Gay Marriage

Should gay marriage be allowed? I am very much in support of homosexual people, this is because their being gay doesn't affect me, it doesn't affect their ability to function as people, and it certainly doesn't mean that they are bad. But this does not mean that they should be allowed to get married. I dislike all forms of religion because i believe that they lead to bloodshed, and to me marriage is a very religious thing, and i want to leave it alone. I do not think that the government should be involved in forcing an institution to accept members. The National Organization for Women i doubt would take male members, should they be forced to? On the other hand, there are many financial, and societal benefits and expectations, it is arguable that marriage is not just a religious institution now. My father is a notary, and he can marry people, a notary is a government related title. Tax benefits, and insurance, these are two things that can drastically affect peoples financial lives, and because gay people cannot marry, they cannot claim these benefits. I see two solutions to this problem.

a.) Revoke all privleges that come with marriage so it is only a religious title

b.) Allow gay people the right to marry

Disabilities

Is it moral to assist people with disabilities?

This is a tough question, sure, these people have a hard time accomplishing tasks, but who is responsible for their current condition? Lets say that the payment of social security works like jury duty, and it is a random lottery where you have to go find this person and give them money, are you going to be willing to do this? People with disabilities have national institutions to help them, both deaf and blind people have respective technical and liberal arts colleges, so why do we need to assist them financially? What about survival of the fittest, do we really want someone with a crippling genetic defect raising a family of three children and for those children to pass on his defective gene?

I think that just like myself, people with physical and mental disabilities should have to pave their own way. I am not responsible for their condition, so i don't care what their issue is.

three great websites

Aljazeera
Gamefront
Amazon

two of these sites are information based sites, Aljazeera and Gamefront. The great thing about these sites is how easy they are to navigate, they have a non-cluttered appearance, all the sections of the site are found easily at the top of the screen, and they both have a visible search bar at the top. Amazon is the third great site in my opinion because of how easy it is to find stuff, both things you are looking for, and when you are browsing different sections.

Education

Education is one of the single biggest issues in america these days, and it is interesting to discuss. America has become a consumer driven market, and to make money in america you have to sell things to people. The things that are being sold to people come from other places. Which leads the jobs in america to be service based mostly, clerk, doctor, nurse, cook. The only jobs that america has that create things are machinist, industrial design, engineering, and so forth. Look at the jobs in america, look where things are being built, look at how much a worker with minimum training could make only fifty years ago. Is education really necessary, we dont need education, we need to create things that people want if we want money to stay in america.

Middlebury college

Lets take a look at the admissions statistics of Middlebury college, a prestigious Liberal arts school

for 2008-2009
acceptance rate: 20.6%
yield rate: 43.5%

men: 24.5%
women: 17.8%

for 1994-2005
black: 68.5% (average)

I am not trying to be racist, or pick on the black population in any way, but the only minority acceptance rate data I could find was for blacks. is it really fair that a college's acceptance rate for blacks is three times its overall acceptance rate. Any college will tell you this is because "diversity leads to a better learning experience" but how does it exactly.

The Journal for Blacks in Higher Education
Middlebury College Admissions Statistics

Which is better, fair or equal? This is quite the controversial topic because it possesses so much self interest when two opposing answers come to terms. Lets take two perspective students interested in technology that are applying to college. One is a middle class white male, and the other is a poor hispanic girl. The male will get very little or no financial help, whereas the girl has many opportunities to get full tuition scholarships from many different institutions and societies, both for being a girl, and for being hispanic. Also colleges will look to get just a bit more minority acceptance rate. I expect that much opinion with this issue and I will face quite a bit of animosity from many different groups. Others may find this interesting because it relates to everyone in the world. I remember the first time I looked for scholarships and told her I felt like I was being discriminated against she said,

"You are a middle class white male, it's going to happen all of your life, get used to it."

Fair/Equal

Now onto the big question, what is better, fair or equal?

lets begin with the definition,

Fair - "free from favoritism, self-interest, bias, or deception"

Equal - "Having the same quality, value, or measure as another"

now, at first glace I automatically choose Fair, because I am a middle class white male, who thinks that people should have to work to achieve their goals.

Please, if you know someone who would have an interesting view on this topic send them here, it would be great to have a good discussion.

Relaxation Essay

        I believe that relaxation will lead me to happiness. I have not always been able to relax, but i have learned through recent events the benefits of it. when I am relaxed, people want to be near me because they know that I wont loose my cool. I can keep calm in these situations because I know that I can solve these problems faster when I am not scatterbrained.

Relaxation will bring me peace. In the car when I am driving, people do foolish things. I, however, may leave it to be judged by a simple, “that’s cool too” or similar reaction. This is because I know I cannot control another persons behavior, but know that they will learn to correct it some day. Relaxing can also help me win arguments; keeping a clear head enables me to discover commanding ideas that will either calm down, or force an epiphany on the opposing argument, enabling victory. 

When I was sixteen, my garage caught on fire. I am the one who found this inferno first, I walked my way over to where my father and said,

“hey dad, did you know the garage is on fire?”

“no that’s smoke from the neighbors.”

“no, the garage is on fire.”

We then ran to get the fire extinguishers, and my parents ran outside to extinguish the landing in our garage, thankfully that was all we had to replace.

Relaxation will bring me friendship. I have never had any desire to be near someone who was stressed out, or never satisfied with their current situation. People who can’t find joy in their current situation never can be truly happy; neither can people who are constantly putting themselves in stressful situations. By being relaxed, all of my friends know that if they are having troubles between one another, I can be an objective mediator because I can think through each side without getting frustrated or angry. getting angry very rarely solves a situation that a leader deals with, which positions me to take the role of a leader if and when the situation calls for it.

When i got into a  serious car accident, i had already learned to stay calm. This meant that knew to check if i was hurt, get out of the car to safety, and call emergency services immediately. Thankfully i was not hurt, and i could get out of the car fine. On the phone with emergency services i let them know that i wasn’t hurt, but that the car was starting to light the forest on fire

All in all, I know that I will be happier relaxing. It also seems to help keep stressful situations more under control than stressing does. I know that it is impossible to always relax; a major world crisis happens, a loved one dies, and many other things can call for a non-relaxed response. On the other hand, maybe all of these situations could be benefited by a relaxed thought process in some way. After all, a world leader would have to remain calm and decide the next course of action for his people, and someone has to plan the funeral.