Weekly Blog #4

This week in class we started talking about the United Nations. We talked about what the United Nations is, what people think and it and the history about it. The main point that I got from the United Nations is that it is an international organization that helps those countries that are in need of assistance. This includes, help with military forces, human rights, help with aid; for example, food, clothing, shelters, etc. and to make world peace happen. The United Nations was founded in 1945 after World War II to stop the fighting between countries. Although many people have opposing sides on the question that if the United Nations in a good organization or not, they have been here for years and have helped many other countries that are now allies with the United States. By having these allies with other countries, the Unites States has a better chance of overcoming any confrontations with other powerful countries (or states) because those allied countries will help The United States when in need. In The Washington Post, I found an article that gives examples about the different tactics that the country representatives bring to the meetings of the United Nations to “prove their points”. It is called “Political theater: A brief history of props used by speakers at the United Nations”. What I got from the article was that throughout the years, countries have tried to sabotage other countries with lies about “secret threats” as it was said about Iraq; and so forth and this all happens in the meetings of the United Nations. So it got me thinking as to why are they talking about countries that have this or have that when the goal of the United Nations it to have world peace? I do not think it is necessary for countries to do this.

Weekly Post #3

This week in class we talked about neo-conservatism and what it means including examples from the readings we have done and the article we had to read about neo-conservatism. The way I see neo-conservatism is that it has some liberalism aspects. I decided to look for an article that would talk about the current issues and may have included neo-conservatism. To my surprise The Washington Post had a recent article (September 13, 2012) about how presidential candidate Mitt Romney avoids the talk about neo-conservatism and everything dealing with this topic. This includes the war in Iraq that has been going on for years because America saw them as a threat; which is a neo-conservatism way to see the situation. The article tells how he (Romney) makes his speeches avoiding the topics of Iraq, the soldiers that are over there fighting the war and the issues that have risen about the murdering of the U.S ambassador of America in Libya. Not only does he not talk about the important issues that America has with other countries, he also bad talks our former President Obama. Romney is not clear about his perspectives in many things like neo-conservatism but not only that, but also the economy here in the USA. By not talking about the war in Iraq, Romney is showing the people of America that he has no plan if he does become president and will not try to stop or think about it with the importance that it does have. To me neo-conservatism is important because depending on this, USA may be in danger, and we do not want a president that has no plan if that is ever the case in the next four years.

Weekly Blog 2

Many people know about the relationship that China has with the USA. Some think that there is a bad relationship because the USA owes China a lot of money. However, what people do not know is that China and the USA try to work as one to help each other but also other countries around the world. Depending on your theory of international affairs, you may think the relationship between China and the USA is in the realism or liberalism category. For those that think it is realism, one would have to know that there would be no central power. Meaning that China and the USA will not have power over the other. This would make both countries work together to solve issues and help other countries with what they can. For liberalism one will know that both China and the USA will have power over one another but try to find a balance between each other in order to continue being “frenemies”, a term used to describe two parties that are friends and/or enemies. China and the USA are the two top strongest countries and both try to get smaller countries on their side because at the end of the day, the one with the most is the best. With realism there is balancing while in liberalism there is a possibility that one will have more than the other which may cause problems and some bloodletting may start. I say this because if there is a middle country used for trading so to say, that country may start a little rivalry between China and the USA and since it is in the middle there is a big possibility that it will be believed.

Weekly Blog 1

What would you do if you knew the world was under a zombie invasion? Would you know how to react? What to do to survive and kill them all? There are a few ideas on how to act if this was ever to happen. The main thing one has to know is that in order to kill the zombie you have to take a head shot! There have been movies, books, and shows that demonstrate what a zombie invasion would look like and also how to wipe them out. My favorite movie would be 28 Weeks Later which is about a virus that gets out and changes people into zombies and when a zombie bites a human, they(the human) changes into a zombie. A group of people decide to hide from the zombies and get to live at the end. They learn how to shoot and be under cover during the trip because they cannot be even touched by one because they change.

I think that with so many stories about zombies and stuff people in this generation would know what to do because there is a lot of information out there about how to stop a zombie and live. Of course, some people may not even realize the circumstances but will eventually click into the idea of having to survive.

Nowadays, I would say that people are zombies for the simple fact that the majority of the population is always on their cell phones, laptops, computers, and other electrical devices that they do not remember how to live without these products. People are always looking at social networks for information or entertainment rather than going outside to explore and have a great time. They are taking for granted the great things nature gives us and this is the led cause of obesity in the young souls and illnesses in the older generation.