Indu$trialized Food$

http://www.endlesssimmer.com/2010/10/12/industrial-food-complex/

This website, posted by Forkitude, talks about how, "Sysco requires their produces to carry at least $4 million in insurance so that sysco doesnt have to worry momentarily if there is an E. Coli outbreak in the spinach they are distributing because they will be able to refund their customers with the insurance proceeds" (website). These companies put so much money into their insurance policies that they do not have to worry about getting the consumer sick because they will be able to pay them off with their millions of dollars. The author states with which i agree that its all about money$$$$$. These companies only care about getting their food into the consumers hand and getting the consumers money in theirs. People need to be "concerned about their meat and where it is coming from" (website). Most people do not research the quality of grocery stores meat let alone where the companies are getting it from. Our nation has mass amounts of meat and its pretty darn good, but we need to be careful about where we buy it from. 

food

http://blogs.psychcentral.com/weightless/2011/05/weighted-words-what-a-perfect-food-world-looks-like/

Margarita Tartakovsky writes about how most people are worried about what they are eating. She gives an example of a lady in a coffee shop asking the worker how many calories are in a danish. The worker responds by saying, "400"(website). There was a day when everybody ate for taste and enjoyed what they were eating without worrying about how many calories were in their food. She talks about how europeans dont watch the calories they eat and how they are still thinner and "healthier" than Americans are today. Tatakovsky writes about how she wishes for a perfect food world where no one cared about the amount of calories and enjoyed what they were eating.

Food

http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/s/schlosser-fast.html

This website talks about the fast food nation that we are living in today. The author talks about how buying fast food is so routine and how we dont even think about it anymore. We walk in, stand in line, read the colored lit up menu, order, hand over some cash, and watch teenagers push some buttons and out comes a tray with colored paper wrapping our food. The fast food industry has grown so rapidly mainly because the basic hourly wage has slowly and steadily declined for the last 20 or so years. Minimum wage just is not enough to support a family let alone one individual, so these people are forced to buy fast, cheap, food that is not the slightest bit healthy.

MLK

I believe that MLK was writing to the general public. Even though he had an implicit audience of those who have power and an influence over people for a "better good", he was writing for a variety of audiences. He was writing to these in little power too, so that they would do something...anything. Sitting back and not doing anything is worse than doing something and being denied access or rights.  Being denied leaves room for improvement and the clergy were bound to listen to this letter and its proclaimed  determined statements.

Final Thoughts

My opinion about technology has not changed. Recent technology has made our lives easier as to quicker accession of information. Computers and applications on phones have created apps that allow you to order food, get directions, reviews, etc at the touch of a finger. You must be carful of what you read on websites and must make sure to check sources to make sure that they are credible. I am very interested as to what the new years will bring in accordance to new technology.

Want to get out there

Information on the internet is not always correct..wikipedia. People use wikipedia and believe that the information is correct when anyone can edit information on each page. Granted, some of the information is correct, but a majority of the information posted on the website is not up to date or inaccurate.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFBDn5PiL00
This is a clip from the office tv series. Michael is describing his love for wikipedia and explains why it is so awesome.. This is definitely sarcasm as wikipedia is an unreliable source.

Internet

I think these internet sites like google, wikipedia, etc, are making students lazier and less likely to read a book. Rather, students go on spark notes and e-books to get summaries of books instead of actually reading the book and getting their own understanding. I think it is important to read and write to express your own opinion instead of reading someone else's opinion and basing your thesis or ideas off of theirs. These sites have put in depth summaries of articles and books online that make students and other people feel it is unnecessary to even buy the book anymore.