Jackie+Roiz

September 15, 2010

People like Maria McCormack are completely disgusting and ignorant. It's amazing to see how society changes after months, years, decades, particularly when a person cares more about their car than a human being. Magill is getting a second chance (whether he appreciates it or not) and is recovering, while this woman has nothing injured except a ton of metal. Why are people acting cold instead of compassionate and sympathetic? This doesn't quite happen regularly, surviving a fall from a 40-story building, and McCormack doesn't have anything nice to say, aside from asking if he feels like an idiot. That's pure hypocrasy, if I were in her shoes I'd be glad I had a destroyed car and someone alive, instead of vice versa.

September 26, 2010

The thing about expectations is that they're roughly never as we perceive them, such as with the movie //Borat//. I understand how Kazakhs are offended by the film, except it's really nothing more than that--a film. By making another movie to 'fight back' at Americans is just stupid in my opinion. For any of us who haven't visited it, Kazakhstan probably //is// probably a developed, cosmopolitan country, but it isn't as though we know it as a fact. The entire thing is out of order, and fighting fire with fire (that wasn't intended to burn anything) is pretty silly.

P= You have a great voice in writing. These assignments should come easy to you then. C= If you are going to tell us about Kazakhstan you should do some research to give your writing some more credence.

October 7, 2010

After aiding the murder of her husband and stepson, Teresa Lewis hoped to collect a $250,000 life insurance policy. Little did she (or her partners) know that although her IQ was low, it was above the borderline of not being able to be executed. While her partners only received a life sentence, Lewis was executed. I really don't understand Lewis' motive on this entire plot, even if she were manipulated, did it resonate with her that she'd get away with it and not be caught? Someone along the term 'mentally deficient' may be able to become easily maneuvered, but two lives were taken away for money, as well as hers. I'm not too just on the death penalty, instead I believe either Lewis should have received life in prison, or at least some aid with day-to-day living so she could have avoided this entire debacle.


 * You sure do love the comma, but that can lead to unnecessarily long run-on sentences. Try breaking those up. Otherwise, your writing is pretty good. I look forward to reading more demanding writing assignments from you.**

November 7, 2010

Recently WikiLeaks, a large internet database of leaks and anonymous sources, published an article about the hidden numbers of the Iraq war. Under the cloak of the US Government, apparently the US has done more than its fair share of torture. Yet we were all aware of this happening, the numbers were immensely underestimated. According to the article approximately 100,000 Iraqi civilians have died which is 85,000 more than US sources have reported. With the help of //The Washington Post//, we understand that the Iraqi forces have definitely abused and killed prisoners. Also, the US troops violated rules of engagement in firing on Iraqi Civilians. It was determined and crudely released upon the eyes of the internet that the Iraqi war was an extremely ugly episode in our history.

When a government is built upon lies, you know something's wrong. Maybe WikiLeaks actually had good intentions of leaking all of this coverage, maybe not. The Iraqi war was a mistake. Ellen Knickmeyer of //The Daily Beat// agrees about lies being the wrong way to go; she states, "American leaders lied, knowingly to the American public, to American troops and to the world". The fact that the entire government had the nerve to lie to the public is disappointing. We deserve as citizens to know what's occurring no matter what. Sometimes honesty isn't always the best policy. I do not see why they hid the truth from us, there's no excuse for lying.