David Irving

David Irving once said, "I don't see any reason to be tasteful about Auschwitz. It's baloney. It's a legend. Once we admit the fact that it was a brutal slave labor camp and large numbers of people die, as large numbers of innocent people died elsewhere in the war, why believe the rest of the baloney?' Mr. Irving has been able to establish himself as a reputable and controversial chronicler of World War II. He was able to get his name out into the media because he was involved with high-profile lawsuits. David Irving’s main goal in life is to deny the Holocaust. According to a website written in 2005 titled “Extremism in America”, Mr. Irving continued to raise money and lead an annual “Real History Conferences.”
I remember my main school project during 6th grade was to create a 10 minute report on a certain event in history that changed people’s lives. I chose the Holocaust, because at the time, I could not think of any other event that I have heard more about than this. Also, I remember finding in my research that the total death count was around 1.3 billion people. Despite my whole semester of doing research on the Holocaust, I never came across anybody who denied the Holocaust until now. David Irving’s work as a Holocaust denier is a very unique job.
David Irving does not only express ideas that he formulates in his head, rather he also illegally investigates certain details concerning the Holocaust. For example, Irving the Denier collaborated with a man named Fred A. Leuchter Jr., who is a “self-described engineer from Massachusetts who specialized in designing execution apparatus, to investigate the use of gas chambers. “In his findings, Leuchter claimed that samples he illegally chipped off the walls of the gas chamber at Auschwitz did not contain residue of cyanide gas recorded as having been used there. David Irving was able to put together this sort of information in order to carry out his campaign to deny the Holocaust. Mr. Irving “remained committed to The Leuchter Report. Irving was eventually sent to court because justice argued that it was “incontrovertible that Irving qualifies as a Holocaust denier.” He remains as one of the most popular Holocaust deniers in history.

http://www.nizkor.org/hweb/people/i/irving-david/
http://www.adl.org/learn/ext_us/irving.asp?xpicked=2&item=Irving

Recess

My research paper will be focused on recess and whether or not it is important for a child's development and growth. I chose this topic because my major is Communication Science & Disorders. Plus, there have been incidences when a child would be taken out of recess in order to work on their speech, language, and communication skills. Child development specialists question the pros and cons of recess. Writing this research paper would also help my knowledge in the field later on. Database categories such as education and communication would be beneficial to my research paper because education deals with recess and communication deals with the overall interaction that goes on in school. Pros of recess include: growth in social skills (cooperating, communicating, and respecting others), resolving conflict, sharing, and self-discipline. On the other hand, the Cons are: time away from learning, children begin focusing more on sports, chatting (gossip), and a hierarchy is slowly established (popular and non-popular kids). I believe recess is important because it allows children do whatever they want, although with slight boundaries, these are still able to develop life skills.

Do Not Vote for Schwarzenegger, If He Ever..

Are there people out there who are fanatics for movie superstars? How about the money and power hungry people in this world who support with their heart and money a certain political candidate. If these two worlds were to ever mix concerning a high level of authority, I believe chaos would reign. If the guidelines for becoming the United States president was to ever change, so that a non-United States born person can become our president, then I believe Arnold would have definitely ran for the position (Ad anitiquitatem & red herring). Do not vote for Arnold Schwarzenegger for our president because he will turn the face of United States defense into one that resembles that of the movies he has starred in, such as: Terminator 1,2,&3, Last Action Hero, and dozens more (Ad hominem & Appeal to False Authority).

Even though Arnold Schwarzennegger is currently the ‘governator’ of California, there has been a lot of questionable actions that he has made for the state. For example, according to Jim Byrd Mr. Schwarzennegger has signed the bill SB777, which states that the terms “mom and dad” and “husband and wife” will be banned from California textbooks because they are offensive to gays, lesbians, and transgendered students. Another recorded account of Arnold Schwarzennegger acting unstable is when he said, “But that is all in my past. I haven’t ridden it since last Tuesday” to answer a question of a reported who asked, “What if we found a Nazi tank on your lawn?”(red herring). Again, when a reporter asked a ‘what if’ question, “What if we would a film of you leading a Ku Klux Klan rally?” Mr. Schwarzennegger answered, “This was just a stunt to promote bodybuilding, and if anyone I lynched was offended, then I’m sorry” (complex question).

I suggest United States citizens to not vote for Arnold Schwarzennegger because he will also lead to the result of crazy, gun-bearing fans and supporters if he were to ever fun for president (hasty generalization). Throughout all the movies he has been through, he has increased his number of fans every time. Supporters would have probably made incredibly random YouTube videos featuring his rise from terminator to the white house. These videos probably would’ve followed the lines war, terminator, and half naked footage of him shooting alongside United States soldiers. I believe about 70% of the United States population already has heard about Arnold; therefore, they all know him because of his movies, but when he would run for president, people would obscure the difference between seeing him as a muscled killing machine and a well-dressed political leader, AKA our president!

http://jimbyrd.wordpress.com/2007/10/25/arnold-schwarzenegger-welcome-to-the-dark-side/
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000216/bio

Cryptozoology

Remember the days when you were a kid reading non-fiction novels that introduced a whole new group of creatures into your life and imaginations. Those days when you would wander around in search for Bigfoot or the rare occasion when you would find yourself near a huge body of water, thus wondering if the Lochness monster was inside. I believe all children are masters of zoology, which is the study of hidden animals. "Cryptozoology relies heavily upon testimonials and circumstantial evidence in the form of legends and folklore, and the stories and alleged sightings of mysterious beasts by indigenous people, explorers, and travelers." Theses trained professionals focus on creatures not only including Big Foot or the Loch Ness Monsters, but they also search for white or black squirrels, the Chupacabra, and mermaids. No matter what new creature is imagined, drawn on paper, or thought to be seen on a mysterious location, children and trained professionals alike will be sharing the honor of opening their imaginations and letting their desires for excitement flow abundantly.