Assignment 16 Nick Walters

Nick Walters

Mr. Logsdon

AP Language & Composition

12/11/2016

Animal Abuse in The Production of Fast Food

In recent years, we have seen the wave of technological advancements enhance our lives and cause a population boom worldwide. However, farm animals are caught in the destructive  wake of this wave. In order to supply food for the increased population, we have turned to Factory Farms to supply us with efficiently made food. However, ethics are not considered when feeding our nation. dAnimals such as chickens, pigs, and cows are stuffed in metal crates and fed cheap food and will never see daylight in their short, painful lives. We pump cute little animals full of growth hormones so that it's a “better” piece of meat to eat. But is having your steak slightly bigger worth torturing helpless animals? Absolutely not. This cruelty is a plague to our society and must be ended due to the harm it causes not only animals, but also humans.

Factory farms have one goal- to make as much food possible while using the smallest amount of money. They take all humanity out of the equation and view animals as no more than a paycheck. They consider it a challenge to fit as many animals in one space tight as they can. They keep the animals confined in their pens for their entire lives, never seeing the light of day. When it is time to transfer the chickens to the slaughterhouse,they sneak up on them in the night so they don't disturb them. Then they use baseball bats to break their legs so they can't run away, and then snap their necks and throw them in a truck with hundreds of other dead chickens to go to processing. They put weights on the cows legs so that they don’t run away, and in some extreme cases they have broken the cows legs so it's physically impossible for them to run away. The animals are grown so unnaturally large that it exhausts them to simply stand up. Their legs aren't designed to carry that much weight, and often times the animal's legs break under the stress of carrying all of that excessive mass. These animals are abused by the factory farming system, but there are still farms that treat animals with caution and care.

These animals are put through a living hell where they are confined to tight spaces and given unnatural growth hormones and food that is harmful to the animals. This unnatural diet makes the meat we get from factory farms unhealthy, and possibly contaminated. The added  growth hormones, according to “The Effects of Fast Food on the Body”, causes diabetes, heart disease, obesity and depression. The forced growth of the muscle on the animals causes them to become extremely unhealthy. Recently, we’ve seen multiple breakouts of the deadly virus Escherichia Coli, or E coli for short. AboutEcoli.com and Food inc. explain that E Coli is made by feeding cows corn. Cows primary food source is grass, but the factory farmers feed them corn because it's cheaper and more abundant. Cows can't properly digest the corn, which causes the Ecoli virus to sprout and contaminate the meat. The factory farmers pay no attention to the wellbeing of the animals, so they have no clue that they are sick and before we know it, there’s an Ecoli epidemic across the nation. This unhealthy form of farming has wide-spreading consequences that call for a change in the way we make our food.

In our still-advancing society, we value convenience over how healthy our food is, which is the exact opposite of how it should be. There are farmers that still treat animals like family, give them space to graze around, plenty of food and water, and the chance to live an actual life. These farmers sell their freshly made food at farmers markets, but the problem is that it’s inconvenient to travel all the way out to a farmers market for most people, and it's also more expensive to buy from a farmers market. This makes it inaccessible to the majority of the population, forcing them to buy food that was produced in factory farms. Since it's so cheap and convenient, it is an easy choice for many who are busy or on a tight budget. According to the ushfc (U.S Healthful Food Council), an american, on average, eats just under 6 fast food meals per week. This is much higher than it should be, but people are in a hurry between meetings and are forced to stop at the nearest McDonalds or Burger King for a quick meal to-go. If we made these fresh foods more accessible and cost less, they wouldd easily beat out the extremely-processed foods. All of the processing that our food goes through makes it very harmful to our bodies.

Factory farming is harmful to both humans and animals. It is, quite simply, animal abuse. They keep animals stuck in tight quarters that don't permit enough room to move around, or even lie down. They feed animals growth hormones so they can get the most meat out of each individual animal. However, this causes the food to be unhealthy and can even create deadly viruses such as E Coli. People go to fast food restaurants, which purchase these factory farm made meats, due to its cheapness and convenience. If we made Farmers markets easily accessible and relatively cheap, they would overtake the factory farms and create a healthier society. The problem with the classic form of farming is that it's hard to mass produce enough food to feed all the people of the U.S, but something must be done to stop the abuse of animals in factory farms.

Sources:

http://ushfc.org/about/

http://www.peta.org/issues/animals-used-for-food/factory-farming/

http://www.about-ecoli.com/ecoli_sources#.WE4lw_krKUk

Food, Inc. Dir. Robert Kenner. Perf. Michael Pollan and Eric Schlosser. Movie One, 2008. DVD.

Assignment 16: Ellie Phillips

The Media’s Sexualization and Objectification of Girls and Women.

Raise your hand if you read magazines.

Raise your hand if you watch TV.

Raise your hand if you see advertisements.

For every hand raised think of how easily accessible and how often accessed these forms of media are. A magazine in a grocery store or in a doctor’s waiting room, a tv show streamed online anywhere or on the couch, an ad in a magazine or commercial on tv. With the overwhelming presence of media everywhere, it’s no surprise that American culture is reflected and created by the mass media. These three outlets of the media bring more than entertainment, as they are plagued by the sexualization and objectification of women.

Magazine

Teen-focused magazines have increased along with a dominant theme of sexuality. To present oneself as sexually desirable and thereby gaining attention of men is promoted as a focal goal for women. Magazines teach girls how to look and dress to impress guys. Even promoting certain products as a promise of being more desirable. The point of many articles is to help girls look sexy by attempting to alter hairstyles, cosmetics, clothing, diet, and exercise. Making the reader to be only an object of male desire. The encouragement of self improvement is actually just improvement for the sake of men. The content of magazines which line the shelves of the grocery check out or the waiting room of a doctor’s office, heavily emphasis the necessity of attractiveness to be successful in relationships. Men’s magazines are just as guilty: 80.5% of the women are depicted as sex objects. (APA). Though magazines vary in genre, many are consistent in portraying negative ideas about women.

TV

In television as well, women are sexually objectified. Though the majority of TV features men, women are more likely to be attractive and provocatively dressed. 85% of sexual comments and remarks that pervade television are made by men focusing on women’s appearance. 81% of prime time television contained at least one incident of sexual harassment of women, who 78% of the time wore mildly provocative to provocative clothing. Even the most prominent prime time shows are guilty of  harming women’s self image.

Cartoons have tendencies to sexualize images of girls and women. Characters in children’s shows have more cleavage and fewer clothes than previously. With exceptions, studies reveal that cartoons portray girls as domestic, interested in boys, and concerned with their appearance. Overall, children’s shows suggest an overemphasis on the self as a romantic object and possibly a sexual one. (APA). At young ages, children are unconsciously exposed, but still affected all the same.

Advertisements

In commercials, women more often than men were shown in a state of undress and depicted as sexual objects. Studying prime-time commercials, 75% of the beer ads and 50 % of non-beer were labeled as sexist and placing women in limited an objectified roles.

Magazine advertisements are just as offensive by frequently feature women as sexual objects. 40% of ads feature women as decorative objects like when they are shown standing seductively next to a car simply to be looked at. Sexual objectification occurs most frequently for women in magazine ads; for example, women are three times more likely to be dressed in a sexually provocative manner. Another study revealed that 80% of female models posed in submissive, sexually exploitative, and violent positions. Overall, research demonstrates that magazine advertisements focus on women’s bodies as sexual objects for the purpose of visually pleasing others. (APA). Constant exposure to such blatant objectifications and sexualizations, desensitizes any provocativity and translates as those actions and behaviors into norms.

At young ages, girls are not only exposed to sexualization but also depicted in it. As seen in French Vogue, a ten year old modeled provocative poses and clothing, and fell victim to sexualization. Through advertising, girls and women are frequently, consistently, and increasingly depicted in sexualized ways, allowing for an environment to be established in which being female translates to being a sexual object. (Vogue).

Consequences

The American Psychological Association reviewed that girls and women are more likely to be objectified and sexualized in a variety media outlets. The media’s portrayal of adult women, who are role models of behavior, self-concepts, and identity, affects young girls as well. (McCall). And the effects are what’s most disheartening. Seeing unrealistic images in magazines, ads, and tv left half of the girls at the age 13 to be unhappy with their bodies. As exposure continues, at 17 that number increases to 78%. The media is so strong that even children as young as ages 6-8 half of the girls and a third of the boys feel that they should be thinner. The lack of satisfaction translates to 65% of women and girls struggling with an eating disorder. With the prominence of media, bulimia and anorexia have continued to increase. Dissatisfaction of body image, from sexualized expectations results in some 17% of teens engaging in cutting and self-injurious behavior.(Missrepresentation)

Aside from self-harm, the media’s portrayal of women resulted in negative cognitive developments. As depression rates among girls and women doubled, the chronic attention to physical appearance, left fewer cognitive resources for mental or physical activities. Thus, limiting the form and effectiveness of girls’ physical movements. Objectification and sexualization also led to increased feelings of shame of one’s body and anxiety over appearance. Furthermore, it is associated with outcomes of negative mental health. (Missrepresentation)

Exposure to the media results in exposure to sexualization and objectification of women and girls. This increasing trend makes other influential social areas of family and school all the more important. We must understand the misrepresentations of women in the media, to be exactly what they are: misrepresentations, so that we are not influenced and affected by the gross inaccuracies.

Works Cited

McCall (internet source)

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/overcoming-child-abuse/201203/the-sexualization-women-and-girls

Missrepresentation (documentary)

http://therepresentationproject.org/film/miss-representation/the-issue/

APA (internet source)

https://www.apa.org/pi/women/programs/girls/report-full.pdf

Vogue (image)

http://ias.umn.edu/wp-content/upLoads/2014/04/baby.jpg

Assignment 16: Lena Ilagan

Imagine what your life could be like if all of your problems could just disappear.   That bald spot on the top of your head?  Poof.  Gone. That B you have in Physics?  Poof.  Gone. That dent in your car?  Poof.  Also gone.  Looks like a pretty nice world, doesn’t it?  Well, thanks to several developments by some very smart people, all of those problems can be fixed in just an instant.  We have Rogaine to fix that bald spot of yours.  You can study hard and do that extra Web HW to get your Physics grade up. You can take your car to the shop and have it fixed.  We can fix all of these simple problems and many others with efficiency and ease in today’s society, yet, we several problems still remain, ones that should have been fixed by now.  We can fix bald spots with a couple drops of some special chemicals, yet somehow a children are dying of an easily curable bacterial infection.  We can fix a Physics grade with a click of a mouse, yet somehow families have to choose which of their children gets to be sent to school.  We can fix a car dent with a handshake and a check, yet somehow some wives doesn’t know when her next beating will resume.  It seems rather startling that we as a first-world society chose to focus our attention on these small, mundane issues, rather than the large ones.  First world countries have more than enough resources to fix all of these issues that face the world today, yet continue to funnel their funds into mundane and futile affairs.  We can still fix these small details, but in order to better ourselves and the world for future generations, society needs to change, and educate their girls.  By educating half of the world’s population, we can fix not only the small details in our lives, but also the big ones.  Educating girls will significantly impact on the world, improving the countries’ public health, financial stability, and domestic safety.  This minute change to our society will result in remarkable outcomes.  If we wish to leave this world a better place than we entered it, then we must educate our girls.

Of the many problems facing the world today, its declining health remains the most pertinent.  According to the WHO, there are still over thirty million people living with AIDs/HIV today, and many more suffer from easily treatable diseases.  As First Lady Michelle Obama once said, “Communities, and countries, and ultimately the world are only as strong as the health of their women.” Many countries are increasing their STEM education opportunities across the globe, and if these opportunities are extended to girls, the possibilities are endless. According to the WHO, women in health only make up the lower sectors of the industry.  By including more girls in STEM education, nations could help them rise to the higher sectors of public health, and become the doctors and researchers.  These female doctors and researchers would give a better input to the problems facing their community, as they would be better suited to treat and research issues that exists only in women.  Additionally, if girls are in school, they have a decreased chance of becoming trafficked or pregnant, which drastically improves their quality of life. But the main benefit to public health rests in the fact that school ensures long withstanding ideas of wellness and health in the minds of its future mothers and leaders. Nations could significantly improve their nationwide health through the education of their girls, as with education, they would learn about the illnesses which affect their community, as well as the means necessary to prevent them.  If the world is to stay alive and well, countries must take initiatives to educate their girls.

Obviously, humanity can’t survive if it is unhealthy and riddled with disease, but neither can it if it is poor.  As the old adage goes, “Money makes the world go ‘round,” whether we like it or not.  The simple fact is we need money to perform the most basic tasks in an ever growing world.  That being said, countries ought to do everything in their power to increase their GDP, and one of the easiest and most beneficial ways to do that is through educating their girls.  With an extra year of education, girls can earn as much as 20% more as an adult.  20%!  Education opens up a vast network of opportunities to its girls, and will help them lessen the gender wage gap and find their way into higher sectors of work.  When India passed a legislation that enrolled 1% more of their girls into secondary school, they saw their GDP rise 5.5 billion.  5.5 billion, and that’s only in India.  Imagine what would happen if other countries took on similar endeavors.  There exists an indentured labor system in rural Nepal, which forces indentured servants called kamlari and kamaiya, many of whom are young girls. The system is essentially slavery, as those who sign a contract are at the beck and call of their master/employer.  Though it has been an ever-present facet of Nepal’s culture, it still poses an immense moral dilemma.  However, the government and other independent organizations have managed to curb the detrimental effects of such a system through education.  Various organizations such as the Freed Kamlari Development Forum have made efforts to educate those in the kamlari system, and in turn, many kamlari can gain the knowledge of their rights, and thus sue for freedom.  This education has led to an increase in social reform in Nepal, and has freed many kamlari from their bonded labor.  Educating girls gives them and their families the means to pursue better jobs and a higher standard of living.  If nations wish to better the lives of their citizens, it would be in their best interest to do so through educating their girls.

Of course, educating girls benefits both a country’s public health and its finances, but it also can erase one of the darkest stains on society today: domestic violence.  According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, in the United States alone, one in three women have been victims of domestic violence.  And that’s just in the united states.  Imagine what it’s like in other, less developed countries.  Low rates of education are proven to correlate with increased rates of domestic violence according to the WHO, many of the victims being women.  In order to decrease those rates of domestic violence, countries ought to adapt reforms which would educate their girls.  With increased education, girls will have a better knowledge of their given rights, and will thus have legal armor to protect themselves in.  When you put a girl through school, she will have less time to be in precarious situations, and will thus be less likely to be abused.  With that education, girls can go on to live successful lives, and can escape the world of domestic violence.

Works Cited

Armstrong, Sally.  Uprising : A New Age is Dawning for Every Mother's Daughter.  New York,  New York.  St. Martin’s Press. 2014. Print

Aura Freedom International.  “Educate a Girl, Change the World.”  Online video clip.  Youtube. Youtube.  July 4, 2014.  Web.  June 30, 2016.

Bandare, Namita.  “The Surprising Surge of Girls in the Classroom.” The Mint.  July 1, 2016.  Web. Accessed June 31, 2016.

Girl Rising.  Dir. Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri, Richard Robbins.  The Documentary Group and Double Exposure Studios, 2013. Film.

National Coalition Against Domestic Violence.  “National Statistics.”  March 2016.  Web.  Accessed December 11, 2016.

World Health Organization.  “HIV/AIDs Statistics.”  2016.  Web.  Accessed December 11, 2016.

World Health Organization.  “Gender and Health Workforce Statistics: Issue 2”  February 2008.  Web.  Accessed December 11, 2016.

Yousafzai, Malala and Lamb, Christina.  I am Malala: The Girl Who Stood up for Education and was Shot by the Taliban.  London.  Orion Publishing Group.  2013.  Print.

Assignment 16-Tyree

Marijuana Legalization
Marijuana "isn't bad for you," "alcohol is worse"
It seems these arguments are heard continuously by those that oppose the drug being illegal but there still has yet to be a country wide legalization.
Our police officers devote
A persons life can change completely for the worse just off of a charge with the possession of marijuana. thousands of hours arresting, and imprisoning those in possession of cannabis with or without intentions to distribute the drug.
Enforcing laws on possession costs billions annually to enforce, and often have people living of over a decade in prison.
Cannabis prohibition is costly as previously stated, and when thinking of how much this costs the benefits of criminalization are close to nonexistent.
Legalization wont lead to increased use.
Cannabis is less harmful than tobacco and alcohol.
And it actually does the exact opposite; marijuana lowers rates of alcohol and drug abuse to a drug that has little to no negative effects on a person.
There are almost no side effects, it is safer than many lightly regulated, legal addictive substances.
America could save billions of dollars by lealigzing marijuana and ending the war on drugs. It could also bring in billions annually for tax revenues, and could potentially create jobs.
Cannabis being illegal is destroying the lives of many people across america, causing the us to spend countless amounts of money stopping, and enforcing trafficking.

Speech Manuscript- Paige Barricklow

My papaw died 5 years ago from severe lung cancer. He passed quietly in his sleep and he wasn’t in much pain. A close family friend of mine died 2 years ago from a sudden, unexpected brain aneurysm. Earlier last year, my aunt died of cancer. For some people, death comes peacefully, or quickly, without prolonged pain, but for others, death comes slowly and painfully, destroying their bodies and souls bit by bit. Brittany Maynard was a 29 year old woman from California who was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer in 2014 and given 6 months to live. She decided that instead of dying a long, painful death to cancer, she would go on her own terms. Brittany then moved from her home state, where aid in dying was illegal at the time, to Oregon, where it is legal. She passed away in November of 2014, surrounded by her husband, mother, step-father, and best friend. Brittany was allowed to die with dignity. She was given the choice to die a long, painful death in hospice care or to take control of her own death and choose the time and place. This option is only available in 6 states in the U.S. at the moment, but many others have bills proposed in their state legislatures. So the question becomes, should more state legislatures legalize physician aid in dying for the terminally ill? Well, put simply, yes. In the case of terminally ill patients, aid in dying can provide them with a choice, a say in how they leave this world, a little bit of control in a situation where they never had before. (CNN and Compassion Choices)

So first let’s talk about how physician aid in dying works. Sometimes called death with dignity, this is currently only legal in Oregon, Washington, Vermont, California, Colorado, and Montana. A patient who wishes to receive aid in death must be a resident of a state where the law allows it. They must be 18 years old or older, mentally competent, and diagnosed with a terminal illness that gives them 6 months or less to live. They must also be able to self-administer the drug. Two physicians must determine if these requirements are met. The patient must first make an oral request to a physician licensed in that state while in that states borders. The physician must then inform the patient of their other options, like hospice. The physician must determine the patient meets the criteria as must the second physician. If the physician thinks the patient’s judgement is impaired, they must refer the patient to psychiatric evaluation. If the first oral request is approved, a second oral request must be made within 15 days. A written request must also be submitted any time after the first oral request. This must be witnessed my two other people, one of whom cannot be related to the patient, have any connection to the patient’s estate, or be in any way connected to their health care provider. The physician must then wait 48 hours before prescribing the medication. The prescription can be filled and taken any time after it is prescribed, except in California, where a Final Attestation Form must be submitted 48 hours prior to the taking of the medicine. Most of these medicines are over-doses of sleeping pills; the patient takes them, falls asleep, and dies painlessly in peace anywhere from 1 to 6 hours after the medication is taken. In the case of these terminally ill patients, compared to what they would have to go through to die naturally, unbearable pain, loss of motor function, loss of speech, loss of memory, and even more depending on the illness, being able to die in the comfort of their own home, surrounded by loved ones, in comparably little pain sounds like a pretty good option. (deathwithdiginty.org)

          Now one of the terms sometimes used to refer to aid in dying is assisted suicide, but this term is misleading. When people think of suicide, they think of depressed teenagers or returning soldiers who chose to take their own lives with guns, or pain killers, or knives, but that’s not what aid in death is. Aid in death doesn’t just go to anyone who asks for it. Patients must go through the process I mentioned earlier to be prescribed the drugs. If a patient is thought to have depression that inhibits their judgement they have to go through a psychological evaluation. One of the big reasons for oppositions to aid in death is the  potential for abuse, but that potential exists with any prescription drug, like oxytocin or anti-depressants. In fact, aid in death drugs are tracked much more carefully than regular prescription drugs. These drugs are controlled Schedule 2 substances meaning they are regulated by the federal government, so they are tracked from the moment they are prescribed, to the moment they are filled, until the patient has passed. Criminal penalties can be given if someone other than who the medicine was prescribed to takes it. Anyone who chooses not to take their medicine is required to dispose it in a legal way. There have been no reported cases of misuse of the medications in Oregon, Washington, or Vermont. (deathwithdignity.org)

          Some people think aid in dying shouldn’t be legal simply because they don’t think it’s needed. After all, patients can refuse treatment, effectively killing themselves at any point they want. There are cases of hospice patients pulling out their feeding tubes to end their lives. The point of aid in death is to provide patients with a choice of how they want to go. Hospice care is helpful in easing the pain and helping people ease into death in a comfortable environment where they are taken care of. While this is important, many patients are still in unbearable pain. Some slowly lose their memories, their motor skills, or their speech. They have to watch their families watch them die a long painful death. The point of Aid in death is to give the patient a choice. A choice to end pain if it gets too unbearable, a choice to die as themselves, not a shell of who they once were. (How to Die in Oregon)

           The ideal death for a lot of people is dying peacefully in their sleep, surrounded by the people who love them. When someone’s natural death could mean lots of pain and suffering, why would we deny them the right to this ideal death? Brittany Maynard did not want to die. She said, if someone found her a cure so she could live to raise a family with her husband, she wouldn’t hesitate to take that deal. But there is no cure. Brittany was going to die, no matter what she did and she knew it. So Brittany made a choice. She decided to uproot and move to another state so that she could die on her own terms. Sadly, not everyone is in a position where they can uproot their whole lives to another state to die with dignity. Is it really right to deny people who are dying the right to make the choice of how they go? Would you rather die on a hospital bed, in pain, unable to remember, speak, or move? Or would you rather be able to leave this world in your home, surrounded by people who love you the most, slowly drifting off to sleep?

Nick Falk Assignment 16

Nick Falk

            On May 26, 2006, a highly influential film came out that really caught everyone’s attention. This film took everyone for surprise because while most of us, Americans expect for media and news to give us a glittering perspective of what goes on in this world, while this particular film took the liberty to spare no detail in their urgent message. The film is An Inconvenient Truth which helps beg the question “Is the natural Earth’s future a positive one?” The global warming debate is a fairly new one, but is one of the most important ones in this day and age. This topic is so clearly divided, mostly by partisan beliefs. This leaves the average American who tries to stay aware keep up with topics like this confused because each side has such strong arguments, but one side, as it will be seen throughout this will be able to give numbers to help support its case. The realization that the claims made to warn us about global warming is important of the rise of sea level and the drastic change in climate and weather.

            Since the first civilization, mankind always sets up their villages and in today’s standards, cities near bodies of water. Most of America’s biggest cites are by water like New York, Miami, Chicago, and Los Angeles. That is why so many people are in danger in the near future. Most people can’t look that far ahead, but if we do not try harder to stop the melting of glaciers then millions of people’s homes will be under water. According to NASA’s data the ocean rises 40 millimeters every decade while only little more than a century ago it was half that. Now I know that the skeptics will claim that that is not very much but as these millimeters compound to form centimeters and inches, they get closer and closer to flooding that first row of houses along the beach. It was about 2.5 billion years ago when all the water was liquid and there were no glaciers yet. This was when ocean covered over 90% of the Earth. Overcrowding is seen as a problem in the near future as the human population grows exponentially, and it will require much more time and effort to find an acceptable solution considering the available dry land will a fraction than what is available today. It has happened before, so it is not impossible and it should not be taken as a grain of sand.

            I t seems like every day, if anyone listens to the news or any weather media, that they frequently hear the same three words, “record breaking heat”. Almost every day breaks some sort of temperature record. That is not all that will change with the rising of this heat. There are all these pictures and articles of dry deserts that used to be bodies of water, but now these once-lakes evaporated too quickly. There is one question that hardly anyone looked into or even pondered on. “Where do all these dried up lakes and rivers go?” The water can’t just disappear. It really accumulates it then creates a strong rainstorm that contains the ability to cause some real damage to where it falls. This is one of the many examples that aren’t widely expressed in order to warn people. Another example, with the recent rise in temperatures, also means that diseases now spread faster because they thrive in the heat. Tropical storms, typhoons, and hurricanes will also grow in strength and destruction due to the increase in evaporation. There are now even more possible outcomes that yield misfortune for humans than all the other over used and outdated example we used to here.

            The more and more information that is published, the more following it gets and the more legitimacy each American sees in this cause. Every day new points are being brought up that need to be spread. The effects of global warming like the change in temperature and change in sea level need to be more important in everybody’s mind and how we focus ourselves. People need to see the numbers for what they are and not discredit them because they come from a group that fells differently on other issues or is a different party.

Work cited

NASA. NASA, n.d. Web. 11 Dec. 2016.

http://climate.nasa.gov/vital-signs/sea-level/

Al Gore: The Case for Optimism on Climate Change. Perf. Al Gore. Al Gore: The Case for Optimism on Climate Change. TED Talk, 25 Feb. 2016. Web. 10 Dec. 2016.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7E1v24Dllk

Al Gore: New Thinking on Climate Change. Perf. Al Gore. Al Gore: New Thinking on Climate Change. Ted Talk, n.d. Web.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUO8bdrXghs