As I read the article on the Independent site, it seems to me that Dr. Eland has a bias in this article. I credit him with giving facts to start out the article. But as the article winds down he just straight out says that we should prosecute the Bush administration from top to bottom. Whether I agree or not, I'll get to that later, he plainly states his intention, he doesn't let the reader come away with their own view. You can't help but be influenced by his thoughts because there was no other side, the Bush administration had no defense. As much as I dislike the Bush era, and George Bush himself, this country is based on fair trial, and this site would not be reliable evidence for me to fairly "prosecute" them or not. Mr. Eland makes good points, but I sure some Right-wing columnist has just as much proof to completely disprove why we should prosecute Bush higher-ups. It is the nature of politics to make people completely lean one way on an issue. It is hard to deny this man credibility due to his high-level education, but he is definitely bias and I don't blame him. The box at the bottom justifies why he is supposed to be credible. It seems to be an online newspaper of sorts. The info seems to be reliable, but more names on who says torture didn't work, those names need to be just as reliable as the writer.
In my own opinion, I have no political affiliation, just because I do think that politics is full of corrupt liars who are only out to achieve their agenda for their party. I do vote anyway though, because I don't want to be one of those people who complains but didn't even bother to try. Yet, I find myself aligning with Barrack Obama, because, I really think he is trying to do what is best, maybe not for us, but he doesn't want to be the president who came in at a bad time and left us at about the same shape or worse. Race never had anything to do with my thoughts on him, I just think the crisis brings out the true person out of a president. He must act quick and correctly or we all go to hell.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Reflection (Week 5 of 6)
As it stands, I have an: A, A, A, B, C. To me those grades where I do not have an A are a complete disappointment to me. I have been extremely lazy and have not done what I set out to do. I am here at Fullerton to exceed and get out of here in a timely fashion without having to waste time taking a class again and again. A C in math is not good enough, especially since it is so close to being a D. I know I can do better. In Reading 96 as well, I have a high B but I know I can get the A if I want to, but I don't. Don't know why. To continue my success in the other classes and elevate my other grades to where I want them, can't miss class, take notes and listen to my teachers very closely, you never know when they might give information that could help you on the final. I face a few internal challenges, my laziness and fatigue is just taking over my drive. I need to focus down the stretch, especially in this class. I have learned the SQ3R technique and that has made most of my work a bit easier to comprehend. Definitely, this class has given me a tool, and now that I write this and reflect, I am getting excited about ending this semester on a good note. I want the grades, but they aren't going to hand out A's for free. I hope I can seriously undertake the road ahead. I have finals coming up in each class, and some, not to sound arrogant, I know I have in the bag. I will study less for those, but I have no idea what the final for Read 96 is going to look like. I really hope that all the things this class has taught me will be reflected on the final and my final grade.
Calendar (Week 5 of 6)
To do List:
1)Finish project for Read 96
2)Nephew has birthday
3)Study for Stats
Calendar (Week 6 of 6)
To Do List:
1)Practice w/ sister at park-softball
2)Project for World Civ.
3)Spend time with nephew
Vocabulary (Week 5 of 6)
Errant
source sentence: "The errant message raised some false hopes."
context clues: "raised", "false", "hopes"
definition: deviating from the regular or proper course; erring; straying.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Errant
original sentence: Though the teacher was amusing, he kept throwing out errant phrases.
Vigilance
source sentence: "Dr. Keiji Fukuda, WHO's top flu expert, said vigilance was all important because it was not known how severe the outbreaks would become."
context clues: "important", "known", "severe outbreaks", "expert"
definition: state or quality of being vigilant; watchfulness
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Vigilance
original sentence: It is always good vigilance practice when crossing the street.
Moderate
source sentence: "On President Barack Obama's 100th day in office, the GDP report at least provided signs that the nation is seeing its economic slide start to moderate."
context clues: "report", "signs", "economic slide", "seeing"
definition: kept or keeping within reasonable or proper limits; not extreme, excessive, or intense.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Moderate
original sentence: The moderate driving length to school isn't the problem, it is the parking.
source sentence: "The errant message raised some false hopes."
context clues: "raised", "false", "hopes"
definition: deviating from the regular or proper course; erring; straying.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Errant
original sentence: Though the teacher was amusing, he kept throwing out errant phrases.
Vigilance
source sentence: "Dr. Keiji Fukuda, WHO's top flu expert, said vigilance was all important because it was not known how severe the outbreaks would become."
context clues: "important", "known", "severe outbreaks", "expert"
definition: state or quality of being vigilant; watchfulness
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Vigilance
original sentence: It is always good vigilance practice when crossing the street.
Moderate
source sentence: "On President Barack Obama's 100th day in office, the GDP report at least provided signs that the nation is seeing its economic slide start to moderate."
context clues: "report", "signs", "economic slide", "seeing"
definition: kept or keeping within reasonable or proper limits; not extreme, excessive, or intense.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Moderate
original sentence: The moderate driving length to school isn't the problem, it is the parking.
Vocabulary (Week 6 of 6)
Cathartic
source sentence: "Hundreds of students at high schools from Newton, Mass., to Palo Alto, Calif., have created cathartic "Wall of Shame" or "Rejection Wall" displays of college denial letters."
context clues: "Wall of Shame", "Rejection Wall", " denial"
definition: evacuating the bowels; purgative.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Cathartic
original sentence: The cathartic picture was just as greusome as a movie by Rob Zombie.
Missives
source sentence: "On message boards at CollegeConfidential.com, students critique, attack and praise missives from various schools, elevating rejection-letter reviews to a sideline sport."
context clues: "praise", "attack", "rejection-letter"
definition: 1.a written message; letter. 2.sent or about to be sent, esp. of a letter from an official source.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Missives
original sentence: The missives at the office were rude and not inspiring to us at all as workers.
Steely
source sentence: "Stanford University sends a steely "don't call us" message embedded in its otherwise gentle rejection letter."
context clues: "don't call us", "gentle rejection", "message"
definition: resembling or suggesting steel, as in color, strength, or hardness.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Steely
original sentence: The woman displayed a will, steely in might she was.
source sentence: "Hundreds of students at high schools from Newton, Mass., to Palo Alto, Calif., have created cathartic "Wall of Shame" or "Rejection Wall" displays of college denial letters."
context clues: "Wall of Shame", "Rejection Wall", " denial"
definition: evacuating the bowels; purgative.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Cathartic
original sentence: The cathartic picture was just as greusome as a movie by Rob Zombie.
Missives
source sentence: "On message boards at CollegeConfidential.com, students critique, attack and praise missives from various schools, elevating rejection-letter reviews to a sideline sport."
context clues: "praise", "attack", "rejection-letter"
definition: 1.a written message; letter. 2.sent or about to be sent, esp. of a letter from an official source.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Missives
original sentence: The missives at the office were rude and not inspiring to us at all as workers.
Steely
source sentence: "Stanford University sends a steely "don't call us" message embedded in its otherwise gentle rejection letter."
context clues: "don't call us", "gentle rejection", "message"
definition: resembling or suggesting steel, as in color, strength, or hardness.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Steely
original sentence: The woman displayed a will, steely in might she was.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Vocabulary (Week 4 of 6)
Woeful
source sentence: "Affected consoles are rendered completely useless in what's become a familiar tale to many Xbox fans -- it's just the latest in a string of hardware problems that have given the three-year-old system a woeful reliability rep."
context clues: "problems", "completely useless", "reliability"
definition: of wretched quality; sorry; poor
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/woeful?qsrc=2888
original sentence: The company gained a woeful reputation by taking the bailout money and using it unwisely.
Consternation
source sentence: "After blog GamePolitics expressed its consternation, the publisher began a flurry of hush-hush phone calls to arrange the return of the weapons."
context clues: "expressed", "flurry", "return"
definition: a sudden, alarming amazement or dread that results in utter confusion; dismay.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/consternation?qsrc=2888
original sentence: The woman expressed consternation when her name was called during roll call because she was sleeping.
Intrisically
source sentence: "They had access to McG, who was intrinsically involved in the game."
context clues: "access", "involved"
definition: belonging to a thing by its very nature.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Intrinsically?qsrc=2888
original sentence: The couple looks so happy, blissful and intrinsically walking as if joined at the hip.
source sentence: "Affected consoles are rendered completely useless in what's become a familiar tale to many Xbox fans -- it's just the latest in a string of hardware problems that have given the three-year-old system a woeful reliability rep."
context clues: "problems", "completely useless", "reliability"
definition: of wretched quality; sorry; poor
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/woeful?qsrc=2888
original sentence: The company gained a woeful reputation by taking the bailout money and using it unwisely.
Consternation
source sentence: "After blog GamePolitics expressed its consternation, the publisher began a flurry of hush-hush phone calls to arrange the return of the weapons."
context clues: "expressed", "flurry", "return"
definition: a sudden, alarming amazement or dread that results in utter confusion; dismay.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/consternation?qsrc=2888
original sentence: The woman expressed consternation when her name was called during roll call because she was sleeping.
Intrisically
source sentence: "They had access to McG, who was intrinsically involved in the game."
context clues: "access", "involved"
definition: belonging to a thing by its very nature.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Intrinsically?qsrc=2888
original sentence: The couple looks so happy, blissful and intrinsically walking as if joined at the hip.
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