yellow-->first i want to quote what was said in the speech, one line that he said was "But after listening to the American people I have been reminded again that all the legislation in the world can't fix what's wrong with America. So, I want to speak to you first tonight about a subject even more serious than energy or inflation. I want to talk to you right now about a fundamental threat to American democracy." which made me think about how hes right were all just sitting here listening to the goverment talking about all that there trying to do make everything better for us but really its not the goverments place to do all of this its all of ours. we need to work together in this to make it a better place and to help lower for example the gas prices went on a complete sky rocket, like i know alot of my friends had to ask there parents for extra money each week because gas was crazy and even with there jobs they weren't making enough to go back and forth to school which is a scarry thought. And to awnser the second part of that question i think that its most deffently still with us today and unfortunaly its something that we still have to deal with.
Red--> okay so i decided to start this one off with a quote from the text agian.. " In a nation that was proud of hard work, strong families, close-knit communities, and our faith in God, too many of us now tend to worship self-indulgence and consumption. Human identity is no longer defined by what one does, but by what one owns. But we've discovered that owning things and consuming things does not satisfy our longing for meaning. We've learned that piling up material goods cannot fill the emptiness of lives which have no confidence or purpose. " okay so basiclly were hes coming from is say that the united states has and alwasy will be known for having that strong work ethic and strong families etc. but for some reason does it feel like were losing the reputation, because every day that goes by people are getting to caught up in how they look and what they have which is scary because our future and our youth is so caught up in this.. is this what our future is coming too?
Green--> with point one with jimmy carter was that he wanted to not use as much oil from other countrys and forigen places. which is the same as what president obama is trying to do. so they both are working from the same thing. also with point two it pretty much is doing the same ting like for example he doesnt want to use more oil then what has been use in the past which is a great thing for them to do and obama is agreeing to this in his points.
Friday, January 30, 2009
Monday, January 26, 2009
nixon research
What was the Watergate scandal and why was he reelected?
The Watergate scandal was when 5 people broke into the Watergate hotel. They were then indicted for breaking into democratic government head quarters. Then they were indicted with two others for conspiracy, burglary, and wire tapping. The seven men were ignored at first until Bob Woodward and Carl Berstein began investigating. The two others were part of Nixon's committee to get him reelected. The one who was Chief was a man who used the alias of "Deep Throat" who was Mark Felt. We did not find this out until about two years ago, after he died.Also another big thing to be involved was CReeP which is the Commitee to Re-Elect the President.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Committee_to_Re-Elect_the_President
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_scandal
Indicted- To accuse of a wrong-doing. Law- To make a formal accusation.Conspiracy- an evil, unlawful, treacherous, or surreptitious plan formulated in secret by two or more persons; plot.
Why after the Watergate scandal was Richard Nixon elected?
Many people say that Nixon got elected because he said he would end the Vietnam war, even though more soldiers died under his presidency. Nixon promised an end of the war, and that is the main reason he was elected for a second term. After the Watergate scandal was thouroughly investigated, Nixon was not Impeached in 1974, he resigned so they could not impeach him. :D
The Watergate scandal was when 5 people broke into the Watergate hotel. They were then indicted for breaking into democratic government head quarters. Then they were indicted with two others for conspiracy, burglary, and wire tapping. The seven men were ignored at first until Bob Woodward and Carl Berstein began investigating. The two others were part of Nixon's committee to get him reelected. The one who was Chief was a man who used the alias of "Deep Throat" who was Mark Felt. We did not find this out until about two years ago, after he died.Also another big thing to be involved was CReeP which is the Commitee to Re-Elect the President.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Committee_to_Re-Elect_the_President
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_scandal
Indicted- To accuse of a wrong-doing. Law- To make a formal accusation.Conspiracy- an evil, unlawful, treacherous, or surreptitious plan formulated in secret by two or more persons; plot.
Why after the Watergate scandal was Richard Nixon elected?
Many people say that Nixon got elected because he said he would end the Vietnam war, even though more soldiers died under his presidency. Nixon promised an end of the war, and that is the main reason he was elected for a second term. After the Watergate scandal was thouroughly investigated, Nixon was not Impeached in 1974, he resigned so they could not impeach him. :D
Thursday, January 22, 2009
book portfolio QT 2
Kiana Hamilton
Book Portfolio
Quarter 2
January 22, 2008
“You know what work is - if your old enough to read this then you know what work is, although you many not do it. Forget you. This is about waiting, shifting from one foot to another. Feeling the rain fall like mist into your hair, blurring your vision.” This was written by Philip Levine in one of his poems out of the book What Work Is, and the poems called What Work Is, also. Which from the reading sounds like it was placed in the time of the great depression. The connection that the author had with the story I think was personal. I just think that he wrote this from the historical point of view from someone’s personal life.
“ The sad refusal to give in to rain, to the hours wasted waiting, to the knowledge that somewhere ahead a man is waiting who will say, “no, we’re not hiring today.” For any reason he wants” also said in the same poem. So basically what he’s trying to say in this quote Is that he’s waiting in line with a bunch of people and he doesn’t even think he has a chance to get a job, but he’s still standing there hoping for the best to happen. Which also it doesn’t say how old he is, but shows that in that time the kids were a lot more independent.
“You love your brother, now suddenly your can hardly stand the love flooding you for your brother, who’s not beside you or behind or ahead because he’s home trying to sleep off a miserable night shift at Cadillac so he can get up before noon to study his German.” also from the same poem. So what hes saying here is that hes thinking about his brother and his job when hes standing there hoping for a jobof his own during the freat depression. I think hes thinking about his brother and how his brother has a good job, and does a god job at it.
“ How long has it been since you told him you loved him, held his wide shoulders, opened your eyes wide and said those words, and maybe kissed his cheek? You’ve never done something so simple, so obvious, not because your too young or too dumb, not because you’re jealous or even mean or incapable of crying in the presence of another man, no, just because you don’t know what work is” so basically what he’s trying to show is the personal point of veiw, of what was going on and what was going through his mind, in this poem which I think he did very well.
“You know what work is - if your old enough to read this then you know what work is, although you may not do it. Forget you. This is about waiting, shifting from one foot to another. Feeling the rain fall like mist into your hair, blurring your vision.” now do you see where I’m coming from, Like when he says that “you’ve never done something so simple, so obvious” it makes you think that you should take the time to do the little things and not worry so much about the big things in life cause in the end it’s the little things that count, and the little things that people will remember.
Book Portfolio
Quarter 2
January 22, 2008
“You know what work is - if your old enough to read this then you know what work is, although you many not do it. Forget you. This is about waiting, shifting from one foot to another. Feeling the rain fall like mist into your hair, blurring your vision.” This was written by Philip Levine in one of his poems out of the book What Work Is, and the poems called What Work Is, also. Which from the reading sounds like it was placed in the time of the great depression. The connection that the author had with the story I think was personal. I just think that he wrote this from the historical point of view from someone’s personal life.
“ The sad refusal to give in to rain, to the hours wasted waiting, to the knowledge that somewhere ahead a man is waiting who will say, “no, we’re not hiring today.” For any reason he wants” also said in the same poem. So basically what he’s trying to say in this quote Is that he’s waiting in line with a bunch of people and he doesn’t even think he has a chance to get a job, but he’s still standing there hoping for the best to happen. Which also it doesn’t say how old he is, but shows that in that time the kids were a lot more independent.
“You love your brother, now suddenly your can hardly stand the love flooding you for your brother, who’s not beside you or behind or ahead because he’s home trying to sleep off a miserable night shift at Cadillac so he can get up before noon to study his German.” also from the same poem. So what hes saying here is that hes thinking about his brother and his job when hes standing there hoping for a jobof his own during the freat depression. I think hes thinking about his brother and how his brother has a good job, and does a god job at it.
“ How long has it been since you told him you loved him, held his wide shoulders, opened your eyes wide and said those words, and maybe kissed his cheek? You’ve never done something so simple, so obvious, not because your too young or too dumb, not because you’re jealous or even mean or incapable of crying in the presence of another man, no, just because you don’t know what work is” so basically what he’s trying to show is the personal point of veiw, of what was going on and what was going through his mind, in this poem which I think he did very well.
“You know what work is - if your old enough to read this then you know what work is, although you may not do it. Forget you. This is about waiting, shifting from one foot to another. Feeling the rain fall like mist into your hair, blurring your vision.” now do you see where I’m coming from, Like when he says that “you’ve never done something so simple, so obvious” it makes you think that you should take the time to do the little things and not worry so much about the big things in life cause in the end it’s the little things that count, and the little things that people will remember.
essay #3
According to Nikita Khrushchev's memoirs, in May 1962 he had the idea of placing intermediate-range nuclear missiles in Cuba so they could have a lead of the United States in developing and deploying missiles. He also did it to protect Cuba from another United States invasion, such as the bad attempt at the Bay of Pigs in 1961. After getting Fidel Castro's approval, the Soviet Union worked fast and secretly to build missile places in Cuba. On October 16, President John Kennedy was shown pictures of Soviet missile placement under construction in Cuba. He sent naval soldiers on Cuba to prevent further Soviet shipments of military weapons from arriving there. During the crisis, the two sides sent many letters, both formal and "back channel." Khrushchev sent letters to Kennedy on October 23 and 24 saying the nature of the missiles in Cuba and the peaceful intentions of the Soviet Union. On October 26, Khrushchev sent Kennedy a long rambling letter seemingly proposing that the missile installations would be dismantled and personnel removed in exchange for United States assurances that it or its armies would not invade Cuba. On October 27, another letter to Kennedy arrived from Khrushchev, suggesting that missile installations in Cuba would be dismantled if the United States dismantled its missile installations in Turkey. The American administration decided to ignore this second letter and to accept the offer outlined in the letter of October 26. Khrushchev then announced on October 28 that he would dismantle the installations and return them to the Soviet Union, expressing his trust that the United States would not invade Cuba. Further negotiations were held to tweak the October 28 agreement, including a United States demand that Soviet light bombers also be removed from Cuba, and to specify the exact form and conditions of United States assurances not to invade Cuba. So yeah that was a bunch of bologna. It just sounded like they see sawed back and for it sounded like the SU did way more then they should have to get the US to get out of there. Really it sounds like it all could have been solved pretty easy. But whatever I suppose.
essay #2
Martin Luther King
In 1957 he was elected president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, an organization formed to provide new leadership for the now what they call burgeoning civil rights movement. The ideals for this organization he took from Christianity, its ideas on leadership from Gandhi. In eleven years between 1957 and 1968, MLK traveled over six million miles and spoke over twenty-five hundred times, showing up wherever there was injustice, protest, and action, and meanwhile he wrote five books as well as many articles. In these years, he led a huge protest in Birmingham, Alabama, that got the attention of the entire world, providing what he called “a coalition of conscience“. and promoted his "Letter from a Birmingham Jail", a manifesto of the Negro revolution, he planned the drives in Alabama for the registration of Negroes as voters. He directed the march in Washington, D.C.. 250,000 people showed up to his, "l Have a Dream" speech, he talked with President John F. Kennedy and campaigned for President Lyndon B. Johnson, he was arrested at least twenty times and assaulted at least four times. He was awarded five honorary degrees. And was named Man of the Year by Time magazine in 1963. Also became not only the symbolic leader of American blacks but also a world figure. But when you look at everything this man did, its incredible and should always be remembered that this man dedicated his hole life to making it a better place for blacks.
Huey Newton
It all started at Merritt College in Oakland, California, Huey Newton met Bobby Seale and in 1966 they formed the Black Panther Party. Initially established to protect local communities from police brutality and racism, it eventually developed into a Marxist revolutionary group. The Black Panthers also ran medical clinics and provided free food to school children. So basically these to men did an great thing for colored people who wanted to attended school, which back then would have been hard for any colored person to go to school. Which is not right at all. But then they had a problem with the country thinking they were up to no good. Like the activities of the Black Panthers caught the attention of J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI. J. Edgar Hoover described the Panthers as "the greatest threat to the internal security of the country" and in November 1968 ordered the FBI to employ "hard-hitting counter-intelligence measures to cripple the Black Panthers". Now I don’t know about you but that sounds so wrong and not right at all.
Malcolm X
Intelligent and articulate, Malcolm was appointed as a minister and national spokesman for the
Nation of Islam. Elijah Muhammad also charged him with establishing new mosques in cities such as Detroit, Michigan and Harlem, New York. Malcolm X used newspaper columns, as well as radio and television to communicate the Nation of Islam message across the United States. His charisma, drive and conviction drew in an amazing number of new members. Malcolm X was largely credited with increasing membership in the Nation of Islam from 500 in 1952 to 30,000 in 1963. All the things he did made him a total media magnet. He was featured in a week long television special with Mike Wallace in 1959, called "The Hate That Hate Produced." The show explored the important things of the Nation of Islam, and tracked Malcolm's progress as one of its most important leaders. After the special, Malcolm was faced with the reality that his fame had made him totally forget about his mentor Elijah Muhammad. Racial problems got extremely high during the early 1960s. On top of all the media, Malcolm's great personality had captured the government's attention. As membership in the Nation of Islam continued to grow, FBI agents hated the organization, one even acted as Malcolm's bodyguard. Also secretly placed bugs, wiretaps, cameras and other surveillance equipment to monitor the group's activities. Okay okay, now please tell me all this sounds completely wacked too you, cause it definitely does to me. This isn’t right at all, what so ever.
But I still find all these men an amazing part of history, I mean reading all the biographies really makes you think these are the kind of people that didn’t just sit there and watch something happen, they noticed something was not right in the way things went and decided they were going to be the ones to change it and yes sir they did. So I know it doesn’t really affect me, but its different. They changed what could have been a disaster still today. They made it so everyone’s equal. No one should be out down because of there skin color or religion its not right.
In 1957 he was elected president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, an organization formed to provide new leadership for the now what they call burgeoning civil rights movement. The ideals for this organization he took from Christianity, its ideas on leadership from Gandhi. In eleven years between 1957 and 1968, MLK traveled over six million miles and spoke over twenty-five hundred times, showing up wherever there was injustice, protest, and action, and meanwhile he wrote five books as well as many articles. In these years, he led a huge protest in Birmingham, Alabama, that got the attention of the entire world, providing what he called “a coalition of conscience“. and promoted his "Letter from a Birmingham Jail", a manifesto of the Negro revolution, he planned the drives in Alabama for the registration of Negroes as voters. He directed the march in Washington, D.C.. 250,000 people showed up to his, "l Have a Dream" speech, he talked with President John F. Kennedy and campaigned for President Lyndon B. Johnson, he was arrested at least twenty times and assaulted at least four times. He was awarded five honorary degrees. And was named Man of the Year by Time magazine in 1963. Also became not only the symbolic leader of American blacks but also a world figure. But when you look at everything this man did, its incredible and should always be remembered that this man dedicated his hole life to making it a better place for blacks.
Huey Newton
It all started at Merritt College in Oakland, California, Huey Newton met Bobby Seale and in 1966 they formed the Black Panther Party. Initially established to protect local communities from police brutality and racism, it eventually developed into a Marxist revolutionary group. The Black Panthers also ran medical clinics and provided free food to school children. So basically these to men did an great thing for colored people who wanted to attended school, which back then would have been hard for any colored person to go to school. Which is not right at all. But then they had a problem with the country thinking they were up to no good. Like the activities of the Black Panthers caught the attention of J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI. J. Edgar Hoover described the Panthers as "the greatest threat to the internal security of the country" and in November 1968 ordered the FBI to employ "hard-hitting counter-intelligence measures to cripple the Black Panthers". Now I don’t know about you but that sounds so wrong and not right at all.
Malcolm X
Intelligent and articulate, Malcolm was appointed as a minister and national spokesman for the
Nation of Islam. Elijah Muhammad also charged him with establishing new mosques in cities such as Detroit, Michigan and Harlem, New York. Malcolm X used newspaper columns, as well as radio and television to communicate the Nation of Islam message across the United States. His charisma, drive and conviction drew in an amazing number of new members. Malcolm X was largely credited with increasing membership in the Nation of Islam from 500 in 1952 to 30,000 in 1963. All the things he did made him a total media magnet. He was featured in a week long television special with Mike Wallace in 1959, called "The Hate That Hate Produced." The show explored the important things of the Nation of Islam, and tracked Malcolm's progress as one of its most important leaders. After the special, Malcolm was faced with the reality that his fame had made him totally forget about his mentor Elijah Muhammad. Racial problems got extremely high during the early 1960s. On top of all the media, Malcolm's great personality had captured the government's attention. As membership in the Nation of Islam continued to grow, FBI agents hated the organization, one even acted as Malcolm's bodyguard. Also secretly placed bugs, wiretaps, cameras and other surveillance equipment to monitor the group's activities. Okay okay, now please tell me all this sounds completely wacked too you, cause it definitely does to me. This isn’t right at all, what so ever.
But I still find all these men an amazing part of history, I mean reading all the biographies really makes you think these are the kind of people that didn’t just sit there and watch something happen, they noticed something was not right in the way things went and decided they were going to be the ones to change it and yes sir they did. So I know it doesn’t really affect me, but its different. They changed what could have been a disaster still today. They made it so everyone’s equal. No one should be out down because of there skin color or religion its not right.
essay #1
Some instances where technology has played a major role in the 1950’s and the 1960’s could be for example WFPL-FM has its first broadcast on February 18, 1950. Louisville Free Public Library became the first public library to own and operate a radio station. So that would be a big thing that helped people in the 50’s. Also, Subscriber trunk dialing (STD) was introduced in the mid-1960s, allowing people to directly dial long-distance areas. This replaced the previous system where the phone user would dial the operator, who would then place the call they wanted to make. Also in 1956 the television brought a moving picture into peoples homes. Which was a huge improvement from what people had to use to entertainment or news. For one example that goes along with what we’ve done in class would be television in the Vietnam War, it all started between communist North Vietnam and democratic South Vietnam after the end of French occupation in 1959. The United States and its allies, including Australia, were afraid of the outbreak of communism and wanted to make sure it would be a victory. Along with America, Australia put thousands of military soldiers into Vietnam. Altogether, around 50,000 Australians served in the conflict between 1965 and 1972. For the first time in history, the technology of television brought images of the war directly into people's homes. Television news showed sometimes horrifying events of the conflict night after night, it caused major talk about the war. As a result though, many people liked the idea of the whole seeing everything that’s going on in the war because that way even though it was scary they all knew it was fake or rumors of what they were hearing.
Friday, January 9, 2009
LBJ-law review
Okay so lets start with the facts. Under the GCA, firearms possession by certain categories of individuals is prohibited such as, Anyone who has been convicted in a federal court of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding 1 year, excluding crimes of imprisonment that are related to the regulation of business practices. Anyone who has been convicted in a state court of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding 2 years, excluding crimes of imprisonment that are related to the regulation of business practices. Anyone who is a fugitive from justice. Anyone who is an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance. Anyone who has been adjudicated as a mental defective or has been committed to a mental institution. Any alien illegally or unlawfully in the United States or an alien admitted to the United States under a nonimmigrant visa. Anyone who has been discharged from the US Armed Forces under dishonorable conditions. Anyone who, having been a citizen of the United States, has renounced his or her citizenship. Anyone that is subject to a court order that restrains the person from harassing, stalking, or threatening an intimate partner or child of such intimate partner.
Anyone who has been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence (added in 1996). And also you must be 18 years of age, but with exceptions like for employment, target practice, education, and a handgun possessed while defending the home of the juvenile or a home in which they are an invited guest.
OKay so now time for my opinion on this act, like for example i think that at times yes its okay to own a hand gun but at the same time i think that the rules the set are very very fair for the circumstances that we have today because today the scary but true fact is that we never know if the person walking next to use walking down the street might have a gun or some time of weapon. Which isnt at all a healthy envirorment for anyone to have to live with but its also the sad truth that some people don't take too seriously. But you also can't live your life thinking about all the bad things and worry about them. But now a days you just got to hope for the best because you never now whats going to happen. So personally i think that the rules the set for people now a days.
Anyone who has been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence (added in 1996). And also you must be 18 years of age, but with exceptions like for employment, target practice, education, and a handgun possessed while defending the home of the juvenile or a home in which they are an invited guest.
OKay so now time for my opinion on this act, like for example i think that at times yes its okay to own a hand gun but at the same time i think that the rules the set are very very fair for the circumstances that we have today because today the scary but true fact is that we never know if the person walking next to use walking down the street might have a gun or some time of weapon. Which isnt at all a healthy envirorment for anyone to have to live with but its also the sad truth that some people don't take too seriously. But you also can't live your life thinking about all the bad things and worry about them. But now a days you just got to hope for the best because you never now whats going to happen. So personally i think that the rules the set for people now a days.
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