Losers

It is true that there are losers in this economy. Our economy depends on them. The minimum wage people doing the blue collar work who can never and never will get out of debt. These are the people that keep the economy moving they put in more money than they take out. These people are required because their is some fat cat with all the money circulating his money privately among the rich not helping the economy. The people who spend money on American products and put money into the American economy are the losers, they are necessary. The system could be broken if people worked for their money, that money was spent on domestic products, and the companies that make those domestic products pay their domestic workers with that money. No money leaves the system there are no winners or losers.

Who Am I Again

My name is Jimmy. I am a fun loving American teenager. My friends are the largest influence in my life. They can negatively or positively affect my life. Baseball has a lot of control over my life. Depending on where I am playing baseball controls where I live and work for summers. My goal in life is still to be in the AROTC program at SDSU and join the Air Force.

Catfish

I do not believe everyone has a catfish. I myself do not have a catfish. I believe the only people that get catfished are people who are stupid enough to just trust some random person without knowing them or verifying their identity. Catfish don't do anything to keep people alive. They only trick people into trusting them and deceive them. Catfish end up having a definite emotional impact on people and it is almost always negative. These negative impacts could cause someone to fall into depression and possibly take their own life. Catfish are not needed for survival and only people who are to stupid to immediately trust a random stranger will get catfished.

Basketball Stereotyping

It doesn’t matter what race a ball player is if he is good he is good. Korean basketball players may not be something that is well known but if there is a Korean that is good at basketball it shouldn’t matter. It takes a special kind of person to ignore talent because of a person’s race. Although it is true that Jewish people dominated the basketball circuits. They have since been replaced by black players. There is a definite race dominance of black people in basketball today. I don’t see a problem with this since most of them do have the skill. Although I do feel since the transition to the black dominated NBA basketball is no longer enjoyable. Its not because of the blacks but it is because they won’t alter the game to the new players. It has become a show off contest where no one plays defense and looking good on court is more important than playing basketball. Race shouldn’t matter it should be based on skill but I don’t think this can happen until the players themselves focus on skill.

Alien Commuters

I read this article on alien commuters and honestly I do feel bad for the situation these people are in. They get almost no sleep, they spend hours waiting to cross the border, and even more time just waiting in line. After they spend these many hours of waiting they work full eight hour days in the fields. This form of life would be tough and unimaginable. However I do not feel bad for the people themselves. They complain that they cannot actually immigrate to this country because it would tear apart their family. So what my ancestors left their family in a famine to come to this country. If you want the American dream you have to make sacrifices that's just the way it is. The other thing that bothers me is the fact that these American agriculture places are hiring these people just because they are cheap labor. What they don't realize is that if you hire American citizens and pay American citizens, those American citizens will put that money back into America's economy. Instead we are paying Mexicans to waste money on the Mexican economy.  So to reiterate, I do not like the situation that these people are put in. However I do know that there is something that they can do about it themselves but they are not. This situation shouldn't come as a surprise to anybody it has been happening for centuries if not in Mexico in other countries and, I do not believe they should get some special treatment just because they border the U.S.A..

Animal Farm Connections

In the book Animal Farm it starts out with a conflict theory a farmer reaping the benefits of his animals. The animals who get nothing rebel, as always happens in a conflict society the poor Proletariats rebel against the rich Bourgeoisie. In the book as in real life the poor outnumber the rich which is why the rebellion succeeds. After the rebellion Snowball and Napoleon become the unofficial leaders of the farm. We see Napoleon push hard for a conflict society but Snowball always keeps them in a functional society where the different parts of the society depend and thrive on each other. However the pigs do claim themselves the smarter species and even with Snowballs presence they slowly start leaning to a conflict society. We see the pigs start hording apples. Normally an act like this would anger the community, but, the pigs so amply lie to the community saying that they have to eat apples, and they say they don't even like the taste but it is required they eat them. Slowly their functionalist theory starts slipping. The battle of Cowshend takes many lives and wounds snowball. This lowers the moral of the animals but boosts their patriotism. With this boost of patriotism Napoleon takes his shot he drives away Snowball claiming him a traitor and assumes command of Animal Farm. With Napoleon in control the pigs take what they want, they do what they want, and they kill any that object. They do this by keeping the community in a constant fear of attack and a constant exhaustion from building a windmill. They get away with executions because they can say that those animals are spies. Slowly little by little the animals start to realize that the pigs are just the same as humans. They realize that the pigs are reaping the benefits of their labor while they get nothing. They were stuck right back into a conflict society. What is an oppressed community to do. They revolt once again. This is why functionalism should be practiced a community that relies on the equality of all. When the rich get richer and the poor get poorer the poor will revolt.

Barcelona Fight Club

I have recently observed that in Barcelona there is a man who owns a boxing gym. He is using this gym to keep kids off the street. The kids come in and train instead of going and being vagrants. He is providing them with a way to let off steam. This is also a way for them to make money. These kids get to come in train, fight, and have at least a semi healthy life. For most of these kids this could be a permanent fix. It will teach them to work hard for their goals and give them a sense of accomplishment. By the time they are out of boxing they would be old enough and mature enough to know the proper ways of coping with their emotions. However I do believe some of these kids a very few of them could stay with their heads in the clouds about boxing being "thug" and sadly never mature from their "swag" to class.