bellringer 10/27/14

They should pursue the death penalty for the previously mentioned man. The man had abandoned the sinking ship leaving the passengers behind without sufficient warning.


I am in complete agreement with the death penalty, and think it should be used more often for such cases. After all, what he did was essentially murder to those who would have otherwise been saved. And in my opinion, i believe that the person who committed the crime should suffer as those who were included in that crime.

presidential report card

Presidential Report Card

Name of President: ______________________________ Theodore Roosevelt

Number of Presidency: ____________________________ 26th 

Years in Office: __________________________________ 1901-1909

In the following ten categories, grade your president from an A to an F. (You may “acknowledge” border-line grades with a – or a +).  You will need to give a 50 word justification as to why your candidate scored as they did. 

Category	Grade	Comments
Ability to handle and deal with a crisis	B+	Roosevelt organized a volunteer cavalry known as the Rough Riders which he led San Juan Hill in the Battle of San Juan Heights in 1898. After the battle he was nominated for the Medal of Honor
Ability to work with Congress and Cabinet	B	He was able to work with them to create his foreign policy and other misc. projects.
Character and Integrity	A	He was known to have a strong sense of right and wrong, on one occasion he fired a cowboy on the spot for branding another mans cattle.
Education	A	Theodore Roosevelt spent four years in Harvard where he got magna cum laude, an academic level of distinction used by educational institutions to signify an academic degree which was received "with great honor".
Empathy	A	He was one of the people, quite literally. During a small break from politics, he went west and started the life of a cowboy.
Foreign Policy	A+	He is best known for his foreign policy.
Relates to the common man	A	He left to go west and spent his life as a cowboy working hard.
Persuasiveness	A	Theodore Roosevelt had been in politics for a long time before his presidency, and along with his years of work with the cowboys, he became quite adept.
Political Experience	A	Before coming into office Theodore Roosevelt was governor of New York.
Public speaking & Communication	A	During his life, Roosevelt became a leader on multiple occasions. From his earlier political career and his group of cowboys he lead.

bellringer 10/13/14

1) this does not surprise me at all.
2) if used correctly and/or carefully yes, otherwise no.

bellringer 10/9/14

1) that region must have a bit a extra money left around and/or a lot of free time.
2) i think that i wouldn't eat it. that is because of the fact that i would not pay that much for a HAMBURGER. but if it was given to me i would then resell it since i have no interest in a sandwich that 'rich'

bellringer 10/1/14

1) he should not have been charged
2) it deals with the first amendment freedom of religion
3) i don't know.

bell ringer 9/26/14

1) that many locations arent going wont get as much of a education ice mot are less qualified
2) not many go on to become qualified
3) use incentives for the teachers

bellringer 9/25/14

1) to destroy the extremist
2) i don't think it worked well.

Bellringer 9/24/14

1) i do not agree, the electronic cigarettes should be allowed if nothing else.
2) it could deter certain people from going there since the cigarette law was strenghthened

bellringer 9/23/14

1) there are increasing amounts of allies that make this anti-isis move quicker
2) i cannot imagine how they will react

bellringer 9/22/14

1) i don't believe that most 18 year olds are mature enough to vote, but the majority do know what to do and should be able to.
2)i think they should be able to vote at what ever age they prove to have the common sense to vote, although my opinion is of little value here.

bellring 9/19/14

the assist us with the effort.

bell ringer 9/16/14

1) i think that parents have the right to punish their children as long as they do not inflict excessive injuries with unreasonable violence.
2) i think that punishments have declined over the years.

bellringer 9/15/14

A girl was murdered by a fellow classmate and the parents, needing someone to blame, choose the murderers parents. Saying that it was their fault that the little girl died since they raised a murderer.

bell ringer 9/12/14

i have heard about this multiply times today and at this point i'm not surprised.

br 9/9/14

1) yes.
2)it could help boost the amount of customers that come to the restaurant
3)no it does not
4) i would prefer not to spend 100 dollars on something like that.

br 9/8/14

Fred Mayer, a WWII spy, lives in Charles Town, WV. He was an outstanding soldier who was tortured when captured in Innsbruck, then he negotiated the release of the town as american's approached, saving thousands of lives. He continued to do such acts through out the war and has saved a lot of lives.

bellringer 9/5/14

1) the article said that the towers are bypassing phone encryption and reading texts and with today's reliance on mobile phones that could be a problem
2) they could belong to the military
3) no, the nsa has the ability to monitor us anyway so why would they need the towers

bellringer 9/3/14

1) the district-attorney was arrested on dwi charges, and perry warned her to step down or he would cut funding to a group. She did not step down and he cut funding and is now facing felony charges.
2) i think he overreacted a bit and i don't agree with his reaction as there could have been a more logical way to solve the problem.

bellringer 9/4/14

1) it could possibly start a new war in india
2) to expand and gain more forces
3) probably the same way we react to them in the middle east.

br 8/29/14

the fault lies in the parents/instructor that allowed a child to handle a firearm that powerful. Children should be able to shoot what would not be too powerful for them. I feel that uzis and other automatic weapons are not bad if used properly, and not by children.

Bellringer 9/2/2014

I am not surprised that something like this could happen at all. I don't think about what I post because this blog is the only thing I post on the internet. I do, in fact, believe that the hackers should be prosecuted for this kind of stuff.

Assignment 8/22/2014

There are several problems in the United States. Multiple problems however can be solved via simple means. The first would be police brutality, the second is the unemployment rates, and the last is racism.

The problem with the police using excessive violence can be as much trouble as we make make it out to be. The problem can be solved with additional training and discipline when it come to handling situation. However that will not fix the problem entirely since all cases may not be to the fault of the officer.

The second problem I stated was the unemployment is not as simple to solve as many others. Unemployment, however, can be reduced by people getting proper education or matching the criteria of the job, and the employer monitoring the current workers and letting go of anyone who either doesn't meet criteria or don't work as they should. The newly unemployed from the previous sentence would then be given new training if so needed, or find a better fitting job.

The problem with racism will never truly end. However we are capable of reducing the amount of events in which racism is involved in. All forms of racism should be openly addressed to children and other individuals the importance of how we together as a country need to work together to achieve a state of prosperity that will allow the country to thrive.

These are the problems I think are important to address. I have listed my naive opinion of how to solve these problems. I believe that the problems can be solved but I myself cannot solve them due to my lack of knowledge.

Bellringer 8/19/14

After reading a small amount of the given incident the three questions will be answered below.



1) At 12:01 the officer could have used non-lethal force if Brown was indeed physically assaulting him.
2)My definition of excessive force is the use of violence beyond the circumstances the situation demands.
3)The local officers could have sent an official apology to the family of the deceased and held a memorial for him.