Thursday, March 8, 2012

The "Good" and "Bad" of Wal~Mart.

The thing about the whole Wal~Mart issue is that a large company that really doesn't know how their employees are being treated. From what I was in the video, it like some of the spokes people, are actually aware of the working conditions. Now that doesn't mean that I don't agree with the workers, I think that they should have the full benefits, including health care. Now knowing that Wal~Mart, is the largest super-store in America, majority of Americans shop there. I however have never been to a Wal~Mart, I never bought anything there, so I really don't know the type of environment, that they "show". I've noticed that in the commercials they have happy go lucky people who "work" there, I'm almost 100% sure that those people in the commercial are paid actors, considering the fact that every single person that they interview in the film, basically said how Wal~Mart sucks.
Now in the other video that we saw, the employees had some sort of morning chant, before work. Now that's not weird at all. So anyways, would I work at Wal~Mart, truthfully, no. Reasons are pretty obvious, they make their employees work over time, with out the over pay (Which let me point out is a federal law). They're racist, agianst African Americans, and probably other races too. They are also sexist, women at Wal~Mart, aren't given the same job opportunities as men. They also won't allow their employees to speak their mind about how the company really works.
The worst part about Wal~Mart, is that they are destroying all other small family owned businesses and even some other big name stores. They are closing everyone out of job opportunities, families who have invested everything lost their life long dream

Thursday, February 16, 2012

"The Exorcism of 'Roman' Nicki Minaj"

Okay I could really care less about this then one would think. Yeah I think it's creepy, yeah it's odd, and yes it's offensive. But I'm going to analysis this the best way I know. What people don't get is this...

Onika Tanya Maraj, A.K.A. Nicki Minaj, had a chaotic life as a child, her parents were constantly fighting, so as an escape she would create these "characters" (Much like a child with an imaginary friend.) Often people think that she's Bi-Polar, which isn't true. As she grew older she began to live her life through these characters, one of them being Roman. Roman is called to be her "twin sister" who is a demon inside of her. But Roman was only there when she had anger inside. Sorta like the Incredible Hulk (besides the growing huge, ripping buildings up and being green.)

If you are like me and understand the whole Incredible Hulk thing, then you would get it like I do. You see, I don't view things religiously, I try to compare things like these to stuff that I already know about. If you take a look at new issues, like this, and compare them to a similar thing that you know much about, then you will be able to understand that person's original message....

Poision Apple

The one thing that I don't like about Apple, is their inability to understand people's mental health. Now one would think that the people who build our Apple gadgets are Americans. Well now you my fine muggle friends would be wrong. Apple has production companies all over the world, but the most common is at Foxconn. At Foxconn, workers HAND BUILD the products. Yes I do mean with their fingers. One by one, each piece of technology is carefully placed in the right spot on all millions and millions of Apple products, all the wires and buttons, all those tiny little knobs that we don't see, and would only see if we smashed our device and put them under a microscope. No wonder people there are going insane... One thing I know is that the buildings and the working conditions are extremely fancy, and when I say fancy I mean, bowling allies, thearters, full on food courts, the whole nine yards. But back to the serious things, people there are committing suicide, jumping off buildings... So the next time you say to yourself, you hate your job or you hate this gadget, think of this my friends, the people who built these products, think of the time, the effort and the patients to do such a job, just to make our work and our daily lives easier.