About the movie Slumdog Millionaire

According to the article Slumdog Subtext, the movie has caused some contraversy in India. I suppose it could be offensive seeing the way a person's country is being viewed around the world. I know it bothers me everytime I see a movie portraying Kentucky as poor, with a bunch of junky rednecks.
I haven't seen the previews for this new movie yet. I did notice some awards going out last night for it on the oscars. After reading this article though, it seems it may be a very interesting movie to see. It sounds as though it has a good plot. Having to grow up the way the boy in story does is very sad. Living in a foster home sent out to beg, and then beaten by police. It's hard to believe anyone has to live a life as hard as his. Winning a contest that helps his life in many ways had to be a dream come true.
The movie sounds as though it is heartfelt and I don't think India should take it as insult. I look foward to seeing it. (Crossette)
Link

Woman attacked by friends chimpanzee

Mrs. Nash who was attacked by a friends supposedly friendly chimp, was trying to calm the animal when it attacked her. Afterwards the chimp was shot to death by the local police. Since the incident she has been transferred to the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio. This clinic has performed the first near total face transplant ever. (Altman and Oconnor)
She went through seven hours of surgery in the previous hospital she was admitted to, Stanford Hospital in Connecticut. Later sent to the Cleveland Clinic. The type of treatment she is going thru now has not been released yet. A face transplant could be a consideration due to the hospital she is now being cared for in.
To be able to undergo such an extensive procedure the patient would have to go thru much testing and other surgeries first. It is a long process with physical and mental risks not to be taken lightly. This procedure would only be done after all other options have been done first.

Link

Stimulus Bill for Our Economy

Our country is in desperate need of being rescued. With this in mind our President has apparently come up with a stimulus plan that is supposedly going to give our country many things it is in dire need of. Although, the Republicans have a different plan in mind that will be cheaper so they say. What is being talked of is raising the employment rate, supplying all medical facilities with electronic medical records, and making our energy usage more efficent to save money.

Obama is proposing that this new bill will create 3.5 billion new jobs. Wouldn't that be great for our country? Republicans state that they could pass a bill creating twice as many jobs for half the amount. It will take plenty of money to do what needs to be done either way it goes. What matters most is that which ever bill is used, it does what it is suposed to do, like the creating of all those jobs.

This bill is supposed to supply the medical facilities with electronic records abilities. The savings over a ten year period will outway the cost to make this possible incredibly. A few years ago only 12% of physicians and 11% of hospitals were using the new computerized records technique. (Robertson, and Bank)



Also the President wants our energy to be used more efficiently. He proposes that we learn a new way of saving energy. This in turn will save our country a tremendous amount of money. Some improvements expected would be better power lines that can handle more energy, and a way for homeowners to see how much energy they are using.


If this new Stimulus Bill is passed hopefully all will go as expected. I am sure that most improvements for the greater of our country will take a period of time to accomplish. In the long run though, it will be worth it..

Link

Will We Save Our Economy In Time?

We all know that our economy is falling rapidly. It seems that jobs are elliminating, and it is greatly effecting our unemployment rate. Not only that, but people are shopping less and less. Not to mention people are trying to make the gasoline in their engines stretch farther and farther. Money is not being spread through out our country nearly as much as it use to be. Not to mention plenty of businesses are being effected by this economy drop. There isn't much money to be made these days. If no one wants to spend, then no one can make money. It's a neverending circle of a problem. Now do we think it is possible for Obama to make the necessary changes we need to bring this economy crisis to dead stop? We need it fixed pronto. Is it possible that we are nearing another great depression? According to Paul Krugman, he wrote in his article This Looks Like the Start of a Second Great Depression, "Milton Friedman, in particular, persuaded many economists that the Federal Reserve could have stopped the Depression in its tracks simply by providing banks with more liquidity, which would have prevented a sharp fall in the money supply." So with this in mind are we in agreement with the bailouts that have going on with the larger companys? I for one am. I completely agree. Whatever it takes. Let us hope that whatever plan Obama has for us goes into affect quickly, and that it cures our economy problems before it is too late.

Is it Essential that the President's Oath be Correct?

Apparently while swearing in our new President, Cheif Justice John Roberts got his words a little mixed up. It can be argued whether or not his mistake could do harm. Certainly we are all human and mistakes happen. Unfortunately, this was not an ordinary day, it was very important to us all. It is my opinion that there was no room for mistakes here. It is only a short amount of words, which should have been practiced until made perfect. This is our history, and we have to follow the Constitution, and be proud while we're doing it. There is no way around that. As it states in the article It Matters to get the Oath Right, "It was important to get the oath right because it is important to communicate the seriousness with which the president and everyone else in Washington takes the Constitution." Not to mention this is probably the most important day for our new President along with our fellow Americans. History has been made and one small person didn't follow what he was supposed to do. It makes no sense to me how this kind of mistake can be made. I am greatful that our new President caught on quickly, therefore the words were corrected. This shows that he knows our Constitution very well! posted by John Nichols on 01/22/2009 @ 2:47pm