Essay Three Topics brainstorms

In the comments section under this post, please post your four ideas for Essay Three.  Two of your ideas should be for the photo essay, Prompt 1, and two ideas should be for the more traditional essay connected to our textbook, Prompt 2.

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Mike Lohre

Exploration 11: Drones

Drones can be as large as this image, or as small as a hummingbird

Lately, it seems as if drones have become the "hot button" of conversation within both society and the government. The constant banter between our government officials and our civilians are beginning to raise more awareness to this issue. What exactly are drones, what is their purpose and is this ethical?
There are many different types of drones, but there are two categories that drones commonly fall under. Like fruit or vegetables, drones are "pilot-controlled
 or "pre-program-missioned." Drone usage has increased rapidly in these past years do to our re-involvement and interest in the wars, Iraq and Afghanistan. Our weapon of choice has been decided, but there seems to be a problem. Some of our targeted prospects are our own people....

There are two sides to this issue, and Stephen Ingley, executive director of the Airborne Law Enforcement Association,  believes drones have a purpose that is worth fighting for. Ingley says drones "clearly have so much potential for saving lives, and it's a darn shame we're having to go through this right now," he said.
In contrast, the idea of a drone lurking over America's head in everyday life isn't something that sounds appealing, no matter how safe this makes us. And with the government's military budgets getting slimmer and slimmer, civilians are the ones who need to support the issue. If we don't snatch this technology and call it ours, there's possibility of it moving elsewhere-- scary thought.

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2013-03/casualties-drone-war-infographic

This graph on the left spells out to you who exactly is beng affected by the drones (the link is below the graph). How do we determine how far we go to hit a "high-value target?"

Comments for Anthony and Mitch: Jack Hannah

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Comments for Brandon and Lou: Warren Buffett

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Exploration 10

Links of articles I read:
Technology: Intertrust sues apple
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/20/intertrust-sues-apple-charging-patent-violations/?ref=technology
Science: Mars rover is repaired says NASA
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/20/science/space/on-mars-curiosity-rover-repaired-nasa-says.html?ref=science
World: North Korea threatens U.S military bases in pacific
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/22/world/asia/north-korea-threatens-us-military-bases-in-the-pacific.html?ref=world

North Korea threatens U.S military 

                      On Thursday North Korea threatened to attack the U.S military in Japan and on the Pacific islands of Guam..North Korea had gotten angry when the U.S military did a training mission and this is not the first time North Korea has threatened the U.S military. With the frustration arising with the North the Untied Nations the human rights council is making a plan to look into human right violations but are fearful to do so because they don't want to cause conflict and a possible war and because of the nuclear arsenal the North is known for and even if the united nations could do anything they would still have little to work with because they don't have much evidence. On March 11, the North’s official party paper, The Rodong Sinmun, said the council’s expected move to fix the resolution, with the United Nations sanctions, would “raise tensions and ignite a war to invade the North.” It vowed to deliver “a merciless mace-blow” on “traitors” in South Korea. Then on Thursday North Korea refused the resolution as “an instrument that serves the political purposes of the hostile forces in their attempt to discredit the image” of his country. Its just more excuses I don't think we should start another war just like the Afghanistan war we are trying to save all these people but we cant save the world

Exploration 11

Jenna Steward

English 1110.03

Mike Lohre

War is Evil 

                 "If we do not end war, war will end us." - H.G Wells. War is something truly terrible and its terrible to know that we have to kill people to get what's in our opinion morally wrong and of course we are going to think that our morals are the right way of living but if we morally think that it is wrong to kill innocent people but yet we do it in war, wouldn't that make us hypocrites. War is evil, it brings out the worse in people, makes them go mad, and sometimes doesn't even solve the problem war must end before it ends us.

             Money makes people do things they would never in a million years do for free. Money is evil and we can not afford to go to war. We are wasting all of our money when we are already in debt by trillions on something we are not 100% sure its going to change anything. Us Americans are always finding excuses to go to war my question is where is everyone else, we have saved the Jews from the Nazi's we saved the French in WW2 we are saving all these people and getting no help in return in the Afghanistan war. As much as it sucks and everyone just wants peace unfortunately we cant save everyone we are only killing our self fighting for something that will never change.

          As much as I disagree with the war I still find myself questioning what is worse fighting and loosing life's or fighting for something that is worth loosing your life. Luckily I was blessed to be placed in our free country but not everyone has the opportunity to have that chance and its truly heartbreaking to see the way those women and young girls are being treated and if I could help them in any way I would which is why I see where the soldiers come from where they are trying to fight for freedom. Girls should have just as much equality than boys and no one should ever be treated like that. This world is a beautiful place but is filled with the most terrible people.

          The only time we as non veterans see the horror in war with our own eyes is the trauma and lives lost after war. War causes so much damage not only in combat but when they come home and are still terrified to live. The suicide rate for veterans who have completed the VA program is estimated at about 2.5 per hundred. Not only that but thousands of veterans suffer through PTSD because of war no man should have to go through that. Also the drug and alcohol abuse is right up there as well. People forget that their Is a life after war some might have to deal with guilt, but if they were so guilty why would you fight for something that you don't believe in. My problem with war is not that we are trying to stand up for what is right and how we just want to save everyone and give everyone equal opportunity to its that we are just causing more damage and killing more lives that shouldn't be lost over something that might not change. Even if we did win the war how can we trust them not to treat them like that anymore, they are already terrible enough to treat them like that in the first place what is winning a war have to do with changing someone when unfortunately not every changes.