Goodbye, I'm going home....Until the elections.

  -When I was in high school, a marjory of the people who I affiliated myself with, were very, politically, savey. I was always intrigued by the amount of information that flooded from these student. I was envious to the amount of knowledge that they had dug up. I almost though that what they said just came to them, like they were super geniuses. I always considered myself to be a moderate, but even a moderate has some sort of political structure. Now that I have taken History In The Making, I now know that I am a Liberal. A hyper liberal who makes outrageous comments that Walmart could commit mass genocide and get away with it and I mean it. But I am not a smug Liberal who preaches a message and then is a hypocrite. No I am not Hollywood celebrity.

  If I may be so honest. I think I learned too much, but I digress. I have learned so much that at this very moment, I find my self reading what I have written. But it is not a bad thing. There is so much information in the world and that I write. I so often look back on a topic we had written about, because they all interest me. Every single one. The Trayvon Martin case, the war in Afghanistan, Wikileaks etc. I am aware of things like Wikileaks whistle blower methods and how they hand out the information. I have learned the Presidential candidates each have certain goals and ideas they would like to take into order(repealing Obama care) and I have learned so much about the politics of the death penalty and other subjects

  Being so engrossed in the class and the topics, I learned that while these topics were interesting, having information is key. Especially non-bias information. If we were just told to write about how we feel about the topic, without having any information to back the writer up, it would be no different then the Rush Limbah day time talk show. just because they are testing whether or not birth control works efficiently, dose not make them sluts Rush Limbaugh. But I am digressing. Having the proper information is key. Also have a clear thesis statement that you can support in the end, is necessary to validate a point to begin with.

  While taking this class, I learned quite a bit about myself. As I said in my thesis statement, I came in knowing that I am a liberal, but had very little knowledge of the political world. Looking at a majority of the work we have done over the semester, I found myself to be a Hyper Liberal/Progressive. Some of the atrocity and rights broken in article and topics we covered made me realize it. But I am still fully acknowledging any opposing views. You are not advocating for a better tomorrow if you do not understand all opinions. I also learned to go deep into topics like war and others. I found people well informed like George Carlin and Bill Hicks who inspired me to take a stand in politics. and cited them occasionally in my blog posts, but still double checked their reliability.

  When the topic of change comes up, I don't think I would change very much or at all. In the beginning, I wished that a teacher and a class were tangible and that the tech department did not run into as many problems as I did. But just like the relevance of Ron Paul and Rick Perry, they eventually began to fade away. I also wished that I had the opportunity to post things into the discussion board, but I always missed my chance to. The only thing that didn't work for me was.....I don't really have an answer. Do you know you else doesn't have a straight answer? Mitt Romney.

 
  Skills that I obtained from thee class are mainly skill like keeping myself updated on current topics. I have already have several apps on my ipod touch to read in to articles at my will for the future. I also developed skills of writing down what I learned in case I want to take apart an article to understand it better.

  In the end, I think the topic I liked the most in the class, was discussion about political identity. It fascinated me because that was the moment were I realized that an identify politically dose really matter. If we were to just stand by nothing and take in the garbage we are feed everyday, then we would be zombies. Having apolitical identity, while important, is not as important as the voice we have. We have the identity, but using that identify at rally or even expressing your self on blogs make all the difference in the work or even your neighbor hood. I am thankful for taking this class. While I did not meet all of you, it was incredible to know that people my age have an opinion in politics and make that voice heard. Thank Professor Jeglinski for giving us the opportunity. I might just keep blog updates going. By the way, Free Syria.



    -Live Forever
Peter Thiago Rodrigues



  -Before I go, here are some entertaining, but educational videos I watch to better understand topics. While these videos are old, the comedians in them are timeless. Also here is good music if you don't like foul mouth comedians.

  -Comedians
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDkhzHQO7jY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEu1uOVUBnE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1MuT_KSOo4

  -Music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWuXmfgXVxY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzBqGk7l4A8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9kdHXrJYF8

Dictators Before Him Would Be Proud

  -Urban warfare. The very idea conjures up films like Red Dawn of fighting through homes and gardens to ultimately gain control. It is also something that is surrounding the Syrian Capital of Homs . The city has been split into two half's. One side is by the brutal dictator, while the other is held by the Syrian Rebels. Kurt Volk says that this incident in becoming like another Bosnia With treaty's broken, innocent people killed, and the mindless violence, it is becoming a war.

For years, the capital of Syria, Damascus, has been a thriving place, but in the past year, it has been a war zone against the Presidents Military Forces and the People, who have been branded with the name Rebels. The conflict began sometime ago. It plays in this format. Now the people have never always been happy with the treatment they have been given, but they always remained loyal to their leaders, but the final chord was struck when several children, according to the week news, were arrested and taken off to Damascus without the parents knowledge.

  According to a video called Syria, the horrors of war, in the  years the protest have turned for peaceful  into an all out war. The protesters only asked for human rights, but the President has responded in violence. With missile strikes, soldiers and the infomas secret police killing anyone they see to be a rebel, the president himself has turned into a war criminal. With those that the Presidents Regime capture are taken to hospitals and are tortured by doctors and solider even if they have no links to the rebellion. They use methods of electrocution and other method that would turn the U.N. on its head.

  In terms of Politics, everyone is at a stand still. So far, neither the U.N. or NATO has any plans to intervene. President Bashal grow stronger every day, but it is not clear if we should involve our own country into the war. But without some sort of intervention, the Red cross can not access the area, leaving thousand injured and unable to attend hospitals due to the danger. What the president has done to these people is clearly a war crime, but politicians have their head in a hole hoping that it will blow over like a flu. It can not work this way, but it is unclear what should be done

  The question we are left with is this. Should the U.N. and U. S. intervene to bring peace? Should we leave the Syrian people to figure it out for themselves? Yes and No. In time of a war when the live of young children and families are being taken, it is time to remember that the war in Afghanistan is a load of crap and that there is a real war with a real problem. We can not leave this to the contry it self because look at how Bashal is handling it. There is no more room for excuse. We need to do something before it is too late for Syria.











Sources:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63a1vKJLN10 This source cover the topic of tourture of rebels.

The Horror of Homs (street fighting in Syria):http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyQIv5wyYGE&feature=related This source was used to discuss the fighting.

Time for the West to Intervene in Syria?: http://theweek.com/article/briefing_blog/296/syrias-uprising This source was used to describe the possibility of intervention in the war