Who killed JFK?

Did our nation lose its innocence with the assassination of our president? The mystery is something that no one in our nation will ever understand. What exactly happened on November 22^nd, 1963? The world will probably never know for sure but it has been opened up and considered one of the biggest conspiracies in the nation and the world. Was JFK assassinated by one man known as Lee Harvey Oswald or was it three shooters and he actually was just the face of the shooter that was framed by the master plot to kill JFK? Some of these things we will never truly know but it is something that will leave Americans confused, and will always make them second guess decisions when it comes to the government and the election of offices and presidential elections. So what actually happened that terrible day, here are a few of the ideas I have researched that may help you develop an opinion.

So first off some people believe that 9/11 may have also been a conspiracy and that the American people may feel like that accident may have been their own fault. The attack on the world trade centers was fatal and killed about 3,000 people. This was an Al-Qaida terrorist attack on the United States, they attacked us where they know they could unexpectedly take out a large group of people and without warning it would be the perfect plan. They attacked the buildings by crashing two hijacked planes into the towers. The planes hit the towers and didn’t immediately explode they sat there on fire for a minute or two until they finally blew up and then the building caught fire and it slowly began to combust. Then after about an hour the tour finally collapsed and killed approximately 2,173 people. This was devastating to the people of New York and when the news made it out to the entire nation, people found themselves shell shocked and confused. Many went to god for prayers and most found themselves lost and they had no idea what to do. The surprise of this attack put one thought in the majority of the American population’s minds, terrorist attack. They all believed it was a terrorist attack and for the longest time that’s all they thought. Although people did believe it was a terrorist attack people will always try to find a way to pin things back on the government, thus a conspiracy theory was developed on this idea. People believed that the government could have had something to do with this but I’m not convinced on the theory of the government doing something of this magnitude to their people. Did the nation lose its innocence when this disaster happened? I believe it scared them and made them more timid if anything.

JFK was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald. This is the statement that the government wants us all to hear and believe. I don’t believe it. The government is corrupt and they killed off our 35^th president. The government set us up to believe that Lee Harvey Oswald took three shots in six and a half seconds with a bolt action rifle while the president was moving away from him at ten miles per hour. This course of action is impossible even with the best shooters in the nation and Lee Harvey Oswald was said to be a mediocre shooter at best from other men that knew him in the war. So how could one man who was not a very skilled shooter manage to hit a moving target with a bolt action rifle three times in six and a half seconds? It is simply not possible. Meanwhile other witnesses say that they heard two shots come from behind the fence of the grassy knoll; others said that they even saw smoke come from behind the fence by the train station and this is where it is believed that the second and third shots came from. The conspiracy is said to be that the government had a team hired that selected three or more shooters that would be located behind the fence at the grassy knoll and in the upstairs window of the book depository in behind the car which JFK was riding. Conspiracy I think so, but it’s all up to your individual opinion.

Do I think that MLK and RFK’s assassination was part of the JFK assassination that I believe was done by the government? I believe that the government did have something to do with it. I believe that the uprisings and rallies brought forward by MLK may have upset the government and they may have had something to do with his assassination. When it comes to RFK it only helps prove that JFK was assassinated by the government. RFK and JFK shared almost the exact same view so it only makes sense that the government would take him out as well.

So did our nation lose its innocence I believe over the years it has been hard for our nation to stay faithful to our government when it seems like all these terrible things continue happening and the only lead we find onto who did it goes straight to the government and some of their sources. It makes everyday life hard for the American and it hurts us all to know that we might not be able to trust our government. What should we do to make ourselves comfortable with the things we believe that they are doing? That is up to you based on whether you believe that these conspiracies are true.

Flat Tire or Flat Tax

Right now the United States follows the order of progressive taxes. The rich are taxed more than the poor and the middle class is right in the middle of the two. Should we change from a progressive tax to a flat tax? A flat tax is a way of taxing people that puts everyone on a level playing field. This tax, taxes the upper, lower, and middle class on the same level. They are all treated equal; this is something that would probably upset the lower class because they feel like the rich, making so much more money than the poor, should be taxed higher because it is not fair to the lower class.

Some of the advantages of progressive taxes include: the rich stay in check because they are taxed higher, the poor does not completely lose all their money to taxes so they can still have enough money to live. Progressive taxes have worked for our country for years and it would take years to make the switch and get everyone used to it.

Flat taxes are much different than progressive taxes these taxes are the same for all the different class levels. Some of the world would see this as a good thing. This is the lower classes point of view, they believe that the upper class should be taxed higher so they would never vote for this tax because that means that the rich will be richer and the poor will be poorer. To them this is not fair and they would never agree to this tax. The majority of the country is not rich so they will not vote for a flat tax.

What will we do, keep our progressive tax or upset most of the country and switch to a flat tax? I think this nation should just keep the tax that we currently have and save everyone the hassle of changing their ways and hopefully this can keep everyone happy.

Niggaz Wit Attitude

             “Our art is a reflection of our reality.” this is a quote by the famous Ice Cube, O’Shea Jackson; it is something that can be interpreted many ways. Much like how people looking in on the “hood” or Compton can interpret that many ways. Some people may see it as a community of black people that are aggressive and can’t handle themselves and are always angry. When in reality maybe it’s just the racist white people that make life hard for them because of the discrimination and judgement they have to go through every day.  

                N.W.A., aka Niggaz Wit Attitude was a group that started off as young rappers and dj’s that want to tell the world about what really goes on in the hood. They want people like you and me to know what they deal with every day. They want us to know about the trouble and hardships they face and they ultimately want to vent and inform the world on what it’s like in Compton.  During this era cop brutality was a very big issue in the hood and other ghettos or black communities. African Americans in those areas found themselves constantly being checked for drugs and other illegal paraphernalia only because of the solemn fact that they are black. The color of their skin made there every day lives much more difficult than traditional white people, and in this time most of the police force was predominately white. So as the group N.W.A. performed they found that many people in the hood and out enjoyed listening to their music and learning and hearing through it what it is like in Compton. The fan population grew and so did the popularity of the group. This is when they began being questioned about topics like money and how they are enjoying their new lifestyle. This lifestyle was nice for them but some of them had trouble living in it. They were used to the hood where every day it was dog eat dog and they were always struggling to have money. Now that wasn’t as much of an issue for them.

                Later in their career after finding themselves tired of the police brutality they found themselves writing a song named “F*** the Police”. This song was written after they found themselves being treated poorly by cops and they all had finally had enough of it. When this song came out they found themselves hated by any type of judicial force around. The FBI wrote them a letter and during concerts police warned them not to play the song or face being arrested. These men didn’t care about being arrested they cared about getting their message out to the world and telling everyone about how hard life is in Compton. They accomplished this in many ways throughout their career. This song became one of their most famous hits as they sang it to the world and all their fans. It was a shame that they were punished because of their opinions on the matter of police brutality, but it was something that obviously was a touchy subject back in those times. So they found themselves going to jail a time or two for singing that song and receiving plenty of hate mail from sources that didn’t approve of it. This was something that they were used to though. Through the year the group found themselves being hated by many people and that’s exactly what you would expect when they weren’t as traditional as most groups in the world at the time. The way the dealt with this issue and it didn’t bother them was this idea. The fact of the matter is to them they only wanted people to listen to their music if they wanted to listen and feel what the hood is like. If people didn’t like their music and thought it was too violent, vulgar, aggressive, or explicit they didn’t care. They thought if you don’t like our music then don’t listen to it because if you don’t enjoy it we don’t want you to listen to it.

                Our art is a reflection of our reality; I suppose you want to know where all this comes into play. This is a statement that really tells what N.W.A. is all about. It tells us that when they rap and express themselves through music we aren’t just hear random stuff they made up on the spot just to spit some rhymes and call it good. The things they are preaching to us are actual real life events that have affected them and shaped their lives and they want to inform you about these occasions. The reality of it is that these men came from the bottom and rose to the top by sharing their life events and teaching the world about the reality of their life.

                These men weren’t bad guys but they knew their lives had a purpose. They found that purpose through their music. The group single handed lee changed the face of music and the rap and hip hop world as we know it. They taught the world about what the real life in the hood is and they showed us how to rise up and shut out the bad parts of life. They all came from the hood but found their way out and in doing that they became one of the most well-known groups in the world.

                Our art is a reflection of our reality; there art is what taught us. The reality of it is that their mission was to inform the people and they did that and then some with their art. That music was something that may never be beaten and is incomparable to anything that will ever be written. That came from the heart and moved millions of people and that kind of movement and act will never be passed up in the history of music. N.W.A. will never be beaten and for the love of all music may their legacy live on in the hearts and minds of people forever. May they never be forgotten.

Trump and Nixon Election Similarities

1. Both promised to lessen the amount of violent crimes.
2. Nixon and Trump both had many protestors  
3. Trump decided to cancel a rally held in Chicago and riots began, in 1968 in Chicago riots broke out in retaliation over the Vietnam War.
4. Nixon and Trump both came into office during a time of unrest with racism 
5. Both Nixon and Trump had secret plans to stop an enemy, Trump with ISIS and Nixon with the Vietnam war

Free and Reduced Lunches

Kids that live in more of a poverty affected house tend to suffer more when it comes to school. The graphs we are analyzing proves that kids suffering from poverty in their homes and the kids eligible for free and reduced lunch meals tend to do worse on tests and quizzes. The kids that grow up in a richer family or a family in the middle class they tend to do better on tests and quizzes in school. They also notice how younger kids are more affected by this than older kids. This may be because, while kids are younger they spend more time in their home setting and they may not get out as much as older kids tend to do. The graphs show that older kids tend to do a little better in classes whether they are eligible for free and reduced meals or not. This is due to kids gaining knowledge over the years but you can still see the difference in their level of intelligence. Even though they seem to be getting smarter they still struggle compared to the other kids of the same age that are not eligible for free and reduced lunches. All of these graphs just prove to us that kids that live in poverty stricken homes and are eligible for free and reduced lunches struggle in the classroom.

Big White Ghetto

What does the average coal miner make (wages per hour)? $25 an hour

 

Who are some types of people a person might find in the big, “White Ghetto.”         

Drunks, drug dealers, rapists, homeless, jobless, and others that are trying to get out

Why do you think the author calls it the “Big White Ghetto?”

Population is predominantly Caucasian and it’s kind of a bad place to be with a lot of poverty and such

What does the author suggests “keeps the underclass in place?”

Welfare and how easy it is to receive money from the government

The author suggests that “poverty is the natural condition of the human animal.”

How does Pepsi play into this?

People used their product for their own kind of currency to buy other things like cigarettes

List five things/facts you took away from this article.

1. Parents can pull their kids out of school and receive a Social Security Check
2. People use Pepsi as currency
3. Some woman sell their body for $12.99
4. The average coal miner makes $25 an hour
5. Coal mining industry is moving west at a very fast rate

Trump University (Trump has bad morals but im still voting for him)

Trump University was started in 2005 and was said to give students that attend, a better understanding of the business side of the workplace better than any other college could provide. Beings Donald Trump was so successful many kids attended this institution. They paid money for a so called “University” this college of business was trying to suck kids in and teach them better than any other school could in reality they were going to a school and not getting the education that they really needed. Through all this Trump was also forced to change the name of the school from Trump University to Trump Entrepreneur Initiative, this name didn’t make it seem like it as prestigious as Trump had intended it to be. But what I read was no matter how prestigious he wanted this institution to be the kids going to school there were ultimately going to pay a lot of money for an education that wasn’t going to be worth their money. One individual in this article stated that he went to Trump University and spent $34,995 dollars on the program and he only got certificates in some areas. He was not happy about the schooling he payed for and the outcome of students was nothing of what they imagined. They thought they would graduate and be successful much like Donald Trump and in reality they probably wasted a lot of money for something that won’t help them later in life.

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