Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Current Events: Anti-Terrorism Law

Laws that passed several years ago about anti-terrorism, is considered to be unconstitutional. It is allowing the government to intercept certain types of communication, forcing some people to change the way they communicate, and violating the 4th amendment. This issue was taken to the supreme court. The reason this story interests me is because it shows how to government will be messed up and try to lie and cheat to do what they want. The 4th amendment protects our privacy, but what I've noticed is that alot of the times the government will try to find loop holes around their laws and amendments so they can get exactly what they want and it bugs me. But I don't personally care enough to even attempt to try and change it. Besides the government has alot more power then me, I would have to do ALOT for them to probably even consider changing, and they still would probably try to find loop holes.

Monday, February 25, 2013

Steve Jobs

This is an interesting quote, but there are ways that it can actually be wrong. It says to be creative, you have to be willing to throw away who you were or used to be. Well what if who you are or used to be was creative? Considering imagination is (usually) best when you are a child, you probably were more creative as a kid. But you can also look at it as if he means to be a good person. Such as if your trying to become a good person after going down a bad road, you have to let go of all that and who you used to be, and accept the new you. Change isn't always a bad thing, infact most of the time it's a good thing. The question is, if you should change, and when.

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

John Lenon

I like this quote. Even if fairies and dragons and mythical stuff like only exists in your mind, that's fine. He's basically trying to say that imagination is important. Albert Einstien said the same thing. Infact he said that imagination is more important then knowledge, in which I agree with as well. Honestly I think that if you are happy in life, then it doesn't matter what you do or how you think, your enjoying life which is something everyone should be doing. And it doesn't matter how you enjoy life, as long as your enjoying life.

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Pablo Neruda

This quote blew up my mind. Literally. I don't even know what to say.  Is 4 always 4 for everyone? Well literally it should, because 4 is a number, but I just don't understand what he's trying to say. Is the light that prisoners think of the same light that lights up our world? The only thing I can think for that one is maybe prisoners think of a happy place and a happy world, the same one we might live in. Have you wondered what color April is to the ailing? Well I can say I haven't wondered that, and wondering it now I come up with nothing. I think this quote is extreamely difficult to come up with logical conclusions honestly.

Nelson Mandela

This is my favorite quote I've blogged about so far. I think this is VERY true. Every person has fear, even if they don't show it, and the ones who can rise about their fear are the ones with courage. I know from my MMA fighting experience that fear will get you messed up in a fight. You have to keep calm, even if you take a hard hit, even if your dizzy, no matter what, keep calm and do what your trained to do. You can't be scared of the pain either. Most fighters shut down the moment they feel pain because their fear overpowers their courage, but you need to remember it's a fight, and you are going to get hurt. If you keep calm, do as your trained, you stand a far better chance then being scared and constantly playing defense and anticipating all of their opponent's attacks, trying not to feel that pain again.

Monday, February 11, 2013

MLK Jr.

I think he means when we stop caring or don't do anything about what's really important, humanity will end. Or maybe that's just how I see it. But either way I think that's true and that's what I got out of it. Such as right now, just about everyone has a hold of nuclear weapons, and honestly it's a surprise no one has used them yet. Maybe humanity is just barely smart enough to know what would happen is anyone were to use these. But the moment anyone does, it's over. The world I mean. I'm honestly just waiting til the day it happens. Because it probably will eventually. Humanity should not be given such power, yet we do. So far we are smart enough to not use it, but how much longer will that last?

Thursday, February 7, 2013

Current Events: Military Failure

4 Americans ambassadors were killed in Washington due to a terrorist attack because the military did not have enough time to cover the distance they were to save these americans. Panetta defended the militarys' failure, saying it is not their fault. Here's what I think; It may not be the militarys' fault, but why was washington not defended in the first place? Especially since 6 months prior to the attack, they had recieved 281 threats of an attack. I think the military should have taken these threats a little bit more seriously then they actually did. They could have saved those lives, but at the same time they still were able to respond to the attack, just they didnt have enough time to show up on time. I think this could have easily been prevented, and hopefully in the future the military doesnt make a mistake like this again.

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

St. Francis on compassion

This quote reminds me of murders and serial killers. Reason being is because most mass muderers and serial killers start of killing animals for fun, then eventually to go to humans and start killing their own species. It's messed up, but it also makes sense. I do not kill animals, or even harm them in anyway. I love animals, especially cats. I don't know how to get people to stop torturing animals nor do I know how to get people to stop killing people. I guess for those murderers they just have the urge to want to do it, like an instinct or something, and you can't take it out of them. I guess some people won't change though.

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Gandhi

This quote is definetely something I would expect Gandhi to say. I personally don't believe in praying for I do not believe in a religion, but in this case he could mean more then just praying to a god. He could just mean praying to himself or meditating. He is a pacifist so of course his greatest weapon would be something nonviolent, but that's ok because I agree with that. I think diplomacy will get everybody farther in life and in this world then war and violence. But even the world's greatest countries, even america, can be immature and succumb to the temptation of war. I guess it's in human nature, but Gandhi has proven we don't have to be that way. But the world has been like this since the begining of time, and I doubt it would change now. Eventually war will kill us all, unless everyone became like Gandhi, but like I said I doubt that would happen. It's only a matter of time.

Monday, February 4, 2013

Bob Dylan

I like this quote but it depends on what your definition of free is if this quote is true it not. I think everyone is free to make their own choices, but no one is free to their consequences. If this quote means stuck in one place, such as the earth, then once again it's true, but not true at the same time. Yes we live and roam the earth, but thanks to technology, we could leave this planet and go to the moon. But this quote means complete freedom to me, and I guess no one has true, 100% complete freedom. But if you think about it, we do have alot of freedom in this world.

Friday, February 1, 2013

Lascelles Abercrombie

This quote can perfectly be applied to teaching. Looking for something would be the student's not only learning what to do but how to do it. If you told them what to see, then your just giving them an answer but they won't learn how to get it. It's also kind of like before and after. When your looking for something that's before you get the answer. And then when you see something, that's after you've found the answer. Teaching is just as difficult as learning in my opinion. But if we all apply our knowledge and effort in both learning and teaching, then i believe everyone will get smarter, including the teacher him/herself.