http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/08/opinion/how-isis-makes-radicals.html?ref=opinion&_r=0 This article is about the recent shooting in California. The author argues that this is not an issue of gun control but of internet. ISIS seems to be a radical fascist group that believes in giving themselves up for a larger cause. The author tends to alludes to many authors and philosophers. ISIS appears attractive to the hopeless, those willing to self-sacrifice for a true "Utopian" future. ISIS does not allow individuality, almost like a cult. In conclusion, people are driven into ISIS by a wild idea of hope.
I do agree that ISIS is a group that is giving themselves up for a larger cause, as you can see many of them are willing to commit suicide just to end the lives of many innocents. I feel like ISIS appears attractive to the people that no longer feel the need to live anymore. It is pretty sad that these people are committed to something just because of what their lives are consisted of.
Yea, I do agree. It is pretty sad overall, mostly because I highly doubt those people who were influenced by the ISIS were told of what they do and just the "benefits" of the cause. Plus like you said, those people are most likely very desperate to have a reason to live or just do something with their lives that they themselves think it worth it. It's just horrible, horrible thing to do to individuals like that. When they realize that they messed up, it would be too late to back out or risk death, perhaps something worse.
I do agree with the larger cause idea but I don't think it is people who don't feel an urge to live anymore. It is the people who believe it is what their "god" would want them to do. They are advised by their leaders that every action taken is what "god" would advise them to do as well and will make him happy to see them die for his bidding. It is a hard idea to comprehend because as Americans we don't take our gods word to that extent.
It is sad what our world has come to and how many innocent people have to die because of it. As mentioned above, we risk lives in order to have hope of a better future. However, hope may not always be a positive things. "You know what they say about hope. It breeds eternal misery" (Spencer Hastings, PLL).
Yea, I do agree. It is pretty sad overall, mostly because I highly doubt those people who were influenced by the ISIS were told of what they do and just the "benefits" of the cause. Plus like you said, those people are most likely very desperate to have a reason to live or just do something with their lives that they themselves think it worth it. It's just horrible, horrible thing to do to individuals like that. When they realize that they messed up, it would be too late to back out or risk death, perhaps something worse.
This article is talking about how ridiculous Donald Trump is and how the campaign is unusually fun because of him. There are many politicians that are saying that his inappropriate remarks and unfiltered mouth just goes to show his unfitness for the position he is requesting. They also talk about how his fans are not bothered by these comments. That is probably because they are just as messed up as Trump is in my opinion. I can't see myself agreeing with anything that comes out of Trumps mouth.
I agree the bottom line is that Trump is an entertainer. He gets paid sometimes to amuse people and have a good time, and these entertainers are not rightly suited for the oval office. I don't trust Trump personally with anything classified in the government because he has been known to have an unfiltered mouth, which might make him slip up on how the U.S. is planning a new air strike against ISIS or something. I don't think Trump is disrespectful because we hear the stories of him disrespecting Fiorina and other women and man candidates.
People agree with Trump because he is politically incorrect, so for some reason this appeals to "everyday people." I agree with both Curtiss and Brittney, Trump is a hard candidate to be taken seriously. With what Trump has said recently towards Muslims, women and recent citizens is completely inappropriate for someone running for president of a free nation. Trump seems too irrational and just overall can not be taken seriously compared to the average president.
I agree with all three of you that Trump can't be taken seriously but he is making the campaign interesting. Trump appeals to the "everyday person" because he isn't afraid of saying what is on his mind and he is very blunt. The fact that he had another racist statement might give him some popularity because of the recent events but they should be taken into consideration. He can't be taken seriously and is a surprise that he is still the Republican front runner.
This article caught my attention, because it reminded me of the unit on media that we’ve been studying. This article is a specific example of how story selection helps a media outlet push their agenda. To be clear, I am not justifying a police’s rape of an innocent woman, but I do think it’s more common to see stories like this, and others about police brutality more than stories about police officers doing good things. This article focuses on the details of a young girls rape by a police officer, and is an extremely tragic story. It’s sad, and something like this shouldn’t happen in the first place, and especially not from someone who is supposed to protect you from like these. CNN is a primarily liberal outlook, so you can clearly see them pushing the agenda of showing how bad the police force is. http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/11/us/oklahoma-daniel-holtzclaw-verdict/index.html
I feel like in today's society that's merely what the news is: sad stories about death and rape. I think a lot of media is focused on the worst parts of people rather the good things. Honestly, I do think that a cop accused of raping young women is worth reporting. I think it shows people that even the people who are supposed to be helping you might not always try their best to do that. I do, however, think that we should not ONLY focus on the cops who commit crimes because, as hard as it might be to believe, that is only a small percentage of police officers.
This article is pretty interesting in terms of information about what guns are sold to the public and by that how that affects shootings/other illegal activities. One thing I did not know about was that automatic guns are banned by the federal government. I thought that it was possible to buy those, but I mistaken semi-automatic with automatic. What though the article states is that gun laws/bans don't reduce gun violence, those people that do violent acts with guns just turn to other types of guns. Which seems true. The author of the article does not give really any alternatives to stop gun violence, the only thing close to that is doing background checks and the such. It is just saying that gun control laws are not helping the public good which by the data that was included in the article, seems like the case.
Backround checks wont make a big difference i believe. I say this because anybody can turn bad at any time in there life. You can have a clean slate them all the sudden something rubs you the wrong way then boom shooting. So basically what i am saying is that the person is the problem and sometimes you just can stop gun violence.
We can't just look at the issue of guns, and say there's no way to stop gun violence and leave it be. Why can someone on a no-fly list buy a gun? There are major flaws in how guns are regulated. There are certain things that need to be done for the good of society. Take for example Australia, Canada, and Japan. They regulate guns strictly and school shootings aren't routine over there. We should learn from them. For once, the right needs to stop blindly worshiping guns.
Gun regulations in America have key flaws but they are often ignored my right-wing pro-gun politicians who drag their feet in policy making. Obviously we need better regulations, but the question is how long will it take for the legislation to actually pass to get them, what kind of damage could be done in that waiting period ? The faster we fix gun regulation the faster America is safe.
the article I read about Obama bombing ISIS. In this article Obama vowed to find any terrorists that threaten our country. My question is, what if those terrorists are in our country? What will he do then? The article goes on to state that 80% of the bombing against ISIS has been from the US. IT also states that Turkey is also bombing ISIS. It also then goes on to say that the other Arab countries that haven't been helping us cant because of the small military that they have. But I do have to agree with the author in saying that they could be doing more than what they are currently doing.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/11/politics/ben-carson-campaign-chaos/index.html Ben carsons campaign is in a sharp downfall. Carson has a very un-orthodox campaign strategy, this may be because he wasn't always a politician. The problem isn't on the outside the problem is from the inside meaning it is Ben's campaign leaders who are not pleased how his campaign is unfolding. This trouble is rubbing Ben the wrong way which is having an effect on his campaign. Carson has explained his dip in the polls as the nature of them and he will get back to the top or second soon.
This article is about new forthcoming information that ISIS now have in their hands Intel that gives them the ability to create more fake passports. This comes in the wake of several shootings, one happening in Paris, France and one happening in San Bernardino California. This also gives ISIL an edge as they are now able to be more destructive than ever before. I think this is very bad for the rest of the world because now ISIL have the ability to destroy everything in their path.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/11/politics/donald-trump-tower-anonymous-hackers/index.html Trump is threatening to ban Muslims in america and this hasn't been taken very lightly. A group called Anonymous has tried to hack into Trumps business and skyscraper to try to do something malicious to hurt him somehow. This group has been known to do some very threatening things to the american society. It is threatening that banning muslims means that more will join ISIS which is very true. The USA will be a big target to all of these malicious and terrorist group. Trump is being threatened in many ways and there is a building following and a building hatred towards the candidate.
I agree with one part of your piece and disagree with another. I agree that Donald Trump has no right to do what he claims. He has no constitutional right to shut down mosques or put surveillance in a place of worship much deny entry to the United States on the basis of religion. However, I do not agree with your claim that 10% of United States Muslims are radical. Although this maybe a general mistake, out the near 1.5 billion Muslims in the world less than 1% is radical.
This article focuses on how Syrian refugees have been welcomed by Canada into their country and are well greeted by it's citizens. The prime minister himself has welcomed 163 refugees by saying to them," You are home." I think it is a great thing what they are doing, because civil war drives citizens away from there mainland. Finding a new home tends to be harder then what people think and Canada with it's leader has really stepped up and taken on this challenege of helping these people.
I agree with Damarco. Canada somehow is always on the right side of things and The nation definitely shows more compassion than the Unites States is showing. These refugees are trying escape a war torn country and they don't deserve to be turned away. If they had the choice they would stay in their own country but if they want to survive they have to flee to these other countries. The United States has a more organized system to take care of the refugees and its our duty to help these European countries take the load off and do what we can to help.
In the light of recent remarks made by Presidential candidate Donald Trump world leaders are speaking. leaders voicing the discontent include David Cameron of England and the Prime Minister of Canada. Also, a group by the name Anonymous voiced their though telling Mr. Trump doing this will only make matters worse.
This article is about whether it's a good idea for businesses to distance themselves from Trump so that they wouldn't be associated with his bad name. The article takes the position that it's probably in a business's best interest to cut ties with Donald Trump's brand. I would agree with this because Donald Trump has said some offensive things and if the business wants to keep appearances then it shouldn't associate itself with that bad image. Also cutting ties with him makes for a good image. For example, Macy's cut ties with him when he made offensive remarks regarding Mexicans and it made them look like an ally.
I agree with you Raquel. I think it would definitely be a good idea to cut ties with Donald Trump. He says many offensive things without seeming to care about how it could affect him or other people. Businesses shouldn’t want to be associated with someone who could potentially make their image look bad. A lot of people who don’t support Donald Trump would most likely support the business that cut ties with him since they know the two wouldn’t be associated.
This article discusses a bill passed in Texas that allows citizens to carry a firearm in most college buildings. The author did not agree with this decision. He had never used a gun before but described his experience on how easy it was to get a license to carry one around. He went through very little training and had to take a very short multiple choice test. In 2014, 99.7 percent of applicants received their license to conceal a firearm according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. I don’t think it makes sense at all to allow people to carry around a gun in college buildings, especially in Texas considering their crime rate. There should be multiple training lessons before someone can actually get their license to carry a firearm.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/11/opinion/can-donald-trump-win-how-good-is-your-crystal-ball.html?ref=opinion&_r=0 This article showed two sides of a "crystal ball" and whether or not American's are gonna make Trump the president, or come to their senses. I believe that as one side said, fear drives us to do irrational things that we may regret later. Trump is manipulative and knows how to get into our heads. I believe that he is the present day Hitler, and America needs to wake up and stop it.
Zachary stone a senior at university of Texas at Austin is a founder of UT students against Guns on Campus. In late May the Texan legislature passed a bill that authorized individuals with licenses to carry a handgun on most campuses . The debate over guns is strongly debated by the Republicans and Democrats and Stone set a debate on campus individuals that identify themselves as republicans or democrats. He told them the story of how he got his license, Stone had never touched a gun until he went to the gun shop. Stone says " After almost zero training and a 10-minute test... State of Texas considers me responsible to carry a gun. Once my background check clears, I’ll have the license. I am not an outlier. According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, 99.7 percent of applicants in 2014 received their license." This information is astonishing because here's a guy whose never touched a gun and within less than 6 hrs he was granted his certificate. This makes it seem that is can be that easy to become licence and there is danger in that .
That is crazy. I thought it was supposed to be difficult to get a gun, but this story seems to counteract that. However, I do understand that for people who just want a weapon to protect themselves, the process cannot be too long or they will get frustrated. Funny, how we do that. Barrage the government with requests for more regulation and harder processes but complain when things like that take so long. Hypocrisy is natural, but besides that fact, I would gladly sacrifice more time if it meant it was more difficult for untrained people to acquire guns.
Volkswagen is struging with how they react with the attention they are getting. Their efforts to hide the truth of the level of it's automobile emission is still at large and is responded by weak apologies. Apperently last week an email surfaced that outlined Volkswagen succesful lobbied the European Commisision to remove two key parts from the emmmision test which have led for the continued high unacceptable pollution levels. I think that there should be something do w to prevent high levels of pollution. If you looked at it from Volkswagen point of view this is plainly about money and getting the most profit. Volkswagen is a strong corporation yet problems concerning them will probaly rise until some sort of common ground is achieved.
I agree that companies should be held accountable for what their product is doing to the environment and their consumers. The corporation should worry more about the consequences of their products than more ways to make money from known dangers. I also believe that politicans share some of the blame as well. The corporation should not be able to get away from law because a big wall of money protects them. The politicians shouldn't give in to the companies want and needs because their obligation should be to the people.
This article is all about how often our political candidates lie within their speeches and campaigns. Shockingly to me, Ben Carson was the number one offender for telling lies, at 84%. Not as shocking, but Trump was right underneath him him 76%. I was very surprised to actually see how often they all lie. I knew it happened, but I didn't expect the numbers to be so high. I definitely think that the presidential candidates will begin to start making more accurate statements now that people are beginning to check them on a more frequent basis
This is very alarming, we shouldn't have anyone that lies this much running our country, how could we trust anything they say? Or their decisions? I understand a few lies here and there, but those percentages are high, there should definitely be some kind of punishment for this.
http://cnn.it/1MsrCWg This article is about how refugees are the least likely to be terrorists because they have to go through so much screening, they have to endure up to a 24 month screening process before they even really get started. Since the attack on Paris, many United States governors have refused to accept Syrian refugees into their state, even though there is no proof that the Paris terrorists were refugees. We should still question refugees for the safety of our country, but there's no reason to be more suspicious of them before, or think that they're more likely to become terrorists than other immigrants.
States are picking convicts to screw over because they know nobody will be looking to protect the rights of convicts. Making a former inmate pay for their stay is absurd. Once out of prison, it is incredibly hard to find a job, much less a well paying one. This policy is just insuring that the person will be permanently stuck in poverty, unless they're one of the few who can afford to pay it. It is a terrible idea that is basically reintroducing debtors' prisons. Being in prison already ruined their lives. There's no need to make it even harder. And contrary to common belief, not everyone who does time is awful and immoral. They deserve a second chance at life.
Why would anyone ever think about doing this. Yeah they are people who did something wrong, but you should never be able to charge them for locking them up. The whole idea is completely absurd. It's like trying to turn prisons into hotels. It just isn't right what so ever. Like you said they deserve a second chance and this will completely destroy those chances.
This editorial is more like a photo essay. It is about Ukrainian women becoming policewomen and bringing more respect from the people to the force. For a long time, police were full of scandals and definitely to be avoided. Now, the hope is that the brave women who are becoming police officers will be able to calm tense situations that are escalating and lead to even more gender equality in a country that the author deems a place where "gender equality is a distant dream. It's honestly sad that it is this way, but now, the photos prove that there is progress. They look just like American women police officers, confident and unafraid.
With this article, there is anew perspective that can be seen regarding the issue of gun regulation. Primarily regarding the process of acquiring a gun in the first place. We see a college student, who knows little to nothing about guns, being able to own one with little to no effort, doing so in order to prove a point on how dangerously easy it is to acquire a firearm, and with the fact that he could carry it around in campus, he shows the possible danger that anyone can pose, and you may never know it.
Yeah, we can all hope that Trump doesn't get the nomination for all of the things he has said. But unfortunately, it hasn't done anything to slow his progress towards the nomination, if anything, among his constituents, his comments have bolstered his support. This is a sad fact that we face. A man that by all means is unfit for the job just might have a shot at receiving it.
This article is about how polls and other Republicans are enabling Donald Trump's campaign to be successful. It goes into detail about the process that happens every time Trump makes a controversial remark and why he may do it, but so far it seems like the Trump campaign has been the perfect example of, "Any press is good press." No matter if the public disagrees with it or even because the public disagrees with it, controversial statements by Trump almost always correlate with a rise in polls for him. These statements are getting him headlines, and that's all that really matters in these polls sometimes. He's grabbing the attention of the voters and that's exactly what he wants from this and no Republicans in the election or not with any clout to the general voter isn't extremely condemning him because of the fear of backlash that might occur.
This article is about Ted Cruz and how he wants to "carpet-bomb" ISIS. The article stated that this is a term used by someone who knows nothing about the military. Carpet-bombing is not something we would do in this age because of how smart our weaponry is and the fact that it is something our country has never agreed upon doing before. Another problem is that he said we could target ISIS and leave innocent civilians alive, but to even have a chance of destroying ISIS this way, you would have to literally blow up the whole middle-east. There is no possible way to bomb the middle east in any way, shape, or form with no known targets, and carpet-bombing would kill millions of innocent people.
Even if we blew up the entire middle east, ISIS wouldn't be destroyed. They have people in so many countries, and there is literally no way to ever fully eradicate them. That's the most scary thing about modern terrorism, they're absolutely everywhere. No place is really safe. But we can't live our lives in fear. When it comes down to it, any countries military's prime job should be to keep it's citizens safe. So instead of worrying about carpet bombing, they should worry about protecting us here. Cruz really dug himself in a hole, and even though he made some people happy, he probably made a lot more unhappy.
Yea, I agree. You can't just try to kill ISIS, what they really are is a idea, an ideology. You can't possibly kill everyone that associates with that, you would have to go around the world in each state, in each home even to have any chance of eradicating ISIS. Though, what you can do like you said, is to protect citizens. However, whats very saddening about a terrorist group is that they try to convince people from other countries to join their ranks with false promises. A way to combat that is to simply give information to citizens/the public about the terrorist group and expose it for what it really is.
This article is about discussed bans on affirmative action in college admissions for some state institutions. It sites data based on states where affirmative action has been declared illegal, and describes what changes have occurred to the representation of minorities on these college campuses. In either case when affirmative action is banned or not, blacks and hispanics are underrepresented on most college campuses to an extreme degree compared to the proportion of the regular population of the state, while Asian students are overrepresented. In the states where Affirmative action remains unbanned the populations aren't proportional, but they are better than in unbanned states. The college population will probably never be 1 for 1 with the regular population, and that's okay because it would be impossible unless you were forcing some people into colleges, but it doesn't mean we should just do away with the affirmative action. In a perfect world we wouldn't need race to be a factor in college admissions, but we don't live in a perfect world. These policies give a fair shot to minorities that they wouldn't have any other way, so isn't that a good thing and not harming the majority students?
*sorry these are a few mins late i typed the whole thing then had to resign into my chromebook from a different email :)* This article is about having the chance to have Russia help fight ISIS, the only downside is that we would essentially have to use Ukraine as a bargaining chip and lower the sanctions against Russia. I do not think we should do this because it will just end up getting more people hurt. As soon as we lower those sanctions a civil war will start in Ukraine and tons of innocents will die, why start a war when we are trying to end another one ?
I feel like this is a pick the lesser evil situation. I agree with you that the United States will probably not agree to lift the sanctions and let Russia influence Ukraine. The United States know that by doing this they would have to be involved in a new war. This would just not be a great decisions even if we disregard our prejudices against Russia.
Recently, sources have said that ISIS is now capable of administering fake passports due to their acquired government tools such as passport printing machines and blank books. This means that potentially ISIS could begin giving out fake passports. Although this might be happening, U.S. officials are "mindful" that this might be happening. In my opinion, even if ISIS is making fake passports, there are still supporters of ISIS in the United States, and as Obama said in his speech earlier this week, we should be trying to reach out to people to steer them away from ISIS's ideals rather judging and pushing people away because we are "scared." The U.S. is working on making passports that require a chip and cannot be faked, and hopefully this will help a little, but modern day terrorism is everywhere and cannot be stopped merely by a little chip.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/13/opinion/sunday/despair-over-gun-deaths-is-not-an-option.html This is another case where words with money are deemed more important than the cries of the people. The majority of the people of America have said time and time again that something need to be done about the mass shooting and how easily obtainable fire arms are in this country. But of course gun corporations are opposed to anything that would make them lose money. In the article there is a lot of reasonable changes that could be made but all of them have been struct down. Why on might ask, because it comes down that if any of those bills or proposal passed then gun corporations would lose money.
I don't fully believe that gun corporations are the reasons that those bills and changes were shut down. I do understand where you are coming from and I do think money does influence these decisions. However, I think it more of the case of americans having a conflict between their second amendment right and what they deem violates that. We know something has to be done, though we don't know how to solve that problem while keeping what we have the same, which does not seem realistic of a goal.
This article is generally about how republicans have been talking about national security and over sea threats. Though, disclaimer, I did not watch the G.O.P. debate so the information of that is coming from the article itself. In agreement with the articles opinion, it does seems like republicans (or at least in the debate) are very much wanting to do full out war with over sea issues and not fully understanding the consequences of those actions. Like the cost of human life inevitably going to be spent in war. Though, I do understand why we would do that, it would be for the public good of other allied countries and ourselves. I just don't think it should be politicians(in this case republicans) that decide how and when to do it.
This article talks about how to fight ISIS with a combination of different tactics other than just military. What they hope to do in these plans are to financially get the ISIS out of business by "blockading" or simply try to stop other countries from buying their resources. This seems like a very potent combo to do against a terrorist group, kind of like fighting them of different fronts. Which makes perfect sense and the end reward is to lessen their influence on the world. Though this alone I don't think will get rid of ISIS but it will surely slow them down significantly and by that, allows other countries to jump in and even do more damage to the already crippled group.
This article discusses a new drug called opiate painkillers that are killing more people than heroin. What's crazy and so shocking is that this drug is legal and can be used anytime and purchased anytime without any restrictions. A report released in July found that people who abused opiate painkillers were 40 times as likely to abuse heroin. The number of deaths caused by overdose has risen a staggering 9%, partly because of these legal pain killers. But what is so hard to think about is, should we make this drug illegal or not?
This article I found to be very interesting and really gathered my attention. From what I read, Donald Trump is tied for second for most admired man among political figures. I found it to be more surprising is one individual that he is tied with and that's Pope Francis. I guess because of his controversial campaign has made him a prominent figure in politics and the minds of Americans. I guess we can say that he may cross the line with some issues and can sound very offending, but do we stop to ask ourselves is he doing the right thing for America? I'm not gonna lie, he's not the most respectful and kindest person in the world, but he does speak some truth. Illegal immigrants do benefit off the taxes we as citizens pay. Our hard work being benefited off others who did not earn it. I'm not choosing sides but I will say it's not fair.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/03/opinion/sunday/is-the-drive-for-success-making-our-children-sick.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&_r=0 The education system in the US is a growing concern that the government and people of country well have to eventually face. With more and more young people are having more mental issues due to the stress and anxiety that come from school. I do not know if this is a world wide problem but i do know that European school differs much from the US school system. They have a lot less homework but have more days where they attend school. I wonder what the mental status of an European student might be.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/08/opinion/how-isis-makes-radicals.html?ref=opinion&_r=0
ReplyDeleteThis article is about the recent shooting in California. The author argues that this is not an issue of gun control but of internet. ISIS seems to be a radical fascist group that believes in giving themselves up for a larger cause. The author tends to alludes to many authors and philosophers. ISIS appears attractive to the hopeless, those willing to self-sacrifice for a true "Utopian" future. ISIS does not allow individuality, almost like a cult. In conclusion, people are driven into ISIS by a wild idea of hope.
I do agree that ISIS is a group that is giving themselves up for a larger cause, as you can see many of them are willing to commit suicide just to end the lives of many innocents. I feel like ISIS appears attractive to the people that no longer feel the need to live anymore. It is pretty sad that these people are committed to something just because of what their lives are consisted of.
DeleteYea, I do agree. It is pretty sad overall, mostly because I highly doubt those people who were influenced by the ISIS were told of what they do and just the "benefits" of the cause. Plus like you said, those people are most likely very desperate to have a reason to live or just do something with their lives that they themselves think it worth it. It's just horrible, horrible thing to do to individuals like that. When they realize that they messed up, it would be too late to back out or risk death, perhaps something worse.
DeleteI do agree with the larger cause idea but I don't think it is people who don't feel an urge to live anymore. It is the people who believe it is what their "god" would want them to do. They are advised by their leaders that every action taken is what "god" would advise them to do as well and will make him happy to see them die for his bidding. It is a hard idea to comprehend because as Americans we don't take our gods word to that extent.
DeleteIt is sad what our world has come to and how many innocent people have to die because of it. As mentioned above, we risk lives in order to have hope of a better future. However, hope may not always be a positive things. "You know what they say about hope. It breeds eternal misery" (Spencer Hastings, PLL).
DeleteYea, I do agree. It is pretty sad overall, mostly because I highly doubt those people who were influenced by the ISIS were told of what they do and just the "benefits" of the cause. Plus like you said, those people are most likely very desperate to have a reason to live or just do something with their lives that they themselves think it worth it. It's just horrible, horrible thing to do to individuals like that. When they realize that they messed up, it would be too late to back out or risk death, perhaps something worse.
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ReplyDeleteThis article is talking about how ridiculous Donald Trump is and how the campaign is unusually fun because of him. There are many politicians that are saying that his inappropriate remarks and unfiltered mouth just goes to show his unfitness for the position he is requesting. They also talk about how his fans are not bothered by these comments. That is probably because they are just as messed up as Trump is in my opinion. I can't see myself agreeing with anything that comes out of Trumps mouth.
I agree the bottom line is that Trump is an entertainer. He gets paid sometimes to amuse people and have a good time, and these entertainers are not rightly suited for the oval office. I don't trust Trump personally with anything classified in the government because he has been known to have an unfiltered mouth, which might make him slip up on how the U.S. is planning a new air strike against ISIS or something. I don't think Trump is disrespectful because we hear the stories of him disrespecting Fiorina and other women and man candidates.
DeletePeople agree with Trump because he is politically incorrect, so for some reason this appeals to "everyday people." I agree with both Curtiss and Brittney, Trump is a hard candidate to be taken seriously. With what Trump has said recently towards Muslims, women and recent citizens is completely inappropriate for someone running for president of a free nation. Trump seems too irrational and just overall can not be taken seriously compared to the average president.
DeleteI agree with all three of you that Trump can't be taken seriously but he is making the campaign interesting. Trump appeals to the "everyday person" because he isn't afraid of saying what is on his mind and he is very blunt. The fact that he had another racist statement might give him some popularity because of the recent events but they should be taken into consideration. He can't be taken seriously and is a surprise that he is still the Republican front runner.
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ReplyDeleteThis article caught my attention, because it reminded me of the unit on media that we’ve been studying. This article is a specific example of how story selection helps a media outlet push their agenda. To be clear, I am not justifying a police’s rape of an innocent woman, but I do think it’s more common to see stories like this, and others about police brutality more than stories about police officers doing good things.
ReplyDeleteThis article focuses on the details of a young girls rape by a police officer, and is an extremely tragic story. It’s sad, and something like this shouldn’t happen in the first place, and especially not from someone who is supposed to protect you from like these.
CNN is a primarily liberal outlook, so you can clearly see them pushing the agenda of showing how bad the police force is.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/11/us/oklahoma-daniel-holtzclaw-verdict/index.html
I feel like in today's society that's merely what the news is: sad stories about death and rape. I think a lot of media is focused on the worst parts of people rather the good things. Honestly, I do think that a cop accused of raping young women is worth reporting. I think it shows people that even the people who are supposed to be helping you might not always try their best to do that. I do, however, think that we should not ONLY focus on the cops who commit crimes because, as hard as it might be to believe, that is only a small percentage of police officers.
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ReplyDeleteThis article is pretty interesting in terms of information about what guns are sold to the public and by that how that affects shootings/other illegal activities. One thing I did not know about was that automatic guns are banned by the federal government. I thought that it was possible to buy those, but I mistaken semi-automatic with automatic. What though the article states is that gun laws/bans don't reduce gun violence, those people that do violent acts with guns just turn to other types of guns. Which seems true. The author of the article does not give really any alternatives to stop gun violence, the only thing close to that is doing background checks and the such. It is just saying that gun control laws are not helping the public good which by the data that was included in the article, seems like the case.
Backround checks wont make a big difference i believe. I say this because anybody can turn bad at any time in there life. You can have a clean slate them all the sudden something rubs you the wrong way then boom shooting. So basically what i am saying is that the person is the problem and sometimes you just can stop gun violence.
DeleteWe can't just look at the issue of guns, and say there's no way to stop gun violence and leave it be. Why can someone on a no-fly list buy a gun? There are major flaws in how guns are regulated. There are certain things that need to be done for the good of society. Take for example Australia, Canada, and Japan. They regulate guns strictly and school shootings aren't routine over there. We should learn from them. For once, the right needs to stop blindly worshiping guns.
DeleteGun regulations in America have key flaws but they are often ignored my right-wing pro-gun politicians who drag their feet in policy making. Obviously we need better regulations, but the question is how long will it take for the legislation to actually pass to get them, what kind of damage could be done in that waiting period ? The faster we fix gun regulation the faster America is safe.
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ReplyDeletethe article I read about Obama bombing ISIS. In this article Obama vowed to find any terrorists that threaten our country. My question is, what if those terrorists are in our country? What will he do then? The article goes on to state that 80% of the bombing against ISIS has been from the US. IT also states that Turkey is also bombing ISIS. It also then goes on to say that the other Arab countries that haven't been helping us cant because of the small military that they have. But I do have to agree with the author in saying that they could be doing more than what they are currently doing.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/11/politics/ben-carson-campaign-chaos/index.html
ReplyDeleteBen carsons campaign is in a sharp downfall. Carson has a very un-orthodox campaign strategy, this may be because he wasn't always a politician. The problem isn't on the outside the problem is from the inside meaning it is Ben's campaign leaders who are not pleased how his campaign is unfolding. This trouble is rubbing Ben the wrong way which is having an effect on his campaign. Carson has explained his dip in the polls as the nature of them and he will get back to the top or second soon.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/11/politics/isis-passports/index.html
ReplyDeleteThis article is about new forthcoming information that ISIS now have in their hands Intel that gives them the ability to create more fake passports. This comes in the wake of several shootings, one happening in Paris, France and one happening in San Bernardino California. This also gives ISIL an edge as they are now able to be more destructive than ever before. I think this is very bad for the rest of the world because now ISIL have the ability to destroy everything in their path.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/11/politics/donald-trump-tower-anonymous-hackers/index.html
ReplyDeleteTrump is threatening to ban Muslims in america and this hasn't been taken very lightly. A group called Anonymous has tried to hack into Trumps business and skyscraper to try to do something malicious to hurt him somehow. This group has been known to do some very threatening things to the american society. It is threatening that banning muslims means that more will join ISIS which is very true. The USA will be a big target to all of these malicious and terrorist group. Trump is being threatened in many ways and there is a building following and a building hatred towards the candidate.
I agree with one part of your piece and disagree with another. I agree that Donald Trump has no right to do what he claims. He has no constitutional right to shut down mosques or put surveillance in a place of worship much deny entry to the United States on the basis of religion. However, I do not agree with your claim that 10% of United States Muslims are radical. Although this maybe a general mistake, out the near 1.5 billion Muslims in the world less than 1% is radical.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/12/world/americas/syria-refugees-arrive-in-canada.html?_r=0
ReplyDeleteThis article focuses on how Syrian refugees have been welcomed by Canada into their country and are well greeted by it's citizens. The prime minister himself has welcomed 163 refugees by saying to them," You are home." I think it is a great thing what they are doing, because civil war drives citizens away from there mainland. Finding a new home tends to be harder then what people think and Canada with it's leader has really stepped up and taken on this challenege of helping these people.
I agree with Damarco. Canada somehow is always on the right side of things and The nation definitely shows more compassion than the Unites States is showing. These refugees are trying escape a war torn country and they don't deserve to be turned away. If they had the choice they would stay in their own country but if they want to survive they have to flee to these other countries. The United States has a more organized system to take care of the refugees and its our duty to help these European countries take the load off and do what we can to help.
Deletehttp://www.cnn.com/2015/12/11/politics/donald-trump-world-allies-turn-on-candidate/index.html
ReplyDeleteIn the light of recent remarks made by Presidential candidate Donald Trump world leaders are speaking. leaders voicing the discontent include David Cameron of England and the Prime Minister of Canada. Also, a group by the name Anonymous voiced their though telling Mr. Trump doing this will only make matters worse.
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/12/11/opinion/the-tarnished-trump-brand.html
ReplyDeleteThis article is about whether it's a good idea for businesses to distance themselves from Trump so that they wouldn't be associated with his bad name. The article takes the position that it's probably in a business's best interest to cut ties with Donald Trump's brand. I would agree with this because Donald Trump has said some offensive things and if the business wants to keep appearances then it shouldn't associate itself with that bad image. Also cutting ties with him makes for a good image. For example, Macy's cut ties with him when he made offensive remarks regarding Mexicans and it made them look like an ally.
I agree with you Raquel. I think it would definitely be a good idea to cut ties with Donald Trump. He says many offensive things without seeming to care about how it could affect him or other people. Businesses shouldn’t want to be associated with someone who could potentially make their image look bad. A lot of people who don’t support Donald Trump would most likely support the business that cut ties with him since they know the two wouldn’t be associated.
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ReplyDeleteThis article discusses a bill passed in Texas that allows citizens to carry a firearm in most college buildings. The author did not agree with this decision. He had never used a gun before but described his experience on how easy it was to get a license to carry one around. He went through very little training and had to take a very short multiple choice test. In 2014, 99.7 percent of applicants received their license to conceal a firearm according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. I don’t think it makes sense at all to allow people to carry around a gun in college buildings, especially in Texas considering their crime rate. There should be multiple training lessons before someone can actually get their license to carry a firearm.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/11/opinion/can-donald-trump-win-how-good-is-your-crystal-ball.html?ref=opinion&_r=0
ReplyDeleteThis article showed two sides of a "crystal ball" and whether or not American's are gonna make Trump the president, or come to their senses. I believe that as one side said, fear drives us to do irrational things that we may regret later. Trump is manipulative and knows how to get into our heads. I believe that he is the present day Hitler, and America needs to wake up and stop it.
http://nyti.ms/1OWtsl7
ReplyDeleteZachary stone a senior at university of Texas at Austin is a founder of UT students against Guns on Campus. In late May the Texan legislature passed a bill that authorized individuals with licenses to carry a handgun on most campuses . The debate over guns is strongly debated by the Republicans and Democrats and Stone set a debate on campus individuals that identify themselves as republicans or democrats. He told them the story of how he got his license, Stone had never touched a gun until he went to the gun shop. Stone says " After almost zero training and a 10-minute test... State of Texas considers me responsible to carry a gun. Once my background check clears, I’ll have the license. I am not an outlier. According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, 99.7 percent of applicants in 2014 received their license." This information is astonishing because here's a guy whose never touched a gun and within less than 6 hrs he was granted his certificate. This makes it seem that is can be that easy to become licence and there is danger in that .
That is crazy. I thought it was supposed to be difficult to get a gun, but this story seems to counteract that. However, I do understand that for people who just want a weapon to protect themselves, the process cannot be too long or they will get frustrated. Funny, how we do that. Barrage the government with requests for more regulation and harder processes but complain when things like that take so long. Hypocrisy is natural, but besides that fact, I would gladly sacrifice more time if it meant it was more difficult for untrained people to acquire guns.
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Volkswagen is struging with how they react with the attention they are getting. Their efforts to hide the truth of the level of it's automobile emission is still at large and is responded by weak apologies. Apperently last week an email surfaced that outlined Volkswagen succesful lobbied the European Commisision to remove two key parts from the emmmision test which have led for the continued high unacceptable pollution levels. I think that there should be something do w to prevent high levels of pollution. If you looked at it from Volkswagen point of view this is plainly about money and getting the most profit. Volkswagen is a strong corporation yet problems concerning them will probaly rise until some sort of common ground is achieved.
I agree that companies should be held accountable for what their product is doing to the environment and their consumers. The corporation should worry more about the consequences of their products than more ways to make money from known dangers. I also believe that politicans share some of the blame as well. The corporation should not be able to get away from law because a big wall of money protects them. The politicians shouldn't give in to the companies want and needs because their obligation should be to the people.
Deletehttp://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/13/opinion/campaign-stops/all-politicians-lie-some-lie-more-than-others.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&_r=0
ReplyDeleteThis article is all about how often our political candidates lie within their speeches and campaigns. Shockingly to me, Ben Carson was the number one offender for telling lies, at 84%. Not as shocking, but Trump was right underneath him him 76%. I was very surprised to actually see how often they all lie. I knew it happened, but I didn't expect the numbers to be so high. I definitely think that the presidential candidates will begin to start making more accurate statements now that people are beginning to check them on a more frequent basis
This is very alarming, we shouldn't have anyone that lies this much running our country, how could we trust anything they say? Or their decisions? I understand a few lies here and there, but those percentages are high, there should definitely be some kind of punishment for this.
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ReplyDeleteThis article is about how refugees are the least likely to be terrorists because they have to go through so much screening, they have to endure up to a 24 month screening process before they even really get started. Since the attack on Paris, many United States governors have refused to accept Syrian refugees into their state, even though there is no proof that the Paris terrorists were refugees. We should still question refugees for the safety of our country, but there's no reason to be more suspicious of them before, or think that they're more likely to become terrorists than other immigrants.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/04/opinions/jones-debtors-prisons/index.html
ReplyDeleteStates are picking convicts to screw over because they know nobody will be looking to protect the rights of convicts. Making a former inmate pay for their stay is absurd. Once out of prison, it is incredibly hard to find a job, much less a well paying one. This policy is just insuring that the person will be permanently stuck in poverty, unless they're one of the few who can afford to pay it. It is a terrible idea that is basically reintroducing debtors' prisons. Being in prison already ruined their lives. There's no need to make it even harder. And contrary to common belief, not everyone who does time is awful and immoral. They deserve a second chance at life.
Why would anyone ever think about doing this. Yeah they are people who did something wrong, but you should never be able to charge them for locking them up. The whole idea is completely absurd. It's like trying to turn prisons into hotels. It just isn't right what so ever. Like you said they deserve a second chance and this will completely destroy those chances.
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ReplyDeleteThis editorial is more like a photo essay. It is about Ukrainian women becoming policewomen and bringing more respect from the people to the force. For a long time, police were full of scandals and definitely to be avoided. Now, the hope is that the brave women who are becoming police officers will be able to calm tense situations that are escalating and lead to even more gender equality in a country that the author deems a place where "gender equality is a distant dream. It's honestly sad that it is this way, but now, the photos prove that there is progress. They look just like American women police officers, confident and unafraid.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/13/opinion/is-this-really-how-you-get-your-gun.html?ref=opinion&_r=0
ReplyDeleteWith this article, there is anew perspective that can be seen regarding the issue of gun regulation. Primarily regarding the process of acquiring a gun in the first place. We see a college student, who knows little to nothing about guns, being able to own one with little to no effort, doing so in order to prove a point on how dangerously easy it is to acquire a firearm, and with the fact that he could carry it around in campus, he shows the possible danger that anyone can pose, and you may never know it.
Yeah, we can all hope that Trump doesn't get the nomination for all of the things he has said. But unfortunately, it hasn't done anything to slow his progress towards the nomination, if anything, among his constituents, his comments have bolstered his support. This is a sad fact that we face. A man that by all means is unfit for the job just might have a shot at receiving it.
ReplyDeletehttp://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-republicans-and-polls-enable-donald-trump/
ReplyDeleteThis article is about how polls and other Republicans are enabling Donald Trump's campaign to be successful. It goes into detail about the process that happens every time Trump makes a controversial remark and why he may do it, but so far it seems like the Trump campaign has been the perfect example of, "Any press is good press." No matter if the public disagrees with it or even because the public disagrees with it, controversial statements by Trump almost always correlate with a rise in polls for him. These statements are getting him headlines, and that's all that really matters in these polls sometimes. He's grabbing the attention of the voters and that's exactly what he wants from this and no Republicans in the election or not with any clout to the general voter isn't extremely condemning him because of the fear of backlash that might occur.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/12/opinion/ted-carpet-bomb-cruz.html?ref=opinion&_r=0
ReplyDeleteThis article is about Ted Cruz and how he wants to "carpet-bomb" ISIS. The article stated that this is a term used by someone who knows nothing about the military. Carpet-bombing is not something we would do in this age because of how smart our weaponry is and the fact that it is something our country has never agreed upon doing before. Another problem is that he said we could target ISIS and leave innocent civilians alive, but to even have a chance of destroying ISIS this way, you would have to literally blow up the whole middle-east. There is no possible way to bomb the middle east in any way, shape, or form with no known targets, and carpet-bombing would kill millions of innocent people.
Even if we blew up the entire middle east, ISIS wouldn't be destroyed. They have people in so many countries, and there is literally no way to ever fully eradicate them. That's the most scary thing about modern terrorism, they're absolutely everywhere. No place is really safe. But we can't live our lives in fear. When it comes down to it, any countries military's prime job should be to keep it's citizens safe. So instead of worrying about carpet bombing, they should worry about protecting us here. Cruz really dug himself in a hole, and even though he made some people happy, he probably made a lot more unhappy.
DeleteYea, I agree. You can't just try to kill ISIS, what they really are is a idea, an ideology. You can't possibly kill everyone that associates with that, you would have to go around the world in each state, in each home even to have any chance of eradicating ISIS. Though, what you can do like you said, is to protect citizens. However, whats very saddening about a terrorist group is that they try to convince people from other countries to join their ranks with false promises. A way to combat that is to simply give information to citizens/the public about the terrorist group and expose it for what it really is.
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ReplyDeleteThis article is about discussed bans on affirmative action in college admissions for some state institutions. It sites data based on states where affirmative action has been declared illegal, and describes what changes have occurred to the representation of minorities on these college campuses. In either case when affirmative action is banned or not, blacks and hispanics are underrepresented on most college campuses to an extreme degree compared to the proportion of the regular population of the state, while Asian students are overrepresented. In the states where Affirmative action remains unbanned the populations aren't proportional, but they are better than in unbanned states. The college population will probably never be 1 for 1 with the regular population, and that's okay because it would be impossible unless you were forcing some people into colleges, but it doesn't mean we should just do away with the affirmative action. In a perfect world we wouldn't need race to be a factor in college admissions, but we don't live in a perfect world. These policies give a fair shot to minorities that they wouldn't have any other way, so isn't that a good thing and not harming the majority students?
http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2015/12/10/trade-an-end-to-sanctions-for-putins-help-against-isis?ref=opinion
ReplyDelete*sorry these are a few mins late i typed the whole thing then had to resign into my chromebook from a different email :)*
This article is about having the chance to have Russia help fight ISIS, the only downside is that we would essentially have to use Ukraine as a bargaining chip and lower the sanctions against Russia. I do not think we should do this because it will just end up getting more people hurt. As soon as we lower those sanctions a civil war will start in Ukraine and tons of innocents will die, why start a war when we are trying to end another one ?
I feel like this is a pick the lesser evil situation. I agree with you that the United States will probably not agree to lift the sanctions and let Russia influence Ukraine. The United States know that by doing this they would have to be involved in a new war. This would just not be a great decisions even if we disregard our prejudices against Russia.
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ReplyDeleteRecently, sources have said that ISIS is now capable of administering fake passports due to their acquired government tools such as passport printing machines and blank books. This means that potentially ISIS could begin giving out fake passports. Although this might be happening, U.S. officials are "mindful" that this might be happening. In my opinion, even if ISIS is making fake passports, there are still supporters of ISIS in the United States, and as Obama said in his speech earlier this week, we should be trying to reach out to people to steer them away from ISIS's ideals rather judging and pushing people away because we are "scared." The U.S. is working on making passports that require a chip and cannot be faked, and hopefully this will help a little, but modern day terrorism is everywhere and cannot be stopped merely by a little chip.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/13/opinion/sunday/despair-over-gun-deaths-is-not-an-option.html
ReplyDeleteThis is another case where words with money are deemed more important than the cries of the people. The majority of the people of America have said time and time again that something need to be done about the mass shooting and how easily obtainable fire arms are in this country. But of course gun corporations are opposed to anything that would make them lose money. In the article there is a lot of reasonable changes that could be made but all of them have been struct down. Why on might ask, because it comes down that if any of those bills or proposal passed then gun corporations would lose money.
I don't fully believe that gun corporations are the reasons that those bills and changes were shut down. I do understand where you are coming from and I do think money does influence these decisions. However, I think it more of the case of americans having a conflict between their second amendment right and what they deem violates that. We know something has to be done, though we don't know how to solve that problem while keeping what we have the same, which does not seem realistic of a goal.
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ReplyDeleteThis article is generally about how republicans have been talking about national security and over sea threats. Though, disclaimer, I did not watch the G.O.P. debate so the information of that is coming from the article itself. In agreement with the articles opinion, it does seems like republicans (or at least in the debate) are very much wanting to do full out war with over sea issues and not fully understanding the consequences of those actions. Like the cost of human life inevitably going to be spent in war. Though, I do understand why we would do that, it would be for the public good of other allied countries and ourselves. I just don't think it should be politicians(in this case republicans) that decide how and when to do it.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/17/opinions/samantha-power-putting-isis-out-of-business/index.html
ReplyDeleteThis article talks about how to fight ISIS with a combination of different tactics other than just military. What they hope to do in these plans are to financially get the ISIS out of business by "blockading" or simply try to stop other countries from buying their resources. This seems like a very potent combo to do against a terrorist group, kind of like fighting them of different fronts. Which makes perfect sense and the end reward is to lessen their influence on the world. Though this alone I don't think will get rid of ISIS but it will surely slow them down significantly and by that, allows other countries to jump in and even do more damage to the already crippled group.
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ReplyDeleteThis article discusses a new drug called opiate painkillers that are killing more people than heroin. What's crazy and so shocking is that this drug is legal and can be used anytime and purchased anytime without any restrictions. A report released in July found that people who abused opiate painkillers were 40 times as likely to abuse heroin. The number of deaths caused by overdose has risen a staggering 9%, partly because of these legal pain killers. But what is so hard to think about is, should we make this drug illegal or not?
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2015/12/28/obama-donald-trump-gallup-poll-most-admired-man/77967868/
ReplyDeleteThis article I found to be very interesting and really gathered my attention. From what I read, Donald Trump is tied for second for most admired man among political figures. I found it to be more surprising is one individual that he is tied with and that's Pope Francis. I guess because of his controversial campaign has made him a prominent figure in politics and the minds of Americans. I guess we can say that he may cross the line with some issues and can sound very offending, but do we stop to ask ourselves is he doing the right thing for America? I'm not gonna lie, he's not the most respectful and kindest person in the world, but he does speak some truth. Illegal immigrants do benefit off the taxes we as citizens pay. Our hard work being benefited off others who did not earn it. I'm not choosing sides but I will say it's not fair.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/03/opinion/sunday/is-the-drive-for-success-making-our-children-sick.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&_r=0
ReplyDeleteThe education system in the US is a growing concern that the government and people of country well have to eventually face. With more and more young people are having more mental issues due to the stress and anxiety that come from school. I do not know if this is a world wide problem but i do know that European school differs much from the US school system. They have a lot less homework but have more days where they attend school. I wonder what the mental status of an European student might be.