real first blog assignment

In his piece on Hitler, Burke, making many very interesting points about how Hitler was able to get the masses to follow him. To most people Hitler's actions while in power are considered evil and sickening, yet Hitler was able to convince the German population that he was the good guy while the Jewish population was evil. Although most people thought he was crazy, his target audience, the Germans, gladly supported him through most of World War II. Coming off of the embarrassing defeat in World War I, Germany went through hard times and was very angry with their situation. Hitler used this to his advantage and appealed to people with his hate and anger. He used the Jews as scapegoats and blamed most of the countries problems on them. He proclaimed that the Aryan race was superior to all and that the "evil" Jews were plotting against the country. He said the Jews were plotting and were a threat that needed to be eliminated. He gave the Aryan race pride that they were the chosen race to rule the world and convinced them that the Jews were the only thing preventing this from happening. He was able to unite the struggling country together against the Jews and for the spread of Aryan power.

A popular propaganda that I do not agree with is the ethanol movement. I can completely understand that people want the environment to be kept clean and for our nation to find alternative sources of fuel for when we inevitably run out of oil. Despite this, the facts are that ethanol is expensive, uses more oil than it saves, and takes away farmland that could be better used. Even though it appears to certainly be a very bad thing, it is still commonly used in the gas we use and is wasting money that the American people could be using more efficiently. Although it would be better just to scrap the ethanol idea, blind environmentalists and farmers seeking a hefty profit will not let the fad go away without a very long, messy fight.