Joe the Plumber

Geiger Counters and Ghost Hunters: Is it Cutting Edge or Just Pseudoscience? There is a need for real scientific methodology in paranormal research if it is to be taken seriously by the scientific community in general. There are two main competing arguments going on in the realm of paranormal research and investigation. One side says there is break throughs happening in the field and they are using high tech equipment and scientific figures to conduct their investigations and they are very…

Dream-that anyone can make it to the top based on individual achievements-further feeds the myth of individualism, and consistently works against those at the bottom and in favor of those on top” (Rieger, pg. 51). The American dream is described as “Joe the Plumber […] a potential member of the ownership class […] people who own or at least control a significant share of the means of production and command capital” (Rieger, pg. 32). This is a dream much more difficult that the black American…

aliens in the United States is rising at an alarming rate. In 2012 the United States Department of Homeland Security estimated that 11.4 million unauthorized immigrants were living in the United States 1. In a recent interview on MSNBC’s Morning Joe news program on July 24 2015 Donald Trump said, “I am now hearing it is 30 million, it could be 34 million, which is a much bigger problem. 2” If the numbers Donald Trump suggests are even close, the impact to the United States is going to be…

acceptable notion. We place a negative stereotype on those that do not attend or finish college. Nevertheless, we are not short of jobs that do not demand a college degree as a requisite, such as job opportunities as waiters, housekeepers, handymen, plumbers, electricians or mechanics. Higher education should be seen as a privilege, not a right. A way of proving whether a student may or may not be prepared for college is through entrance exams. Wood communicates that “Applicants to…

Capitalism: A Love Story is a documentary produced and written by Michael Moore. The film is about the financial crisis that we as America has been affecting us in the 21st century and how we are dealing with it. During the movie Michael Moore analyzed the consequences that lead to the political and economic troubles that America has been facing. Moore believes that we should rise above capitalism. During the movie, he touched on subjects like home foreclosure, for-profit prisons, and…

Anime and video games are two subjects that play an important role in both eastern and western popular culture. The ascension of both anime and video games into popular culture originated first in Japan, and eventually their influence spread across the globe. I’ve been engrossed in both subjects since I was young, and I believe my appreciation for both was no coincidence. Anime and video games, after all, have always felt similar to me, but why is that? To answer that question, I will consider…

I have been married to my husband for 31 years, but didn't realize until we retiled our bathroom that I didn't really know him. It seemed like a simple, life affirming act. Our home of 26 years had needed a new bathroom since the 1994 Northridge quake. Far be it from us to act in haste. No we let it settle... for 13 years. We let all possible manner of aftershocks subside. We gave it lots of thought and then found a neighbor who agreed to do the highly skilled stuff, like the "tiling" for a…

a law-abiding citizens guns is disarming him and making him vulnerable to the mercy of the criminal. Most criminals will not show mercy. This is like that one student in class that got everyone in trouble. Everyone else came in from recess but not Joe Blue, he beat up a kid on the playground.. So the teacher decides to ban recess because it gives bad kids the opportunity to beat someone up. Now the well behaved children looking for fun can no longer enjoy recess. Now guns is more serious because…