Saturday, November 22, 2008
Roller Coaster Tycoon
We have this game that is called Roller Coaster Tycoon. We have the first one the second and the third. It is interesting to me that the first and second one all the people look the same and in the third, they don’t look the same. My favorite one is Roller Coaster Tycoon Three. You can build roller coasters and then ride them. There are a few things that I wish the third one had. Like one that me and my mom miss, is that you can’t drown people. We have bought the add on for Roller Coaster Tycoon Three. One is where you can have animals and the other lets you have swimming pools.
IF
If I where going to write a book on my life. It would be called 150 was to fold laundry.
If I were 16 right now then I would go to my granddads and work for a car.
If I had five hundred and fifty dollars I would get a horse.
If I were 22 I would be going on a mission.
If I could pick any collage in the world to go to, I would go to B.Y.U.
If I was 25 and I had a million dollars and I was out of debt, I would buy 20 to 40 acres and build a house and start a ranch.
If I were 16 right now then I would go to my granddads and work for a car.
If I had five hundred and fifty dollars I would get a horse.
If I were 22 I would be going on a mission.
If I could pick any collage in the world to go to, I would go to B.Y.U.
If I was 25 and I had a million dollars and I was out of debt, I would buy 20 to 40 acres and build a house and start a ranch.
How Do You Plan to Pay Back Your Ancestors and Preserve Freedom?
I will strive to develop my talents. I will preserve the constitution the best I can. I WILL NOT BE A Stupid VOTER! I will learn about my countries past. I will not catch the politically correct disease. I will not be corrupted or bribed. I will study history and learn.
Who is the best leader Brutus, Cassius, or Antony?
I could not choose Antony, because he tried to cut what the people where getting from Caesar’s will. And therefore I could not pick him because whats to stop him from cheating the people.
I could not pick Brutus because he betrayed his friend that led to his friends’ death. If he is willing to betray and kill his friend then whats to stop him from killing his followers that he doesn’t know.
I could not pick Cassius because he’s a whiner. If he was the leader then he would whine all the time.
But sense I have to pick one I would pick Cassius because he would not do anything. So I would not have to fear that I would be cheated or killed. And besides why he’s complaining I could take charge of it.
I think anyone in Polar Star could do a better job than these three jokers!
I could not pick Brutus because he betrayed his friend that led to his friends’ death. If he is willing to betray and kill his friend then whats to stop him from killing his followers that he doesn’t know.
I could not pick Cassius because he’s a whiner. If he was the leader then he would whine all the time.
But sense I have to pick one I would pick Cassius because he would not do anything. So I would not have to fear that I would be cheated or killed. And besides why he’s complaining I could take charge of it.
I think anyone in Polar Star could do a better job than these three jokers!
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Life of Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman was believed to be born in 1820 the place of birth is believed to be in born in Dorchester County, Maryland. No one knows the exact month or day of her birth because they did not keep careful records of slave’s births. Harriet herself, did not know the day of her birth, she did not even know how old she was. Harriet Tubman’s name at birth was Araminta Ross. She died the 10th of March in 1913.
Childhood
Harriet Tubman was one of eleven children of Harriet and Benjamin Ross. When she was still a child she was rented out as a nursemaid. That meant that she would have to stay up all night beside the cradle of the baby so that it would not wake the master and his wife. If she went to sleep on duty the babies’ mother would whip her. As a child, she was determined to get her freedom. One time a slave went to the store without permission, when he got back, his owner wanted to punish him and he ask Harriet to help him. She refused. The slave started to run off, so the master picked up a two pound weight and through it at him but he missed and hit Harriet instead. It nearly crushed her skull and she was unconscious for days. As a result of her injury she had seizures, spells of hypersomnia, headaches, powerful visionary and dream activity.
Marriage and her escape
She married a free slave named John Tubman and she took his last name. And not only did she change her last name when she got married she also changed her first to Harriet taking her mothers name. In 1849, Harriet became ill so her owner tried to sell her. As the people came to look at her to see if they wanted to buy her, she prayed that her master heart would be changed that way it would not split up her family. When she realized that her masters heart was not changing she quickly changed her prayers to, "Oh Lord, if you ain't never going to change that man's heart, kill him, Lord, and take him out of the way." A week later he died. In 1849 Harriet decided to escape, her husband would not come with them. So she and her brothers escaped and followed the North Star. Her brothers became scared and turned back but Harriet was determined to get her freedom. She found herself in Philadelphia where she found work as a housemaid, she saved her money so that she could return to free many more slaves.
Helping the slaves
She rescued lots of slaves and if any of them wanted to turn around she would pull out her gun and say "You'll be free or die a slave!" She helped three hundred slaves to freedom. She guided all her slaves to safety through the Underground Railroad. As Tubman herself said, "On my Underground Railroad I [never] run my train off [the] track [and] I never [lost] a passenger."
Civil War
During the Civil War she was a Union spy, cook and nurse. She was the first woman to lead an army. She saved many lives in the war. During the Civil War Harriet went on a gun ship. As they went up the river, Harriet looked at the plantation and she noticed that all the slaves hid in the bushes. When they saw the ship but do to a mysterious telegraph that was sent around that read something like Lincoln’s ships have come to set you free. The slaves started coming from all roads to get to the ship. When Harriet and the captain saw this, they sent the small boats to bring the slaves to the ship. When the boats were full, the slaves would not let the boat go to the ship for fear that they would be left behind. So the captain yelled to Harriet and told her "Moses, you’ll have to give’em a song." And she sang this,
"Of all the whole creation in the east or in the west, the glorious Yankee nation is greatest and the best. Come along! Come along! Don’t be alarmed Uncle Sam is rich enough to give you all a farm."
At the end of each verse the Negroes in their enthusiasm would throw up their hands and shout "Glory!" and at that opportunity the boats push off. She continued this until all the Negroes were safely aboard the ship.
I admire so many things about her. I like how she was true to her beliefs. I hope that I can be as determined as she is. I hope that if I ever get in a situation like she did, where I would have to put my life on the line for my country or for someone else, that I will be willing to do so. I learned so many things from her. The thing that I learned the most is that you can do what ever you want to, no matter what circumstance you are in.
Harriet Tubman was believed to be born in 1820 the place of birth is believed to be in born in Dorchester County, Maryland. No one knows the exact month or day of her birth because they did not keep careful records of slave’s births. Harriet herself, did not know the day of her birth, she did not even know how old she was. Harriet Tubman’s name at birth was Araminta Ross. She died the 10th of March in 1913.
Childhood
Harriet Tubman was one of eleven children of Harriet and Benjamin Ross. When she was still a child she was rented out as a nursemaid. That meant that she would have to stay up all night beside the cradle of the baby so that it would not wake the master and his wife. If she went to sleep on duty the babies’ mother would whip her. As a child, she was determined to get her freedom. One time a slave went to the store without permission, when he got back, his owner wanted to punish him and he ask Harriet to help him. She refused. The slave started to run off, so the master picked up a two pound weight and through it at him but he missed and hit Harriet instead. It nearly crushed her skull and she was unconscious for days. As a result of her injury she had seizures, spells of hypersomnia, headaches, powerful visionary and dream activity.
Marriage and her escape
She married a free slave named John Tubman and she took his last name. And not only did she change her last name when she got married she also changed her first to Harriet taking her mothers name. In 1849, Harriet became ill so her owner tried to sell her. As the people came to look at her to see if they wanted to buy her, she prayed that her master heart would be changed that way it would not split up her family. When she realized that her masters heart was not changing she quickly changed her prayers to, "Oh Lord, if you ain't never going to change that man's heart, kill him, Lord, and take him out of the way." A week later he died. In 1849 Harriet decided to escape, her husband would not come with them. So she and her brothers escaped and followed the North Star. Her brothers became scared and turned back but Harriet was determined to get her freedom. She found herself in Philadelphia where she found work as a housemaid, she saved her money so that she could return to free many more slaves.
Helping the slaves
She rescued lots of slaves and if any of them wanted to turn around she would pull out her gun and say "You'll be free or die a slave!" She helped three hundred slaves to freedom. She guided all her slaves to safety through the Underground Railroad. As Tubman herself said, "On my Underground Railroad I [never] run my train off [the] track [and] I never [lost] a passenger."
Civil War
During the Civil War she was a Union spy, cook and nurse. She was the first woman to lead an army. She saved many lives in the war. During the Civil War Harriet went on a gun ship. As they went up the river, Harriet looked at the plantation and she noticed that all the slaves hid in the bushes. When they saw the ship but do to a mysterious telegraph that was sent around that read something like Lincoln’s ships have come to set you free. The slaves started coming from all roads to get to the ship. When Harriet and the captain saw this, they sent the small boats to bring the slaves to the ship. When the boats were full, the slaves would not let the boat go to the ship for fear that they would be left behind. So the captain yelled to Harriet and told her "Moses, you’ll have to give’em a song." And she sang this,
"Of all the whole creation in the east or in the west, the glorious Yankee nation is greatest and the best. Come along! Come along! Don’t be alarmed Uncle Sam is rich enough to give you all a farm."
At the end of each verse the Negroes in their enthusiasm would throw up their hands and shout "Glory!" and at that opportunity the boats push off. She continued this until all the Negroes were safely aboard the ship.
I admire so many things about her. I like how she was true to her beliefs. I hope that I can be as determined as she is. I hope that if I ever get in a situation like she did, where I would have to put my life on the line for my country or for someone else, that I will be willing to do so. I learned so many things from her. The thing that I learned the most is that you can do what ever you want to, no matter what circumstance you are in.
How Would You Bind the Nation's Wounds After the Civil War?
I’m not sure what I would do. I think the first thing I would be sending as many boys home as possible. Then I would try to pay back all the many debts that the country owed. Then after that I think I would try to get all the taxes that go against the Constitution to be eliminated.
Mob Rule
If a man where to go around and threaten businesses that way he could get money, this is one form of mob rule. Another form of mob rule is if a town or city where to start making their own laws.
I’m going to use an analogy to compare fires to mob rule. Fires are like mob rule because they both have one hand that’s good and the other that’s bad and they do it in the same way.
When a fire goes through a forest like Yellow Stone it burns all the diseases and behind it, it leaves a rebirth for the plants and makes the forest stronger. When our nation was getting started it had mob rule but behind it, it left a birth of freedom, a new country, it swept away all the anarchy in the states.
But when a fire goes through a city or a neighborhood, it leaves destruction in its path. It takes lives, it bankrupts people and it does not make it stronger. When the saints were in Illinois, they where driven out by mob rule and in that instance people died and it did not make the state stronger. In my opinion it made it weaker.
I’m going to use an analogy to compare fires to mob rule. Fires are like mob rule because they both have one hand that’s good and the other that’s bad and they do it in the same way.
When a fire goes through a forest like Yellow Stone it burns all the diseases and behind it, it leaves a rebirth for the plants and makes the forest stronger. When our nation was getting started it had mob rule but behind it, it left a birth of freedom, a new country, it swept away all the anarchy in the states.
But when a fire goes through a city or a neighborhood, it leaves destruction in its path. It takes lives, it bankrupts people and it does not make it stronger. When the saints were in Illinois, they where driven out by mob rule and in that instance people died and it did not make the state stronger. In my opinion it made it weaker.
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