Pretty Devils

I can see the darkness in your smile

I can hear the vain in your walk

I can see the confident face

And I see it's pain

Straining to be an angel

Funny how you manage to maintain

You think she is so innocent

But you won't see her true intentions

That of the serpent told of in Genesis

 With a resemblance of purity

Surely she won't have you fooled

Hmm...

And honesty

Bwahahahahahahaha!

Oh She will be honest

As much as she can make you believe

Now she has you where she wants you

You have been deceived. 

Was It A Mistake?

You never asked me for much

But what you did ask ended us

I never wanted it to be that way

All I wanted was what was best

Best for the both of us

Thinking back now like 

how...

How did I lose my love

How did I lose my best friend

The one would ride for me no matter what

A woman so poised and passionate

So humble and full of character

So willing to help others whenever

So loving to me

Why did you have to do that

You made me insecure about us

You made my heart grow tired of you

You hurt me

Then you asked me to trust you

I couldn't do it 

So we had to end

These days I think about what we had

I think about the happiness

But I also think about the pain

But there was something more that hurt me the most

you loved me more than I loved you

Why did I have to lose you

Fall

As you move closer and closer to the edge your heart races
What led to this
You knew it would happen but never when
you keep walking forward
Now you're here, facing the cliff to the fall
Are you afraid?
Will you jump?

You look down and see nothing
You look back there's nothing worth seeing
You face the sky in hope of an answer
There is no easy answer for this
Facing the next step 
to the fall
Will you jump?

Now you think about the what if's
The things that you may miss
The life that you could have had
And the life you are about to have
You take a deep breath
Close your eyes
And smile as you leap on faith
This fall is forever

There is no ground
The fall is forever

Will you jump?

My Big Problem... I Think

Do you remember when you were a kid and you always wondered why guys in movies or tv shows were so afraid of marriage? I was one of those kids. Now, as a young man I have found myself trapped in this box that I'm not sure I want to be out of any time soon... but eventually. This box I speak of is for protection. From what? Glad you asked. I seem to have this deeply implanted issue with marriage simply because I am not willing to give another person that much power in my life. 

I was with some friends in Memphis last week. They were talking to me about being or about to become married. Of course, the single guys had to give them a hard time about it, respectfully. I told them about my issue and one of the guys said "you know, if you think about it like that you will be alone for the rest of your life." That struck me. I did not gain a sudden urge to want to jump into anything. What did happen was my usual state of a cognitive blunder of countless scenarios about how my life could be. At first I thought my disposition was normal. Now I see that this is probably more of a problem than I thought. 

I'm usually very busy so this rarely pops up in my mind. However, today it came SO present to my mind that I decided to write this post that I'm sure people have stopped reading somewhere in the first or the middle of the second paragraph. If you have continued to read good job! You just got some comedy (maybe) out of the last couple of sentences. You may also find amusement out of the fact that during a conversation with my good friend that I forgot that the place I have been living in for about 6 years now has 3 bedrooms... but that's another story sorry for getting off topic. Anyway, I really do think that I have a major problem on my hands. What's your opinion? Is it a problem or not? Should I be worried? Should I ignore it? Did the top actually stop spinning at the end of Inception? Your feedback is more than welcome!

Too Late to Abort?

There is a law in Nebraska being placed that says that women cannot have an abortion after 20 weeks due to the fact that this when the fetus can feel pain. So if a woman feels that she cannot support a child than she cannot abort because of this law. Forcing a woman to bare and give birth to a child that she does not wish to have is undeniably unconstitutional. So what can be done to make this law not go into effect?
The reason the law is being made is because at this point of gestation the fetus can feel pain. The first issue that needs to be reviewed is the question “Can a fetus survive out of the womb at 20 weeks?” In some extreme cases there have been babies born as early as just over 22 weeks. Though a baby can survive that early in gestation, how will the baby’s medical problem affect the mother’s life? These things have to be taken into consideration when laws like this are created.
An issue with creating a law that restricts someone from having an abortion after 20 weeks is if the parent is a teenage mother. Sometime teens are afraid to let their parents know that they are pregnant or the teen herself may not even realize it. This would be a reason why the teen would wait so late to get an abortion. According to statistics 35 percent of pregnant teenagers have an abortion. Letting this law pass will make it that much harder for these young ladies and the child that they are forced to raise. Not only does this ruin the life of this teenager, it also puts the life of the baby at risk as well. There are some cases with parents that are so overwhelmed with taking care of an infant that the kill the baby. According to a study on infant homicide, More than 80 percent of infant homicides are considered to be fatal child abuse and one of the most important risk factors was that the mother was under the age of 19. People may be pro-life, but forcing a teen to be a mother may end an infant’s life more violently than an abortion.
According to the Supreme Court decision on Roe vs. Wade, the Due Process Clause stating a right to privacy ruled that all state and federal laws outlawing abortion were unconstitutional. Since then states have been trying to been their way around this decision. Though people may not like it is true that if a doctor tells a woman she cannot have an abortion that doctor is violating that woman’s right as an American to the privacy, welfare, happiness of her life. So in that affect, making any abortion law, pro-life or not, is not a law made for justice. It is made for a Judeo-Christian society that believes there should be no abortions. There are laws made that say that a woman cannot get an abortion, and the laws are passes. This is a problem that this nation must address.

What Should America Do About China?

In recent years the United States and China haven’t exactly been on the best of terms. The two powerhouse countries have had their many issues involving the economy. President Obama and many economic analysts believe that China is under-valuing the country’s currency. This makes the China’s products unfairly cheap and consequently puts countries into deficits with China. Something should be done about this problem. America and other countries involved in trade with China should get together and figure out a way to force China to start appreciating the value of the country’s currency.

Since 2008 America has been in a recession that has changed the lives of many Americans. People have lost jobs, years of hard work, and monumental amounts of money. As recently as February the trade deficit was reported at over 40 billion. Some of the main problems with this economy is its dependency on outside sources and how much America owes to other countries. Our main problem is China. Not only is China our largest importer, we are in a deficit deeper with them than we are with any other country.

China is making a tremendous mess with the undervaluing of the country’s currency. America, along with other counties, feels that it is time for change to start appreciating the value of their currency. Many believe that China’s manipulation of currency has helped the country get to how powerful it is economically. China, on the other hand, is upset that the leaders are being viewed as currency manipulators because they actually believe the currency is valued at a fair price. America believes that if China reevaluates the country’s currency that the US trade deficit would decrease tremendously because the US owes China more that the country owes any other country. The question then becomes “How do you get China to revalue the country’s currency?”

You can only force someone’s hand so much. The United States cannot be so quick to set up public arguments with Chinese officials or meetings with foes of China that may bring a since of violence instead. What America, and other countries that have business with China, need to do is fight China with brains. What needs to happen is that China needs to be sanctioned and tariffs need to be placed on Chinese goods in order to force the country to comply with countries it is in business with. Blogger Michael Pettis discusses how the US raising wages on China would be a good thing and that it is a necessary risk that must be taken. There are also some negative aspects of this strategy. China has found ways to retaliate against countries, including the United States, by imposing tariffs on those countries. Also, China could be rash and drop partnerships all together. For example, because Obama began to push China too hard they began to consider dropping some U.S. companies.

The US economy is at a rough point now but is reportedly getting better. If we want to have this problem solved with China we need to make more moves, with the help of other countries, to make sure that China follows suit and reevaluates the country’s currency. Once that currency is properly valued then not only will the US lose a chunk of its deficit, but many other countries would benefit by having a decreased surplus. This can happen if China is willing to work with the rest of the world.

The Importance of Spreadsheets.

Spreadsheets are very important in the world that we live in today. Companies use it to gain data on competition and organize things in their own office. Spreadsheets are good for informational purposes and at a journalistic stand point one would find Spreadsheets vital to the story that one is working on.

I did research on the violent crime rate in Detroit from 1985 to 1997. From the data ascertained there were many numbers that really jump out at you. In 1991 and 1992 one out of every 37 people experienced a violent crime. The average rate for people who experienced a violent crime from 85 to 97 was one out of every 43 people. The total crime, which includes murder or manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault, averaged out to 23,671 violent crimes per year. The two most frequently reported crimes were robbery averaging in at 10,244 per year and Aggravated assault coming in first averaging 11,941 per year. One thing I found very interesting was depleting population rate of the city. In 1985 the population of Detroit was at a healthy 1,090,581; and once reaching its high of 1,096,947 in ’86. But in the year 2007 the population was 860,971, a population decrease of approximately 21 percent. Staggering numbers to say the least.

This information is vital from a journalistic stand point because one has so many different numbers to use which can help provide or point about the story. It is also important in the case of the security of the people of the city of Detroit and people that plan to move there. With this type of information at your disposal you can possibly save your self from being a victim on crimes or because of the population decreasing rate you probably would second guess moving there in the first place.