Olympics are Over

I really enjoyed the Olympics this year. I had to mention two athletes by the name of Michael Phelps of USA and Usain Bolt of Jamaica. Michael Phelps swam to achieve a world record of 8 Gold Metals in one Olympic game. Usain Bolt with 3 gold metals but ran his way to 2 world records in the 100 meter and 200 meter race. I absolutely feel this is Worth the Hype! What was achieved by these 2 great athletes was something that will be very hard to achieve for years to come, even if they made it look easy! I personally cant wait until the next Olympic games in London to watch these athletes try to better what they have done at Beijing and watch other athletes try to beat them as well.

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Hilary Clintons Speech

Politics Obama/Clinton

If you are keeping up with the election, you know that there has been some talk about Hillary and Bill Clinton still having some resentment toward Barack Obama. The Clintons feel they should have been the Democratic nominee. I have read about Hillary and Bill Clinton making comments like if this and that would have happened before and after the would have won the ticket. That Hillary supporters were not going to support Barak Obama because there candidate did not win the ticket as well. I do not feel this is worth the Hype after hearing that great speech that Hillary Clinton made at the Democratic convention. I almost cant describe how good her speech was. Hillary Clinton hit topics that everyone in America can relate too. Topics that everyone would love to have in this country, no matter who your candidate choice. After that speech I think Hillary is finally ready to move on and help get Barak Obama in the Oval Office. Also help Hillary Clinton's supporters want to put Obama in the office as well. Take a look at this great speech for yourself.


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Clean Athletes

Do clean athletes have a chance with all the performance enhancers that are being used in the Olympics and other sports. The drug testing in Beijing was more strict than ever before. How effective are they? their are performance enhancing drugs out there that cant be detected in urine or blood test. there are drugs that boost performance and are out they system in less than a day! In my opinion this is definitely Worth the Hype! How will we know who our true Olympian medalist are with so many drugs still being undetected. There are some gifted athletes out there all over the world and I feel that clean athletes absolutely have a chance, but with the performance enhancers it will make a lot harder!

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Olympic Age Problems

One of the biggest stories right know in the Olympics are China's gymnasts being under age. There are documents saying that a few of China's gymnast are 2 years under age. He Kexin won the gold on the floor exercise. The Chines government is being investigates about making false documents like a pass port to have her compete. The IOC (International Olympic Committee) requested birth certificates to validate her and others age. This is Worth The Hype in my opinion. The rules have to be followed and if they are broken these ladies should be disqualified. As did 2 track athletes who did not show up for drug testing before there race which I will get more into on a later date. The IOC set rules for a reason and they need to be followed by every one participating athletes, coaches, judges etc. Hopefully everything is legit. Either way I am sure they will be back in 2012 and will do a great job as they did this year.

Paid sick days

There are 12 states pushing for companies to provide paid sick days for employees that work over 30 hrs a week. There are about 46 million workers who have no sick time. They feel one of the benefits of companies having to pay sick time it will keep work areas safer. They will not want to pay up for someones leave if they could have made a couple of changes to improve safety. Barack Obama supports new legislation. If new legislation passes it will give workers 7 paid sick days a year. Of course some companies are not happy. It will take a cut out the revenue and they will have to start making cuts in other areas like in employees benefits. Companies would like some form of proof for paid sick time because it will get abused. I feel it is worth the hype! Everyone gets those days sometimes where they just get sick as a dog. With most people living pay check to pay check a paid sick day is great. This is something that can take a little stress off of people.





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Car of the future

I am referring to the new electric car by GM. The projected release will be in 2010. It uses no gas, gets about 42 miles per full charge and can simple plug into your standard outlet. It is not cheap, will run about $40,000. My questions to GM. How much energy does this electric car use? If it will raise my energy bill 300+ dollars and I am only spending between 200 and 250 on gas. Why make the switch. How much will it cost for maintenance? This car seems like a big computer to me. Anyone hire I.T. guy to fix there computer lately, not cheap. Since this is new technology how much will this type of car jack up my insurance? With all that said I definitely think an electric car is worth the hype! Anything that will eliminate gas is definitely worth seeing how it turns out. Gas will only keep going up!


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4 day school week

In some rural areas they are going to four day school weeks. Might sound good to your kids if your county is considering it but lets take a closer look at this. The reason for this is to cut back on the price of gas for the bus drivers. My opinion good for schools maybe not so good for kids and parents. They are not only cutting a day from the week but parents will pay more for lunch, kids will have longer walks to bus stops and they are cutting Field trips. They will also cut out some electives and after school activities to help with cost cuts. So it seems to me people will have to spend money on day care for a day, but in rural areas a lot of family's have farms and are home. For the people not in rural areas if your district decides many people may not have that luxury of being home with the kids. this is happening in rural areas of Minnesota but a lot of other counties are considering it. My thing is that people business and the government are looking for ways to cut back which I think is fine. I don't agree with the cancellation of electives and after school activities with the way the drop out rate etc is going. We need to keep the things that will help keep our kid interested in school! I don't personally think its worth the hype! Will cut back cost for schools but add more inconvenience on families, definitely with none rural communities.