Article "Gone."

This was a cool article. It was interesting how the guy disappeared, with the steps he took to avoid detection, like changing his basic facial features like his hair. I would find it difficult to just drop everything and attempt to disappear without anyone knowing just because of how much I interact with people. This related to Into the Wild in the sense of him just disappearing, going off without telling anyone. With Invisible Man, the narrator struggles with being invisible and wanting to change that and in this situation Evan Ratliff, wanted to become invisible, to disappear within the masses of everyday life. With Gatsby, it was the idea of changing who you used to be into who you want to be. By dropping the older ideas of yourself and recreating a new persona who can do all the things that your old one could not.

IR Blog Post 9 House passes tax deal and sends to Obama

The House of Representatives voted for the $858 Billion tax deal, they voted for it so it is now being sent to Obama to be signed into law. The new bill extends unemployment benfits for 13 months, cut payroll tax by 2% a year, and restore real estate tax to a lower level.
At the moment this does not affect me directly, however it will affect me indirectly through my parents and perhaps other members of my family.

IR Blog Post 8 Poll: Six in ten say they won't consider Palin

This article talks about how even is Rep. of Alaska Sarah Palin made a bid for presidential election next term, that most would not even consider her for the position. It is the largest amount of people who said they would not vote for a candidate. President Obama leads Palin in a hypothetical race with 54 to 39 percent. Personally I agree that I would not vote for her in the next election, however I am sure many others would disagree.
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IR Blog post 7 Sports Cagewriter

This Article talks about the last WEC event WEC 53. In which the lightweight champion Ben Henderson was to defend his title against Anthony Pettis, and Dominic Cruz defended his  bantamweight title against Scott Jorgensen. Ben Henderson lost in spectacular fashion, Pettis used the cage to launch himself in the air and land a head kick that dropped Henderson, though it did not end the fight it led Pettis to win a unanimous decision over Henderson. Dominic Cruz handily won his fight and after the WEC merge into the UFC will fight the winner of the Gray Maynard/Frankie Edgar fight. WHile Pettis will be crowned the Last WEC bantamweight champion and the first UFC bantamweight champion, while Henderson will forever be stuck with the stigma of being the last man to lose a title in the WEC.

Theme #3 Reflection

I thought that I did well on this theme. Though my grade was not bad i felt that the idea behind my poem was misunderstood to be some form of political rant, however this was not the case. It was simply how i felt written onto the page, and it was not speaking of anything related to politics.

It seems as though style would be the area i would need to improve on, however it was also the style that was most misunderstood.

I think that my poem might have just been over analyzed, and that when taken for what it is and not attempting to divulge some deeper meaning, it would be better understood.

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This article talks about congress having plans laid out for their lame duck session. A few bills are going to be attempt to be pushed through, the major one however is START(Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.) Because of their takeover of the House the Republicans have met with Obama many more times the usual in order to discuss their ideas for Congress.

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Cagewriter article on Chael Sonnen failing his drug screening after UFC 117 where he displayed an excellent title fight against reigning Middleweight champion Anderson "The Spider" Silva. After punishing Silva for 4 and a half of their 5 round match, Sonnen was caught in a leg triangle, the same submission he has fallen too three times before. He was to be granted an immediate rematch by UFC President Dana White, then it surfaced about his failed drug screening. Sonnen had elevated levels of testosterone, which enhances ones physical performance.