Bridge to nowhere

The bridge to nowhere is a bridge that was promised to an alaskan town 30 years ago, so that the town could be connected to the airport that was located on a diferent island. It is famous because Sarah palin made a joke about it in one of her speeches of how she stopped the "bridge to nowhere". the writer's problem with it is that what Palin said is a false statement, that they are not "nowhere".
He convinces me that his opinion is correct simply by telling a little bit about what happens in the town. Like when he refers to the fact that over 250,000 people pass through the airport in one year. Or the fact that it is the 4th largest community of the state. Or even the fact that they get all of thir tourists, nearly a million a year. I believe that he is in the right about this issue.

Zakaria

I do believe that it is a fantastic idea, however, i dont thnk that today's society will work well with that, and will probably ignore it until it gets so out of hand, that they are all just screwed. I believe that we should because it would create less wast, which we have a great abundance of in this country. It would give us time to evaluate the economy, and make the drasitc changes that we needed in order to prosper again.
He doesnt convince that we MUST, but that comes from a stubborn part of me that always thinks that there is onther option. He was very thourough in his arguments, and i would agree that he has a very good idea. I dont believe it will work because of the people, as i said earlier.

Worst ads on TV

I agree that we should not advertise prescriptions on tv. America has enough problems without thinking that they should take a pill to fix them, but actually makes more? Steven king also makes a very good point with the 9/11 comparison. Why should they be allowed to advertise something that is potentially harmful to people? Should we also advertise for terrorists, as long as they fork out the cash? People also might get it in their heads that they have problems they dont really have, or diagnose themselves with something and be "sick in their heads" like they think they're sick, but they're actually healthy, and they imagine they feel the way the symptoms describe. It's just not good, and just so people can make money. Like i said before, we're already a messed up country, we dont need to make it any worse.

Samuelson

Samuelson's point is that we are not necessicairily going into a depression, that it is probably just a recession. He is trying to point out that people are just over-reacting. He believes this because it has happened several times in that last 60 years, and always gets worked out.
He also feels we need to have more government action, because they are off to a very slow start. he feels more action should be taken before we actually go into a depression.
He also has several examples of how bad our recessions get before they pull out, and start heading back up.