What’s right? Or what’s popular?

Remember, about half of these were written after midnight...  (and I wrote like 5 of them like that in one night) So if they don't quite make sense... or whatever.  Then yeah, that's why. :D 

The age old political question:  Should they vote for what’s right, or what’s popular?  Now, you might immediately say, “Duh, what’s right” But really this could be: vote for what YOU think or vote for what the people who elected you think. It sounds different now, doesn’t it?  

Well, there are arguments for both sides, for instance the second option, what the people want, brings up an excellent point when they say that if a politician votes for something other than what the people want then he’s betraying them, betraying their trust!  They voted for him because he said that he’s vote for what they wanted.  And he didn’t.  

But, the other side says, under this argument, we would just elect easily controlled men into congress, the wimpy ones who are willing to bend if we pressure them.  What we want is to elect someone who we agree with and who won’t sway just because the people disagree.  The people don’t often know what’s good for them, though it’s good for them to elect people since it gives them some control. 

The other side would counter with an argument like this: But why hold elections at all then?  I mean sure, so we can choose men who we like, but if they’re just going to do what they like then it’s all pointless, the point of democracy is that the people choose!  

But here, I think, is the clincher, the winning answer, the reason why I believe that men should follow their conscious:  What is a man, but what he thinks?  If he gives that up, then he is no longer a man, but is a puppet.  The point of a republic is to let good, honest men be elected and have them go with what they believe to be right. Men are meant to follow what they believe, not to sway to the whims of a mob. 

If politicians followed their hearts I think that we’d have a much better government, and we’d be able to rise up much better, and succeed ad a country.

Welfare: the poison of America.

Well, I've been doing non-stop school for the past few months, But I finished!! :D
So I'll be able to post some things on here now. :D

(This is an essay I wrote for Extra credit in my world history class, I'll be posting a lot of similar things  for a while, also, in many of them I take a stand and defend it, even though I might not agree with it. for instance, I have two essays that are contradictory, since that was easy and fun to write.)

You read this title and you think one of two things, the first thing might be: “You heartless person!” And the other opposite will be: “YEAH! They didn’t earn it! We’re just enabling them!” Now, I’m obviously generalizing, and exaggerating, perhaps you understand the real problem, and solution.  And if so, I salute you, you already know what I’m going to talk about.  Here’s the thing.  Welfare IS a poison, but, many of these people still do need help!  We can’t just let them starve, jobless!  I have a solution, but first, let us look at an example

Let’s take Rome.  A strong empire indeed, but this is where most republicans get their data.  The roman government gave the people something called, “The dole” which was a daily ration, if they needed it.  So, what did this do to the people? they all stopped working! Free food!  so then the government had to pay them huge amounts to work, and then the government lost money.  but that’s not the point.  The point is that, the dole made them weak, it made them rely on the government! This is one of the big problems republicans have, they don’t want the entire population of America to become reliable on welfare. 

THIS is why it’s a poison! Because it’s true, welfare is a poison but it’s not the kind that immediately kills.  It’s like a drug, it gets you addicted, then, if you try to quit suddenly you get VERY sick and can die.  But we can’t just let them starve.  That would be stupid, heartless, and from a purely economic view, bad for business everywhere, to have a bunch of starving unemployed people wandering the streets.  So, what do we do?  

Well, there are a few things.  Firstly we must wean them off of it, exactly like an addictive drug.  But then we can’t just leave them there, like I said.  We as people must help them!  If there are real people helping them, people who they can see, and have to face then there won’t be those who cheat the system, but the people who actually do need it will get it.  This is the only way to do this, we must help each other to get better, it’s the only way.  IF we keep letting the government poison us then we cannot be free as an economy and grow.  We must help each other and be a better country.

Guys and girls.

This will probably be a short post. Because it's a response to ANOTHER blog post by one of my friends, Mandy.  You can read the post here But if you don't have time at the moment, I'll sum up.  She was talking about the differences between guys and girls.  Especially the whole thing about guys having a really hard time talking to girls, especially when they're asking for a date, a dance, or complimenting them on stuff.  She said, "I will never understand why that's so hard to do...."  I think I have the answer.The reason guys are so "afraid" so to speak, to talk to girls is for one of two reasons.  The first,  is that they're afraid of rejection, even if they don't think about that at the time, that's almost always one of the reasons.  And the second one is that we're afraid that if we ask a girl to dance or something they'll think that we "like"  them and then it would be embarrassing and every one would talk about it to no end.... and that would be bad. Every though we know that girls don't usually assume that guys "like" them just for giving a compliment or asking on a dance,  it's still scary.  And there you have it.  My probably somewhat inaccurate answer of a question.  I think that all I've really done is reiterate Mandy's point though.... Girls and guys will never truly understand one another.:D

~Nathan XVI

Well, that went well.... Not really though.  So, about two days after I made those goals, I got super sick.  I had a fever of around 102 for about a week and a half, it was lame, and icky, and I lost like 15 pounds haha.  BUT needless to say, I didn't keep any of these. So I'm starting again.  With slightly adjusted goals.  I'm going to get rid of the white shirt and tie one, maybe sometimes I'll still wear one, but I don't think that it's necessary.  Also, Jessica took over the chicken, because she wanted to see what it was like, so yay!! But, here are some goals: Prayer twice a day, Scriptures before class every day, Write something every day (like, fiction, story wise), and exercise Mon - Fri
Now the commitments, these are the things that I'll do NO MATTER WHAT. Homework for Geography and world events done the night before, Scriptures every day, Pray AT LEAST once a day, and then finish the Eagle paperwork for eagle scout this week.
There we go, Adios.

New Years Resolutions

So, I realized what I just did. I just spent the last half an hour reading scriptures, Listening to music, and while doing that I was thinking about this semester. I think I'm ready, but from past experience, unless I write it down and have it exact goals. So I came up with some that I will follow. In other words, for the first time ever, I have made some new years resolutions that I am writing down and will follow without fail.

#1 Read scriptures at 7:30 for at least ten minutes. This is something that I CAN do I will never have classes that early, and I should almost never go anywhere during that time. The only thing I'd be cutting into would be my sleeping time.

#2 Check chickens right before doing scriptures, give them new water, check eggs, the like.

#3 Wear a white shirt and tie to every class and for much of the day while I'm doing school. I've heard and experienced that when you wear different things, it has different effects on you. A white shirt and tie will help me focus, I can take it off when I'm DONE with whatever assignments I need to do on the computer that day.

#4 Pray every morning and night. I have done Scriptures every day without fail for the last year, maybe longer. But I almost never say prayers at morning and night.

#5 Get every single World history assignment done before class. NEVER EVER EVER not do an assignment unless there is nothing I can do.

#6 Follow these things. I will look at them, and I will follow them, It WILL change me, it'll be a huge change. But I need this type of discipline in my life. I am WAY to undisciplined. My Yellow (carefree funloving) personality had recantly compleatly overrun my red (determined strong forceful) personality. But, if I give myself these types of goals, super specific, my super determined personality should take over, and I should soar. So no more of the super determined yet never-follows-through person. I will now, finally, stand and throw off the bonds of laziness.
I'll keep you posted.
~Nathan Owens

Be strong, and of good courage.

*Takes one deep breath*
Alright. Break is over. (yeah, it took me this long for my brain to finally accept that) This is the time to stand and make this the best semester ever. I'm ready to ROCK. I am finally taking the amount of classes that should push me. (seven) I'll be busy and ready. AND AWESOME. I know that I'm saying almost the same thing that I said yesterday... but I'm needing to say it again. I'm going to make this the best time I've ever had. This semester, I've decided, is going to outdo the very first semester I ever had in Wiliamsburg. Yes, that's right, I believe that I can have that again. I. WILL. BE. OUTSTANDING. And it will spread, all emotions spread, if one person smiles, pretty soon everyone will be smiling, if one man is sad, people will join him. Well I a going to be the one to be strong. I am NEVER going to miss an assignment in World History. Yes, that is my goal. I will never miss an assignment because of laziness or negligence on my part. I'm weird, I could have inspirational people or my friends, or my family tell me this day in and out, but I wouldent do it, I'd be like "yeah, yeah... I'll do that... later" but if I make a promise to myself I don't break it. So through me this semester in World history will be AMAZING. I want this to be the best world history class ever, the one where everyone says, "I wish I could have been in THAT class!" With that, I now stand, after a year of negligence and laziness I now stand, and NEVER FALTER.
~Nathan

Time to start again.

I made it, I finished this semester with all A's and I had an awesome break.

And Now break is over. I had a three week break from school work. I've been lazy and such, didn't do much of ANYTHING. Now I have to get myself pumped to do school. 'Cause I am NOT feeling it right now. :P
I'm writing a short story, and I'm actually going to finish it, and I'm giving it a deadline. I am going to post it here Sunday before I go to bed, and it will be DONE. It may not be good, I don't know.... But it'll be done. So yeah, that will be cool. I'm going to be uber busy this semester, I'm taking 7 classes this semester. AND IT'LL BE AWESOMENESS. Okay, there, now I'm PUMPED.

~Nathan