In this chapter there was a lot about power and how it works and controls things in our country. However my take on power is that money equals power. I think that money influence power in the economy, government and politics. I think that money controls politics and how they run (campaign, advertise, etc.) which hand in hand effects the governement. The party (politics) that has the majority usually has the power and has a better handle on how/what things happen in sennate. All and all I think that money equal power.
The above was my orginal posting for the class discussion.
This chapter, and just the word ‘power’ and associating it with government has got me thinking beyond our own government, especially with all the news on Egypt and there current situation. As much as I think that our government and politics are influenced by money and who as it and how they want to use it, I am also thankful that we have a constitution that allows us to somewhat control how the government is run in a ‘peaceful’ manor. Lately we have seen the mass protest that are taking place in Egypt
An image of the protest in Egypt
References
Nakhoul, Samia. Opposition divided ahead of talks with Egypt's VP. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/ 2/5/2011
I really enjoyed reading your blog. Reading your blog made it much clearer on what is really happening over in Egypt. I truly fear for the protesters. Speaking out against any government is no easy task. I think it has been over three weeks since this first occurred and I am not to sure if there has been any progress, but it is just my opinion that the protesters must have confidence that change will occur or they would not continue to be there.
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The vision and the mission of Rosellen Hamilton blog is one that is very hard to find. But, I think that our blogs are not truly ones that reflect our true views and missions. We have to reflect upon a discussion question and answer it. Which, it would be really hard to do so while keeping our visions and missions the main purpose of our blogs. So I do not see what Rosellen is about and what she is doing to show her vision and mission. Her discussion response is very great though.
The strengths, inspirations, and entertaining parts of this blog are the very decorative background and how easy it is to read and follow the blog. Some other strength includes the information that the blog contains and how well her sentence structure is. Some inspirations of this blog are the picture it contains because it makes the reader wonder about the full story behind the story.
Things I would improve on is showing and sharing her values and mission of this blog which is hard to find and do. But, the blog is very well put together and would not need to change anything about it.
In conclusion, Rosellen blog is one that is very nice and well put together. It is very easy to read and understand her discussion and response to the discussion question. I like how she used a picture and a great picture at that. I also liked how she incorporated recent news to the discussion question. The reference to the Egypt story is very great! I would state that this blog is one that is very well put together and would deserve a very good grade.