PLN 14

1 dead in Larimer car crash
Woman killed in Adams County accident
Police seek hit-and-run driver
E. HARLEM CAR CRASH KILLS GIRL, 2
8-month-old ejected from car in accident
2 DEAD IN GRAVE TRUCK ACCIDENT IN BROOKLYN

What does all this have in common? I will tell you what they are all car accidents and people have died. These are just some of the very many car accidents around the world. People have died in horrible accidents. There have been massive car pile ups, car bombs, children being thrown hundreds of feet out windows, people burned alive, crushed to death the list goes on and on.

Good decent people have been killed in car accidents. Many have taken life forgranted. But when deaths cold touch comes near them they realize how lucky they are to be alive. All of these people have had their life taken away. Because of what a drunk driver.
Think about these incidents this way. One day you wake up, you’re going to have a great day ahead of you. You don’t even think about the fact of death. You get up and do your usual routine. Shower, teeth, clothes. You hear the phone ring but decide to not pick up. It was your parents…they call to see how you are doing. You decide not to respond I mean you can see them any day right. You’re going over to see your friends. Today’s your brother’s birthday. You decide not to celebrate it because he is not as much fun as your friends are. You are tired and decide not to wear a seatbelt besides who thinks its cool anyways. You get out of your driveway and take the usual road. Your driving minding your own business. You see a hot girl walk by and decide to yell out ay bay bay. Right when you take your eyes off the road for a second you feel a great amount of pressure on your body. Things fade in and out. Your pants are hot from the freshly spilled coffee. The airbag suffocating you. Your right arm in an unimaginable amount of pain. Your radio still blasting music as you sit there helplessly. You cant help to think of your whole entire life. Your childhood, your first fishing trip, your friends, your family. Your family who you took for granted and decided is not important. Your first girlfriend, your first dog, your first Christmas, your first birthday. You remember all your mistakes everything that didn’t seem important now means the world to you. Things go black. In under 4 seconds your life has changed. You have been in a deadly car crash. You are lucky you survived you were hit by a driver. It was your fault, you ran the stop sign. Your now in the hospital waking up. Your family staring at you. Where are your friends did they decide not to show up. You want to get up and give your family a big hug. You try and move you cant. Your legs feel like they are weighed down by a ball of lead. Your paralyzed your spinal cord no longer giving messages to your legs. You will never walk again. Your right arm is in pain you see that it is bandaged up. Bloodstains seeping through the bandage. You feverishly move it to see if it was okay. You yelp out in pain when you move it but pleased it is in working condition. Your family sitting there crying over you it has been a day and a half in the hospital. All that you can do now is cry and pray you can be part of normally functioning society. You look at your dads eyes you missed him you missed everyone you are glad to be alive.

This article is very important to me. My sister when she was very young got in a car accident with a drunk driver at the wheel. She survived but is not the same around that person. She still somewhat has a fear that I will not delve into.
This matters around the world because people die in car accidents. People all around the world are dying because of them. Try and make a difference and buckle up.

Pln 13

Wild fires are very dangerous. They are considered a natural disaster. The most famous wild fire today is the Chicago wild fire. The Chicago fire spread through all of Chicago killing many people and burning down hundreds of thousands of homes. Today a new epidemic such as that one is happening. In southern California a horrible fire is going on. Now over 500,000 people have been affected by this tragedy. Yes even celebrities are affected by this incident. California fires affect 500,000 is the title of the article.

In the article it talks about how the government was slow to respond to the last crisis in the U.S. It talks about how poorly we handled hurricane Katrina. Can the U.S. handle this situation differently? It is very different from a hurricane unlike the hurricane that eventually stops a fire will go on and on until something puts the blaze out. Especially with all the tinder and dry wood on the ground due to California’s heat wave from last summer can we stop the fire before it goes to our of control.

This relates to me because I have about 6 myspace friends who live in California. This fire has Already affected one of them. John and his family were evacuated from their home in California. He did not tell me if any of his material possessions have been lost. This affects the world because it will obviously cost tax payers a lot of money to fix the damage that is done. This is horrible event that has destroyed so much beauty and nature.

PLN 12

Earlier today I was playing around on my myspace account thinking of what I should write for my twelfth PLN, then my sister asked if she could get on her myspace, then it hit me I could do a PLN on myspace. I then went to Google reader and looked for a suitable article and then I found one. Myspace bars 29,000 sex offenders was the title of the article. I decided to read this particular article because I wanted to know how protected I am from sex offenders. I found out that myspace the 580 million dollar site has been very aggressive when it comes to sex offenders and people planning to violently attack someone. There over 600,000 known sex offenders in the United States. There over 80 million people on myspace thinking about it, it is not a very safe site and people should be more careful if they have one. Even though you have to be 14 or over to have a myspace account it hasn’t stopped people from creating one.

PLN 11

Wolves, wolves are majestic and rare creatures. They have been called spirits by some and evil beings by others. They are strong muscular animals and are said to be the caveman’s best friend. However they are not as many today. Sadly the wolf population is dying. They are now an endangered species; it is sad how people take for granted what they have until they lose it. Wolf sanctuary's expansion shot down was the articles name. Inside the article talks about how neighbors would not want the wolf area to expand due to their own selfish reasons. Why not give the animals there rights it is there right too is it not? The company will later try again and expand in November and hopefully people will have changed their minds about giving this species another chance to live free.

PLN 10

The World Series! The World Series is a wonderful event it captivates the minds of young children and even middle aged men alike. It has brought wonder and awe to some teams and defeat and disgrace to others. It can be a plentiful god or it can be an unforgiving mistress. Whatever way you look at it the Colorado Rockies are in the World Series. Fans across the nation were amazed when the Rockies swept the diamond backs taking them into the World Series. Fans from the very beginning couldn’t have been happier to get there hands on some tickets to see the Rockies play in the World Series.
I was searching through the articles today when I saw the headline World Series ticket outlook: It's tricky . I decided to take a look at the article and see how a tricky getting ticket really was. I found out there are two ways to get tickets. You can go online and hope your internet works or the server isn’t to busy and you can buy the tickets that way and then print off the ticket. To me this is not very fait because not only do you not have an actual ticket just a piece of paper but also you might not be able to buy a ticket due to a busy server or some other absurd reason. The second way is a lottery though you do get an actual ticket theres a chance that even if you are first in line you wont be able to get a ticket. The lottery as they quoted goes like this.

"Lottery" lines will form at Coors Field and the five Rockies Dugout Stores along the Front Range.
Those willing to stand in line should show up starting at 7:30 a.m. They will receive a lottery wristband and be ushered into a line.
The wristband will designate which line the fan will stand in. The number of lines will depend on the volume of fans showing up, Alves said.
Once all the lines are formed, the lottery will start. If your line is called, it proceeds to the ticket window. The process will work the same way at the team's Dugout stores, Alves said.
Not everyone in line is guaranteed a ticket. Some will hear the dreaded "Sold out!" call while waiting.
My idea of getting a ticket is just getting in line and waiting until they come on sale but we can not change the way they are going to sell them.

pln 9

Today I could not find any good news articles, I could not find any interesting blogs and when I watched the news all I saw were fifteen second clips about murders and death and problems. That is when it had hit me even though I could not find a blog on Google reader I remember I had posted my own personal rant and rave on my myspace blog. The title was WAT IS UP WITH THE NEWS. If anything in the world is more annoying is the news. Not the fact that it can be extremely dull at times but when they tell a news story about someone’s death all they say how old they are, what happened, and if the police will catch the killer. This annoys me because an actual person is dead. Their life is over they are not coming back all those years of life were ended in a few seconds. Say there was a story about an eighteen year old girl who was kidnapped and murdered. All the news does is say what happened and that the police are looking into it and then the news casters, with smiles on their faces, turn to the next camera and talk about another story. This irritates me because they don’t talk about the person if the person wasn’t famous they would get a few second story compared to if Donald Trump died people would mourn for days and ceremonies would be held and everyone would talk about it. If there was one thing that I could do I know I would want the news to talk about the person their accomplishments, their goals, how they grew up. I don’t want to die and no one knows about all the good I did. What do you think about this rant? Do you think it is unfair that the news wouldn’t give a rat about a person’s death and the affect it has on others

pln 8

War; is there ever a happy picture in war? You never see a picture of improvement in war zones. Even though people say that they are doing the right thing that they are helping the greater good that they are brining beauty back to the country. But whenever you type in that countries name all you see is pain and suffering you see terrorists and you see bloodied children. I was reading an article today talking asking the question where are all the happy pictures. I could not get a link to the articles so I will show you all that it said.

“How come whenever we search for pictures about Iraq or anything related to it all what we see are the pictures of death and blood? Where did the beautiful and happy pictures go? Or are they any?!” asks Iraqi blogger Morbid Smile.
I wonder myself is there any good going on in Iraq. With my dad over at Iraq and in the red zone he himself tells me there is no good at this place. He is under constant mortar fire, the people are unhappy, natives commit mass suicide and every which way there is desolation. He tells me that the news is full of pro war propaganda. People are dieing in Iraq. The soldiers will not help the people and for fun the soldiers threaten the civilians. If you ask me this doesn’t sound like a very happy picture. Is there any true happy places in Iraq or has it all been destroyed by tyranny. Do you think there are any happy places in Iraq? Do you think we are doing any good?

pln 7

While going through the news articles today I saw one which had not only caught my eye but put a bad feeling in my stomach. Killer deputy's motives 'unknown' was the title of the article. It talked about how a full time deputy coldly murdered six people and left another in critical condition. In such a small town this left a huge impact on the others in town because every one knew anyone a man said. This matters to me because this reminds me of the Columbine high school shootings. When someone can so coldly kill another person and then just walk away from it is a horrible thing. A more recent event is the Virginia Tech shootings when an emotionally disturbed boy shot and killed close to thirty people, the reason for why that boy did it was not found and neither was the reason why the deputy killed the young teens. It is a sad fact how easily a persons life can be ended. Is there ever a reason to kill a human, what do you think?

PLN 6

While searching for an article worth reading I found one titled Iraq violent death rates 'plunge' . I personally thought this was a huge improvement from what has happened in Iraq. Sadly 884 civilians were killed last month but that was half a drop from close almost 1,600 civilians. Maybe the extra 30,000 troops were somewhat successful on the war on terror. Also more good news that there were 62 U.S. fatalities which is good because that is the lowest since July 2006.

Although these successes of lower death rates in Iraq the political issues are still in very bad condition, There are many fears that with the extra troops there will soon be escalating violence again. But for now let’s enjoy our 33% death rate drop and keep fighting the war on terror.