of all we need to stop spending money we dont have on things we dont need. If we follow these rules as a nation, community and just as an individual, will be able to get through this tough time. Its time for a change, and we need to be the ones that make it happen
As a nation, the tasks that we need to take on are large. We need to change our lifestyles. Large businesses are having to close their doors because they can no longer make payments. They cant pay their employees, so they are having to lay people off. As nation, this effects us largly. We need to stop using money we dont have. Thats what got us in this situation in the first place.
This effects our community in just the same way. Most bussnisses in Cottonwood are locally owned. When you go into a store, the chances of you knowing the people working there are pretty high. Everyone knows everyone. And before, we could go into a store, buy stuff from them, and give them business. But now the way our economy is, people cant spend as much money, which means the stores cant make money, so there letting people go, and some are closing their stores.
Personnely what this means to me is that the chances of me being able to find a job thats hiring is pretty low. People are having to lay employees off, they dont want to hire anyone new. So when i leave for college, it will be hard for me to find a job, so i wont have extra money. This problem effects everyone. The new responibilities we need to take on to be able to get through this are important. We need to save the money we have. Make it spread out so when we actually need it, we have it. We shouldnt drive extra because of gas prices. And most of all we need to stop spending money we dont have on things we dont need. If we follow these rules as a nation, community and just as an individual, will be able to get through this tough time. Its time for a change, and we need to be the ones that make it happen
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