When I heard the election announcement on the morning of Nov. 5, I was shocked. Shocked and a little bit afraid that Barack Obama was elected president. I thought for sure the Electoral College would have put McCain in or more people would vote for McCain or something other than Obama. As you can see, I don't like Obama. No, it's not because he's black or anything like that. I don't like Obama because I don't like the man's policies. If people really look at them they are socialistic in nature. Now, I don't blantanly say this without stating any facts. I'll probably cover that in another blog entry, but today I want to talk about Obamania a little bit.
Obamania is a term that was and is still used to describe how the media loves Obama. I can't help but notice how, with each passing day, Obama is regarded as a kind of Messiah or Savior ment to save us from pretty much everything. I read Time magazine, and realized that they think Obama is the greatest President to come along since Washington. How could they make a statement like that(how could anyone?) when Obama is not even in office yet? Personally, I think he'll be alright, in the complete nation-chaning sence. With a Congress that has more liberals now then before, I worry a little how our nation will become when he finally sits in the Oval Office.
I've been told not to worry about my nation and only worry about myself and those I love, but how can I not worry? I have a deep love for my country, and I wish that I could change it to make it better than it is, make it a respected country where everyone wants to come (legally though. Don't like illegal immigration, but that's for another day) and start a life and be successful and make lots of money. After all, there are very few places where you can do that, and here in the good ol' US is that the most possible. But when people do make lots of money through hard work and integrity, they are regared as evil and not caring about the poor man.
Woops, I kind of let myself go. I meant to talk about Obamania and got off on a tangent there. Trust me though, you'll be hearing more of that talk from time to time Reader. Here I'll sign off. Until next time faithful Reader.
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Sunday, November 23, 2008
The Second One
You know, I just enjoyed writing that first post that I decided to write another one, this on about anything that might pop into my head. It shouldn't be a very long one, mainly because it's almost 10:00 and there's screaming coming from the next room. I think someone is dying, some African people or something. Oh, it's that 24:Redemption thing going on. No idea what that's about.
Being Layout Editor-in-Chief of the paper is harder than what people think. There is only so much that I can do during the two hour-and-half class periods that I am given. I spent about twenty minutes to half-hour extracting the Lancer from the photo. Gads, that took a long time. Zooming close enough where you see individual pixels, tracing very carefully so you get a nice, clear image without too much "fuzz" on the outside. That's all I did after school that one day, extracting images and trying to make a decent photo out of them.
Now, I think the staff thinks we just sit on our asses all the time goofing off, more so in Editors period. That's not so. You know who really sits on their ass all the time? I won't name any names here (Starts with a G!), but I think the staff knows who I'm talking about. Now, I didn't come here to lay the blame game and talk smack against my fellow co-workers, but sometimes I can't help it. Sometimes...Anyway, back to my defense. Cailie, the Editor-in-Chief, is busy editing stories. It doesn't take 30 seconds to edit a story. It take a while longer, and sometimes there are a lot of mistakes in a story. Happened to me a couple times last year. Morgan, our Managing Editor-in-Chief, is busy getting together the student submissions and taking care of that page. It's a lot of work. When I accepted this position, I hadn't expected it to be quite this much work. All in all, Newspaper is a ton of fun, and it's especially satisfying to see your baby finally out on paper. I can't wait to see this months issue when I get back from break.
One final thing for the night. I don't mean to sound pretentious or serious or drab about things, sometimes I just need to vent. Don't we all though? So I think I'll apologize in advance if anything I write offends you. Actually, I don't think I will. If I write something that someone considers offensive, I'll probably defend myself and say I was justified in writing it. Mostly I'll just talk about bland things, like how my day went and such. Occasionally I might have an opinion piece, like the one I started out with below, or above, however it works. There will also be times when I post some of my writing.
Being Layout Editor-in-Chief of the paper is harder than what people think. There is only so much that I can do during the two hour-and-half class periods that I am given. I spent about twenty minutes to half-hour extracting the Lancer from the photo. Gads, that took a long time. Zooming close enough where you see individual pixels, tracing very carefully so you get a nice, clear image without too much "fuzz" on the outside. That's all I did after school that one day, extracting images and trying to make a decent photo out of them.
Now, I think the staff thinks we just sit on our asses all the time goofing off, more so in Editors period. That's not so. You know who really sits on their ass all the time? I won't name any names here (Starts with a G!), but I think the staff knows who I'm talking about. Now, I didn't come here to lay the blame game and talk smack against my fellow co-workers, but sometimes I can't help it. Sometimes...Anyway, back to my defense. Cailie, the Editor-in-Chief, is busy editing stories. It doesn't take 30 seconds to edit a story. It take a while longer, and sometimes there are a lot of mistakes in a story. Happened to me a couple times last year. Morgan, our Managing Editor-in-Chief, is busy getting together the student submissions and taking care of that page. It's a lot of work. When I accepted this position, I hadn't expected it to be quite this much work. All in all, Newspaper is a ton of fun, and it's especially satisfying to see your baby finally out on paper. I can't wait to see this months issue when I get back from break.
One final thing for the night. I don't mean to sound pretentious or serious or drab about things, sometimes I just need to vent. Don't we all though? So I think I'll apologize in advance if anything I write offends you. Actually, I don't think I will. If I write something that someone considers offensive, I'll probably defend myself and say I was justified in writing it. Mostly I'll just talk about bland things, like how my day went and such. Occasionally I might have an opinion piece, like the one I started out with below, or above, however it works. There will also be times when I post some of my writing.
Entitlement
Today's topic shall be entitlement. More specifically, how the Millennial Generation has this feeling of entitlement to them. Now just things are clear, I'll be generalizing. I know there are some out there that don't feel entitled at all. Now, onto my opinion.
For the most part, the Millennial Generation feels entitled. They get trophies for 18th place, their spoiled, get everything that they want, there is no bad thing for them. When they start going into the workplace, they expect to be treated just like they were at home; pampered and getting everything they want. They have consultants for job interviews. Really? They need to be consulted on how to preform a job interview? Speaking of consultants, there are consultants going around to businesses saying that they just need to accept the Millennial Generation for what they are, to go with the flow so to say. Obviously this is not going to work. The heads of these businesses aren't just going to roll over for one or two employees; their going to treat everyone the same, no matter what. While I haven't experienced that firsthand, I have a basic understanding of how a boss works.
I can see this turning into a problem. I think it may already be a problem. If we don't tell our kids (or our friends, younger siblings, what have you), then they will grow up thinking that this is how the world is; that everything will be handed to them; that they'll be CEO's of their companies rather soon. The reality is that it takes years to move up the corporate ladder. Ever notice how most CEO's are middle-aged? I think we need to instill a kind of work ethic into them, tell them that life is going to be tough, very tough once they become adults. They'll have to fend for themselves and their parents won't always be there to support them.
You might've guessed that I am not one of those that feel entitled. You're right. I want to be a teacher, teach US History at the high school level. I know that I will have to work very hard, first to get into college, second to get my degree, and third to find a job and hold onto it. Sometimes I feel that my values are old-fashioned, that they belong in an era that is long past. That's probably true because I was raised with those values. As soon as I can I might run for some city office. I only have to be eighteen. Who knows? Maybe after I teach for a short while, people may be adressing me as Congressman Connolly. But that's a discussion for another day.
Next topic: Socialism.
For the most part, the Millennial Generation feels entitled. They get trophies for 18th place, their spoiled, get everything that they want, there is no bad thing for them. When they start going into the workplace, they expect to be treated just like they were at home; pampered and getting everything they want. They have consultants for job interviews. Really? They need to be consulted on how to preform a job interview? Speaking of consultants, there are consultants going around to businesses saying that they just need to accept the Millennial Generation for what they are, to go with the flow so to say. Obviously this is not going to work. The heads of these businesses aren't just going to roll over for one or two employees; their going to treat everyone the same, no matter what. While I haven't experienced that firsthand, I have a basic understanding of how a boss works.
I can see this turning into a problem. I think it may already be a problem. If we don't tell our kids (or our friends, younger siblings, what have you), then they will grow up thinking that this is how the world is; that everything will be handed to them; that they'll be CEO's of their companies rather soon. The reality is that it takes years to move up the corporate ladder. Ever notice how most CEO's are middle-aged? I think we need to instill a kind of work ethic into them, tell them that life is going to be tough, very tough once they become adults. They'll have to fend for themselves and their parents won't always be there to support them.
You might've guessed that I am not one of those that feel entitled. You're right. I want to be a teacher, teach US History at the high school level. I know that I will have to work very hard, first to get into college, second to get my degree, and third to find a job and hold onto it. Sometimes I feel that my values are old-fashioned, that they belong in an era that is long past. That's probably true because I was raised with those values. As soon as I can I might run for some city office. I only have to be eighteen. Who knows? Maybe after I teach for a short while, people may be adressing me as Congressman Connolly. But that's a discussion for another day.
Next topic: Socialism.
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