The Big Three Bail Out

A hot topic in the news lately has been the Big Three Bail Out. This bail out would aid in helping Ford, GM, and Chrysler. Apparently each of these companies haven't made any real money in years. Each of these dealers have also be around from 100s of years. They just recently have had a great change in consumers. In Detroit they did built to many SUVs but until recently they had the demand for them. What would happen if we weren't to bail out these companies. These are our American made vehicles? If they were to go out of business we wouldn't have any parts being made. Lots of us would be affected because we own cars and trucks made by them. It would be hard for us not to bail them out in my opinion.

Presentation Response

So far the presentations have been done really well and I have learned a lot from them. It is really great to have interesting PowerPoint to listen since we are just sitting there watching it all. One that I found really interesting was the ones on video game violence. In my option about this subject I don't feel that they cause violence. They may desensitize you a little bit about blood, guts and murder but I don't think they are they direct cause for violence like school shootings. I think the individuals are just so unhappy and people are so harsh to them that they just couldn't handle any longer. I do feel that the video game they were playing "DOOM" probably gave them the idea on what to do. School shootings and other violent acts are a cumulative influenced problem. A bunch of things influence them into happening, there isn't just one cause.

Bowling for Columbine

The other day I watch this documentary called "Bowling for Columbine". I thought it would be worth watching for any of us in this class but come to find out a lot of the facts are off. I thought it would be great for us to watch because it talked about some media and the Columbine School Shooting. I still think it might to worth it to anyone to watch it but be cautious to watching it because some facts are off. Some were:

It said.....
3. The NRA held a pro-gun rally in Flint, Michigan just after the shooting death of a child in a local classroom.

The fact is...

• The meeting was a “get out the vote” rally, which took place eight months later, during the election season.

For more look at...

http://home.sprynet.com/~owl1/bowling.htm

This film is a 2002 American documentary film written, directed, produced by, and starring Michael Moore. It brought Moore international attention as a rising film director and won numerous awards, including the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, the Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Feature, and the César Award for Best Foreign Film.[1] (Wikipedia)

Extreme Makeover Home Addition

Extreme Makeover Home Addition is a show that has always had me curious... Is this show really helping people? I truly wonder if the house that they build are not just half-butted to get it done so fast. Its hard for me to believe that something built so fast can last that long. But lately on the show I watch a rerun that showed one of their houses making it through hurricane Katrina. So maybe they can... Can a house built in a week really do it? From what I have always seen houses take forever to complete but maybe that is just here. They have so many people helping that maybe that is why they can.

I really believe that the idea of the show is amazing and that whether the houses last or not they do help tremendously. This show is one of the better shows that is filling TV now. It is pretty apparent that I am not the only one to think of because this show actually has one an Emmy for Outstanding Reality Program 2005.

http://extremehomemakeover.us/pages/1.php?id=A100002

"Black Friday"

Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving. One of the busiest shopping days of the year. Stores open their doors extremely early to offer some amazing sales. We are often familiar with the pushing and shoving of the over greedy shoppers have on this day but did you know that people are often killed by them???? This year a 34 year old man was TRAMPLED to death. This man was an employee of a Wal Mart in Long Island. This crowd was described as so violent that the heavy glass and steel sliding doors were literally knocked off their hinges as the shoppers-stampede-to-be-first. Its amazing to me that people could be so ignorant and greedy enough to not even acknowledge another human beings life. This day has become so advertised and so big that it is now almost dangerous. It also was reported that a pregnant woman was pushed over and a few others were injured this year in this shopping frenzy.
Shoppers BEWARE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://wcbstv.com/local/walmart.worker.trampled.2.875747.html

Thanksgiving

Is Thanksgiving affected by the media??? This question is a good one to think about... I think that the answer is yes. Not only has media probably influenced the food we eat with thousands of commercials but it has helped make the day after this holiday the biggest shopping day of the year. Throughout history in the past Thanksgiving have really set the standards of what is expected to be served, cooked and eaten. The commercials that show help set these expectations in stone. Another large influence is the one with the day after Turkey Day. Stores and commercial media great shape this day with door buster sales. This shopping day is one of the wildest days you could ever imagine. Stores offer door buster sales that start as early as 4am in the morning. They offer a limited amount of amazing sales and then lots of others. Media defiantly played the role in making this after holiday tradition so big. It almost makes me believe that this day after tradition is bigger to most Americans then the holiday itself.

African Americans in Sports

Throughout history racism has played a very influential role on our society. One of the most well known and well recognized is the discrimination between African Americans and Caucasians. In the past this was caused from the owning of black slaves by white southerners. In a sense this is probably partially why today we still have problems with racists’ views.
In today’s world an often controversial topic is sports and the African American influence them. A current question that arises is, “Are blacks genetically or naturally more elite in the world of sports?” Often this question is viewed as a very racially discriminating topic but I believe that it’s a valid question to ask. When you watch most too all sports you will often see a very diverse amount of players. As you look however to who is dominating play most often you are going to discover that you find a larger amount of African American competitors controlling the winners circle. This is often demonstrated in the Olympic Games; in the track and field competitions. This winning is why the curiosity of questioning their genetic capabilities form but can you really blame the erg to find out?
Its really hard to say what gives who an advantage over another but I do believe that hard work no matter who or what color our skin is will get you to the winners' circle.

What do you think???