In an interview with Fox News on Thursday, Ellis Henican interviewed Joe Biden about the "dead" health care plan. During every question Biden cut off Henican or started to move on to a different topic every time he started to feel trapped. He even said the world Nimrod and that he would even throw Ellis under the bus. During his next interview with two women, Margaret Hoover and . I believe that he was a complete idiot on TV he sounded very up professional and diffidently not like the Vic President of the United States. He sounded like a school boy who was sitting in the principal’s office denying everything bad that he did at recess. He covered everything tonight, things from the death of a trainer at sea world, to tiger words, to the bill. May I please say again that he sounds sooooo stupid! I cannot believe we voted him as are vice president.
Three men were killed by a man named Ramos in San Francisco and Biden had the nerve to say that it was ok that bill was dropped and stopped himself from saying Bulls***. Now that pot is legal in California Biden decided to cover that issue as well. He even said that if people on the news came in high we would have no anchors. He did not make a good impression to me so I can’t imagine he did on many Americans tonight.
Yet the part that leaves me the most upset from tonight’s talks and the meeting with congress today is the comment Obama made if we don’t agree on this bill we will just have to live with the choices that are made for us. WTF!? What happened to freedom of rights?
Why did we vote these people in to office? The brits say god help the queen….I say god help the Americans!
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Frats-Animal House
I love the movie Animal House. Its hysterically funny and keeps the viewer glued to the screen. The only problem with the movie is that it gives Fraternities a bad name. It makes the viewers believe that all frats are drunken stupid idiots. I wont lie some are, and some are not. Since being at Kearney Ive gotten to know many Sig Eps and Pikes who are two of the largest frats on campus. Most of the men are hard working school devoted individuals seeking a higher education just like the rest of us. The only difference is that they live in a house.
Yet despite all of the good things that these two houses have shown me, i couldnt for the life of me convince a fellow friend that he should think about joining one. He said that he didn't like the stereo types and didnt want to deal with the drama. Yet your going to find that every where you go in life. Despite the disgusting and vulgar things that are done by the frat members in Animal House, it was only a movie. A movie designed to poke fun at the hilarious rumors that go around about houses such as theirs.
I was glad to know when i asked a few Sig Eps at the beginning of the year about hazing, that it was not practice on Kearney campus. They said that it was not necessary and that it would result in a elimination of there house. Its like a family, a group you can go to know matter what when you need help with things, and for some people that means the world.
So to any skeptics, i promise the frats on kearney campus are not like animal house, some are crazy, some study hard, and some know how to keep the balance. Either way dont judge a book by its cover tell you've read the storyand all it has to offer.
Yet despite all of the good things that these two houses have shown me, i couldnt for the life of me convince a fellow friend that he should think about joining one. He said that he didn't like the stereo types and didnt want to deal with the drama. Yet your going to find that every where you go in life. Despite the disgusting and vulgar things that are done by the frat members in Animal House, it was only a movie. A movie designed to poke fun at the hilarious rumors that go around about houses such as theirs.
I was glad to know when i asked a few Sig Eps at the beginning of the year about hazing, that it was not practice on Kearney campus. They said that it was not necessary and that it would result in a elimination of there house. Its like a family, a group you can go to know matter what when you need help with things, and for some people that means the world.
So to any skeptics, i promise the frats on kearney campus are not like animal house, some are crazy, some study hard, and some know how to keep the balance. Either way dont judge a book by its cover tell you've read the storyand all it has to offer.
St Particks Day
Saint Patrick’s Day is an annual feast day that celebrates Saint Patrick. He was the most commonly recognized of the patron saint of Ireland and the holiday is celebrated on March 17.
For Ireland this is a national holiday. It’s a bank holiday in North Ireland and public holiday in the Republic of Ireland. It has even become a holiday in Montserrat, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Argentina, and the United States. Celebrations are generally themed around all things Irish and, by association, the color green.
Yet in the United States we don’t seem to celebrate this day the same. For many Americans it’s a day to wear green and drink ALOT of beer. One of the most common things that I hear of for college students on St Patrick’s Day is the past time of taking shots to the ever famous movie, Boondock Saints. This movie is about two Irish brothers who believe they have received a message from god to kill all the bad people in their city. They are very vulgar and violent but it seems that every two minutes the "F word" is said. So for my college going students they take advantage of this word and take a shot every time they hear the world. The funny part is that during one part "Rocco" says the F word probably 16 times before he realizes what’s going on. I believe that even though it’s a fast and very effective way to get drunk, why is it that we celebrate St Patrick’s Day in such a manner? Why it that this became part of was are holiday for St Paddy? He must have been a great man if we drink in his honor every year. Wonder what he would think if he knew this was how he was celebrated.
For Ireland this is a national holiday. It’s a bank holiday in North Ireland and public holiday in the Republic of Ireland. It has even become a holiday in Montserrat, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Argentina, and the United States. Celebrations are generally themed around all things Irish and, by association, the color green.
Yet in the United States we don’t seem to celebrate this day the same. For many Americans it’s a day to wear green and drink ALOT of beer. One of the most common things that I hear of for college students on St Patrick’s Day is the past time of taking shots to the ever famous movie, Boondock Saints. This movie is about two Irish brothers who believe they have received a message from god to kill all the bad people in their city. They are very vulgar and violent but it seems that every two minutes the "F word" is said. So for my college going students they take advantage of this word and take a shot every time they hear the world. The funny part is that during one part "Rocco" says the F word probably 16 times before he realizes what’s going on. I believe that even though it’s a fast and very effective way to get drunk, why is it that we celebrate St Patrick’s Day in such a manner? Why it that this became part of was are holiday for St Paddy? He must have been a great man if we drink in his honor every year. Wonder what he would think if he knew this was how he was celebrated.
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Wind Energy Final Draft
For years people have been looking for better ways to fuel society. Whether that be with cars, trains, or another type of transportation. The most recent new "fuel" is the idea of eclectic cars that has grown in popularity over the last decade. Yet there is another energy source coming onto the market called Wind Energy. The final two sessions at the 2009 Wind Power convention in Kearney were on maximizing the economic benefits of wind energy development in Nebraska and bringing wind manufacturing and jobs to the state. If this goes through wind energy development can create 840 to 1,580 jobs in Nebraska in the next 40 years. Wind energy is the fastest-growing energy technology in the country and wind manufacturing expands by 30 percent to 40 percent annually. On example of a Nebraskan using Wing Energy is Kevin Strudthoff. Sturdthoff is president and CEO of Katana Summit LLC in Columbus, which employs 104 Nebraskans. The company manufactures large steel towers that wind energy generators sit atop.
If Kearney were to bring Wind Energy to the city it would drastically change how the city worked. It’s a cleaner more effective way to power schools, homes, factories, etc. Not only would it be more effective it would bring jobs to the city that we may have otherwise never had. It would be a good idea for the city of Kearney and the environment as a whole. As a city we should way the cost benefits with other companies, towns, plants etc who have also switched over to Wind Energy. If the new source of energy would be beneficial in the long run, yet have a high cost attached, we would have to ask ourselves if the price tag was worth it for the future of our town. The town of Kearney is small enough that there is plenty of room between ours and the next neighboring town for us to have Windmills out in the country like the ones down the interstate like on the way to Omaha NE. If we want a greener, healthier world for are children we have to act now. There are only so many tomorrows and one day the damage will be so bad that nothing we are cable of will be able to reverse the damage. If we bring wind energy to Kearney NE it would bring new jobs, and more money to the town. How could something that helps are children and even their children, be wrong?
Claims:
If this goes through wind energy development can create 840 to 1,580 jobs in Nebraska in the next 40 years. Wind energy is the fastest-growing energy technology in the country and wind manufacturing expands by 30 percent to 40 percent annually.
The final two sessions at the 2009 Wind Power convention in Kearney were on maximizing the economic benefits of wind energy development in Nebraska and bringing wind manufacturing and jobs to the state.
Sources:
Omaha World Hearld
Merrick Machine Company
If Kearney were to bring Wind Energy to the city it would drastically change how the city worked. It’s a cleaner more effective way to power schools, homes, factories, etc. Not only would it be more effective it would bring jobs to the city that we may have otherwise never had. It would be a good idea for the city of Kearney and the environment as a whole. As a city we should way the cost benefits with other companies, towns, plants etc who have also switched over to Wind Energy. If the new source of energy would be beneficial in the long run, yet have a high cost attached, we would have to ask ourselves if the price tag was worth it for the future of our town. The town of Kearney is small enough that there is plenty of room between ours and the next neighboring town for us to have Windmills out in the country like the ones down the interstate like on the way to Omaha NE. If we want a greener, healthier world for are children we have to act now. There are only so many tomorrows and one day the damage will be so bad that nothing we are cable of will be able to reverse the damage. If we bring wind energy to Kearney NE it would bring new jobs, and more money to the town. How could something that helps are children and even their children, be wrong?
Claims:
If this goes through wind energy development can create 840 to 1,580 jobs in Nebraska in the next 40 years. Wind energy is the fastest-growing energy technology in the country and wind manufacturing expands by 30 percent to 40 percent annually.
The final two sessions at the 2009 Wind Power convention in Kearney were on maximizing the economic benefits of wind energy development in Nebraska and bringing wind manufacturing and jobs to the state.
Sources:
Omaha World Hearld
Merrick Machine Company
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Wind Energy
For years people have been looking for better ways to fuel society. Whether that be with cars, trains, or another type of transportation. The most recent new "fuel" is the idea of eclectic cars that has grown in popularity over the last decade. Yet there is another energy source coming onto the market called Wind Energy.
The final two sessions at the 2009 Wind Power convention in Kearney were on maximizing the economic benefits of wind energy development in Nebraska and bringing wind manufacturing and jobs to the state. If this goes through wind energy development can create 840 to 1,580 jobs in Nebraska in the next 40 years. Wind energy is the fastest-growing energy technology in the country and wind manufacturing expands by 30 percent to 40 percent annually.
On example of a Nebraskan using Wing Energy is Kevin Strudthoff. Sturdthoff is president and CEO of Katana Summit LLC in Columbus, which employs 104 Nebraskans. The company manufactures large steel towers that wind energy generators sit atop. Another Nebraskan trying to get Wind Energy off the ground is the factories of Triad Plastics and Merrick Machine Company in Alda NE. The company is run by my father and grandfather, Russ and Rick Merrick. This past year in 2009 they have sold 10 windmills around the state and in others. They use the mill, that they manufactured, outside of the building to generate all the electricity and power that runs the plants. I've seen firsthand what the Wind Energy is capable of.
If Kearney were to bring Wind Energy to the city it would drastically change how the city worked. It’s a cleaner more effective way to power schools, homes, factories, etc. Not only would it be more effective it would bring jobs to the city that we may have otherwise never had. It would be a good idea for the city of Kearney and the environment as a whole.
The final two sessions at the 2009 Wind Power convention in Kearney were on maximizing the economic benefits of wind energy development in Nebraska and bringing wind manufacturing and jobs to the state. If this goes through wind energy development can create 840 to 1,580 jobs in Nebraska in the next 40 years. Wind energy is the fastest-growing energy technology in the country and wind manufacturing expands by 30 percent to 40 percent annually.
On example of a Nebraskan using Wing Energy is Kevin Strudthoff. Sturdthoff is president and CEO of Katana Summit LLC in Columbus, which employs 104 Nebraskans. The company manufactures large steel towers that wind energy generators sit atop. Another Nebraskan trying to get Wind Energy off the ground is the factories of Triad Plastics and Merrick Machine Company in Alda NE. The company is run by my father and grandfather, Russ and Rick Merrick. This past year in 2009 they have sold 10 windmills around the state and in others. They use the mill, that they manufactured, outside of the building to generate all the electricity and power that runs the plants. I've seen firsthand what the Wind Energy is capable of.
If Kearney were to bring Wind Energy to the city it would drastically change how the city worked. It’s a cleaner more effective way to power schools, homes, factories, etc. Not only would it be more effective it would bring jobs to the city that we may have otherwise never had. It would be a good idea for the city of Kearney and the environment as a whole.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
To be Nothing
Here in this place, it holds memories.
Here is where writers create the lives that actors live
It holds the sands of time, the beginning and the end and in itself- it holds life
This unmistakable, undeniable virtue that comes forward is a breath of fresh air.
Yet in that air we take in Pandora’s box- we feel that chaos and destruction yet in our own human way we envy the process of it- to be so…free.
Freedom is such a funny concept that we’ve been fighting for in the name of god, religion and the Queen.
Yet this place holds all of that. It’s been a million things- only to be nothing
This place built on the ideas of love and philosophy- but to what degree?
This place built for us sits alone
A waiting the day when Julius Caesar, King William the 3rd or any other noble wise man graces it with its presents.
On this stage that lights will glisten like the thousand stars reflecting from the sea. Yet here in it is everything so it can be nothing.
Here is where writers create the lives that actors live
It holds the sands of time, the beginning and the end and in itself- it holds life
This unmistakable, undeniable virtue that comes forward is a breath of fresh air.
Yet in that air we take in Pandora’s box- we feel that chaos and destruction yet in our own human way we envy the process of it- to be so…free.
Freedom is such a funny concept that we’ve been fighting for in the name of god, religion and the Queen.
Yet this place holds all of that. It’s been a million things- only to be nothing
This place built on the ideas of love and philosophy- but to what degree?
This place built for us sits alone
A waiting the day when Julius Caesar, King William the 3rd or any other noble wise man graces it with its presents.
On this stage that lights will glisten like the thousand stars reflecting from the sea. Yet here in it is everything so it can be nothing.
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Jess 2-birthdays
It is 11:25 and jess and i cant sleep. I asked her what was on her mind and she went off about the concept of birthdays. "its just a reminder of you being older and you should act older-it sucks" Jess said.
We agreed that after your 21 (legal drinking age) you should really stop celebrating them. We all know when the new year comes that you've survived another year on earth and that life will move on. So wouldn't it make sense to stop celebrating them?
Another thought is that we only celebrate them for the gift factor. Its an excuse to buy things and boost the crappy economy. That along with Christmas, Valentines day, Halloween, Fourth of July and Saint Patricks day. Each day- and most for that matter- is designed in a way that convinces a customer to buy a product, that without, would mean you weren't celebrating right. So what does a birthday really mean? Does it mean buy me a gift? give me things for free? bake me a cake with candles and let me make a fool of myself? Or does it actually mean something special. Anymore- it seems more about the material things.
What would happen if we celebrated birthdays without gifts, if we did it unmatericalistic. We would celebrate the person, celebrate there life. We would tell them how much we loved them, why we cared and what there plans were until there next birthday. The gift of time is much more precious then a toy there only gonna love for a year.
We agreed that after your 21 (legal drinking age) you should really stop celebrating them. We all know when the new year comes that you've survived another year on earth and that life will move on. So wouldn't it make sense to stop celebrating them?
Another thought is that we only celebrate them for the gift factor. Its an excuse to buy things and boost the crappy economy. That along with Christmas, Valentines day, Halloween, Fourth of July and Saint Patricks day. Each day- and most for that matter- is designed in a way that convinces a customer to buy a product, that without, would mean you weren't celebrating right. So what does a birthday really mean? Does it mean buy me a gift? give me things for free? bake me a cake with candles and let me make a fool of myself? Or does it actually mean something special. Anymore- it seems more about the material things.
What would happen if we celebrated birthdays without gifts, if we did it unmatericalistic. We would celebrate the person, celebrate there life. We would tell them how much we loved them, why we cared and what there plans were until there next birthday. The gift of time is much more precious then a toy there only gonna love for a year.
Monday, February 15, 2010
Two Front Teeth
I view myself as a very peaceful person. I love almost everything and I'm never the one to say "I hate something." Almost. Yet through all my love I can say that i HATE the dentist. When i was five I knocked out my two front teeth, on the 4th of July. Ever since that day I have never had good luck when it came to seeing my dentist. Dr. Lofgreen is his name and since i was 12 ive adressed him as Lof. I dont think he minds. Even though I am very respectful to him i deeply hate him for all the things he's put me through in the name of perfect smile. Let me name them...
5-I knocked out my two fronth teeth
7-I had 3 teeth pulled and my two front teeth just started to grow back in
12-Braces (2 1/2 years)
Retainers
Head Gear
Perminate retainers
Two more teeth pulled
14-Chipped my front tooth
15-Braces again for 6 months
18-Wisdom teeth pulled
Cavity
Chipped the SAME front tooth again
You see I have a love/hate relationship with Dr.Lofgreen. When i went in to have my widsom teeth pulled i was also infromed that i have had 11 teeth pulled after that day. It made me want to cry.
My mother tells me that when I went in to have my two front teeth pulled i was a child from hell. I screamed the whole time. Mind you that i couldn't feel a thing but it was scared out of my mind. I bit my Dentist to. He retired a month after that. Then just my luck Dr. Lofgreen became my dentist. I did my best to try and make him miserable but to my shigrin he stuck around.
Then during high school i met a boy named Kevin in my show choir group. I found out two years later that he was infact Dr. Logreens nephew. I did my best not to talk about my disgust for his uncle.
No matter how old i get or what happens to my teeth I will always hate going to the Dentist. Their just like Hospitals.
So to Dr. Logreen, you are an excellent dentist, but stay away from my teeth.
Love,
Hope
5-I knocked out my two fronth teeth
7-I had 3 teeth pulled and my two front teeth just started to grow back in
12-Braces (2 1/2 years)
Retainers
Head Gear
Perminate retainers
Two more teeth pulled
14-Chipped my front tooth
15-Braces again for 6 months
18-Wisdom teeth pulled
Cavity
Chipped the SAME front tooth again
You see I have a love/hate relationship with Dr.Lofgreen. When i went in to have my widsom teeth pulled i was also infromed that i have had 11 teeth pulled after that day. It made me want to cry.
My mother tells me that when I went in to have my two front teeth pulled i was a child from hell. I screamed the whole time. Mind you that i couldn't feel a thing but it was scared out of my mind. I bit my Dentist to. He retired a month after that. Then just my luck Dr. Lofgreen became my dentist. I did my best to try and make him miserable but to my shigrin he stuck around.
Then during high school i met a boy named Kevin in my show choir group. I found out two years later that he was infact Dr. Logreens nephew. I did my best not to talk about my disgust for his uncle.
No matter how old i get or what happens to my teeth I will always hate going to the Dentist. Their just like Hospitals.
So to Dr. Logreen, you are an excellent dentist, but stay away from my teeth.
Love,
Hope
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Final Draft-New Drinking Ruels
As the children of the 20th century we've never let no stand in are way. As children of the 20th century we are trying to find are place in this world by whatever means necessary. We range in age from 16 to 20and we believe that we are invincible. We, the children, will break laws; do stupid acts of "heroism" all in the name of who we are, even if this means having a beer or two.
As with any generation, drinking has long been seen as almost a rite of passage with many college students. Drinking one might say, brings us closer, allows us to forget are troublesome lives and express ourselves without the fear of judgment from others. Then we wake up from are drunken state and think what a great night. We’re sorry Cinderella; some fairy tales don't have a happy ending. For those of us who are brave enough, or drunk enough to drive while intoxicated, the results don’t always end in are favor.
When the clock strikes midnight Cinderella must depart, and if your lucky prince charming who has been downing the Champaign will drive you home, and if you’re really lucky you and prince charming can pick up a DUI or an MIP all before the last bell strikes twelve. Anymore the children of the 20th century wear their MIPs like "badges of honor." Between 4,700 people a year age 21 and younger dies from alcohol related causes. Teen drivers 16-19 represent 7 percent of all licensed drivers yet account for 16 percent of the accidents where alcohol is involved. How can we, the children of the new generation, be proud of something as terrible as that? We are raging out of control and generations before us are taking control. A bill is being passed that would take a minors in possessions license for 60 to 90 days for a first offense and six months for a permit of license, with another six months for a second offense. These numbers go hand in hand with the results of 16-19 minors involved in alcohol related motor vehicle crashes totaling in 37.2 million dollars. How could we ever consider it "worth it" after the new rules would pass? Are generation would slowly start to straighten up and take a new look at what it met to find are place.
We know it’s wrong to drink underage, yet how could we help it? Prince charming looked so cool drinking his beer in the corner of the room with his other prince friends. Yet it only takes one of us. Only one from are generation to either mess things up or get things right. If this bill passes Cinderella would diffidently think twice before going home with Prince charming over even drinking at all. If not...I hope the ball was worth it.
Claims
1. Minor in possession would lose their driver’s licenses for 60 to 90 days for a first offense and for at least six months for their permit of license, with another six-month delay for a second offense.
2. About 4,700 people a year age 21 and younger die from alcohol related causes.
3. Drivers age 16-19 represent 7 percent of all licensed drivers yet account for 16 percent of the accidents where alcohol was a factor.
4. 16- 19 involved in alcohol related motor vehicle crashes was 37.2 million
Source
World-Herald Editorial: Underage drinking legislation is sensible. 3, February 2010.
As with any generation, drinking has long been seen as almost a rite of passage with many college students. Drinking one might say, brings us closer, allows us to forget are troublesome lives and express ourselves without the fear of judgment from others. Then we wake up from are drunken state and think what a great night. We’re sorry Cinderella; some fairy tales don't have a happy ending. For those of us who are brave enough, or drunk enough to drive while intoxicated, the results don’t always end in are favor.
When the clock strikes midnight Cinderella must depart, and if your lucky prince charming who has been downing the Champaign will drive you home, and if you’re really lucky you and prince charming can pick up a DUI or an MIP all before the last bell strikes twelve. Anymore the children of the 20th century wear their MIPs like "badges of honor." Between 4,700 people a year age 21 and younger dies from alcohol related causes. Teen drivers 16-19 represent 7 percent of all licensed drivers yet account for 16 percent of the accidents where alcohol is involved. How can we, the children of the new generation, be proud of something as terrible as that? We are raging out of control and generations before us are taking control. A bill is being passed that would take a minors in possessions license for 60 to 90 days for a first offense and six months for a permit of license, with another six months for a second offense. These numbers go hand in hand with the results of 16-19 minors involved in alcohol related motor vehicle crashes totaling in 37.2 million dollars. How could we ever consider it "worth it" after the new rules would pass? Are generation would slowly start to straighten up and take a new look at what it met to find are place.
We know it’s wrong to drink underage, yet how could we help it? Prince charming looked so cool drinking his beer in the corner of the room with his other prince friends. Yet it only takes one of us. Only one from are generation to either mess things up or get things right. If this bill passes Cinderella would diffidently think twice before going home with Prince charming over even drinking at all. If not...I hope the ball was worth it.
Claims
1. Minor in possession would lose their driver’s licenses for 60 to 90 days for a first offense and for at least six months for their permit of license, with another six-month delay for a second offense.
2. About 4,700 people a year age 21 and younger die from alcohol related causes.
3. Drivers age 16-19 represent 7 percent of all licensed drivers yet account for 16 percent of the accidents where alcohol was a factor.
4. 16- 19 involved in alcohol related motor vehicle crashes was 37.2 million
Source
World-Herald Editorial: Underage drinking legislation is sensible. 3, February 2010.
My Momma
For many of the people who watch the Super Bowl, it’s all about the football. Yet for many others like me, we watch for the half time and the commercials. My favorite commercial this year was the one with the little boy and the boyfriend. I thought that this commercial was very well written to get the audience’s attention. It keeps the men involved tuned with the beautiful women that comes in right away. Then it keeps it connected to the screen as you watch her walk away and you wonder were the scene is going to go. Unexpected to a lot of us her five year old son slaps the boyfriend and puts him in his place. "Don't touch my momma and don't touch my Doritos." This line made me laugh and made me remember this commercial out of all the rest. Then to top it off you hear the mother ask if Jaylen is "playing nice." That last line was the sinker for me because it made the 30 second blip that much funnier. I believed that this was a great advertising campaign for the product and that id made a lasting impression this year during the Super Bowl.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
New Drinking Rules
A week ago the Omaha World-Herald published an article about underage drinking and the new bill looking to be passed in Nebraska. The bill would remind minors about the consequences and dangers of underage drinking. Legislative Bill 258 is read as such. "Nebraska youths convicted of minor in possession would lose their driver’s licenses for 60 to 90 days for a first offense and for at least six months for a second conviction. MIP offenders not yet old enough to drive would have to wait six months for their permit or license, with another six-month delay for a second offense." To me this means that underage drinking has become an even larger problem for kids in Nebraska. You don’t have to look hard to see the results of underage drinking. Each year, alcohol-related accidents claim the lives of thousands of young adults across the country. The Centers for Disease Control reports that about 4,700 people a year age 21 and younger die from alcohol-related causes. According to the Nebraska Office of Highway Safety, teen drivers ages 16-19 represent 7 percent of all licensed drivers yet account for 16 percent of the accidents where alcohol was a factor. Yet even with this new rule one has to ask if it'll really make a difference. In today society no matter how old you are, drinking is considered cool. If we really want to fix the problem we have to change the way are culture looks at alcohol consumption. This new bill may do its best to keep minors from drinking but I believe in the long run it will not have the desired effect that many people would hope for. I agree with the idea of the bill but not he concepts. I believe it will not work and a new idea needs to be looked at. Drinking is a tough subject for many people so if this bill is to work parents, and minors need to change their ways as an example to others before they can ever hope for any real change.
Monday, February 8, 2010
Broken Hearts
There’s nothing in the world quiet like a broken heart. It’s the type of thing that leaves you breathless. No matter how old you are, or how much you've learned, broken hearts always hurt the same. My first broken heart came when I was 15 and my dog of 13 years named KC died. It was the first time I'd lost something dear to my heart. It still hurts when I think of her. My second broken heart came when I was 17 and my boyfriend of two years and I broke up. I may have been young but it didn’t mean it didn’t hurt. My mother told me that broken hearts were natural, that everyone has them at some point in their life. I didn’t believe her then, but I know better now. At the time it was the worst feeling id ever felt. I became overwhelmed by the emotion and it took me in a very bad direction. I didn’t talk to anyone about the feelings but people could see how much it was affecting me. It wasn’t until I started spending time with another boy 6 months later that brought me out of my bad time. I’m still seeing him to this day, three years later. The one thing that kept me somewhat sane in all of the chaos was my writing. Even though the writing was never very positive it was a way to organize my thoughts that kept me so occupied. I didn’t talk to my broken heart for almost five years, and then a week ago he called me. Are talk was great, it was the first time I was able to open up and tell him all the things I wanted to all those years ago. We laughed about everything and left nothing off the table. When I hung up the phone I knew that we wouldn’t talk for awhile like before but that was ok. I know in my heart I will always care for him but it took my heart a very long time to heal after him and I would never go down that road with him again. He will always be my best friend in many ways and I owe him so much.
After are talk I started to think about the concept of broken hearts and what it meant to me and other people. The dictionary definition of a broken heart is the following-despair; disillusionment; devastating sorrow, esp. from disappointment in love. Even though all these words hold true they don’t even begin to touch on the actual feeling and process. I asked a friend what her first broken heart felt like, she smiled before she began. "I didn’t eat for awhile, I just wasn’t hungry anymore. I didn’t sleep very well and I cried allot. The crying was the worst part." I asked her again what it felt like and she said she really couldn’t explain it but she would never in a million years be able to forget the feelings. I started to wonder how this felt for boys then. Where the feelings the same? Does it hurt just as bad? Girls really can’t help but put their emotions out there for the world to see, it’s hard for us. Yet with men, they always seem fine. They never show that there hurt or that they feel alone. We spend so much time after a broken heart trying to get the other people to think were ok when the story about the pain is still just as strong as it was yesterday. So then I asked, who would I be without my story. Who would I be if I didn’t have this story in my head? Happy, I would be happy. I had to question every aspect of my story to figure out what was really true. That was the hardest part, yet after I read through all the lines of my "story" I was left with one line, the most important part of the story. Only I can make myself happy. I had never thought about things that way before and for the first time in a very long time I was able to let go of all my stories and be free to start over and live my life. A broken heart may hurt and take the wind out of your sails but it doesn’t mean it’s the end. It only means you have a beautiful opportunity to start over, and that ladies and gentleman is the most amazing part of it all.
After are talk I started to think about the concept of broken hearts and what it meant to me and other people. The dictionary definition of a broken heart is the following-despair; disillusionment; devastating sorrow, esp. from disappointment in love. Even though all these words hold true they don’t even begin to touch on the actual feeling and process. I asked a friend what her first broken heart felt like, she smiled before she began. "I didn’t eat for awhile, I just wasn’t hungry anymore. I didn’t sleep very well and I cried allot. The crying was the worst part." I asked her again what it felt like and she said she really couldn’t explain it but she would never in a million years be able to forget the feelings. I started to wonder how this felt for boys then. Where the feelings the same? Does it hurt just as bad? Girls really can’t help but put their emotions out there for the world to see, it’s hard for us. Yet with men, they always seem fine. They never show that there hurt or that they feel alone. We spend so much time after a broken heart trying to get the other people to think were ok when the story about the pain is still just as strong as it was yesterday. So then I asked, who would I be without my story. Who would I be if I didn’t have this story in my head? Happy, I would be happy. I had to question every aspect of my story to figure out what was really true. That was the hardest part, yet after I read through all the lines of my "story" I was left with one line, the most important part of the story. Only I can make myself happy. I had never thought about things that way before and for the first time in a very long time I was able to let go of all my stories and be free to start over and live my life. A broken heart may hurt and take the wind out of your sails but it doesn’t mean it’s the end. It only means you have a beautiful opportunity to start over, and that ladies and gentleman is the most amazing part of it all.
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Beauty
I watched Jess blow dry her hair, put on makeup and get "all dolled up" so she could go to work. This was something I had watched her do a hundred times and never thought anything of it until today. As I watched her, I noticed something. Even though she was beautiful without the makeup she still put it on and hair sprayed her poof to make her hair "perfect." I asked Jess why she did all of it. She only shrugged and said because she looked better with it on then not. This got me thinking.
For years women have done things to enhance there appearance so that men will find them more "attractive." We buy creams, lotions, cancellers, blushes, eye shadows, mascara, eyeliner, and sprays. All in the name of looking better. Men don’t do this. They step out of the shower towel try their hair and walk out the door. Imagine how much money women would save if they didn’t buy hundreds of beauty products for their hair and there face. Imagine how different things would be. If we did things so the same caliber as men, if we honestly put as much time into are appearance as they did then would be taken more seriously, or less?
The real question I guess is why do we do it? Why do we put that much effort into something that most men don’t even notice? The only ones that notice are makeup and are fancy shoes... are other women. Where did this obsession with looking good for men start? The only reason we still try to do all of these things is because society tells us to. In the commercials, in the magazine adds, and in the movies. Women have been "dolling up" for years. It's seen in the history books and in other societies, but why? Where did the idea come from? Why don’t men partake in this beauty ritual as well? What if the roles were reversed? How would men be treated? Would women’s rolls in society be different? The men vs. women dilemma has been a long time controversy with power. I wish for a day the rolls could be reversed and I could see how different are lives would be.
For years women have done things to enhance there appearance so that men will find them more "attractive." We buy creams, lotions, cancellers, blushes, eye shadows, mascara, eyeliner, and sprays. All in the name of looking better. Men don’t do this. They step out of the shower towel try their hair and walk out the door. Imagine how much money women would save if they didn’t buy hundreds of beauty products for their hair and there face. Imagine how different things would be. If we did things so the same caliber as men, if we honestly put as much time into are appearance as they did then would be taken more seriously, or less?
The real question I guess is why do we do it? Why do we put that much effort into something that most men don’t even notice? The only ones that notice are makeup and are fancy shoes... are other women. Where did this obsession with looking good for men start? The only reason we still try to do all of these things is because society tells us to. In the commercials, in the magazine adds, and in the movies. Women have been "dolling up" for years. It's seen in the history books and in other societies, but why? Where did the idea come from? Why don’t men partake in this beauty ritual as well? What if the roles were reversed? How would men be treated? Would women’s rolls in society be different? The men vs. women dilemma has been a long time controversy with power. I wish for a day the rolls could be reversed and I could see how different are lives would be.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Energy Drinks
When it comes to students and their drinks, we get whatever we can to stay awake and keep ourselves on top of our game for class, dates, and homework. For some people coffee doesn’t kick in fast enough or last long enough so they have turned to energy drinks. One of the most popular of these is the drink called "Rock Star" that was introduced about 4 years ago. Since then it has landed in vending machines and schools all over the country. Many energy drinks have a very high percentage of carbohydrates that can make it more difficult for food and nutrients to be absorbed into the bloodstream from the intestines. In some cases, gastrointestinal problems and distress are a possibility. This side effect is one reason why these energy drinks are not as good for athletes as they are purported to be.
For people like me who have "heart murmurs" coffee, pop, and energy drinks are things that affect my heart greatly. When you take products like this it causes your body to speed up and pump the blood faster through your body in an unnatural way. This can cause serious health problems.
When an energy drink has a high sugar content, it can have a laxative effect, as well as causing a sudden "crash" when the sugar leaves the bloodstream and the energy high disappears. Clearly, the energy-producing ingredients in the energy drinks result in a desired effect: a stimulation of the nervous system that can also cause changes in neurotransmitters, making people feel more energized. However, if caffeine is the ingredient primarily responsible for creating this energy high, drinkers should be aware that high levels of caffeine can have both laxative and diuretic effects. There are even things in the drinks that boost your immune system, improve memory, burn fats, and calm the body at the same time. All of this is done unnaturally and can be very harmful to the body.
So if we know that energy drinks cause all these bad symptoms then why do we take them? Why do we always seem to be attacked to that which is the worst for us? People have even posted questions on the web about the effects of drinking 5 and in an hour. In a YouTube video with Dr Whiting he talks about the effects of energy drinks. If you search through YouTube you start to see all the bad videos about these drinks. The more you learn about it the more you see the side effects. So this once again makes me ask why? Why would you put this into your body? To me, it’s only about a step away from doing drugs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCJwBTNNid4
For people like me who have "heart murmurs" coffee, pop, and energy drinks are things that affect my heart greatly. When you take products like this it causes your body to speed up and pump the blood faster through your body in an unnatural way. This can cause serious health problems.
When an energy drink has a high sugar content, it can have a laxative effect, as well as causing a sudden "crash" when the sugar leaves the bloodstream and the energy high disappears. Clearly, the energy-producing ingredients in the energy drinks result in a desired effect: a stimulation of the nervous system that can also cause changes in neurotransmitters, making people feel more energized. However, if caffeine is the ingredient primarily responsible for creating this energy high, drinkers should be aware that high levels of caffeine can have both laxative and diuretic effects. There are even things in the drinks that boost your immune system, improve memory, burn fats, and calm the body at the same time. All of this is done unnaturally and can be very harmful to the body.
So if we know that energy drinks cause all these bad symptoms then why do we take them? Why do we always seem to be attacked to that which is the worst for us? People have even posted questions on the web about the effects of drinking 5 and in an hour. In a YouTube video with Dr Whiting he talks about the effects of energy drinks. If you search through YouTube you start to see all the bad videos about these drinks. The more you learn about it the more you see the side effects. So this once again makes me ask why? Why would you put this into your body? To me, it’s only about a step away from doing drugs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCJwBTNNid4
Ground Hogs Day
Throughout history it seems that when someone comes up with a brilliant idea...it’s usually a copy from somewhere else. This is true about Ground Hogs Day.
The holiday, which began as a Pennsylvanian German custom in southeastern and central Pennsylvania in the 18th and 19th centuries, has its origins in ancient European weather lore, wherein a badger or sacred bear is the prognosticator as opposed to a groundhog. The holiday also bears some similarities to the medieval Catholic holiday of Candlemas. It also bears similarities to the Pagan festival of Imbolc, the seasonal turning point of the Celtic calendar, which is celebrated on February 1 and also involves weather prognostication.Modern customs of the holiday involve celebrations where early morning festivals are held to watch the groundhog emerging from its burrow.
In southeastern Pennsylvania the people celebrate Ground Hogs Day differently. This day is an event where food is served, speeches are made, and plays are preformed. During the even only Pennsylvania German dialect is allowed to be spoken. If any English is said then that person must pay a nickel, dime, or quarter per word in English.
The Actual holiday has been celebrated since 1886 and takes place in Lancaster County, Schuylkill County, Sinnamahoning Valley, and Bucks County. It’s gone as far as to become the official holiday for the University of Dallas in Irving Texas. The day became even more popular when the movie "Groundhog Day" was mad in the early 90's.
It’s a silly theory really. Every February 2nd people gather around the chosen Groundhog and wait for him to tell us if there will be six more weeks of winter. If he crawls out of his hole and continues forward to search for food then it means winter is over. If he turns around and crawls back in, then winter continues. What animal wouldn’t run back to its hole when 100's of people are staring at you? I don’t remember a year when are trusted Groundhog haven’t retreated back to the hole. Since 1999 to 2010 the name, prediction and location of the groundhog has been kept on record. How can the groundhog in Charlotte NC, and the one in Holtsville NY, say two different things? One says winter hey one says early spring.
I mean come on how can you trust a groundhog named "General Beauregard Lee" to tell you if you should buy more firewood for your home?
The holiday, which began as a Pennsylvanian German custom in southeastern and central Pennsylvania in the 18th and 19th centuries, has its origins in ancient European weather lore, wherein a badger or sacred bear is the prognosticator as opposed to a groundhog. The holiday also bears some similarities to the medieval Catholic holiday of Candlemas. It also bears similarities to the Pagan festival of Imbolc, the seasonal turning point of the Celtic calendar, which is celebrated on February 1 and also involves weather prognostication.Modern customs of the holiday involve celebrations where early morning festivals are held to watch the groundhog emerging from its burrow.
In southeastern Pennsylvania the people celebrate Ground Hogs Day differently. This day is an event where food is served, speeches are made, and plays are preformed. During the even only Pennsylvania German dialect is allowed to be spoken. If any English is said then that person must pay a nickel, dime, or quarter per word in English.
The Actual holiday has been celebrated since 1886 and takes place in Lancaster County, Schuylkill County, Sinnamahoning Valley, and Bucks County. It’s gone as far as to become the official holiday for the University of Dallas in Irving Texas. The day became even more popular when the movie "Groundhog Day" was mad in the early 90's.
It’s a silly theory really. Every February 2nd people gather around the chosen Groundhog and wait for him to tell us if there will be six more weeks of winter. If he crawls out of his hole and continues forward to search for food then it means winter is over. If he turns around and crawls back in, then winter continues. What animal wouldn’t run back to its hole when 100's of people are staring at you? I don’t remember a year when are trusted Groundhog haven’t retreated back to the hole. Since 1999 to 2010 the name, prediction and location of the groundhog has been kept on record. How can the groundhog in Charlotte NC, and the one in Holtsville NY, say two different things? One says winter hey one says early spring.
I mean come on how can you trust a groundhog named "General Beauregard Lee" to tell you if you should buy more firewood for your home?
Monday, February 1, 2010
Final Editorial
We live in a world where power is everything, where freedom is everything. Yet in are world today we are starting to see things differently. Since the current election of the new president, are world has become a like a main event at a carnival. Like at any good carnival, it is designed to make people laugh. When our political and economic standing came to a crash, we became the laughing stock of the show.
We live in a world full of false promise. Since the day Obama took office he has promised us reform, hope, structure, and peace. We have yet to see this. We have begun to question the ring leader who has promised us the show of a life time, and has yet to deliver.
We live in a world full of hope. We watch as his promises of a new health care plan is lighten up in lights at the carnival, only to have the current pulled back to show us a show that’s not everything its hyped up to be. We have been hoping for so much more. We believed that there could be more.
We live in a world of fear. As the ring leader tries to recover his faulty promise of a good show we start to see his true colors. In the new plan everyone will have to serve in the military for two years in a foreign country. This puts fear in people’s hearts. This is not the show they wanted to see.
We live in a world full of lies. We are starting to see that we only looked at the picture of the show before we walked inside the tent. This show is not what we wanted. No one has yet to read Obama’s entire health care plan. Every time congress votes, he adds more pages. One part of the plan gives Obama all of congresses power. Did they skip this page? I hope not.
We live in a world full of uncertainty. We walk out of the show wishing that it could have been better, wondering what to do now. The ring leader only smiles, wave’s goodbye, and encourages us to come again. We are pulled into a promise that in the end we never received. If we agree to a health care plan that no one will read fully, that no one cares to understand, then why should we vote for something that we know nothing about.
We want to live in a world where we are safe. Where we know we will have are basic freedoms. We want a world where the government stays out of our lives. We ask only for the comfort of respect and honesty. We don’t want the government to decide are lives. We want to live are own.
We should always question that which others except.
We live in a world full of false promise. Since the day Obama took office he has promised us reform, hope, structure, and peace. We have yet to see this. We have begun to question the ring leader who has promised us the show of a life time, and has yet to deliver.
We live in a world full of hope. We watch as his promises of a new health care plan is lighten up in lights at the carnival, only to have the current pulled back to show us a show that’s not everything its hyped up to be. We have been hoping for so much more. We believed that there could be more.
We live in a world of fear. As the ring leader tries to recover his faulty promise of a good show we start to see his true colors. In the new plan everyone will have to serve in the military for two years in a foreign country. This puts fear in people’s hearts. This is not the show they wanted to see.
We live in a world full of lies. We are starting to see that we only looked at the picture of the show before we walked inside the tent. This show is not what we wanted. No one has yet to read Obama’s entire health care plan. Every time congress votes, he adds more pages. One part of the plan gives Obama all of congresses power. Did they skip this page? I hope not.
We live in a world full of uncertainty. We walk out of the show wishing that it could have been better, wondering what to do now. The ring leader only smiles, wave’s goodbye, and encourages us to come again. We are pulled into a promise that in the end we never received. If we agree to a health care plan that no one will read fully, that no one cares to understand, then why should we vote for something that we know nothing about.
We want to live in a world where we are safe. Where we know we will have are basic freedoms. We want a world where the government stays out of our lives. We ask only for the comfort of respect and honesty. We don’t want the government to decide are lives. We want to live are own.
We should always question that which others except.
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