Carter?

To whom this may concern,


I would like to inform you that I agree and support Carters program to conserve energy. Although Carter is a southerner with absolutely no national political experience he seems to know what he is doing when it comes to the economy. Carter was brought into presidency when it was at its most unstable point. I think his idea is brilliant, although there was a lot to think about before he started the plan. For example to encourage greater energy production Carter proposed removing controls on prices for oil and natural gas. We should also be grateful that he took certain steps to get us here. Although many oppose Carters energy plan, I think the directives it brings out are very important. I am very happy that the National Energy Act finally passed it. The Act included tax sales of inefficient “gas guzzling” cars. Two, it will convey new utilities to fuels other than oil or natural gas. Three deregulate prices for domestic oil and natural gas. Four, it provides tax credits or loads to homeowners for using solar energy and improving the insulation in their homes. Lastly, five, it will fund research for alternative energy sources such as solar energy and synthetic fuels. It is too bad that after all the achievements Carter has mad and committed himself to several goals, his administration had lost the confidence of many. To this day I still think his plan was very smart.

Thank you for your time,
Suzanne

Pink's "Dear Mr. President"

Dear Mr. President
Come take a walk with me
Let's pretend we're just two people and
You're not better than me
I'd like to ask you some questions if we can speak honestly

What do you feel when you see all the homeless on the street
Who do you pray for at night before you go to sleep
What do you feel when you look in the mirror
Are you proud

How do you sleep while the rest of us cry
How do you dream when a mother has no chance to say goodbye
How do you walk with your head held high
Can you even look me in the eye
And tell me why

Dear Mr. President
Were you lonely boy
Are you a lonely boy
Are you a lonely boy
How can you say
No child is left behind
We're not dumb and we're not blind
They're all sitting in your cells
While you pay the road to hell

What kind of father would take his owns daughter's rights away
And what kind of father might hate his own daughter if she were gay
I can only imagine what the first lady has to say
You've come a long way from whiskey and cocaine

How do yoy sleep while the rest of us cry
How do you dream when a mother has no chance to say goodbye
How do you walk with your head held high
Can you even look me in the eye

Let me tell you bout hard work
Minimum wage with a baby on the way
Let me tell you bout hard work
Rebuilding your house after the bombs took them away
Let me tell you bout hard work
Building a bed out of a cardboard box
Let me tell you bout hard work
Hard work
Hard work
You don't know nothing bout hard work
Hard work
Hard work
Oh

How do you sleep at night
How do you walk with your head held high
Dear Mr. President
You'd never take a walk with me
Would you?

Womens Rights'

I believe women are somewhat equal to men in the year 2010, it is a hard subject because there is so much you can compare. I believe that women have all the same opportunities’ as men, although several can fight this. But overall I think the main problem today is that several people get equality and stereotypes confused.

Suggested—

Both:

Women have the stereotype for someone who would stay at home with their kids and cook and clean and make sure there is dinner on the table for the husband when he gets home from work; but the thing is that there are several men that stay at home while their wives bring home the money; so this is equality.

Women:

Women are first pick for any job that doesn't involve physical manual labor.

Who babysits? Most families looking for a babysitter are looking for women, which would not be equal or fair to men.

They get automatic custody of children when there is no mandatory investigation of either parent.

They can have men arrested for assault with no physical evidence.

Government aid caters to women.

Men:

More hard headed- girls break down easier

Stronger (build)

Fieldtrip

The field trip we took to Boston's JFK Presidential Library/ Museum was one of the most informative field trips I have ever been on. It was definitely a great experience and it would be something I would love to do again. It was a lot to absorb in one day, although a lot of the information was a repeat of what we had learned in class it was just in greater depth. There were three things that I learned while the educator gave her presentation and while I was waking around the museum itself. Walking through I saw that there were several gifts to John F. Kennedy for his outstanding efforts, and as for today these gifts are now ours to explore and look at. There were so many but there was on piece/ section of the museum that caught my eye; the section was "Hope for Retard Children." There was not much time for me to look at this memorial because we were rushed into watching a video. But my understanding was that mentally challenged children were not tolerated at this time. I took a picture of some sort of belt, and the informative card next to the belt had said that they were used to silence and tame any mentally challenged person. Kennedy quotes. “The care and treatment of mental retardation has been too long neglected....The time has come for a bold new approach." I think that was a great impact on the society. It was in the year 1961; President John F. Kennedy gathered a distinguished panel of experts to develop "A National Plan to Combat Mental Retardation." Also, I enjoyed looking at the coconut shell. The story is when John F. Kennedy and his boat crew were run down by a Japanese warship in World War II. It happened near the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific. Stuck on an island surrounded by Japanese, Kennedy was found by friendly island natives. He picked up a coconut shell and carved into it: “NAURO ISL … COMMANDER … NATIVE KNOWS POS’IT … HE CAN PILOT … 11 ALIVE … NEED SMALL BOAT … KENNEDY” Kennedy gave the note to the natives, who delivered it to the Allies. The next day the future president and his crew were rescued. I thought that it was very interesting. The other part I didn’t realize was his father, his father was a very successful man which I think encouraged Kennedy to do the things he did.

The trip itself was also very interesting. I honestly thought the beginning was a little boring because she was reviewing everything we had learned in class. But as the presentation went on she seemed to teach us more and more. I really liked watching the beginning of the inaugural speech that was set up in the museum. While watching this speech, the presenter pointed out that JFK was not overly concerned about the civil rights, as we saw in the speech he only mentioned one line about the civil rights.

I don’t have many suggestions on how to change the field trip, maybe if she gave us a tour where we all walked together and then if we saw anything we really wanted to go back to then we could go. Because there were a few points where I wanted to ask her a question but she wasn’t there for me to ask.

I myself think that JFK was a great president; I think he brought hope to our country. I think the country was very lucky to have someone like him elected at this time; Nixon would have been a bad choice. My opinion is that as president, Kennedy's greatest achievement was when he ignored the advice of crazy military leaders who wanted a nuclear war and negotiated with the Soviet. If Nixon had been president, we wouldn't be alive right now because he would have dropped the bomb. Kennedy knew that it was going to take time but all he was looking for was a better world, even if sacrifices’ had to be made.

The Butter Battle Remake

Run run don't stop, I promise you you'll make it to the top.

Before you leave make sure you tie your boots,

so you can run fast and bomb the Zoots.

The Yooks have been promised to be safe and sounds,

Hopefully they can't feel the bombing underground.

The left for the holes so calm and cheerful, while cheif Yookeroo was giving them an ear full.

I got to the wall where my gramps told me I was going to make history,

but who know if I was going to kill them all, it might be left a mystery.

Depression 2009: What would it look like?

If we had a depression in 2009, I think it would be invisible. People are so self-conscious with their lives, if they have food stamps, social security, of Medicaid it’s an embarrassment for several people. I look at it today as an advantage if we have theses things because in the Great Depression of the 1930's they had nothing, they had no help. Today, kids are kids and parents are parents trying to get jobs and keep their families healthy. But what is it that we pay? We pay medical bills. Instead of there being lines at soup kitchens there are lines to get into the emergency room. Our parents, trying to apply for financial aid because schooling and education is becoming to hard to afford. We kids know that if we don’t dress in "Hollister, or Abercrombie and Fitch" you aren’t what kids call "hip." I recently worked at a store called Tj Maxx and in the past three years they have became busier and busier every year. During the Christmas season the store is packed with people trying to find knock off of these clothes. If we were to get hit with a really bad depression again, and it was like the 1930's my family would be lost. My mom works as a full time loan officer at a bank, which of course is the worst job when a Great Depression hits. Many of the banks would close down which would cause my mom to loose her job, and my dad’s job would be the only thing supporting our family. My dad owns his own business; he paints houses and tiles floors. With the depression the last thing people want is for their house to be painted, so on that note my dad would most likely have to shut down his business. This would definitely affect my family and we would have to work around the money loss. I think that if the Great Depression does hit again, it will be once again invisible. The Great Depression is invisible to several people because people would experience loses privately, not publicly. Many of the depressions that hit us today are found to be isolated, we as human beings don’t want to be judged and several families will try to hide their finical stabilities.

The Simpsons'

The Simpsons' 1920's

Part one:

The producers of the Simpsons episode of portraying the 1920’s/Prohibition in Springfield tried to show the different elements of the 1920’s. I enjoyed watching the episode; I definitely think this will help me remember several of the accurate details of this time. I think the accuracies outweighed the fiction comedy, it didn’t make it a bad show, but it came across very strong. For example, when there was no more alcohol, Bart and Homer went to the dumps and got alcohol, and snuck it into the bar; this would be an example of a bootlegger. Also “Moes Pet Shop,” this is an example of speakeasies. Speakeasies are private bars that no one knows about. Another scene that caught my attention was the part when the cops were on the side of the street and two men drove by in a truck that held alcohol; for them to get through they just slipped the cops some money and say “you didn’t see nuttin.” And then they get away with it. I definitely thought the movie brought about good points and the producers did a very good job. In then end you do have to realize that not all of the scense are accurate, they are just there to make us laugh.

Part two:

The one scene that caught my attention was when the new police officer and his crew went into “Moes Pet Shop.” In this scene, to make things more accurate the FBI should have busted in the doors. The FBI had developed and played a big role in the 1920’s. There are also several other things that could have been included in the film, like gambling, and fighting because the goals of prohibition was to eliminate these things. The clothing towards the end of the movie had gotten to look more like the 1920’s, although Homer is a main actor I still think that if he was wearing more of an 1920’s attire it would have been more emphasized.