Civil Rights: A Controversy for Generations to Come

As an American, what do you think your number one civil right is? Take a second to think about it, make sure to consider all types of civil rights... Now think about that right, and gain an understanding as to why you considered that as your number one choice. What would you say if someone suddenly, without reason, took that right away from you. Stripped it away forever. How would you react? I would be furious! Well, time and time again, we have seen this happen in America. Now, America is not the only country guilty of limiting civil rights, some countries don't even allow their citizens any rights. 

Well, in 1942 during the heat of WWII, President Roosevelt executed Executive Order 9066. This was essentially a deportation of Japansese Americans to internment camps for the duration of the war against the axis powers. In class, we learned that an Executive Order is a temporary law that the President creates when he feels neccessary. Congress may either choose to veto the order with a two-thirds  vote, or not. And then the Supreme Court may or may not review the order to decide if it's Constitutional or not. This order lasted the duration of the War, and it left many innocent Japenese-Americans homeless and without jobs or income security for generations to come. 

How would you justify that order? It was time of War, then it's okay, right!? Or was the President and Congress merely afraid of political disruption? Targetting the Japenese-Americans just to create a scapegoat for the public to deem an enemy. Please leave your comments below!

Chakra Mediation and Balancing

Chakra meditating may be the best thing I have ever done. Over the past two years I have been in deep research about the seven Chakras what they do to the mind, body and soul. Check out the attached photo!

Chakras are points of contact in the body where your sub conscious focuses massive amounts of energy. These energy points can control everything from your attitude, and emotions, to your physical ailments and indigestion. In order to open these chakras, you must find a guided meditation video to lead you through the steps of deep chakra meditation. Each Chakra has its own designated musical note on the C major scale. When you open your Chakras you feel an immense amount of relaxation, and numbness. Your whole body is working together, and you slow down to focus on your breath. You realize that you are just a speck in a much larger universe, and all energy flows through you before passing on to another person. Therefore, you must focus on positive thinking, and positive outlooks on life, because the love you put out into the world you will receive ten fold. After you have opened your chakras, you feel re-energized and enlightened. It helps with depression, insomnia, relationship problems, etc... And is especially helpful when you are stressed out in school (New Trier).

The point of opening your Chakras is to open your subconscious to the endless possibilities that you are not aware of when you are awake and conscious. You slow down your thoughts, and are able to sort things into boxes and understand why things are the way they are. If you are struggling with what the meaning of life is, or just want to experiment with meditation, I highly suggest you try out some guided Chakra meditations. You will not be disappointed. 

Please leave your comments below!

What's Up With Rodman?

Before reading this, you will need to watch this three minute video. You will be just as baffled as I am, and it will engage you in this blog post.

Okay, your back. WHAT IN THE HECK?! Dennis, my man, you can't be doing that, can you? The White House most definitely does not think so, in fact White House Press Secretary, Jay Carney expressed his anger earlier this week, "I'm not going to dignify that outburst with a response," Carney said during his daily briefing. The Obama Administration claims they have no ties with Dennis Rodman, and are incredibly upset with his outburst. The man brought in question further on in the interview, Kenneth Bae, is an American Citizen who was sentenced to a North Korean Labor camp without any legitimate reason. Rodman, who later apologized and said his outburst was because he was drunk, replied, "I don't give a shit. I don't give a rat's ass what the hell you think." Not only did Rodman make himself look like a fool, he also is putting an American Citizen's life at risk. By talking trash about Kenneth Bae, he is only hyphening up North Korean officials to do worse things to Bae than put him in a labor camp. 

Rodman claims to be friends with the North Korean Dictator, Kim Jung Un. Clearly, Kim Jung Un does not care much about family, so I guess he should take all the friends he can get. But I would be careful if I was friends with such a powerful person, powerful people tend to be compulsive and do things without thinking them through. The next time Rodman tosses back a couple of screw drivers, and decides to be interviewed by CNN, I'm afraid he will say something bad about North Korea. What will happen then? How will Kim Jung Un react? I would air on the side of caution, and say not well.

What do you think about Rodman's spectacle? Do you think he just wants publicity, or is he genuinely friends with the dictator of the most feared nation in the world?