Obama Stimulus Plan = More Jobs?

So far. With President Obama's new stimulus plan, there have been about 650,000 jobs saved and/or created so far. Obama's goal is to have 3.5 million jobs being saved or created by the end of this year, and it seems to be going in that direction so far. This just lets people see that this stimulus plan maybe be good for the country because everyone knows that there has always been the issue withnot enough jobs and people not having a job, but now its changing and so far 650,000 is the number. In my opinion, I do think that Obama can make this "goal" of his happen, and he will. If he's got the number to be this much already, then what's to say it won't go up? I have faith.

Crazy Father Struck his Daughter and Friend with his Car

This girl, Noor, and her friend, Amal, were ran over by a car by Noor's dad, Faleh. They are Iraqi's and because the father Faleh thought that his daughter has become too "westernized," a.k.a "Americanized" and not following in their own traditional and cultural ways. And because of his assumptions, he got angry and decided to hit them with his car in a parking lot. I think this was pretty ridiculous. I myself am Muslim but my mother doesn't go around hitting me with her car because I am "Americanized," there's nothing wrong with that. Yeah i understand he wants her daughter to keep her tradition and practice that, and so do mines but living in America, it helps living by the custom ways sometimes. She's young, and sometimes depending on people it's hard to be accepted if they're all covered up, unless if they are of the same race. I kind of feel like I am just ranting on, but what I am trying to say is that it was wrong for him to what he did. He should love his daughter no matter what.

A Horrible Mother...

On October 27, police found a 7 year old boy covered with blood in a dry van while his 2 year old baby brother was laying dead outside of the van; both with slashed throats. Their mother was the one who did all of this...can anyone believe that? And sadly she has been planning all of this; buying the knife and duct tape ahead of time, and waiting for her husband to be out of the house going to his yoga class. What kind of mother would do this...and why? It was pathetic how she tried to even kill her own self, and even write a note, lying that someone ELSE was hurting them, and pretending she was saying her last words before a "the killer" finished them.

Reading this article got tears in my eyes...i felt for the little 7 year old boy who lived. Hearing him speak on the tape was depressing, and it disgusts me when the mother, while hearing it too, was upset. If she feels upset for hearing what he said why the hell on earth would she have done it in the first place? I just never understood why any person could ever do this; and i don't understand how parents, especially a mother, could ever do this to their own kids, their own flesh and blood.

I am hoping that she does get convicted of first degree murder and it not going to "oh she has mental problems" because I feel she deserves to be in prison for life WITHOUT parole.

Halloween in San Francisco!

San Francisco is allowing people to come down to celebrate their Halloween, but Police Chief's don't want people to come drunk, armed, or show disorderly content in public, like urinating just anywhere. They aren't holding a "Halloween Bash" down there because in the past, people got injured or killed because of people and their stupidity. So they aren't risking it and gave out a reminder: don't bring a gun.

Statistics show:

"In 2006, the last time the city had a sanctioned Halloween party in the Castro, nine people were shot. In the two years before that, a total of five people were stabbed.

In 2007 and 2008, the city had no major outbreaks of violence. Gascón said at a news conference that he wants to build on that success."

Chief Officials want to mantain the success of no outbreaks occuring and are just simply not having a "bash" but they still want people to come down to San Francisco and have a good time having fun.

Mt. Diablo School District Going Tech

By 2015, the Mt. Diablo School District is going to have more computers in their schools. They want at least 60% of their students to know how to use computers and proficient in technology use. They want their students to know how to use the technologies of everyday life, especially since everything seems like it is going to be "high-tech" in the future. I think this is a good thing because since how everything in the world seems to be going, which is everything becoming technical, everyone is going to need to know how to use that stuff, and actually KNOW what they are doing. Without the knowledge of using this things, what can one do? They will just seem behind, and with how the economy is, everyone is going to start needing to actually have an education and graduate out of high school with high grades to get anywhere, and know how to work with "new" computers that will eventually be made.

Fight on the SF Muni

Mind Break!!!

I thought this was pretty crazy, and kind of ridiculous at the same time, check it out:

Students: Better Eating

Schools are urging the foods being served in the cafeteria to contain more wheats, veggies, and foods with less calories. Now I have two feelings towards this idea: it would be a good idea, and then it could not be.
The reason why I think this is a good idea is because when schools contain foods of a better value to the students, it can encourage them to eat the better foods, and it will possibly reduced the obesity rate over some time. One by one more people will go for the healthier foods, and when friends see other friends get the healthier foods, they'll want to go for it too.
But on the other hand, the reason why I don't think this idea will be very effective, is because no matter what food a school will serve, and the strides they take to better their foods, it all depends on the student. If the student doesn't go for the healthier food, what good does it make? You can't force someone to eat better, they have to do it on their own. I know myself, yeah my school has salads, and deli sandwiches on wheat bread, but I barely get those. I eat the salads sometimes but I go for the cheese pizza almost everyday. So it is all up to the individual whether or not they want to better their eating and shift to a more healthier way.

Stanford: Going Green!

Stanford University has decided to "go green" and change their ways of energy consumption.

Joseph Stagner said:

It will cost about $250 million over ten years to make the changes to the campus.

Yes it will take time for the changes to come into effect, but it's a new and more proffiecient step towards improving the Earth. If each State College and University did this, a difference would be made and the Earth will feel this difference. And starting now would be a good idea since it's going to take a while for all the changes to be made anyways. Doing this, the amount of dirty wasteful gas and greenhouse gases that have been going into the air will reduce. Start making a difference to our Earth now before it's too late.

"Balloon Boy"

Now almost everybody knows about the family who lied about their "lost boy" who flew away in a hot air balloon. I think it was so stupid on the parents part to embarrass their kids and humiliate them in public and to the media like this. And now they are having charges pressed against them. Was this all worth putting their kids through? The possibilities of their kids not having their parents? I don't think so. They did all of this just because they wanted their own reality TV show; i guess them appearing on "Wife-Swap" just wasn't enough. They got the taste of reality TV, having the spotlight on them and the taste of "being famous" and "Entertainment," they wanted more; it's just like sharks, once they get the taste of blood, they just want more.

Human Made "Sweat Box"???

In Arizona, a sauna-like "sweat box" was created, and many people participated. So far, 3 people have died from this, and 18 people have been injured.

The Sheriff's officer said:

Participants spent up to two hours inside the sweatbox, a dome-like structure covered with tarps and blankets

I think it is ridiculously stupid to do something like this. Why risk your life if you could do the same thing and probably have a better treatment and outcome by paying some money to do this "professionally"? The maker of this took the lives of 3 people and injured many others; is that seriously worth it? My advice to you: if something has already been invented and made to your convenience, use that and don't act mindlessly and create your own, especially when it is already available.

Reckless Teen Driving

Four teens were speeding and ended up crashing into the backyard of someone's house in Concord. And all of the boys were 18 years old, and one was 17. They are all young, and acting immature trying to "be cool" driving fast and what not. And look what happens, they get in an accident. That's why they post speeding limit signs everywhere for a reason. Maybe they should bump up the age limit of being able to get a license from 18 to 19; maybe the drivers would be a little more "mature." If kids just followed the limit, they would prevent hurting and risking the lives of themselves and others who are in the car with them.

Bombing the Moon!?!

NASA wants to bomb the moon?? It's a crazy idea...but yet effective. NASA is going to be sending two things at the moon: first they are going to send a rocket to blast a part of the moon, then send a spacecraft that is going to capture what happens after the rocket hits. They are hoping to expect water/ice to come out from under the moon. Hopefully bombing the moon doesn't hurt it in the end. But I think this is a good way to see what truths the moon holds, but is it worth $79 million? Especially during our economic struggle at the moment? I kind of feel like they should have waited a little...
But at the same time this is a very fascinating experience that will lead to finding new things out about the moon. Hundreds of people are gathered in places and have been camping out all night to experience this moment. I know I wish I was over at Mountain View, CA right now with the rest of the people out there that are going to be enjoying a miraculous sight.

Here is a video that will show an animation of exactly how the plan is going to look like:

Gangs in Chicago

The gang issue in Chicago is worse than everywhere else in the world.

U.S. Marshall Ed Farrel says:

"There are more gang members per citizen in Chicago than anywhere else in the country"

In Chicago, 5 people in just one day get arrest for drug-dealing, and they were all gang members. Being in a gang doesn't make a person seem more "cool" or "strong" it just makes them seem like an individual with a lost cause. Like a chicken with no head. They don't know what their purpose in life is, and they never really know that. In some cases, people who fall into being in a gang didn't have a stable family life. They act through violence and fear. Parents need to show love for their children more often. If home isn't stable, tell them you love them. We don't need more people steering themselves in the wrong direction when deep down they all have potential; they have the potential to be something great, but just aren't reaching for it.

Throat Slashing at UCLA

There has been an incident in this chem building down over at UCLA, where one student, a guy, slashed the throat of another student, a girl. The guy has been arrested. The man could of done this from too much stress? I don't know but if that turns out to be the case, don't make it too hard on the student? I mean this wasn't even a hard class. This was just an organic chemistry lab. People who take this usually just have a good time and meet new people because they have to work in groups, what is stressful about that? There is not much to say about this, but people need to open their eyes to what is going on around the world. And they need to see and know about these kind of things. Situations like these should not go unknown, it is something one must be informed about. An innocent life has been taken, and I highly doubt it was for a good enough reason. And whatever the reason is, it still doesn't give him the right to take another persons life.

Sleeping Sheriff's Deputy Hits 3 Cyclists

In Cupertino, a Sheriff's Deputy falls asleep at the wheel and hits 3 cyclists, one who was an Olympic hopeful 31-year-old Kristy Gough of Oakland, who was the third-fastest, non-professional women's triathlete in the world, and 30-year-old Matt Peterson of San Fancisco were killed. The third was injured but recovered. The mother of Kristy, Karen Clarkson, requested money and Santa Clara County gives her $1.2 million. Reading this is very depressing, innocent people died from someone not getting enough sleep. And the girl who was very athletic and hoping to be in the Olympics. Just goes to show how precious life can be. I think in order to prevent future incidents like this from happening, the law that allows truck drivers to be allowed to drive a certain amount of hours and are ORDERED to stop and sleep, should apply to police officers. Yes it is a job where an officer needs to be there when requested, but there are others on shift. Unless it is something major and threateneing to thousands of lives, give the officers a break and let them get some hours of sleep.

The Police are Over Doing It - Stopping Innocent People

Police in the big cities of New York are having a "law-enforcement practice" which basically, they "stop-and-frisk" innocent civilians who they "think" seems suspicious. But the unfair thing is that the main people they tend to stop are mostly Black and Hispanic men. The amount on people they stop and frisk have risen up to about 1 million people a year. And sadly, statistics show that while the amount of people being stopped and frisked are rising, the actually amount of crime rates are dropping. The police in my opinion should not just stop whoever they "think" is doing something bad or seems suspicious, and they especially should not stop a certain race just because they are being stereotypical. They should only have the right to stop people who actually seem suspicious or if they have a REALLY bad gut feeling about the person. Other than that, it is scaring the people who are being stopped, and making them feel bad about themselves, making them think that they actually did something wrong. Innocent people should not have to feel that way, ever.

Troubles for the Indonesian People: High Death Toll...

Southern Sumatra, Indonesia experienced an earthquake, and by Monday the death toll rose up to about 608 and around 1,000 people are said to be missing. On the news I heard that about 300 people attending a weeding and they all died of a mudslide...very depressing. I think more people should be helping out over there with finding the Indonesian citizens that are missing. Government officials should do something about it. Giving the Indonesian people more support will probably raise their spirits up, even if it is just by a little. A little makes a difference.

2016 Olympics in Chicago?

Barack Obama flew over to the Olympic committee only for a day to convince the committee to allow the 2016 Olympics to be held in Chicago, Illinois. Financially though, Chicago will face a problem since it requires a lot of money, but Chicago is well prepared with stadiums and a lot of space to build. Everyone says that Obama only wants it there because that is his hometown, I mean that could be a reason too no doubt but not the only reason; there is a lot of space there. And think about it, if the U.S. is able to hold the 2016 Olympics, I think financially, we be getting in a LOT of money. People from all over the world will be flying to America to stay here days and attend the Olympics. And staying here they are going to have to spend a LOT of money; hotels, food, and a bumch of souveniers. I think hosting the Olympics in america is a good idea.

The South Already has the Swine Flu

As the nation is getting ready for the swine flu outbreak, the South is already dealing with H1N1 cases. To treat many children, possibly hundreds a day, that need assistance, they have been setting up tents where they will treat them at, as seen in this picture.

As Dr. James C. Turner said:

"It's spreading everywhere. It's a typical flu season, but the thing that's so bizarre is it started in late August."

It's kind of scary that the South is already experiencing the swine flu. It just goes to show that it's getting worse, since it's "spreading everywhere," and is coming sooner than it should be. The West needs to start preparing for the worse soon, so the flu doesn't just hit us and we aren't ready and prepared for it.

Facebook Bashing of the President

On Saturday, a kid made a survey on the social network Facebook about Barack Obama: "Should Obama be killed?" The choices: No, Maybe, Yes, and Yes if he cuts my health care. The Secret Service got heavily involved because, well that's their job, they didn't want to take any chances. They talked to the family and they determinded that they had no potential threat against the president, that it was just a poll. What kind of rude behavior is this? Yeah "it's just a survey no big deal" but is it really necessary? It just goes to show what kind of people we have in this world. Just because you hate someone doesn't give you the right to be going around posting unmoral things.

U.S. and Iran Talk Nuclear

The U.S. and Iran had a "nuclear talk" in Geneva, Switzerland, and this was their "first encounter in years of big-power attempts to persuade Tehran to freeze a program that could create nuclear weapons." And at the same place, the bilateral talks were outside the main meeting, and the U.S. and five other world powers were hoping to at least persuade Iran to discuss their nuclear program and their refusal of freezing their uranium enrichment efforts. I think Iran is being a little insensitive and over dramatic. The U.S. just wants a chance to ask questions and discuss issues, not make them accept and start changing right away, they just want to state their side, what's wrong with that? Nothing is going to happen out of the conference right away, and Iran should know that. The U.S. just wants to come up with an agreement of what they all should do, and think is right.