For the last two weeks, people have been having discussions about a new law passed by the state of Arizona. it requires people to be searched randomly by police to prove that they are a U.S citizen and that they didn't come to the United States illegally. This new law is very controversial, there are people saying that it is wrong and they're racially profiling people, and others say that it is the right thing to do. 60% of all Americans support the new law in Arizona. i feel that this is the right thing to do because we are a nation of immigrants, and a nation of laws, and one of the laws is the to come to the United States legally. For hundreds of years immigrants from all over the world are coming to the United States illegally, and the people from Mexico should be coming here legally, like our ancestors did. People that are against this law don't understand that the tax payers money is going towards these legal immigrants, if they get arrested and go into prison, the tax payer has to pay for it. If they get hurt and go to a hospital the tax payer has to pay for it. The way the United States is right now, the average person cannot afford to keep paying for illegal immigrants. Our prisons are also becoming very overcrowded with illegal immigrants. This is because a small percentage of illegal immigrants are committing violent crimes in the United States. I support immigration, but i support it the legal way. Media should make this more known then it is so people understand whats going on.

American idol Sponsorships

The media helps the three mane American Idol sponsors . Being an American Idol sponsors allows Ford, Coke and AT&T to air commercials during the show, post online content about the show and their sponsorship and run off-air co-branded marketing programs. While most of the marketing plans related to the American Idol sponsorships will remain similar to prior seasons.

Fans of the classic soft drink Coca-Cola may be found to be more in tuned with American idol. Coca-Cola is one of the shows biggest sponsors, and logos could be seen everywhere during the TV show. There are often Coco-Cola commercials throughout the show and in between breaks. There biggest advertisement is at the judge panel, each judge has their very own Coca-Cola cup. It is beneficial to Coca-Cola for each judge to have a cup because the panel takes up a lot of camera time. When people watch the show, it isn’t unusual that the camera focuses on the judges taking sips out of their Coke cups. In fact, it is implying that viewers should go out and buy Coke, because the judges from American Idol are drinking it.

Another very large sponsor of the TV show is the American Made Ford Automobile. Ford has stated it will promote its Ford Escape Hybrid, Ford Edge crossover vehicle and its new Sync voice-activated systems more this season, and the top two finalists will receive Ford hybrids rather than Ford Mustangs as they have in prior seasons. It’s great to see a focus on a more eco-friendly vehicle. There are Ford Commercials through out the TV show as often as Coke. One of the biggest advertisements, involve the top 12 contestants in a Ford music video. These videos are shown before every elimination night. People who enjoy Ford could be influenced by the sponsorship with American Idol to continue watching the show, and possibly influence them to buy a Ford.

The last big sponsorship with American Idol is AT&T. This company is once again the Official Wireless Sponsor of American Idol. It is committed to giving fans many ways to connect with the show through their mobile phone. Confirming reports about how the IPhone will be American Idol's official handset this year, AT&T will again serve as the wireless sponsor of the show. The show will again allow viewers to vote via text messaging for their favorite contestants; many users did just that last year, so this is good for AT&T.

Re-cap on American Idol- and your contestants ll

Bad News- my favorite contestant on American Idol has been voted off with out a save. Didi Benami, the tragedy filled young singer, placed as a 'singer-songwriter', favors were not in her odds. It is ironic that she went home the week she performed her most tragic piece, "what Becomes of the Broken Heartache". Before the audition, she rehearsed it to 'long loved favorite R&B singer', Usher. When she was done singing, she looked at Usher, put her hands over her face and started to cry. She never revealed why this song meant so much to her, only that it was sung for someone. At least she made it into the top eight, and will be going on tour! Now that Didi is gone I now have to pick a new favorite, and I think it would have to be Siobhan Magnus. Siobhan is extremely different in the way she portrays her personality. Her singing is different and mysterious. She has a wide range and is known for hitting her "high note" at the end of each song. For the guys, i would have to choose "Big Mike", or Michael Lynche. He has not only had the most touching performance, with "This Woman's Work", but used this song when singing for his life. Two weeks ago, Michael was put into the bottom three, and unfortunately had the lowest amount of votes. When he was asked to sign for his life, he sang this song with more passion and enthusiasm than the first. You can see his wife utterly emotional. When this happened people in the audience, at home watching, the judges, and myself were completely moved by his performance. You could even see and hear the crowd persuading the judges to save him by there cheers. When it was time for Simon to give Big Mike the news, he said "there is only one save in this competition, and we have made our decision, if this is any comfort, and it is unanimous, we are going to see you next week". The crowd goes wild for Michael, and you can see he is so humbled to be granted a second chanced and that they used there one save of the season on him. What i liked and learned from watching this as well as other at home, is seeing how this show can change the life of an average everyday guy with a wife and new born baby girl. this one event that has taken place has given Michael the title, of the man they saved on season 9 of American Idol. The next morning driving to class it was all over the news on z100 and in the papers, and was a huge hit with the media. Congratulations to Michael Lynche!!

Obama is a socialist and wanted to help out the un-ensured citizens, and thinks government should be involved in every aspect of our life, so he has come up with free health care for all citizens. Obama care is a Universal health care where the government has total control over our countries health care system. i feel it is going to hurt businesses in the United States of America and it's going to hurt the middle class people because the businesses are going to have to pay more fee's for their employees for health care. AT&T is going to lose 1 billion dollars because of the health care plan for its employees. The health care bill is also being called unconstitutional because it requires people to sign up for this government program and if they don't sign up for it they could be fined or even go to jail. It is going to hurt small businesses they have less money to spend, and they will have to spend it on the extra bill. This health program is also bad because people that have some types of diseases or sicknesses required to see a doctor regularly and since there is health care people are going to have to wait a lot longer to see their doctor. The biggest point of all is that our country is so broke and the health care bill has costed over a trillion dollars and it doesn't even go into effect till 2017. An example of how this does not work, take a look at the counties in Europe, the prime ministers of other countries in Europe come to the United State if they have a problem to go to the doctor, and that is bad because they had it before we did. The government cannot run the post office and now its going to run a large port of our economy. Anytime the government gets involved with something, they make it ten times worse. The right wing media is against the health care bill, and the left wing media is for it. The average person is paying premium rates to have the best health care and now this health act is going to give everyone the same benefits with out them paying, and i don't think thats fare.

Death On Wantagh Parkway

Joseph Henry Sargent, a 20 year-old boy was killed on the Wantagh Parkway, on Monday March 22^nd, due to a fatal car accident. He was on his way home from his girlfriends in Wantagh Woods, when he fell asleep at the wheel at 2:30 am. His 2003, 325 BMW drifted off to the left side of the highway into a tree that pushed the drivers side back into the back seat of the car.

Eight months prior to this fatal accident, a 23 year-old man named Anthony Pittello crashed on this highway not even a quarter mile away from Josephs. Anthony, the driver of a 2007 Honda Civic, lost control and hit a tree at 65 miles an hour with 3 other passengers in the car. Only one survived.

These two accidents that has taken place, has been a tragedy to me, my family, and all my close friends. Joseph is my first cousin, and was one of my closest friends; Anthony was one of my closest friends as well. On Wantagh Parkway there are crosses every few feet. The unsafe roads with no guardrails or lights have caused many deaths. After all the deaths recorded in the same area of Wantagh Parkway, the State of New York has finally decided to put up lights and guardrails to prevent fatal car accidents, with the help of the television’s breaking news to the public, the paper, and media. Many kind people who didn't even know the people who have died on the Wantagh Parkway has made phone calls to the town complaining about hearing of the tragic accident stories too often, and for a demand of change, and help. Having two of the closest people in my life killed on the Wantagh Parkway has changed my life as well as many people surrounding my friends and family. I am glad that they are finally doing something about this dangerous road.

Re-cap on American Idol- and your contestants!

American Idol 2010 is on its way to having their top 12 performers! It has been an emotional ride for most, but who does't have a story to tell on a reality TV show? There has been some pretty bad auditions, and some extremely funny ones too, as General Larry gives a memorable performance,'lookin like a foo wit ya pants on the ground'. So far it looks like its gonna be the girls year. Simon has made that prediction and i actually agree with him. Although this year it seems the judges are off on the way they're judging, every time someone sings very well they give them a harsh/bad critique. But when a not so powerful singer does a not so great job they seem to be giving them more credit then they deserve. Another issue i'm having is the judges are telling the contestants not to pick songs that sound similar to their voices, and to take songs that they wouldn't be expected to pick and change them. Now every time a contestant does this the judges say that they either changed it too much, or that the song didn't suit their voices. its actually very weird.

My favorites so far are, for the girls, Didi Benami, and for the boys, Alex Landbert. Didi is a young waitress who lost her best friend in a car accident and is having an emotional ride, but the judges like her voice and think she is different, although they think she is making poor song choices. Alex Landbert is like a turtle in a shell, very scared and not much of a performer. Although, He is slowly peeking out, and to me his voice sounds the best overall the other guys. The strongest competitor in the competition and favored by most is Crystal Bowersox. Just recently she had to take a day off from the competition by doctors orders, because she was in the hospital for type one diabetes. She definitely is a power house, but the fact that she is only doing the competition for money to support her son turns me off (thats just my opinion). Michael Lynche, season 9 contestant is a shit brick house, huge body builder and personal trainer. Despite his burley look, he is a soft teddy bear on the inside. His story is touching, coming from a small town, Lynche is auditioning while his wife is giving birth to his first child. He speaks her through the pregnancy on the phone, and is showing America how proud he is of his wife for being strong. His last performance on Wednesday, March 10th, is a performance that touched the hearts of America, and brought Kara DioGuardi to tears, as he sang This Woman's Work.

Shutter Island

Last night i went to see the movie, Shutter Island staring Leonardo Dicaprio. wanting to see this movie for a few months now, it was a success and definitely worth the ridiculously overpriced 12 dollars i spent. Leo was as charming and breathtaking as he was in Titanic, along with the movie leaving the audience with the most bizzar twist. (if you haven't seen this movie yet and don't want it to be ruined i suggest DO NOT READ THIS).

I could not understand what was going on whether it was real time, and he was being drugged by the institution so he would appear in sane so they could keep him there, or if he would out smart them and return home on the ferry with his partner Chuck. It was only at the very end everything came together, that little girl he kept seeing dead and frozen during the war, being his daughter he forgot about because he was already mentally ill, and making up a fantasy life because he is in denial that his wife killed his 3 children, which is why he murdered his wife. the most frustrating part at the end when he was about to leave, and he called his (parter) Chuck. I want to see this movie again now that i know the ending, maybe i can actually savor the moments i didn't understand during the movie.

American Idol

The only reason i watch American Idol is because i actually like to hear people sing. Since it is a singing competition and not just a reality show, many people from all over the United States try out and compete for the spot to be named number one singer.. this years contestants are extremely talented!! I have been watching american idol every season and havent missed one yet. The show is with out question huge and known through out America, although it seems fewer people have been turning down keeping up with the show. Is it because Paula Abdul quit? or maybe because Kara DioGuardi has taken her spot? Or could it be because Simon Cowl is leaving? i dont know who could be upset with the idea that Elen has taken a spot in the judging panel, she makes it so much better. But what ever the reason is i hope that the show doesn't end because of the lack of fans, i think it is a great show, especially for those who love singing!