Movie: Baby Mama

I recently watched the movie baby mama at my apartment. The main character in this film is this up tight businees working worman who just happens to be infetile. She has tried numerous ways to try and get pregnunt but simply cannot. As a last resort she goes to some company who finds someone to put her baby in. The movie is actually quite humorous. Before this movie i didn't know that there was such a thing like this that a woman could do. That is if she has the money to do so. The movie unravels love, humor, and issues along with the numerous characters. The main character in the end finds that her baby mama is not really pregnunt with her child. Instead she is pregnunt with her low life husbands child. During the movie the main character finds this guy that she really likes. Anyway they have a date...and when her baby mama is having her baby she realizes that some how she is pregnunt herself. The father is this guy that she met and has a thing for. I reccomend this movie becuase it is humorous and you can learn something while watching it!

Financial Crisis in U.S.

If none of you have heard the news lately it is shocking. The stock market is plumeting! The company AIG fell over a record number of points in seven years. This was the worst day since the 9-11 attacks. Not only is AIG in a state of crisis, but also Wall Street as well. Today on Wednesday the 17th the DOW closed 450 point lower. Many large companies are going into a state of extreme turmoil! What is our country going to do? The government gave AIG an $85 billion loan to try and same them and the others in their company. Executives in AIG and Wall Street are worried that other companies might be heading down this same path. Why is this happening? Why now is the stock market going into this state? Many other large companies such as Merrill Lynch & Co have already sold their company to others outside of the U.S. or in before their profits or money was taken.

Response to Paper turned in on 9/16/08

This paper was a great intoductory paper for this class. It really made me think about my past and how the media has been a part of it. The paper guidelines themselves were not to long. The paper was around the perfect length for what we all needed to write. I liked thinking back to my childhood and diving into what media i was "addicted" to as a kid. The main media for myself was the teenage mutant ninja turtles. This was a huge part of my life growing up. I almost think that this television show and movies changed the way i go about my life. That and with the help of my parents. All of us don't always realize this, but we are very lucky to eevn have access to all of the media out there. In our current century if you don't know how to use say the internet, then you are in a state of confusion. I thought this paper was a great reflection of my media use in my life and how is affected me.

Design for 9-11 museum unveiled

Finally there is something in memorance for the 9-11 attacks. Since 2004 the architect Craig Dykers has been working on a design for the world trade center cite. Dykers has looked back to Minoru Yakasaki's work which was designed forty five years ago. Mr Yamasaki who is the original architect came up with the idea of trident shaped columns at the base of the buildings. Some of these large steel tridents survived the attacks of 9-11 and people have become familar with these structures from the catactrophe. There are two tridents about 90 feet tall which will be set as part of the memorial process done by Dykers and his colleagues in the firm Snohetta. The cost of this project is around $40 to $50 million. The owner says if he can't get the money he simply will not charge. The museum is supposed to handle around 1,500 people per hour. This should be a great memorance of the 9-11 attacks and i am sure many will visit the museum once finished.

Bush to announce 8,000 troops to return from Iraq

On Monday morning president bush said that he will keep the current number of U.S. troops in Iraq until after February. Then he is planning to take 8,000 troops home. Bush will do this right before the next president is in charge of war decision making. From what it sounds president Bush is trying to do something good for a change, and do something about the war that defines his presidency. If the plan goes as planned 1,000 U.S. Marines will go home in November. On top of this an army brigade of around 3,500 to 4,000 tropps will follow as well as 3,400 support forces in February. Bush stated at the national defense university in Washington; "Here is the bottom line: While the enemy in Iraq is still dangerous, we have seized the offensive, and Iraqi forces are becomingly increasingly capable of leading and winning the fight." Out of these 8,000 troops that are returning home there are 146,000 troops in Iraq right now. So these troops coming home does not make a dent in all of the soldiers still over in Iraq. Bush stated that peoples' lives in Iraq have gotten much better since 2004 and we are moving forward. What will our military presence be like in Iraq and afghanistan after the 2008 elections? I can only hope for the best and that our country moves in the right and realistic direction.