"Bridge to Nowhere"

The Bridge to Nowhere is the name of the bridge that Alaska's bridge got named. It is so famous now because Sarah Palin kept mentioning or bragging about how she stopped the Bridge to Nowhere. After she did that The Bridge of Nowhere was back on the front page, exhibit A in Palin's reformist resume. The writers problem is that he really believe that there should be a bridge in alaska to the airport. He says that it will do them good.
He also mentions about how the population in Alaska increases because of cruises and how people visit the place. He mentions the numbers also. I was convinced when I read the article. He makes it sound like the Alaskians would really appreciate it if the government built a bridge so they have easy access. I would want that if I lived in Alaska. He writes about how if the bridge was made that it would improve big time. The population could actually expand instead of being all cramped in one area.
I don't get why they would stop the bridge from being made, I mean it can't do any harm besides alot of money would need to be deducted to make it. After all that ends I bet they would have a more better community then now without the bridge. The writer ends his article with we are not "nowhere". We are somewhere. In America. I really liked how he ended his article like that. It justs makes me feel like wow! they really do want and know that this bridge would improve their community.

Zakaria

Yes, I agree with Zakaria that we Americans need to save some money instead of consuming it all. What will people use when all their money is gone? If they save some money now and when the economy changes then they would be prepared for it. He says that we should save save save. We could spend some but not so much.
He also says to stop borrowing because if we keep on borrowing then the economy would go from bad to worse. It is already bad enough. He convinced me with his article to save my money and not use as much because of the way the economy is going right now. He talks about the debts people are going through. He talks about how that the economy has gone bad because of the people that keeps on borrowing money just to get something that they want. He convinced me that if it is not important then you don't need to but it.
For example a tv. A tv is not important. It is just to keep you entertained. You could just do something else to entertain yourself. You could read a book. You could go for a walk. You could do something that doesn't cost you anything. That would be what I would do.

The Worst Ads on TV

I agree with Stephen King all the way because the whole drug thing is just not right for people. They don't know the whole information about the Thalidomide medicine. If they see it on the ad of course they would be interested. I really believe that if you were to take a medicine on tv then you really should ask your doctor about it. Of course if people are ill or not feeling to good and they see a commercial ad on tv about something to make them feel better don't you think that they would listen to it and start to agree.
Stephen King is right all the way. Americans love a quick fix. They would be willing to take anything to make them feel all better or not tired. I really think that he couldn't be more right because he is worried about America. He is trying to warn people about all the ads on tv that has to do with medicine or to make you feel better. At the end of Kings article he writes about the different types of medicines that I normally see on tv. He puts their name title and then he put the side effects.
I really think that companies shouldn't be able to advertise their medicines on tv to fool the people. If you go to your doctor and talk about your symptoms and he thinks that a type of medicine might be able to help you then yes you could take it. After all a doctor is the person that helps you with medical stuff aren't they? I think it is cruel that people would even advertise that stuff that makes you all bad inside. If the medicine is harmful to youself or your child then I really think they shouldn't advertise it to consumers.

Samuelson's Point

Samuelsons main point is that he really believes that the economy is going down. He says it kind of feels like it is going to be the year when the stock market fell. He is also saying that the economy is going down is because of all the loaning of money, the borrowing and not paying back or like basically money we use as loans for like cars and furniture and all that stuff. Samuelson is also pointing out to the readers how much money was lost and in how much amount of time.
I believe that what Samuelson is thinking or believing right now is kind of true in a way. He says that some people may not realize it but the economy is not going so well right now. I believe that because of the way the economy is going right now with all the money problems in the background that the present day today is going to be the year 1929 all of a sudden.
In Samuelsons article you could kind of tell what you think his believes are because of the way it is written. He writes about how many bear markets we have had. How much money we have lost from something. He also wrote about how the economy went down by 15 percent from things like employment, bankruptcies and foreclosure, etc.