who else deserves blame

     Rape is a series crime especially ones that happen with underage girls and It is unforgivable. Two drunken young football players, 17 and 16, sexually assaulted a six-teen year old girl at a party in Steubenville, Ohio. They dragged the six-teen year old girl while she was unconscious by her hands and feet. With no fear of the consequences the two young football players mock and then raped her in front of multiple witnesses. I do blame the two football players for this heinous crime but even more I blame the adults and peers who give these kids this superiority complex because the play sports.

    

     Most people believe everyone is responsible for their own actions which in ways are true. Poppy Harlow a reporter from CNN said that it’s hard to see the two young men with “promising futures” to have their lives destroyed. That sounds like he blames the victim for the rape and people like that gives these young adults the belief that what they did is not their fault. People like this if they could they would try to cover up this crime because they believe what these young men do on the football field is so important. But when crimes like these get swept under the rug it affects them when they become men. When these young men go on to have families of their own they still have the ideals they had in high school. Their sons become rapist, their daughters believe they can belittle others, they might rape women and other underage girls, or their daughters might even get abused by their fathers. “Rapists rarely feel like they’ve done anything wrong.” (PARA rape facts).

     
     There are people in this world who do bad things and for those actions there should be consequences. In some crimes there is an accomplice and depending how much they were involved they are punish accordingly. What determines who’s an accomplice and how they should be punished in this case? Dose an accomplice just have to be the ones participating or the ones who did nothing which made the boys believe it was accepted and make the victims feel they are wrong for reporting it? According to a national survey of college women, less than 5% of completed and attempted rapes were reported to the police. (Fisher, Cullen and Turner, U.S. Dept. of Justice, 2000).Dose an accomplice just have to be the ones who dragged the young girl by her feet and arms or could they be the ones who call the convicted rapist heroes?   “Persons under 18 years of age account for 67% of all sexual assault victimizations reported to law enforcement agencies.” (Snyder, 2000). There are people who do bad things but the people who tell these people what you did was okay are bad people. 

       

How We Fix US

     Gun control is a very big issue in the United States. There have been multiple killing sprees and a lot of mass shootings in Americas past and present. Most recently there have been two heinous events that touch on this topic of gun control. One is the murder of Trayvon Martin.

 Trayvon Martin was killed because a man named George Zimmerman thought he could get away with murdering a 17-year old black male under the law. Sad to say he was successful in doing so. Another horrible event that had happen was the Sandy hook massacre.

 A 20-year old man having some anger issues at home killed his own mother. He continue going on a spree of killings in the Sandy Hook Elementary school. He shot and killed the principle, psychologist, and four other teachers as they try to stop him. He slaughtered 20 first grader students with semiautomatic rifle and two hand guns. He fired 3 to 11 bullets per student. He then took his own life. I believe that these horrible acts could have been prevented if social behavior was taken more seriously as a nation.

     Republicans believe guns are what keep us safe and Democrats believe that we as a country won’t be safe until we have better gun control laws. It has been known in most mass shooting cases the killers use guns that were obtain legally for example the Columbine High School massacre. The guns used by the gun men were 9-mm semi-automatic hand gun, carbine rifle, sawed-off pump-acton and double barrel shotgun

. There was a ban in Australia on all semiautomatic guns and it also requires purchaser to register all weapons under name. this ban gave a 59% dropped in gun related deaths. “This is not Australia, this is America, where our Supreme Court has upheld an individual right to bear arms” said by Nick Gillespie(editor of Reason.com and Reason.tv).       

     I personally believe there both wrong in a way. Guns are dangerous, but so is any other tool we use day to day. For example hammers are great for building, but can also bludgeon someone in the head to death. A box cutter is best when opening packages, but it can be used to slice someone’s throat. The internet is a great way to connect with the world, but the internet has also been the playground for cyber bullies which have cause the suicide of people like Megan Meier. 

In the end they are only as deadly as who is using them. That’s why instead of solely focusing on gun control we should focus on our socially skills and not just ways of getting by, but on how we survive as one nation. We have to kill the hate we have because someone is different in race, sex, and/or  sexually preference. We have to be able to get along with all and I don’t mean best friends just friendly.

 We also have to work on how home life is managed with families. This includes parents being better parents, children being better sons and daughters, siblings being better brothers and sisters. 

Its ok to disagree but hate has to die in order to prevent crimes like these.          

the solution to our engery crisis

      In the middle ages someone discovered that coal was better than wood for fire.

 To get coal you must dig for it which is hard if the tunnels you dig keeps flooding. This situation solution was the steam engine. The steam engine was the beginning of the first industrial revolution. After this revolution we had other inventions powered by coal.

 This made things a lot easier, but it also started us destroying earth. We have grown so dependent on that we've build our world around it. It’s given us ways for transportation and to harness electricity which now a days everything uses electricity.

 It nearly impossible for us to give even though it destroys are planet, but if we find another power source or a way to manage the source we have better than there’s a chance for earth.

     When bush was president we had a war with Iraq and many at first believed this war was over the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001. The truth is George W. Bush had his own motives and I personally believe it was for oil. Oil is a valuable trade as money its self in America and money is power. Republicans won’t let power slip out of their hands if they don’t have to. While George W. Bush was president he wanted to lift ban on offshore oil drilling that stood since his father was president was president. Things like off shore drilling causes oil spills.

     I believe that the energy crisis can be solved, but time is needed and the need of power has to be set aside. “Living in natures budget” (  http://www.youtube.com/user/ZMisrael?feature=watch , 300 Years of Fossil Fuels in 300 seconds) is the key to using coal without destroying earth, but it won’t help expand the economy. We will have to find other ways in doing so. This is what is needed to be done and not fracking.

If your drinking tap water at this moment I would advise you to dump it back in the sink now!

 Water mixed with sand and chemicals is injected in the ground at high pressures to fracture shale rocks to release natural gas. This sounds smart and it’s an alternative to digging up oil offshore, but there is a problem with this method. One gas well needs 400 tanker trucks to carry the water which holds around 8 million gallons. That’s a lot of countries without enough clean water to supply it's people and there are no trucks to try to help them,

 but that’s not even the worst part. The water is mixed with sand and around 40,000 gallons of chemicals and still that’s not the worst part. The chemicals that are used are lead, uranium, mercury, ethylene, radium, methanol, hydrochloric acid, and formaldehyde (www.dangersoffracking.com ). 

That’s only some of the chemicals used and those eight are extremely dangerous to the human body. These chemicals are being pumped near are water supply. Even though it’s being pumped through a tube these chemicals leak out in to our drinking water supply. We have two choices use what nature gives us when it gives us instead of digging up the earth

 or be the cause of destroying earth.

 One other possibility will be to find a source of energy, but that will be the more difficult choice.                  

Are we recovering from 9/11?

     On September 9, 11 four planes were hijacked from the United States Airports by terrorist. 10 years Prior bush declared war on Iraq. Al-Qaeda operatives retaliated. They wanted to send a message to the U.S. and the president of the U.S. at the time George Bush. Flights eleven and one seventy-five hit the world trade center. Flight seventy-seven struck the pentagon in Washington DC. Next flight ninety-three crashed in a Pennsylvania field. This attack changed America forever.

    

     I believe declaring war in the same month as 9/11 was not the appropriate time. I think it would've been best for bush to let the country grieve by building memorials. After the country has had some time to morn for their loss then the U.S. should have talk with the United Nations. Talk about what would be the best way to deal with this terrorist threat. Bush believed 9/11 as an opportunity to have reason to attack Iraq. George W. Bush had an agenda to attack Iraq before 9/11.

  The question to “Are we safer” is no. We were attack on the day’s date that is the same as our emergency hot line! Then not to have full confidence in the government that protects us because they have a personal agenda doesn't make me feel safer. I don’t feel as we are winning the war on terror because it requires us to give more freedoms to the government. We have to be searched nearly naked by the airports which at times can be demeaning if it’s in front of our families.

 The government can listen to personal phone calls if they believe it’s necessary.

 I know these are sacrifices for protecting love ones and because of that I feel we are doing what’s best against these terrorist but this isn't “Winning”.            

Can Citizens United be Bad?

     In January 2010 the citizen united ruling was appointed which made everything a political war zone. This ruling tossed out the ban on making independent expenditures and financing electioneering communications. Independent expenditures is when money is spent on behalf of a candidate by citizens not affiliated with his or her campaign. You can give as much as you want to a political group as long as that group’s spending is not officially coordinated with a campaign.

     The freedom of speech is supposed to protect the right of expression for all no matter whom. If this right can be limited by groups or people then this right can be changed.  This change can continue until it doesn’t protect the speech of TV shows you like, articles you read, and music you hear. This change can eventually not protect our right of speech at all. Protecting corporate may seem weird to some, but if you think about it as protecting the right it’s self then this is the best thing to do.

     On the other hand the reason why liberals would not support it is because every ad might be subliminal. TV will have some corporate advertisement or ideals forced on people like commercials. Radio stations will force political ideals that even they don’t agree with. People could be brainwashed by these forced on ads by different types of main stream media. People shouldn’t have to be on guard all the time from these forced ideas.

     In conclusion I feel that it was the wrong decision made in citizens united vs. the FEC. This decision will affect the elections and stop the tampering with free speech, but for a price. For years corporate power was limited in politics and now the ban has been lifted corporate does have more power. The Federal Election Campaign Act of 1972 forced candidates to reveal who funded them in their campaign. This law also gives a limit to what on donor can give. There some corporations that have a lot of money and in order to keep it they will spend as much for the candidate that will aid them.             

Blogatics

     The person I interviewed was my aunt. Her name Joyce Henderson and her key experience was around the age of 12 years old. There was this woman who was a republican and  that was her first hearing anyone from that party views. She was a big supporter of segregation. She hated that idea and want nothing to do with anyone or party that supported that belief. She became a democrat like the rest of her family.

      Even though she is a part of the democratic party, when it comes to being liberal or conservative she's independent. When she got older she gain knowledge and understanding of politics which lead to her being open minded with political points of views. "If it's right, then it's right"  she said to me when i asked if she would agree with any republican point of views today.

    My political identity was really decided in 2004 when Kerry ran against Former president Bush. Before then I didn't really acknowledged politics i just didn't really care. Bush was a president that seemed like he didn't really wanted to run and someone just put him up to it. He was one of the most powerful men in america and i felt he didn't have a game plan. I felt that he was just a front for a group of people who had ideas to shape america. Bush had the accolade of being promoted first lieutenant in 1970. He has medals but some are questionable, but people don't look into the truth that much so that makes him a perfect front. When he became president wars started and he didn't try to resolve it like a president should.

     I find people vote for liberals or conservative because even though they don't agree with all there party's politics they feel it's better than nothing. Others feel if they try to compromise than they might have to give up most of there ideals. This is why people don't always vote for the best president just the one that there party chooses. I only voted once and it was for Obama.

1.    Who did you vote for? Why? My aunt voted democrat. she was really interested in Obama campaign. She voted for him to see how he would carry out his plans. The points she really was interested in Obama campaign was social security, medical reform and taxes.
2.    What do you consider your self liberal, conservative, or independent? She considers her self as independence.
3.    What shaped your views? The thing that shaped her views on politics was her years of knowledge 
4.    Any past experience that changed your ideals? My aunt was a paralegal. She worked for criminal attorney and corporeal law. these things shaped her morals 
5.    Who would u vote for in the future? It would probably be an candidate on the democrat card. Some one like Biden.

The Man Behind The Blog

Hello there my name is Yahni. this is my first year of college and so far so good. I

love to write stories when inspierd or creative. Sometimes i feel really creative after watching a movie. Maybe one day i will be a movie director or a sci-fi/horror author. One of my favorite movies is "Dreamcatcher". Any story with a moral catches my eye as long as the point isn't  over expressed . The reason why i appreciate stories with morals is they give reason to why a character doese what he/she doese which sometimes gives people insite on themselves. Another one of my things that i like to do is playing football and video games. I play video games when i have a hard time figureing something out or when i feel like i have my mindblocked. One of my favorite subjects in my last year of high school was law. We talked about political matters as well. Sometimes i can be quite stuburn when i have a poit of view on topics i feel strongly about. Thats unless i can proved wrong. The last job i had was glassblowing. I made glass figuers it was fun but dangerous. I've been told that i have a good sense of humor. Im not too good with talking about myself because i still feel theres alot to me that i dont even know yet.