Jimmy Carter

I believe that Jimmy Carter's plan was too based on the substitution of solar energy. His plan seemed like it was bent on the use of solar energy to replace current sources. Replacements for oil in cars with other fuels, and electrical power should have also been in taken into consideration. Carter's plan seemed to be more based on short-term fixes rather than a long term solution to the massive problem at hand. Most of his ideas seemed more based on quick-fixing the economy, rather than providing a long term stabilizer that would, over time, permanently fix energy attaining methods and the environment as a whole. Carter's plan to save fuel also did not focus deeply on helping to save the environment in the process of conserving energy. The only alternative that he offers is solar power which is a minuscule resource in the abundant supply of energy alternatives.

Uncommon Valor - Jedi Mind Tricks

Uncommon Valor - Jedi Mind Tricks
[Verse 1 - Vinnie Paz]
I don't know why I'm over here this job is evil
They send me there to Vietnam to kill innocent people
My mother wrote me said the President he doesn't care
We trying to leave the footprints of America here
They say we're trying to stop Chinese expansion
But I ain't seen no Chinese since we landed
Sent my whole entire unit thinking we can win
Against the Viet Cong guerillas there in Gia Dinh
I didn't sign up to kill women or any children
For every enemy soldier, we killing six civilians
Yeah, and that ain't right to me
I ain't got enough of mother fuckin' fight in me
It frightens me and I just want to see my son and moms
But over here they dropping seven million tons of bombs
I spend my days dodging all these booby traps and mines
And at night, praying to God that I get back alive
And I'm forced to sit back and wonder
Why I was a part of 'Operation Rolling Thunder'
In a fox hole with nine months left here
Jungle like the fuckin' harbinger of death here

[Interlude]
(solider speaking)
I don't want to be here. I'm scared, I just want to go home.
(officer speaking)
You fucking kidding me? Don't be a pussy. Don't you love your country?
(solider speaking)
I like being here. I'm ready.

[Verse 2 - R.A. The Rugged Man]
True story...
Call me Thorburn, John H. Staff Sergeant, Marksman
Skilling, killing, illing
I'm able and willing
Kill a village elephant, rape and pillage your village
Illegitimate killers, US Military guerillas
This ain't a real war, Vietnam shit
World War II, that's a war, this is just a military conflict
Soothing, drug-abusing, Vietnamese women screwing
Sex, scampling and booz, and all the shit is amusing
Bitches and guns, this is every man's dream
I don't want to go home, where I'm just a ordinary human being
Special OP, Huey chopper gun shit, run shit
Gook run when the mini-gun spit, won't miss, kill shit
Spit four-thousand bullets a minute
Bit the Charlie, hit trigger, hit it
I'm in it to win it, get it
The lieutenant hinted the villain, I've ended up killing
I did it, cripple, did it, pictures I painted is vivid, live it
A wizard with weapons, a secret mission we about to begin it
Government funded, behind enemy lines bullets is spraying
It's heating up, a hundred degrees
The enemy's the North Vietnamese, bitch please
Ain't no sweat, I'm told "be at ease"
Until I see the pilot got hit, and we about to hit some trees
till the rotor broke, crash land, American man
Cambodia, right in the enemy hand
Take a swig of the whiskey to calm us
Them yellow men wearing black pajamas
They want to harm us
They all up on us
Bang, bang, bullet hit my chest, feel no pain
To my left, the captain caught a bullet right in his brain
Body parts flying, loss of limbs, explosions
Bad intentions, I see my best friend's intestines
Pray to the one above, It's raining and I'm covered in mud
I think I'm dying, I feel dizzy, I'm losing blood
I see my childhood, I'm back in the arms of my mother
I see my whole life, I see Christ, I see bright lights
I see Israelites, Muslims and Christians at peace, no fights
Blacks, Whites, Asians, people of all types
I must have died, then I woke up, suprised I'm alive
I'm in a hospital bed, they rescued me, I survived
I escaped the war, came back
But ain't escape Agent Orange, two of my kids born handicapped
Spastic, quadriplegic, micro cephalic
Cerebral palsy, cortical blindness, name it they had it
My son died he ain't live, but I still try to think positive
Cause in life, God take, God give
God take, God give

These lyrics are protesting the Vietnam war by telling a Vietnam story through the eyes of a veteran. The story starts out by talking about how the man is sent to Vietnam not quite understanding what he's actually fighting for. One of the more important lines in this introduction is "For every enemy soldier, we killing six civilians." This portrays the reality of what soldiers actually endured while in Vietnam. There was much confusion between who was really the enemy and who was innocent. As the song goes on another line that is "Kill a village elephant, rape and pillage your village." Here the artist is talking about the brutality that went on in the villages of Vietnamese people. When U.S military moved into the villages many of the people where beaten, raped, and killed. Also the villages where usually robbed of there resources and sometimes burned to the ground. Toward the end of the song a twist is put in when the artist says "I escaped the war, came back ;But ain't escape Agent Orange, two of my kids born handicapped." This is tragic irony in the fact that Agent Orange was used as chemical warfare against the Vietnamese, but ended up effecting some of the American soldiers that were sent there.

JFK Field Trip Reflection

1) From this field trip to the JFK library there are a few things that I learned about JFK that I had not known about previously. The first thing I learned was that JFK had not done much about civil rights during the beginning of his presidency.

2) The part of the trip that I found most interesting where the the video clips that where playing at the museum section. The most interesting I found was the Cuban Missile crisis clip that played. I learned a lot more about the Cuban Missile Crisis from seeing this clip.

3) I found that the classroom portion of the field trip was rather boring. They could cut that down to about a half hour, or remove it completely. They should also give a broader tour of the building as a whole instead of just the museum.

4) JFK did a lot for the American people as a whole as opposed to the nations wealthy and elite. He had interests in ending the war, and promoting civil rights for the oppressed races in America. His plan was well thought out and direct. Overall JFK was a good president with a few flaws that could knock him back (Cuban Missile Crisis). I wouldn't say that he was the best president, but I would agree he is within the top 10.

End of Butter Battle Book

Right as the Zooks and Yooks where about to drop the big boy boomeroo they came to there senses and realized that none of them would benefit. So the Yooks signed an agreement with the Zooks, and the Zooks signed agreements with the Yooks. Butter side up or butter side down the Zooks and the Yooks would get along. The wall that was built to separate them was torn down and they lived together and tolerated each other with no more fighting. There was still always a tension though as to whether butter side up or butter side down was better.