Full Body Scanners Arrive at Airports - Along with Skepticism, Daniel B. Wood

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The "The TSA (Transportation Security Administration) has announced that nine more US airports will receive the scanners as Obama administration heightens the security due to an attempted bombing of a Northwest Airlines flight on Christmas day. There are few issues that come up. First it is a "virtual strip search". It litereally shows your body without your clothes to search any bombs under you private parts or somewehere it can't be searched by patting. Some wants the full body scanners because of the safety, but there are also who doesn't want the full body scanners not just because it shows the "naked" body. These machines are expensive, and they need to be taken care of. They need to be calibrated, operated, and maintained. It also might delay the time of the flight because it will take hours of scanning thousands of people.
The argument is supported effectively by stating not just one side but both. It supports mostly on against having those machines, and those two sides are logically supported. The argument is persuasive beacue it gives pretty good logical informations. It has information about the percentages of those who prefer the scanners and those who doens't prefer. Even though thre are more people who want the scanners this article stays with the side that is against the scanners. I think it did reach the intended audience because during our economy crisis everyone will be focused on dollars, and this article talks about the cost of these machines.
This article made me feel that we don't need these machines to check our skins under our clothes. The issue might not be a big deal, but I think it is. If we were to get rid of the scanners the security will be loosened, but we would have to spend more money on the security if they were to use the machines. We can choose our way to be searched at the air port and the machines might go to waste of everyone chooses to be searched by patting, so it would be better if we stick with the pat search.

The title of this image is "The Vacuum Sunction Method- The Baby Comes Out In Little Pieces!". The babies are being killed by a vacuum cleaner and being torn into pieces.
I think that this image is very controversial because thsoe unborn babies are being "thrown" away like dirt. They don't have any choices, but it's our responsibility to give them that choice to live. You might not remember it well but you were also in that place where you didn't have choice.
The opposing side of the abortion will say the lives of the human beings is sacred and should not be our choice to kill them. Imagine if were in your mother's womb and doesn't want to die, but can't tell them you don't want to die. I'm sure no one would want to die.
The other side just doesn't care about the unborn baby because they can't feel emotions or pain, and say it is okay to have the abortion. Some might say if pergnant woman to have an abortion at early stage they just destroying a clump of cells, and the baby belongs to the mother so she has the right to have abortion.
I think the image is little bit disturbed, but it is making the point very clear. It also would be very effective because the image of baby after it went through the vacuum. We should give them a chance to live.

Website Evaluation

http://www.lifenews.com/bio3086.html

This article is contains ADF, Alliance Defense Fund, is against the research on human embryos. It also states that the research is against the law, and its not our decision to kill the innocent unborn babies. The issue of tax also came up because taxpayers are forced to pay for the research.
The information in the article is not out of date for my topic. I think this article is going to be valuable for me, but I feel like this article has some emtion mixed into it because it only has quotations from the side who is against the research and not from the side who is for the research. It is too against the research.
This article is posted on April 12, 2010. At the bottom of the article we can send them an e-mail for questions or comments. I do not see any mistakes of spelling or grammar. The article is very clear that there are many people who are against the research.

Thesis

Embryonic stem cell research is one cruel way to kill human being, and it needs to stop. The government should make a law that either keeps doctors from performing the research or won't allow come clinics or anyone to donate human eggs for the research.

Paris Hilton

I can't really think of any other celebrity who are as immature as Paris Hilton. Whenever someone mentions Paris Hilton, first thing that comes in my mind is, what did she do again? She became famous when she was in a show with Nicole Richie where they lived in Arkansas for a month. They showed they're immaturity by making so many troubles. They should be old enough know what to do or not to do. Random two 10 year old girls would have behaved better than they did. Another thing that Paris is famous for was the sex tape. The tape shows that she doens't care about herself. After the tape was shown it didnt' look like she cared that much.
Imagine if your daughter, friend, or sisters were to act like her. It would bring great sadness to the family. Anything that Paris does is unacceptable. She cannot get what she wants by acting like a child.

Choosing a topic

Abortion
I think the abortion should be vanished. I'm saying this from my christian point of view. People might say that we aren't killing because it's not fully developed yet, but I think that is completely wrong.
Global Warming
The world has defintitely changed over the past ten years. We are witnessing that the earth's temperature is increasing, and a lot of the ice on North Pole is melting where Polar bears rest on. We need to think of the future.
Drugs
I think teenagers these days are getting their hands on drugs very easily, and that should be stopped as soon as possible.
Education
I think these goes for all the students around the world. High school students are not getting enough education. And students in college have problems with the tuition.

Runaway Jury

Since its just a movie, I think that Hoffman will win the case. At the beginning of the movie Jeremy says that Hoffman will never win, I think this kind of tells us what the verdict might turn out.
Hoffman also shows that he's clumsy, but also shows that he can mange to persuade others. I personally think that Hoffman should win because the man didn't deserve to die. Nothing would have happened if the gunman got the gun so easily. But then again Fitch will "buy" the jury so he can win the case, so Hoffman will have trouble dealing with them. At the end Hoffman will win the case fair and square.

Skeptical Columbus

I chose Columbus from Zombieland. He first came to my mind when I was thinking who I was going to choose for the essay. The way he acts to others or when he's alone, he is very smiliar with me. He is very introverted at the beginning of the movie and doesn't trust other characters in the movie, but eventually he will.
In the movie of course he's being very cautious, but he's being extra cautious in the movie. For expample he sets his own rules and because of those rules he was able to survive in the Zombieland. One of the rules was shotting the zombie twice to make sure it is dead. If you were to waste a bullet then you would become one of them. I do check things twice myself. I always check my test twice because I sometimes leave one of the multiple choice questions blank, and that happened couple of time unfortuneately. When he first meets Tallahassee, he didn't really trust him, and he tried not to talk about too much of personal stuff. He instead acted like he trusted Tallahassee, so Tallahassee would trust him. I sometimes act like this when I see someone who has bad rumors, but once I really get to know him I pretty much open up.

Life is like a Maze

Life is like a maze. We may never be able to find our goals in our life. We try to find the finishing point or where we reached our goals. I always end up in the dead end, and go back to where I came from. I start trying other path to see if it's the right path for me.
We all have goals in our lives, but not all reach their goals. We have to face many things to find the right path towards the goal. As a student it’s very critical to choose the right path, which reflects your future. I personally don’t know if I am going down the right path or not. I tell everyone that I want to become an engineer, but I don’t know what kind of engineer. I was thinking about becoming of all the high paid jobs, such as a doctor or lawyer. I also thought of becoming a sports star because I like soccer, basketball, and baseball. Unfortunately, I wasn’t good enough to be a “star”, so I gave up on that. I’m still trying to figure out who I want to be in the future. You have to go through these paths in order to find your goal. Those obstacles are like when you find out when the majors aren't for you.
Life can be tough, but we have to try harder and harder to find the right path for you. Eventually, you are able to find the path and finish the maze that you've been working all your life. For me, I'm still in the maze trying to find the goal.