State of the Union address 2011

I believe that in order for the things to be possible presented in Obama's speech America would have to take turn to new solutions that America might not be willing to do for a very long time especially since we as a country are very oil dependent and finding other solutions takes a lot of research and it would have to be less pricey than oil. Also the funding for schools is a very touchy subject. After hearing the classroom take the disscussion and heat it up let me see how realistic the idea is of giving money to other communities. I would like to but being in this community my parents want to fund its schools like Deerfield and such because they want me to have a better education. My parents aren't funding Chicago schools because I don't go there. Its cool to think that if we had the money to spare we could give to help Illinois education as a whole but realistically the people of the communities they live in have to fund the schools themselves. I mean unless there are alternative ways to helping the schools financialy or maybe using volunteers to complete renovasions around the school. I just want to see where America will be in 2015 or 2030 and by that time I hope I can help America by putting in more than my share of work to help those around me because in order for you to help others, you need to be able to take care of yourself.

LAST ZEITOUN POST

This book was awsome. It revealed America's inability to help New Orleans simply because it wasn't the first priority. But usually when a whole town is under water, it takes first priority to help anyone out of the city and rebuild it as fast as humanly possible. This was an eye opener because not only was the reader shown the negligance of the U.S government but also the racism and the rights of the people being taken away just because they're town is destroyed. These people aren't refugees. They still are citizens of the United States of America and the fact that the governement and police/army ext. ignored the rights of the people? Not only that but they took days weeks to actually start providing care and help. Katrina is a huge mess that the U.S will have to live with. Does our government only care about us this much? That is this were to happen to Chicago it would take weeks for help to actually come? Its the governments duty to help the people in a time of crisis like Katrina and the fact that they didn't try helping the people of New Orleans head of heel is shameful to me. Don't even get me started with FEMA. What where they even doing? In this book Zeitoun was captured and taken to a jail simular to Guantanimo Bay and then sent to Hunt in complete solitude. What are they doing imprisoning people? I thought they were supposed to be putting they're back into helping the people on the front lines down in the city with the people evacuating any people alive and helping any animals or people to find safety. Our country shouldn't be represented that way but if something like this happens again I never want to see the negligance the government had during this crisis. It will make me hurt to see that.

Zeitoun Post NUMBA 5 pg. 291

I am so glad Zeitoun was released. But thats besides the fact. He was totally innocent and the fact that he was treated like a rat, coming out of the prison twenty pounds lighter than when he was taken in and his hair turned gray? Thats not right someone has to pay for the fact he went through this and I hope CNN or whatever news station Kathy called will put this on the news and his story will be heard. His innocence and the fact that he should have never been there in the first place. FEMA should have to pay for what they have done.

Zeitoun Blog 4 pg 168

Is this justice? To take a man without reason into prison equal to that of Guantanimo bay and the lack of care for the prisoners itself is horrific. I thought this was America not some dictatorship like that Trujillo had done. This is disturbing to see that the country I live in didn't bust its ass to go in New Orleans and help these people not hurt them. They had the time and materials to build the caged prison Zeitoun was in why didn't they take they're resources to help the people instead of capturing people. The fact that he was assumed to be Al Kida or Taliban was ridiculous. Did the soldiers actually think that Zeitoun and his friends were planning on doing some major destruction to a city well underwater? Were they going to loot like the rest of the people in the town and since his friend Nassear and him had a dark skin tone that looked middle eastern they were assumed Taliban? Cmon America! This is ridiculous. The conditions of which he lives in and the abuse he has undergone were torturous and they were caused to him because?....Because he was found in the city? At this point of the book Americas government really looks like it gives a rats ass about its people but the legal and financial issues that go into helping. Who cares!? Just go down and send every capable man of helping down to New Orleans to revive the city and its people. When they are treated like this what does the governemnt expect? Im ashamed of our country and how it broke promise after promise. All the people trusted the govvernment and after the government turns its back on them who are they supposed to trust? They have to fend for themselves thats what happens and it shouldn't be like that this isn't a third world country. The government has the money to help when it wants to its just a whole major city being underwater isn't as important as the war on terror. If its more important than those peoples lives I would like to ask a question "Where is this war on terror occuring and is it actually helping? Are we preventing what could happen here?" I'd like to see Pres. Bushes response but I doubt it would be different than any other responses he's given. Im just severely dissipointed.

Zeitoun Blog 3 pg. 195

This book is amazing. It keeps me reading so much but Im reading it now out of curiousity of the where abouts of Zeitoun. Im taking this whole book in but to see how damaged his family is by this is horrifying and sad. To see people all over the world all sad and griefing already for one man is eye opening because if this is happening for one man, this is happening all over the world for all the individuals lost and not found. To see how the lost of they're father affects the kids alot too. The one girls hair was falling out because she was so worried about her dad. His wife has more white hairs on her head now than ever! Its really sad and I hope he lives because I want to see his story plus I dont want to see his family getting used to living without him. He did so much for them and was a great father, I hope he still lives.

Zeitoun Blog 2 pg. 135

At this point of the book the disaster already took place and the crimes are now starting to happen within the city of New Orleans. Despite all of the crimes and the excuses to get out of the city, Zeitoun stays though. Its amazing to me that a guy would stay and help people it just inspires me to do the same thing (not wade through water and help people but to help people in general). Its really great to see that there were people like this in the city and to hear this perspective. Its totally different than any other thing i have heard or seen. Like the videos we watched in class, those people were scared and seemed defensless against the theifs and such dwelling in the city's aftermath but Zeitoun was a champion within it all. It gave him a purpose in such a dire time. So far this book is awsome and I cant wait to read the rest so Im going to read more for my next entry!

1st Post on Zeitoun pg. 65

So far I'm impressed by the books way of telling a story in detail and the way it paints a picture so you can see what the setting is during the time. The writing is easy to read but at this point of the book I am really intrigued by the Islamic religion. Many of the things Kathy was explaining she had found out about Islam after reading books from her friend Yuko I hadn't known myself. I like the way how the Islamic religion aknowledges the other books written by Judaism, Christianity and there was another one called Psalms. They consider the fourth book the Qur'an the center of they're beliefs but I like the fact that it see's other religions books as factual and true. I also read during these pages that Kathy has been through many experiences being harassed about her religion and clothing which bothered me because even her family did it. I like the way Zeitoun explains that no one in the news that is brought up because they killed a bunch of people or stole or any offence has they're religion stated in the news unless they are Muslim. They dont bring up Christian peoples religion up when they kill people and make an offence but when an Islamic person makes and offence it hits the fornt of the news because they believe in Islam. It doesn't make sense that people do that and try to point out others and discriminate even in this day and age. I mean after 9-11 iIcould see how it is hard for some people to forgive but that could've been anybody in those planes piloting them. Those terrorrists percieved the Qur'an in a different way which anybody could do to a religion. Look at the KKK they were strong Christians but they interpreted things differently than what was actually told in the Bible. Its really ridiculous how Muslims are pointed out for the smallest things and that they have to feel scared and alone in this country.

Zeitoun

I think this is a great book. As I read more I'll let my followers know alittle more about it each time I blog. Thanks.