My Persoanal complaints about the United States Government.

According to Fareed Zakaria, author of the book “The Post-American World”, he describes the American political system as “Do-nothing politics” and goes into detail in his book about why this trend is impeding America’s progress in the world ( Zakaria 232). I agree with this view as there’s nothing that grinds my gears more than inefficacy within the government that stem from petty disputes to just complete idiocy as there are two main reason that I feel for theses annoyance that not only I feel but many other people do as well.

            

The first reason that these issues emerge is because of political polarization, this has become more common place in the American political system as people who are in separate parties are not allowed to come to a compromise simply because then they will seem “weak” to other people in that party. This makes for many debates that resolve nothing and instead waste more time as was apparent in October 2013, when there was a government shut down because Republicans didn’t want to come to any compromise and just decided to throw a hissy fit over not getting there way. This can easily be fixed by politicians learning to compromise again, as they did during FDR administration during the great depression, as even if people were in different parties there was a need for proactive legislation which was passed in the form of FDR’s “New Deal”.  

           

The second reason for they issues is money as it seems that every day more politicians are focused on what their pay is rather than the work they are doing. From election campaigns to the likelihood that a bill will be past, money has its way of getting into the political process and mucking it up. I understand that nothing is free but the fact that congress literally does nothing before elections is ridiculous when there are huge problems that won’t sit still for them. This is also annoying when special interest groups are involved in politics and the ones with more money can get what they want, it makes the American political system a place where only the rich get what they want. This could be fixed by just having the focus of the government on making changes for the good for more people rather than a select few.

            

These “Do-Nothing politics” really do hinder America’s full potentially in the global political game and it honestly annoys me, personally to see grown adults act like children when they should be focusing on the betterment of the American people. I complain about this government because I care and wish to see it return to its glory days of actually being able to compromise and pass efficient legislation, I would hate to see America struggle with issues that could have easily been solved by changes that need to be made, even if they are hard at first but will eventually set America up for a more progress and well off future for all of the American people. 

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Music: The universal inspiration

Music has always mattered to me, heck music has mattered to a whole lot of people, from Beethoven to Bob Dylan, as well as the fact that music has shaped cultures and people’s lives throughout the world. Music is a universal language and art that can be loved and appreciated from anyone and bring people together from anywhere around some sweet tones and melodies.

Music has greatly shaped my life in both big and small ways, from being in orchestra throughout high school, too preforming music at shows, music has introduced me to many different people and experiences that I probably wouldn't have had without it. A world without music isn't even possible for me to imagine as I have music almost 24/7 as it fills me with joy as it changes the normal day to day into an experience, with millions of people’s interpretations of life making up the sound track of mine.  Whether I will be listening to music in the car or jamming out with my friends, music always has something to give me and in turn I can create music to give to everyone else.

Overall music has been the one hobby of mine that has made the biggest impact in my life and is the one that I am the most passionate about. Music will be a part of my life indefinitely as it continues to entrances me in all of its lows and highs, and all of its beautiful and emotional tones. 

YouTube has been an outlet for many up and coming artist can show their talents and skills, but as time goes on its becoming more difficult for people to get into the YouTube community and be successful. The Creator of this video, Ross O'Donovan, discusses this issue thoroughly from a personal perspective. Ross is considered a YouTube celebrity, well known for his appearance on the gaming channel "Game Grumps", he also has a strong passion for animation that he post on his personal channel RubberNinja.

 This love animation is what created this video whereas Ross discusses his concern for the future of animation on YouTube and the intended audience for this video was for the YouTube community on a whole to be able to address the issue, that animation and other types of videos, that have longer production cycles, cannot be sustained in the current YouTube system. 

This issue will have a huge impact if not properly address as it squelches the potential of new artist of any type to make a name for themselves through means such as YouTube. Ross uses his position as a YouTube celebrity to give himself legitimacy as well as bring up factual information to back up his claims, the strong driving force behind this video though is Ross’s personal perspective on the issue as the viewer can understand why this matters so much to him and that he honestly wants change to better the community and help people.

Overall this video shows how someone can use the internet to start the discussion of what needs to change and how to convey a message that is both simple, efficient, and told in a way to keep people watching until the end and actually want to make a change themselves.