Who is to Blame When Senseless Violence Committed

When senseless violence is committed, blame is sought out towards the persons who committed these crimes through their life styles.

Scene from Aurora, Colorado Mass Shooting

The reason I decided to write about this is because I wanted to show how our society can be wicked and unpredictable.  Friday July 20th, a man entered a movie theater in Auorora Colorado with deadly intents.  He was dressed with a ballistic helmet and bulletproof vest went into the movie theater with two pistols, a shot gun and assault rifle and shot at those within the theater.  This was during the premiere of the movie "The Dark Knight Rises".  He killed approximately 12 people and injured 59 people of all ages.  For what reason?  There is no good reason to perform such a disgusting act to innocent people.  These people were defenseless and just trying to have a good time at the movies.


Blame is the only way to understand what this person was thinking.  Through the life styles of criminals like this one, is the only way to figure out what set off the trigger.    


Who else can be held accountable for when senseless violence is committed.  One blame that I would like to connect to the violence is television.  Another influence that I would like to place blame on is video games.  The last influence I would like to recognize is parents.  


In today's time, violence is often to easy to find at any age.  With the flip of the channel a child can be exposed to violent television shows.  How much of an impact does television have on children?  Television is a tool that can be used to educate those who watch it.  They educate children about life, how to act and give them general knowledge.  The actions depicted within a television show can be reflected by those who watch it.  If a child is exposed to violence constantly, they are more likely to become more violent.  If a child is watching a show about rebellious teens, risky habits can be picked up such as smoking or drinking.  The impact that television can have on children is enormous.  In a study conducted by Cesarone Bernard, he found out that there is a 3% to 15% in aggression after watching a violent show.  If a child were to watch these shows continuously, their aggression levels would surely grow exponentially.

A popular video game that
involves violence

Another factor that can be attributed to violence committed is video games.  A lot of the popular video games today are filled with violence such as Halo, Call of Duty, Grand Theft Auto, Need for Speed and so on.  Playing these video games ensures numerous outcomes of those who play them which are they will become more aggressive, prone to confrontation, and see a decline in other activities such as school.  If a person were to constantly play these games, this list of outcomes can become more extreme.  The base motive of everyone of these games mentioned is to either kill other players or drive recklessly.  Halo and Call of Duty allows you to kill players from all over the world.  With plots like that its difficult to ensure a positive outcome from playing the games.                   

The last blame that can be placed upon is the parents.  Children are the products of their parents and should be partly blamed when their children perform heinous acts.  The reason they should be blamed is because parents are given the opportunity to mold their children.  When not completely attended to, a child will become more independent.  The problem with this independence is it can be in a negative way.  To prevent this parents should constantly communicate with their children and monitor their activities.  Monitor what they watch on television, the games they play and who they hang out with.  Communication is key because it can be a signal to whether or not if something is wrong.    

Lets work to make our society less violent by not watching as much violent television, playing less video games and learn to be good parents.  Lets figure out the source of the problem before events such as this one unfold.  If things continue to go the way it is, I see our nation becoming a dangerous place to live.     

Corporate Companies Effects on Local Business's 

As time goes by companies are continually figuring out ways to expand and become the best it can be.  Companies are opening new stores, expanding current stores and figuring out ways to be known by everyone.  

This is a good thing because it helps boost our economy by providing jobs opportunities.  With this new source of income for people is there any negatives that can possibly come from it?  The answer to this question is yes because these chain stores have a huge effect on other stores that are in the area.

One of Walmart's Newest Logos

Walmart for example has the ability to hire up to 350+ people when opening up a new store.  This is a lot of job opportunities but after you subtract the effect it has on other jobs it doesn't look as appealing.  The reason it can have an effect on jobs is it can take away customers from little mom and dad companies.  The results in the lack of business is downsizing the staff, difficult times, and even causing a little store to close down.

People lose jobs and aren't able to pay their bills and eventually lose what they've been saving for.  When stores close, its difficult for those who run them to find new work because it has been their life goals.  If they are able to find new work they usually find it at dead end jobs.

There are many reasons why opening stores such as Walmart can affect different business.  Stores like Walmart don't hurt one particular group of stores it can hurt a various amount.  Super Walmart's can take away customers from produce stores, grocery stores, convenience stores, retail stores, technology, etc.  That's a large amount of stores getting hit if a new Walmart were to be put into your town.

The reason large stores such as Walmart have the ability to hurt all these businesses is because they have the ability to sell their goods cheaper then its competition.  It helps when they have the ability to use their revenue to mass purchase goods and exploit workers from different countries by paying them cheap for their products produced.  Another reason Walmart has an advantage is because of the convenience of being able to go to one store and purchasing most of the items on a shopping list opposed to visiting multiple stores.

With these advantages little stores are huge underdogs in the sales world.  We need to learn to help the underdogs out by supporting our local stores.  Purchase their products because they can have a bigger effect on our society then you think.  Super stores such as Walmart will always be in insistence but little mom and dad stores will get at most one chance.   


          

What Has President Obama Done for Our Country?

Becoming president of a country isn't exactly the easiest task bestowed upon someone.  When a person runs for president they know about the burdens that come with it.  President Barack Obama was not ignorant of the situation the United States economy was when he ran for president.  

After a 8 year term, former President George W. Bush was able to leave President Barack Obama with quite a handful as he started his term.  He had to deal with a failing health care system, he received two wars, and at the time the economy was in the toilet.  The list does go on and on however this in my opinion are the main issues.

Personally I'm sick and tired with how everyone is treating President Barack Obama because he was given a pretty unfortunate mess.  He took the mess however and did the best he could do.  It seems like everyone put him on a pedestal and expected him to make magic.

Obama was given a failing health care system where some aspects of it didn't even make sense.  Health care companies were denying people who had previous existing conditions.  Insurance companies were charging people too much money making it not affordable to those in the lower class.  To help combat these problems Obama created Obama Care to try to combat these problems.  

Symbol of Obama Care

Like any health care system Obama Care obviously has its pros and cons.  If this Obama reform on health care were to pass numerous big changes would occur.  Those not covered with insurance by their employers or the government would be required to purchase at least a minimal health insurance coverage.  A lot of people see this as a con because they believe the government has no right to tell them what to do because of the constitution.  In my opinion it's a pro because if everyone were to have insurance everyone would have coverage making it less expensive if something were to happen to their health then if they weren't covered.  Another problem with health insurance is people would be denied of insurance due to preexisting conditions.  This new plan allows anyone to be covered and no one person can be denied of insurance due to a preexisting condition.     

When Obama was elected as President he inherited two wars that Bush had started.  He declared war with Iraq and Afghanistan with hidden agendas for both of them.  Obama  has already backed out of the Iraq war and shifted the War towards Afghanistan because of terrorist activities.  He is in the process on scheduling the return of American soldiers to end the Afghanistan war as well.  

The last major problem Obama had when he was elected into office was the economy.  At the time of December 2007 the United States was officially in a recession which is "a period of an economic contraction, sometimes limited to the scope or duration"  (dictionary.com).  If a recession were to continue it would eventually lead to a depression of which we are all more familiar with due to history.  

This was a big problem because it could cause a string of bad events.  Events such as banks failing, businesses failing, unemployment sky rocketing, etc.  

Barack Obama visiting big car companies to prepare for
his bailout plan

What Obama did to prevent this was he bailed out and saved the collapse of the automotive companies.  Another positive move he did to help lessen the effects of the recession was he created a $798 billion economic plan.  Health care a problem addressed earlier is another problem that hurts the economy.  Those who can't afford health care have a great chance of becoming in terrible debt if they were to get sick which could lead to them losing all their money.  If Obama care were passed everyone would be covered if they got sick.  He created over 2.1 million jobs with the America Recovery and Reinvestment Act. 

As you can see Obama was given a duty that most couldn't bare.  He was given an undesirable circumstance and did the best he could with it.  So no one has the right to judge him for what he has done.  This is a small fraction of move he has purposed while he was in office as he has obviously accomplished a lot more.  

Other accomplishments that can be credited to him was he closed the Guantanamo Bay Prison because it was treating prisoners unfairly.  Created a law to make energy producing plants begin preparing to use %15 renewable resources.  Ordered the military operation that killed Osama Bin Laden.  The list goes on and on.