Walmart Crisis

Here's a link to a movie called Walmart: High costs for low prices, it shows the enviromental and community effect to their presence. There 13 scenes should all play if you press play all videos on the right.



http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=F78A979DCAF57A97

poems/lyrics I found in my room... give them a gander plz!

Could you guys please give these a read and give me some feedback... be brutal if you hate them, just rip them apart. But if there is anything that you enjoy about any of the poems hit me up with that also.

thanks a lot
Doug
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::WHO NEEDS DEMOCRACY::

It’s not right taking the power from the people or the people from the power, it’s a two way street running beneath the over baring, traffic jam made up from fears and unwanted lowered expectations. But don’t confuse unwanted needs and political malfunction, stand up for what moves you, stand up for government raised lower end decay. Johnny and Janie can’t go to school today daddy and mommies haven’t been home for four whole days. Out late compromising stresses between the captain and Mr. Jack. Sick to the stomach with an empty house life never wanted them to win this battle, so put on a pasted plastic smile to get through a life of hard knocks.Get rich quick or die in the streets bloody handed, come on junior pick quick, for the clocks hands dash towards the six six six


::Dear Mrs::

Our baby girls are raising baby boys and girls, never taught that life wasn’t a toy. Now look where it has gotten us, we’re a herd of fawns with no bucks. No need to dwell on the little, just release your fist and forget about the bitter. just enough time to catch up in your life size game of chest as you run out on all your ponds, the board tilts and helters, on the edge of the unknow so you throw caution to the wind and proclaim another one night sexual vent. Broken inside but smiling up front, but still scared to tell the truth. your family is hiding in the cellar praying for this will be the last late night dispute. The tears that roll down your face, never wiped off by a loved ones hand debating on where you want to stand. Everything’s under lock and key, for no one shall ever see anything else besides this life of luxury.

::star stabbed and strangled::

Rise up for those who fight for the star stabbed and strangled, rise up I say, rise up in arms against sin caused by the burning flesh of a brand new war.And I say to you one last time…RISE UP!

Do you think school shoting only happen in America?

If you do belive that then watch this video.





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JP_ZiHjtOT0

which question do we write the short essay on?

I forgot which out of those five question questions about body art and expression we were supposed to write on so if anybody gets on here please let me know before tomoro. thanks

Dropping the Blog

So im not offended or mad that we dropped the blog but I was just wondering what are the reasons for yay or naw to it??


hit this up with some info

Much love
Ferrie

great Depression of 08...

watch this video and reply with your thoughts, fears and possible solutions.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dR7h8NBQU3E



-Douglas Ferrie

Celebrities VS. The Paparazzi

I recently saw a video of Naomi Watts just trying to get to her car peacefully; and the paparazzi would not let up on her even though she is pregnant and ask if they would leave her alone. Do you think its right for paparazzi to follow celebrities private life? Do you think its right the paparazzi follow celebrity’s kids?

Thank God for Old Geezers!

At sporting events, during the playing of the National Anthem, Old Geezers hold their caps over their hearts and sing without embarrassment. They know the words and believe in them. Old Geezers remember World War I, the Depression, World War II, Pearl Harbor, Guadalcanal, Normandy and Hitler. They remember the Atomic Age, the Korean War, The Cold War, the Jet Age and the Moon Landing, not to mention Vietnam.

If you bump into an Old Geezer on the sidewalk, he will apologize. If you pass an Old Geezer on the street, he will nob or tip his cap to a lady. Old Geezers trust strangers and are courtly to women. Old Geezers hold the door for the next person and always, when walking, make certain the lady is on the inside for protection.

Old Geezers get embarrassed if someone curses in front of women and children and they don't like any filth on TV or in movies. Old Geezers have moral courage. They seldom brag unless it's about their grandchildren.

It's the Old Geezers who know our great country is protected, not by politicians or police, but by the young men and women in the military serving their country.

This country needs Old Geezers with their decent values. We need them now more than ever. Thank God for Old Geezers!



I wake up every morning seeing this on the fridge. My dad is an Old Geezer, and I'm proud of him. I too think now more than ever we could use more Old Geezers around. Tell me your thoughts on this piece of work?

(Taken from a past, date unknown, monthly VFW mailing)

Presidential Debates

With the debates in arms reach this week, we as voters have to start thinking about the issues we hold close to our daily lives. These debates are hopefully going to make or break this election for one of the officails and finally going to move beyond the personal attacks and start focusing on the issues. We as young voters have a great voice in this upcoming election and if just 80% of all young voters aged 18-25 voted we would have the largest voting brackets and would literally make this election. So my three questions are this. What issues do you want to hear the canditates speak about? Will you watch the debates or do you feel you already know who your voting for? Finally if at election time you didnt have a good grasp on who you wanted to vote for would you vote?

Hurricane Ike

Has anyone followed news of Hurrican Ike? A colossal Hurricane Ike menaced the darkened Texas coast early Sat, ensuring a sleepless night for thousands who huddled and waited to find out if a gamble to face the storm head on could cost them their lives. Wind-whipped waves surged over a 17-foot seawall in Galveston and filled streets with waist-high water. Homes were flooding, hundreds of thousands were without power and there was fear hurricane-force winds could shatter the sparkling skyscrapers that define the skyline of American's fourth-largest city. Rescue crews worried daybreak would bring a nightmare: Thousands who defied evacuation orders and became trapped in submerged communities. What do you think of this matter? What should the goverment do to help out the victims of the hurrican?

the hand we are delt

We have no say over the hand dealt us in life, but we do have a lot of control over how this hand is played. We are responsible for bringing out the meaning of our own lives in each moment that we live. Remember each moment happens only once and can never be retrieved again.
By-Roberta Andersen

Middle Class

I love this country, and it hurts me to see middle class families struggle. So with this being said what does America need to do in order to not let the middle class shrink?

Chaos at the Republican convention

I read in the news paper that protester were smashing windows and were blocking traffic. Is it really necessary for people to vandalise other peoples cars or smashing windows just because they are protesting the Republican convention? I don't think so, if your going to protest something keep it peaceful so no one gets hurt or worse die! Even if they don't agree with the Republicans just make your point and leave.

So I saw Protest on the War this weekend

I was in the Marine for 4 years and I was directly involved with actions that were taken in Iraq/Afghanistan so seeing something like this would obviously peek my interest.
Where do you stand as far as the War goes?
Do you support the troops that are over there?
Do you know someone who has served in the military in Iraq/Afghanistan

Keep in mind you are open to your own opinions so please feel free to share what ever it is you believe.

Ben's Post

This passage comes from Annie Dillard's The Writing Life:

One of the few things I know about writing is this: spend it all, shoot it, play it, lose it, all, right away, every time. Do not hoard what seems good for a later place in the book, or for another book; give it, give it all, give it now. The impulse to save something good for a better place later is the signal to spend it now. Something more will arise for later, something better. These things fill from behind, from beneath, like well water. Similarly, the impulse to keep to yourself what you have learned is not only shameful, it is destructive. Anything you do not give freely and abundantly becomes lost to you. You open your safe and find ashes.

I first read this passage twelve years ago. I remember finding Dillard's words incredibly inspiring. In that moment, I was certain that I would be forever changed as a writer. I would no longer agonize over a word choice or struggle to turn a phrase. I would write wildly, never censor my work, and always find my way to a point after the air had cleared.Truthfully, I've been writing daily for the better part of my life and still struggle to put Dillard's words into practice. I still agonize and often get stuck. Why do you think that as writers we find ourselves holding back? What gets in the way of your writing process? Or maybe you are the kind of writer who truly does "spend it all." How/why does this seem to work for you? What do you make of Dillard's last statement?