Blogicon Reflection

What I'm going to improve.:

In future blogs I'm going to try and get more in-depth and has more detail on the story. I would also like to find a video for some blogs. Using a few different articles for information for each blog would help me be more in-depth.

How I can better connect with other blogs.:

I plan to blog about and comment on other student's blogs and have more links to other blogs.

How blogging has impacted my understanding of:

-The U.S.: Blogging has kept me informed on what the president is doing and about elected presidents.

-The Media: I've learned that the media can make or break someones reputation, such as Sarah Palin has had many rumors being spread around in the media.

-Current Events: Learning about current news taught me how events from the past can affect us. On 9/11 the government started making new building codes that are still being debated and I always wondered how they might keep another disaster like that from happening again.

-"Old News": Blogging about the Federalists and Anti-Federalists helped me understand the confusing Federalist papers. When we blog about long stories or text it would be a good idea to blog about them to help our understanding of them.

School Funding Misleads

School Funding Misleads
By: Sesno, Frank and Burman, Len
Published: September 11, 2008

A new Obama-Biden gives misleading claims about McCain and education spending. They said he voted to cut education funding.The ad says that "McCain's economic plan gives $200 billion more to special interests while taking money away from public schools. Not exactly. McCain has proposed a one-year freeze on discretionary spending in general.

In my opinion if this does happen it will only add to the countries issues and give more stress to families. Cutting education funding shouldn't even be argued about, they might lower the funding, but cutting it is out of the question.

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School Funding Misleads

Financial Crisis!

In class we discussed the issues of Lehman & Merrill Lynch & the Stock Market. We seperated into groups and found possible solutions the government could do. Some groups thought the government should stand by and let the issue resolve on its own. I dont agree with that because there would be repercussions. Others said the government should completely help out and loan out money to bankrupt companies and continue to print out money. In my opinion the government should deny loans to more companies, have more rules to follow while running their company and print less money.

American Icons

In First Big Interview, Palin Says, ‘I’m Ready’. In this article she talks about the confidence she has in herself and how she was ready to step up to her task. This reminded me of the American Icons project we did, in the project we picked someone related to America and wrote about how they influenced us. She not only influenced me she inspired me.

By JIM RUTENBERG
Published: September 11, 2008
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Interview of Palin

Federalists VS Anti-Federalists

Revised on 9/25/08
Agency Fights Building Code Born of 9/11
By: ERIC LIPTON

Published: September 7, 2008

The new provisions, which include requiring tall office buildings to have better fireproofing and an extra emergency stairwell, started as a result of an study into the collapse of the twin towers at the World Trade Center seven years ago this week. The debate is that it will be too expensive to meet the requirements of the code."The fireproofing and stairwell requirements alone could cost real estate developers $13 million for a 42-story office building, as well as perhaps $600,000 a year in lost rent because of decreased floor space, real estate industry officials estimated."

While others say it is mandatory to make these adjustments for the safety of the people.“We want buildings that stand long enough for people to get out and stairs that allow people to get out quickly,” Mr. Lewis said. “If we reverse any of those improvements, we are not learning from the lessons of Sept. 11.”

The federalists are the ones who want the building code. The federalists believe the government is responsible for the peoples safety. The anti-federalists are the ones fighting the code and are completely against it. Just because it will cost more they are willing to risk the peoples lives that inside the building. The anti-federalists think it should be up to the company to decide if they should make the changes.

I believe that the code should come into affect. The companies shouldn't be complaining about the cost because it would be our tax dollars paying for the projects according to Glenn P. Corbett.

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Agency Fights Building Code Born on 9/11

Concept of the Enlightenment

They believed that human reason could be used to build a better world. I found that residents were asked not to return to the New Orleans because of Hurricane Gustav. I used this as an example for the concept of the Enlightenment because the government used reason and logic to come to a reasonable decision. The city was having continuous power problems along with flooding North of New Orleans. If the residents rush to move back they could face medical problems because city and state officials were struggling to get power to hospitals.


The article was originally written by By ADAM NOSSITER and JOHN SCHWARTZ and was published on September 2, 2008. The original title was, New Orleans Says Residents Can Return Thursday.

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New Orleans Says Residents Can Return Thursday

Concept of the Declaration of independence

I learned that all humans have natural rights (life, liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness) and the government will protect those rights. For example, In Pakistan 5 people were murdered and stripped of their right to live. The government will try to prevent this from happening again and protect other peoples natural rights.

The original title was Pakistan Begins Inquiry Into Deaths of 5 Women. It was written By SALMAN MASOOD and published on September 2, 2008.

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Pakistan Begins Inquiry