ominousky's blog

The way that I understand it, or at least the way that I have been taught from school, affirmative action is based on the ethnic group of applicants or some type of other minority group that one may belong to, but not necessarily their financial situation.  Read More »

It seems like nobody wants higher taxes. People just want to keep as much of their money as possible because they want to feel secure and of course, be able to spend their money. They want to make sure their families have money. And all of this for what? In order to be happy.  Read More »

Believe me, I usually love the all the public service announcements on tv. Especially when they're clever or when they tell you something that you might not have actually known. However, I think that many of the ones about drugs and alcohol aren't really effective, and are pretty much pointless.  Read More »

For years students have said the pledge of allegiance everyday at school, very few of them choosing not to do so. At one time the Supreme Court ruled against students who did not recite the pledge, making it a requirement. Since then, the Supreme Court has changed its decision and made it a choice.  Read More »

Earlier today I posted a blog about how I thought that marijuana should not be legalized. A close friend of mine read the blog and told me what she thought. And she may have actually changed my mind. Something about the way in which she articulated her point drove me to reconsider the subject.  Read More »

I'm so sick of everyone judging people by what music they listen to. I think that enjoying the same music as someone else is a great way to bond or even strike up a friendship, but at the same time I think that we have all become to critical of what other people are listening to and have become too concerned with what is cool to listen to, which causes us to forget what music is really about.  Read More »

Lately I've been hearing a lot from people about wanting to lower the drinking age to 18. I can understand the appeal of drinking to young people, but I don't think that it would be a responsible decision by the government to lower the drinking age to 18.  Read More »

I've been hearing a lot lately about the legalization of marijuana, and I would seriously like to know...what's the point?  Read More »