They Carried

Some of the things that were carried during their time at war were letters, photos, sentimental charms that were given to them by their family members and the emotional burden of stress, sadness, happiness etc. Some of the artifacts that are mentioned in the article is the memorial photographs, teddy bears, clothes, and medal of honor. The way the article and the book relates to the artifacts left behind is the emotional distress that these solders had to endure. After reading the article and the first chapter of O'Brians novel, it gives us a better understanding of what the solders went through. 

Any Thoughts.

Before we started the unit, I really didn't think about immigration topic all that much. I have to admit that I do think about it a lot now and will continue to think about this topic. My feelings on SB 1070 have changed a lot. On SB 1070 my thoughts were up and down, I could really not take a stand on one side. As of now I am against SB 1070. I do feel like I am more informed now on this current things going on in our nation. 

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What is your overall reaction to SB1070 after reading it? What justifications do the Arizona lawmakers present for passing such a controversial bill? What do you think the purpose of the law is? (And I don't mean the legalization of racial profiling . . . go deeper). And, of course, make sure you respond to two posts.


The purpose of this law requirs that officals and agenices of the state as well as the political subdivisions to fully comply with and assist in the enforcement of federal immigration laws and gives county attorneys subpoena power in certain investigations of employers.  Establishes crimes involving trespassing by illegal aliens, stopping to hire or soliciting work under specified circumstances, and transporting, harboring or concealing unlawful aliens, and their respective penalties. 


Background:
Federal law provides that any alien who 1) enters or attempts to enter the U.S. at any time or place other than as designated by immigration officers, 2) eludes examination by immigration officers, or 3) attempts to enter or obtains entry to the U.S. by a willfully false or misleading representation is guilty of improper entry by an alien.  For the first commission of the offense, the person is fined, imprisoned up to six months, or both, and for a subsequent offense, is fined, imprisoned up to 2 years, or both (8 U.S.C. § 1325).


From reading the laws  of Arizona, I believe that the purpose of the law is to keep the drug dealers out of the state. I understand the purpose of having this law but I do not agree with the circumstances because its unfair to the people that are being profiled as immigrants by law enforcement. At the same time our goal is to keep our country safe from others that may want to take advantage of our system. Every human being has rights and I feel that these laws depict the characteristics of someone rights to be in this state. 

The Warning, The Blame

                                                The Warning, The Blame

The U.S. economy is always changing, in both positive and in a negative way. Who is to blame for our global economic crises? There are methods of controlling it in order to make for a more steady and positive growth. Is it our government, a group of men, or an individual that thought that his way was the most effective. Did we see the signs or did we believe that the government would run our society responsibly and economically. As for one-man name Alan Greenspan believes, the government isn’t the solution to our problem; government is the problem.

Government manipulation of the U.S economy is a huge cause that is creating negative controversy within our society. During the Ford administration, the government hired a man name Alan Greenspan who dominated the economy and made himself rich on Wall Street. Alan Greenspan played a significant role in causing our recession. His position was the National Treasurer and had an ideology about the regulation towards the economy. As being the treasurer, he had the power to emphasize the free market as an insider rather then as a critical pamphleteer. Greenspan defended his record regarding his role in instigating the Fed’s monetary policy prior to the financial disaster. Greenspan worked closely with President Clinton and his Treasury secretary, Robert E. Rubin and Larry Summers. In Times Magazine front cover states, “They were known to the nation as the committee to save the world.” At that time, they were the commodities that Americans turned to. 

Another cause to the recession that the big three as I like to call them played a role in derivatives, which is defined as two parties making bets and involving Wall Street, it was known as the “black box” a market worth twenty seven trillion dollars. This happened out of sight and the government did not know too much about it. For nearly thirty years, Greenspan and his colleagues have been the mastermind’s behind the scenes, along with the CEO greed masters on Wall Street of this economy and other failures such as saving and loan, WorldCom, t­elecom, dotcom, mortgage and banking.  Even when the commodity futures trading commission (CFTC) warned them, they still continued to ignore it internally. The big three would have meetings through out the years about this fraud and say nothing is wrong. Derivatives the word itself is making our nation its money, oh that’s right it’s not its fraud. Now look where the US economy today and where we are all at. The big three sure knew what they were doing wait, I guess they did not. Once everything fell apart, it was now the governments job to help fix this problem. The big three and their free trade idea is paying off by the US helping build the GDP in other countries and making their economy better. An as for the U.S, were stuck with the big fat bill on helping the big banks struggling with their mistakes.

The government isn’t the problem; the problem is that the government believed in something that just didn’t work. Can anything be done? Yes! First big cooperation needs to restore the jobs that we have given to foreign countries and bring them back to America.

With this we need improve the education system so that the students of tomorrow can be ready for any type of work force of the future.  By restoring the employment within our nation, this would help improve our economy. This would also help improve our Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Will big corporations lose money at first, yes! But the idea is to help our economy in the long run. Big corporations bosses can live without making bonuses for a few year. Its time for the rich to stop getting richer, and it is time for the low poverty to start making money.  The government needs to stand for the people and not the investors in Wall Street. The government needs to step up and take control of this financial status and stop listening to Alan Greenspan and his colleagues.

Is our recession going to get better? Or perhaps we look like fools being drawn to a global economic game? Will the government make another mistake once again in trusting the wrong people? It is time for the government to get off the seat and take a charge. The government needs to control of the economy and create regulations that will help improve the economy from now and going forward. The government is now the solution.