Monday, May 5, 2008
In "Outfoxed" the Fox News Channel is accurately depicted. The conservative ideas of founder Rupert Murdoch are apparent in almost every aspect of their daily programming. Numerous cases show this right winged and sometimes fascist way of mass media. One instance came just months after the September 11 attacks on New York City when a guest a the son of passed rescuer Robert Glick was on the O'reilly Factor and was publicly humilated and later slandered by host Bill O'reilly himself. In most cases the conservative attitude presented on the network misleads the public into somewhat ignorant and dumbfounded ideas. Although this network may tell some untruths they also present good questions and outlooks on certain situations. They may allow only bits of a news story to be presented which makes for sometimes up lifting news broadcast instead of dreadful front page stories.
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
In life there are choices one must make to be responsible and safe, but one choice that people make all the time is leading a promiscuous lifestyle. This decision comes from a lack of knowledge and judgment. Promiscuous humans maybe unaware of the dangers of this attitude and way of life, this way of thinking may lead to STD’s or the HIV/AIDS Virus.
Sex is not a toy it is but, it is still something most young people use for fun, and playing this game could be catastrophic. Reality is that sex is something that is meant for mature responsible people that are in love. Taking this for granted could cause trouble in more than just an emotional sense. In the world the dangers of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and AIDS are truly overlooked because of irresponsible people. The statistics are out there the more sexual partners the more likely to contract one of these preventable diseases. The idea being that sex is not the unsafe thing, but STDs are. The fact that a harmless thing like sex can be very dangerous especially since the diseases that may come with sex can lead to pain in everyday life diseases like; Herpes, Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, and the big one AIDS. Symptoms of these items are scary they include; swollen testicles, burning urination, suppressed immune symptoms, and also complications during pregnancy.
Self control is sometimes hard to use and this is most evident in promiscuous relationships.
Many women and men can be somewhat careless ignorant in this fashion of life by not protecting themselves from the consequences of this kind of wreck less lifestyle. Knowing that you have slept with every sexual partner of the person you are in a sexual relationship should ring some bells for human beings. An idea that animals are famous for sharing different partners on a regular basis should change a man or woman thoughts on multiple sexual partners. The worst part is that there are facts and numbers everywhere in the world and humans still take the risk. When it comes to the game of chance the more people you have sexual contact with the higher the risk of contracting a disease. Making a wise decision can lead to a longer healthier life.
Deciding to be carefree is for the unwise of the world, this type of thinking is not just bad for one person it’s bad for multiple people. Giving somebody you care about the benefit of the doubt and, abstaining from multiple partners is an easy and simple choice. Life is can be fun when it is respected and cherished and the choices humans make are a good sign of that.
Sex is not a toy it is but, it is still something most young people use for fun, and playing this game could be catastrophic. Reality is that sex is something that is meant for mature responsible people that are in love. Taking this for granted could cause trouble in more than just an emotional sense. In the world the dangers of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and AIDS are truly overlooked because of irresponsible people. The statistics are out there the more sexual partners the more likely to contract one of these preventable diseases. The idea being that sex is not the unsafe thing, but STDs are. The fact that a harmless thing like sex can be very dangerous especially since the diseases that may come with sex can lead to pain in everyday life diseases like; Herpes, Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, and the big one AIDS. Symptoms of these items are scary they include; swollen testicles, burning urination, suppressed immune symptoms, and also complications during pregnancy.
Self control is sometimes hard to use and this is most evident in promiscuous relationships.
Many women and men can be somewhat careless ignorant in this fashion of life by not protecting themselves from the consequences of this kind of wreck less lifestyle. Knowing that you have slept with every sexual partner of the person you are in a sexual relationship should ring some bells for human beings. An idea that animals are famous for sharing different partners on a regular basis should change a man or woman thoughts on multiple sexual partners. The worst part is that there are facts and numbers everywhere in the world and humans still take the risk. When it comes to the game of chance the more people you have sexual contact with the higher the risk of contracting a disease. Making a wise decision can lead to a longer healthier life.
Deciding to be carefree is for the unwise of the world, this type of thinking is not just bad for one person it’s bad for multiple people. Giving somebody you care about the benefit of the doubt and, abstaining from multiple partners is an easy and simple choice. Life is can be fun when it is respected and cherished and the choices humans make are a good sign of that.
Monday, March 3, 2008
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
WELL THIS BLOGGING THING IS ACTUALLY A DECENT FORM OF ENTERTAINMENT
In the song "Jeremy" by Pearl Jam they use an array of rhetorical methods to express some horrific school shootings. Strong moods are expressed in this song, but one that best describes the lyrics is gloomy. Throughout the song the mood gets darker and darker until the climatic end in which Jeremy speaks to the class. The speaker uses his experiences as a bully of a school shooter to give a testimonial in this passage. This is also an appeal to your emotion it's attempting to shift your point of view from an antagonizing youth or misunderstood individual to an enlightened male or female. Showing that while a victim may seem weak and fragile any moment they may burst with an emotional wave of fire. The argument comes in the shape in the form of an abused and neglected child.
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
The fifth time Ive risked being excluded from my black culture because i must blog thanks Mr huges
The first rhetorical essay i wrote was quite vague. So i took your suggestions and went into more depth and included more detailed analysis of the speech. What i wrote will give a more vivid picture to the audience. It will also help my readers see what i interpreted in the passage
Why I love Wrestling
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This is his last shot – the final match of his high school career.Cullen Fitzgibbons walks to the wrestling mat circle in his singlet and headgear, expecting victory – like he always does. Yet in four years with the Los Alamitos High School wrestling team, he's never won.His record this year is 0-6. In four years, he's gone 0-27. He never even made varsity, but still – he believes. He's the first to arrive at practice, five days a week. He adheres to a strict, unwavering diet – including three juices, two yogurts and a bag of Cheerios every lunch. He even has his own fan club.Who does the wrestling team carry atop their shoulders into the annual pep rally? Cullen. Who do the cheerleaders rush to hug first? Cullen. Who do the fans cheer loudest for – even in defeat? Cullen.His last shot at victory awaits.In the first round, opponent Cameron Harrison, of arch-rival Esperanza High School, scores a takedown, but Cullen scores a reversal: 2-2.Deep in the second round, Cullen scores a takedown to tie Harrison 6-6, then Harrison scores an escape to edge ahead 7-6 with one round to go.In four years, Cullen has never outscored an opponent. He's never enjoyed the warm glow of victory. Never felt the referee raise his arm following a match. But in the next 60 seconds, he has a shot at the impossible.Cullen Fitzgibbons, the improbable wrestler with Down syndrome, might actually win.A PATTERN EMERGESCullen, now 18, was born with a hole in his heart that required open-heart surgery before his first birthday.“I remember him screaming – horrible screaming – for hours,” his mom, Dana Fitzgibbons, says of the pre-surgery blood work. “It was heart-wrenching.”From there, it got worse. During surgery, a ring of cartilage around Cullen's trachea swelled. It took 10 days before doctors could remove the air tube.Then there were the developmental disabilities caused by Down syndrome. He didn't speak like other kids. Didn't look like other kids. Didn't learn like them.Each year brought a new battle with school officials as parents Billy and Dana fought to mainstream Cullen into regular classrooms.First the school tried to place him in a class with severely disabled children. Then they tried to bounce him outside their district. Then they took him in, but merely gave him coloring books to occupy his time.It took all of Dana's skills as an attorney and parent to keep Cullen in classes with able-bodied children.“We went head-to-head with the principal,” says dad Billy Fitzgibbons. “And we held our ground.”Early on, however, a pattern emerged. In second grade, the class bully became Cullen's protector. The bully's thankful mom said Cullen brought out something she'd rarely seen in her son: compassion.Cullen's inclusion was having an effect on classmates, but not teachers. In eighth grade, Dana discovered, they were still asking her son to trace his name and connect the dots in class.“It was not a fun year,” she says. “There was so much tension, we basically threw up our hands.”When it came time to enroll Cullen in high school, she says, “We were dreading it.”Then they met Karen Maffett.PATTY-CAKEThey were ready to duke it out with Maffett, the special-needs coordinator at Los Alamitos High School, but she was already on their side. She suggested they put Cullen on the wrestling team to make friends.“I've got a young man with Down syndrome who'd like to be on your team,” she told coach Kenny Torres.“That's fine,” Torres said.“He has trouble talking.”“That's fine.”Like that, Cullen was on the team, and Billy was assistant coach. Turns out, Billy was a Top 10 Division I college wrestler who aspired to the U.S. Olympic team for eight years.Before Cullen was born, Billy dreamed his son might carry on his Olympic dream. Now Billy dreamed his son might find acceptance in a world that, so far, hadn't wanted him.The first sign came during their first tournament as 30 wrestlers piled off the bus.“I see this great big kid, a rough kid, and he's holding hands with Cullen,” Billy says. “I thought, ‘That's a first.'”Over the season, Billy would see his best wrestlers in the stands with Cullen playing patty-cake. Or giving him piggyback rides. Or hugs. Cullen's innocence made it OK. And his nature made you root for him.“Whenever Cullen was wrestling, everyone stopped and watched,” says former teammate Marvin Feliciano. “And whether we were home or away, he'd get standing ovations – from both teams.”It wasn't always roses, however. People stepped over the line. A teammate would mess with Cullen, getting him to say things he didn't understand. Or fans would tease the kid who grunted in the stands between matches and hugged other boys.More than once, team captain Christian Moshier, 18, a senior, has pulled younger teammates aside to say, “What you're doing isn't funny.”Once a big guy from another school got in Cullen's face for touching him.Moshier and another wrestler ran up:“Are you kidding?” they said. “He was trying to be nice.”Adds Moshier: “I feel bad for anybody who'd ever do anything to him because the whole wrestling team would be on them.”UNCLE CULLENSarah Newmarker felt a twinge of nerves as she stepped from the stretch limo last month.“I was afraid what people might say,” says Newmarker, 15, who'd invited Cullen to the Winter Formal dance, at the urging of his sister, Kelsey. “Were they looking at me holding his hand?”Cullen, dressed in a black tux and tie, immediately began dancing by himself – so she joined him. Cullen spontaneously hugged her – so she hugged him back.She got a few strange looks from friends, but his joy was contagious. And the experience changed her.“He has a heart and he's a person,” she says. “I just think of him as a friend.”You hear that a lot around here. Last summer, Cullen's former school aide invited him to be the catcher on his able-bodied softball team. They lost every game, says Bob Lund, 24, but Cullen led the team in batting.In his first at-bat, opponents threw him out by 25 feet. Then even the most ardent jocks started throwing the ball over the first baseman's head.“I know Cullen will never leave my life,” Lund says. “If I have kids, they're going to have Uncle Cullen, because he's such a singular soul.”‘A REALLY GOOD TIME'It was Esperanza that first gave Cullen a medal two years ago.The tournament was packed. Cullen got so excited, he ran past the medal stand, past the coaches, past all the people to the back of the gym.“We had to call him back,” Billy Fitzgibbons says. “When he held up his hands, it was the loudest cheer that night – by far.”This year, Lakewood High School gave Cullen a medal. He wore it to church the next day. And to school the day after.“You feel like a little kid around him,” says Moshier, who takes Cullen bowling and to the movies. “It's that innocent sense of a really good time.”Because of his innocence, Cullen's matches aren't like everyone else's. They can't be. Coaches ask his opponents to take it easy on him. Some do. Some don't.THE LAST MATCHHere in the final round of Cullen's final high school match, Cameron Harrison is in the lead. He is on top of Cullen, but not pinning him. Cullen nearly scores an escape and the crowd cheers. Harrison brings him back down and the crowd moans: “Ohhh.” Cullen nearly escapes again and Harrison stops him again, drawing another “Ohhh.”A single point will tie the match. Two will win it – will give Cullen a taste of what almost every young boy feels at some point in his young life: a simple victory.The sound inside the gym will tell the answer. As the seconds tick down, however, there is nothing to cheer. Time runs out. The ref raises Harrison's arm as victor.Some say you could see disappointment on Cullen's face briefly as his record fell to 0-28.His dad, on the sidelines, raised his hands and shouted, “Yeah!” as dads do.Cullen started to walk away, then something stopped him – a ripple at first that grew into a familiar sound: applause.As he turned, the crowd grew louder. Then Cullen did what no ref had ever done for him. He raised his own arms, in his own victory celebration, and beamed.“When he did that,” says coach Torres, “they started roaring!”These are the moments that can change a life.Billy Fitzgibbons says he used to be a wrestling snob. He never had time for the guys who weren't winning. It took Cullen to teach him the pure joy of competing.“I cried when I found out he had Down syndrome,” Billy says. “I didn't see what the future was going to hold. And now the future, it's nothing I could've imagined. It's so sweet.”All it took was a son who never won a match
This is his last shot – the final match of his high school career.Cullen Fitzgibbons walks to the wrestling mat circle in his singlet and headgear, expecting victory – like he always does. Yet in four years with the Los Alamitos High School wrestling team, he's never won.His record this year is 0-6. In four years, he's gone 0-27. He never even made varsity, but still – he believes. He's the first to arrive at practice, five days a week. He adheres to a strict, unwavering diet – including three juices, two yogurts and a bag of Cheerios every lunch. He even has his own fan club.Who does the wrestling team carry atop their shoulders into the annual pep rally? Cullen. Who do the cheerleaders rush to hug first? Cullen. Who do the fans cheer loudest for – even in defeat? Cullen.His last shot at victory awaits.In the first round, opponent Cameron Harrison, of arch-rival Esperanza High School, scores a takedown, but Cullen scores a reversal: 2-2.Deep in the second round, Cullen scores a takedown to tie Harrison 6-6, then Harrison scores an escape to edge ahead 7-6 with one round to go.In four years, Cullen has never outscored an opponent. He's never enjoyed the warm glow of victory. Never felt the referee raise his arm following a match. But in the next 60 seconds, he has a shot at the impossible.Cullen Fitzgibbons, the improbable wrestler with Down syndrome, might actually win.A PATTERN EMERGESCullen, now 18, was born with a hole in his heart that required open-heart surgery before his first birthday.“I remember him screaming – horrible screaming – for hours,” his mom, Dana Fitzgibbons, says of the pre-surgery blood work. “It was heart-wrenching.”From there, it got worse. During surgery, a ring of cartilage around Cullen's trachea swelled. It took 10 days before doctors could remove the air tube.Then there were the developmental disabilities caused by Down syndrome. He didn't speak like other kids. Didn't look like other kids. Didn't learn like them.Each year brought a new battle with school officials as parents Billy and Dana fought to mainstream Cullen into regular classrooms.First the school tried to place him in a class with severely disabled children. Then they tried to bounce him outside their district. Then they took him in, but merely gave him coloring books to occupy his time.It took all of Dana's skills as an attorney and parent to keep Cullen in classes with able-bodied children.“We went head-to-head with the principal,” says dad Billy Fitzgibbons. “And we held our ground.”Early on, however, a pattern emerged. In second grade, the class bully became Cullen's protector. The bully's thankful mom said Cullen brought out something she'd rarely seen in her son: compassion.Cullen's inclusion was having an effect on classmates, but not teachers. In eighth grade, Dana discovered, they were still asking her son to trace his name and connect the dots in class.“It was not a fun year,” she says. “There was so much tension, we basically threw up our hands.”When it came time to enroll Cullen in high school, she says, “We were dreading it.”Then they met Karen Maffett.PATTY-CAKEThey were ready to duke it out with Maffett, the special-needs coordinator at Los Alamitos High School, but she was already on their side. She suggested they put Cullen on the wrestling team to make friends.“I've got a young man with Down syndrome who'd like to be on your team,” she told coach Kenny Torres.“That's fine,” Torres said.“He has trouble talking.”“That's fine.”Like that, Cullen was on the team, and Billy was assistant coach. Turns out, Billy was a Top 10 Division I college wrestler who aspired to the U.S. Olympic team for eight years.Before Cullen was born, Billy dreamed his son might carry on his Olympic dream. Now Billy dreamed his son might find acceptance in a world that, so far, hadn't wanted him.The first sign came during their first tournament as 30 wrestlers piled off the bus.“I see this great big kid, a rough kid, and he's holding hands with Cullen,” Billy says. “I thought, ‘That's a first.'”Over the season, Billy would see his best wrestlers in the stands with Cullen playing patty-cake. Or giving him piggyback rides. Or hugs. Cullen's innocence made it OK. And his nature made you root for him.“Whenever Cullen was wrestling, everyone stopped and watched,” says former teammate Marvin Feliciano. “And whether we were home or away, he'd get standing ovations – from both teams.”It wasn't always roses, however. People stepped over the line. A teammate would mess with Cullen, getting him to say things he didn't understand. Or fans would tease the kid who grunted in the stands between matches and hugged other boys.More than once, team captain Christian Moshier, 18, a senior, has pulled younger teammates aside to say, “What you're doing isn't funny.”Once a big guy from another school got in Cullen's face for touching him.Moshier and another wrestler ran up:“Are you kidding?” they said. “He was trying to be nice.”Adds Moshier: “I feel bad for anybody who'd ever do anything to him because the whole wrestling team would be on them.”UNCLE CULLENSarah Newmarker felt a twinge of nerves as she stepped from the stretch limo last month.“I was afraid what people might say,” says Newmarker, 15, who'd invited Cullen to the Winter Formal dance, at the urging of his sister, Kelsey. “Were they looking at me holding his hand?”Cullen, dressed in a black tux and tie, immediately began dancing by himself – so she joined him. Cullen spontaneously hugged her – so she hugged him back.She got a few strange looks from friends, but his joy was contagious. And the experience changed her.“He has a heart and he's a person,” she says. “I just think of him as a friend.”You hear that a lot around here. Last summer, Cullen's former school aide invited him to be the catcher on his able-bodied softball team. They lost every game, says Bob Lund, 24, but Cullen led the team in batting.In his first at-bat, opponents threw him out by 25 feet. Then even the most ardent jocks started throwing the ball over the first baseman's head.“I know Cullen will never leave my life,” Lund says. “If I have kids, they're going to have Uncle Cullen, because he's such a singular soul.”‘A REALLY GOOD TIME'It was Esperanza that first gave Cullen a medal two years ago.The tournament was packed. Cullen got so excited, he ran past the medal stand, past the coaches, past all the people to the back of the gym.“We had to call him back,” Billy Fitzgibbons says. “When he held up his hands, it was the loudest cheer that night – by far.”This year, Lakewood High School gave Cullen a medal. He wore it to church the next day. And to school the day after.“You feel like a little kid around him,” says Moshier, who takes Cullen bowling and to the movies. “It's that innocent sense of a really good time.”Because of his innocence, Cullen's matches aren't like everyone else's. They can't be. Coaches ask his opponents to take it easy on him. Some do. Some don't.THE LAST MATCHHere in the final round of Cullen's final high school match, Cameron Harrison is in the lead. He is on top of Cullen, but not pinning him. Cullen nearly scores an escape and the crowd cheers. Harrison brings him back down and the crowd moans: “Ohhh.” Cullen nearly escapes again and Harrison stops him again, drawing another “Ohhh.”A single point will tie the match. Two will win it – will give Cullen a taste of what almost every young boy feels at some point in his young life: a simple victory.The sound inside the gym will tell the answer. As the seconds tick down, however, there is nothing to cheer. Time runs out. The ref raises Harrison's arm as victor.Some say you could see disappointment on Cullen's face briefly as his record fell to 0-28.His dad, on the sidelines, raised his hands and shouted, “Yeah!” as dads do.Cullen started to walk away, then something stopped him – a ripple at first that grew into a familiar sound: applause.As he turned, the crowd grew louder. Then Cullen did what no ref had ever done for him. He raised his own arms, in his own victory celebration, and beamed.“When he did that,” says coach Torres, “they started roaring!”These are the moments that can change a life.Billy Fitzgibbons says he used to be a wrestling snob. He never had time for the guys who weren't winning. It took Cullen to teach him the pure joy of competing.“I cried when I found out he had Down syndrome,” Billy says. “I didn't see what the future was going to hold. And now the future, it's nothing I could've imagined. It's so sweet.”All it took was a son who never won a match
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