I'm making progress on my lists! First, my friend Jenn let me borrow her copy of Easy A, which I watched with Matthew a few days ago. So, I'll start with my newest movie review:
8. Easy A - Matthew and I shared the same sentiment about this movie, which is that the film was fine but not great. It started off a bit slow, but the movie became funnier about halfway through. There were quite a few good one-liners, but in other moments the dialogue was a bit forced. What I don't understand is why all these high school movies feature a hot female character who is apparently ignored by everyone. Emma Stone is really pretty, and most high school guys would be itching to ask her out. That aside, the movie was overall entertaining and I'm glad I watched it.
Rating: 2.5/5
Movies: 8/100 viewed
Yesterday I made a new dessert as a birthday treat! I decided to try these cream cheese brownies from my New Better Homes and Gardens Cook Book. While I was mixing the batter, it told me mix until the batter was thick and lemon-colored, but it never really matched the picture in the book. I ended up mixing it a few minutes longer, and still no change to the batter. I don't know, maybe it wasn't supposed to match the picture exactly, but the brownies tasted great anyway! The texture was very soft and creamy, and I liked how the marbled top looked after baking. Everyone else enjoyed them too, so I doubt they'll be around much longer!
Cooking: 15/75 completed
Since I don't have any evidence that anyone reads this blog, I feel safe in documenting some of my feelings concerning the issue in Wisconsin. Now, I understand that as groups gain power and money they face a greater risk of corruption, and unions are not exempt from that. I'm aware that there have been times in which union leaders were not what one would call "moral," but to demonize all unions like this is absolutely ridiculous. People are calling to an end to all unions, but I don't think that these people are looking at the long-term consequences of the demise of unions, which would be an entirely corporate-run country. Granted, we're almost entirely at that point, but it will become much worse if the unions are defeated.
By taking away worker's rights, it essentially gives a free pass to businesses to do whatever they want. None of us were alive when businesses had no restrictions, but this country will go right back to those days if we don't do more to keep them in check. The truth is, without unions there wouldn't be a minimum wage, weekends, child labor laws, mandatory safe working conditions, etc. People need to stop believing in the perfection of corporations. Without opposition, corporations will do whatever they want to whomever they want, and that includes their employees. Before unions, businesses could send their workers into dangerous situations and not face any punishment when they killed or injured their workers. Do you really think we're that far away from going back to how American workers were treated back in the early 1900s? Laws mean nothing when corporations have more power and money than the government, which is our current situation (does anyone remember that Exxon got away with paying only a fraction of what they should have due to all the appeals they could afford?).
In addition, breaking up the unions would destroy the only major monetary contributors to the Democratic Party. Once this occurs, Republicans would be able to buy victories in every single election. This would turn the United States into a one-party country, and once the Republicans have complete control of the country do we really think that they'll continue to pretend that they care about the people of the United States? Republicans are bought out by the corporations, which is why they've been able to play with the Supreme Court so easily in the last several decades. It is the Republican Party's dream to continue to push the United States in a direction in which the top 10% own everything in the country while the rest of us barely scrape by.
I guess if people like the idea of returning to the feudal society, then we should definitely try to break the unions! It's not fair that corporations should have to continue to comply with laws regarding worker's safety, taxes, environmental protection, and wages. We should just give corporations a free-for-all, since they've always been so compassionate to the common worker in the past!
For a little more information, this website explains things pretty well:
http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/479560/9_things_you_need_to_know_about_the_uprising_in_wisconsin/#paragraph3
And here is the beginning of our country's future under the care of corporations:
http://www.alternet.org/teaparty/149861/top_4_victories_handed_to_corporate_america_by_the_supreme_court_--_so_far/?page=1
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