Opps She Did It Again!

The person I would choose to vote off would be Brittany spears. She started off as a great young role model but that quickly changed. Her reputation has been completely ruined and is now a nightmare to little children who she once inspired so much. Although lately she has fallen off the radar there was about a four to five year stretch where you could almost guarantee that her name was going to be on the six o’clock news. By the early age of twenty-one Brittany was set for life, her career sky rocketed and she could buy or have just about anything she wanted. This is not what you want little kids to see. Then they start to act the same way and by the time you know it, they are in trouble just like she is.
Some say Brittany’s’ downfall started when she got engaged to Kevin Federline. I would agree with this accusation. Her career was going great and she decided to put in on hold so that she could start a family. Shortly after she got engaged she announced that she was pregnant, all of this put her career to a complete halt. Being pregnant and starting a family meant she was no longer able to perform. This might have been the worst decision of her life, because not only did it end her career it also would make way for the roughest times of her life. The marriage was not exactly what she hoped for and even the pregnancy had complications. This looked to be too stressful and looked like she was having a complete melt down. She started doing many crazy things like shaving her head bald and even ended up in rehab for drugs. This was what the American children saw that looked up to her. She has sent too many negative messages to the children I think that world without her would be better for the little kids.
I try to hold people to the highest standard possible. Even celebrities, I personally hate turning on the T.V. and seeing how many celebrities are in rehab, jail or just have done something that is simply inexcusable. I understand that it happens to everyone and that celebrities just have the spot light on them but they make so much money that all they need to do is think before they act. I think it has a negative effect on little children when they see their favorite icon in trouble with the law or strung out on drugs. It is not just Brittany spears, another so called “role-model” that I think is the exact same is Miley Cyrus, She is following the exact same foot steps as earlier young celebrities. She won’t be the last either but I feel that if we make a start somewhere that eventually all of this will be cleaned up and children will be able to look up to their “role-models” again.

OH GOD! Another Commercial

How many times have you been sitting on the couch and a commercial comes on the T.V. that you have already seen three maybe four times in a row? Its unbelievable how many times the same boring commercial is shown everyday. No one really likes the commercials but they are there and we have to deal with them. The Infomercials are the worst, especially at two or three in the morning when they come on and the guy is screaming through the television and you wake up to it. The commercials are usually advertising a very good product but then use a bad joke that no one understands in the commercial. Why can’t our commercials show some entertainment too? Maybe more people would actually watch them and not turn the channel.



Tiger Woods is one of the Worlds best and most fierce competitors, even he shows that he likes to have fun and does not have to be serious all the time. If commercials like this were shown I guarantee more people would watch them. When the commercial comes on you already know that he is going to hit that ball but how caught of guard would you be if this was the actual commercial, where he misses the ball? I don’t understand the point to advertise that a product is perfect and cannot fail. That’s pretty much what companies are saying when they advertise that their products do amazing things. We all know Nike produces some of the best golf clubs and accessories so I think it would be beneficial to make their commercials funny instead of follow the general norm for a commercial. Today’s’ Televisions are able to skip past the commercials so something is going to have to change in order to get people to watch them. I believe this is a great idea what about you?

Drinking Age

LOWER THE DRINKING AGE! I do not believe this just because I am an 18 year old college student. At the age of 18 you able to do many others things that you could not do before, why can’t consume alcohol be one of them? When you turn 18 you can buy cigarettes which are just as harmful to your body as alcohol. Yes, both of these are addictive but it is much easier to become addicted to cigarettes. There are multiple reasons I think the age should be lowered. When high school students get to their college what is the first thing they do? They go out and drink with there newly met friends regardless of their age. It is illegal but it is still done. The worse part is students that are just starting to drink do not know how to. They go out and consume as much as they can because they do not know when they have had enough. If the age is lowered to 18 they will have time before going in to college to start drinking and learn the limits. This could save lives, there are people that die from alcohol poisoning because they thought they could keep drinking. After you throw up your first time you know exactly how much you can handle.
I understand the argument against lower the age because of drunk drivers. I don’t agree with this at all because even people who are 21 drive under the influence. There is no 100% positive way to stop drunk driving. The thing that doesn’t make sense to me at all is the fact that we as citizens can enroll in our military and die for our country, but yet we can not go downtown and enjoy a beer or two. What kind of sense does that make? None if you ask me, three out of every four students (75%) have consumed alcohol (more than just a few sips) by the end of high school. This is a statistic from a survey in 2005. So after reading this I will ask you. Are you for or against lowering the drinking age?

Illegal Immigration. Should We Address This Problem? Or Ignore It?

Some people say illegal immigration is not a problem, some say that illegal immigration is a cause of our economical down fall. The total number of jobs taken by illegal immigrants is about eleven million and is increasing. The image shows that illegal immigrants will do anything to have a better life, even if it is pulling the oldest trick in the books. This has become a growing problem in the United States as legal Americans have lost jobs, homes, families because they are unable to find a job. So I ask you, what do you think about this topic?

I believe that this topic is very controversial in that the standard of living in America is greater than in Mexico, but that is not an excuse. I personally do not like my taxes increasing in order to pay for illegal immigrants’ health care. I do not have a problem with immigration as long as it is done in the right way. I understand that it takes a while to get valid passports and what not, but I do believe being here illegally does hurt the economy. I am not blaming illegal immigrants for the downfall because that would be insane. The border is simply too big to keep secured every day. I think the United States border patrol has a very tough challenge they are facing and I give them credit. Like I said before I have no problem with immigration as long as it is done the right way.

I think that this image is effective in showing how desperate people are to come to America. The image shows the Trojan horse at our gates much like the Horse the Greeks used at Troy. The horse is turned in to a piñata to show that the picture is actually aiming at illegal immigration from Mexico. The life in America is much greater than in Mexico but if more and more illegal immigrants come in than what exactly is the benefit of being an American citizen? Health care prices will just keep rising for American citizens; Jobs will be taken from under us. There will be significant problems if the United States just lets this problem go and does nothing about it. So I ask one more time, what do you think about this topic?

High School Humor

High school humor is a very unique one in that some of the things we do will get us in trouble but in our mind it is well worth it. This is the exact quote from someone that found out that high school humor can have high consequences. Four years ago my friend was a senior at Thomas Johnson High School. Now we all know that when you are a big bad senior you want to leave your mark at the school for other people to remember you. This is usually done by what are called “Senior Pranks” These pranks usually are not suppose to harm anyone or cause damage to anything, just a joke that helps you top off your 4 years at high school. One last joke, laugh and good time is exactly what my friend thought.
It was a late October night when this so called brilliant idea was put together. Three eighteen year old seniors were sitting around watching Sunday night football together when they brought up high school memories. This isn’t unusual at all, as every group of friends reminisces once in a while. The idea of a senior prank was brought up by one of the friends. They through multiple ideas around some very mischievous some too weak to even count as a prank, it took about three hours for them to decide. There senior prank was to spray paint the lines in the parking lot all white. At Thomas Johnson High School the parking spots were assigned Blue lines meant teacher spot, white lines meant student spot. I bet the school did not expect to see all of their lines painted white when they came back in the morning. At about four in the morning the group of friends decided they were going to carry out their plan and they headed to the school. Four cans of spray paint later all the lines in the three different parking lots were painted white. It didn’t take long at all for their prank to be noticed. That day in school that’s all you heard as you were walking down the halls. “Being the one who did it I was a bit nervous” This is a quote that explains his day. The principal came on the announcements and they even offered a reward for an undisclosed amount. The administrators really wanted to catch these people. It took the administrators a total of two days until they found out exactly who was part of the group. Word sure does spread fast when you’re in high school. Each person in the group had to pay five hundred dollars a piece for the lines to get repainted. They were all suspended for ten days for their actions. “I still believed that it was worth it at the time, but now when I look back on it, probably wasn’t one of my most proud moments but we all make mistakes”
With this said I think we all can agree we have had our moments where High School Humor has either caused trouble or lead to things that could have been avoided.

McDonalds

McDonalds, is it the cornerstone of the fast food industry? Or just another aspect of life that us as Americans take advantage of? If you look at what McDonalds means to American society you will see that it is not just a Fast food restaurant but part of an Americans everyday life. Every day about one quarter of the U.S. population eats fast food.

I recently took time to sit in a McDonalds and observe my surroundings pulled up to the McDonalds on seventh street and the first thing I noticed were the giant golden arches out front and the color scheme of red, gold and white. As soon as I walked through the door, my immediate observation was the smell of the grease. Since I was not rushing in to grab my hamburger and run back out, I took notice to the smell. I sat down in a booth and as I looked around I noticed the fast-moving environment around me. The lines were long at both the register and the condiment area. As I looked around at the different people eating, I noticed that not many people were talking. There were a variety of people in throughout the McDonalds. Over in the corner was an elderly couple drinking their coffee just gazing around. Across from me was a group of four adults in camouflage and Ft. Deterick I.D. badge. Out side sitting were two families each with little kids. There is not just a certain group of people that orders fast food it’s anyone, I noticed this as I looked over at the soda machine to see a tall man in a business suit and a laptop carrier around his arm. They were too occupied by their great tasting cheeseburgers and their salt covered french fries. I sat and listened to the different noises. You could hear the chatter of the workers from the back along with the crackling sound from the burgers being wrapped. Before I left, I recapped what I had just observed and the most astonishing thing was the fact that no one communicated to each other. The people in line had either their eyes glued to the menus or they had their heads down. I looked at the tables no one was communicating to each other just eating in their own happy world.

Just some thing to think about the golden arches are now more widely recognized than the Christian cross. So as I leave you with this observation I ask one question. Is McDonalds the cornerstone of the fast food industry? Or is it just another aspect of live that us as Americans take advantage of?

Recalling An Experience

Everyone experiences something that they can recall, something that they can relive without missing a beat. My experience was very painful but happens to yield a very important lesson. I was at working a Friday night at a restaurant so we were very busy. I was running around frantically doing things left and right to make it through the dinner rush. It was very busy and we were short handed missing one staff member. As I am putting a container away in one of the freezers I closed my fingers in the door. This obviously hurt very badly but I couldn’t stop I had to keep working. Later on that night, I was cleaning off one of the units and cut my hand on a knife that was laying there. Needless to say my night was not going smoothly. So as we are closing down and washing everything up I go to take the lids to one of our units off of the dishwashing rack and sliced my hand open. Instead of going slowly while taking these off I pulled and they got caught on the ledge on the dishwasher. The part that I had my hand on was very sharp so the cuts were very deep on two of my fingers on my right hand. Immediately I grabbed my hand feeling the sharp pain I knew exactly what I had done. I grabbed two towels and wrapped my hand up applying pressure to try to stop the bleeding. This didn’t work at all, as I was doing this my manager called my parents to come get me because there was no way I was driving to the hospital. As soon as she got there we headed towards the hospital. My fingers were still bleeding but not as bad. We got in the emergency room and luckily there were only a few people there. About fifteen minutes passed and they called me back. The bleeding had slowed down so I stopped worrying so much. I ended up getting three stitches in two fingers and one in two others that were cut but not as bad. To make my night worse the doctor must not have used enough medicine because I could feel the doctor putting in my stitches. I left the hospital and went home for the night. It was not a good idea to begin with to not stop and show caution when picking up something sharp. So I paid the consequences, this made my night even worse because I had to take a trip to the emergency room. Unfortunately I had to slice myself open in order to realize you must use caution dealing with sharp objects. Everyone experiences something that they can recall, something that they can relive without missing a beat.