Censorship

This week my Public Speaking class has to present a speech meant to persuade the audience. I chose to do an anti-censorship speech because it is something that affects me everyday. I believe we should not be censoring as much as we are because we become a fascist state if we pick and chose what we decide to show the public. I am am an adult and i think i should be allowed to see whatever i want and not have someone choose what is appropriate for me.

I found this blog that was a little extreme but has some of the basic things i believe.
http://junaman.wordpress.com/2006/08/19/censorship-what-is-it-good-for/

Legend Lost

Today April 6th 2008 legendary actor Charlton Heston died, he was 84. He died Saturday night in his Beverley hills home. The cause of death is still unknown. He was famous for his many great film roles including Ben-Hur in which he won an Oscar for. He was also the president of the NRA(National Rifle Association) for a period of time but stepped down after 5 years.

My personal favorite of his movies was the sci-fi classic The Planet of The Apes. It was this role that i believe will be his legacy based on the amount of people who know and have seen the movie. But choosing the best Charlton Heston movie is no easy task because of the sheer amount of classics he has been apart of.

http://news.aol.com/entertainment/movies/movie-news-story/ar/_a/charlton-heston-dies-at-84/20080406011709990001

April fools joke

10 years ago today the Opie and Anthony show went on the air and announced that the mayor of Boston Thomas Menino had died in a car crash. This of course was a joke meant for April fools day. Immediately after their announcement citizens of Boston had immediately began calling city hall to see if it was true. Since they had no time to immediately contact the mayor they did not know if he had in fact died. When Mayor Menino discovered this he filed a complaint with the FCC claiming that they knowingly broad casted false information and that was a punishable offense. They were subsequently fired but soon returned om New York city radio.

Bracketology

Since it is now the start of march madness i of course had to talk about the brackets. Brackets are the tournament's way of letting fans get involved and win prizes. Last year i entered my bracket on espn.com. out of over 3 million brackets mine got ranked to number 13 in the country. I was so shocked and excited because my name was on the espn leader boards for the best teams. i even saw my name on the espn chanel one day and it was so exciting. unfortunately in the end a few of my picks came out wrong and i fell off the leader boards. i have high hopes for this year and think i can match it

Selection Sunday

Sunday March 16 was the official begining of march madness. March madness is the time of this month when college basketballs tournament is in full swing and its best games played. The way the teams involved with this tournament are chosen is by a committe who review each team and decide.

While most picks were obvious choices i saw a few snubs that i think deserve a shot at the tournament. The biggest snub to me was Virginia tech . I watched their game against Top ranked team University Of North Carolina(UNC) was a well played game and showed that they can play with the best of the best. Even though they lost they had a strong lead for a good amount of time and could have won that game. I felt it was unfortunate for them to be left out.

One Sentence Story

It just seems like one think breaks and then everything else does too

One Sentence Story

It looks like the Yankees are going to have a suprising season.