Journal Entry 5

Specialization :

Specialization is a type of academic arguement where, either speaker has more knowledge than the other in a particular subject. For example; two scholars are argueing about World War 2, one of the speakers has a masters in Foreign wars, and specifically has more knowledge about World War 2. This speaker has a specialization in the subject being discussed. The downfalls in this, is that because the speaker has a plethora of knowledge in the subject, he/she may be less open to new opinions about it.

websites for project 1

http://www.balancedpolitics.org/marijuana_legalization.htm
http://economics.about.com/od/incometaxestaxcuts/a/marijuana.htm

Workshop 1 -expertise and interests

Expertise:
1. Automobile knowledge
2. Politics
3. Music
4. Skateboarding
5. Band Management
6. dating really stuck up women

Interested in:
1. Guitar
2. Drums
3. politics
4. Movies
5. real estate
6. International travel
7. European cars
8. "Muscle" cars

Entry #2

The Claim present in the article provided in journal entry #1 was a claim of fact. The data was that our governement was covering up a conspiracy about 9/11. It based this off the grounds that we did not know why we were attacked that day, and we needed a reason to go to war in the Middle East. It was backed by a poll that said 1/3 of Americans believed this theory. It rebuttled it's arguement saying that the president's father had started a war in the middle east and this could be him working through his son's administration to finish the war that he had started over oil.

Journal Entry #1

http://www.scrippsnews.com/911poll

The claim being made in this article is that the US government may be at fault for the terrorist attacks on 9/11. This claim is being backed up by a poll that says 1/3 of Americans believe that our government created these attacks in order to go to war in the Middle-East. The controversial claim being made in this article is a claim of fact. The author also brought up several other American Government conspiracy theories in order to make his claim more believable. He also used a poll to show that a large percentage of Americans believed this theory to be true. I feel that this conspiracy theory in particular is absurd.