Reading Report #1

Reading Report #1

 

            This article covered a recurring issue today that can be found in examples of itself all over the Internet. This issue is the credibility of information posted on the Internet. More often than not many people look to the Internet as a beacon of credible information. This article’s purpose is to point out the fact that this is not so. Many people have used such information in reports, papers, and essays. They all have unknowingly put their trust into a source where everyone in the world has access to it and it is virtually impossible to monitor or regulate the information that is posted on the Internet. This article points out ways and techniques to avoid being scammed over the Internet and to weed out credible information from information that is good and useful.

 

            I think that we could all take a very important message from this article because there are so many instances in today’s world where if we don’t know the answer to a question we lay our full reliance upon websites such as Wikipedia and Google. We must all realize that there is so much information that is exchanged between internet mediums such as Google and Wikipedia that we can never have any idea where this information originated from or its credibility.

The 2009 Presidential Inauguration

This morning I viewed the 2009 Presidential Inauguration on the CBS News Channel. The inauguration began with speeches from various political figures and then eventually moved into the main event where Barack Obama was sworn into office from President Elect to President of the United States of America. Afterwards newly inaugurated president Barack Obama gave a long speech to address his new instatement into office. He was followed by the reciting of a poem and a speech by a highly regarded reverend that had been a leader in the civil rights movement.

            I felt that the inauguration went fairly well as a whole. The only mistake came when the chief justice decided to mess up the oath. President Obama’s speech I felt was very eloquent and powerful at the same time. I honestly think he is just one of those people who even if you don’t agree with him, you will listen. His charisma and expert oratory technique helped to make a speech which many people will remember for the rest of their lives. The poem after his speech sucked. It was a gigantic buzzkill that ultimately took away from the thunder of president Obama’s speech. The speech given by the reverend was awesome though. It was actually pretty funny towards the end. He said something like “ Yellow stay mellow, brown stay around, red move ahead, and white embrace what is right”  His speech was incredible because he was able to give an incredible dedication because of who he is to the civil rights movement and at the same time make everyone laugh. The most incredible part of this inauguration was the amount of people brought together under one president from every color, race and religion. And being from DC it was the most packed I have ever seen it!!!!

Posting Exploration

Today I am shredding the gnar on my blog.