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The NSA was exposed some time ago, but the facts still remain that they have committed class act crimes. The invasion of basically the entire world and monitoring every action taken by every person. They tried to justify it as them trying to find threats against the US, but when the US is extracting emails and phone calls from US citizens ten times more than say Russia then it is a problem. The national security is corrupt and we will forever be the victims of this epidemic. Announcements have come out saying that it has all stopped, but many think that it is still going on even now which makes sense. No one can stop them because they essentially own people and no higher authority exists than themselves. 

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Weekly Blog 10

Its common to hear other people put blame on whatever issue that is gaining traction and they target some random source or usage of an idea saying that it is all their fault that this is happening. In an article by Tom Philpott on “A Brief History of Our Deadly Addiction to Nitrogen Fertilizer”. He throws some bold claims with no real evidence to prove his statements saying “ the industrialization of farming shares roots with the industrialization of killing represented by modern war” (Philpott par. 4). These claims are empty and simply worthless, there is no sign of factual knowledge here. The only fact that is noticable is that this person is just a triggered person trying to gain attention in the worst way possible. With no citation or facts to back up his statements they are nothing and mean nothing to someone who is trying to find information on how nitrogen is being misused or something along those lines.

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Weekly Blog 9?

There is always going to be something to complain about all the time. With people always going on about what is wrong with their life or health there is an answer for the most part. People just take helm of that to make some dumb article about some supposed factual percent on what it is that makes it happen. For instance in Complaining, for Your Health there is a part in there saying, “Those who complained with the hope of achieving a certain result, the study found, tended to be happier than those who simply did so for its own sake” (Varma par. 5). They are referring to people who complain about being in relationships and list what was annoying or a pet peeve about that individual. Shows that people will always complain about anything that could possibly make them feel better about their crappy life.

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Weekly Blog 7

After passin through on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s work “What I Think and Feel at 25″ I saw an interesting view on life perspectives that are associated with much darker, and troublesome situations. Coming across examples that were extremely gruesome was nothing out of the ordinary on this piece. Fitzgerald goes on an talks on a hypothetical situation saying “If my second cousin’s husband had an artery severed while having his nails manicured... I’d regret it” (Fitzgerald par. 25). It stands out clearly on how dark and twisted this can be just from a simple grooming. Overall it has interesting tones that make it an interesting read through because the amount of variety on how or what will happen next is in a way exciting. It brings a good element that not many stories like these have and it makes it all the more better for being different.

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Weekly Blog 5

1. What happened to Victor and Thomas when they were young? - At an almost infant age they both were in a house fire and nearly died if not for Victor’s father who saved them both from the fire.

2. What happened to Arnold and now what must Victor do because of it? - Arnold died in Arizona and Victor must now go there to retrieve his ashes. While he is there he makes a connection with himself and makes some peace with what happened with his father.

3. What 3 cultural traits do you see portrayed in the movie of the Coeur Dalene indian tribe? - One is the fried bread, in the movie Thomas talks about how fried bread is a tradition to feasts and it is what makes the feast at most times. Second is there concept of time in this age. For their tribe time is not something they are worried to much about and its not a big deal like it is for most cultures. The last one is the music, the music played throughout the movie is more of a spiritual feel to the tone of it and it represents how spirited they are as people and the music is intense.

4. Are these traits similar or different to mainstream American culture? - They are completely different from mainstream American culture because we do not eat fried bread nor have I ever heard of it being a tradition to eat at some sort of celebration. Overall their ways of life differs from what Americans see as important to everyday life.

5. What really happened to Arnold the night of the fire? - Arnold was the one who started the fire by being drunk and lighting a firework towards the window where it caught fire on the curtain and that lead to the whole house being destroyed. 

Overall the movie came in waves to me. I noticed that the beginning was showing signs of flashbacks to come during the story and the music played throughout set the mood of it many times. I generally thought it was an interesting take on indians living now in a upcoming time where we are today in society. Watching how they are compared to an average white person was shocking on what their values are and how they choose to live life in their own way instead of worrying about small details.

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Weekly Blog 4

Going through Alice Walker’s “ In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens” it was an experience alone that was interesting enough to make me think twice about religion and my own views on it. At one point there is a line that caught my attention more than any other when Walker talks on “They forced their minds to desert their bodies and their striving spirits sought to rise” (Walker par. 4). this alone is what shifted the reading for me from just a reading into an experience to behold. Being spiritual myself and having my own push towards self improvement through meditation is not anything new. I never viewed it as forcing my mind out of my body to find that space that could rise my spirit higher. Focusing on that point brought out the best of the rest of the culture explained and was all the more interesting.

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Weekly Blog 3

Being expected to perform actions to further your future such as, having a job, going to school. This is not the case in Haroon Moghul’s “Prom, InshAllah”. It is centered around a muslim kid in high school who asks a girl to prom, but with some complications along the way. With his parents both being doctors you would think that any advancement towards any first job of their child would bring happiness to them. Haroon gets his first job at McDonalds, his parents, both doctors according to Haroon “had they discovered this, they’d have been horrified” (Moghul par. 1). Crazy to imagine that a someone’s parents would be horrified that their son got a job. Overall his life is extremely heavy on what he is expected to do in order to please himself and family.

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Weekly Blog 1

My family is the kind that won’t accept anything they do not understand. The ways that they grew up in are the times of the past and their minds absorbed all that in. The closeminded part of them is what makes my life a tad fustrating. Like in Dave Barry’s “Lost in the Kitchen” they talk about how “women are in the kitchen, while men watching TV” (Barry par 6). That dynamic occurs in my home as well. It is also appearant that if my siblings were to want to be independent they could not because of how controlling my family is. I feel like that is expressed in the reading on how women do this, men do that, and it cannot be the other way around at all. I feel that aspect in my life multiple times at home.