Why the hottest new police car is a bomb-proof military SUV

Yeah, the reason why its so popular has nothing to do with the Nov 5th deadline that Anonymous has stated as being the call for a clean slate election is it? Why the hell would a college campus in Tennessee need one of these things... Oh wait, on Nov 5th there's going to be an Annon rally there. Derp, is the Gov really that stupid... wait never mind, don't answer that.

There are already plans for Police departments all over America to receive these 13 ton monstrosities, they might not be tanks, but their pretty close.

Frankly the idea of a total system reboot, with every political body being replaced at the same time sounds like a good idea. It does mean that things will be rocky for a bit, while people figure out what they're supposed to do, but all new means that corrupt lobbying groups are back at square one. Really, there is a saying, "Who watches the watchers?" Could Annonymous be trying to say that gov. groups like the NSA, FBI, CIA, and the rest of the Alphabet soup gang are being watched, and that they aren't above the law? I guesss we'll find out.

I am interested in what will happen come Nov 5, 2013.

Last blog post for my WRTING 150H class

What did I learn this semester?

I learned a lot of new things during this class. I think that the most important was communication with the instructor. I would get comments back on a paper that something was incorrect, and by asking how it was wrong, I learned much more than I would have if I had just taken my grade and tried to figure it out alone.

Professor Elliott’s comments on why something was wrong have allowed me to become a clearer writer. I have also become a more concise writer. As we were told at the begging of the class, “Clarity and conciseness are the mark of a good paper.” And I believe that I am now a much more concise writer now than I was at the begging of the semester.

Professor Elliott made the class enjoyable, whether through her constant allusions to crispy tacos, or her comments on a remark made by another student; this class was a joy to be in. The comments that she used for describing how a rhetoric or grammatical device worked ranged from the afore mentioned tacos, to automatic weapons.

I think the second most important thing I learned was to have fun while you write.  If you can have fun while writing, even if it isn’t a topic that you enjoy, the writing gets a lot easier.

I think I will miss Professor Elliott’s’ class next semester. And I hope that I can keep what I learned this semester firmly in mind the next time I have to write a 10 page persuasive essay on the dangers of eating crispy tacos while carrying automatic weapons.

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Ke'sush! I would like to begin this open blog with a mando'ade song, see if you can find a tune and sing along

Naasad'guur mhi, (no one likes us,)

Naasad'guur mhi, (no one likes us,)

Naasad'guur mhi, (no one likes us,)

Mhi n'ulu,            (we don't care,)

Mhi Mando'ade,  (we are Mandos,)

Kandosii'ade,      (the elite boys,)

Teh Manda'yaim, (Mando boys,)

Mando'ade,        (from Mandalore)

I love this song, it captures the heart of what the Mandolorians are, elite warriors who don't care if they're hated, they're still the best and everyone knows it.

Levity aside, Star Wars the original trilogy is coming back to theaters this coming year, with a few extras. I saw some possible cuts from what will be hitting theaters, and it looks like the Wampas are finally invading the Rebel base like inferred from the original when Leia is told that the sensors are still having trouble picking up those snow creatures. Have a good winter, drive safe, and may the Force be with you.

Blog #13 how my issue paper is coming

I am having a bit of trouble of caring about my chosen subject, Nuclear power as a safe power for the future. My prefered subject would have been "Star Wars, how its affected the world" but I got told I can't use that subject. My stance for this paper is going to be that Nuclear power is safe, events like Chernobyl are the exception, not the rule. I have read a few of the sources I found using the library data base, and I think I and going to look through the others to write this paper.

Issues paper topic

I am going to be discussing how Chernobyl hurt the future of nuclear power. I am thinking that the stance I am taking will be about how nuclear power is the best way for us to move forward, and remove our dependency on coal and other sources, despite some of the accidents that have happened. Admittedly, I think that I might change some of my argument is going to be, but I think I have a good idea, since I can't use my golden idea.

work on my analysis

My essay is coming along okay, There are a number of ways my essay can go right now, and I think I should have a pretty good one by Monday. (on a side note, I know exactly what I am going to do for my persuasive argument paper.) I am analyzing a essay on star wars written a few months after it came out. and I will say right now that the author was psychic, he hit how Star Wars was going to be well liked right on the head.

Letter from Birmingham Jail

There are three tools of rhetoric; Ethos, Pathos, and Logos. Martin Luther King, Jr. uses these tools to persuade a fellow group of church ministers to take a stand for civil rights, and stop being spectators.                          Ethos is a writer’s credibility, Writing & Rhetoric states that ethos relies on the establishing trust with the reader, a “This is who I am, this is why I am qualified to talk on this subject.” Martian Luther King Jr. was a Baptist Church Minister, and he begins establishing his ethos with his opening line “My Dear Fellow Clergy-men.” This implies a connection between him and his readers so they trust him more. He is one of them. The related examples use Ethos to prove his point. Because he is writing to a religious audience, King often uses examples from the Bible, or Christian history to get his point across to his audience. Another example of ethos are his statements, “I have the honor of serving as president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference” and “catapulted into leadership of the Montgomery bus protest” The last major example is how he ends the letter, he reminds the readers that he is writing from a jail cell. This shows that he is willing to sacrifice for his topic, and it lets the readers know that he really believes what he is saying; he isn’t just trying to manipulate them.                                                                                 King uses a multitude of pathos in his letter. In a long paragraph on pg. 198 there is are a number of examples that are designed to make the reader feel all the suffering segregation has caused. Specifically, pathos is used on pg. 200 by linking segregation with Hitler’s actions. This link is to evoke strong emotions against segregation. King also uses Pathos through dictation; he uses phrases such as, “dark dungeons of complacency,” to give the current state of affairs a negative hype, and phrases such as, “bright hills of creative protest” to give his plan a positive spin.                                                                                         Martin Luther King uses Logos that is tailored towards his audience. He is talking to Christians, so he uses examples from the bible that they understand. When he speaks of civil disobedience, he uses Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego as moral examples. He says on pg. 204, how early Christians were considered disturbers of the peace, because they wouldn’t back down from what they believed. These kinds of statements were designed so that his audience would understand what he was saying.