Outstanding Blogs

While looking through my classmates blogs, I found a few that stood out to me.

Ana Forsythe's Blog: Economic advice to Barack Obama

This graph shows the rapid increase in the number of "Green Jobs" from July 2005 through July 2008. The steady increase, in my opinion, shows that Americans want sustainable jobs and know that "Green Jobs" can provide security in an unpredictable economy.

One thing in Ana's blog that I really liked is how she showed evidence through a graph. The graph supported what she was proving, and served as a visual. I really liked how Ana included this because it's unusual and helpful for the viewer.

2. Amanda Alipio's Blog: Literary Analysis

Later on in the book this event foreshadows and shows the effect of the living conditions that change within the family members. It states chapter fourteen

"They had played the game and lost. Six years more of toil they had to face before the could expect the least respite, the cessations of the payments upon the house; and how cruelly certain it was that they could never stand six years of such a life they were living!"

The foreshadowing event makes the family so that they have to keep working so that they can pay the rent. If they miss rent they would be evicted causing them not to be homeless.
I feel that Upton Sinclair did a great job using literary techniques to establish a theme. Not only was it used to establish a theme but it was also used to provoke feeling. When reading The Jungle you can't help but feel sorry for the family trying to survive in a capitalist society. I highly recommend this book because I feel it provides an example of how it used to be in earlier US history.

Amanda uses quotes from the text to show the different literacy devices. She also is straight to the point, and very detailed. I also like how Amanda shares her opinion on why she enjoyed this book.

Aaron Rucinski's Blog: Historical Writing

The Election of 1896 was the turning point of our country; it was the begging of a new way of thinking. It was advancements and changing political views that brought these gears in motion forcing this election to be very important. This turning point was brought about because of the United States struggling economy, the populist part and military ventures across the seas.

I really like Aaron's introduction to his honors history blog because he relates current issues to the historical issues. He shows exactly what he is going to talk about in the rest of his blog entry.

Ashley Matthew's Blog: Evidence and Sources

Hi Mr Obama,

Recently you have decided to cap of a salary CEOs to $500,000 but i honestly think it should be less than that. Not only do they make more than you and their job isnt nearly as important but they get paid more than doctors, teachers, firemen,and people fighting in the war. And here are people monopolizing the industry having people below them do work while they just move money around. And when its time for a bailout they use the money frivoliously as everybody else panics.

I think your stimulus plan can be going towards the right direction as long as you keep it on track and create jobs for people that provide a lasting economic impact as japan has taught us. The economical crisis we are in now even puts us at a state of financial instability just like the last ones in 1873 and the 1930s. Too many people are left jobless.

Also please take in mind the federal reserves act which was " to establish a more effective supervision of banking in the United States, and for other purposes." what happened to that? who was watching our money, make sure you check over the people looking over our money. Please mr.obama dont just give the money to executives that dont need it. I think your being to friendly cap them at 200,000 thats more than enough! the money needs to be distributed amongst small businesses that help the environment and economy as a whole. not just the top.


Sources:
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"What's it pay to be an Army of One?." Business, financial, personal finance news - CNNMoney.com. 13 Feb. 2009 Editorials - Opinion - The Board Blog - NYTimes.com. 13 Feb. 2009 .

mean, “change in inflation rate” do you. "About that deflation risk - Paul Krugman Blog - NYTimes.com." Economics and Politics - Paul Krugman Blog - NYTimes.com. 13 Feb. 2009 .

up, the early 1870s the large inflows of European development capital into the USA were drying. "New York and the Panic of 1873 - City Room Blog - NYTimes.com." Metro - City Room Blog - NYTimes.com. 13 Feb. 2009 .

"Panic of 1873." Travel and History. 13 Feb. 2009 Lone Star College-Kingwood Library Home Page. 13 Feb. 2009 .

ANDREWS, EDMUND L.. "For Job Losses, No Sign That Worst Is Over - NYTimes.com." The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia. 13 Feb. 2009 The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia. 13 Feb. 2009 Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 13 Feb. 2009

I really like how throughout Ashley's entire blog she is adding links, sources and pieces of evidence. She is really utalizing the online aspect, instead of your typical paper with only the sources at the end.