Kiarra Majae McDaniel

In Kiarra McDaniel's article "Colin Kaepernick explains why he sat during national anthem" by Steve Wyche, the author refers to everyone's right to basic freedoms, and Kaepernick gives quoted explanations of the reason behind his protest. His decision to sit during the National Anthem caused a huge uproar between Trump, the NFL, and throughout all of America. In this article, the author reiterates the idea of everyone's individual rights. These rights include the decision to sit or stand during the playing of the National Anthem. This being said, Colin Kaepernick chose to sit during the anthem, and because of his position in the community, caused a widespread furor all over the country. In the article, Coach Chip Kelly, coach of the Niners, states "Kaepernick's decision not to stand during the national anthem is his right as a citizen." This is arguing how Colin has the right to freedom of choice. Colin had a motive for his decision to remain seated, but no one knew of his intentions when it occurred. The article includes Kaepernick's feelings towards the situation as he claims, "I do not stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color." Kaepernick does not believe in honoring a flag that symbolizes freedom when his own race is being maltreated and stripped of those very freedoms. In Kiarra's blog, she believes that Kaepernick's reasoning for his decision not to stand during the National Anthem is respectable and has a solid purpose behind it. She has a negative perspective towards Trump and his ideas. Kiarra's blog was very well written. She read the article correctly and her essay is smashing! In her paper, she clearly explains her argument in an effectual manner.

Post Malone Rocks!!

                      

Austin Post, or known as Post Malone, is twenty-two years old. He is one of my favorite artist. His songs are always good and sometimes relate to me when I am feeling down and upset. Malone became popular after he released his single called "White Iverson". Malone's song "I Fall Apart" in the album Stoney,  Malone sings, "and now I'm takin' these shots like it's novacane, yeah." The simile here indicated by the word "like" is comparing his shots to novacane. Malone is taking shots with no pain. This means the shots are compared to the novacane shot to put him to sleep. This image is very depressing because he is hurt about the actions his ex-girlfriend has done. Austin's song "Too Young" in the album Stoney,  Malone sings, "When I get that cash it's hallelujah." The metaphor here indicated by the word "is" is comparing when he gets his cash he is extremely happy. Making money makes Malone gleeful. This image is a good and excited image because everyone likes money. Malone's song "Patient" in the album Stoney,  Malone sings, "I know my wrist be dancin' crazy." The personification here is how his wrist are dancing. Your wrist can not dance. You can move your wrist in a circular motion but that is not called dancing. Malone is giving his wrist a human trait. I recommend Post Malone's music if you are ever feeling sad. His lyrics will always hit you to heart and make you feel some type of way. Some songs might be really depressing, but his lyrics go good together.

Las Vegas Disaster!!!

The article I have chosen is called “After Las Vegas Shooting, a Tight-Lipped Sheriff Faces a Maddening Case”. The Las Vegas shooting was a terrible experience that Sheriff Lombardo had to deal with according to Mitch Smith, Jennifer Medina, and Timothy Williams of the New York Times. On Sunday, October 1, a mass shooting at the country music festival in Las Vegas has changed so many lives. This shooting killed 58 people and wounded over hundreds more. Sheriff Lombardo is known to be very moderate and the best police officer there is in Las Vegas. That being said Sheriff Lombardo has dealt with a lot of cases but nothing compares to this one. Sheriff Lombardo states, “this is one of the most frustrating criminal investigations in memory” meaning that he can not find a reason the gunman did such a thing while leaving no public accounting for his actions. Sheriff Lombardo is a very “plain-spoken” man so he is going to be very blunt in his interviews about anything the speaker will ask him. Stephen Paddock, the shooter, smashed out his hotel windows as he started shooting with a semi-automatic. Devastating the whole urban town of Las Vegas. Sheriff Lombardo states, "I do not think Stephen could have done all this shooting on his own. Someone else had to be apart of the crime but escaped before anyone saw him." Sheriff Lombardo does not like to speak out in public about crime scenes which is causing a lot of frustration with some people but he is the most down-to-earth person. The authors discussion about the topic had some very good points. The authors talked a lot about how awesome Sheriff Lombardo was at his job. They also made it clear that this massive shooting has been the worst shooting in the United States. I clearly saw there most subjective opinion when they stated that Sheriff Lombardo thinks that Stephen Paddock was not the only one that caused this. This is a huge opinion because he was the only one seen. Another opinion is that the authors make Sheriff Lombardo seem like the best officer around when the people around Las Vegas can have a different opinion. The authors stated that this investigation was very frustrating for Sheriff Lombardo and as this being a factual misconception I agree with them. I agree with them because they do not have reasons on why Stephen Paddock acted the way he did, they do not know if he was alone or not, and this shooting killed 58 people and hurt a lot more.