Summer blues

Pel grant

I went to my first protest last weekend and it was so exhilarating! Me along with other College Democrats in DC when to capitol hill to rally against the EXTREME decrease in the pell grant. Now although this was only proposed by house republicans because they take majority this could be catastrophic. As of now the maximum benefit is $5,500 and this can be renewed two times in a academic year with the republicans proposal they plan on making it $500 dollars this is less than 10% of what it was originally. It is crazy to think that republicans can be so selfish and stupid! I am honestly infuriated at the fact that they could possibly think in their right minds that this is okay. I feel as if when republicans come up with ideas like this they really are not thinking about their constituents. There are kids out there that need these grants so that they can better their education. When you compare America to other countries in how accelerated we are and smart we are America falls short. You would be surprised but when it comes to education America does not come first. And to think that our tax dollars are paying for these congressman to represent the needs of the people! it seems to me that these congressmen are only concerned with the needs of themselves. 

Who helps the people who work 2 jobs just to send all there children go to school look below for live testimony

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Coming all together

I use this picture because this picture represents people coming together, more specifically when we need to get together for a positive change. It is so important for us to all get involved when it comes to social causes. Anything that you are truly passionate about requires time and hard work. Its hard enough to get bills passed in congress with lobbyists shoving their views down congressmen's throat. So its up to us to make a change. As we all know strength is in numbers and with many people participating in regards to a social cause it will be easier for others to hear you. I hear to much today from young people that they feel like what they feel does not matter and that because they are not old enough to vote they feel like they should not care. But that is completely the opposite it is always the perfect time to get involved when it comes to social causes, be by attending a protest or posting a blog about what you feel. When i was only a sophomore in high school I started getting involved with politics, I volunteered for the Obama campaign twice a week and when it came time for elections I was passing out pamphlets and i was constantly in peoples faces because i was so passionate about what President Obama symbolized. All that mattered in the end though was that i found something that was really important to me and i worked hard at making my dream a reality , but that was only done because i networked and came together with like minded people .

Question for thought Earthquake in Japan

Today there was a massive earthquake that was said to be a 8.9 which is huge. Looking at the video and images of what happened was astounding. It is estimated that at least a million have been effected. The earthquake was so devastating that it has had effects on people in russia. It always makes me sad when I have to watch videos of people suffering so much and to know that everything they had is destroyed.  Although this is not directly effecting the US, i'm interested in knowing how this will effect their health care system and how they will bring people in and who will be saved? what will determine at this point whose time is more valuable??

Heres a video showing how catastrophic this tsunami was in the video if you look closely you can see a boat in the middle of the storm. It looks surreal and almost as if you would see something like this in a movie. Its is truly devastating thinking of how much damage this tsunami has caused.

It is reported that after this disaster there might be nuclear waste that has much wider effects.

Self - assessment

In my blog I have tried to blend new media and show more about my social cause. I think that my blog could use a little improvement and maybe a more detailed discussion about my point of views. I haven't introduced a lot about my prospective. I feel like this problem should always be discussed and hopefully I am informing people about the the faults of the health care system. I feel as if new media is the new wave of of technology that will really make people understand what is truly going on with the health care system. My strengths are that I have grown up in the health care system and I can bring a lot to this blog but I feel my weakness is that i should use more facts in my blog.

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Pros and cons of health care reform

This comes from the man himself he gives a synopsis of the pros and cons of the health care reform. It is important to always go to the source when trying to figure out what is really going to happen in the health care system. It makes me so mad when someone will talk about how they know so much about a topic but have never researched they just simply rely on their friends prospectives of a certain situation.