Post 4

Jeremy Lin

This article was interesting to me because I am a sports fan that watches Sportscenter every morning before school.  For about the past week the major story has been about the Lincredible Linderella Story of Jeremy Lin.  The article seemed to be mostly fact with some opinion, however, the author did exclude some facts.  He failed to mention that Lin averages just over seven turnovers per game.  That is a terrible statistic to have as a "premier" point guard in the NBA.  Personally I do not believe all of the hype that is around Jeremy Lin.  He has just had six good games, putting a respectable number of points, but he turns the ball over too much and he can't go to his left.  I see a lot of similarities between him, and Tim Tebow, Mike Vick from two years ago, and Vance Worley from last year.  All of them exceeded all expectations when they came to play early on in the season.  There was very few scouting reports on all of them, so none of their opponents knew what to expect.  But, as the season went on and there was more film on them, their mediocrity began to show.  They were still able to put up decent numbers, but not the superstar numbers from earlier on.  I believe that this effect will happen to Jeremy Lin as well.

Guns

This topic was very interesting to me because we live somewhat near Philadelphia.  A couple of years ago I know that we were among the leaders of murders per year.  That is a rather concerning statistic.  Guns were a big part of all of the murders.  However, I don't think that it should be illegal for people to own a gun.  The Constitution permits us to bear arms.  I do think though, that people should be more responsible with their weapons if they choose to possess weapons. It was alarming to read that Pennsylvania leads the nation in missing guns.  If there is a crime committed with that gun, it is untraceable.  It's scary to think about how many people can get a way with a crime because they are using an unregistered gun.  I feel that the author did a pretty good job with  the article.  It was very opinionated but it was backed up by facts.  Additionally, there were many terms that were unknown, but the author did a good job explain what they meant.

Valentine's Day

I feel that Valentine's Day has now become sort of a scam, and this article backs my thoughts up.  I think that is was become more of an economic day.  Hallmark has benefited greatly from this holiday.  They have been able to sell all sorts of Valentine's Day related goods.  That kind of takes away from the point of the holiday.  It is not supposed to be about who has more money, or who can buy more things for their significant other.  It is supposed to be about spending time with someone that you care about.  I even think that the whole idea of the holiday is pretty stupid.  You shouldn't need a special day to show that you care about someone.  If you really care about that person than you should show it everyday not just one day out of a year.  This article expressed another interesting idea that the author brought up is that less people are getting married due to economic reasons.    This was very interesting because before in the olden days people got married for economic reasons.  Now people feel that they can't get married because of economic reasons.  I thought that was pretty interesting.