Political Ads

Recently in the life of the media all you see and hear about is politics. There is no way of getting around it even when watching sports all the commercial are political ads. I always wonder while seeing these adds if they actually work. All they do is take something that there opponent has done wrong and try to make a mockery out of them.  Does this really persuade the voters? I know that if I had the chance to vote it wouldn’t. By the time all of these commercials come out I would have already made up my mind. For example I saw a commercial today about Brad Schneider and the commercial talked about his personal life and how his business didn’t make a huge profit, but I don’t care about that. If he didn’t have the history or the skills to run for congress than he wouldn’t be running for it. I don’t understand why people think that attacking their opponent is the only way to get to the public. Why is it that we have to probe what other people did wrong rather than proving what we have done right? I would rather vote for a person that’s more confident in what they will bring to the government rather than what the other person has done wrong.

Crime Rate

In the last ten years America has seen the most drastic rise in crime rate and killings ever. At 4.7 murders per 100,000 people in 2012, it is by far the highest in the developed world. Why is it that the crime rate has so drastically increased? Is it because of the current debt that the united states are in. We are currently trillions of dollars in debt.  During our last depression the “great depression” the crime rate drastically increased, because people will do whatever it takes to provide for themselves and their family. Another reason I believe for the current crime rate is because of my generation. If you think about the current role models that my generation and the generation after me has to look up to it almost embarrassing. Athletes have been getting DUI’s and criminal records like crazy, many musician are not considered “cool” unless they have a criminal record. These are the people that many kids inspire to do and there setting examples that unfortunately kids follow.  I really don’t know what to suggest stopping this. No matter what you or me say people are going to continue doing what they want. Even the few good role models cannot inspire enough people to stop what they’re doing, and to our current debt we have a long time until its back to okay.  The crime rate is a problem that many people are avoiding, but it is just one step that needs to be taken to make America what it was before, the true super power of the world.

Presidential Debate

Recently the biggest story in the news was the presidential debate, as a kid that unfortunately   hates listening and talking politics I was fascinated by the debate. My parents are split one a republican one a democrat. I like having a split family better because I can go into everything with an open mind and not corrupted. So as being a kid with no personal preference watching the debate I had to say I thought Mitt Romney won. Obama was playing defense the whole time. Listening to the positive and negatives that Romney listened about president Obama really persuade me. I believe that governor Romney is a better candidate. His plans although do have flaws and can fail, I believe will work. He is so positive and determined to make all of his agendas work he convinced me. When President Obama kept comparing himself to former president Bill Clinton and came off that he thought he was President Clinton.  He was living to much in his shadow, when he should be creating his own. I might have been convinced because I did watch the debate on FOX. The difference in watching it on ABC and FOX is huge. We switched of channels from ABC to FOX. ABC had the cameras mostly focused on Obama FOX had theirs on Romney. The way the media persuades people is amazing. Why is there not a neutral channel ? Is it because there would not be strong ratings? Personally I would love to have a channel that always people to form their own opinion.