The Way I Are

I think the song that most describes America right now is The Way I Are by Timberland. This song is about a couple in which the guy who "ain't got no money" and can't afford to buy expensive things for his girlfriend. The girl accepts the boy any way because "it don't matter 'cause I'm the one that loves you best".

Americans today are too obsessed with money. A lot of  Americans are tetering on the edge of financial crisis because of this and have to find a way to live through it. People have to learn to live and "work without the perks, just you and me" in order to save themselves from financial debt. It also applies to the USA as a whole because of the economic crisis that it is in now. The only way to get out of it is to work on it together and give up some of the perks that America has now.

Americans as well are too focused on earning money in their lives to satisfy all of their wants. Americans are always after imediate gratification and material objects while they lose sight of what really matters. The love of money is the root of all evil, and Americans need to realize that there are more important things in life than  money. I think this song greatly outlines this because it shows how love dominates money. The girl gets over the money obsession because "together we can be the perfect soul mates". She gives up what she thinks is important for what really matters : love.

My Philosophy of Writing

I am a ranter. I have all these thoughts in my head, and when I try to write them down, out comes about five pages for a one page paper. Most of my editing consists of cutting things down to the  most important ideas. I never have a problem with page minimum, it is the maximum limit that is the problem for me. But this is all usually done on written paper.

Once I get to typing the "rough draft", my paper is pretty much finished. Once I get to the point of typing, it feels to serious for me I guess, that I don't want to make any mistakes. I rarely change things after they are typed. I used to have my parents then edit my paper for me, but this proved unhelpful as my writing got more sophisticated. Now, I am usually the only one that edits my papers. This usually leads to stupid errors, but overall, my writing is the same as before. Then I usually read it over one last time and make sure it follows all of the requirements. Then, I am done.

Words of the Presidents

After reading over some of the most used words of the speeches, it seemed to me that many of them were the same. Sure, some are definately specific to their time, but the majority of the major words said were often the same throughout the ages. Possiby, things never change much in America. We are in one way or another, fighting for the same things in different ways. The word freedom is a great example. To start, the country wanted freedom of Britain then freedom of the slaves then freedom of women. Americans may want the same things that they did when the country started, and the presidents spoke of the same topics to be fought.