The invincible Rasputin

A few days ago my World History class started the Russian Revolution and for weeks before my teacher had been telling us that the Russian Revolution was absolutely crazy, she said that the violence in the French Revolution is nothing like that of the Russian Revolution. So naturally me being in love with violence I was ecstatic when my class started learning about the Russian Revolution. So far I have heard of only three people dyeing and I can already say my teacher was one hundred percent right, the Russian Revolution is going to be crazy.

            To prove my teachers case I will explain the death of the man Rasputin. If you are unsure who Rasputin is then by all means go look him up because there is just too much to say about him in the amount of space I have left. Anyway, One day a few nobles invited him to dinner, at dinner they filled his wine with poison, but no matter how much Rasputin drank he still didn’t die. Eventually one of the nobles had had enough and would kill Rasputin the old fashion way, then one man shot him twice, still living, Rasputin ran away. He was then caught and drowned, a few minuets later Rasputin came crawling up from the water still alive, and finally the nobles pined him down and shot him in the head and finally killed him. But then just for good, crazy measure the nobles castrated Rasputin. And that is only one person, and it is still only the very beginning of the Revolution, hopefully there is more violence and craziness.

Personally I found it hilarious when Rasputin had come up from the water even after being under for several minuets, even after he was shot. However I REALLY did not need to know that he was castrated, but I guess it just helps prove that the Russian Revolution was crazy. 

a funny song about Rasputin.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5-xd0M6tRQ

No Technology History Discussion

A couple of weeks back I was inhumanely given a homework assignment by my World History teacher. My “mission” was to go a whole two hours without using… electronics or any other high-tech devices! I know crazy right? I’m not Tom Cruise from mission impossible, you would think my assignments would be hard not impossible. Not only could I not watch TV, but I also could not use my IPod, Computer, phone, Xbox, or my electric guitar. At the beginning of my “mission” I truly thought it was impossible.

            During the first few minuets after starting my “mission” I felt or should I say heard my phone vibrate against my table I was utterly confused. I did not know whither to answer my phone and give up or just power through my “mission” and be able to go back into my World History class holding my head up high and be able to say I have gone two hours without technology. I know some kids in my History class would have easily completed this same assignment but unlike them I was not brought up on limited access to video games and TV. Whenever I felt like playing a game or watching TV I was able to. Although technology is considered the reason for the rapid deterioration of teenagers attention spans I feel it is a very little percentage of the reasons, for example I turned out to be fine (in my opinion) I am in all honors classes in school getting decent grades (as far as I know) and I have plenty of friends, even though I have spent a lot of my life being instantly gratified by the use of technology.

            Through out my “mission” I was only hesitant in continuing my assignment twice one at the beginning and the other when I heard my phone. However, I had finished my “mission” with little trouble, all I had to do was finish my homework, then for another hour after that read my new book, The Specialist. After I had finished my “mission” I took a sigh of relief and finished my chapter in the book and then went straight to my computer and logged onto Facebook to see who else had finished their “mission”. Apparently I didn’t learn a lesion, and I am completely fine with that.

Giving Attention to Wiki Leaks

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/28/world/europe/28wiki.html?ref=wikileaks

While looking around the New York Times website I found an article that I felt brought unnecessary attention to Julian Assange. Its not bad enough that he released hundreds of thousands of classified documents to the public but now he is getting his own book which will no doubt add more publicity towards his actions. Seeing this article also reminded me of what I said when I first heard about WikiLeaks, If there was no media to report on events like this then no one would care. If no one cared then this wouldn’t be such a big deal and no one would have gotten hurt.

            While reading this article I found that Julian Assange has said that he did not want to make the book, he is only doing it to keep WikiLeaks running. However the website WikiLeaks is already down and inaccessible, as for him not wanting to write the book I think that Assange is lying. Why wouldn’t he want everyone to know his life story and what he had done, its not like he is afraid of people knowing the truth, as everyone has figured out by now.

I chose this news article because it explains that he is arrested and some of his other crimes. Instead of all the regular news that just says Julian Assange is evil, a terrorist, and other unfair accusations. The article just talks about the behind the scenes action, like Julian Assange making a book to protect himself from certain legal charges.

            In my honest opinion I do not believe Julian Assange should be marked as a terrorist, he was only trying to provide the truth to the public just as a government should. Instead he should be a hero to the world outside of the government, he is liberating the public from the governments secrets. However if the governments did not want all the information to be taken seriously then they just should have denied everything and ignore it, eventually no one would have cared.

Moral: Don’t give something attention unless you want everyone to know about it.

North -VS- South

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/30/world/asia/30korea.html?_r=1&hp

My first thought to this article is thank god. Although I haven’t heard much about the recent North Korean threats it did have me worried. I didn’t want this to start another Korean War, and I especially didn’t want the United States of America to get involved, because everyone knows how well that worked out last time when we interfered.

            As I later read I saw that North Korea promised to become a “strong and prosperous country” but what I don’t get is why does a prosperous country always include a nuclear device or a uranium refining plant. I am pretty sure a country can be prosperous without the need for a nuclear weapon. Apparently neither north Korea or South Korea agree with me.

At the very end of the article there is a paragraph saying basically that there is no open conversation, which to me sounds like the worst idea possible, especially when the two countries are about to go to war. What the two countries need to do is meet each other one on one, and talk out their disagreements without the use of threats or name-calling. This way both presidents of North Korea and South Korea will not be pressured into a hasty and dangerous decision.

The reason I chose this article to write this blog is because it could become a global issue, which could start another a war, as well as introduce the US into another war that we don’t belong. I also chose this article because I felt extremely strong about this subject and I believed that I could write a decent article on this information.

After Reading this I went away with the knowledge that even the smallest arguments between Nabors can blow up into something dangerous such as the intervention of several other countries, and could eventually lead to war if enough people disagree with each other.