The Other Side

http://video.foxnews.com/v/5651835001001/?#sp=show-clips

This side of the story is obviously going to be somewhat bios, however, its a good example of a list of good things president Trump has accomplished within the first year of his election. These are things that, of course, don't get a lot of coverage but, there good to note, and encouraging for the future.

Do yourself a favor

We live in a world where we are subject to a million different influences every single day. We are bombarded with advertisements, announcements and headlines at a rate which is impossible for our brain to thoroughly process. Most of us are aware of this trend, especially in the marketplace, and fight it by doing our own investigations to make sure what we are getting is truly worth the price we are paying for it.
What is more particularly alarming, however, is how little intellectual rigor we hold when it comes to more serious things, topics like race, religion, and politics. Unfortunately, I think we are the victims of our own passive attitudes toward the news. We are sadly more caught up in our world of money and our world of sports while the most important things get laid aside.
I'm generalizing, so please, nobody take offense. There is a great deal of people who pay very close attention to the world we live in and are very active in making it a better place. I would, however, venture to claim, that there is an inordinate focus on our social media and sports teams before the things that really matter.
However, among those who do attempt to follow the news and make themselves aware of things that are going on, there are two groups, the "hard-core news junkie debate people" and the "eat up whatever is put in front of me people."
I heard the other day that if you cant argue the opposite side of an argument for at least five minutes then you had no place arguing because you didn't know enough about the subject to have an opinion. What does this mean for our politically "eat it up" group of people. This means if you haven't gone and made a point of listening to the other side of the "biased" media then you have no place having an opinion. For example, I align with many conservative ideas, however, I always read the story first on CNN before I look anywhere else, simply so I know there side before I proceed.
Here is a small sample from this weekend:
Of course we have by now all heard of the terrible shooting that happened in Texas this last week that left 26 people dead, as they were gathered for their Sunday worship. Many celebrities immediately came forward condemning those asking for prayers, citing them as useless, because these people had died praying. (Religious people laugh at this logic, because religious people would prefer nothing more than dying in prayer). However, that point isn't important. What is important is that once again the Liberal community exploded with outrage that we still have yet to enforce what they call "common sense gun laws."
This is the point where the average person stops reading, feels terrible, decides to write to their state representative, and tell him/her that we need more laws to prevent such terrible things from happening. The logic seems so obvious and the intentions of the media so pure. Less guns equals less violence. DUH.
WRONG. WRONG. WRONG. It is so disgustingly wrong and easy to refute that it makes me sick to think of why the liberal media would be pushing such an agenda, and even sicker to think that they would stand on the graves of dead innocent men, women, and children to push their ideas on a susceptible and intellectually "lazy" country, that is content with reading headlines and not doing hard, in-depth research.
The reality of the two latest mass shooting in the United States is that they were both entirely preventable by the gun laws we have in place and would not have been hindered by any further ones. In Las Vegas, the shooter used fully automatic weapons which were already illegally owned, as he did not have the required permit. In Texas, the shooter was a man convicted of physical assault and battery on his wife and step-son, an impediment to owning a firearm in this country. So really, the answer isn't to outlaw guns. The answer is to enforce gun laws that are already in place. But of course the liberal media won't tell you this. It doesn't fit in with their socialist world agenda. Once you knock out gun laws, there is nothing stopping this country from becoming a military dictatorship. If you think the bloodshed is bad now. Pick any communist country since 1917 (an important date among communists for anyone with the intellectual curiosity to look it up) and see how many people their government killed. SPOILER ALERT: Its not a pretty picture.
The media also wont tell you about the NRA member who hit and wounded the shooter in Texas. A lawful, gun owning, hero who prevented the further loss of life by doing what had to be done in a terribly scary situation. Dare to imagine with me how many more people would be dead had he not been there.
And to cap it all off, the media has got to do some Trump bashing, right? So lets get all worked up about the racist Donald Trump, who hates Mexicans and Muslims and is building this terrible wall in the very same state of Texas. Of course, since he doesn't support gun laws it just adds to the narrative of hate, right? Such a terrible person, loves to see people die. Since October 1st when Paddock began shooting on the crowd in Las Vegas 84 precious American souls have been lost to mass shooting cases. Now, keep in mind this often untold statistic, approximately 25% of all murders in the country are committed by illegal immigrants, that is about 3.5% of the population. That means in the same span of time, we'll say 40 days for a nice round number, illegal immigrants have committed an estimated 444 people, 5 times as many as crazy, unpredictable people with guns. But what's even more alarming is that the illegal immigrants who do it aren't crazy people. There just like you and me, but think its okay to kill to get what they want, to enter a country illegally and take from it without earning anything. We are never going to be able to predict when an insane person will pop out of nowhere and do insane things. But we can read the trends with illegal immigrants and act for our own safety, but no. The liberal media thinks differently, and is content with skewing the truth at your expense. The hate the wall and love the gun laws.
These are the facts. They are indisputable facts about the world we live in. The media is either incapable of relaying facts or they do not relay facts because they have ulterior motives. So they are either incompetent or malicious. You decide. Just please do yourself, and America, a small but huge favor. Study your stuff, before you open your mouth, cast a vote, or get triggered.

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My Multimodel

When enough is enough.

I don't care if you conservative and hate Hilary Clinton or if your liberal and you love her.

Its time for her to move on, and stop hurting her own cause.

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2017/11/05/hillary-clintons-loss-in-election-sparks-civil-war-between-democrats.html

Communism arose in Russia in 1917, exactly one hundred years ago. This is why it has always been the enemy of American Society and we continue to fight it in Korea.

The Las Vegas hotel security guard(middle) who was the first to respond to the gunshots

appearing on the Ellen Show with Ellen DeGeneres

The Las Vegas Massacre, as it is now known, was the deadliest of all mass shootings in United States history. Pearl Harbor, Nine-Eleven, and now Vegas. Everyone will remember where they were and what they were doing when they found out the terrible news that dozens of people were killed while hundreds more were injured in what has been credited to a lone crazed man, who accessed and smuggled dozens of weapons and thousands of rounds into his hotel room in Mandela Bay, from whence he proceeded to maniacal actions. I hope this is the case. We all do. Insanity is the most comforting explanation to this terrible tragedy. But what if it wasn't an accident? What if this was planned? And what if the perpetrators are still at large?

Interestingly enough, at the end of this month the government is due to release the top secret documents concerning the Kennedy assassination. Whether or not they will, and whether or not those documents will shed light upon any long held conspiracies is yet to be seen. But many believe that the Vegas incident could be another "Kennedy Level" government cover-up. 

Now I am always extremely skeptical when reading into conspiracy theories, because there are legitimate crazy people, who will write and believe just about anything on the Internet. Therefore, I refuse to believe or embrace any theory right now, first because its too soon after the fact for all the details to be explainable by the government anyway. In addition, I want indisputable proof, not a bunch of smoke signals, because smoke isn't fire, I'm my book. Everything the government does has smoke on it, but I want to see the fire.

However, all that being said here are three questions that must be answered by the F.B.I. if they want to keep even the most skeptical of conspiracy theorists off of their trails.

1. How did someone manage to break into the house which was inhabited by Stephen Paddock before the assassination? Who was this person? What did they want? What did they get? And how is our F.B.I. so incompetent as to allow the scene of a federal crime be infiltrated by an amateur, and if it wasn't an amateur than what did THEY want?

2. The man pictured at the top was the first to respond to the an alarm on the 32nd floor of the hotel. Earlier this past week he was scheduled to do a series of interviews with various news parties. However, he canceled last minute, disappeared for a week and then suddenly appeared on the Ellen show, which is normally a lighter show than what would be expected of such an important issue. And this is supposedly his first and last time speaking publicly about the event. So why did he disappear? And why is he only talking about it once? And what testimony did he provide to the F.B.I.? Again no fire here but lots of smoke. It at least deserves clarification from the F.B.I

3. Finally the authorities still haven't provided us with any motive whatsoever. What do they expect us to think about that? Are we to assume that he was crazy and had no reason to attack that crowd in particular? Another important thing to note is that his "insanity" claims have been analyzed by judges who claim that if he were still living, it wouldn't even be close enough grounds to win an "insanity" plea

Anyway, I hope not to upset anyone with what could be some very grave questions, and I hope the government is just biding its time while the sort all the details themselves. However, these three questions among the dozens that surround the Las Vegas shooting, are the most basic to me that need answered. Most importantly prayers for the family. But our recovery demands that we assure this never happens again. The first step in that case is to figure out who did it and why. That question might be more complicated than it seems.

Jacob McDonough

College Writing 1 @ 9:00

Dr. Kyburz

17 October 2017

Patience is a Virtue

         I am a flawed human being. We all are. One of my bigger faults is patience.

         Every morning when I wake up, I have to wake my brother up too. It takes two seconds as I walk out of the room to say, “Hey Anthony! Get up.” Yet it is one of the most bothersome tasks of my day. I come out of my room and make breakfast. It takes so long. Then I’m out the door to school.

          I drive myself most days.s. I cannot stand driving. When I am supposed to 45 I go 55. Why can’t I slow down just a bit. What’s the rush?

          I’m a clock watcher. You know that kid who always knows exactly how much time is left until the class ends. That’s me. Lunch is even worse. I go to the den a couple of times a week. I do not have a good relationship with the vibrating notification thing, that tells you when your food is done. We hate each other, and once he finally brings me good news, I leave him in the dust.

         I work a lot even though I am in school. My job is not very good about keeping us off our phones. I listen to music the whole time. Its part of how I count down. Approximately thirteen songs and hour, including commercials 65 songs a shift. Then I drive home, five miles an hour over the speed limit, and that is on a good day.

         Finally, I cannot wait to crash. Dinner, shower, final texts to friends, and I am out like a light. The process repeats.

         However, I ask myself, “What are you so eager to do, that makes everything you do everyday so unimportant.” It is probably a question most of us can ask ourselves. What is so important on our schedule that causes us to rush through everything we do. Maybe, if I choose one thing a day to do slowly, methodically, and patiently, I can curb the habit. Then again, I would probably rush through everything else all the more to make up for lost time.