Press & Politics in America

We are studying a book called Truth Enough by Manjoo. He focuses on what truth really is, and goes into some "Conspiracy Theories." We watched this video in my class last night, although I watched a previous version a couple of years ago. Keep in mind that this is a consipiracy theory, but helps in assisting the public to question what truth is. Take a look and let me know your thoughts. This is Part 1 of the vidoe, if you would like more, you can find Part 2 on You Tube.

My thoughts . . . Dylan Avery, the creator, uses emotion to aid the public into believing his view. I will never claim to really understand what happened on September 11, 2001, but who are experts? What classifies a person as an expert? The general public does not have the time nor resources to check out every expert to validate their credentials. So what do we do? When we are told that a doctor has been researching at Harvard medical school for 25 years and has implimented life saving cures, we believe. That is what I do. I have never checked up on an "alleged" expert. I do like that the video makes me question what goes on behind the scenes though.

I am Jasmine! (Never would have guessed)

You Are Jasmine!

Independent and adventurous. You don't want much; just to break out of the guilded cage society has put you in and experience life to the fullest. Following orders isn't really one of your strong points, and you would rather live a life of poverty than being forced into something that you hate.

Which Disney Princess Are You?

Trip Down Memory Lane

Okay, I know it has been too long since my last post. But school is so time consuming. It is seven days a week of non-stop reading and analyzing. Remember in my last post that I said I was looking forward to school, but I didn't think the excitment would last that long, well I WAS RIGHT! Anyways, I thought this was a great idea to see how many of you actually read my blog. I would love to hear from each of you. I thoroughly enjoy trips down memory lane!

Some blog games have gotten old, but I thought this would be fun.

Here are the directions:

1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you.It's actually pretty cool (and funny) to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you.