How I make sense of the American Way of Life". You should address some specific examples of US practices (government, capitalism, birth, health care, economic inequality, food, energy) and connect them to each other and to deeper underlying patterns.
Do you think you live the American way of life? do you think you can handle the messages/aspects that the American life throws at us each an everyday as we wake up ? Do you well do you No! The only way I say to live the the American life is do what you want be aware of your surroundings and learn from mistakes, be healthy,live happy. Although it does depends on the person because people who make bad decisions might see that their life is more simple and like to like to struggle than to have everything easy or handed to them. Here are some of examples of what is involved in the American life and how to live an American life, for those who know or are confuse on what American life means, the first example of what American life contains is I would say health care, without the proper health care coverage/insurance i would say you will have a hard time adapting to the American culture because if you don't have something to cover you when you are sick or hurt the benefits would be very limited to what you have access to. With so much in society, living in a world full of media messages being thrown to you because of the world wants your money by the time you u get everything together u will be broke. Health care is very important benefit to the American life if you don't have health care people look at you as if your not a full American, when i think of health care i think that's a key benefit you have to live for not necessarily but it would be best. Some of the benefits that branches off health care is employment, working conditions,occupations in industry. All these benefits cover health care that's why it's so important to have. Therefore you know whats associate with the American life health care is one of them.
As in the following example we are clear that Health care plays a big role in American life, but so does the Government how you feel about the government now? I feel that George W. Bush screw us over meaning the government, we as the people. Making it harder for Barrack Obama a to recover from bush problems. We as the people recently elected Barrack Obama for the president of the United States Of America. I'm glad that things turn out the way they did and was able to come to an agreement. Barrack Obama is more about this change he's going to bring to the US and how this change would help benefit in years of progress he makes. The government has many aspects to take care of, Barrack obama is like our mother he decides whats best and and whats not and we as the people are going to follow up on his decision although there are many people who didn't vote for Barrack and wanted MC Cain there opinions didn't matter when he came down to the final vote. This idea of American life is simple, you have some one powerful that he's/she's confident that would make change and settle down for new ideas new opinions. On the other hand I feel like Government can mean anything in the American life if there a problem you fight for what's right until it gets dismiss. In spite that world is full of problems you cant expect for the president to fix everything but at least the majority of what we got into.
As follows I think food plays an very important aspect to the health of our fellow Americans
Friday, June 12, 2009
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Collapse Assignment 1
During the times of the eastern island, I find that little population that lived there was able to survive without any machinery objects to help them build shelter and useful resources they could use to benefit. I find that very interesting because in relation to our civilization if you was to take something we were very obligated to its like our life is over, when comparing to eastern islanders they had no electronics no healthy food production no dental care so their teeth had allot of cavities and etc. My point towards to how the eastern islanders
adapted to their majority land process is that I think when they divide them selves using liberation as key term to represent there actions. In spite that the two groups were separated called commoners and chief's were powerful, I think instead of being departed I think as if they should become one as a whole and went about the situation but instead it wen the opposite way.
Another example that showed interesting points leading to how it is compare to the United States of America. In the year 1950 the world had the largest exponential growth within the oil production, we meaning U.S we were the largest country to export and produce oil. Here is an example of what I mean In a 1999 speech Cheney gave while still CEO of Hallucination, Cheney stated: “By some estimates, there will be an average of two-percent annual growth in global oil demand over the years ahead, along with, conservatively, a three-percent natural decline in production from existing reserves. That means by 2010 we will need an additional 50 million barrels per day that's CRAZY.
So overall investigating through these topics of what i found most interesting i would say everything cause everything that happen within was cause by the collapse and i just think it's interesting to how and what people did to keep them moving into there daily lives. I wouldn't have expected any human being to survive off such little. The things people do in order to survive without the help from any tools that's how you know you can survive and live a meaningful life.
adapted to their majority land process is that I think when they divide them selves using liberation as key term to represent there actions. In spite that the two groups were separated called commoners and chief's were powerful, I think instead of being departed I think as if they should become one as a whole and went about the situation but instead it wen the opposite way.
Another example that showed interesting points leading to how it is compare to the United States of America. In the year 1950 the world had the largest exponential growth within the oil production, we meaning U.S we were the largest country to export and produce oil. Here is an example of what I mean In a 1999 speech Cheney gave while still CEO of Hallucination, Cheney stated: “By some estimates, there will be an average of two-percent annual growth in global oil demand over the years ahead, along with, conservatively, a three-percent natural decline in production from existing reserves. That means by 2010 we will need an additional 50 million barrels per day that's CRAZY.
So overall investigating through these topics of what i found most interesting i would say everything cause everything that happen within was cause by the collapse and i just think it's interesting to how and what people did to keep them moving into there daily lives. I wouldn't have expected any human being to survive off such little. The things people do in order to survive without the help from any tools that's how you know you can survive and live a meaningful life.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Final Food Assignment
People in the world today, are consuming foods from all over but mainly getting it from the factories, not noticing what there food has been through to make it there in front of them with the knowledge from our classes reading books and looking at videos I was able to realize how this food production really works and is it really healthy NO it isn't, but we as Americans eat it anyways. When we eat our food we never take time out and realize where it comes from who hands were on it last what animal did it come from and so on. I think that if people were to realize and seek the amount of information i was during this semester they would definitely change their eating habits on how they eat. During the course of the semester i came with full knowledge thinking my food is good and healthy but at the end i was able to realize my food was bad , society makes chicken and other foods look so good by advertisements in the media and make commercials displaying the pros about it never the cons if you notice everything is just roses and flowers not to mention the businesses that sells and makes these advertisements and draws society in to help them grow in and stay in power and wealthy.
According to Myth three Industrial food is cheap for example "In America, politicians, business leaders, and the media continue to reassure us that our food is the cheapest in the world. They repeat their mantra that the more we apply chemicals and technology to agriculture, the more food will be produced and the lower the price will be to the consumer. This myth of cheap food is routinely used by agribusiness as a kind of economic blackmail against any who point out the devastating impacts of modern food production". In other words this myth has been use to make another excuse to why our food production is bad my opinion to this quote is that we should not spend millions of money towards these factories to make a whole bunch of unhealthy food it should go to something way healthier and safer to eat. Industrialization factories are bad after watching the movie "Meatrix" I was able to see the truth about our agriculture and how we role and what we do to about farms and how to make money off of them.
Based upon our refrigerator and freezer I bet half the people in our culture doesn't know where they food came from. In society there will always be social class status no matter what! because if you look deeply based upon supermarkets, look at different boroughs see how clean the supermarket is compare to a supermarket in Manhattan or a white neighborhood where all the white people go there is a major difference to they people serve us, living in the Bronx or Queens or Brooklyn, the supermarket aren't that clean, also look at the prices of certain stuff we buy its real cheap. As a trip in class we went to a supermarket and analyzed everything based upon the expensive of the product or calories or where it was place, come to find out all the high expensive food was on the top all the cheap stuff was at the bottom that's crazy! but hey living in the agriculture today i mean what do you expect. People should take within on the structure of how supermarkets are made with the neighborhood and realize the food in them are bad especially if you don't know the history. this semester made me change my eating habits not saying i m going to be a vegetarian but I m going to look closely into what i m eating cause i m not the one who is suffering the animals are.
People need to be more aware of what they're eating and be more educated about whats happening to these animals. Maybe many Americans should stop eating from places where they treat their animals cruelly because there are some companies that actually buy their meat from places who treat their animals un-cruel. Once again I feel we as humans should educate ourselves about where are food as come from and whet we are eating and educate other Americans as well because once person changing makes a huge difference in a period amount of time and how healthy our body becomes.
According to Myth three Industrial food is cheap for example "In America, politicians, business leaders, and the media continue to reassure us that our food is the cheapest in the world. They repeat their mantra that the more we apply chemicals and technology to agriculture, the more food will be produced and the lower the price will be to the consumer. This myth of cheap food is routinely used by agribusiness as a kind of economic blackmail against any who point out the devastating impacts of modern food production". In other words this myth has been use to make another excuse to why our food production is bad my opinion to this quote is that we should not spend millions of money towards these factories to make a whole bunch of unhealthy food it should go to something way healthier and safer to eat. Industrialization factories are bad after watching the movie "Meatrix" I was able to see the truth about our agriculture and how we role and what we do to about farms and how to make money off of them.
Based upon our refrigerator and freezer I bet half the people in our culture doesn't know where they food came from. In society there will always be social class status no matter what! because if you look deeply based upon supermarkets, look at different boroughs see how clean the supermarket is compare to a supermarket in Manhattan or a white neighborhood where all the white people go there is a major difference to they people serve us, living in the Bronx or Queens or Brooklyn, the supermarket aren't that clean, also look at the prices of certain stuff we buy its real cheap. As a trip in class we went to a supermarket and analyzed everything based upon the expensive of the product or calories or where it was place, come to find out all the high expensive food was on the top all the cheap stuff was at the bottom that's crazy! but hey living in the agriculture today i mean what do you expect. People should take within on the structure of how supermarkets are made with the neighborhood and realize the food in them are bad especially if you don't know the history. this semester made me change my eating habits not saying i m going to be a vegetarian but I m going to look closely into what i m eating cause i m not the one who is suffering the animals are.
People need to be more aware of what they're eating and be more educated about whats happening to these animals. Maybe many Americans should stop eating from places where they treat their animals cruelly because there are some companies that actually buy their meat from places who treat their animals un-cruel. Once again I feel we as humans should educate ourselves about where are food as come from and whet we are eating and educate other Americans as well because once person changing makes a huge difference in a period amount of time and how healthy our body becomes.
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Food # 8 - Industrial Food
After looking at the video on animal cruelty, a few people around me extended their facial expressions in a disgusting manor as if that they want to stop eating meat because of the video. Although I think I was just as affected by the video an from known experiences by this chicken spot around my way where they cut off the chicken heads and clean them so from looking at the video and walking pass the chicken spot every now then i was able to see and hear the violence that goes on between the animal and human mind is sick but got to face reality hey! you gotta do what you gotta do
Looking at how they treat the chickens and cows last but not least the pigs are just crazy how they hang them, choke them and slice them open. As we eat our food today our least worry is about where it came from? who make sure that any chemicals or pesticides touch our food last? or which human being cruelty abuse the animal that we are forcing into our mouths? aspects like this are not our first intentions to when we are starving.
What we should encounter is that every animal is born to experience life with human nature and provide a family like any other human. However since our food comes from animals they don't experience that life because their life is taking away so easily and so that we can be full. That's why many people become vegetarian because the cruelty that's animals go through just to make our stomach full aren't worth the bite. So they stay away from meat, which is contradicting the dominant food ways around us and the way we eat. Looking at the Meatrix video what i was able to take from it was that in the mid 20's the greedy agri-culture was able to stay in power and we in charge of the factory farms which meant destroying farms that were there growing food the right way, but since corporate messages are such meaningful to us and how each of us once to stay on top. When we do wrong things we hope for good in the long run but it all comes down to the cruelty to the animals. The corporate messages had an impact on the greedy argi culture by having them take over farms and turning them into cruelty shops, not to mention since the agri-culture was greedy they thought as if they could benefit allot of money that comes in and out of there company of making food that we enjoy till this day.
Looking at how they treat the chickens and cows last but not least the pigs are just crazy how they hang them, choke them and slice them open. As we eat our food today our least worry is about where it came from? who make sure that any chemicals or pesticides touch our food last? or which human being cruelty abuse the animal that we are forcing into our mouths? aspects like this are not our first intentions to when we are starving.
What we should encounter is that every animal is born to experience life with human nature and provide a family like any other human. However since our food comes from animals they don't experience that life because their life is taking away so easily and so that we can be full. That's why many people become vegetarian because the cruelty that's animals go through just to make our stomach full aren't worth the bite. So they stay away from meat, which is contradicting the dominant food ways around us and the way we eat. Looking at the Meatrix video what i was able to take from it was that in the mid 20's the greedy agri-culture was able to stay in power and we in charge of the factory farms which meant destroying farms that were there growing food the right way, but since corporate messages are such meaningful to us and how each of us once to stay on top. When we do wrong things we hope for good in the long run but it all comes down to the cruelty to the animals. The corporate messages had an impact on the greedy argi culture by having them take over farms and turning them into cruelty shops, not to mention since the agri-culture was greedy they thought as if they could benefit allot of money that comes in and out of there company of making food that we enjoy till this day.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan Response
In the book Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan he reflects on many points such as the C-4 plan and how corn is a relationship and how they have ethological detectives to check up on the food. Based upon me reading a couple of few pages within the book I was able to realize that half the stuff we eat comes from corn. Half the stuff we eat today we really don’t question into detail where it comes from? What truck or tank basically smashing the ingredients of our food up? Who touches it first when we eat food we never think the real hardcore facts about our food and it think we should. The point where Michael. P talks about how naturalist judges the super market is very true cause if you were to put your self in a naturalist shoes based on the super markets and the food we eat today they would not like it cause everything is made with oil which is bad for you especially how fast food restaurants uses it.
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Internet Research
From the website: http://www.helpguide.org/life/fast_food_nutrition.htm
Healthy fast food: Sub sandwich chains
Healthy fast food: Sub sandwich chains Americans love all types of sandwiches: hot, cold, wrapped, foot long. Usually eaten with a salad instead of fries. The ads promote the health benefits of sandwich shops. Easier said than done... studies have found that many people tend to eat more calories per meal at a sub shop than at McDonald's. This may be because people feel so virtuous eating “healthy” like the ads promise, that they reward themselves with chips, sodas, or extra condiments.
You can make healthier choices at a deli or sub shop but you need to use some common sense.
Subs, Sandwich and Deli Choices
Less healthy choices
1. Foot-long sub
2. High-fat meat such as ham, tuna salad, bacon, meatballs, or steak
3. The “normal” amount of higher-fat (Cheddar, American) cheese
4. Adding mayo and special sauces
5. Keeping the sub “as is” with all toppings
6. Choosing white bread or “wraps” which are often higher in fat than normal bread
Healthier choices
1. Six-inch sub
2. Lean meat (roast beef, chicken breast, lean ham) or veggies
3. One or two slices of lower-fat cheese (Swiss or mozzarella)
4. Adding low-fat dressing or mustard instead of mayo
5. Adding extra veggie toppings
6. Choosing whole-grain bread or taking the top slice off your sub and eating it open-faced
Based on this website we could realize what is healthy and what is not healthy because it gives us a list on what us Americans usually buy when it comes down to subway sandwiches that I like so much and now that I know I what is healthy so i can live a meaningful life.
Healthy fast food: Sub sandwich chains
Healthy fast food: Sub sandwich chains Americans love all types of sandwiches: hot, cold, wrapped, foot long. Usually eaten with a salad instead of fries. The ads promote the health benefits of sandwich shops. Easier said than done... studies have found that many people tend to eat more calories per meal at a sub shop than at McDonald's. This may be because people feel so virtuous eating “healthy” like the ads promise, that they reward themselves with chips, sodas, or extra condiments.
You can make healthier choices at a deli or sub shop but you need to use some common sense.
Subs, Sandwich and Deli Choices
Less healthy choices
1. Foot-long sub
2. High-fat meat such as ham, tuna salad, bacon, meatballs, or steak
3. The “normal” amount of higher-fat (Cheddar, American) cheese
4. Adding mayo and special sauces
5. Keeping the sub “as is” with all toppings
6. Choosing white bread or “wraps” which are often higher in fat than normal bread
Healthier choices
1. Six-inch sub
2. Lean meat (roast beef, chicken breast, lean ham) or veggies
3. One or two slices of lower-fat cheese (Swiss or mozzarella)
4. Adding low-fat dressing or mustard instead of mayo
5. Adding extra veggie toppings
6. Choosing whole-grain bread or taking the top slice off your sub and eating it open-faced
Based on this website we could realize what is healthy and what is not healthy because it gives us a list on what us Americans usually buy when it comes down to subway sandwiches that I like so much and now that I know I what is healthy so i can live a meaningful life.
Refrigerator Assignment
What's your refrigerator?
wonder bread
American cheese
i cant believe its not butter
ketchup
mustard
turkey
eggs
ham
pickles
soda
juice
cool aid
vegetables
chicken
peas
grapes
plums
peaches
strawberries
watermelon is seasonal lol
flour
sugar
leftovers
milk
potatoes
onions
cucumber
tomato
and more
Based on the list that's provided my refrigerator looks empty looks like i need to go grocery shopping if anything. I think compare to everyone they have most likely the same amount of things in regarding if they cant cook nothing they are able to make with their hands. In relation this is how my refrigerator has always been just always packed so that we don't have to worry about running out of food. As a family we all eat in separate rooms. those are my food culture ways.
wonder bread
American cheese
i cant believe its not butter
ketchup
mustard
turkey
eggs
ham
pickles
soda
juice
cool aid
vegetables
chicken
peas
grapes
plums
peaches
strawberries
watermelon is seasonal lol
flour
sugar
leftovers
milk
potatoes
onions
cucumber
tomato
and more
Based on the list that's provided my refrigerator looks empty looks like i need to go grocery shopping if anything. I think compare to everyone they have most likely the same amount of things in regarding if they cant cook nothing they are able to make with their hands. In relation this is how my refrigerator has always been just always packed so that we don't have to worry about running out of food. As a family we all eat in separate rooms. those are my food culture ways.
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