Ben+Caldora

The U.S. at a glance... 9/15/10 New York City Miracle landing About to weeks ago this man Thomas Magill had jumped off a 40 story building, he had survived by landing on a car. And the owner of the car is ferious, Maria Cormack wants to ask the man stupid does he really feel. My take on the this article is why in heck would this man want to kill him self in th first place. That's what i want to know, what can be so terrible that would drive this man to commite suicide. Suicide feels like the worst why to die, there is no urpose for it maybe if your in the military or its an accident then there's purpose or reason to die. I just dont understand why and probably will never know.


 * P = Good use of detail in your summary**
 * C = Try getting all the spelling right and making sure you are using the right wording, ie: it should be two, not to. Make it perfect!**

The World at a glance... 9/26/10 Bedfordshire, UK Teen banned from U.S This article was about a 17 year old boy, named Luke Angel. He had sent a very mean and crazy e-mail addressing President Obama after watching a documentary about 9/11. This boy was immediately was put on a list of poeple who were, for life banned fom ever entering the U.S. First of all what happen to freedom of speech, arn't you allowed to stay what ever you want and where you want in the U.S. The guy was very drunk and very high, how can anyone really just banned him. I don't know what exactly what this Luke said, but to be banned, he must have said some really terrible things. Overall this guy is retarded, i don't know the drinking age in the UK but hopefully no one else does something stupid like this.

The U.S. at a glance... 10/7/10 Austin, Texas Student goes on shooting spree This article was about a sophmore at the University of Texas shooting at the school. His name was Colton Tooley who had brilliant grades, especially in math.He was described as a brilliant and meticulous and respectful young man. He appeared with an assault riffle and suddenly started shooting towards a church at the University. No reason was given for his shooting. I can't come up with any reason for the shooting other than bullying. What would bring someone to shoot at a school then suddenly turn the gun on himself gives me the idea that he had something done to him, that was so terrible. I kind of feel sorry for this boy and I am also very happy no one was hurt and the violence was __quelled__ quicky.


 * P= great use of the new vocabulary**
 * C= sometimes your sentences are very clipped when you can make them a little longer and inclusive of more information. For instance, when you describe Tooley. Just tell us what the article is about instead of saying "The article was about..." try something else.**

The main stories... 11/2/10 The Iraq War

The article “The Iraq War” as revealed by WikiLeaks deals with the leak of restricted information about the war. Almost 400,000 military documents dealing with U.S.’s involvement with the war in Iraq were leaked to the world. They explain acts of violence against the Iraq people form 2004 to early 2009, said by an Iraqi body count. Many of these acts of violence were committed by the Iraqi police on the Iraqi people. Many of the reporters interviewed felt that the information hurts the U.S. military. Some of the documents say that the U.S. military watched as the Iraqi police murdered and torched hundreds of citizens. The article says that the documents state that over 100,000 citizens were killed with the U.S. military either involved or just watched without caring. The leaking of classified military documents by WikiLeaks shows the U.S. in a poor condition and I think that was wrong. During war time I believe its most important to keep the public positively motivated for their troops. What Ellen Knickmeyer said that President Bushed lied was wrong. He was just trying to keep our country in such a mood where they were proud of what we were doing in Iraq. War is a horrible of the world we live in. Unfortunately war means death, soldiers die on both sides of conflict. I thought that the reporters interviews gave answers that reflected the view that they had on the Iraq War. If they were anti-war they would feel that the U.S. military was cruel to the innocent Iraqi citizens. If the information showed that President Bush was correct about mass destruction, I think that our government would release these documents after we were no longer involved in the Middle East.