Ink Master

In this article it talks about the show “Ink Masters” and that two of the hosts would routinely make unwelcome sexual advances and engage in “non-consensual, unwelcome, and inappropriate touching said a former production assistant. The plaintiff is twenty-five year old Nicoletta Robinson. She said that she is not only standing up for her rights but to raise awareness of this issue.

This article doesn't really connect to anything in class due to the fact it is about sexual harassment. If I had to make a connection it would go along best with what I learned in my business class last year. In businesses you must be ethical and responsible and what happened in this case was not.

I believe that what those hosts did was wrong and that they must serve the consequences for their actions. In this case it does not affect me, however, my family works and I will be working soon as well. That means that it could happen to my family or me and in that situation it would greatly affect me.

The author uses a lot of quotations such as, “Part of the reason that our client decided to go forward with the suit was that she felt she had to stand up, not only for her rights, but to raise awareness,” The use of quotations throughout are important because this impacted not the author but the woman that worked there. This makes the article more credible and accurate because it’s what the people actually said. Another example of the importance of quotations is when Peterson said “There’s plenty of room in there to increase labor costs...” This shows what someone actually believes and isn't biased in anyway by the author.

(Thor)

Thor. "NicksGun." Photograph. Wikimedia Commons. MediaWiki,
          21 Feb. 2008. Web. 30 March 2014.
          <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NicksGun.jpg>

Ned Resnikoff. "Ink Master Accused of Sexual Harassment and Assault.”
          MSNBC. NBC Universal, 29 March 2014. Web. 30 March 2014.
          <http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/the-underbelly-reality-tv>

Minimum Wage Worker Myth

In this article it talks about how minimum wage workers are not who you think they are. Most people believe that minimum wage workers are teenagers but studies have put that assumption to rest. A former chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, noted recently in the New York Times Economix blog, women aged 25 and over constitute one-third of all minimum-wage workers, compared to teenagers of both sexes combined, who constitute about one-quarter. The argument that minimum wage workers should be paid more, is no longer in the shadows because some of those workers are single parents needing to feed their kids.

I think that minimum wage should be increased from $7.25 to $10.10 per hour because it would help more than twenty-seven millions of people in America. Most big business would be able to pay that increase in wage without any trouble. For the people that rely on their minimum wage to run the house it would make a huge difference. It would allow them to take care of their household with more confidence.

(Ramon, Fvelasquez)

This greatly affects me because I will be getting a job in just a few months. This would help me make insurance payments, maintenance on my car, and even allow me to have a little extra money to do what I want. That increase in minimum wage might seem like it is not much but in a forty hour full time work week it makes a substantial difference. One’s paycheck would go from $209.00 to $404.00 almost double what one would make if only making the current minimum wage.

The author uses language to advance his point of view by saying, “The myth that the typical minimum-wage worker is a teenager flipping burgers after school has been pretty well put to rest”(Noah). This simply means that fast food workers are not always teens trying to make a few extra bucks but struggling parents trying to put the food on the table for their family. Another example that really shows the point of view of the author is when he says, “Time to give them a little more”(Noah). This is pretty much self explanatory that the author of this article is clearly for an increase in minimum wage.



Fvelasquez, Ramon. "Santo Tomas Bantangas." Photograph. Wikimedia
            Commons. MediaWiki, 24 July 2013. Web. 15 March 2014.
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Noah, Timothy. "The Average Minimum Wage Worker Today Is Not
             Who You Think.” MSNBC. NBC Universal, 14 March 2014. Web.
             15 March 2014.
             <http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/average-minimum-wage-myth>

Government Aid for Veterans

(Harris, Paul)     

In the article that I read it talked about food stamps and how they could be helping and even hurting Americans. One argument was that food stamps are good for Veterans and their families because more than 900,000 use some type of government aid, such as food stamps or SNAPS. On the other hand supplying the United States with more food stamps, Barack Obama must cut back on the military budget for a stronger military.                                                                                                                                  

This article can in a way be connected to what I am currently studying in English which is the period of the holocaust. It has to do with military forces and in some ways so does the article that I chose. Even back then the United States war veterans would go without because of the lack of money after leaving the military.

I am more on the side of having food stamps and SNAPS for veterans back home. Most of the veterans served for ten plus years for our freedom. The least we could do is give them food because again they gave us our freedom. On the other hand I believe we should have a strong military to keep the United States troops safe. This event does not affect me know but if I decide to join the military or someone else in my family decides to join the military it will greatly affect me because this is dealing with food for veterans and the safety of our troops overseas.

The purpose for using statistics in this article is to show the huge impact of government benefits on veterans. The numbers the author put were enormous.“Military families spend $100 million dollars in SNAP benefits on site at military bases every year”(Melber)! This shows what a huge impact government benefits are for veterans and their families. Another thing that I mentioned before was how many veterans use those types of government aid which is 900,000 of them. This shows how many people in the United States would be devastated if government aid was reduced or stopped.

Harris, Paul. "Abu-Hishma US Troops." Photograph. Wikimedia Commons. MediaWiki, 12 July
                2006. Web. 3 March 2014.
                <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Abu-Hishma_US_Troops.jpg>

Melber, Ari. "A letter to Dick Cheney about the military and food stamps.” MSNBC. NBC Universal,

                1 March 2014. Web. 2 March 2014.
               <http://www.msnbc.com/melissa-harris-perry/dick-cheney-vets-food-stamps>