Thursday, September 4, 2008

Life, Liberty, & the Pursuit of Happiness

Abramoff Is Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison
By NEIL A. LEWIS
Published: September 4, 2008


Mr. Abramoff
By reading this article, it seems to me that the thesis is just telling that this unknown man has taken millions of dollars away from the Indians. I was looking through the New York Times web site and came a long this title of the article, " Abramoff Is Sentenced To 4 Years in Prison." My first thought was who is this mystery man Abramoff. I have never heard of him before and now he is suddenly headlining NY Times. The second thought that went through my mind was that this title just brings me back the Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Happiness. When we read the article by Thomas Paine, I know that it was one of the main things he was talking about. I don't nessisarly agree that after stealing millions of dollars, that this man should be happy. I think this definitely relates to our class right now because of our discussion of Life, Liberty, & the Pursuit of Happiness. A quote that Mr. Abramoff said was “Families and children suffered much pain because of this man,” and i definitely don't think that anyone should suffer because they are born with the right of the Pursuit of Happiness.


No comments: