Who killed the Twinkie? We did - Response

http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/19/opinion/obeidallah-twinkie/index.html?hpt=op_t1

By Dean Obeidallah, Special to CNN
updated 2:22 PM EST, Mon November 19, 2012

I just wanted to get my opinion out there about all this Twinkie business. So I am writing a response to the article on CNN, Who killed the Twinkie? We did by Dean Obeidallah. I couldn't help but giggle at this article. It seems like something so silly to be upset over. Hearing that people were even going as far as to hoard their Hostess treats just sounds like ridiculousness to me. I'm sure I won't find it as silly when these people become millionaires in 50 years selling these snacks, which are supposedly suppose to make it through a nuclear explosion. I think I am finding this so crazy because I never really liked anything made by Hostess; I always thought their products tasted like dirt. My boyfriend, who is a snowball fanatic, is incredibly upset about the death of his favorite unhealthy snack. That is one of the main points that Dean makes in his article. He talks about how society started to cut back on all unhealthy foods, including the 368 calorie Twinkie. I think I might be the only person I know that is a little bit proud of our society for letting Hostess go. I think it means that some people are actually thinking about their diet, which just might be the tiniest footstep in the right direction to fight obesity. If you think I am being completely heartless for feeling this way about the death of the Twinkie then you are wrong. I really do agree with the Dean when he discusses 18,500 people who are now out of work at the peak of the holiday season. Also, Dean discusses Wonder Bread which is now gone for good. Wonder Bread just happened to be one of my favorite breads. I am also sad because Hostess had been in business for 82 years. 82 years is a very big accomplishment and it made me sad to think that after all that time they couldn't have made some changes to their products so that they wouldn't be so unhealthy. Maybe then they would have been open much longer.

The Happening

So the movie I picked was The Happening. For a brief summary plants have evolved for some reason and release these toxins into the air which messes with human neurotransmitters. Because of this humans start killing themselves for no apparent reason. Our main character's goal throughout the movie is to keep his wife and his friends daughter alive. He encounters many problems along the way but eventually survives. If i were to rate this movie i would probably give it about a B+. There are some things that i don't understand and i don't know if it's just me or if it just in general does not make sense. I don't understand the whole mood ring thing that the director comes back to three or four times. I don't see the relevance of it to the movie. Another thing that doesn't make sense to me is that the director brings the main character's marital problems into the movie. Now, i understand that it could give us an emotional connection to the main character but if that were the case then i don't like his approach of presenting that. His wife gets these phone calls from another man that she apparently had dinner with one time. Then his wife lets him know that she had dinner with another man and told him she was at work. He does get upset by this a bit but then he reveals this story of him flirting with a woman at the pharmacy. If it were the case that he was trying to give the audience an emotional attachment to the main character i think there were a lot better ways of doing that. This movie has a very interesting story line and some of the deaths in this movie are surprising and keep you wondering what will happen next. I really like the scene where our main character, his wife, his friends daughter, and two other teenage boys stop at a house to ask for food and rest. The people in this house are paranoid and will not allow them to rest. The people in the house shoot the two teenage boys. I believe this scene really gives you the shock of the whole situation. Up until this point i was thinking to myself "yeah, that would be pretty scary to have plants messing with your brain." After seeing this scene i really understood the world-wide panic that was going on. I also like the scene with the crazy old woman that almost regrettably gives them shelter and a meal for one night. She makes this statement, "the world don't care about me and i don't care about the world." After hearing what she said i made the realization that the world really doesn't care. What i mean is that mother nature could not care less about the human species and if mother nature really felt the need she could rid the planet of our race. So this movie had its strong points but it also had some confusing moments that could have been explained a little better. 

Stepbrothers

I consider the film Stepbrothers to be one of my favorite movies. It is one of my favorites because it has so much comedy in it. The scenes they have make me laugh and wonder "who comes up with this stuff?"   What matters to me the most is the story line; two families coming together and just trying to make the best of it. What also is important to me is how well the actors work together. Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly are not my favorite actors but they is definately work very well together. I think that the fact that Will and John play nerdy man children adds to the comedy. I think the reason this movie is so amusing is because most families are divorced in this time period and most families have problems adjusting to the new environment of the parents getting remarried.

Response to Winning isn't everything

 

                I don’t know very much about football and to say the least I could not be more uninterested in this article. Although I’m not a raging football fan as are some people I do agree that winning is not everything. If you play your hardest and really work at it then you deserve to win. In professional sports you have millions of people watching you play and in then end it just comes down to how you present yourself. Say you’re a professional player of a sport and you act with poor sportsmanship. Your millions of fans are watching you play and they see all this poor sportsmanship. After watching you act the way you do they might even take it as far as changing their favorite team and that means you lose money. Even if you’re not a professional player no one ever likes poor sportsmanship. If you play your game and you really work your hardest and you have good sportsmanship along the way then your fans are proud to be on your side regardless if you win or lose. So, I agree that winning is not everything.

Those Against The Plege

Those who support the removal of the pledge from schools believe that our laws say that we have freedom of speech and to force people to stand up and speak when they feel that they shouldn’t is illegal. Supporters also believe that people that are in the United States from other countries or even people who are strong supporters of their family’s heritage feel that they should not have to pledge their allegiance to only one country.

Followers of the Pledge of Allegiance

Followers of the Pledge of Allegiance believe that it is an important way to express loyalty to this country and all that it stands for. They believe that it shouldn’t matter what country you come from, as long as you are in the United States you should be respecting the flag and its meaning. Many also respect the fact that this country was built by the founding fathers under God and by removing the statement “under God” from the pledge would be cutting out a piece of our nation’s history.

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