Rupinder’s Comments (group member since Sep 06, 2011)

Rupinder’s comments from the MHS AP Language group.

Eddie wrote: "Rupinder wrote: "I agree with you Eddie, on the topic of having people -who don't necessarily agree with each other on ideals or beliefs, but still come together to make a team. I think it does mak..."

Definitely, the media wants to exploit any and everything they can get their hands on. Now a days, the media doesn't have any limits or boundaries. And when somebody does try to take the media down, they claim that it is their first Amendment right to speak however they want, and they are right. They have the right to say whatever they desire, but the media has changed drastically in the last several decades.

For instance, during Kennedy's presidency, he had multiple affairs, the most notorious would be with Marilyn Monroe, but the media did not report about it. It wasn't in the news, but it was a known fact that he had these affairs.

This just shows how the media has changed over time, and that they have such a key role in politics. Many people vote for their president by what the media is telling them, not by their own research.

However, Anonymous' message about media seems to be, to me, that politics does not run without media. Without media, there is no politics, and vice versa.

I agree with you Eddie, on the topic of having people -who don't necessarily agree with each other on ideals or beliefs, but still come together to make a team. I think it does make perfect sense, because if you have a group of people who all have the same values and morals, nothing will be accomplished. But whereas having people with opposing views, you can argue and come up with a better plan or whatever it is that you want to accomplish, just as the group Jack Stanton is working with.

The first three chapters of this book seem to reveal not too much of who Jack Stanton really is, well not to me. I mean the the narrator is Henry Burton, basically Governor Stanton's right had man. So we are picturing everybody through his eyes. But from what I have read, it seems to be that Stanton isn't all that smart. he is a politician, and obviously, politicians are smart because of their line of work, but to me, it just didn't seem that way.

In chapter one I believe, when Henry met Stanton's wife for the first time, Susan Stanton, the duo -the Stantons, seemed more like con artists to me. I just got the impression that they truly had no idea what they were doing or getting themselves into.

Also, did anybody else find it appalling that Stanton slept with the librarian and none of his staff though nothing of it? It is politics and all this does happen on a normal basis, but I'm just saying, scandal.

However, I feel that Anonymous is trying to say that politics is a mysterious world, and in order to make it, you need connections. Just as Ozio had leaked information on Stanton and his meeting, Henry knew he could call Howard Ferguson to figure out how he could retaliate in some form so Stanton does not look like the bad guy.

All in all, this book definitely has a lot of conflict to be resolved, especially starting with Stanton's scandal of being arrested at a anti war protest

Joel wrote: "I am still unsure of what exactly the what is. I remember Achak's father explaining the story about the humans and how God gave them the choice of the what or something else, and how he brings it u..."

Nice comment, bro :) I totally agree with you.

I enjoyed reading the memoir, but it wasn't completely cohesive, in my mind, when I was reading it. It seemed to be all over the place, and the jumping back and forth wasn't as clean as it should've been. But all in all, I really enjoyed the book and hope the best for Valentino! :)