USA Today, Or USA In The 1960's?

Today, November 26, 2014, the USA is in a terrible position. Unfortunately, today’s topic of conversation is racism; well not fully, but along the lines of it. Just recently in this week’s news, a white officer was recently let off without any charges for killing an unarmed black teenage male. With the Zimmerman case ending in a way many people of the black community disagreed on, this case is a little different because an actual police officer is involved. This one case in particular has attracted the attention of people in Pakistan, China, and even Korea had some input. In fact, Korea has recently called our country “a laughingstock” because of the way people of color are handled in the place that is supposed to be the land of the free. With the news of no indictment coming out, citizens of all races (majority of these people being black) have recently been protesting and looting worldwide, especially in Missouri, the place where this incident happened. Though I was not around in the late ‘60s, the images I am seeing on the news and on the web has got me thinking to myself that we are repeating history. Tear gas is being thrown out to protestors, building set on fire, it seems as if we are just in another cycle of blacks not being treated equally. What does this mean for our future in this country? The grand jury of Missouri, which consists of 12 people, is 9 out of 12 white people. Mind you that there are only nine votes needed to make a decision, and with a white person looking at possible jail time, of course he got the 9 votes needed to walk free. Is this fair? Are blacks still treated unequally? If you ask me I say yes, and by the way things are looking, today’s USA looks exactly as it did in the ‘60s; and at this rate with more and more unfair trials involving the death of a young black person, we will only get worse and soon there will be no more peace because there seems that there is no justice.

The Sky Is The Limit

"One nation, under God," is a very controversial statement that is a part of our country's pledge of allegiance. This means that we, as a nation, believe in God, and of course should follow the word of God. Well when it comes to believing, we seem to have that part down, but following his word seems to be what we have problem with. In the Bible it mentions that we shall never try to reach the heavens (not those exact words but you get the picture) but it seems as if the people in our government don't too much care for this. Our government has spent millions of dollars on research and air craft to try and offer tours of outer space, of course to those who can afford it, for those who would like to travel beyond the stratosphere. Yes this seems like a good experience, but is it a good idea? Personally, I feel that the government is making a very poor decision. Though I am one who has a very high interest level when it comes to aerospace, I still feel that we as humans belong here on the ground. If anyone needs to go to outer space, it needs to be someone who is an astronaut or someone who has a very strong knowledge of what is going on, and it should not be for recreational purposes but for informative. Just this week alone, there have been two aircraft crashes and this is where I refer back to the religion. As a firm believer in God, I have learned that in life there are always signs of whether to or to not do something, and that is exactly what these crashes could be. Of course there is always a series of failed tests when experimenting with something new, but each of these failed tests are costing our government millions of dollars on wasted equipment and machinery. Financially, trips to outer space could be very beneficial for us because lets not forget the huge amount of debt that we are in as a nation. But is it worth it? Is that dollar amount greater than or equal to putting citizens' lives at risk? The answer to that is no. We do not call on regular people to put out fires, or to fly air planes because they are not trained to do so. Leave outer space traveling to the professionals and continue to be the nation "under God."

Opinions on White House Security

Using the information from an article inside of the Washington Post, I will break down the article written by Mathew Dallek in what he titled How Pearl Harbor Closed the White House Doors. Back in the days of Franklin Roosevelt, the White House was looked at as a place that citizens could visit at nearly any time. With the attack of Pearl Harbor being such a very dramatic and important tragedy to our country, the government began to tighten up on security, especially at the home of our nation's president. Not even the most recent tragedy of 9/11 can compare to the changes made to the White House's security changes. Eleanor Roosevelt called the changes of security after the disaster of Pearl Harbor as "a completely changed world." Apparently security could not have been too well, as the White House fence was just jumped by a knifed man, who somehow managed to make it all the way to the East Room of the President's residence. Of course, this led to the resignation of Secret Service director Julia Pierson. This could be the result of a new security system at our nation's home maybe one day in the future, but until then we will see. Since World War II and the events on 9/11, security has been pretty strong to protect the President's mansion. You can argue over which is more important towards changes in security, but until then you can nearly guarantee that the security standards will be risen. The White House is very important to our country, and it is the home of the most important person in the country, so there is no reason a person should be able to enter this home by simply jumping the fence.

Blog Stage Two

On today, Friday September 19, 2014, an article by newsweek was published title "What will U.S. Forces Do With Isis Prisoners?" This is a very important question and it needs answers as soon as possible. Here in America, we believe in not torturing our prisoners that are captured, but with the beheading of James Foley, personally I feel that we should have no limit on what we do to the opposition. I think this article should be read by everyone because the ISIS situation is becoming a serious topic more and more every day, so with articles like this we can have a little more understanding of the things that are going right and what things are going wrong during this war. We all know how costly a war can be, so the quicker we get information from prisoners the quicker we can put an end to this issue. What do you think the U.S. should do?