OSAMA’S SONS

It is said by the Pakistani government, that one of Osama’s sons escaped the US raid to kill Osama.  He is also known as the so called prince of terror.  He has been missing since the raid.  One of his 17 sons said, “We maintain that arbitrary killing is not a solution to political problems," the statement continued, adding that "justice must be seen to be done."  President Obama has rejected suggestions that the killing was improper, telling "60 Minutes" that anyone who questioned whether bin Laden deserved his fate "needs to have their head examined."http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20110511/ts_yblog_thelookout/bin-laden-family-condemns-killing-while-wife-says-one-son-escaped

FAMILY WEALTH

A man named Wellington R. Burt was a very rich timber baron from Saginaw.  He did not want his children to end up spoiled and bad people so he created a very strange will.  He decided that the wealth that he would leave behind would be distributed to the family 21 years after his grandchildren’s death.  This meant that all the money would go to hid great and great great grandchildren.it was just a very weird decision.http://finance.yahoo.com/family-home/article/112715/shutting-kids-out-family-fortune-wsj?mod=family-kids_parents

OSAMA BIN LADEN

With Osama Bin Laden now dead, a lot of questions have risen on the subject of Al Qaida.   Many people fear that sense American Navy Seals have shot and killed Osama Bin Laden, Al Qaida will seek retaliation.  People believe that they would like to retaliate but if they do it will take them some time before they could. People ask what will become of Al Qaida.  There is no doubt they will continue to run but this is a strong hit on them   http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_exclusive/20110502/pl_yblog_exclusive/after-bin-ladens-death-whats-next-for-the-u-s-and-al-qaida

REFLECTION

The class discussion was pretty interesting, and I think that a lot more people came prepared for this discussion.  It was also one of the most intense discussions yet.  I could see anger in a lot of people’s eyes.  I don’t like when people are so one sided, that they don’t even take any consideration in to what others have to say.  It is kind of sad that they can’t even look at the problem from both sides. Without looking at the problem from both sides, how are you supposed to solve it in the first place?  I don’t know why or how the issue of race got involved, but I knew before I walked in that a couple of certain people would bring it up for no reason.  I understand that there is an issue of race that goes along with immigration, but they were talking about slaves and stuff which I don’t see how that ties in to immigration at all.  That whole topic of racism just made me mad.  Especially when the one guy looked right at Cole and said, “you people”.  But I feel like I said all I wanted to, so that was good.  It was exciting discussion and I looking forward to another.

Florida laws

Florida now wants to take a state control on undocumented immigrants.  Florida has received more than 3 million new residents in the past decade, a third of which is due to immigration.  In the state of Florida about 700,000 of the residents are immigrants. “The proposals on the table are said to be Arizona-style legislation. The House version of the bill lays out provisions that would enable state authorities to charge a foreign national without papers with a second degree misdemeanor. This offense would be punishable by $100 fine and 20 days in jail for the first offense and 30 days in jail for the second offense.” Why are we wasting money bon putting them in jail. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20110424/tr_ac/8357571_florida_takes_on_illegal_immigration_in_arizonastyle_bills_1

TAYLOR SWIFT

So I am tired of getting crap about liking Taylor Swift. She is a great singer and she is pretty cute if you ask me.  All of her songs are great and you can always listen to her and feel better.  I honestly don’t understand how people can sit there and call me gay for liking a girl singer.  It’s like ok you like a guy singer, what does that make you.    It is pretty damn ignorant.  Now I have no problem with gay people, in fact my best friend is gay, but I don’t like being called things that I’m not.  It doesn’t normally bother me because I don’t care what people think but lately it has been just annoying.  Everyone has been saying something and its like a buzzing in my ear.  After hearing it for the third time in one day it’s like ok really shut the hell up, if I wanted your opinion I would ask for it. Well ok its good to complain to something.  Here is a link to one of my favorite songs by Taylor Swift.    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOnAvewqjrY

OBAMA’S WORD CHOICE

In this video It talks about how when Obama first ran for president, his speeches were filled with and based on the words HOPE and CHANGE.  Now as he decides that he is going to run for reelection, he changed his key words and speech basis to the word compassion.  He uses the word compassion to frame his 2012 election talk, not around a single issue, but us as a country.  They say he is trying be above politics, looking out for the good of Americans, rather than trying to score political points.  http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_newsroom/20110418/pl_yblog_newsroom/obamas-new-buzz-word-the-fast-fix

NATION’S DEBT

Obama plans to tackle the nation’s debt.  He plans to raise taxes slightly and unfortunately put the health care plan behind the nation’s fiercely growing debt.  He is going to hold a speech that will define the nation’s debt and he will announce his deficit plan for 2012. White house officials said,” Obama knows he has to reduce spending on medicate and Medicare and may call for higher taxes on the richer croud.    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_spending_showdown

POOR JAPAN

The aftershock of another earthquake hits Japan.  It killed two people and left multiple people injured.  It was a 7.1 earthquake which is the strongest since the March 11 earthquake.  Many people have been without money for about a month.  And now thanks to the latest earthquake in japan, many are forced to live without electricity.  http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_japan_earthquake

LETTER TO OBAMA

Libyan leader Gadhafi appealed directly to President Barack Obama on Wednesday to end what Gadhafi called "an unjust war." He also wished Obama good luck in his bid for re-election next year.  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton wants Gadhafi to pull his forces back and cease attacks.  She also wants him to step down from power and leave the country.     http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_us_libya

DOES NATO HELP?

One of the rebel’s leaders yelled at NATO and told them that they were not doing enough in a mission to protect Libyan citizens.  NATO replied back in saying that Gadahfi had placed heavy weapons where the airstrikes were supposed to be. He said, NATO forces "don't do anything" even though the United Nations gave them the right to act. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/af_libya

FRAUD

Customers are being warned of fraud E-mails. Companies behind such brands as Chase, Citi and Best Buy said over the weekend that hackers may have learned their email addresses because of a security breach at a Dallas-based company called Epsilon that manages email communications.  Companies are afraid that these hackers will send out fraud E-mails and access the owners accounts.  http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Banks-creditcard-issuers-warn-apf-754015157.html

SELFLESS ACT

On a rainy day in Madison Georgia, Anaiah Rucker who was 9 years old, and her five year old sister Camry were walking to the school bus stop.  As they crossed a street, Anaiah quickly pushed her little sister out of the way of an oncoming vehicle.  She took the hit instead of her little sister.  She lost a leg and a kidney because of this.  Their mom saw the whole accident from her porch.  Luckily the bus driver quickly acted and gave Anaiah CPR.  http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20110323/ts_yblog_thelookout/nine-year-old-loses-leg-while-saving-little-sisters-life

HELP FOR JAPAN

On March 22, 2011, the emergency shelter at Saitama Super Arena stopped accepting volunteers after it reached its maximum limit of five hundred volunteers.  More than one thousand five hundred volunteers that wanted to help those in need, were turned away by volunteers holding hand-printed cardboard signs that said "We are sorry, but we cannot take any more volunteers. Please try again tomorrow."http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20110322/wl_time/08599206077300

SEARCH DOGS

Believe it or not dogs are playing a huge role in the search for survivors in all the rubble in Japan.  The dogs run full speed trained to seek out alive survivors and block out the dead smell.  The dogs being used were also used in Haiti and helped find dozens of survivors. Just because these dogs are fully trained doesn’t mean they don’t get hurt on the job.  But when they do get hurt they are stitched up right then and there so they can get right back to finding survivors.  http://www.cnn.com/video/

REFLECTION

 I believe that there was a lot of good insight from a lot of new people today. I also think that many people just took the things that someone else said and reworded it. To be honest I kind of got tired of hearing the same thing from different people. I was also getting irritated when I wanted to say something and someone would just talk over me. By the time the person that would talk over me was finished talking i had forgot what I wanted to say anyway.   I'm not a very rude person so I am not just going to talk over someone to get my point across. I'm glad you called on me to give me a chance to talk. I appreciate that. But it was a good discussion and I got to listen to some different opinions from some different people.

WHIP

Since Obama has approved of the idea of the building of mosque at ground zero, people are starting to perceive him as a Muslim.  The Pew Research Centre has recently done a poll where they asked Americans what religion  Obama is.  They found that every 1 in 5 Americans believes that Obama is a Muslim.  Only about 34% of people answered correctly when they said that he was Christian.  About 43% of people answered that they did not know what religion he was.  It is sad to know how little Americans know about the person who runs their country.http://www.prlog.org/11271303-why-do-1-in-5-americans-perceive-obama-as-muslim.html

RADIATION LEAKS

This article talks about how much of Japan is an isolated wasteland.  Many Japanese residents are scared to leave there homes due to the radiation leaks.  First the earthquake then the tsunami and now radiation leaks.  There have been long lines at the airports for people trying to get away from the radiation leaks.  Many people stocked up on food and stay indoors trying to escape the radiation.  Others are just leaving.   http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110316/wl_nm/us_japan_quake_tokyo

HAVOC IN JAPAN

Workers had to leave the nuclear power plant because of radiation levels getting to high.  More than 4000 people have been found dead and around 7000 people have been reported missing.  About hundreds of thousands of people have lost there home due to this gigantic earthquake and horrific tsunami. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/wl_nm/us_japan_quake

FAILING SCHOOLS

About 80,000 of the nations 100,000 schools are going to fall below the no child left behind law.  The Secretary of Education Arne Duncan told Congress that," this law is fundamentally broken and we need to fix it this year ." Almost 82% of schools could miss their testing targets

http://www.detnews.com/article/20110310/NATION/103100389/1020/Wisconsin-lawmakers-cut-public-worker-bargaining-rights/Many-schools-will-miss-testing-targets--official-says

ZOMBIE ANTS!!!!!!!

There was a new discover called zombie ants.  This happens when a fungus takes over the ants brain and tells in what to do.  After the fungus takes over it usually makes the ant take it to a more suitable place for it to live and spread its spores to different ants.  This is very bizarre.   http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20110310/od_yblog_upshot/zombie-ants-fall-victim-to-mind-control-fungus

WARNING LABELS

Here are some funny warnings that are pretty out there if you ask me. But if you think about it these warning signs were made for a reason witch means someone had to do it in order for the creators to put them on the product.  CLICK LINK TO SEE WARNING SIGNS.  http://shopping.yahoo.com/articles/yshoppingarticles/553/25-stunningly-dumb-warning-labels/

TECHNOLOGY IN CLASSROOMS

Many teachers have access to computers in one way or another. And with those computers comes internet usually.  This article explains how we can integrate technology into classrooms and some of the many different things we can use the technology for.http://712educators.about.com/cs/technology/a/integratetech.htm

AIRSTRIKES IN LIBYA

There were more airstrikes today in Libya on the rebel forces that marched towards the  capital.  Britain and France are trying to make a no fly zone in Libya after pleads from the uprising rebels in Libya.  Obama says that NATO is considering military options due ton the violence of Gadhafi.  They will now be flying surveillance plains for 24 hours a day.  People are worried that other oil rich nations may increase there prices for oil. 

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/af_libya

OUR PROJECT... MR. PALO DONT WATCH IT YET

Double Rainbow HaHaHa

Click the link to watch one of my favorite videoes ever on You Tube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQSNhk5ICTI

WISCONSIN SCHOOL BUDGET CUTS

Wisconsin's governor Scott Walker has a new budget proposal that cuts 834 million dollars from public schooling k-12 for the next two years.  He says this would allow families in Milwauke to join any private school that wished to participate in the program.  He also wants to get rid of state test to see if private schools have an impact or not.  "Schools still can get money from other sources, such as the federal government and targeted state funding programs. But Walker also introduced plans to eliminate grant programs for Advanced Placement courses, alcohol and drug abuse prevention, nurses, alternative and at-risk education, and science, technology, engineering and mathematics education." this whole plan just seems really messed up to me.I suggest you read the whole article
http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/117192683.html

SCHOOL REFORM PROTESTS

More than 500 students and teachers gathered to protest on their lack of voice that they have with the schools new reforms.  A teacher said things like "enough is enough" and "its time to stand up for our communities and what we know is right"http://articles.philly.com/2011-02-26/news/28632504_1_audenried-english-teacher-charter-school

ANGRY STUDENTS

Students form high schools in Idaho walked out of their classes to protest the states educational reform plan.  They heard about this walk out through text and social media networks. these students walked out of class and met on Olympus drive hold signs to support their teachers and oppose the educational reforms.

http://www.journalnet.com/news/local/article_872aa246-435e-11e0-9201-001cc4c03286.html

RAGE IN LIBYA CONTINUES

This is a video a short clip explaining some of the riots in Libya.  Protesters shouted free Libya and down with Quadaffi.  He vowed to defend his 42 year grip on the country to the death.  Anti government protesters tore down the statue of Quadaffi’s green book which is the symbol of his rule. There are serious riots and gunfire and death in Libya http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7357536n&tag=related;photovideo

MOSQUE CONTROVERSY REFLECTION

Today’s discussion was heated if you ask me. I believe that Mj brought a lot of good information and research that really sparked this discussion. I learned a lot more just from listening to her but she also mentioned some things I already knew. I think people in class were having more of an angry screaming version of a debate rather than a discussion. I also think people brought more of a bias opinion rather than factual information or an “argument”. I am not going to lie I got a little pissed off today when I would have something to say and people would just talk over me or start arguing with someone and there would be two to three people talking at once.  It was like every time I started to say something someone would just start talking louder than me. It got to the point where I just kind of gave up at trying to speak out. I was able to get a few statements out but not all I wanted to.  But after the discussion, Andrea and I had our own little miniature discussion. It was pretty funny but I actually got to say what I wanted to say and since she was for it and I was against it, it worked out pretty well. But all in all it was a good discussion and I look forward to the next one.

STATE OF THE UNION PROJECT

Secrets- I chose this because I believe that there are a lot of secrets kept from us by the government

Differences- This is a word that not any one is free of. It reminds me of the Republicans and Democrats every time I hear it.

Fight- I chose this because people die and fight for our country everyday.

Fierce- I chose this because it shows that we as Americans have a lot of anger in us.

Democracy-I chose this because we wouldn’t be here without it.

Help- I chose this word because I think it is something our country needs.

Nation-a nation to me is all the people united. Yet we have people that live here that hate our country.

Reason- when I hear this word I feel like I should be hearing the word excuses instead.

Tragedy- when I hear this word I automatically see 9-11 in my head.

Passion- I chose this because it is something you do not see in most Americans.

Family- I chose this because it is something that is really important to me.

Believe- Obama uses this word in a very beautiful way.

Race- there are many issues that involve this word.

Faith- we as Americans need to have faith in our country and in its rulers.

Hope-I chose this word because everyone has it and it truly means a lot to me.

Dreams- I chose this because to me they are one of the most powerful things a person could have.

Work- I chose this because people work hard everyday.

Together-I hear this word and I working and uniting as a whole.

Expect-I chose this because I think that we all expect a little to much at times.

Responsibility-when I hear this word I think of the president and just how much of it he has.

Laws- if everyone just followed these we would have a lot less problems.

Challenges-I chose this because I used to play sports and I would always love to overcome my challenges

World-  I hear this and just see all the problems that the world is seeing.

Progress- this is a great word to hear when you know we are talking about are country.

Recession-I chose this because we were in one for the past two years and it is a very scary thing to think about.

Economy-I chose this because America relies on this everyday

Better-I chose this word because it is a good feeling.

Success- I love this word. You just feel great when you hear it.

Business- this is something we need in our everyday life and in our bad economy.

Children- I believe that Obama really wants the children to obtain a better life and a better future

Jobs-this means a lot to me because it is so hard to get a job in these tough times.

Future-I chose this because I really care about my future and I want to succeed in life.

Pride-I chose this because pride usually means a lot to people.

Change- I chose this because I think our country still needs this.

Sputnik- I chose this because obama mentioned that this is the only thing that the soviets have beat us at.

Goal-we as Americans have a lot of these and so do I. I really plan on completing mine.

Information-when you think about it this is something that we all want.

Technology-this is something that Obama talked about a lot. I think he really wants to see an advance in technology soon as possible.

Energy-I chose this because obama talks about it throughout his speech.

Research-I chose this because obama says it a bunch and it means he wants us to succeed in finding out new things.

Education-I choose this cause it is something that means a lot to me and I want a better one.

Schools-he talks a lot about our schools and how we need to do better

Immigration- I choose this because it is a really big issue to me

Time-I chose this because every idea he proposes will take a lot of time.

Compete-I strongly believe that we need compete all at are best with all other contries.

Rebuild- I chose this because our country needs this a lot.

Barriers-we need to knock these down and move our country forward.

Taxes-I chose this because Obama talked about taxes on pretty much every issue he speaks upon.

Democrats-I chose this because throughout the whole speech Obama mentions that he wants these two parties to work together.

Republicans- I chose this because throughout the whole speech Obama mentions that he wants these two parties to work together

WHERE IS PALO?

where have you been? You have been gone for two days now. I hope your feeling ok. Finding all the of the data for our public survey has been pretty time consuming but my group and i got it all done. Well hope your feeling well enough to be at school tomorow, because i dont realy like subs. And without you there isnt as much interesting discussions.  Feel beter Palo.

EGYPT RIOTS- SHORT VIDEO

This is a short video clip on the riots in Egypt.  These protest are huge. I suggest people watch it.http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7330811n&tag=watchnow

IS OBAMA MUSLIM?

Since Obama has approved of the idea of the building of the mosque at ground zero people are starting to perceive him as a Muslim.  The Pew Research Centre has recently done a poll where they asked Americans what religion Obama is.  They found that every one in five Americans believes Obama is Muslim.  Only about 34% of people answered right when they said he was Christian.  About 43% answered that they did not know his religion.  It is really sad to know that Americans know so little about their country and the person who runs it.http://www.prlog.org/11271303-why-do-1-in-5-americans-perceive-obama-as-muslim.html

JETPACK!!!!!!!

Wow!   It finally happened.  A jet pack was invented.  Canadian inventor Raymond Li invented a jetpack that is powered by water.  It allows you to fly about 30 feet in the air and fly around at about 22 miles per hour.  The only catch is u have to be flying over water. His invention is called Jetlev. If you are thinking you want it, it is probably way to expensive for you.  http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=water+jet+pack&fr=buzzlogsrp&gid=94271

DISAPEARING ARTIST

Chinese artist Liu Bolin knows how to make himself partially invisible.  He has help from some assistants in painting his body.  Then he just stands there and well basically blends in to his surroundings.  It takes him hours to find the perfect pose for him to perfectly blend in.  I think this is pretty amazing and people should take a look at some of his works.http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20110203/od_yblog_upshot/the-man-who-isnt-there

HEALTH CARE REPEAL DIES IN THE SENATE

The Republican attempt to repeal the health care law has been put down today.  Now the decision for the health care has been left up to the Supreme Court.  President Obama said, “he has vowed to veto any total repeal of his signature legislative accomplishment, has said he would accept the change.” Just some more changes on health care.http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_health_care_senate

TENSIONS RISE IN EGYPT

The peaceful protests in Egypt are continuing throughout the streets of Cario.  The military of Egypt is ordering everyone to go home and stay home.  Just in the past two weeks, oil prices have raised over 100$ a barrel.  Our military will probably not get drawn in but our government is “strongly urging President Hosni Mubarak to move faster in loosening his 30-year grip on the country”.http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_exclusive/20110202/pl_yblog_exclusive/how-outcome-in-egypt-could-affect-the-united-states

GIANT STORM SWEEPS THE NATION

There was a giant snow storm that stretched from Texas to Main.  The storm started Tuesday 2-1-11 and they are expecting more on the way.  The snow storm covered about 2000 miles in just one day.  Chicago expects at least 2 more feet of snow on the way.  Texas reached winds of 60 miles per hour. Chicago had to call for its first snow day in over 12 years.  People are advising others in the storm to stay home.http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_winter_weather

HEALTH CARE DISCUSSION REFLECTION

I would have to say that I really liked this discussion. It gave a chance for everyone to voice his or her thoughts and opinions on health care. I am not very much of a public speaker but I do like to express my thoughts. This discussion gave me a chance to hear other people’s thoughts on the issue. I never would have guessed some of the things they had to say. I did have the urge to kind of “cut people off” as they were talking to express why I disagreed with them but I withheld my voice. I would like to be able to “cut people off” because by the time they were done talking I had forgot what I had to say or they had brought something new up that I had disagreed upon. But other than that I think the discussion went really well. I’ve learned a lot of new things about health care by listening to other people and looking up my questions online but there is still so much that I don’t know. I will probably continue to learn about health care but I’ll probably get stuck on our next topic as well. Thanks for teaching me about health care Mr. Palo.

GARDENA SHOOTING

"Eyewitness recounts Gardena High shooting on Twitter: 'I’m freaked out"
Victoria Kim of LA Times, January 18,2011


At Gardena High School there was a shooting in the classrooom that injured two kids. A kid in the class where the shooting took place tweets on twitter about the attack and how horrific it was for him.