Body Scans At the Airport (AREN'T THEY AN INVASION OF PRIVACY!)

                               
  There has been a huge conservancy over the full body scans in America.  A lot of people don't seem to like them because they feel that they reveal to much of themselves.  Which I could agree to.  But when you look at the pros and cons about having these body scans the pros kind of out way the cons.

PROS:
  There are a few pros for these body scans.  One pro that I can think of that's very important is the fact that they protect the citizens of the United States, like they keep us out of harms way.  The reason I say this is because when we had the metal detectors at the airport those really didn't do any good because terrorists were still getting through security check with dangerous items.  So I feel that maybe since we now have these new body scans security will be able to better pin point the terrorists who are trying to destroy our country.  Another pro about these full body scans is the fact that they do speed up the airport process, which is going though security check and getting to the airplane before it takes off. 


CONS:
  Even though there are pros there are also cons that are kind of important too.  One con I think of that is important is the fact that these scans are too revealing.  Now I know I said that they were kind of a good thing because now security can really see who the terrorists are, but I still feel that they reveal to much to security when they are looking at the monitors to the body scans.  I mean you never really know who the airports has working for them, a security guard may be a pervert and try to take pictures of your body while your in the scanner and sell them to other perverts as porn. 
                                  
For example there are already some security guards who are in trouble for trying to sell pictures of celebrities while they were in a scanner at an airport, which I feel violates the right to privacy act that we learned about in class.
( You can read about this story at this website)
http://gyantunplugged.com/real-news/told-you-so-tsa-employees-circulate-naked-pictures-of-film-star/
Another con to these scanners is people aren't really sure if the radiation that they give off are harmful to our body, but sciencist are still looking into it so we should know the details soon.
  Even though I talked about pros and cons, I didn't mention the alternative option people have when they go to the airport.  Like I said early some people don't like the idea of someone looking through their clothes with the body scanners in the airport, but for those who don't like it they have the option of getting a pat down.  Now to me that's definetly insane, but some people are doing it.  But what I don't get is why would you want someone feeling all over your body, espically in the eye of the public.
 
   But the ultimate alternative is just to drive to where your going, you know take a little road trip with the family and have fun, that's only if you really don't want to go through the airport hassle.  But in way I guess it's kind of a good thing because we do need things that will keep our country safe.

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What A Crazy Election!!!!

  The November 2, 2010 election sure was an exciting one!  I mean when you look at the results and expectations of the people, including President Barack Obama, they were pretty shocking.  People expected the Democrats to keep their control over the House of Representatives and Senate.  But the only thing still under control by the Democrats in the Senate.  The Republicans or "GOP", which is what their being called now, which stands for Grand Ol' Party, has control over the House of Representatives.  They are also being called the "Tea Party" too.  But getting back to the election, the Republicans won control over the House of Representatives by 51 votes.  

 

(  This is a picture of how many states voted for the Republicans for them to win majority in the House of Representatives)

( This is a video of the Republican Party talking about their victory in the midterm election)
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7016516n

But the Democrats still have control overs the Senate by 6 votes, which isn't very many votes but at least they still have control.   
  Now getting back to the expectations of the people, many registered voters thought the Democrats were to still have majority in the House of Representatives and the Senate.  But when this didn't happen many people started to blame the president because by him being a Democrat, he really didn't start campaigning until right around election time and many people felt he should have started earlier than that.  And because he didn't, supporters of the Democratic party feel that is why the Republicans won so many seats in the House of Representatives.  

 ( This is a video of President Obama giving a speech about the midterm election.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2b2RZeliN_g

  But the question that many people are asking is, since the Republicans are now in control and have majority what are they going to do about the problems that are going on in America?  Like the millions of people with out jobs, people homes are going to into foreclosure because of the economy, what are they doing to do about the economy, are they going to keep the benefits for millions of unemployed people going, or are they going to stop.  There are many things that people want to see be done and they are wondering are they going to get done now.
  People are also making predictions about the next up and coming election.  Many are starting to think that the Republicans have the votes in the bag because, like we learned in class, Republicans are Conservatives and many of their views are the same as the citizens of the United States because they want to cut cost of the government's spending just like many citizens do because they are using the tax payers money and with this in the mind of the taxpayers, this could really help them out when it comes to votes for their party.  People are also predicting that President Barack Obama is going to be a one term president because of the turn out for the midterm election.  Many Democrats really didn't come out to vote, so many people we will have a Republican for our next president, like Sarah Palin, or someone else who is not as liberal as our president now. 
  I personally think when it comes time for registered voters, like myself, to vote I think if all vote for what ever we believe in and who we think is best to run our country effectively and efficiently we not be disappointed in the results and we would have no one but ourselves because we did not go out and vote so our voices could be heard.

Reflection (On House of Representatives)

Lately the House of Representatives has been under the watchful eye of the public.  People have been watching to see what they are going to do about some of our major problems in the United States.  Like the millions of jobless citizens in the US.  Are they going to extend the bill for jobless benefits or are they going to block it?  Well according to the public opinion poll that was taken on November 15, just three days before the decision was made regarding the extension of the bill, there was major support for the extension of the jobless  benefits bill, with 83% of Democrats, 80% of Independents (they can also be called a political elite because they may be a small group in politics but their votes do make a difference in the outcome of whether or not something passes), and 55% of Republicans supporting it.  But on November 18, according to political cleavages, the extension of the bill was blocked with votes of 258 opposing it and 154 supporting it, which means that it didn't get the 2/3 votes for it to pass.  And the sad part about this block is the fact that millions of unemployed people will not receive any more money after December 1.  This also means that some of the Liberals(Democrats)  did not vote for this bill.  Which gave the Conservatives (Republicans) the upper hand in this vote. 

 *(This is a picture of a woman at a job fair applying and looking for jobs.  She also just applied for unemployment benefits last week.)
In my opinion, being a moderate, I don't think the bill for unemployment benefits should have been blocked.  I think it should've been extended until the end of February, but only for those people who are truly looking for a job.  Now how will they know if someone has really been looking for work I don't know.  I suppose they could really look into the places someone has applied for but I think that would take to much time and the people of the House of Representatives don't have that kind of time, because they deal with so many things in a day that they just wouldn't have time.  So because my political ideology isn't fully developed yet, because I still don't really have set beliefs and values on politics, I went to the Internet and people and asked was the House of Representatives right for blocking the extension of the bill.  And after reading and hearing what people from the political socialization have said I'm not really sure if I agree with myself when I said I think the House of Representatives should have extended the unemployment benefits.  I mean because when you look at the pros and cons of this bill they kind of match.  Like, yes these benefits will help millions of unemployed people, but if this bill were to be extended to the end of February the cost of it would add $12.5 billion to the nation's debt.  And after analyzing all this information I think I am a true moderate because I do understand where the Republicans and Democrats are coming from.

*( People are waiting in line to get a job at a job fair)
http://www.marketwatch.com/video/asset/pm-report-house-votes-down-jobless-benefits/E7EB9795-D4BB-4B5E-882F-CAF45B9E2A6C