Michael Calderone's Blog

Mike Calderone Blog
Okay, so I had to switch up my blog because Ashdown has not updated his blog for quite a bit.

1. Since Calderone blogs 498594305830 times a day, I will tell you about my favorite blog he wrote today. He just posted the clip from The Weekly Update, which is a hilarious show. The clip is of two actors mocking the debate between Obama and McCain, and McCain's response about "Joe the plumber." It was absolutely hilarious.

2. This blog was not as serious as the other blog I followed. The other blog had a whole statement about different government issues and his thoughts on that subject matter. However, this blog was straight to the point and had a video clip. He did not express his feelings about it or anything. Honestly, this is a blog that I would gravitate towards rather than a totally serious blog.

3. There is no specific issue stated in this blog. In the video two actors mock the third presidential debate. I thought it was really funny and it really depicted the debate very well. The moderator does ask how each candidate would react to the downfall in the economy and what their plain of action is. The actor who plays McCain replied about his conversation with "Joe the plumber." However, in a more serious note, I believe Obama has a better and more realistic plan. He plans to cut taxes for ordinary Americans and small businesses, create up to 5 million green jobs, plans to bring down health care costs by $2,500 per family, and commitment to enacting broad new financial market regulations to help ensure we never face this type of economic crisis again.

Obama Economic Rescue Plan

Pete Ashdown's Journal

Pete Ashdown's Journal

1. The blog I read was about a response to Senator Hatch's energy policy. Pete Ashdown wrote how he thinks Congressional efforts for clean, domestic, renewable energy are valued but those enahnces need to be increase enough to match the support of oil. He also says that we need more Mike Strizki's, enerygy efficient scientist, to fully complete our energy policy but our lack of makes him believe we will fail as a self efficient country.

2. This blog differed greatly from the other blogs I have been following. It is a entirely new spectrum that I thought I would never associate with. The blogs I started out with were something that I have read in magazines and classical celebrity gossip, or my favorite TV show. This blog however, was more formal and cognizant.

3. In the blog, the issue stated was not clearly stated so I had to do a little research to understand what he was talking about. I liked how Ashdown backed up his argument with facts and different ways you can approach the issue. I totally agree with his blog. I believe that science based thinkers should be the ones making decisions on what power sources we choose to develop and start navigating away from the oil based companies. They are just adding unnecessary taxes and spending way too much on developments in alternative power that the oil based companies are stepping all over. We need to budget our spending right and find a better way to be self efficient.

The Office

The clip above is a deleted scene from the premier episode that was on last week. It was hilarious! I'm pretty much obsessed with the show. The deleted scene was so funny. I love how Micheal actually thinks he is the father of Jan's baby. Bu then agian, there's a good possibility that he is...who knows. Maybe we'll find out in the next episode!