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.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
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.
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