halloween post!!

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/10/30/wisconsin.mail.prank/index.html?iref=allsearch

My post will consist of hoax's and pranks. The article above relates to a prank from some unknown person in ILL. The packaged was sent to a U.S. senator Russ Feingold in Wisconsin. The senator told police he was not expectin a package and the name on the package was Thomas Jefferson. Regarding the name and the unknown location it was sent from, police deemed it necessary to approach the package cautiously, especially with the recent explosives found on the flights to the U.S. from the Middle East.. That story has been on the news recently like crazy so do a search on it if you wish. After an investigation it was determined it was not a bomb and a board game was found inside.
           I find this story relevant because it was a halloween joke and we must ask ourselves what is funny and how far is to far? Things may seem harmless but as we can see a simple prank can lead to disastrous outcomes. Not only in movies do they portray this, but in fact real life. Halloween is a day to prank people and try to scare them but some people don't know from real and fake and act differently then what the pranksters would of thought. I too was a victim of a prank gone wrong and I still regret doing it. But don't worry it wasn't anything bad just more of a embarrasing thing for myself lol.. Well anyways like anything else think before you act because the outcomes may be different then what u expected.

free blog.. Happy halloween!!

http://shine.yahoo.com/event/halloween/the-haunted-history-of-halloween-2404335/

I decide to make my blog regarding halloween considering its this sunday.. My article is regarding the history of halloween. Halloween actually has a much ancient history to it. Its consider all hollow's day and it is celebrateing the end of fall and begining of winter. It is a mashup between celtic and catholic beliefs and it ranges from worshipping demons to passing out candy to little kids in modern times. It is a 2 billion dollar business for candy makers so they enjoy this holiday alot. Also a little of the history consists of getting rid of evil spirits by lighting torches and wearing costumes to hide from the spirits. So halloween as you can see changed its concept over the centuries. But it came out better in the end I say. Except for dental costs for the parents lol..
          I find this partly relevant also considering we just watch a bunch of movies regarding serial killers and mimicking their behaviors. Halloween is a tradition where people can act out their fantasy so say and this is similar to people acting out horror movie scenes killing people. But anyways I love halloween and I can't wait for this weekend!! I hope everyone has as much fun as I do!!

Reflection on copy cat killers..

I must say this movie was pretty disturbing. First off i was just astonished about the young boy who copied the movie on the man comes into the classroom and literally blows everyone away. I just couldn't believe a movie could influence this. I was horrified about the young boys who copied the scream movie and actually went out of their way to buy a scream mask and plan out their attack on his own mother! This is just disturbing and I couldn't believe kids were that influenced. Especially if they were normal kids in the first place because whats to stop other young kids from commiting the same act. The movie natural born killers didn't seem that great to me and in my opinion that was just more of an action film and resembles others.

The movie I felt disgusted with was the honeymoon killers. These people may or may not have copied the actual movie, but what they did was just wrong and inhuman. Making people fall in love with you then killing them for insurance money is just sick and they deserve the harshest punishment. I believe this is worst then just murdering the people like in the other cases. But I do agree with the female film producer about how they shouldn't stop making horror movies because of few individuals. We can't assume these people were influenced that much by the movie and they didn't have some sort of mental problem before. The movie was just a way for them to carry out their intentional plan anyways.

Faster and more Furious..

My copycat moment I consider the most influential in my life was my street racing scene. When I was younger I loved racing cars and modifying my car to look just as bad as it was fast. So when the movie The Fast and the Furious came out naturally it just intrigue my interest even more and perhaps even started my interest in cars. The movie depicts more then street racing, but that is the main reason why I watched it and my friends also. I literally remember after seeing it in theaters my friends and I would travel town to town racing kids on the interstate or at  a secret location out in the country.
Obviously as I got older my interests in spending money in my car died out. Especially with the fines and cost of modifying and people jacking my equipment. It is funny how things turned out where I was a rebellious guy who I had no care for the law and did what I wanted and now I obey the law like crazy and hardly ever break traffic laws. But once in a rare while I may be driving on the interstate and the feeling of need for speed takes over. Also every new sequel that came out after that movie just made it even harder for me to switch my lifestyle. But it in the end it wasn't worth it and I don't recommend anyone doing it!!! Going a buck thirty on the interstate sounds fun but lives are at stake..

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101016/ap_on_re_us/us_gps_tracking_warrants

Since I do not really interact with the homecoming activities, I decided to do something else. I read this article awhile back about the FBI secretly places GPS device on Students car without his permission. The device was discovered after the young man took his car for an oil change and the mechanic spotted it and took it off. A few days lata FBI agents came to his house to retrieve their property. A lawsuit is in process due to privacy issues. I find this interesting because according to the FBI it was ok to do this since it was all on public property. I was very confused and couldn't believe what the government is capable of doing and get away with it.
This in my opinion is a breach of privacy laws and big brother needs to give us our privacy back. The problem here is this is only the begininng and eventually they will bug our houses to listening in our phone calls and requiring us to have gps locators in us!! We need to stop this government takeover and the government has to much control. Also this was an obvious case of racial profiling in my opinion due to the students racial and historic background. This is not right and should of been handled differently.

Samoan Wedding.. Movie festival

First off Samoan wedding is about four guys who are best friends. Each of these guys have ruined someone's wedding in the past. The dilemma of the movie is that they are banned from a friends wedding because of their past behavior. In order to be allowed to go each of these men must find a girlfriend before the wedding to be allowed in. Each of these guys have a different personality and to me that is why they all get along so well. They are not competing with each other because they all have differnt interests. This is a good trait whether it be business or living situations. Eventually all the men find a girl at the end they wish to be with and it seems to work out well. Each guy at first was looking for something they were not really meant to be with. This is normal because we all want something but once we get it we realize we didnt really need it. This was a good movie and had alot of hidden meanings in it.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101011/ap_on_re_as/as_nkorea_succession

My free blog post is gonna be about North Korea. As we can see N. Korea is gettin great attention in the media recent years and especially now. Currently they are in the process of passing power to younger and inexperienced son of Kim Jong Il the current ruler. Recently they just announced Kim Jong Un as being promoted to a 4 star general at age 24-26 and soon leader. This is ridiculous in my opinion considering how inexperienced the young leader will be. The North Korean peninsula has always used its media to intimdate foreign powers by threatening great detterence and nuclear war. N. Korea in my opinion is underestimated because unlike our current war with terrorism. North Korea has one of the largest armies in the world of 1.2 million soldiers and also it is a nuclear powered state. Media and Justice is relevant because The country uses media to its advantage and to allow the world what it wants to know. Also N. Korea uses its media as a way to negotiate with countries and also pass threatening phrases towards its enemies. I think media is used strategically and with military purposes. Its not necessary a free press like the U.S. and that alone makes it relevant on how we recieve info and how we interpret it.

Media and CJ..

http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/10/05/new.york.terror.plot/index.html?npt=NP1

 

Im sure most of you have heard about this case by now. It about a pakistan man turned U.S. Citizen named Shahzad.  Shahzad is accused of attempting to set off a vehicle bomb in Times Square on May 1. Shahzad bout the suv and stuffed it with massive amounts of explosive devices hoping to kill 40 ppl or more. He chose Times Square due to its dense population and picked the prime time to park his vehicle and attemp to set off his bomb as he left it parked. Due to faulty equipment the bomb failed to detonate and onlookers saw smoke coming from the vehicle and called the authorities where they determined it was a bomb. Shazhad was arrested two days later while tring to leave the country back to pakistan. The authorities caught him quickly and effectively. He was tried and pleaded guilty to multiple accounts of terrorism and wmd. He was sentenced to life in prison. Obviously this was a high profile case considering its potential damage and location. The media was all over this case and it gave constant facts and updates. Like in the reading it shows how the media can corrupt people's thinking and judgment and I can see this happening here. People were already on edge because of the 9/11 attacks and current war going on. The media I noticed purposely pointed out and noted comments such as praising allah and war on america has just begun. With comments like these it is only showing a bad reputation to the muslim community once again. I even read some of the comments left by ppl all around the U.S. about this story they also showed no remorse and hatred towards muslims not just this individual. I believe this is a problem because not all muslims are terrorists. The media even quoted high profile members of society such as the FBI field office of New York, New York Comissioner, New York senator all staing the same thing justice was given and threatening to those who will follow in Shazhad's footsteps. The media helps control the publics opinion and the politican and high ranking officials have to please the public to get reelceted. So if the media portrays someone as evil and the public agree the high ranking members will due whatever it takes to please the people of America. So CJ can be manipulated easily with media. I do believe this is crime entertainment. It gave people entertainment with gossip, anger and satisfaction which in my opinion resembles anything that reflects the word entertainment.