2/29/12 World of Warcraft

What the study was about, was to see if having adults (age 60 to 77) play world of warcraft had a positive effect on their focus and spacial abilities. I think it's pretty cool in that it actually helped the people who scored low on their baseline tests.

2/28/12 Social Issues

Ezik Norris- I believe more people should have better morals. Most people these days do not have morals at all, and they need to be taught.

Emily Tusing- I agree that everyone as a child should have some form of discipline, or else they could think they can do whatever they want, whenever they want and get away with it. There should be boundaries to child discipline, but kids have to learn somehow.

Lee Carpenter- I agree that if you committed murder or rape or something big, you should get the death penalty, although if you commit a petty crime you should not get put to death.

2/28/12 Facebook Study

I think that you can find out what kind of a person someone is by their facebook, but i'm not sure if you can figure out how hard of a worker they are though. Some people you may be able to figure out, but not everyone is that easy to figure out. People are not the same in everything they do, just because someone may not work out everyday or something like that doesn't mean they are not hard workers. It just all depends on your will power. So in conclusion, i don't believe that is completly true.

2/27/12 Facebook Apology

I don't think the man should have to apologize everyday for 30 days to his soon to be ex-wife, everyone posts things on facebook all the time. Just because everything you say isn't positive doesn't mean it is wrong. You should have the freedom of speech no matter where you are. If they make him apologize or even spend time in jail they are violating his right of the first amendment. He should not have to apologize.

2/24/12 Texting Girl Trips

This video was pretty funny, but still I think this bellringer was pointless and it had absolutely nothing to do with civics. I'm in this class to learn about history, not to blog about people that fall while texting.

2/23/12 Tanning Beds

A man was prosecuted for saying that he had earned a medal from serving in the military and sustaining wounds. This law was made in 2006, to keep people from impersonating a soldier. Even when George Washington was president, he punished people who said they were medal winners when they really weren't. I do believe it to be fraud, pretending you are someone you are not. You should respect the people who serve you, not pretend to be a hero like them. The fact that the man announced it publicly, and it was an outright lie, is enough to punish him.

2/22/12 Voter ID Laws

I agree with the laws about having to produce an ID to vote. We need to have actual citizens voting and electing who will lead us. I understand that people without ID's are part of America, too. But if they aren't responsible enough to have an ID, why should they get to vote in something so important? Proof of citizenship is also something that should be required. The people voting for our leaders should definitely live in our country.

2/22/12 High Court Dilemma

I think its terrible that someone would lie and say that they got the medal of honor. If you're that low, and you do something like that just for attention, then you should be in jail. The real heroes that got the medal were out there risking their life to protect their country, you are just some pathetic wortheless, peice of crap person to do something like that.

2/21/12 Stealing a Pumpkin

I think it is a little pathetic to get sent to trial because of a two dollar pumpkin that she didn't even mean to take. If she offered to pay for it, i don't see the problem in taking the money and everything being fine. To make that big of a deal over a two dollar pumpkin is stupid and childish. It's a PUMPKIN!!! They are making it way to big of a deal.

2/17/12 Cleavland Couple

It does not matter if you don't have money, if your child is suffering you should take him to the nearest Emergency Room and they can not refuse treatment. Also you can get help to pay for hospital bills with many different companies. The excuse you don't have the money is no excuse to let you 8 year old son suffer to death. It was pure laziness, and no matter what they say, you could not have loved your child and let or watch him suffer like they did. Cancer is not a thing you can look over, it doesn't go away on its own, if it even goes away with treatment. I believe they should have gotten more time in prison then they did. The pretty much murdered their own son!!! This really irritates me!!!

2/16/12 Sopa Act

Like I said in my last post, the sopa act was out of proportion. It is good that it wasnt passed and whoever came up with it knew nothing about the internet. The punishment was way too unreasonable.

2/15/12 Antipiracy Bills

Online piracy is a huge problem, that is getting worse by the day.Counterfeiting & piracy cost thousands of jobs yearly. I think something needs to be done about it, but not the way these bills said. These bills were overdone. Many innocent people did what these bills said were wrong, and these people would be put in prison. It's good they didn't pass the bill.

2/14/12 Google knows too much!

I think it's not fair that google knows so much about me. I believe it is an invasion of privacy when a computer knows so much about you. Other people should not know so much about you unless you tell them or give someone or something the permission to tell them. Technology is very scary these days because there is no telling what just a computer knows about you, let alone anything else.

Happy Valentine's Day :) <3

Presentations of Bills:

Emily, Justice, and Kyle: I agree with this bill. It can help obesity.


Daniel, Bobby, and Justin: I agree with this bill, it can counter-balance every one's food.



Travis, Benny, and Lee: I agree with this bill, it can taste good, but have less calories.



Antonio, Raven, and Chelsea: I agree with this bill, it can stop people from eating so much fast food.



Justin, and Ezik: I agree with this bill, it can make people eat healthier food along with their junk food.

2/10/12 Ohio Man: 2nd Amendment

I don't know how he could have shot her, when he was 1.5 miles away and shot it in the air. On top of that it was a muzzle-loader, and they shoot scatter shots. If he was really the one who shot her, then it had to of been a freak accident. I wouldn't believe it was him unless they knew for a fact. I still believe he should be able to keep his gun though, something like that doesn't happen everyday. If he shot the girl on purpose that would be different, but it was an accident. Accidents happen everyday, but not a lot of them are as wild as this one. It would be like saying if you get in a car wreck and killed someone, you can't drive anymore, especially if it was an accident.

2/9/12 Police Brutality

I believe police brutality is cruel and if an officer feels the need to beat on innocent people just because he thinks he can do it, shouldn't be in law enforcement anyways. They deserves to be in a mental institution. How can a person get pleasure out of beating someone plum to death for no reason at all? I just don't get it. Just because you have a badge on your shirt doesn't mean you have the right to hurt people whenever you don't like them, or what they are doing. I personally could not hurt someone who has done nothing to me and not get ate alive by my guilt. I just don't understand people these days. I don't see how you can get any pleasure at all hurting another human-being, it's just cruel and anyone who does it should spend at least 10 years in jail, and never be allowed back in the law enforcement department. Everyone has their own opinion about police brutality, but in my personal opinion, it's just simply wrong.

2/8/12 Death Penalty

In my opinion the death penalty is not cruel and unusual punishment in some aspects. People who murder, rape or do bad things to children should get the death penalty. Although things such as robbery and other things that doesn't physically hurt someone should not result in the death penalty. Granted some people who should get the death penalty gets off easy and others who are innocent get put to death, so the death penalty is good in some ways but also bad in some ways. The death penalty also cost a lot of money. It costs more to kill someone through the death penalty then to let them rot in prison. The death penalty is a bad thing when they put an innocent person to death, then later find out they were really innocent. Everyone has their own opinion on the death penalty, but I'm not for it, or against it.

***Obesity Bill***

     Obesity is a major problem in today's society, and there is many things people can do to fix it, they just need the will power. A new scientific study on obesity in young American children has brought more depressing news. It appears we now are starting our children on the path to obesity before they can even eat solid foods. According to the research nearly one-third of 9-month olds are obese or overweight, so are 34 percent of 2-year-olds, the study analyzed a nationally representative sample of children born in 2001. So in conclusion, the children of america are being taught unhealthy eating habits, and they continue to eat that way as they get older.

     To help decrease the obesity rate we should teach the new generations healthy eating habits. In doing so they will be more capable of creating a healthy ratio of healthy foods to junk foods when they are older. In the long run they too will be able to help prevent obesity in the future by teaching these healthy eating skills to their family as well. Therefore creating a cycle of healthy eating passed form generation to generation.

2/7/12

People are making their food full of calories and sugar now a days and people are loving it. Although what they don't realize is that it can cause you to have major health problems, and can cause obesity. West Virginia already is high on the charts for obesity and making all kinds of new fatty foods and selling them is making things worse. Also the kids these days arent as active as they used to be, because of the new technology and television shows. Most of them set around getting fat watching tv or playing videogames thinking it alright, but its not. If they shut down tv and videogames for a period of time then it may lower the obesity rate in the state. All kids need is the motivation, most of them have the energy. If people started selling healthy food that people may like then maybe they would stop buying calorie filled food and eat something  better for their health. If only people could figure out that a little bit of exercise and some healthy food can make you in much better shape and can make you feel better too. We made things how they are today, and we need to fix them.

2/6/12 Assignment

Questions:
1. What are the Federalist Papers?

2. Who wrote the Federalist Papers?
    Who was Publius?

3. Tell about Federalist Paper 10.

4. Tell about Federalist Papers 51.

Answers:
1. The Federalist Papers were written and published during the years 1787 and 1788 in several New York State newspapers to persuade New York voters to ratify the proposed constitution.

2. Alexander Hamilton wrote 52, James Madison wrote 28, and John Jay contributed the remaining 5. They all were Publius!

3. No. 10 addresses the question of how to guard against "factions", or groups of citizens, with interests contrary to the rights of others or the interests of the whole community. In today's discourse the term advocacy group or special interest group often carries the same denotation. Madison argued that a strong, large republic would be a better guard against those dangers than smaller republics for instance, the individual states. Opponents of the Constitution offered counterarguments to his position, which were substantially derived from the commentary of Montesquieu on this subject.

4. The purpose of No. 51 is to "form a more correct judgment of the principles and structure of the government planned by the Constitutional Convention." In the paper, this is done by informing the reader of the safeguards created by the convention to maintain the separate branches of government, and to protect the rights of the people.The Federalist Paper as a foundation text of constitutional interpretation, are frequently cited by American jurists. Of all the essays, No. 51 is the fourth-most cited.

2/6/12

The 5th Amendment:

Pros: 1. NOTHING AT ALL!

Cons: 1. They violated his privacy!
          2. The school staff should not have authorization to such equipment to let that happen.
          3. She could have saw more then just him doing drugs.She could have seen him unclothed or anything.
          4. People could get in a lot of trouble.
          5. He should not have to give him his password because that is not in the search warrant.
         

2/3/12 (extra credit)

Unemployment Dropped to 8.3 Percent in January:

 

http://news.yahoo.com/unemployment-dropped-8-3-percent-january-084228048.html

 

The U.S economy picked up 243,000 jobs in January as the unemployment rate dropped to 8.3%, the Labor Department reported. This is the lowest level of unemployment since February 2009. They say the recent drop was because of jobs being added to the economy, not because of people becoming discouraged and are no longer seeking employment. They expected payrolls to grow by 140,000. They have added 60,000 new jobs in November and December of 2011. They don't expect the unemployment rate to get no higher then 8.5%.

 

 

Out of the Valley, Newt Gingrich:

 

http://news.yahoo.com/valley-183446776.html

 

Few presidential candidates have successfully emerged from the dark valley that likely awaits Newt Gingrich after his decisive loss to Mitt Romney in Florida’s primary. Only seven states vote in February and none of them are tilting towards Newt Gingrich. Michigan offers Romney a home-state advantage, and Nevada and Arizona, Romney will benefit because of the large Mormon population. But Gingrich hopes to win over Colorado and Minnesota. Although if he does not win, then Gingrich will not have another vote until March 6 on Super Tuesday.

2/2/12

I think they deserve to be put in jail. They won their position over people who more than likely deserved it. They cheated to win, and in my book winners never cheat, and cheaters never win. The others who lost should take their place. They committed fraud and deserve the time they are going to serve in jail, if not longer. They were wrong on so many levels and should be prosecuted to the full extent. Bowman, Whitten and the third person are a disgrace to their county.

2/1/12

If people does not text and drive, then it can be a lot safer for everyone. When people text and drive, then it takes their concentration off the road and they could swerve and cause a head on collision and take a life. I don't believe in texting and driving. It is unsafe and ignorant.

Pro: 1. People will cause less wrecks.
        2. It will cause less people to die from car accidents.
        3. People will pay more attention to the road and become better drivers.

Cons: 1. People may rebel against it and text anyways.
          2. If there is an emergency and you only have texting on your phone and get pulled over and get an unwanted ticket.