journal #9

#1 1) you can go to war when your 18 but you cant drink how could we be free?
2) none
3) if were old enough to go to war we should be old enough to choose weather to drink or not

#3 1) where going to need gas masks in the furture if we keep going the way were going causing all this pollution.
2) the production of all these unnecessary good are cause way to much pollution.
3) i want my kids to be able not to worry about the O zone layer collapsing

journal #8

http://www.internetweekly.org/images/bush_economy.jpg

The picture is trying to portray George bush as knowing about the economic problems that america is facing but showing that hes not worried about whats happening as our economy is failing. He is standing tall with a smile on his face as if everything is ok while the other people in the picture our worried sick of these problems.

chapter 6 active reading questions

1) I feel that these are all right because if your not creative then a business will never have creative workers. Money is a creative motivator beacause it gives workers incentive to want to work and to be creative. Time pressure dose fuel creativity because they need to get it done quickly and effectively. Fear of your job focuses breakthroughs because if you dont have a job then your not ging to be able to live, so you must do well. Competition beats collaberation because the more competition the more ideals and the better they will be. A streamlined organization is a creative one because a stable comfortable workplace means happy and creative employees.
2) She desinged it around the basis of better understanding what in the work force can motivate and unmotivate the workers do do better. She did it in a lyed back way and made sure not to interferre with the workers.
3) The audience for this essay/article is people/companies are business owners or people trying to better there knowladge of the business world, and workers trying to get into the work force.

journal #7

Throughout Orwell's essay he mentions a couple of things as proof that the English language is in trouble such as our civilization is decadent and so is our language so the argument runs must inevitably share in the general collapse. He also says that the abuse of language is sentimental archaism underneath this lies the half conscious belief that language is a natural growth and not an instrument which we shape for our own purpose. Since Orwell wrote this essay over 60 years ago i believe in todays world language has gotten considerably worse. So of the reasons for this decline in the english language is because of computer chating and text messaging where people obriveate what they are trying to say. Another cause is the music or today and the language abuse that they provide to our youth. I think Orwells ideas of strengthing our writing our good because when you have a clear mind your thought process is much better inturn writing better. What he was trying to say about looking and analyzing something before you write about it was you get a better understanding of it so you can write more in depth. No i have not ever tried this method before i wrote an essay.

in the news

U.S loses 159,000 jobs in September, biggest drop in 5 years

Job loss causes more concern regarding economy

Zach Oliva

The government reported Friday that the U.S lost 159,000 jobs this September, the biggest drop in unemployment during a one-month span in 5 years.

The report, released by the U.S Labor Department, stated employment has declined in each of the last 9 months. September, however, saw a drop in jobs double the average of the previous nine months, causing concern over whether or not the trend will continue.

“It’s a dismal report, and the worst thing about it is that it does not reflect the recent seizure that we’ve seen in the credit markets,” Michael T. Darda, chief economist at MKM Partners, told The New York Times. “There’s really nothing good about this report at all. We’ve lost jobs in nearly every area of the economy, and this is going to get worse before it gets better because the credit markets have deteriorated basically on a daily basis for the last few weeks.”

Darda isn’t the only one with pessimistic views on the future of the economy. Many experts foresee that there will not be significant improvements until late next year. Many struggling Americans are concerned as bills pile up and savings dwindle.

“This economy is just not creating near enough economic activity to generate wage or income growth,” Jared Bernstein, a senior economist at the labor-oriented Economic Policy Institute in Washington, told The New York Times. “That has serious living standards implications.”

What can be done to help save jobs?

Project #2

Do the rich keep getting richer and the poor keep getting poorer? Most can speak about this myth only from personal or observational points of view. Most beliefs about this myth our encored through the media of today. Traditionally myths are what mold our judgments and impression of different situations.

A situation most familiar and congruous through society as being shunned upon is the rich getting richer. Look at Bill Gates for example. He started this mega billion dollar corporation and he has been feasting on not only the money but desire for more money and power. It’s a vicious cycle that won’t end because the want for more is always present. On the other more common hand of experience is the poor getting poorer. With the way our economy is and is considering the down slope of salaries with increasing prices from inflation; the poor actually are getting poorer not only because of decline in salaries but the original salary they made doesn’t mean as much with the high price of nominal goods. Is there a solution? Of course there is. Will we find one? We probably won’t soon enough.

The rich actually are getting richer. Some examples of why the rich get richer are they have started successful businesses because they have taken the entrepreneurial risk of starting that business so they make money then they sell it off and start another successful business and make even more money, they also receive greater tax breaks because all rich people are in the business world and the rich business people get better tax relief, the rich also get paid higher and higher salaries because of the capitalist society the professionals tend to get paid absurdly more then normal workers.  The rich also tend to make their money work for them. They do this buy investing it in other businesses that they know are going to succeed, or by investing it in the stock market and buying low and selling high, or by buying investment properties. Finally the rich know how to take advantage of a business deal. No rich person would let someone hustle him or her out of what they worked so hard to get. Therefore whenever you make a business deal with a rich man or a good business person they will always try to make sure the one up on everyone.

  The poor actually are getting poorer. Some reasons and examples of how and why this is happening in today’s world is partially due to the declining economy, and everyone knows when the economy goes into a recession like it has been in the past 6 months that not may are going to be able to have such things as job security because the rich want to keep there money they don’t want to give it out if they don’t have to, and low rank employees are the first out, not many will receive job promotions. Most certainly many that were thinking of starting a new business venture will definitely think two or three times before they are willing to front all that money and all that time before it gets lost to a dead market. Now that this has happen on top of the rising inflation rate of today’s global market the poor are actually getting poorer. If there making products at a more expensive product cost they have to sell it a higher selling price because businesses need to make there profit to stay afloat therefore people that have been making the same salary for the last five to ten years and everything else in the world has increased in price then really there not making nearly what they need to make to stay alive in such a cut throat world.

Some solution to this everlasting problem in today’s society is to become a communist country. Communism countries are run so that everything is equal. People cannot own anything; the government is in 100% total power over anything and everything of value and anything that has to do with business, but everyone is paid equally therefore there is so no war of the rich and the poor. There are pro’s and con’s to this type of economy so pro’s are that you don’t have to worry about money, the unemployment rate is 0%, the set standard is the same for everyone, the economic growth throughout the country grows rapidly. Some con’s of this solution would be lack of freedom to do as you please, the inability to own anything that you want, you cannot be who you want to be you have to be who they tell you to be. So is this the solution? Is there a definite solution? The answer to both of the questions can only be answered by one thing: The passing of time. A solution for this positive to negative inverse relationship can be found. Our country hasn’t found the answer but we and other countries facing the same economical demise will need to find a solution soon.

 The new day economic topic that politicians are preaching on even both sides now is the “trickle down theory” where if the government feeds money into this “rich getting richer” scheme, then the side affects are soon to trickle down so to speak to the poor and make the middle class rise again. Bringing the average income back to abundance is crucial. Will this work is the question everyone is asking themselves but like it has been said before: A solution isn’t going to be proven beneficial without it’s stance against the long grueling affects of time. So politicians and anyone with the power to spark an idea into the veins of our nation will take a stab in the dark at some “plan” they think they have. Until we realize what is actually happening, sit down to evaluate the circumstances, and devise a solution as the people or a person in power; the rich will keep getting richer, and the poor will keep getting poorer. 

jouranl #6

Myth: The rich get richer and the poor gets poorer

Jake:I believe in this myth because the rich are greedy and all they care about is themselves and there money. Honestly how much money do they need to be happy. The Major CEO's of banking companies have caused the stock market to crash because of all the faulty mortgages they have loaned out.

Greg: I also agree that the rich get richer and the poor get poorer because no rich people want to stay where they are at with there wealth everone trys to improve there wealth and by doing so the poor keep getting poorer because the rich keep taking thing away from them buy lowering there wages to raising the price of goods so they cant afford to live and the owners of these companies are making a killing.

What i haved leanered from this is that everyone in this world is out for themselves and there money. and that soon there will only be to classes of people which our those of wealth and those of poverty.

S.C. Cop reaspnose

Yes i think that the cop made a deliberate attempt to hit the innocent man trying to avoid the cruiser. The cop openly said on tape that he hit him and that he had hit him on purpose. Yes i think that this case had alot to do with race. Because the government does not want to look bad in the eye of the media because they are the people that make sure we are safe and that everything is ok. I think the cops punishment was fair because he knows the law better then any normal street goer. There is probably government favors but there deffinetly shouldn't be because its an unfair advantage.