24. January 2010 by student.

In the need-to-know world of technology that we now live in, there seems to be a pattern of increasing illiteracy.  To focus on a major contributor, “text-talk” has seemed to replace actual, intelligible communication.  Grammar is cast aside in order to keep messages succinct.  Periods are replaced with LOL or LMFAO in order to convey a type of ambiguous pseudo-emotion.  Why talk when you can just as easily send a string of incoherent fragments of speech in a perfunctory fashion?  In a generation, we armed ourselves with the necessary weapons to infect the English language with a perniciously caustic type of stupidity.  Steadily, this insidious new form of “communication” is beginning to spread beyond “texting.”  Its growth needs to be arrested before it manifests in more official papers, reports etc.  So, if you want to break away from the herd, eliminate “LOL,” and comparable text-type, from your lexicon.  Don’t allow yourself to be assimilated among the masses by assailing the English language.

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24. January 2010 by student.

NO!!!!!!! Did someone say JOBS??? YES Jobs, Jobs, More JObs!!!!! Maybe that idea looks at this from a conflict perspective, but we got bigger problems right now than this immediate urge to reform Health Care, right?. Which, one president, one bill, one party, isn’t enough to reform Health Care in this country, right? Liberal icon, Democratic Senator Edward Kennedy’s mission was universal health care and he was in the Senate for over 40 years. Now, in Massachusetts, Republican Scott Brown has won Kennedy’s seat in congress. Having a republican in that seat creates the republicans 41st vote they need to block legislation in the Senate! 61% say it’s time for congress to drop health care. 59% say the Obama administration should wait on health care reform until the economy improves. 73% of voter’s say it’s time for legistration to turn their attention to more immediate issues like the economy and job creation. Look at these number! 1.4 trillion deficit, 15.3million unemployed, Afghanistan, Iraq, 1.6 trillion in war costs, increase in the homeless 1.5 million (one out of 50 is a child), 1.5 million homes in foureclosure. America has several issues to consider as priority. Now with the posibility of a filibuster in the Senate house in regards to the Health Care Reform bill, I feel we should take the time to explore public opinion together, as I further my research and document my findings. I am making this blog entry my exploration (survey, if you will) to public opinion. I will have follow up blogs to document our progress and my research to find the best and most educated answer to this question. Is Health care a top priority righ now?

So, what do you think and WHY? (responding earns points
- Yes, it’s top priority.
- No, it’s not.
- Undecided.
Respond to this blog! Together we can learn more about this subject and understand better why or why not congress should continue to push Health Care Reform. I will explore
VOTE, VOTE, VOTE, VOTE, VOTE, VOTE, VOTE…………… Yes/No/Undecided?????????

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