Collage of 2010!

As 2010 comes to an end, I figured I would pay a little respect to my dear old friend, U.S.A! Feel free to comment on any image that stands out to you...

Dedicated to My Bro

Hello world! Just wanted to share with you a great piece of writing that my brother wrote.

What I do is stand up for what I believe in. If someone stands up, so will a friend. If a friend stands up, so will a school. If a school stands up for what they believe in so will a town, a city, a state. And if a state stands up a country will stand up. And if that country stands up, the world will stand up together, united. And the world will be a better place. Stand tall, stand proud. Stand together.


Well its true, my 15 year old brother has inspired me. Regardless of the fact that he is a major LOSER and super ANNOYING, gotta love a kid who can think like this.


Props to him - He created his own blog. Check it out at:


www.wordlines.blogspot.com




Following in his big sisters footsteps... ;)

Either the North Pole or the South Pole. No In-between

This past week, our class has been extremely focused on civil liberties and the rights of an American individual. We talked about perilous times and how liberties were violated in some cases, and not others. Yet looking into more current civil liberties issues, racial profiling comes to mind. By just googling "Racial Profiling" it led me to this cool cite, click HERE for access. It is the cite of the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) and it consists of current updates on the racial profiling topic. As wikipedia states, "The ACLU's stated mission is "to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States." I wondered, how powerful and how legit is the ACLU? I've never heard of it before, so it sparked my interest. 


ACLU is made up of 500,000 members and supporters, and 200 attorneys. It also has staffed offices in all fifty states, including Puerto Rico and Washington D.C. Just by the numbers, I can tell that it must have a magnitude of impact in Americans lives today! Yet, as in most political issues, there is strongly opposing opinions of the ACLU. I despise this idea of "polarization in politics." There seems to be no common ground anymore.