Sean Roberts
LEDES
Major Phil Packer, 36, completed the London marathon. He has served in the British army for years and was injured in a rocket attack in Iraq. He lost both of his legs and was told he would never walk again. Major Packer’s goal is to raise money, through his efforts, for Help for Heroes.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,519618,00.html
A man in Kenya is suing G10, a women’s group, for a strike against sex. He claims it has given him multiple medical problems such as backaches, stress, and lack of concentration. The strike has stopped but he is still fighting to the Nairobi high court.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,519627,00.html
A man in New Zealand was found dead in his room today. He has held police at bay from his house for three days now after killing a constable. A neighbor and two policemen were also killed in the three day siege. The house was surrounded by 100 police officers and is still guarded due to fear of booby traps.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,25452351-401,00.html?from=public_rss
A former soldier faces the death sentence for unimaginable charges. Private first class Steven Green raped a young girl in Iraq and killed her. Before committing this act he took her parents and siblings to another room and killed them. There were others involved in the rape and all face life to death.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article6251887.ece#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=797093
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Thursday, May 7, 2009
More Ledes
In Kenya a man is being charged with manslaughter after shooting and killing an undercover wildlife officer researching poaching on his land. He was also involved in another case of similar effects. Thomas Patrick Gilbert Cholmondeley shot and killed a black man who was poaching on his land and was tried for it but not charged. Now he has shot and killed another man who turned out to be a wildlife officer. Mr. Cholmondeley, 40, is facing spending the rest of his life in one of the most notorious prisons in Kenya but his lawyers say he will only spend a few years there.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/08/world/africa/08kenya.html?_r=1&ref=world
In Iraq an advisory team attached to Iraqi forces was attacked. Sgt. Davis was shot and killed by an Iraqi soldier in uniform. The private fled to a near by town and was turned over by his tribe. Two marine officers were wounded in the attack and another was killed. This event has destroyed not only lives but the trust we have been working so hard at building with the Iraqi forces.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/07/world/middleeast/07mitts.html?ref=world
A man was arrested for swimming across a lake to enter Daw Aung San Suu Kyi a Nobel Peace Prize laureate. She has been on house arrest and is not allowed visitors. There are police blockades and security leading to her house but he swam across the lake and got around all of it. They are unsure of why he was there but they found various items of interest on him when he was arrested.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/08/world/asia/08myanmar.html?ref=world
In North Carolina there is a text line for adolescents to get answers about sex-ed. There are adults from the Pregnancy Prevention Campaign that answer the texts and try to help and comfort these teens. They usually have a hard time doing so in only a few sentences. The idea is good but it all goes back to how adults are slacking at their jobs of being parents.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/03/fashion/03sexed.html?ref=education
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/08/world/africa/08kenya.html?_r=1&ref=world
In Iraq an advisory team attached to Iraqi forces was attacked. Sgt. Davis was shot and killed by an Iraqi soldier in uniform. The private fled to a near by town and was turned over by his tribe. Two marine officers were wounded in the attack and another was killed. This event has destroyed not only lives but the trust we have been working so hard at building with the Iraqi forces.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/07/world/middleeast/07mitts.html?ref=world
A man was arrested for swimming across a lake to enter Daw Aung San Suu Kyi a Nobel Peace Prize laureate. She has been on house arrest and is not allowed visitors. There are police blockades and security leading to her house but he swam across the lake and got around all of it. They are unsure of why he was there but they found various items of interest on him when he was arrested.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/08/world/asia/08myanmar.html?ref=world
In North Carolina there is a text line for adolescents to get answers about sex-ed. There are adults from the Pregnancy Prevention Campaign that answer the texts and try to help and comfort these teens. They usually have a hard time doing so in only a few sentences. The idea is good but it all goes back to how adults are slacking at their jobs of being parents.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/03/fashion/03sexed.html?ref=education
Twilight was horrible!
Sean Roberts
Movie review
After watching “Twilight” I am not impressed. If so many people are in such a craze to see this movie I expected it to be a good movie; I was wrong!
Every girl and every other guy I talk to seems to think that twilight is the next best thing to sliced bread. I thought this might be a great movie; so I watched it. It has a great plot at first with vampires and a good looking girl. When I saw this I was interested and kept watching. My hopes were ruined when I found out that the vampires are “vegetarian” vampires. That ruins the whole idea of vampires and degrades any author who created a good vampire story such as “Dracula” or “Interview With a Vampire.” The main purpose of vampires is to scare people with there human appetites. What is scary about a group of vampires that just eat deer or cows and never even try to harm a human? What is worse is that one of the vampires falls in love with a human.
The first problem with them falling in love is vampires aren’t supposed to be able to feel emotions. That is what makes being a vampire undesirable. They can’t feel love, pain, fear, or any other emotions. The second problem with the relationship is a human and a vampire can’t fall in love. That is like a cat and a mouse falling in love it just isn’t right. A better example would be a human falling in love with a hamburger. You can’t love something you eat it isn’t possible. Another huge problem with them falling in love is that it turns a good movie upside down and inside out. It destroys the whole movie from being a good sci-fi. There have been lots of vampire movies and stories involving love but it isn’t the main focus of them. It is more like the side show to fill in the gaps.
In twilight they focus the whole thing on Edward and Bella and I think that is what ruins it. It is too simple to follow. Bella has a problem Edward saves the day over and over again with a sappy love seen to fill it in. Now if they added in a few vampire fights with the other vampire group or something like that it would have been more interesting. Call me a typical guy, but I like to see action and suspense in a movie not kissy kissy love scenes that put me asleep.
Over all it is easy to see that I’m saying Twilight is a horrible movie. Love scenes, “vegetarian vampires,” and a boring plot is all that it was. I wouldn’t suggest to anybody to watch unless they just had the curiosity to find out for themselves.
Movie review
After watching “Twilight” I am not impressed. If so many people are in such a craze to see this movie I expected it to be a good movie; I was wrong!
Every girl and every other guy I talk to seems to think that twilight is the next best thing to sliced bread. I thought this might be a great movie; so I watched it. It has a great plot at first with vampires and a good looking girl. When I saw this I was interested and kept watching. My hopes were ruined when I found out that the vampires are “vegetarian” vampires. That ruins the whole idea of vampires and degrades any author who created a good vampire story such as “Dracula” or “Interview With a Vampire.” The main purpose of vampires is to scare people with there human appetites. What is scary about a group of vampires that just eat deer or cows and never even try to harm a human? What is worse is that one of the vampires falls in love with a human.
The first problem with them falling in love is vampires aren’t supposed to be able to feel emotions. That is what makes being a vampire undesirable. They can’t feel love, pain, fear, or any other emotions. The second problem with the relationship is a human and a vampire can’t fall in love. That is like a cat and a mouse falling in love it just isn’t right. A better example would be a human falling in love with a hamburger. You can’t love something you eat it isn’t possible. Another huge problem with them falling in love is that it turns a good movie upside down and inside out. It destroys the whole movie from being a good sci-fi. There have been lots of vampire movies and stories involving love but it isn’t the main focus of them. It is more like the side show to fill in the gaps.
In twilight they focus the whole thing on Edward and Bella and I think that is what ruins it. It is too simple to follow. Bella has a problem Edward saves the day over and over again with a sappy love seen to fill it in. Now if they added in a few vampire fights with the other vampire group or something like that it would have been more interesting. Call me a typical guy, but I like to see action and suspense in a movie not kissy kissy love scenes that put me asleep.
Over all it is easy to see that I’m saying Twilight is a horrible movie. Love scenes, “vegetarian vampires,” and a boring plot is all that it was. I wouldn’t suggest to anybody to watch unless they just had the curiosity to find out for themselves.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
OPED against Kyle's global warming editorial
Can they be serious Global Warming a major issue! They are out of their minds if that is the top priority in their lives. Out of all the problems in this world global warming is not the biggest. I will use Kyle Marsh’s editorial to prove my argument.
In the first paragraph he says, just like many others, that global warming is a major issue. If it is so major and fatal why has it so rhythmically happened in the past? Even the global warming scientists say that it has happened in the past and an ice age has followed it. If it is a natural pattern of our earth then we have nothing to worry about other then adapt and overcome the changes.
Another issue with his first paragraph is the sentence; “…we have these redneck hicks in our world still polluting it…” Last I knew it was the large industries dumping waste, people driving cars, and dumps burning or insufficiently storing waste. How is it that redneck hicks are the only ones polluting our earth? Everybody is and in my personal opinion it is the rich pricks that do it the most.
The second paragraph starts of with targeting diesel engines as a major problem from the “hicks” but there is a problem with that claim. The military uses strictly diesel engines, truckers drive semi-trucks with diesel engines, and the tractors that farmers and ranchers use to produce food have diesel engines. Diesel is not the biggest cause of global warming; gas is also a cause and who hasn’t driven a car that doesn’t run off of gas? In the second paragraph it says that we should think about our future and to me that is the agriculture, technology, and military perspectives not focusing on a bunch of trees; those categories are what will keep us fed, comfortable, and safe.
My next argument against this editorial is in the third paragraph were he says that we have inhumanly increased the levels of CO2. It was humanly increased because with the massive increase in our numbers came more CO2 and things that caused it. The earth was designed to balance itself out and even though we have pushed the levels higher it can still do the same thing that it has for millions of years.
I hope I have possibly made the point that global warming is not as big of an issue as people think it is.
In the first paragraph he says, just like many others, that global warming is a major issue. If it is so major and fatal why has it so rhythmically happened in the past? Even the global warming scientists say that it has happened in the past and an ice age has followed it. If it is a natural pattern of our earth then we have nothing to worry about other then adapt and overcome the changes.
Another issue with his first paragraph is the sentence; “…we have these redneck hicks in our world still polluting it…” Last I knew it was the large industries dumping waste, people driving cars, and dumps burning or insufficiently storing waste. How is it that redneck hicks are the only ones polluting our earth? Everybody is and in my personal opinion it is the rich pricks that do it the most.
The second paragraph starts of with targeting diesel engines as a major problem from the “hicks” but there is a problem with that claim. The military uses strictly diesel engines, truckers drive semi-trucks with diesel engines, and the tractors that farmers and ranchers use to produce food have diesel engines. Diesel is not the biggest cause of global warming; gas is also a cause and who hasn’t driven a car that doesn’t run off of gas? In the second paragraph it says that we should think about our future and to me that is the agriculture, technology, and military perspectives not focusing on a bunch of trees; those categories are what will keep us fed, comfortable, and safe.
My next argument against this editorial is in the third paragraph were he says that we have inhumanly increased the levels of CO2. It was humanly increased because with the massive increase in our numbers came more CO2 and things that caused it. The earth was designed to balance itself out and even though we have pushed the levels higher it can still do the same thing that it has for millions of years.
I hope I have possibly made the point that global warming is not as big of an issue as people think it is.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Future weapons review
The Army is always looking for new advances in technology and weapons. Two of their latest possibilities are the land warrior system and the XM8 assault rifle. Both of these advances could completely change the battle field of the future. Both of these advances are focused on helping the infantry soldiers who originally were equipped with weapons, uniforms, and rations.
The Land warrior system is designed to eliminate the fog of not having enough information on the battle field. A soldier can look through a small screen in one eye to find enemy or friendly troops or look at mission objectives. The LWS also has communication advances like a texting based communication and better radio systems. The LWS has a super hearing option also and can make the surrounding noises of a soldier louder and clearer or quieter to focus on something. There is a sight option also were the soldier can look through the screen and see were their rifle is aiming. This allows a soldier to look around corners or out windows without being in the line of fire. The LWS consists of a GPS, radio, com. Unit, eye screen, and a computer. The total weight of the LWS is ten pounds which raises a few complaints to some soldiers. Not all the soldiers training with the LWS agree with everybody using it. Some think that it is useless for all soldiers to have and squad or platoon leaders should be the lowest they go. The first combat test will take place this year when a unit; training in Ft. Lewis, Washington; deploys to Iraq. They will be the first to use the system out of a training situation. Personally I think that the possibilities from the LWS are amazing and could be a major advance but I’m not sure if it is combat ready the system seems very complicated and a lot of its features become useless to some soldiers.
The other upgrade possibility is a weapon, designed with the battlefield soldier in mind. The XM8 looks a lot like the kind of gun you would see on a Halo video game it has a smother look with lots of options to it. The rifle is ambidextrous, which is a great option because both left and right handed people can use it. The Rifle has an adjustable stock to fit to different layers of clothes, armor, and so on so forth. A faster loading design also makes this weapon a great one because the faster you can reload your weapon the more bullets you can send the enemy. Scopes, night vision, and various other accessories can be attached to the XM8 to allow the soldier more capabilities. One of those accessories can be a grenade launch that can replace the forward hand grip. Something the soldiers will love is that the XM8 can be set to safe, semi-auto, and full-auto; which can be switched from either side of the rifle. I believe that the XM8 is the dawn of future assault rifles and will make a huge advance in them.
The Land warrior system is designed to eliminate the fog of not having enough information on the battle field. A soldier can look through a small screen in one eye to find enemy or friendly troops or look at mission objectives. The LWS also has communication advances like a texting based communication and better radio systems. The LWS has a super hearing option also and can make the surrounding noises of a soldier louder and clearer or quieter to focus on something. There is a sight option also were the soldier can look through the screen and see were their rifle is aiming. This allows a soldier to look around corners or out windows without being in the line of fire. The LWS consists of a GPS, radio, com. Unit, eye screen, and a computer. The total weight of the LWS is ten pounds which raises a few complaints to some soldiers. Not all the soldiers training with the LWS agree with everybody using it. Some think that it is useless for all soldiers to have and squad or platoon leaders should be the lowest they go. The first combat test will take place this year when a unit; training in Ft. Lewis, Washington; deploys to Iraq. They will be the first to use the system out of a training situation. Personally I think that the possibilities from the LWS are amazing and could be a major advance but I’m not sure if it is combat ready the system seems very complicated and a lot of its features become useless to some soldiers.
The other upgrade possibility is a weapon, designed with the battlefield soldier in mind. The XM8 looks a lot like the kind of gun you would see on a Halo video game it has a smother look with lots of options to it. The rifle is ambidextrous, which is a great option because both left and right handed people can use it. The Rifle has an adjustable stock to fit to different layers of clothes, armor, and so on so forth. A faster loading design also makes this weapon a great one because the faster you can reload your weapon the more bullets you can send the enemy. Scopes, night vision, and various other accessories can be attached to the XM8 to allow the soldier more capabilities. One of those accessories can be a grenade launch that can replace the forward hand grip. Something the soldiers will love is that the XM8 can be set to safe, semi-auto, and full-auto; which can be switched from either side of the rifle. I believe that the XM8 is the dawn of future assault rifles and will make a huge advance in them.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Sean's editorial
There is a group of people that meet on Main Street in Sheridan and protest the war in Iraq. These people drive me insane for a lot of reasons. There are currently 900 men and women from Wyoming National Guard deploying to Iraq.
One thing that is going to bug me the most is the fact that most likely a lot of the people that meet to protest the war are going to be at the farewell party for the troops. If that isn’t a hypocrite I don’t know what is! They tell the men and women putting their lives on the line, good luck or we support you, then they turn around and protest the war. Why would you do that? These people that protest the war are making a huge mistake.
Most of the protesters have no military background themselves and they think they know what is best for the people in the military and what they should and shouldn’t do. That is not right to me because they haven’t seen what is happening in that country. They rely solely on NBC or ABC to show them what the war is like and they twist it way out of proportion. For years people have worried about government conspiracies when they really should worry about media conspiracies controlling their minds. I know that news stations have the right to say what they want but if they are going to tell people about something they need to cover the whole story and cover it truthfully. My father has been there once along with an ex brother-in-law and they both have shown me pictures of what the people in that country have had to live like because of the way their country is run. Nobody should have to live in terror everyday wondering if when they walk out the door if somebody will have a bomb on them at work or at the market.
If you have ever seen a group of children missing arms and legs you understand that there is a reason why we are there. The news always shows people mad that our troops are there yet if you ask almost any soldier that has been there they can tell you stories of people giving trying to give them gifts as thanks for what we have done for them.
I’m tired of people downgrading the military and this war its time for people to look at all the facts and stop being such hypocrites.
One thing that is going to bug me the most is the fact that most likely a lot of the people that meet to protest the war are going to be at the farewell party for the troops. If that isn’t a hypocrite I don’t know what is! They tell the men and women putting their lives on the line, good luck or we support you, then they turn around and protest the war. Why would you do that? These people that protest the war are making a huge mistake.
Most of the protesters have no military background themselves and they think they know what is best for the people in the military and what they should and shouldn’t do. That is not right to me because they haven’t seen what is happening in that country. They rely solely on NBC or ABC to show them what the war is like and they twist it way out of proportion. For years people have worried about government conspiracies when they really should worry about media conspiracies controlling their minds. I know that news stations have the right to say what they want but if they are going to tell people about something they need to cover the whole story and cover it truthfully. My father has been there once along with an ex brother-in-law and they both have shown me pictures of what the people in that country have had to live like because of the way their country is run. Nobody should have to live in terror everyday wondering if when they walk out the door if somebody will have a bomb on them at work or at the market.
If you have ever seen a group of children missing arms and legs you understand that there is a reason why we are there. The news always shows people mad that our troops are there yet if you ask almost any soldier that has been there they can tell you stories of people giving trying to give them gifts as thanks for what we have done for them.
I’m tired of people downgrading the military and this war its time for people to look at all the facts and stop being such hypocrites.
Monday, February 23, 2009
An 11-year-old boy killed his step-mother-to-be and is on trial for it. His attorney is trying to push his case to juvenile court but I think he should be tried as an adult. If a boy can pick up a shot gun shoot his step mom and then get on the bus and go to school with his step sister he can sit in jail and get the death sentence. There is only one kind of person who could do something like that.
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