Today I decided to read an opinion article about wither or not Wal-Mart was bad or good for America.
Like you said the majority said No it was not bad, but the people who did think it was bad weren’t that far behind. 59% said No and 41% said yes. For those who said Wal-Mart was in fact bad for America said things such as “Wal-Mart's business practices are designed to crush healthy competition by driving all competitors out of the market” and “Wal-mart not only cuts the price of its competitor's products, but demands that its suppliers meet its price level.” Yes some of their arguments do have points but I wouldn’t say it was bad for America. For those who said it wasn’t bad for America said things such as “Wal Mart appears to be the model of capitalist efficiency in a market that is currently becoming increasingly inefficient” and “…there is simply nothing wrong with making a profit, especially a very large one. This should be the goal of any company, and once again, Wal Mart is berated for being successful.” My personal opinion is that Wal-Mart isn’t bad for America. Just because there successful doesn’t make them bad. Yes Wal-Mart can be seen as a bad thing for independent stores that aren’t chains.
“Sonoma County's "probable" swine flu case confirmed” Well today I found out the Swine flu has reached Sonoma county, we all need to run to the hills now, lol but seriously all of this swine flu drama is a bit ridiculous.
It turns out that a 15 year-old girl returned from Mexico earlier this week is Sonoma County’s first confirmed case of swine flu. The girl has already fully recovered but she did in fact have the virus. The girl was never identified and she was cured before going back to school, hence the school she attends was never shut down.
“At this point there is no health risk in any of the 179 school sites. I don’t see it serving any purpose leveling the rise of concern.” This is a quote from the article and I agree completely. I actually think this whole swine flu thing is a bit ridiculous. Only one case has caused an infant to die, and infants have a high risk of dying from the flu. Everyone else that has contracted the virus has become better have a few weeks. I see this as just another type of flu, and think that it is being made into a bigger deal than it truly is.
The other day I was on my AOL home page going to check my email and I saw this picture of a pretty high school girl and saw the headline "Family Fights Ghastly Crash Pics on Web" and I started to read the article. "Now, 2 ½ years after the fatal accident, Christos and Lesli Catsouras are still confronted by horrifying images of Nikki's death that are circulating on the Internet, Newsweek magazine reports."
The article talks about how they young girl Nikki was killed in a car crash back on Halloween day in 2006. She had taken her father's Porsche 911 Carrera without permission because her car was taken away from her. According to police reports, Nikki was traveling 100 mph on State Route 241, when she struck another car and lost all control of the car, ultimately slamming into a concrete tollbooth. She died instantly.
As is routine in fatal accidents, the California Highway Patrol took photos of the crash which did include gruesome images showing Nikki's nearly decapitated head covered in blood. Authorities never showed these photos to Nikki's family because they new it would be too upsetting for Christos and Lesli Catsouras to see their daughter's body.
Two CHP officers leaked the photos and quickly they began circulating over the Internet, turning up on everything from pornography sites to social networking services. Nikki's grieving father couldn't even avoid the pictures. A few Days after the crash, the real estate developer opened an e-mail that he believed was a property listing and instead found a grisly photo of his daughter's body.
In my opion this is very upsetting and is not o. I am glad that Nikki's family is fighting to get who ever leaked the photos introuble. At least they have released their daughters senior picstures that way all of her friends and family have something better to remember her by. I was intrusted and did google her name, and instently on the first page pictures of her crash and decapitated head poped up, and it was very upsetting.
Is Wal-Mart bad for America?
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