Hiroshima...then, later, and now.

This is the Hiroshima Prefecture Industrial Promotion Hall before the Atomic Bombing. It was just 200 meters away from the Hypocenter. It's a great image showing just exactly what the city was... Normal. Everything was at peace, and running smoothly. But this image would no longer stay the same in a matter of moments.


So, on August 6th, 1945, the U.S. dropped a bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. This was sort of an unnecessary strike back from President Truman. Basically, revenge after the pearl Harbor incident. This is the same Hiroshima Prefecture Industrial Promotion Hall, only, after the the atomic bombing. These are the left over ruins. It is now known as the Atomic Bomb Dome. Self-explanatory. So it shows just how fast things disappear after just a significant moment. The building no longer looked the same, nor did it have the same feeling, that day at approximately 8:15 am.

When i look at something like this, i see very strong and inspirational people. A terrible event has just occurred, but they do give up. In fact, they continue to move on with life in whichever way they can, especially after having an explosion hit your city just moments before. These people will now undergo physical, emotional, and mental trauma. But they continue to live. I can only imagine having myself in the same situation. Walking next to dead bodies, as an adult or child, it would still hit me pretty hard.

It's a lot to handle. To be a survivor and have this image in your mind forever, is one of the hardest things to do. So much is happening, in so little time. I see agony, fear, panic, and destruction. It's not something you live everyday to see. But to have it happen right in front of you, to be a witness, and then draw it, is something extremely extraordinary.

Abortion. . .

Intro:
What a topic. It is a controversial issue that we all come upon thinking about at one point, even if you're not in the situation. But it's the terrible truth. And then we all have the decision to be Pro-Life or Pro-Choice. And some of us try to avoid it all together so people won't get mad at us. I like to believe that I'm one of those people. But i do lean more towards one of them. And that would be Pro-Choice.

1)It does sound kind of harsh, but i might strongly believe in being Pro-Choice. I have yet found a reason to ever be Pro-Life. I guess no one has ever really convinced me. But one thing i do have to make clear is that when i say that I'm Pro-choice, i am not saying that aborting the baby is the only option. I am clearly stating that having the legal availability to terminate a pregnancy is only a choice that should thoroughly be thought over. And there are many reasons why i can back this up. Also, i get very very stubborn, because, well, i like being right. Who doesn't? But when i hear others give their reasoning for being my opposite, i often try to change their mind. And here's why.

• I believe that Abortion is completely up to the mother, because she is the one that might have to carry it for 9 months. Not the father. But that is only if she chooses to. Okay, and then this is where we get a little aggressive. For those of you who believe that a baby's life begins at the moment of conception. I almost want to, well, I'll put it in an understandable manor. I almost want to. . .chuckle with confidence a bit and get ready for an argument. The baby, does not have feelings, nor a brain. It is still in development. As you go further in time, yes, this will fetus will develop its full form. But that's going really into it and well then it gets really hard to think about it. But I'm saying that abortion is best to due in the early stages of a pregnancy. I mean, that's what the Roe vs. Wade Court Case suggested. Well, it didn't really suggest it. But it did allow a mother to have an abortion if she shall choose, up until the point where the baby is viable, or able to live outside the womb. This would be somewhere around 4-5 months.
• I also think that a mother should be able to have an abortion because they are clearly not ready. This could include their age, income, or home situation. Maybe they have fallen into poverty, or are unable to cope with another child. I don't see how a baby should have to suffer for such reasons. I guess, that it's best for the mother, and best for the unborn child.
• I can not really believe that I have heard "Just because the woman was raped, doesn't make the baby the problem. Why can't she have it and hold it up for adoption?" No, that is not the case. A crime is a crime. A problem. Big one too. I don't see why a woman must put aside 9 hard months for something that wasn't her fault. It was not her decision to get raped and then pregnant. Along with all the physical difficulties, there are mental issues. If i had to go through the pregnancy, i would hate to see that my child was made in such a vulgar manner. It's not the baby's fault, or the woman's; only one is at fault. And that's that.

2) "At various times some of the following [circumstances] have been allowed in some societies: abortion for the sake of the mother's health, abortion where a pregnancy is the result of a crime, abortion where the child of the pregnancy would have an ' unacceptable quality of life', abortion for social reasons, and abortion as a matter of government policy."

3) I believe that these circumstances are completely understandable. With enough imagination i have put myself into the above situations. It's hard. I would very much be concerned about my own health. The woman's should be put into consideration first. I have already explained pregnancies being results of crimes, along with social reasoning's: age, incomes, and home situations. But there is one very sensitive matter to a lot of people. Abortion where the child of the pregnancy would have an ' unacceptable quality of life'. I would be very devastated to hear that my child may have physical and mental disabilities. That's pain that they would have to go through, along with myself. Some people decide to take their chances, and i respect their decisions and reasoning's. I could just never live with the results and chances that i have taken. That says a lot about who am i am and how i think, but it's the truth.

Replicas

A 360-degree replica of Earth? Surprised it looks really nice. But thats not the truth in real life. Yes. This will be an Economy talk. Here we go.


1) So this would a 360-degree rotating model of the Earth showing changes in the winds and currents. It's on display at Washington's Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

2) I don't know what it is, but this model looks really clean. Our planet is in crisis dealing with global warming. But then agian i'm being a little dramatic. It's the truth though. When i said i was surprised earlier, i meant it because our ozone layer is so filled with junk that it should see our awsome green lands.

3) I can very much relate to this picture. I guess i just get really sensitive when it comes to our economy because it does affect us every day. It's even gonna affect me later on today because its so hot outside! Funny, but harsh. Haha.