Profit or Fatness: Overview

Robin Dao’s blog entry on obesity in America, "Profit or Fatness" is well thought out and structured, but is not carried out as professionally as it should be. Your second paragraph doesn’t stay on topic with your thesis statement. The use of texting dialogue “ZOMG” is not adequate in a blog in which you are critiquing the article. In your second paragraph you could have focused more on facts and how the government is involved in fast food restaurants and not so much on your opinion of the obesity issue. 

You have good logic on the subject and yes we as Americans have to do something about obesity instead of just being lazy and not eating healthy. I liked how you closed your entry by implying ways in which our tax dollars could be spent. Overall is was entertaining, but you could have used a more serious tone on it and examine the issue more and how it is bad for our country.

National Wrong Doing

     Are we heading in the wrong direction? Many Americans like to think that the government is an almighty deity that will fix whatever problems arise. They think that by leaving things like immigration and our tax money spending on the government that everything will turn out all right. Well this couldn't be further from the truth and our debt to other countries and our resources slowly dwindling away America is not in the same shape it use to be.
     In order for things to change people have to start getting more knowledgeable about our current crisis and demand change. We are fighting wars overseas, which are wasting billions of our dollars and while there are people protesting against this, the people that don't see the negative aspect in this need to wake up and look at what is happening to our economy. Unemployment rate is still as low as last year and while Obama's stimulus may look like it has giving more jobs, it has really wasted more of our tax money. With the bailout of companies like General Motors and Bank of America, its no wonder why we are increasingly going much deeper into debt.
     Certain issues, such as those of immigration and Health Care are leading us away from what is really important, a stable economy. I think that the rich need to get loose with their money and help out the nation. I know that this is a far cry from what is going to happen, but if someone starts doing it, other might follow too. People need to learn that not everything good will last and that sooner or later if this keeps going on our economy is going to take an alarming turn for the worse.
     

U.S lending Mexican Journalists a Hand

      In the article "An ally against Mexico's terror", the author's main claim was that Mexico is growing more dangerous each and every day and Mexican journalists are at risk more than ever with all the drug cartel violence. The U.S government is starting to give political asylum, such as the case with Luis Aguirre, who started receiving death threats. His support is that Mexico's free press is now in danger and many have fallen at the hands of these criminals. Mexico is not in the list of countries who's freedom of press is in danger, such as Cuba, and Russia but it sure deserves too. The author also says that this year U.S immigration has recommended twice the amount of applications for political asylum which means they acknowledge that journalists and the like are in danger.

     His talk of the U.S acknowledging that Mexico is in grave danger, makes his argument more valid, rather than just saying that he thinks people are in danger and something should be done. This gives him more credibility and adds logic to what he is talking about. I agree with him and think that the general population of Mexico that are in grave danger from these drug cartels should also be helped by the U.S immigration if just until everything returns to normal.The author's overall conclusion on the subject is legitimize because it is a serious situation affecting Mexicans this very day and the Mexican government should also start to do something about it. When you can't even trust your own government you know something has to be done for the better of the people.

source: http://www.statesman.com/opinion/an-ally-against-mexicos-terror-947508.html     

Messing with Religion

     I recently read an article in the L.A times that talked about how the Texas state board of education was planning to limit references to Islam in the history books. The author was arguing about how that was unjust because Texas is trying to make it look like Christianity is the one and only true religion. He also talked about how history books have been dumbed down and it’s no wonder why so many students are so uninterested in history. I agree with him because I also don't think that a type of religion is something that should be restricted from learning about. If someone wants to learn more about it then why not let them right? I believe that in modern times like these, the government should stop trying to censor what we learn. 

     We should start to educate ourselves more and more, so that we won’t have to keep repeating mistakes that we have done. If someone wants to learn about a subject then let them I mean we are free to express religion and the government should not try to make one superior. He makes a good claim about how students will need to be mature about these changes and deal with them in work in civic life. He backs that up by talking about Thomas Jefferson and how he talked of separation of church and state. Now the board of education wants to follow in his footsteps in a way. If we want to limit religion, then why not stop talking about it all together and let people start making their own decisions?

Texas messing with Islam

Tea party activists are 'pawns' to corporate interests, Clinton says

   Former president Bill Clinton tells democrats to not worry about their own government. He says that fixing the economic crisis we are going through is going to take some time and that not even republicans could do it in 2 years. We need patience if we want to see any change and just 2 years will be enough to show that we are going in the right direction. He says that this uneasiness has drawn many to the tea party movement, which has helped republicans look good. The people in charge of the tea party are only trying to weaken the government, so that they can step in and have unaccountable private power.


   Basically of we want any of this economic mess to end we must trust in our president and believe that he will make the right choices. The government has spent billions, which in turn improved the lives of 220 million people in more than 170 countries. Things like this will help out our economy and our government as a whole. So don't stop believing and keep your head up high.

L.A. Times