SamL08's blog

In American society today, we tend to take things for granted, and don't give credit where it is needed.  One of the things we take for granted is television.  Where did it come from?  How did it get to the United States?  Who invented it?  The man who pioneered television, one of America's wealthiest and most prolific inventors, also invented the Pillsbury Dough containers (the ones that

The United States has a failing education system, further propelled downward by the No Child Left Behind Act.  American public school education, once a global standard, has slowly been rotting away.  Schools are now more focused on testing scores, to ensure more state and national funding, than they are the students or the curriculum.  Every facet of public education caters to the numbers seen

I cannot understand why some people feel the need to dictate others' lives.  Pro-choice on the issue of abortion is the only true way to give everyone an equal say about their futures.  By making abortion illegal, you would be infringing on the rights of the people.  If you have been afforded the choice not to have an abortion, someone who wants one, or needs one should receive the same opportu

I have read several posts that focus on complaining about the "problem" of illegal immigrants.  Am I and only a few percent of the population aware of what these people DO for us?!?  Illegal immigrants are fleeing their countries' repressive governments and hardships they face at home.  They look to the U.S.

First, I would like to establish the fact that I am NOT a racist in any way.  As you can see from my other posts, I have been exposed to other parts of the world, and am very liberal on most issues.  However, I think that affirmative action programs inhibit the educational system and are racist against whites, as well as African Americans, and other minorities.  Whites set up affirmative action

In the Democrat's 2008 Presidential race, history is being made- we have a woman(Hillary Clinton), African American (Barack Obama), and Hispanic (Bill Richardson), all running for the Oval Office.  Recently, people have been complaining that Hillary Clinton is not "woman enough" and that Obama is not "black enough", or that Richardson does not represent the Hispanic community.