FAT SODA

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/09/the-domino-theory-redux/?ref=opinion

ETHOS

·         endorsed by the United Nations, the American Heart Association, the American Medical Association, The New England Journal of Medicine, the Institute of Medicine and many others, and which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention commissioner.

·         Dr. Jeff Ritterman, a retired cardiologist serving on the Richmond City Council,

PATHOS

·         Richmond is the 6^th most obese city in US.

LOGOS

·         $86,000 can teach every 3^rd grader how to swim in one of their municiple pools.(Richmond)

·         $800,000 we can put a nutrition-gardening-cooking instructor in each of our 10 elementary schools.”(Richmond)

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MEN FAIL

MEN FAIL
In the article “Why Men Fail,” it examines why men today aren’t as successful as woman are when it comes to business, the economy and as well as why men don’t succeed in life. This author has good ethos due to the fact that she has written a book and also has her work published in a popular magazine. With her cleaver insight on the matters at hand in regards to women being far more superior in the business community, she proclaims that men fail at being successful because they believe that they have everything handed to them which lowers work ethic which in the end results in the men not progressing as fast as the hard working woman that has devoted time and effort in the office to reach a higher more powerful point in their career which in the long run ends with the men stuck behind a desk while woman live it up with their high paying jobs. I agree with the point that men are getting lazy in the work community and should rise up because even though I want to say that everything is equal in the working community, in the end women always have to work harder to achieve more than what men have handed to them on a platter. One point I do disagree on is that we all do work hard together as a team and that in the end boosts moral and ultimately ends with everyone winning. Men and women are equal human beings but when it comes to todays society, women must work in order to achieve greatness much like us all.

DEBATE

DEBATE
While watching the debates, I believe that the true winner is Obama. Although I am Democratic, I believe that Obama won because he reached out to current problems and what he’s done to help and disproved the Ads that are against him as well as brought up points about how Romney cant keep his word and forced Romney to go against his word that stated his 5 trillion tax break that would cost the US a lot of money. Obama used many words that much like Romney stuck in the audience’s head such as lying and tax raising. No matter the intelligence level of any of the US citizen, if there is one word that sticks in the minds of the public it’s the powerful word tax. Romney lost this debate not only with his rude interruptions but also the fact that when faced with a statement that regards his current campaign Ads he reacted with denial and frustration. I believe that if a person cant stay true to their word then they aren’t a man and they aren’t good to run this country. The president should be a man of truth and should be respectful because he is representing the most powerful nation in the world. Romney lost because for the past 7 months, Romney has been campaigning that he is going to be giving tax breaks to the rich and raising taxes on middle class to make them pay $4000. Romney also was quoted with his policy on china and quote said that they are “Cheaters” and blamed Obama for the current crisis. The US is giving China all our business and as well as the President has no control over where business send their jobs. Although both Candidates had contradicting ideas, they both agreed on one point that would help the US. The US needs lower the corporate tax rate to 25% or even lower and allow the businesses over seas to come either back to the US or allow foreign countries to come to the US.  

FIRED UP

Davis Moe

Dawn DiPrince

English 101

Oct. 1, 2012

Fired Up

            The American people are wondering around lost and scared in this big world we live in. Every four years we seek out a new leader to be the one that stands in front of the loaded guns of the world as they watch our every move waiting for a moment of weakness to arise. Obama in his campaign Advertisement argues that one voice can change the world and his voice has been that call of reason to the world for the past four years.

            Four years ago we elected in President Barack Obama to take the leadership position of this country and sought out guidance on the long journey that awaited us in the next four years. In Obama’s campaign Ad. About being “fired up”, he stated that one voice changed the room as it echoed from behind him and slowly chanted “Fired up, Ready to go” as the room became progressively louder. Using just his words, Obama painted a clear picture of what occurred on that raining afternoon in the small town of Greenwood SC. Using visual Rhetoric in his campaign Ad, Obama opens the Ad with an elderly woman repeatedly stating “Fired up, Ready to go.” This small statement opens up to his speech before the election saying how just one voice changed everything for him when he was just a senator.

 As Obama progresses in his speech it cuts in and out to the same elderly lady describing his first visit to the local community center in the small town of Greenwood SC. The Ad reveals how Obama is human, and much like everyone, gets a little upset when his umbrella breaks and gets poured on, especially after a six-hour drive. This Ad is powerful because it not only reveals how Obama is not only human but he knows the power of one voice. He openly states how if this one woman’s voice can get him “Fired up” and “Ready to go,” then he believes that one persons voice can change the world. 
Obama for the past four years has been that small barrier that stood between the world and us. He has not only saved the economy by dropping the unemployment rate by 4% in the past four years, but he has also ended the war on terror and protected the American people. Obama has heard the cry of the people and he, much like all of us, has seen the trouble we are in due to the last president. Before he came into office, America had hit rock bottom and was on the verge of another depression. When people say that Obama hasn’t done anything to help this country, that’s much like saying you watched someone pick up a rock and before watching them throw it turned away. The American people don’t see change because they choose not to watch it happen. The Stock Market jumped 300 points within his first 2 years in office and that to me is placing that boulder he picked up pretty far ahead.
 The President has the toughest job in the world. The weight of the world is on his shoulders, and with any slip up, it could all cave in. No one realizes that the President is the voice of the people, and when he changes ideas or opinions, he is doing it based on what the people have told him. Obama is one of the first Presidents other than JFK, or Clinton to actually listen to majority vote. The President isn’t God, and if you’ve seen Bruce Almighty, everyone knows that if what everyone wanted came true, no one would be happy. The President must decipher between choices and choose what’s best for the US. His choices may not be popular for some people, but if we stopped and looked at how far that rock he’s thrown has come, it’s better than sitting on the ground going nowhere.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhWDFgRfi1Q

Angry Muslim

ANGRY MUSLIM
To start, the Muslim religion is a very peaceful religion. People make mistakes and accuse them for being terrorists and killers, but in fact it’s the opposite. The Muslims believe in Jihad, which if everyone is familiar with it through popular media, that it means holy war. People believe that Jihad is fought physically with weapons and death and killing, but in fact the real meaning behind Jihad is in fact holy war but it is a holy war within yourself. Jihad is fighting them self through urges and lifelong battles that make us human. When I hear bad opinions on the Muslims I feel that they are being attacked due to the extremists that give them a bad name. Every group of people has their bad seed and unfortunetly for society all we focus on is the bad people just so we can gather an audience and the media can become popular and outreach to other branches of society. The picture of the Muslims being upset and yelling, I believe that at that moment the people were upset and due to the selfish acts of the media with no reasoning just state the negative that the Muslims are upset a video. I believe that the media should have stated in the article why the people were upset and not write it in an over exaggerated way. I understand the American people don’t understand what the Muslims think or feel, but if the media would stop shoveling lies down our throats, that maybe we could learn something about another group of people that we share this world with. The Americans are not superior and the sooner we realize this, the sooner we can start focusing on what really matters which is doing our job as a great nation to help other nations reach peach within their borders.

Obama Ad

OBAMA AD
While watcfing the Ad for Obama, I first noticed the background color and how it was a welcoming fuzz to the pictures and people they presented. I also noticed that the people that were shown the most were teen's and old people. I believe he did that so it would match up with the story that Obama told in one of his speeches when he talked about his grandma working hard. Other details that caught my attention were the emotion put into every word so that while you watch the Ad, your blood will get pumped up and say "Yes we can!" that the people can go forward and make things better. The message that was in this Ad was to get people to get "Fired Up, Ready to go" about this new election and that if Obama is reelected, than everything will be better because he believes in the peoples dream and he believes in the people to make the right choice. The main goal of this Ad was to show people that they need to vote cause one vote can change the world and make a difference.

OBAMA!