I trust that you all had a lovely break. I see that many of you got off to a early start and neglected to post for the week of 29 March-2 April. I can't say that was a great idea, however, I feel certain you will more than make up for it with future posts.
alec
ReplyDeletehealth care
this week i found a new relatively new article. it brought up a good point. the point being that with the new plan for healthcare that sex offenders will be able to get viagra. even though we all now what viagra is i feel compelled to say it. viagra is a pill that when taken give men an erection. with this erection from viagra it is easier for them to rape there victims. this issue was brought up by GOP senator tom corburn. this senator is trying in vain to prohibit se offenders from getting any erectile dysfunction drugs under the new health care law.
since no one has commented i will criticize later
Haddon Antonucc
ReplyDeleteCriticism of Alec
Im sorry, but you did not really say anything relevant in this post. You may hvae said something that was an important issue in the healthcare debate, but if it is, you have not made any point so in this blog.
Haddon Antonucci
ReplyDeleteMy progress
After speaking with Mr. Jarrel, I have reached a predicament in my debate. If the cebate stays on regulating CEO pay, I have a problem. CEO pay is not the issue at hand today. The issue is CEO corruption, any the money companies and investors lose from that corruption. One of my plans was to stop that corruption at its source by lowering the chance that those CEOs will feel that need, but the pay factor makes it difficult.From a source I found that showed proof that investors with more control would still drive CEO pay up. This happened in Europe with new security laws. Investors got more rights, nothing happened to CEO pay. THe other problem with restricting CEO pay would be the effect on them. If CEOs were already willing to steal that money and fake those records, what would restricting pay do to them? That would make a drastic increase in CEO corruption. This could be compared to children eating cookies and are each told to have only 3 cookies each. Some of these children will be fine with this, while others will want more and take perhaps 4 or 5 cookies. If you lowered that number of 3 cookies to 1 cookie however, then more children would try to get extra, instead of those few greedy ones before.
@Alec--sounds like you found one of the many ridiculous propaganda articles about healthcare. You really need to subject your sources to tighter scrutiny. Generally, if it sounds completely ridiculous and you ask yourself, "why would any politician do that?" you should probable question the authenticity of the source.
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ReplyDeleteNeil
ReplyDeleteBalance the Budget
I worked a lot on my debate over spring break and this week. I didn't work on my note cards or bibliography cards because they were fine. The real problem was my outlines, and I worked on my outlines a lot. I fixed everything I needed to and developed my Need to Change and Practical/Workable more.
I said that the reason that we need to change is because eventually programs like Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and the Military are going to fail. I went into details on that. For pro I said the way to fix this was to cut spending and for con I said we can't balance the budget. We need to raise spending.
I also made my Pro side a comparison, comparing the US economy to Greece's failing economy and Argentina's 2002 economy. I looked at why Argentina's economy failed (invulnerability to the worldwide crisis) and why Greece's economy is failing (unrestrained spending). Then I compared these to what US is doing and should try to do.
Neil's Criticism
ReplyDeleteAlec,
I think that this source is unreliable and that the article is pretty irrelevant. Even if it is relevant, is it a major issue? If restricting rapists from using viagra is only going to cost a tiny fraction of what giving everybody health care will costs, then is it even worth looking at?
Dhruv K. Patel
ReplyDeleteOlympics Debate
I think i like how my outlines are organized.In the first checkpoint, i wasn't really confident in my outlines (because they were organized like crap) so for the second checkpoint i worked hard in redoing it. I redid both of my outlines to work out this new format.
1.) List the goals of the Olympics
2.) State whether they are solved or not solved.
Anyway, if you want to see a more detailed explanation, look at my comment 2 weeks ago.So my point is, right now i didn't change the format of my outline (this doesn't mean I'm not going to fix the problems or the goals the had, but not the main format). What i have done is found some sources.Here's one.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/29/opinion/29kristof.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=olympic%20terrorism&st=cse
It is an article about how many terrorism acts effected china's Olympics in 2008. I don't have much info on terrorism so i will definitely use this to add some evidence
One more question about this debate in general:
How many more sources/note-cards will we need and when will we need them by?
Thanks to whoever tries to help.
Comments
Haddon -
I think you were talking about how CEO corruption will just get worse if we restrict CEO pay so that won't work. an idea to solve this is to maybe higher the investigation and prevention of CEO corruption. If we can do that, the CEO's of large companies might get scared of getting caught and then they won't do it in the first place.Hopefully this helps you.
Alex
ReplyDeleteHealth Care
I have not done a whole lot on my debate since we got them back. I did look up a couple of things and found some sources looking at places other than the internet:
In TIME magazine there is an article called WHAT HEALTH CARE MEANS FOR YOU.
It has a chart in which it states "Who, What and When?"
For example, it says that in 2014, most americans are required to get coverage or pay a penalty and in 2018, that high-cost employer-provided policies are subject to a 40% excise tax.
Another source is the Daily Journal, which really seems negative at first.
For example, they say "If cost controls work, increases would level off with time, but not likely go down.
But then they say, "BUT, for those who take advantage of new government tax credits, their insurance costs will go down if they keep the same level of coverage.
So really, this source is on both sides of my debate.
I've looked at a couple more websites, but I just wanted to let it known that I've been looking other places than online.
COMMENT:
To Neil,
I think that it is a good idea to compare the US to other countries balancing budgets. But I was wondering how Argentina and Greece have governments like ours. Because if they don't, you comparing how they balanced their budget under a different government might be hard to back up correctly. I think you should also say how their governments are like ours and then go into the comparison of the budgets.
That's all
BYE
Jordana Rosenberg
ReplyDeleteInternational Sporting Events Such
as the Olympics Do More Harm than Good
Week of April 12th - April 16th
Over the past week I have found five more sources (now I have 35 total sources). They mainly talk about the only main thing Mr. Jarrell told me to fix. ADD MORE EXAMPLES IN CON ABOUT EFFECTS OF THE OLYMPICS! I will talk about the sources but I have a few questions first.
1. I plan one adding info. on the Olympic committee (like Dhruv), but I don't know what else to talk about. And I could find 100's of pages on all of my points but I don't want a 1/2 hour speech.
2. Right now I have my outlines in bullet form, but n my note cards I have to put where they are in my outlines. THIS IS A PROBLEM! Is there an easy way to fix that with out having to reformat.
(Now the sources)
1. The Christian Monitor - IMF surveys impact of the Olympics and World Cup
It discusses how the stadiums in many countries are vacant and under used, unlike L.A. who frequently uses their venues. Also, according to a book entitled "The Olympic Effect,"countries get 30% more money for exported goods if they held the Olympic Games.
Sage Journals Online - Blue Skies in Beijing? Looking at the Olympic Effect
This discusses that Beijing has had a dramatic environmental clean up to prepare for the Olympic. This improves their heath and pollution in the air.
3. The Olympic Trade Effect
This is part of the book in article one. It talks about the cost and it says (in bold), "We find strong evidence of a large positive effect of the Olympic exports. it goes into a lot of detail about this important issue.
4. HuffPost Green
This source basically has the same messages as the other two articles but it is a reliable source and a good back-up.
5. The Atlantic - Wild Ride
This article discuses the dangers and expenses of Nascar. This could be an interesting point in my debate.
Alec - I don't understand how the article is relevant to your debate. And I don't understand how the new health care bill effects the this issue. Was it different before? It also sounds like propaganda like Mr. J said.
wow alot of people havent commented
ReplyDeleteany who.
Alec
To Dhruv i think its good that you feel confident and like your outlines (cause i hate mine) and i think its go that you know most of your facts and have a URL link
p.s. i commenting on Dhruv cause hes awsome and not a hater like some people (haddon and neil)
Mohammad Kazmi
ReplyDeleteShould the U.S pull forces from Afghanistan
I haven't done a lot of work on the debate because I believe that I have covered all of the criteria I posibly can. So i'm going to just add on to what I have now.
I found a new source http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-12/02/content_12572766.htm
It speaks of Obamas plan and his speech.
I also found this source
http://www.newsweek.com/id/214987
Th is speak of why we shouldn't withdraw forces but I haven't evluted it yett
I'm looking for the newsweek article mr j was talking abou still and think i will
Alec: Scratch the article bra its crap. It dont make no sense like theres other stuff that helps guys have sex or perform better like perfume but that doesn't mean you can ban it.
Emily Mae Kaplitz
ReplyDeleteDemocrats to Blame
I have addressed some issues like Debt, Social Security, and Health care.
I don't Know what other issues there are.Help!!!
If i don't point out people what else do I do???
Mr J said that I should not point out people put the past president What????
To Alex
Did you use some of the web sites Mr J toled use about? if not you should
Jaxx Ottinger/Whitey J/Bossman
ReplyDeleteShould we withdraw our forces from Afghanistan
I admit I didn't do much work on my debate since break because I focuse on my academic fair prodject.
But I did find one source that I think is really good. And it is U.S. soliders might leave Afghanistan Ahead of Schedule. They say how some troops are starting to leave right now, before they should of started too in Obamas plan. JUDY WOODRUFF: Secretary Gates raised the possibility of an early withdrawal as he toured an Afghan training ground near Kabul. He said he was impressed by what he saw of the Afghan troops. So thats one of the big reasons why they might leave Afghanistan early. If the U.S forces keep it up they can all leave pretty soon.
I evaluated this source and it was good so I am going to use all of this info on my next outline.
Alec: Sorry dued but I had no clue of what you were talking about. You said the new plan was to get vigaria for men so it is easier to rape their victims. HOW IS THAT A GOOD THING. We don't want that in the U.S. That can't be the plan cause Obama would not want men to rape people easier. And by what you said the ARTICLE SUCKS and you should not use the info.
Whhhhhhhhaaaaaaacccccccchhhhhhhhaaaaaaaazzzzzz
Thomas
ReplyDeleteBalance the Budget
I think that I have to still do more work on my my plan. I have presented the problem of our National debt in my need, but I still need to fix the vagueness in solution for my pro. This is part of how our debt got started: governments raise money in the credit markets, means that they issue bonds, just like private companies. bond is a promise to pay money in the future; like a 10-year bond is a promise to pay a amount in 10 years, and a percentage of that amount each year until then. When a government issues bonds, investors bid to buy these bonds; the amount of money they pay is therefore the amount that the government raises.
we haven't paid those private investors back yet. 47% of our debt is held off soil, and china has about 11% of that 47%.
@Alec. I'm sorry but, What????? the whole Viagra thing is just a lot of assertions that you have made and failed to prove. You also should have seen that this source is complete junk. You shouldn't have made those assertions anyway. No one else really said what they were doing so it was hard to comment.
eva
ReplyDeleteDemocrats to blame
like others, i haven't done as much as i wanted to on the debate since we got it back. I've only worked on the outlines and have gotten one source. i looked at newsweek articles, as Mr. J suggested and i found on really good long article...
http://www.newsweek.com/id/42767
I haven't read it all yet but i know it will help me alot. It describes Bush's problems and how the democrats think their so great, and the same with the republicans. I haven't read the whole thing yet so i'll let you know when i do. another article that also looks good is ...
http://www.newsweek.com/id/235560
this also shows that it's everyone to blame, not just one person so i think these articles will be good for my con outline that im argueing it's not just either the republicans or the democrats to blame, it's everyone's fault. well thats about it.
to alec:
i'm sorry to add some more critiszim, i just saw people write a comment like only to you, i didn't get to read them but i think it's just a stupid article that's not important or is reliable. maybe you were just looking through the internet to find something to make a blog. i don't know though it might not be true. :)
James
ReplyDeleteNuclear Reactors
So mr. j told me to look up something about climate change so I did. What I found out was that global warming is one the causes of climate change. Now this doesn’t necessarily mean that climate will just go up like we’ve learned in class it means it can change in any way colder or hotter. So while looking through this climate change article’s I found a website to glacier national park. Now since I didn’t have a subscription to the site I couldn’t read the whole thing but what I did read about was important. In the past ……. 160 years we’ve gone from 150 glaciers to 26. Now some may think what does this have to do with my topic well I’ll tell you. My answer is that my topic has to do with global warming and climate change as well as other things too, but this what I’m talking about. Now Nuclear Reactors aren’t the solution to get rid of global warming or climate change but they do help. Now if we were to build more reactors we would be able in some reduce carbon emission by building these nuclear powered plants in- stead of coal base
Alec
I understand why this is a problem but why just talk about Viagra there are like other suiside pills out there people can get there hands on. I guess
Bryan
ReplyDeleteCEO Pay
This week i found a couple more sources. Im trying to find a good source that has a good plan to fix CEO pay. Right now my plan is still to review compensation plans. I found an article by elliot spitzer called "The $500,000 Limit Is Not Enough. Four better ways of fixing the CEO pay debacle." http://www.slate.com/id/2211481/
He says that: "We must create a genuine market for CEO services, generating meaningful competition and socially acceptable results." then shows how to do that. He is saying that rather than just significantly raising the CEO pay to get that CEO jsut becaue they can, they must reform the way they pay the CEOs.
COMMENTS
Alec
That could be true, but im not sure that the amount of sexual offenders would significantly increase just because they can get a drug thats supposed to help 80 year old men. Also, there would be many elderly men upset if you completely ban the drug. I dont think you were going to use that as a main point anyway....
Kasey - srry i can't remember my gmail account
ReplyDeleteCap and Trade
Today the amount of carbon dumped globally into the atmosphere corresponds, on average, to one ton per person on the planet, each year.In the United States, carbon-based energy is especially important. The average American per capita emission is 5 tons of carbon annually.Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas – it traps heat radiation that is attempting to escape from Earth.The basic argument (that is, that greenhouse gases keep the Earth comfortably warm) has never been challenged, and it follows that an increase in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere undoubtedly produces a rise in temperature at ground level.we are a little more than one third of the way to a doubling of carbon dioxide, on a log scale. If doubling of carbon dioxide produces a temperature rise of between 1.5 and 5 degrees Celsiuswe should see a warming of between 0.5 and 1.7 degrees Celsius.This is what the cap and trade system is trying to do reduce carbon emmissions so we can eventually put a stop to global warming.!
To alec:
ok that could be true but what does this have to do with anything for health care. if sex offenders get viagra fine but that does not help the health care plan if someone is focussing on viagra. I'm sure there are many other drugs people can still get WHO CARES! you need to focus on how it actually helps the healthcare.
@Haddon- I think you are giving up too easily, but perhaps you just have not connected the Dots. CEO "corruption" is poor word choice. They lied and manipulated in order to maximize their compensation because of the way that compensation was structured. If one changes the structure of that compensation, one changes the incentives and therefore changes behavior. Also, You might want to think more about the tighter laws you referred to. I think you dismissed them a bit too quickly.
ReplyDelete@Neil- Those revisions sound solid. If you feel ike crunching numbers, historical Debt:GDP rations would be interesting to consider, even if you just compare our current crisis with historical levels of Debt in the US--perhaps during The Great Depression, WWII, Vietnam.
ReplyDelete@Dhruv-I agree that your outlines are good. Work on polishing and simplifying your message. As to how many notes/sources--20 sources and as many notes as you need to prove your point; there really is no number.
ReplyDelete@anyone who has to use global climate change is their debate, follow the link. The interview is long but rewarding. The author also has several other interviews about climate change, so you would be rewarded by looking them up. Here's the link:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=125789622
Neil
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Alex,
I'll definitely incorporate what type of governments these countries have. However, don't you think that it is a priority of every country to balance the budget no matter what their government. Also, don't Greece and Argentina have failing budgets and their types of government are irrelevant. Thanks for the suggestion though.
Mr Jarrell,
I have included some historical US debt-to GDP ratios. However, I will include the ratios from wars (World War II and the Vietnam War).
@Jordana-I love the sources you are finding. Your last tasks are to simplify your message so it is easy for both you and your audience to remember and make sure you prove everything adequately.
ReplyDelete@Emily and Eva-You should be looking for problems that are important to us right now and that you can plausibly blame on democrats. I don't think health care works, unless you want to claim that the problem w/ health care is Medicare and Medicaid. Similarly, I think claiming social security is one of this nation's biggest problems might satisfy the Tea Party crowd, but it rings hollow for most people. Look at what criticisms conservatives level at democrats and what principles they claim they stand for. What problems do they associate with following the ideas of the democrats or failing to follow the advice of republicans?
ReplyDelete@Thomas--You are overcomplicating the issue. We are in debt because we spend more than we take in. We are likely to get deeper in debt because we have promised to spend a lot of money in the future(to retirees, for example)but we are not saving for it today and because we are paying interest on the debt we already owe. Look at my comments to Neil and his comments over all for more info on where you should go with this.
ReplyDelete"Removing our Troops from Afghanistan"
ReplyDeleteMorgan Falasca
This weekend I was in Chicago so I only found two new websites but I did do a lot over break. Another great website I found was from NPR, it was about Obama's plan. This was helpful because Obama's plan is parts of my PRO and CON plan. This article was very helpful because it addressed the need issue as well. The money being spent grown a significant amount and I already knew this, but what I didn't know was Obama's real reason for sending another 40,000 or so troops to Afghanistan. Obama wanted to add an additional 40,000 and boost the troop levels and boost our relationship with the Afghanistan government and people. The past couple of years we have been in Afghanistan, we have been focusing on preventing the Taliban government from taking over the Afghanistan government in reelections in August. This would have ruined everything we have fought for since 2001. My need issue from this has increased because the election hasn't happened yet and if we backed out now, the Taliban still has the power to overthrow the government, which, like I said before, would ruin EVERYTHING. In sending another, 30-40,000 troops would help the Afghan army and we would strengthen the police, army, military for protection. Obama's reasoning for this is that he believes that the war could end quicker if we would combine our forces with the Afghan's and then the newly trained forces would be able to protect the forces while others are in battle within unsecure parts of the country. This was very helpful for my need issue and my plan. Obama and Gibson wants a total of over 240-400,000 security troops on the job by 2013 (when America is finally out of this war) and they will be able to handle to Talibans themselves.
This is mostly about the article. Both articles were VERY helpful.
To Alec:
Where in the name of love did you get viagra from? when people take viagra, most of the time they are like in their 70's or 80's because they actually can't get an erection... and how do you know that when they get an erection they will want to rape someone. maybe they just want it for the fun of it... your just assuming! nononono(:
Well that was interesting... ttyl :)