health care reform

The current state of the health care reform is that it passed through the house and the senate is now voting on it. Obama is trying to push the health care bill through both sides of the checks and balances before the new year. I think universal health care is headed to make the country better. I think that if a national health care program works for other developed foreign countries as well as it does then Americans could definitely benefit from one.

The debate is that the current system has failed so many Americans and with the recent loss of jobs and economic downturn health care reform is nesscessary. Currently the bill is being left up to Congress.

political cartoon #2

Parker drew this cartoon. This was published on the 20th of this month in Flordia. This cartoon deals with texting while driving. Currently I believe they just put a ban on it. I think the cartoons message is that technology is all too frequent these days to the point that it is taking over people's lives. I agree with the cartoons message because texting while driving is dangerous because you arent paying attention to the rode and endangering other peoples lives.

#1 political cartoon.

Pavel Constantin drew this political cartoon. This cartoon deals with the issue of the "swine flu" or the H1N1 virus. The cartoon's message seems to be joking at the epidemic a little bit. The cartoon features a pig sitting a humans chair with people are supposed to be the pigs. It is joking at the craziness surrounding everyone starting to be "germ freaks". I am indifferent to the cartoon. I have not been too caught up in the worrying about contracting swine flu. I have been worrying about getting something more common as the flu in this upcoming winter season.

new principal

I think Herndon having a new principal in place by the beginning of December should have a couple qualities to be the right fit for Herndon. I think the type of person to be principal should be honest, caring, trustworthy, fair. I think the principal should be honest and caring in they way that he/she talks to students and caring enough to understand in specific ways but treats everyone equally with a similar punishment meets the crime type way. I think the principal should be someone that students will trust and be able to come to if they wanted, someone the school would be able to say hello to. I think someone who comes off as either funny or a relaxed would be a good match for Herndon because I think the majority of our students are funny and relaxed. Someone not always taking everything extremely serious. A principal that supports the school with a positive outlook when first being at Herndon.

My choice

For my choice post to write about I decided to discuss what I learned from taking this Ap government course so far. This class had made me want to be a little bit more aware of what is going on not only in politics but awareness issues around the world in general. It has made me feel as though I should value that I have access to learn about so many issues yet I have choosen to remain ignorant to basically everything that the news, internet, and politics has to offer. I have learned that knowledge really is power and I personally dont have very much knowledge on any educated subjects. I think that throughout this class I will learn even more as to which political party I allign myself with more. Right now the issue that makes me lean democratic is the pro-choice view of democratic candidates. I have discovered that I am very pro-choice and am interested in learning more about pro-life and pro-choice simply so I am educated enough to have a discussion about the topic. So far I have jsut realized I am strongly pro-choice and have only joined a facebook group that supports that view to try and learn a bit more about the actual arguments that go into the debate. Other then that so far I have learned that most Americans dont take the oppurtunity to vote and what seems like long ago people died in wars to defend our freedom and nowadays Americans just waste this precious opportunity. I think so far this class has educated me enough to want to vote when I am eligable in the next election.

Obama Tempers Good economic news with caution

For my current event article I read about Obama and how in the past month the economic down turn has gone up by a couple percents. The article basically talked about how this is a good sign not to get to " big headed" and realize that we still have the possiblity of having rough times ahead. The unemployed rate is still very high and may very well increase. But the good news is the economic upturn will create new jobs to be held. The fact is that the economy being up right now is very positive news compared to about a year ago when we thought we were headed for another great depression.Obama says that the investments in the stimulus package aren't just helping for in the short term but laying down the foundation for long term improvement overall. The wrap up of this article was that although government programs like cash for clunkers are bolstering the economy once they are done lingering problems will rise.