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I agree with some of the points Tyler makes in his post however, there are a few thing overlooked. For instance, the 4th amendment right is not going to be taken away but when the citizens of the United States willfully allow government officials to overstep their 4th Amendment right it is the same as citizens relenquishing that right. Also, CISPA may seem like a great idea to fight terrorism but why is it at the costs of internet users privacy? Terrorism has claimed less victims than cigarettes and alcohol related deaths, so why is our privacy being taken away for something that is not as deadly as others things that are more common and readily available to citizens such as cigarettes and alcohol. If CISPA was such a great idea, why is there so much opposition from major internet companies like Mozilla and other politcal activist? It seems this is more freedom being traded in for protection and every bit of privacy we once had will be gone.
About Me
- Awakening the Mind
- My name is Justin Ussery, I am a 26 years old Marine Corps Veteran current;y working for Samsung Austin Semiconductor. I have been married for 2 years with no kids. I was born and raised in Southern California. My background as far as work experience is all dealing with electronics, while serving I was a radar technician now as a civilian I work with ion implanters. My political ideology is a post modern, political influences would be Ron Paul, Alex Jones (slightly) and Allen Russo. I have never voted in a presidential election because I have not seen a presidential candidate worth voting for thus far. I am taking this class because it is on the engineering degree plan, but I hope to expand my knowledge on the United States Government to better evaluate government policies and actions. On the civics quiz I only got 4 answers correct but on the current events quiz I got 8 answers correct.
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Monday, February 25, 2013
Scapegoats
Full Article here.
Julian Zelizer is the author of this article, is well educated and I consider him credible as he has a list of accomplishments that show his qualifications to speak on this matter. He is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University and is the author of "Jimmy Carter" and "Governing America." Julian Zelizer states in his article, "If spending is cut, GOP will get the blame", which may be true but this is unacceptable on the country's behalf in my opinion. There is no single party responsible for the turmoil going in with the state of the USA's economy. It is common for citizens and even government officials to find a scapegoat or anyone to blame for the country's downfalls. The country has a bi-parisan system in which two political parties work together and run the country and each party has a say on which direction the country will head. When will the days end when it is too easy to point the fingers at the other party for the whole government's mistakes in guiding the country? It is also becoming a nasty trend for government officials to get on camera and publicly blame the other party for not cooperating. If this is not a wake up call for average Americans to get involved in politics, taking a few minutes out of there day to investigate what the government is currently discussing, and spread the word then I do not know what is. Situations like this will not come about again if the public knows how the government works and will not also pass blame on one single political party just because that's the way it appears. Overall he wrote a great article with clear points.
Julian Zelizer is the author of this article, is well educated and I consider him credible as he has a list of accomplishments that show his qualifications to speak on this matter. He is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University and is the author of "Jimmy Carter" and "Governing America." Julian Zelizer states in his article, "If spending is cut, GOP will get the blame", which may be true but this is unacceptable on the country's behalf in my opinion. There is no single party responsible for the turmoil going in with the state of the USA's economy. It is common for citizens and even government officials to find a scapegoat or anyone to blame for the country's downfalls. The country has a bi-parisan system in which two political parties work together and run the country and each party has a say on which direction the country will head. When will the days end when it is too easy to point the fingers at the other party for the whole government's mistakes in guiding the country? It is also becoming a nasty trend for government officials to get on camera and publicly blame the other party for not cooperating. If this is not a wake up call for average Americans to get involved in politics, taking a few minutes out of there day to investigate what the government is currently discussing, and spread the word then I do not know what is. Situations like this will not come about again if the public knows how the government works and will not also pass blame on one single political party just because that's the way it appears. Overall he wrote a great article with clear points.
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Arm the Rebels?
Read more here.
Once again the United States has contemplated arming rebels who are the opposition of a country's standing regime. This time, in Syria, the United States government decided against arming the opposition to President Bashar al-Assad's regime. There is strong opposition and support of President Barack Obama's decision not to provide lethal aid in the country. This decision is the complete opposite from Libya, where United States and NATO decided to provide lethal aid to bring down Muammar Gaddafi's regime. What most of the American public do not know, and the irony of both situations is that most of the rebels are Al-Queda affiliated.
Once again the United States has contemplated arming rebels who are the opposition of a country's standing regime. This time, in Syria, the United States government decided against arming the opposition to President Bashar al-Assad's regime. There is strong opposition and support of President Barack Obama's decision not to provide lethal aid in the country. This decision is the complete opposite from Libya, where United States and NATO decided to provide lethal aid to bring down Muammar Gaddafi's regime. What most of the American public do not know, and the irony of both situations is that most of the rebels are Al-Queda affiliated.
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