McCain is Insane!

I tried to come up with a flashy title in order to get your attention, something that McCain didn't attempt to do while he was here visiting USC Upstate. That was a little harsh but he isn't the most enthusiastic speaker running for president. The most interesting part was when he introduced his mother, that was 138 years old or something like that. He was very welcomed here in the upstate of South Carolina. Most likely because he has made the state of South Carolina the center of importance in his campaign. Don't get me wrong, if anyone deserves to be president the most it would. He was in a Vietnam Prisoner of War for years, and had the chance to be freed by his father through a negotiation with the authority. He is a leader, and a highly intelligent man that has a resume that explains it all. He is a strong individual and i would give him my consideration. By the way I shook his hand, and two days earlier I shook Rudy Giuliani's and Governor Thompson's hand. But the main message I just want to throw out to everyone is that we need to show interest in politics, because the things you want done, won't be done if you vote someone in office that does not represent the moajority of your morals and beliefs. It doesn't matter if your a right winger, a left winger, or someone that dodges the mud in the middle, your voice and morals are imporant, and thats why our great country chose a democratic government.

Billy Boy is Coming to Town!

Bill Clinton came to our school, to promote his wife Hillary for president. I left my math class early in order to see him. I must admitt, i am not a Slick Willy fan but it was interesting to see a former U.S. President at our school.And no it's not based on his personal life that was overly exploited. It's because he looked his nation in the eye and lied. He was the leader of this great country, and he took advantage of our trust and loyalty that a country should have for its nations leader. Don't get me wrong, he is a great speaker, and has great chirisma. I understand why he has such a large following. Hillary on the other hand doesn't even compare to Bill when it comes public speaking skills. All in all it was a great, experience seeing Bill speak, even though I am an intern at the Rudy campaign and I would have been shot and killed if I would have been spotted. Not literally killed, but you get my drift.

-Reed Bjorkman
Rudy 08 intern

What I plan to write about

I plan to write about either the asassination of JFK or RFK

Chiat's Views of the internet compared to my own

Chiat says “I believe in technology, for all its weaknesses, will be our savior” (462). Chiat tries to explains that the internet will solve the misleading and single focus of the media. The internet gives society a chance to explain their side of the story. It gives the average Joe of the country a chance to have his voice heard against the big powerful multi media corporations that, like the average Joe, has one spot on the internet to express themselves through a new wavelength of a worldwide publishing company that accepts everyone. It's hard for me as a person to agree or disagree with Chiat's beliefs. His point brings up strong pro's and strong cons. In one way I strongly agree that every person should have the chance to distribute their point of view on something that is very important to them, and on the other hand you know that there are rebels without a cause that are doing nothing but stirring up trouble by putting false and contradiction to the truth. By giving the average Joe this power, raises the risk of idiotic people that put things on the internet that are nothing but false statements. But by the end of the day if I had to pick a side, I'd probably leave it to the professionals of media, as long as they shared of variety of view points that didn't give a narrow minded view of what is going on in the world but what is going on in the world through every view that is available.

An experience that taught me what good writing is

When i was entering into my junior year english class i was terrified. I had the oh so terrifying Millie Horton. She was known as the toughest class in my academic challenging high school. I was entering her class knowing that she failed 60 % of her class the year before. I thought six out of ten people in my class wouldn't be enjoying their summer at the beach or making some money working, but spending most of their precious summer days looking at a computer screen working on english exercises. Since I enjoyed my Charleston summer more than anything I knew what I had to do. Suck up to Ms. Horton and make sure I got a 68.5( the lowest grade you could get and still pass). Time dragged on slowly the first week of school and it was time for our first essay. Iw orked on it right away and it was time to turn in the paper. I got a 70. Super! I worked on an essay all week, and what do i get... a 70. I went into talk to her about the paper I wrote. She talked to me and explained to me some of my rookie mistakes in writing, it was mostly my wordiness and surprisingly not my grammar. After having time to talk to Ms. Horton, I realized she wasn't the english teaching monster that our school had her out to be but a person that was there for you to help you out. And thats an experience that taught me what good writing was.