June 2014 Blog Posts (3)

Social Security Reform and Welfare Reform and the bottomless pit they are forming.

Though this was not in a current article in the news today due to over shadowing with other issues, they are still current events to me at least.  This country’s social security and welfare system is killing the economy for starters.  Those of retirement age are not able to sustain life as they did when they were working and or actually retire, due to the minimal social security checks per month.  The monies paid per person (FICA) per year will not be enough to cover…

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Added by Ronnie Edwards on June 29, 2014 at 10:17pm — 4 Comments

Drone Violates Citizen's Right to Privacy

A Seattle residence, Linda Pleiss, called police when she noticed a drone with a camera attached to it, hovering outside her 26th floor window. The drone operator later apologized stating a real estate developer hired him to use the drone to survey property in the area. Linda felt her right to privacy had been violated.

The article raises the question of privacy and what privacies the 1st Amendment guarantees? In American Democracy, Chapter 4 (pp.…

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Added by Sandra Billups on June 26, 2014 at 1:58pm — 2 Comments

New Detention Center for Illegal Immigrant Families

     The influx of illegal immigrants crossing our U.S. border has led the White House to decide to make deportation of these law breakers quicker.  A new detention center will be opened in Artesia, New Mexico for families that come across the border illegally.  It will be a safe and clean place to house families while the deportation takes place.  This is one of several that Homeland Security is considering for illegal immigrants with children that cross the border in the Southwest United…

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Added by Jonda Lehrmann on June 23, 2014 at 8:53pm — 1 Comment

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