When I was told to write about the political protests in the Middle East I honestly didn't know much. I knew there was something going on with Egypt that made any pyramid related joke that I could think of relevant. Other than that I was in the Dark. I was too busy thinking about my play and school to think about things going on across the world.
As it turns out, a good percentage of the countries in the Middle East think their governments suck and they want change. Tunisia, Egypt, and the bloodiest of all, Libya have been in some sort of protests or revolution of a government leader who is doing them wrong. Libya's leader Gadhafi has declared war on his own people and is using fighter jets to shoot down protestors according to http://www.tothecenter.com/.
Having to think about things like these protests makes me think. We are lucky. So what if we disagree with if abortion or gay marriage is legal or illegal? From what I can see, our problems with the government aren't nearly as bad as some people are having it.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
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Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Pregamin' for Super Bowl XLV
With the Super Bowl right around the corner what else could I write about?
This Sunday is the 45th anniversary of the big game and it could be one for the ages. Two teams with great winning histories will face off:
The Green Bay Packers of the NFC will be trying to bring the Lombardi Trophy home where it belongs. The trophy, given to the winning team of the big game, is named after the Hall of Fame Packer coach who led the team to win Super Bowl I and Super Bowl II. The last time they won the Lombardi trophy was in 1996 with future Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre.
The Pittsburgh Steelers of the AFC will try to get their two fingers ahead in the Super Bowl ring game. If they win on Sunday they will have won the Lombardi Trophy seven times- that is two more times than any other team in the league. Their most recent Super Bowl wins were in 2005 and 2008.
The analysts have been talking and it seems like the two teams are pretty evenly matched. Both have great quarterbacks. Their defenses are phenomenal with Defensive Player of the Year Troy Polamalu and James Harrison who held third place in the DPOY voting lining up for the Steelers and Clay Matthews who held second place in the DPOY voting and Charles Woodson who held the title last year lining up for the Packers.
Although many Steelers players have some Super Bowl experience I honestly believe that the Packers have all the momentum after making it to the Super Bowl after coming in as a sixth seed. That is my pick for Sunday. What do you expect?
Go Pack Go!!
This Sunday is the 45th anniversary of the big game and it could be one for the ages. Two teams with great winning histories will face off:
The Green Bay Packers of the NFC will be trying to bring the Lombardi Trophy home where it belongs. The trophy, given to the winning team of the big game, is named after the Hall of Fame Packer coach who led the team to win Super Bowl I and Super Bowl II. The last time they won the Lombardi trophy was in 1996 with future Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre.
The Pittsburgh Steelers of the AFC will try to get their two fingers ahead in the Super Bowl ring game. If they win on Sunday they will have won the Lombardi Trophy seven times- that is two more times than any other team in the league. Their most recent Super Bowl wins were in 2005 and 2008.
The analysts have been talking and it seems like the two teams are pretty evenly matched. Both have great quarterbacks. Their defenses are phenomenal with Defensive Player of the Year Troy Polamalu and James Harrison who held third place in the DPOY voting lining up for the Steelers and Clay Matthews who held second place in the DPOY voting and Charles Woodson who held the title last year lining up for the Packers.
Although many Steelers players have some Super Bowl experience I honestly believe that the Packers have all the momentum after making it to the Super Bowl after coming in as a sixth seed. That is my pick for Sunday. What do you expect?
Go Pack Go!!
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