Tom Korth

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I chose to blog about a public service announcement on abusing prescription medications. It shows a kid that gets hurt in a sporting event, is prescribed a medication, and starts abusing over-the-counter drugs. At the end of the public service announcement he is let out in handcuffs from the school. The message at the end reads "prescription drugs: meant to help, not hurt".     

 I believe the market that advertisers are trying to reach here is athletes, teenagers, and young adults. The context of persuasion is easy. If you don't want to get arrested then don't abuse over-the-counter drugs. This is a very serious ad that needs to be addressed within the above named markets.

Athletes especially have a habit of abusing prescription medications. I know this from when I was an athlete back in high school. I used to need Vicodin or ibuprofen constantly and used to take several of them at a time. So I can relate to this ad and I believe it's a very persuasive public service announcement.

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A Veterans opinion on Syria

This is a very difficult and sensitive subject to talk about for me since I served in the military and I am a veteran.

  Personally I think that all politicians are corrupt as fuck and don’t give a rat’s ass about their country. First it was Iraq (which I served in) that we went to and had no business on being there, after that came Afghanistan (in which we were looking for a terrorist in the wrong country completely when we should’ve been in Pakistan), and now Syria? What for? Because some smelly poor dumb shit Hadji threatened a chemical strike on the US.

First of all, that dumb ass would never get past our homeland security now days and if he did he is fucking stupid as hell. Second, talk is cheap. And now John Boehner and Eric Cantor give the president their support. This just proves my point when I say that the Republicans and Democrats are in bed together.

All of this is happening because 100,000 people have died since the uprising against President Assad. News flash America, It’s their country and their fucking problem. The Syrians are not threatening the United States so why the hell should we sacrifice more of my comrade’s lives that are in the military but sending them over there and starting yet another war in the Middle East? Let them handle their own country.

 Personally I don’t give a fuck if they kill each other till there is no one left. It’s not the Americans problem that their country is shit and we live in the best country in the world with freedom and democracy. Why do our politicians do everything for the good of their own personal benefit? America’s slogan is “We the People” not “We the politicians”.  Personally I think that if congress votes on this, we are all in for the start of world war three.