Body of Yale Student Found

In recent news I heard about a 24 year-old woman had gone missing. She was a Yale graduate student with what I can only assume had a bright future. Her body was found recently in the basement of a building inside of a wall. Today would have been the day of her wedding. I find it terribly sad to see such evil acts happening in this country. However, it happens every day. I really would like to know how somebody could do something so cynical. Especially after I saw a photograph of the victim. She was just a sweet-looking, innocent young woman. It really scares me to think of the kind of monster that could commit such an act.

Swine Flue

I am a little concerned about the swine flu. It has reached all fifty states and people my age are most susceptible to the virus. If the vaccine isn't distributed fast enough, the U.S. may be looking at a serious pandemic. Lets hope that this is not the case. I think that people need to be better informed on this situation. Nobody really knows where exactly the virus is. I would like to know how many cases have been found in the area that I live in. That information would be good to know to ensure people take necessary measures to avoid contact with this virus.

Health Care Reform

I do not find anything wrong with a new health care reform. I hope to see the day when we have free heath care just as Canada has for their citizens. If they can give us that with the same quality of care I think the U.S. would be heading in the right direction. The only thing that worries me is what may happen to the need for doctors. I think that doctor's salary will be severely cut due to this and that may turn people away from the career. I would not mind paying more in taxes to see to it that the U.S. becomes and stays a country of free heath care.

The Nostradamus Effect

I find it very hard to think that scientific observations, ancient Mayan mysteries, Biblical tellings, and Nostradamus' finding to be sheer coincidence. Everything points to one single thing beginning in the year of 2012. Scientists have discovered that there will be an alignment of the planets during that year that will set off a barrage of horrific events that could lead to the extinction of mankind. The alignment will be made right in between Sagittarius and Scorpio. Right where Sagittarius' arrow point is is where the alignment will occur. It is the center of it all in a sense. Nostradamus had found a thirteenth Zodiac located just above that center. He called it the most unlucky of Zodiacs hence, the thirteenth. But the question is: Can the future events of our world really be found in the sky?

2012

I did not believe a thing about the events presumed to happen on the year 2012. However, once I was put into the position to actually research for myself, I began to think that it all may be true after all.

It started in my high-school algebra class. At the end of the year we had to research and write a report on something pertaining to mathematics. My partner and I chose to write about Mayan Numbers. The Mayans have a mysterious history of unexplainable proportions. If you know at least a little about the calendar we use today, you will know that it is the same calendar system the Mayans created over a thousand years ago. What is amazing is how accurately they measured out the days in a year using nothing but primitive technology. There is an ancient pyramid that they build consisting of 91 steps on each side not including the top step. Added together, these steps summed up to 365. Each step represents one day out of the year, while each side represented one of the four seasons of the year. But the mystery is that the Mayans only counted out the calendars up to the year 2012. Some specialists said that that may have been around the time the Mayan civilization mysteriously became extinct. Others say it could have meaning to it. Maybe the Mayans had better technology to observe the cosmos than we thought.

Space Exploration

We definitely need to continue the exploration of space. Sure the moon is going to be a boring subject because there is simply no need to go back there. But with recent events, I believe NASA needs to get going on a new program and fast. The year 2012 is dawning on us faster than we may think. Some people I spoke with about it believe it would be a good idea. Others thought it was just nonsense. But do we really want to wait around before it is too late to find out? I would rather be safe than sorry. I think NASA needs to put together a large program to discover other worlds fit for human habitat. We have only begun to explore just a meager sliver of what we call the universe. If human life wants to continue as so I think now would be as good a time as any. Even if the research turns out to be wrong about the events that the year 2012 may have, we must look at it in the long run as well.

Earth is not destined to last forever. Just like any other planet, it's days will one day end and no longer support life. Our sun that has encouraged life on earth for so long is also reaching its final stages. Granted the sun has a very very large life span. We will never see the end of days in our lifetime or not even our great grandchildren's lifetime. But we still should encourage the thought that one day the human race will not be able to live on this planet any longer. Space exploration in my opinion is the key to the continuation of human life.

Michael Jackson

It was a sad day for me when I first heard the tragic news of the world renowned "King of Pop's" death. He had a good heart and I honestly do not believe any of the accusations against him. He is just a little different. He grew up in a hard family. His father was always pushing him so hard for success and he never lead a normal life. "With fame comes misfortune," that is an appropriate saying.

His death came as a shock to the nation and many stories were brought up about his death. Today it seems evident that he fell victim to a very potent prescription drug. That upsets me that he would let all of his adoring fans down and do something like that. However, I am more upset at the media for prying into this man's life. Too many rumers were slung about after his death and I feel it is not in good moral to speak ill of some one who has just passed. He may not always be remembered as a good role model, but he will always be the King of Pop. They can't take that away from him.

Accusation Against President Obama

It saddens me to see how many people feel so threatened by our president. The worst part of it is that people will be so quick to believe anything these days. A simple visit from the president to an elementary school to talk about how important school is was all it was. How could anybody get a mixed signal about that? I thing it is a major over-reaction. It seems way to far-fetched to think that the president is going to convey his so called, "socialist idealism" to these children.