Blog Post #6

1. A famous person whom I cannot stand is anyone who stars on the MTV reality show "Jersey Shore", because they are famous for doing anything that a single person in their mid to late 20's would do.  All they ever do on that show is drink until they throw up, and then complain about it, and then drink again, and the cycle repeats.  There is nothing more to the show, except for the fact that they fight constantly over things that do not really matter to their everyday life, and also they constantly complain about working in a boardwalk shop making t-shirts, even though three out of the six housemates only go at a time, and none of them work on consecutive days.  Even though I cannot stand them, I cannot entirely blame them for doing what they do on a daily basis.  If I were getting paid six to seven figures for doing what they do, plus endorsements, it would not be a problem for me.

2.  The best person at their profession of all time is Richard Branson, because he made hundreds of millions of dollars by essentially buying up the Virgin Companies and making them his own company.  Now, he owns Virgin Airlines, and is trying to take ordinary people past the Earth's atmosphere, so they can feel what it is like to be in space like the astronauts.  His airline is the one airline that is most well known for taking people into "space".  He also owns his own cell phone company in Virgin Mobile,  which is competing with many other high end cell phone companies for the top brand.  It is not as impressive as his airline company, but still impressive nonetheless.  To top it off, he owns his own island somewhere in the Virgin Islands, which is incredibly impressive considering that he owns his own island from the money he makes.  Overall, I think that Richard Branson is the best business man in the world because the constant success he has had with his companies.

3.  I think that the biggest problem in America today is the fact that the most important people in the country cannot seem to agree what to do on any single issue.  Politicians and government officials alike seemingly refuse to agree on any issue, mainly based on the fact that they come from either different backgrounds or different political parties.  It is also annoying to me that, many people argue different policies mainly because it would be beneficial for themselves, but would not be beneficial to the surrounding community at large.   Many politicians have become greedy, and corrupt with their power and are now doing things based on what makes them richer, and not what helps the people.  That, coupled with the ridiculous arguments mainly based on party, and not on true opinion is the real problem with America.   If the most important people in America can begin to make joint decisions with each other, than maybe we can make some progress.