Big People

In class we've talked about how corporations are now seen as people in the eyes of the government and last week I ran across an article about how a corporation, Murray Hill Inc, is now trying to run for office. This obviously is a political stance to mock the supreme court ruling that declared corporations have the same rights as individuals when it comes to funding political campaigns. This makes it so that corporations can give tons of money and backing to a political candidate and possibly sway the election because of the kind of money some of these corporations posses. As Murray Hill said about its campaign, ""But thanks to an enlightened Supreme Court, now we can eliminate the middle-man and run for office ourselves." They are making a joke out of how since the corporations are considered people when funding that the corporations should be able to run for office also. Many people including President Obama condemned the Supreme Court on the ruling and I also think that it is unfair to allow corporations to be considered individuals. This throws lots more money into the campaigns which are already bad enough with all the commercials and money being used. Nobody wants these campaigns to get bigger and more expensive as time goes on which it is on a track of right now. This gives an unfair advantage towards the people who spend all their time on fundraising money and makes the election more about money then actual politics. What do you think about this Supreme Court ruling? Do you think that it should be allowed?

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Chris Browns Plea

This week Chris Brown issued a plea to his former fans to support him and revive his career after he plead guilty for domestic abuse after he beat his girlfriend Rihanna last year. An incident that was widely known and Chris Brown was denounced by many of his fans for his actions, some of the worst you can do as a celebrity in these days of no privacy. Chris Brown said to his fans, "Some radio stations aren't playing my records, They're not being that supportive and I wouldn't expect them to. But it's on the fans...It's in your power to bring me back." This plea to his fans is almost pathetic as he tries to save his career and make some money now that no one has respect for him what so ever. As a pop artist he depends completely on his fans coming to his concerts and buying his songs, unlike some of the other rappers who become more famous by staying as underground artists, he has to have lots of fans to be successful. Personally I never thought that he was a good artist and I never listened to his music, so I don't think that he deserves to come back after what he did. Regardless of whether we should know about his personal life, we do, so when I view him as a artist I take that into consideration. It used to be that artists were seperate from their personal lifes when dealing with fans but now they must be more careful and one mess up, such as beating your girlfriend, can cost you your career. What do you think about Chris Brown? Do you think we should forgive him and listen to his music now?

Heavyweights in Hollywood

Last week I posted a blog about how the U.S is becoming increasingly more obese by percentage in the total population and how it is bad for the country, so I was intrigued when I found a article on how the size of oscar nominated actress Gabourey Sidibe may affect her acting career. As many of us know she is a very big women who is clearly obese and many people are speaking out saying that her acting career is already over because she will not get another acting gig because of her weight. This brings up an interesting issue of Hollywood and the type of actresses that they always seem to put into their films, no matter who the director is. I don't think I've ever seen a movie in which a heavy set women was the main character, but I have seen many movies in which a heavy set male was, but the male is almost always a very funny character such as Chris Farley. But because of Gabourey's talent she has more opportunitys that any other women of her size has had before in the movie industry. If she succeeds she could pave the way for more women of her size to fill more major roles in upcoming Hollywood films, but will the public go to see her in the movies because of her talents? Many males around the country go to movies so see many of the women that fill up the majority of Hollywood roles, such as Jessica Alba or Angelina Jolie, and this is why many of their movies make money, because Hollywood plays off not how talented the women are but how beautiful they are. With the world becoming increasingly more fair for more people we see new boundarys being broken all the time and this may very well be the next one. What do you think about Gabourey Sidibe? Do you think she will be succesfull?

Milkaholic...Ridiculous

Earlier today I stumbled upon an article which was about how Lindsay Lohan is suing E*Trade for 100 million dollars. What? This is all about a commercial which featured the name Lindsay and then calling her a "milkaholic". Here is a link to the commercial. Of all the law suits that I have heard about this is one of the most ridiculous. Lindsay Lohans lawyers claim that the commercial is in direct reference to her and that her name is as big as Oprahs or Madonnas when coming to single names. Personally one of the last things I think of when I hear the name Lindsay is Lindsay Lohan, mostly because I know tons of people with the name Lindsay (considering it is a very popular name) and none with the names Madonna or Oprah. Also she is in fact an alchoholic or was one because she has checked into rehab multiple times, now it is questionable whether it was moral or not to put that in the commercial if it was even in reference to her. Where has Lindsay Lohan even been lately? I feel like I haven't heard her name or seen her in movies or tv shows for years, is this all a ploy so that she can get money because no body wants to hire her for any movies? Lastly how can she sue for 100 million dollars? That is an unbelievably large amount of money which she obviously knows she will not win, but most likely is for shock value for the case so more people know about it and E*Trade may give in instead of getting the bad publicity. What do you think about this lawsuit? Do you think that Lohan has a chance to win any money?

Evolution...Fake?

Since the discovery of evolution by Charles Darwin it has been an extremely heated debate between the Church and creationism and science. The church firmly believe in it's 7 day theory of how God created the earth around 6000 or so years ago as the bible says, but of course science completely disproves this theory. However there are many people out there who don't believe in science and evolution and all the evidence that carbon dating and research has shone, but decide to believe what somebody wrote down 3000 years ago as complete truth. Not only do they believe in this almost completely proposterous story that has been disproved but have for years fought to keep real science out of school and instead teach kids creationism. I and many other people believe that religion has no place in public schools in our country other than to educate people about the general ideas of it. But now these anti evolutionists have put their bill together with a logical bill which states you should have to teach both sides of global warming, because with this there is actually somewhat logical arguments on both sides of the issue. A bill introduced in Kentucky which states that teachers should be encouraged to discuss, "the advantages and disadvantages of scientific theories". This almost shocked me when I read it, that these people want to completely eliminate the fact that religion is kept out of government, in this case education, and teach both sides of issue when one side is science and one side is not only not proven but has been disproven. People cannot handle the fact that now science can fill the void that for thousands of years people tried to fill with religion, one of those things being how the earth was created, a common story found in almost every religion. These people are angry because they believe science is "overstepping their bounds" and researching in areas they should not be such as religion. Their fine with medicine and other areas of science but just not an area that disproves a belief that has been held for thousands of years but now is not relevant. Although I believe the creation story is a good lesson I think that it has no relevance today as fact and should not be in our schools for any reason espeically as a dissenter to evolution. What do you think about the bills that are being proposed? Do you think creationism should be taught? Here is a link to an article on the matter

Where in the world is Osama?

Nine years ago a deadly attack happened on September 11 where 3000 people died, the man who everyone pointed out as the "mastermind" behind the entire plot is still to this day at large, who we all know is Osama Bin Laden. Just two days after the 9/11 attacks George Bush issued this statement, "The most important thing is for us to find Osama bin Laden. It is our number one priority and we will not rest until we find him." So why don't we have him in custody now? Wouldn't you think that if we spent eight years with all the intelligence people we had looking for him that we would have found him? Many people say that the best chance we had to catching Osama Bin Laden was just months after we started the war in early October 2001. Regardless of whether or not he is dead, how can we not still be out there looking for him? How did our main goal for the past eight years to catch him and to "not rest until we find him" change? Some people argue that it would be messy if we catched him and would not be worth it, however I believe that that is completely false. Everyone in the country was led to believe that Osama Bin Laden was the worst man who had ever lived and were convinced to go to war because of his actions, a war that has been a complete failure, so we as citizens should atleast get the satisfaction and trying him in court and condeming him for his actions. Nobody is saying that they know where he is, but somebody out in the world does and one day he will be brought to justice for those who died on 9/11, unless of course the U.S no longer considers him a priority. What do you think about Osama and the way the U.S. has handled his search?

Obesity, A Major Problem

In America today we like to consider ourselves the best athletes in the world and in lots of sports we are, however the reality is that in America now a days almost 1 in 3 people is overweight or obese according to Medical News Today. To me at least that is a staggering number to have, how could it possibly be that high? While we glorify the athletes that are in amazing shape, we do nothing about our own physical activity in this country. The United States has the highest rate of obesity at 30% in the entire world, compared to South Korea and Japan who has a extremely low number at only 3% of the total population. We are not even talking about being overweight but obese which means that you have a Body Mass Index of over 30 percent. The number of obese people has been steadily rising in the last couple of decades and now it is completely out of control. We cannot have a third of our country being obese and be okay with it, it is a serious health concern that can be easily curbed with a few foundations that we have to put in place. This includes making physical activity mandatory and not just the easy physical activity we do in gym but rigorous activity on a weekly if not daily basis. People also must be more responsible about how they eat and what they choose to eat, because fast food itself will not make you fat, but if you eat fast food and then do not exercise or eat healthy later than you can become fat from the food. You cannot blame fast food restaurants for these obesity problems because plenty of people eat fast food all the time and do not get fat, but it is because they eat fast food and do nothing else. As a country we need to be more responsible about the well-being of our people and lately Michelle Obama has started the "Lets Move" campaign to try and curb child obesity. According to the San Francisco Chronicle,"The country spends $150 billion every year treating obesity-related diseases, most of which are preventable." I say that we need to start getting people into shape and eliminate the obesity craze that has struck our country. What do you think we should do about this problem? Who's fault do you think it is, if anyone's? Read more about Michelle Obamas "Lets Move" campaign here