I just finished a six page paper for english this morning and thought I would share it with everyone. . .Just kidding I am only going to share the last paragraph because six pages would make an extremely long post. Here is the conclusion and I can email you the rest if you would like to read it.
As has been indicated the American dream is not always to own a home, get rich, have a beautiful spouse, or obtain material goods. In American literature we see that those who strive for these things can obtain them like Rudy Ruettiger or they can end with the shot of a gun like in Of Mice and Men. Material things are always great to strive for as an American dream and that is what most American’s picture it as. However, that is not the most important part of the American dream. The most important part of the American dream is the idea that as Americans we have the right to “the pursuit of Happiness” as is written in the Constitution of the United States. The concept of the American dream is the concept of America. America allows for freedoms no other country can give and in the United States of America it is possible to obtain any dream a person wants to obtain. The American dream is that you can go after whatever you wish to and nothing, but yourself is in the way. The American Dream is not reached by everyone as with the characters of Jay Gatsby, George Milton, and Lennie Small but the American dream is achievable.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Palastine Liberation Organization
Here is a paper I had to write for Sociology. We have been learning about Cults, Religion, and Terrorism. I found this terrorist group very intersesting. (If it seems like I have been doing a lot of posts on my sociology class, I have because it is a very interesting class and the teacher is really good.)
The Palestine Liberation Organization was created in nineteen sixty-four by the Arab League as a tool of war and terrorism against the Jewish state of Israel. The Arab League was made up of the countries of Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Yemen of which the religious majority was that of Islam. The Palestine Liberation Organization has had a history of terrorism towards the nation of Israel because of their religious differences and land disputes. The PLO has self-proclaimed their organization to include all Palestinians making membership to be an estimated four and one half million and is currently under the leadership of Mahmoud Abbas.
A few years after the Palestine Liberation Organization was created the Arab League lost power to a man named Mohammed Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa Al-Husseini or Yassir Arafat. (In Arabic Yassir means “easygoing”.) Arafat began as the founder and leader of the terrorist organization Fatah. Fatah, meaning conquest by means of Jihad (Holy War), was led by Arafat and would commit terrorist acts against Israelis specifically targeting civilians. Arafat became the leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization in nineteen sixty-eight and his group, Fatah, became the largest faction of the PLO. Other major factions of the PLO include: Force 17, The Tanzim, and the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades. These groups and all others in the Palastine Liberation Organization are based out of the countries of Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and the geographical areas in Israel such as the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
The Palestine Liberation Organization has committed many large acts of terrorism in the Middle East and elsewhere. In September of nineteen seventy, members of the PLO hijacked three Jordanian planes and blew them up. The king of Jordan, King Hussein, ordered martial law and defeated the military arm of the Palestine Liberation Organization which was being backed by Syria. Yassir Arafat and other high PLO leaders retreated to the safety of Syria after the defeat. In September nineteen seventy-two at the Munich Olympic Games eleven Israeli athletes were murdered by an arm of Fatah known as Black September. The following year, nineteen seventy-three, on March second PLO members murdered the U. S. Ambassador to Sudan, Cleo Noel.
Under Arafat’s leadership in the nineteen seventies, the Palestine Liberation Organization was recognized by the United Nations. In the nineteen nineties with the help of the United States, Israel gave the Palestinians control of Gaza and recognized the PLO. In return Arafat recognized Israel, renounced the PLO’s terrorism, and promised to revoke the covenant of Israeli destruction.
Conflict Theory can be used to analyze the Palestine Liberation Organization and its interaction with the country of Israel. Between the PLO and the Israelis we see the competitive element of Conflict Theory. When the State of Israel was created by the United Nations many previous occupants or many Palestinians were displaced. Because of the fact that both Palestinians and Israelis claim the area now known as the country of Israel, there have been many conflicts between the two groups and many have been affected.
As a result of the Palestine Liberation Organization’s acts of terrorism towards the country of Israel and others many have been affected negatively by the terrorist group’s existence. The whole nation of Israel has been in fear of those acts of terrorism that have taken place and many are in constant fear of attack by members of the PLO. In the end the area of the Middle East which includes Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel has been in constant turmoil because of the existence of Islamic terrorist groups of which the Palestine Liberation Organization is a very large contributor. The fire of hatred towards the nation of Israel has continued to be fueled by the terrorist group known as the Palestine Liberation Organization.
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Candidates for Wyoming Governor 2010
I have been learning a little about the candidates who are running for the Governor of Wyoming this November. They have a lot of similarities begining with the fact that there are no Democrates running, making all four of them Republicans. I have not seen much wrong about any of their viewpoints. Those running are Reta Meyer, Ron Micheli, Matt Mead, and Colin Simpson.
Reta Meyer (R)- She grew up with very little and learned how to work hard. Her academic accomplishments include: two undergraduate degrees from the University of Wyoming, a B.A. in Education and a B.S. in Finance. She also has a MBA in International Business from Regis University, and a Master's in National Resource Strategy from National Defense University in Washington, D.C. She has served as Wyoming State Auditor since 2006. Her main emphasis is that she is qualified to help put Wyoming's economy back to what it should be.
Ron Micheli (R)- He is a fourth generation rancher in Ft. Bridger where he runs and operates a ranch in partnership with his father Joe G. Micheli and his brother Dale Micheli. He has eight kids and twenty-one grandkids. Ron graduated from Mountain View High School in 1966 and received a Bachelor of Science from the University of Wyoming in 1970 with a degree in Animal Science.He spent 16 years in the Wyoming House of Representatives. While their he held various leadership positions including Majority Floor Leader, Speaker Pro Tempore, and Majority Whip. Ron served in the cabinet of Governor Jim Geringer as the Director of the Wyoming Department of Agriculture from 1995-2003. His main emphasis is that if he becomes governor he will sue the fedral government over the health care bill.
Matt Mead (R)- He is 47 years old and was born in Teton County, Wyoming. He has two children and lives in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Matt received his law degree from the University of Wyoming in 1987. In his 20-year legal career, Matt served as a prosecutor for Campbell County, an Assistant U.S. Attorney, and a Special Assistant Attorney General for the State of Wyoming. He served as U. S. Attorney for Wyoming from 2001-2007. His main issue is that as governor he will help create jobs for Wyoming residents and make it so people want to stay in Wyoming.
Colin Simpson (R)- He is 51 years old and was born in Cheyenne. He has two sons. In 1985 he received a law degree from the University of Wyoming and has practiced law since 1987. He was elected to the Wyoming Legislature in 1998 and is serving my sixth term as a Republican representative from Park County. He is the Speaker of the House and has also served in House leadership as the Majority Floor Leader and Speaker Pro Tem. His main issue is that of healthcare and if he is elected he will also promote state rights.
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Bill Ayers, Social Justice, and UW
Meg Lanker, a student at the University, threatened to sue UW for cancelling. She claiming the cancellation violated the First Amendment. The Lawyer hired by Lanker issued a date for a response from the University after which, if they didn't reschedule, he would file a lawsuit against UW. The University didn't respond and the lawsuit was filed. A fedral judge ruled that the University of Wyoming would have to allow Ayers to speak because of the First Amendment. Ayers ended up speaking at UW about social justice and education.
I find it very interesting that this William Ayers was a member of a terrorist group and people at the University of Wyoming wanted to listen to him. He is a proffesor at the Universtity of Illinois-Chicago who teaches social justice and who has served with President Obama on the board of a Chicago charity. According to wikipedia social justice is "based on the concepts of human rights and equality and involves a greater degree of economic egalitarianism through progressive taxation, income redistribution, or even property redistribution".
From what I see William Ayers is a terrorist who want's redistribution of wealth or in other words a communist economy for America. This man should not be a proffesor or a speaker to young American college students. However, I think the University of Wyoming should have the right to allow or not to allow whomever they choose to speak to their students. If the University cancelled the speach, it was probably cancelled for a good reason and should have remained cancelled.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
American Revival in Salt Lake
Glenn Beck is holding one of his all day American Revival Events on July 17th 2010 in Salt Lake City, Utah. I would love to go to this and it is close enough to go to without to much difficulty.
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Race In America
I have just recently finished learning about the Civil Rights Movement and Martin Luther King Jr. in American History. I have also been thinking about some of the current issues dealing with race such as the accusations of racism against the Tea Party.
As I have been learning about Martin Luther King Jr. and what he did, I thought it was really good the way he went about his protests in a peaceful manner and with patience. We as Americans, in a time when the Government is not doing what we want it to do can learn from Dr. King's leadership of peaceful, persistent protest.
One thing I did have a question about was one about all of the sit-ins that were held to protest segregation. Seregation would probably not have ended if it wasn't for these sit-ins, but I wonder if it was slightly against the principles of the country to not move. The reason I say this is because those places where sit-ins were held were usually privatly owned. The only thing I would say about the sit-ins would be that I think legally if the owners of the property would have had the right to get the protesters off. However, Jim Crow Laws in the South would not have been changed as fast as they were with sit-ins.
A thought I had on the president at the time of the Civil Rights Movement was that he was a really progressive president. It is unfortunate for people's viewpoint on Conservatives that Lyndon B. Johnson was the president who really pushed the civil rights acts and voting rights acts in the sixties. When the average U.S. citizen learns about history of the civil rights movement, the fact that a liberal president was leading the country makes liberals and democrates out to be the good party rather than the racist one.
In this country over the past few months the media has been targeting the Tea Party Movement as being a race based movement as well. Some members of the Tea Party Movement could very well be racists, but the movement itself has nothing to do with racism. The movement is just for reducing government size and power; because of that, the Tea Party Movement has been targeted by the media with a smear campaign of racism. The Tea Party Movement does not have many African-Americans involved, but the ones who are come to the conclusion that it is not a racist movement. Here is an article about black conservatives in the tea party: http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9ETR1380&show_article=1
Today we have a African-American president, but the question of weather he was elected because of his race is one I have asked myself many times. In America today are we showing racial bias towards others, as in this instance, by giving them more power than others just because of their race or do we vote or give respect towards those of any race, gender, or religion who are good people that have strong values?
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