Unattainable Beauty

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This article is about young girls wanting to reach the unattainable beauty they see in magazines. More young teens spend more money on physical beauty and yet still feel worse about their looks. Also, more and more beauty is being faked by either digital enhancements or plastic surgery. Photo retouching has become so popular that lawmakers in France and the U.K. have proposed to pass a legislation that will require health warnings on images that have been digitally altered. Cosmetic-surgery procedures have nearly doubled over the past decade. Nora Ephron said we are looking more and more like the airbrushed version of ourselves.

I like this article and the facts it brings to the table. I also felt that this is a story that needs to be covered more, so that young girls know they are beautiful just the way they are.

I definitely agree that there should be a warning label on the digitally enhanced photos to warn young girls that this has been faked; so young girls are not lining up to get cosmetic surgeries or starving themselves.

This story to me is an eye opener. You always here about anorexia or bulimic on the rise, but never show or point the finger where the blame falls. I agree about warning labels. These digitally enhanced or cosmetic surgery pictures make young girls try to look just like them. When a young girl does this they do not usually know the risk. We always here on the news about how cigarettes can cause so much damage and even death, but these images do the same to our young teenagers.

My own Blog! I had to post this one! So for regular viewers here this one is for Americans

Most of my blogs are for my College English class! This one is NOT! I just wanted everyone to hear a NEW true American Song! The link  So there it is I hope you enjoy! Please, let me know what you think!~

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Thank-You, and I can't wait to hear your responses! (Good or Bad)

New Jersey Senate defeats same-sex marriage bill

I found this article at CNN politics Source:  This story is about New Jersey Senate defeating the same-sex marriage; 14-20. Had this bill passed, New Jersey would have been the sixth state to allow same-sex marriage. To help try to pass this bills some senators compared same-sex marriage to slavery. After, hearing the bill had not passed people against same-sex marriages cheered; and pro-senators vowed they would take this bill to the courts and are optimistic about the courts passing it.

I was excited to hear that the bill was not passed; and I continue to hope it never gets passed in New Jersey or any other state. I am completely opposed to same-sex marriage. I have no problems with same-sex couples; I have a mother-in-law whose is gay and also a niece. Both are openly gay and I love them just the same as my other relatives.

In this article I was shocked that they compared same-sex marriages to African-Americans and slavery. I do not seen any relevancy here.

I also believe in GOD in the word of the bible. Leviticus 20:13 says " If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall surely be put to death; their blood is upon them." Also, this Nation was built under GOD. Look at your dollar bills they say "In God we trust!" Another example is the Pledge of Allegiance: I pledge allegiance to the flag, of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, invisible, with liberty and justice for all. Doesn't that make the United States a HYPOCRITE. Either we are a nation under GOD or we are NOT! I think this country needs a head check, because you can't have it both ways. Why teach our children the Pledge of Allegiance if we are NOT going to follow it?

Haiti contributions deductible for 2009 taxes

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This article is about how the senate passed a bill that will allow taxpayers to deduct cash donations to the Haiti relief program from their taxes. It even goes as far as cellphones are deductible if you have proof. They say this is way to get more people to donate and help. So, far the Haiti relief have exceeded $220 million.

My reaction to this story is that I am disgusted. This has definitely been a true eye opener for me. I mean really a tax deductible for helping another country in need that's just great. But, what about our own country?

I am disgusted with this story because we live in America; where there are vets from past wars living on the streets. Everyday that passes more and more people are loosing their jobs, but lets give whoever donates to another country a tax write off. Are you serious? If that's the case why don't they make a donate to the "Poor People in America fund" and help our own nation? Their are kids starving, sleeping on streets, and we can't have free health care, but we can use are money for other nations. Their are still people from hurricane Katrina in need of help. I would like everybody to just stop for a moment and think of these wise words "You can't help other's until you have helped yourself." Doesn't this apply to our nation as well? A report from time magazine says 1 in 50 kids are homeless. Source link

Look at these pictures and think!

Police brutality on teen

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This article is about a black teenage boy who was allegedly beaten by three white police officers.The black teenage boy was Jordan Miles. Jordan Miles is an honor student and has no police record. The police officers say he look suspicious so they got out of a car and said they were the police. Then Jordan Miles went to run but fell, the police then used a stun gun and hit him a few times. They are charging Jordan Miles with aggravated assault, loitering, resisting arrest, and escape. However, Jordan's mother says she will soon be filing a civil rights claim against the officers. The major said he is taking this case serious and will be looking into this matter.


My response to this article is that this is a classic hate crime. I don't believe these officers had any reason to beat this teenager up; then charge him for crimes. I am white, and if three white officers stepped out of a normal car in street clothes and said they were the police, I would not believe them either. I would definitely run from them as well if I knew I had not been doing anything wrong, or the police had no reason to stopping me.