Micheal Moore is a genius! Capitalism: A Love Story was a mind blowing film, there was not a dry eye in the crowd. This movie was so inspiring, it is impossible not to be moved by this movie. Every single scene had a meaning that was exercised to the fullest. That meaning was the extreme poverty in American society and the way it was occurring. Corporations were sucking the comm unties dry. People are being forced to work long hours with little pay. The pain and anguish in the workers face was agonising.
The film changed my life, ever since I experienced this motion picture I've been working in soup kitchens, volunteering in Coney island hospital, giving food and cloths to Charity just anything I could to help the less fortunate.
Monday, December 7, 2009
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Americas faults in society
There are 39.8 million people who are "poor". There are several ways to interpret poverty. You could be a poor resident in New York City, or you could be a poor resident in Cuba. Most people deny that being any certain race will render you to fall into the "poor" category. Personally I feel that people are discriminated against, if you are any skin complication besides Caucasian you will feel some type of racial diversity one time in your life. It also applies to gender, men and women get different advantages in the work place.
For instance men obtain a certain dominance in the work place even if the women is the more competent worker. reuters.com states that 17% of Americans ar\e using food stamps. This rounds up to 49.8 million people in America surfing poverty. Most of these people are on welfare. Welfare basically is a organization that helps out the less fortunate. Mainly the extremes in poverty are located in big cities, for instance like California. 3.7% of people from California are in this situation. In New York City there are 671,888 people living in shelters, that number is nothing compared to the number of people living on the cold city gutters. A staggering 1,487,388 people do not have the comfort of sleeping in a bed at night. Instead, they must gather up their living necessity's out of OUR garbage. All these people are going hungry every day when we have enough food to feed the whole world.
The Census Bureau states that "If a family’s total income is less than the family’s threshold, then that family and every individual in it is considered in poverty. The official poverty thresholds do not vary geographically, but they are updated for inflation using Consumer Price Index" Also saying that "The official poverty definition uses money income before taxes and does not include capital gains or noncash benefits (such as public housing, Medicaid, and food stamps)." Speaking of medicaid did you know, that one if five Americans don't have health insurance ? Because of this around 30% of legal Americans are living without any type of insurance. If they were to get injured while they were at work, at home, doing anything at all you will have to pay your full hospital bill out of your own pocket. I feel the best way to solve the poverty crises in America is building more shelters and places for people to live and survive. We should enforce the United Nations Convention on the rights of the child and give every child their basic needs. Such as food, a place to sleep, education, etc. I feel the United States of Americ
a are just being the snakes they are. Maximizing profits no matter what the cost is, even human lives. Children need the help the most. At a young age they have to start working to support their siblings or to help their parents support them. Thus, giving up their education to work. Personally I voluntary at soup kitchens, nursing homes, and other positive outlets in our community.Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Animal Farm Internet Blog Project
In Germany they came first for the Communists,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist.
Then they came for the Jews,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew.
Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Catholics,
and I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant.
Then they came for me,
and by that time no one was left to speak up.
Answer: I had several different reactions, and felt different emotions throughout the poem. The whole begining of the poem i felt that this guy was just being causious about not stepping into a problem that did not involve him. But, in fact that was his down fall. In the last two lines he says "They came for me, and by that time no one was left to speak up." That was the critical turning point for me in the poem. I feel that because he didnt help anyone when they needed someone to stand up for them. When it was his time, no one was there to defend him. There was a main moral in this poem. It's what goes around comes around. Basically, that karma will get you, so help those in need and good things will happen to you.
Czar- Mr.Jones because he was in power untill the pigs ran him out like the Czar with Lenin and Stalin.
Nicholas II-
Karl Marx
Leon Trotsky
Joseph Stalin- He is Napoleon, they are both leaders who ruled with fear.
White Russians
Bolsheviks
Proletariat
1) Old Major warns, "Your resolution must never falter. No argument must lead you astray. Never listen when they tell you that Man and the animals have a common interest....we must not come to resemble him...No animal must ever live in a house or sleep in a bed, or wear clothes, or drink alcohol, or smoke tobacco, or touch money, or engage in trade."
Answer: I feel that if Old Major was honestly the best pig to be in charge. He honestly had the best intrest of the farm in mind. If Napolian was following the words of Old Major, than the farm would've ended up successfull instead of the rubble it was.
2) Orwell narrates, "Nobody stole, nobody grumbled over his rations, the quarreling and biting and jealousy which had been normal features of life in the old days had almost disappeared."
Answer: I feel that the animals are always being mistreated, overworked and underfed. They got so used to this that they dont have any more rebellion against napolian. Thus, the animal farm crumbled.
3) Squealer consoles the animals, saying, "Do not imagine, comrades, that leadership is a pleasure. On the contrary, it is a deep and heavy responsibility. No one believes more firmly than Comrade Napoleon that all animals are equal. He would be only too happy to let you make your decisions for yourselves. But sometimes you might make the wrong decisions, comrades, and then where should we be?" The classic hypocrisy seen here is too hard to miss.
Answer: i feel that squealer is just trying to make the the other animals think that being the leader of the farm is a huge impossible task to accomplish, and the only person that is capible of fufilling this duty. They are minipulating the animals to believe their lies.
4) Orwell explains, "Once again the animals were conscious of a vague uneasiness. Never to have any dealings with human beings, never to engage in trade, never to make use of money- had not these been among the earliest resolutions passed at the first triumphant Meeting when Jones was expelled?"
Answer: Yes, all of those resolutions where said as soon as Jones was escorted out of the farm. But, because Napoleon got power hungry he felt he did not have to follow these rules. Soon he started sleeping in beds, using money to buy whiskey, trading with the humans and even walked upright on his hind legs. Napoleonbecame what they hated the most. He became another human.
5) As Napoleon was deceiving the neighboring farmers he was also tricking his own animals. The scapegoat was again Snowball. "Whenever anything went wrong it became usual to attribute it to Snowball." In fact many of the claims begin to sound ridiculous to the objective mind. Of course, Squealer's mission is to keep everything subjective in the minds of the animals.
Answer: This was just another example of Napoleon being the minipultive pig he was. He was taking all the credit for the good happening in anmial farm, but whenever something would go wrong he would but the blame on poor Snowball. Then he would send Squealer to cover up his tracks and trick the animals into believing that Napoleon was a great leader and that he was looking out for the good of the farm. We all know this was a lie.
6) So Napoleon, with the help of his dogs, slaughters anyone who is said to be disloyal. "...the tale of confessions and executions went on, until there was a pile of corpses lying before Napoleon's feet and the air was heavy with the smell of blood, which had been unknown there since the expulsion of Jones." To top it off, Napoleon outlaws Beasts of England, which had served as one of the only remaining ties between Animal Farm and old Major.
Answer: Napoleon became to powerful. He was killing off anyone that disagreed with him and sending his dogs out to silence the public. On top of the slaughter of the animals, he also changed the Beasts of England song to a song that is all about him.
7) But when Muriel reads the writing on the barn wall to Clover, interestingly, the words are, "No animal shall kill any other animal without cause."
Answer: Another example of Napoleons trickery on the farm. During the night he added without cause and began the onslaughter of the animals. None of the animals could even complain about it because they would've been killed on the spot.
8) But to justify this little episode, arrangements to amend the rules are made. "No animal shall drink alcohol to excess."
Answer: Again, Napoleons trickery knows no bounds. He is bending the rules so he could do what ever he pleases. He slowly but surely became a human.
9) Orwell states, "Somehow it seemed as though the farm had grown richer without making the animals themselves any richer- except, of course, for the pigs and the dogs."
Answer: This is simply saying that animal farm was giving the finer things of the farm to the select few. The pigs got the apples and milk to themselfs and than said it was just because they needed to keep their brains well nurished. The dogs were just getting treated as Napoleons personal guards. They most likely got to eat before anyone and than the farm would get their leftovers.
10) The 7 Commandments are abridged for the last time, simply reading, "All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others."
Answer: I feel this is the most idiotic thing that Napoleon did. "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." That does not even make sence. If everyone is equal you cannot be more equal than someone if you to are on the same level. But, once again no one complained because Napoleon was always "right" he always did "good" for the farm. The only thing Napoleon amounts to is an egotistical, diobolical, self-centered pig.
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist.
Then they came for the Jews,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew.
Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Catholics,
and I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant.
Then they came for me,
and by that time no one was left to speak up.
Answer: I had several different reactions, and felt different emotions throughout the poem. The whole begining of the poem i felt that this guy was just being causious about not stepping into a problem that did not involve him. But, in fact that was his down fall. In the last two lines he says "They came for me, and by that time no one was left to speak up." That was the critical turning point for me in the poem. I feel that because he didnt help anyone when they needed someone to stand up for them. When it was his time, no one was there to defend him. There was a main moral in this poem. It's what goes around comes around. Basically, that karma will get you, so help those in need and good things will happen to you.
Czar- Mr.Jones because he was in power untill the pigs ran him out like the Czar with Lenin and Stalin.
Nicholas II-
Karl Marx
Leon Trotsky
Joseph Stalin- He is Napoleon, they are both leaders who ruled with fear.
White Russians
Bolsheviks
Proletariat
1) Old Major warns, "Your resolution must never falter. No argument must lead you astray. Never listen when they tell you that Man and the animals have a common interest....we must not come to resemble him...No animal must ever live in a house or sleep in a bed, or wear clothes, or drink alcohol, or smoke tobacco, or touch money, or engage in trade."
Answer: I feel that if Old Major was honestly the best pig to be in charge. He honestly had the best intrest of the farm in mind. If Napolian was following the words of Old Major, than the farm would've ended up successfull instead of the rubble it was.
2) Orwell narrates, "Nobody stole, nobody grumbled over his rations, the quarreling and biting and jealousy which had been normal features of life in the old days had almost disappeared."
Answer: I feel that the animals are always being mistreated, overworked and underfed. They got so used to this that they dont have any more rebellion against napolian. Thus, the animal farm crumbled.
3) Squealer consoles the animals, saying, "Do not imagine, comrades, that leadership is a pleasure. On the contrary, it is a deep and heavy responsibility. No one believes more firmly than Comrade Napoleon that all animals are equal. He would be only too happy to let you make your decisions for yourselves. But sometimes you might make the wrong decisions, comrades, and then where should we be?" The classic hypocrisy seen here is too hard to miss.
Answer: i feel that squealer is just trying to make the the other animals think that being the leader of the farm is a huge impossible task to accomplish, and the only person that is capible of fufilling this duty. They are minipulating the animals to believe their lies.
4) Orwell explains, "Once again the animals were conscious of a vague uneasiness. Never to have any dealings with human beings, never to engage in trade, never to make use of money- had not these been among the earliest resolutions passed at the first triumphant Meeting when Jones was expelled?"
Answer: Yes, all of those resolutions where said as soon as Jones was escorted out of the farm. But, because Napoleon got power hungry he felt he did not have to follow these rules. Soon he started sleeping in beds, using money to buy whiskey, trading with the humans and even walked upright on his hind legs. Napoleonbecame what they hated the most. He became another human.
5) As Napoleon was deceiving the neighboring farmers he was also tricking his own animals. The scapegoat was again Snowball. "Whenever anything went wrong it became usual to attribute it to Snowball." In fact many of the claims begin to sound ridiculous to the objective mind. Of course, Squealer's mission is to keep everything subjective in the minds of the animals.
Answer: This was just another example of Napoleon being the minipultive pig he was. He was taking all the credit for the good happening in anmial farm, but whenever something would go wrong he would but the blame on poor Snowball. Then he would send Squealer to cover up his tracks and trick the animals into believing that Napoleon was a great leader and that he was looking out for the good of the farm. We all know this was a lie.
6) So Napoleon, with the help of his dogs, slaughters anyone who is said to be disloyal. "...the tale of confessions and executions went on, until there was a pile of corpses lying before Napoleon's feet and the air was heavy with the smell of blood, which had been unknown there since the expulsion of Jones." To top it off, Napoleon outlaws Beasts of England, which had served as one of the only remaining ties between Animal Farm and old Major.
Answer: Napoleon became to powerful. He was killing off anyone that disagreed with him and sending his dogs out to silence the public. On top of the slaughter of the animals, he also changed the Beasts of England song to a song that is all about him.
7) But when Muriel reads the writing on the barn wall to Clover, interestingly, the words are, "No animal shall kill any other animal without cause."
Answer: Another example of Napoleons trickery on the farm. During the night he added without cause and began the onslaughter of the animals. None of the animals could even complain about it because they would've been killed on the spot.
8) But to justify this little episode, arrangements to amend the rules are made. "No animal shall drink alcohol to excess."
Answer: Again, Napoleons trickery knows no bounds. He is bending the rules so he could do what ever he pleases. He slowly but surely became a human.
9) Orwell states, "Somehow it seemed as though the farm had grown richer without making the animals themselves any richer- except, of course, for the pigs and the dogs."
Answer: This is simply saying that animal farm was giving the finer things of the farm to the select few. The pigs got the apples and milk to themselfs and than said it was just because they needed to keep their brains well nurished. The dogs were just getting treated as Napoleons personal guards. They most likely got to eat before anyone and than the farm would get their leftovers.
10) The 7 Commandments are abridged for the last time, simply reading, "All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others."
Answer: I feel this is the most idiotic thing that Napoleon did. "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." That does not even make sence. If everyone is equal you cannot be more equal than someone if you to are on the same level. But, once again no one complained because Napoleon was always "right" he always did "good" for the farm. The only thing Napoleon amounts to is an egotistical, diobolical, self-centered pig.
Monday, October 26, 2009
Assignment #4
If i were Napoleon and i had found out the milk was missing, i would have checked everyone's living quarters and the entire house. On top of that, have everyone swear an oath to the farm that they did not take the milk, see anyone take the milk, or have anything to do with the missing milk. I loved when George Orwell buried the hams hanging in the kitchen. I found that to be extremely funny. He has truly taken personification to another level. I'm not sure if all the animals could be trusted, that is why I do not agree with the 2nd commandment.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
4 Paragraph / Mini-Film Essay
According to Michael Moore's Film, Sicko, America's health care system is flawed because it does not have universal health care and that the health insurance companies are corrupt.
Americas health care is seriously flawed. We are one of the greatest countries ever to be founded. Why wouldn't we have adequate health care. The United States needs universal health care. We have the money,resources,tools and the people medically fit to do this. The only problem is the health insurance corporations are corrupt and we as human beings are to scared to fight the companies. Because of this, America will never have universal health care.
The heads of these corporations only care about one thing...money. How much they can get, how fast can they get it and who ever is stopping them from meeting their quota gets cut. 45-50 Million don't have health insurance, the companies have the money to fully insure all of these people and it still would not put a dent in their pocket. If the company has the right to call itself a human being then it should also get the consequences. How many millions of people are dying each night because the CEOs want to make a couple extra hundred dollars.
With no universal health and CEOs maximizing profits with the ex pence of the us dying and having to pay unpayable bills. The only person benefiting is the corporations, something needs to be done if we are ever going to live up to the name we are given. This is the United States of America, if people in Cuba have a longer life span than us there is something wrong. There is only one solution to our problems. THE CEOs HAVE TO GO!!!
Americas health care is seriously flawed. We are one of the greatest countries ever to be founded. Why wouldn't we have adequate health care. The United States needs universal health care. We have the money,resources,tools and the people medically fit to do this. The only problem is the health insurance corporations are corrupt and we as human beings are to scared to fight the companies. Because of this, America will never have universal health care.
The heads of these corporations only care about one thing...money. How much they can get, how fast can they get it and who ever is stopping them from meeting their quota gets cut. 45-50 Million don't have health insurance, the companies have the money to fully insure all of these people and it still would not put a dent in their pocket. If the company has the right to call itself a human being then it should also get the consequences. How many millions of people are dying each night because the CEOs want to make a couple extra hundred dollars.
With no universal health and CEOs maximizing profits with the ex pence of the us dying and having to pay unpayable bills. The only person benefiting is the corporations, something needs to be done if we are ever going to live up to the name we are given. This is the United States of America, if people in Cuba have a longer life span than us there is something wrong. There is only one solution to our problems. THE CEOs HAVE TO GO!!!
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Sicko Movie Discussion Questions
Assignment #2
1. The movie is saying that the United States health care was extremely cheep, unfair, and cruel. There are other country's that are small and poor and still have universal heath care. If we are such a great nation why is our heath care problems so great to.
2. The big problem is the United States health care. The best solution is to make universal health care. If everyone had health care we would live longer, healthier and efficient lives. The only way we could accomplish this is if our government can stop being corrupt, stand as one nation and we will prevail as a country.
3. Many politicians are corrupt and dont have the publics safety in mind. they are cutting corners, taking short cuts and getting paid off for doing the wrong thing or looking the other way. We need to have a leader who will not give in to greed and do the right thing.
1. The movie is saying that the United States health care was extremely cheep, unfair, and cruel. There are other country's that are small and poor and still have universal heath care. If we are such a great nation why is our heath care problems so great to.
2. The big problem is the United States health care. The best solution is to make universal health care. If everyone had health care we would live longer, healthier and efficient lives. The only way we could accomplish this is if our government can stop being corrupt, stand as one nation and we will prevail as a country.
3. Many politicians are corrupt and dont have the publics safety in mind. they are cutting corners, taking short cuts and getting paid off for doing the wrong thing or looking the other way. We need to have a leader who will not give in to greed and do the right thing.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Corporations, Class and Globalization
Assignment #1
1a. In the sweatshops the people got treated poorly. They get extremely little pay, at times it could be lower the 32 cents. Thier houses are flooded most of the time, mold and rot covers the floors, they are even beat in the work area.
1b. I feel that corporations are psychopath for the simple fact that to be considered a psychopath you need to be a human being. A psychopath is a person with no sense, acts out of emotions, and does not have remorse for another human being.
1c. The corporations were basically given human rights because, lawyers several years ago came up with the idea to compare corporations to people, by saying that a corporation is a family so it should be considered a human being as itself. They did this for the sheer fact that they wanted to get out of paying the government.
1d. The corporations say that the people there are in need of care, so they come in and hire people to work in a factory. They say themselves the pay is low...to us, but in factually the pay their getting they cant even survive off it. And when the people start asking for to much, they wrap up the factory and go to another country in need of "help"
1e.Capitalism is the reason corporations can make so much profit and pay so little. In a capitalistic society there are ways to get out of taxes and make maximum profit while harming the envierment without any serious consequences.
1f. Workers in third world countries have extremely little or no rights at all. They are to scared to form a union and rebel, because they will be severely beaten or killed. In their country they just want to work for their pennies an hour and go home to their families to eat the rice they bought with their pay.
1a. In the sweatshops the people got treated poorly. They get extremely little pay, at times it could be lower the 32 cents. Thier houses are flooded most of the time, mold and rot covers the floors, they are even beat in the work area.
1b. I feel that corporations are psychopath for the simple fact that to be considered a psychopath you need to be a human being. A psychopath is a person with no sense, acts out of emotions, and does not have remorse for another human being.
1c. The corporations were basically given human rights because, lawyers several years ago came up with the idea to compare corporations to people, by saying that a corporation is a family so it should be considered a human being as itself. They did this for the sheer fact that they wanted to get out of paying the government.
1d. The corporations say that the people there are in need of care, so they come in and hire people to work in a factory. They say themselves the pay is low...to us, but in factually the pay their getting they cant even survive off it. And when the people start asking for to much, they wrap up the factory and go to another country in need of "help"
1e.Capitalism is the reason corporations can make so much profit and pay so little. In a capitalistic society there are ways to get out of taxes and make maximum profit while harming the envierment without any serious consequences.
1f. Workers in third world countries have extremely little or no rights at all. They are to scared to form a union and rebel, because they will be severely beaten or killed. In their country they just want to work for their pennies an hour and go home to their families to eat the rice they bought with their pay.
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