Lovelife’s Weblog

Qualities I Look For:

1)  He/She makes sure all his decisions are in the best interest of the wealthy and poor communities.

2)  He/She is experienced and inspires people when they speak.

3)  That he/she follows through with all of their promises and changes they make in their speeches before they are elected.

4)  That their heart and soul is in to our country and making it the best it can be.

Issues That Are Most Important To Me:

1)  Taxes.

2)  Poor people are reiffing the same benefits as those wealthier people.

3)   Everyone single citizen gets the same opportunuties as the next.

What Author Alkman overall in his article that America and Americans rather ignore rest of the world then become more “globalized” with the rest of the nation.  He simlpy states, “Americans now pay less attention to international affairs, and read less forgeign new than at any time in the last two generations.”  With all the statistics Alkman mentioned through-out his atricle, it’s a huge eye-opener.  America should want to be more involved with what the rest of the world is doing, rather than neglecting them.  Everyone looks up to us, being the strongest and most powerful country in the world.  With our decreasing interest in the rest of the world, it starts with fewer Americans having passports, and the fewer number of Americans traveling overseas; which are just a couple examples.  With all the immigration creating such a diverse place to live here in the U.S., that should more than enough reason to stay in contact and help out other countries who want in on our success. 

Education has always been one of the biggest concerns in my life thus far.  Everyone wants to succeed and make a name for themselves in the world.  Education is what “would make the Bill of Rights real, and make democracy succeed”, states author Benjamin Barber.  Following the civil war, people were exposed more and more to the economy, advertising and merchandising of the entertainment industry, and just society in general. 

9/11’s impact on our country was evident.  For once, it was not the famour actor, or athlete in the limelight, but the citizens who shined.  People from all different communities were very important during the aftermath.  It opened many doors to citizenship, and “an opportunity to explore interdependence.”  All the citizens such as police officers, fireman, etc. were all recognized that day.  I think what they accomplished was brave and showed character, and they deserve everything. 

America has been named “the Melting Pot” because of the multi-ethnic society its become.  Societites all over the U.S. experience immigrants from many different countries.  Author Pico Iyer described America like this, ”America’s main role in the world order is not as a military superpower, but as a multicultral superpower.”  He tells the reader what it is like to wake up one day in Southern California, and what he experiences on a daily basis.  Having been to california twice myself, me and my family members felt like outsiders because for the first time we were surrounded by foreigners, instead of the other way around.  We have become increasingly diverse and now where ever you may be from, you can get a college education where ever you would like; doesn’t matter who you are, where you’re from, or what you look like.  Every country is their own, and upholds their own values and traditions, but because we are becoming more and more global, no one knows what the future might bring.