Will the democrats make it?

An article in the Wall Street Journal talks about how the GOP is up on the democrats for this coming election. In the article it mentions how in Ohio that democratic participation is down over 24 percent while the GOP is up 64 percent. A recent poll shows that shows that 32 percent of Americans they'd vote to re elect their congressman, and 57 percent said they'd vote for someone else. Right now the GOP is ahead in the polls of a 44% to 37% lead over the democrats.

I feel that a big change is needed in congress. The way we're going right now is not the right path. I believe that the republicans need to get back into the white house, to turn things around. In the article "How Badly Will the Democrats Do?", written by Karl Rove, he mentions the midterm elections and is wondering, if the democrats," losses be worse then the post-World War II average of 24 House and four Senate seats lost by the party that holds the White House?". Well just have to see and find out if this just will happen again.

New Nintendo Device

Today in the Technology Journal of the wall street journal, one article caught my eye and it was about how Nintendo prepares for a portable 3- D device. The Nintendo company plans on selling this portable device without the gamer needing to wear 3 - D glasses to view the 3 - D effect. This new device is currently called the Nintendo 3DS. This device is potentially coming out during its coming fiscal year at the end of march 2011. Just about all 3 - D technology now requires batteries or color filtered glasses. According to Industry executives it could take up to 10 years for a glasses free television to be ready for the public.

I think that this is a pretty good idea that Nintendo has came up with. I know for sure that when i want to play a 3 - D game, i want to be able to play without wearing those annoying glasses. This is something that will absolutely make millions for Nintendo. Nintendo believes that video game fans would be more interested in paying for a device that's in 3 - D. Sooner or later a company would have come up with a product just like this. Technology is always advancing each day and it always will be. I believe its an advantage if your up on the current technology that's available to you.

Haiti Needs Help!!

A recent article in The Wall Street Journal shares with us that Haiti needs $11.5 billion to rebuild and recover from the Jan 12 earthquake. On march 31 there is a conference being held where donor nations are expected to give financial aid to Haiti. The earthquake has taken more than 220,000 lives, and has caused damages at about $7.86 billion. A report states that 300,00 people were wounded, 8.5% of workers lost jobs, 105,000 houses were flattened, 208,000 houses were damaged, 1,300 schools and 50 hospitals crumbled. "Haiti authorities said they would rely on foreign contractors for part of the work because the country's construction sectors is too small to undertake such a task."

I feel that its good to hear that other countries are getting involved to help Haiti other than the U.S., because for awhile it seemed like the U.S. was the 911 for the world. Whenever something went wrong they turned to us for help. The whole world should help each other not just one country, this is why the whole world is screwed up its one sided when it comes time for countries to help out. That's crazy that this earthquake caused $8 billion worth of damage to Haiti, the damage was 120% of the countries output last year. So in my opinion this earthquake put Haiti back a year and some from today.

Toyota

A recent article in the Wall Street Journal called "U.S. Intensifies Toyota Probe" is about how the U.S. regulators stepped up their investigation of Toyota Motor Corp due to the fact that they think Toyota didn't conduct safety recalls in a timely manner. Toyota will shut down two U.S. Plants to adjust their inventory level, this will reduce their sales by about 80,000 vehicles. Lawmakers have questioned the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration about the Toyota problem of the sticky gas pedal and sudden acceleration. The NHTSA is trying to get Toyota to provide paper work revealing how and when the company learned of these very serious defects, which came to over 6 million recalls. Toyota is looking into a new buyer and enhanced warranty programs to bring back customers.

I feel that this Toyota situation is ridiculous, how can a car company have over 6 million recalls? Somewhere along the production line someone made a very serious error, a error that took the lives of 34 people. A sticky gas pedal and sudden acceleration, sounds like to me that no one was checking for these very serious problems. In this article it mentions that an auto safety expert and a consumer advocate have felt that the NHTSA has become very relaxed on car makers when it comes to vehicle safety. If thats the case, then how do we know if the NHTSA is doing this to all the car companies, letting the little things slide. That's outrageous, there is millions of lives that drive every single day, someone letting a little thing slide can add up to a very serious problem, like we see hear with Toyota.

Biography

Hi im Vinny Perugini. Im attending a Community College for Business Management. Ever since i was in High school i have always wanted to own my own business. Now I am following my dream and looking forward to finish it, within the next couple years.