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.

Class Colors

Class colors are for some reason a very huge issue. Why is it that kids were so frustrated by the change of colors? The fact that kids and factuality started to talk about how legally they can’t do it is pathetic. All the students and factuality new that the students were going to wear their class colors. I believe that the reason they were leaning towards the red and grey sprit wear was because of hazing. Although shouting "freshman bedtime" is stupid and pointless it’s pathetic that people take offense to it. When I heard that chant I never thought anything of it. Society and people have become way too sensitive. People need to lighten up and just embrace the experience. I was told that its unfair that people were looking forward to wearing black for four years, if that’s true than you should probably be thinking about other things.  

Burning the Flag

Recently we talked about the importance of the American Flag. When immigrants come into America and see the red, white, and blue flag flapping in the wind it represents something more than the people of America it represents freedom and opportunity. This is why I don’t understand why people think it’s a good idea to burn the flag. Burning the flag is disrespectful and a gutless act. You’re destroying something that represents something bigger than yourself, your destroying the symbol of hope. To many the American flag represents a loved one fighting for their country, or the idea of freedom. If you have something against what the people in the government are doing don’t show your opinion in such a disrespectful act. There are many ways to show your passion other than burning the flag. If you don’t like living in the United States then you have the option to leave. I believe the flag is the single most important symbol. Burning the flag is the most disrespectful thing you can do to the people and the beliefs of the United States.

Speech Code

The actions that were accounted for at Auburn University were discriminating and the punishments that were distributed were right. These types of actions should be outlawed and banned from campuses. What they did was hurtful and lawful. Kids should not have the right to display raciest beliefs and flaunt them in public. What was conserved as funny should not be allowed on any campus or any ground. America is said to be equal and a land of opportunity, these kids were showing that we are still not yet equal and we should punish the racism that was displayed.  People should not be allowed to display these kinds of acts because it is raciest and condescending. The sad truth is that there is a lot of racism still left in this country no school wants to be known for  that, and laying down strict punishments will hopefully help people from displaying it on campus.

The University of Missouri does have policies on freedom of speech most of which are very respectable. Although I believe that they could use room for improvement at least. One of the policy that was not present was one about sexual harassment. I honestly do not feel uncomfortable nor do I have any worries of being sexual attacked physically or verbally but I do believe that this could be a problem for women. I understand that it is a possibility I could be affected, but having visited college 99% of the verbal abuse is performed by males. Most of the verbal joke is made for good fun, but college students can quickly take a simple joke overboard, therefore I believe more restrictions should be made to help the students of the college.

None of the restrictions or lack of restricts persuade my view on the University of Missouri. With the rules that are made I don’t believe that many students will abuse there right of freedom of speech. The rules and regulation don’t lack much, and will allow for a great atmosphere. They don’t shut down anything that will prevent people from supporting their opinion, and they restrict enough rights to allow the actions to become overboard.

The University of Missouri I believe would not allow the actions of the Auburn students to go unpunished. If they ever found out about what was going on, I believe the fraternity would face strict punishment and legal actions would take place. They would do what is necessary to earn the trust and dignity back of the community, and I would support there decision.

FIRE is a very respectable institution that is doing the right thing to support the students at different universities. Not many people that I know of know what FIRE is, but I think what they are doing is great and I support their beliefs. They believe in serving justice and creating equal rights for all students and I agree with them. Fire has a very strict definition of speech code although I believe it should be looser I also agree with what it stands for. Their codes are only harmful to you if you’re the one performing the wrongful acts; otherwise they are just trying to protect the kids and employees of the universities.

FIRE is a great organization that all colleges and universities should look into. It helps the people of the community and is only there to protect their rights. Many kids especially now days need restrictions and I believe they have a great idea of what is right and what is wrong. Many people walk a fine line and FIRE prevents the abusive ways.

Judicial System

Recently in Deerfield and Highland Park we have had tragedy’s that have hit the hearts of the community. Two weeks ago in Highland Park an 18 year old girl driving under the influence hit a family of 4 killing the little daughter. During the summer two Deerfield students tried to arm rob someone’s house at 7:00am in the morning using a stolen firearm. The gun that was stolen had no ammunition, but it was stolen in the attempt of hurting someone. I am not supporting the decision the two kids made from Deerfield but I don’t understand how both these kids can spend up to 100 years in jail, but the girl that killed a 1^st grader will only spend at most 14 years. She was under the influence and should be convicted in manslaughter. The kids from Deerfield never caused any physical harm to the family or any property. This makes me raise the question is there something wrong with our judicial system? To put this in terms of the media a couple years ago a football player named Plexico Burress shot himself in the leg by accident and went to jail for 2 years for not having a permit on the gun, but another football player ran over and killed a man walking home, the man who killed an innocent citizen spent only 2 months in jail. You would think Burress, who shot himself, inflicted enough pain on himself. Why is that we don’t punish people for killing? Our judicial system is not benefiting from allowing these things to happen. We need to really rethink our punishments because these decisions do not make scenes.