Letter to the Editor II

Response to Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article: GOP candidates storm the Granite State

By the looks of it the statictics show that Romney will just smash through the rest of the Republican cacaus with a battering ram, where he will secure close victories, but victories non-theless. To the public this news has been long coming, as every candidate with a legitamite challenge to Romeny has experienced crushing deafeat via Cain and Gingrich, seemingly none can match the vast resources and political experience that Romeny posesses, none except Jon Huntsman. Although Huntsman appears to be at the back of the race at the moment, he certainly has the experience, ambassodor of China, govenor of Utah and business man makes him appear the perfect Republican, but he has gained little support or recognition so far in the race, but Cacuses have a tendecy to upset at times.

Letter to Editor

Response to Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article: Obama Unveiling Defense Strategy, Military Cuts.

Although these budget cuts may be alarming to some I agree with this decision, but I have one exception. I believe that the U.S. should heavily increase its military research while simultaneously reducing its military spending. I'm not saying to spend all the money that is being cut on military research, but to take a reasonable portion and devote it to technological updates for our military. It seems in this modern age that to have the edge on the battlefield you don't necessarily have to have a numerical advantage, but you must have superior technology. A new approach to conventional military thinking and technology will be needed, but the results could be substantial if the research is led by the right person, with today's technology we haven't even begun to utilize what potential technologies we could produce that could take troops out of harms way and give the U.S. an edge on the battlefield that would be even greater than its been historically, the next era of modern warfare is right around the corner if our government takes the initiative.

Dawn by the Ocean

A few years ago when my family took a trip to the Virginia coast we stayed in a hotel by the beach for a few days. Personally I thought the trip was alright, nothing amazing about the beach or the hotel but the last day I was there I looked out the hotel patio to see the sun rising over the ocean. It is hard for me to explain my exact feelings in this moment, but I was filled with emotion, the suns brilliant light shining over the ocean and the beach looked beautiful to me, and I just stared out over the ocean for awhile taking in this sight. I could smell the ocean salt, but the air felt pure and undaunted and opened my usually allergy clouded nostrils. It wasn't as if I hadn't seen a dawn over the ocean but this one in particular was much more spectacular than the others. The trip that week was also close to when school started so I also had to look back to the memories of the previous year and to look forward to the upcoming year. The view also reminded me of the vastness of that ocean and the fact that I may never experience that same beautiful dawn ever again, but each time the sun rises over the horizon I think about that morning dawn by the ocean.

A small injustice

Recently I've turned eighteen and now I wish to register to vote so I can help decide who becomes president in 2012. For the last year my political party choice was clear, Republican, known as the GOP. I've always been more Republican minded, I believe the most effective economy and society comes from one with the least government interference. Lately though I've had some serious doubts over joining the GOP as they have lacked many things following their majority takeover in the house. It seems they lack the deceisevness and the ability to come to terms with Democrats to make any types of changes, but this isn't that huge of a problem, as this issue as been plagueing congress for decades, but the real issue to me is the Republican's delaying of the making of a bill that would stop congress members from useing insider tradeing. This quite frankly disgusts me, it seems this people who are taking advantage of their appointed positions by having an unfair advantage over everyone else. This bill has been proposed for over six years so this show more than ever that with one hand congress scratches the back of their constituents and with the other their own back. We can only hope that someday a congress will exisit that has the sole intrest of the people at heart, but for now, we can only try to make our voices heard about this small but terrifying injustices.

My Fondest Memory

Altough it is difficult to say what is truely my fondest memory, one memory that stands out the most was my vaction to Universal Studios Orlando last year. From the start of my trip it was amazeing. My vaction truely began with my faimily's arrival to the hardrock hotel. The hotel was great with display cases filled with rock and roll treasure's like Jimmy Hendrix guitars, Lil Wayne sunglaess and any other famous artist you can think of. The park itself is huge and full of great experiences, my personal favorites where the Rip Ride Rocket rollercoaster which lets you choose a song to listen to while riding the roller coaster and the other was Harry Potter Hogwarts castle tour roller coaster. If your familiar with the Harry Potter series the ride is great with many surpries, but I can't tell you about it on the internet because I'm pretty sure it will violate copyright infringement and this article would then be deleted, but the roller coasters and the Harry Potter rides weren't the only reasons why I loved going to Universal Studios, the moments I had with my faimily where great too. Many things happened, like my faimily members being picked unusually often for events. For example when we went into Ollivander's wand shop my sister was picked out of the crowd for wand testing, which result in a real life event just like in the first movie when Harry tests out the wands. All of this was great fun and admist all of this fun my faimily was the happiest we had been in awhile and so that is why my week in Universal Studios is my fondest memory.

Reading in General

Since 3rd grade I've consistently read books, whether at home or at school, I have always enjoyed books. In fact, I believe my interest in reading has greatly helped to develop my English skills, as my SAT Reading score reflects that. Over time though my interest in book type has changed. At first all I would read was books about fantasy and fairytale lands, then when I got a little order all I read was books about real life and more adult adventures. Nowadays I can't stand reading a fantasy book and prefer a mystery or adventure book like lord of the rings, in fact lately I've even read books like Atlas Shrugged and Doctor Zhivago, long books that can be somewhat boring but I feel as if I gain intellectual concepts from these books. Even more recently don't feel like reading books as much lately, as I have little free time with work, sports and school. In the future I hope I can find the time to relax and just read like I used to.

Sun-made = Well Made

If anyone knows me from a lunch they'll know that for the past six years I've always packed a box of sun made California raisins in my lunch. Although it appears most people dislike raisins, I believe they're delicious balls of natural sugar and vitamin C that contain numerous health benefits that have helped me over the years. One of the most beneficial health effects of eating raisins is their ability to help to detoxify the blood stream, which means your heart and organs don't need to work as hard to filter the blood, meaning, theoretically you'll live longer. Raisins also come in extremly conviennt boxes, so you can even put them in you pocket and wipe them out whenever you wish to eat them, although this is not particuarly recomeneded. So, the next time someone offers you raisins don't waste them or throw them away, because like wine, raisins are an acquired taste that are extremely healthy and who knows, can potentially help you to live longer.