Reading #4

I read an article in the newspaper about a rcount for the senate. This is not the first article I have seen for a recount. Why are there so many problems with the ballots? They are now going to hand count the ballots. There are 2.9 million ballots. They think they will be done hand counting these in about a month. I'm anxious to see how this turns out. I understand that they want to do a recount because if I were in the situation I would probably want the same thing. I just wonder if it's going to change anything. They are putting so much time and effort into recounting the ballots, and if they same guy wins thats a total waste of time. They may be making this too much of a big deal, but thats just my opinion, I think it's important to do but also hand counted? Wow this is going to take them a long time and a lot of effort. Again I am anxious to see how this turns out.

Reading #3

I read in article in the paper about lving in a multigenerational home. In the article it was a mom with a son that was 17. Also in the home was her daughter also with a son and a boyfriend, her son was 5. This article was about living with family that also has family. A little confusing. But the article said that this is more likely to start happening to young adults to come live at home because of the economy. There has been in increase of 65 percent more families doing this from 2000-2007. It can really help out the young adults to get there lives straight. They can now settle and look for jobs without the worry of paying for there home. It really helps them be less stressful and now they can make the correct desecion on the choice of future they want to take. I think this is a really great thing because it helps the younger ones so much. The economy is just going to keep getting worse so ill probably be back home with my parents when I get out of college.

Quarter 2 reading #2

I read in article in the paper about making it illegal to smoke in public places. They are making this more and more common everyday. Personally I support this. The reason I support this is because smoking is illegal for anyone under 18. Well public places are for people any age. And it is a fact that second hand smoke is just as bad as smoking. This means there are children ages 0-17 and other people who choose not to smoke walking around in other peoples smoke getting almost the same effect as smokers because they are getting the second hand smoke. That is almost illegal because they children are pretty much almost smoking. I think smoking should be illegal in most public places because people just walking by get the smoke. Thats not fair to people who don't want to pass smoke on a public place. And smoking is just not worth it. Why do it? There is not good reason to start smoking, so please keep the earth safe and others safe, don't smoke.

Reading quarter 2 #1

Today I read this article in the paper about a girl at Augsberg college getting beat because she was wearing a McCain Palin button. On campus a group of girls walked up to her and called her racist for wearing the button and then beat her. The girl got a concussion from this beating. The main point I got out of this article is that you can't judge someone just by what they are wearing or showing. How could the girls think she was being racist just because she was wearing the button? She was just supporting a candidate, how in the world does that connect to racisim. This shows people are not exactly as free as we think. If we can't support something without being prosictued for another how are we free? And how can someone judge you like that whent they don't even know your views on why you support them. People need to take another look around and realize even if people don't believe in the same things as you, they still have a say and you can't judge a book by its cover.