In the article “The Children Will Keep Coming” published in Nation Company, author Oscar Martinez explains to us how David De La O was murdered by members of the 18th street gang, because he didn't want to join the gang. David was 11 years-old and went to a school that was controlled by the gang that was close to David's neighborhood. Because this gang is well known in the area, it wasn't a major concern to the county that another boy was murdered by this ruthless gang. The day before David was murdered, two other teens had there throats slit by the gang. To avoid joining the gang or getting killed by the gang, resulted in thousands of teens fled El Salvador. Since 2008, congress has been asked for 3.7 billion to step up the enforcement and employ more judges to speed up removal process, so these teens that flea from El Salvador to the U.S. don't have to be illegals. With the two major gangs the 18th street and Mara Salvatrucha have around 60,000 members. Everyone knows who they are and what they are capable of presenting. Gang activity is a such huge part of these peoples lives, the gangs run these towns. With these gang members committing crimes and the "law" acting on them, most members are claiming self defense and get away with murder. The two gangs were formed in the U.S. in southern, Cali. Then from Cali they formed out of the country into another one. In the US we offer jobs to lower educate people over 5,000 jobs in the US. This one man whose name is Jose is really good at getting people over the border and is coasting each person to pay $7,500 per person. People will continue to try and get there children to safety, even though it's illegal, they will keep trying. The government needs to figure out better ways to stop these coyotes and protect our border.
http://www.thenation.com/article/180837/why-children-fleeing-central-america-will-not-stop-coming
After reading this article, it amazes me how much a gang can control a town, city or even a country. The fact that a gang will kill you because you don't want to join. The gangs will get away with murder and bribe cops to be set free. I agree with the parents how they want to get their children away from the dangerous thugs, but I don't agree with them crossing the border illegally. It does upset me that the gangs were started in the U.S. and our government couldn't put a end to the all killings that were happening. It's sad that they were forcing children to join the gang and totally interrupting there life and forcing them into a life going nowhere. The coyotes are another problem with the government and the borders. The fact that they can bribe officers with money to allow them to cross the border illegally is messed up. I do wish that the law there would actually act like they are the law. Instead it seems like they are just afraid of the gangs just like the children and citizens are.
Monday, April 20, 2015
Monday, April 13, 2015
Blog 9
In his article, “Watching Sony Slide” published from New York Times, author John Divorak tells us how the former CEO of Sony Howard Stringer accomplished very little while he was with Sony, but as new CEO Kazuo Hirai takes his role with Sony her begins to take off in success. Sony is an extremely strange and ordinary company to begin with says the author. A company that literally make's everything from medical supplies to televisions. It's most recent success to my generation is with play station, Sony make's that as well. John Divorak says that it’s so bad that the company “Apple could buy Sony five times over with what it has in the bank.” That's not exactly the best news to hear when the competition is doing awesome work and isn't even worried about what Sony has to offer. The author goes on about how Sony is clueless and it's business and going nowhere. The new CEO has made good progress, but it isn't good enough to beat Apple. Kazuo, the new CEO needs to figure out what exactly is Sony going to be known for? Sony can't invent and start making everything that this corrupt world needs.
I found this article very interesting! Yes, I know that Sony is a major company in the electronic world, but I didn't know about the medical supplies. I also didn't know that Sony is basically failing as a company. I can see why Sony is struggling though, because look at Japan, China and Russia they make a lot of our American needs and wants. Japan is well known for all their electronic departments and they literally can't make everything. Sony does need to figure out what they are going to specialize in, but they are famous in the electronic industry. When I read that Apple could buy out Sony five times and still be doing just fine, that shocked me. I thought Sony was one of the wealthiest companies out there, but I thought wrong.
Monday, April 6, 2015
Blog 8
In the article “Rebel Brides and Ex-Wives.”
Published in Newsweek (pacific Edition) author Jason Overdorf talks about how a nineteen year-old female Sreeja Konidela returned back home in Hyderabad, for a relatives funeral, but she didn't get the welcome back home that she thought she was going to get. Sreeja father is a big time in the Telegu language film industry. Her father friend was cut off for running away and getting married otherwise known as eloping, with Shirish Bhardwaj 23 and the two got married on live television last October.The two were afraid that her father would accuse the "husband" for kidnapping. Sreeja was getting pressure by her parents to end the so-called marriage with Shirish, so she could start a new marriage with someone that her parents would choose. Arranged marriage has been a tradition for decades in India and the people do get offended when my generation of young adults commit eloping and not marrying the person of their parents choice.
I don't agree with the article. I think that arranged marriage's are a joke and completely immature. I don't understand why people would marry someone because their parents want them too. I've known plenty of people who get married just so they can make more money. These arranged marriage's should be stopped, the parents need to let their kids experience what it's like to be in love and not forced into love. I think that Sreeja made a good choice by running away and being with the person that she wanted to be with, not the person that her parents wanted her to be with.
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