Energy Drinks

First off, i'm not an addict. Swear to god. But to me, energy drinks are like a beer. There are times I just crave them. Try cooking a steak on the grill or order a large pizza, and sometimes I just begin to crave certain liquids to drink.

But are they really all that bad for you? First off, i'm not one of these 15 year old kids who go to the grocery store, buy one, then begin to chug it. I sip on mine over the course of 4-5 hours on some nights that I'm at work. Yes I know there's just boat loads of sugar in it and half of the addatives in it, I couldn't tell you what the heck they're for. I personally feel like half of my own wake up that comes from them is all mental.

I've never been a huge coffee drinker, even in the mornings, when it's -5 degrees outside. But whenever I get that good wiff of coffee my eyes always open up a little bit more. And I know there's nothing special in just the aroma of it.

So my belief is if you chug it, all that sugar and caffeine goes straight into your system, speeds up your heart rate, and could potentially harm you. But where I just sip it on it for hours I think i'm ok. And besides, have you ever seen all those vitamins they put in it on the back of the can?? I'm not sure I need 100% of niacin and riboflavin, but I sure feel special with them all in that can.

Racist

My job has me dealing with some of the nicest and best people I've ever met, and most days I really appreciate the interaction with some of these people. On the flip-side, I occasionally get the scum of the earth pricks who just make it their ever living goal in life to mess with everyones life. Saturday was one of those days.

Now I'm not going to go into details about what all happened, but when some lady who just happens to be African-American, starts demanding things that go above the limits of my company, to me she's just another customer. I deal with this all day. Then she starts yelling at my other coworkers that they're all "white pieces of shit" and nothing but "trailer trash." To me, this is just another day. But from there it starts turning into how we're all racist and the only reason we're not going above and out of our way and breaking our own company rules, is because she's black.

How do people justify constantly degrading people and trying to always become the victim? And how do you even throw in justifying race into that mixture. I'm not a racist, never been one. I hang out with people who are not white quite often. One of my best friends, who I consider to be almost like a sister, is black. Last time I checked, I'm still a member of the Black Student Union. And here I am, just some white kid from Utah. And I'm pretty sure I'll never try to blame my race for any problems that occur in my own life.

Politics

With this year being a presidential election year, it seems we've all been over run with constant news stories and negative adds showing off our next round of presidential hopefuls. And I don't know about most of you, but I'm so sick and tired of turning on the news every day and getting story after story of "who said what about who." It's politics. It's a dirty game and nobody in it is a squeaky clean as they all love to claim to be.

And what I'm most worried about, is in next January when the next president is elected, how will we all be reacting to it. I'm extremely worried about it, since it seems like we don't really hold any respect for our presidents anymore. What is going to happen on January 1st when a new president takes office and suddenly we have all these citizens who want to kill our current president and on that special day they turn from shouts of "Kill Bush" to "We Love So and So."

Regardless of your political alignment, what kind of a message are you sending people with these kind of slogans? So on January 1st all extreme left will take down their next criticism of our president and get behind the new one. But what of everyone who supported the current president. Are they all supposed to forget that a large number of citizens didn't support their president, so they should ignore the next one to come into office?

It just seems extremely hypocritical that on that magical day everyone who wore "Impeach Bush" t-shirts and those who supported him will switch places. Our whole political landscape needs to be re-evaluated. Regardless if you like or support this president or the next, don't you think we should have at least a little bit of respect for the presidential position? Because I'm pretty sure that's been lost over the last ten years or so.

Prospectus Draft

American Red Cross

Lewis and Clark Blood Services Region

6616 S. 900 E.

Salt Lake City, UT 84121

801-892-4000

Glen Jacobsen

Donor Service Director

777-333-5555

glenjacobsen@redcross.org

Mr. Tim Jennings

Manager of Admiral Beverage Corp.

2780 N. Highway 89

Ogden, UT 84404

Dear Mr. Jennings:

My name is Glen Jacobsen from the American Red Cross. As you may know, the Red Cross is a non-profit organization providing over half the nation’s blood supply through generous donations. We ask you for a donation of $100,000 worth of products to adequately replenish our donors from the loss of blood they generously give to save lives. A few minutes of refreshments gives blood donors replenishment from their decrease in fluid volume. You will also have the satisfaction of knowing you helped each blood donor save up to three lives.

As one of the nation’s largest manufacturers of snack products, you have the resources available to help fund our mission to save lives. Last year you gave over $6.4 billion in good will charities and you are known for your contributions. With the American Red Cross you, will know your money is going toward a great cause.

You will be helping to ensure that blood is there when you or someone close to you may need it. Most people don't think they'll ever need blood, but many do.

The American Red Cross Lewis and Clark Region is a major supplier in Utah, Idaho and Montana. With the help of volunteer blood donors, the region is the primary blood supplier for over 120 hospitals and medical centers in the area. To provide care for these centers, we would like to use the money for $50,000 in drinks and $50,000 in snacks.

Thank you for taking the time to read our proposal and we look forward to hearing from you. Please contact our public relations director, Hi-C Group, for any questions at 555-357-7535 or hi-cgroup@redcross.org.

Sincerely,

Glen Jacobsen

Donor Service Director

American red Cross