Economic Hardship

People today are hustling and bustling to find jobs and to better secure thier families. They have recognized this nationwide problem, not necessarily welcomed it, but taken it. Americans are purchasing more fuel efficiant vehicles, and growing their own gardens and buying more in bulk than going to the grocery store every other day for small things. Many people have been laid off from their jobs, lsot their homes, and lost themselves. This economic crisis were in is probably the most difficult thing these generations will ever go through. Not only will we have to save more and more and lookout for the long run, but we cant go do things that we usually would do for fun. we cant go to the movies every friday night, or go to the mall. We all have to sacrifice wat used to be our everyday lives, to now staying at home more, and finding new more cost saving things to do.

My family is dealing with this crisis, by spending less and not running around as much. My parents havent been laid off(knock on wood) or anything, so that is always great. my little brother plays soccer and has practice 2 times a week. and before we would take him to and from the park, but now we have found a new way to get him there by carpooling with his friend. he goes with Chase, his friend, to practice, and we pick them both up. this way neither of us are using more gas than needs be. this has put a weight on me personally becuase i have been looking for a part time job to get me through school in the fall, but with this happening with our economy, its been really difficult finding one. people that are already in the work force who have the experience are the ones they are looking for. with my ROP i intern at a Vet Clinic in Red Bluff 2 days a week, and they have really noticed a downfall in the people bringing their pets in. There are days when we only have 4-5 patients, and then we have nothing to do. all because pet owners are less likely to bring their pets in for care, when its hard and expensive to get healthcare for themselves.

I have been running around less and doing more things at home. I used to go to redding everyday after school and run errands for my mom and just drive around. But now i cant do that as often as id like. Making plans to do things ahead of time, like saying if im going to be in redding, then my mom will have me do her errands for her while im there so to not waste more gas than needs be. This econimic crisis were in is making things extrmely difficult for every single one of us. thi syear my family is growing a garden for the first time in a few years because vegies and fruits are getting so expensive. And farmers are going through an even rougher time with getting thier crops sold and trying not to eat us of our money for food.

Online File Sharing.

I believe that if the United States were to follow in the UK's footsteps, that many people would be affected. I personally wouldnt be affected, because i dont use limewire or any other file sharing program. Many other americans would be affected though. Downloading movies and music are illegal. But so many people do it. When I first tried limewire, it came with lots and lots of viruses. due to sharing music with god knows how many people frm all over the world, my computer was infected. and i learned my lesson when it came to the bill to get the computer fixed. sharing each others files is not a good thing. and will get you in trouble.
Intellectual property is basically liek a copyright. its a personal way to protect your own things with a copyright. it is important because if you dont have one then other people can take your ideas and get credit for the things you did. if we didnt have them then our nation would be full of liars who got their information form others who came up with great ideas, then get nothing in return for them.

Why Washington Worries.

Foreign relations are so difficult because many people accross the world have been against the united states administration. When i say administration i mean when Bush was in office. When former president bush was in office he led our country into disaster. the reason we are in teh econimic crisis that we are, is becuase of him. Other countries have had hard times deciding whether to work with us due to his bad presidency. the middle east, most of them are completely against us. they dont want us over there, they dont want us to be helping them. but according to Bush we needed to be over there, we needed to bring on a war between us. He s the reason we have a hard such a hard time with foreign relations.
I beleive that Obama should keep on trying to change our foreign policies. He has only been in office for a couple months. and he has already made abig difference in our country. He is trying to pull out troops in iraq, and thinks that it will be a good idea that we pull out slowly in order to bruing peace and help the middle east. he is trying to make our country a better, more effective country with many canges in store for us. With Obama in office, i believe that our country will be better with the war in iraq. he is helping us wih the progression of this war, and our administration is a better one now than 8 years ago.

stem cell research article

i dont think that the states should have to right to oppose stem cell research. Due to all the people who are anti and pro stem cell, just make it a law throughout the nation to ban it. i think that the study and research of it is just a waste especially if once u retrieve the embryo, it dies. i dont full yunderstand the whole reason for this. but i do know that if its going to make this big of a mess of things, then why allow it in the first place. the stem cell research is an ongoing process and i dont understand why people make such a big deal out of it.

Newspaper Publisher McClatchy Cuts 1600 Jobs

What I think what will happen to Newspapers in teh future, is that they will eventually fail all together. The way it looks now, with teh company having to make all those pay cuts and laying people off. The company wont be able to make it much longer with all those people gone, and having to down size so much. i get my news from watching news channel 7, i dont always watch it but when i have the time i usually do. i jsut dont really have the time the read the paper, or watch teh news really. I usually end up hearing whats going on in the world from my mom, or teachers and friends. I think i will miss newspapers, i think they are the last things we have from the past with the internet now and everything becoming high speed, and more high tech. I will miss them because when i do have the time to read the paper, i like to sit down and enjoy it. i read everything in it. and Where online or anyplace else will i be able to read the funnies?

gay marriage in the states

http://gaylife.about.com/od/samesexmarriage/a/legalgaymarriag.htm On this Website, it tells you what states allow gay marriage and since when.

http://weddings.lovetoknow.com/wiki/States_that_Allow_Gay_Marriage This Site says what gays are allowed to do in each state.

http://weddings.lovetoknow.com/wiki/States_that_Allow_Gay_Marriage This site is a bunch of info on what states are against gay marriage and civil unions

http://www.ncsl.org/programs/cyf/samesex.htm this site explains what states are anti and pro gay marriage.

http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/mar/10/1n10field232016-same-sex-marriage-still-divisive-i/ this site has a poll on how many percent of people voted for gay amrriage in each state

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE1D9153DF93BA25751C0A9629C8B63
this article explains how gays are becoming more and more open about themselves and how they are pursuing their rights.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/nyregion/11marriage.html this article talks about how connecticut allows gay marriage now

http://www.floridabaptistwitness.com/10020.article this article talks about the original rights of gay and lesbian people. and how president clinton signed for it to be illegal to be married.

http://www.pennlive.com/news/patriotnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1236830111137800.xml&coll=1 a bill passed for anti discrimination for same sex marriage.

http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RS21897_20080103.pdf this article explains how social security isnt meant for gay or lesbians due to the pronouns, "Husband" or "wife", and/or "his" or "her".

State Budget.

With this budget cut happening, many, if not all, Californians will be affected. On Thursday Governor Schwarzenegger signed an agreement to raise the taxes by $12.5 billion. The schools and health care will also be a major increase. Therefore many people will be paying more and more to see a doctor, when already healthcare has risen. And Californians have already been paying too much as it is. The schools will be affected by this. Colleges and Communtiy colleges will be raising their bills by 9 percent. Therefore community colleges will be larger, and students will be paying more still. Universities will be affected by the cost, by losing students due to the taxes. Many people in California will be paying higher taxes, and some may be recieving IOU's because our state is in so much debt, they need that money for the state budget. the gasoline tax will be proposed a 12 cent increase.
Governor Schwarzenegger, has been working with Maldonado, trying to win hi svote and approval for the ammendment to make California's political parties open and nonpartisan. Abe Maldonado did not want the legislative pay increases during deficit years, and creating more competitive elections by establishing open primaries. Our gvernor workied with him to try and win Abe's vote and back his decision.