Personally, this constant wiretapping from the Government seems to be doing more harm then good. The Obama administration has gone through various loopholes to continue it wiretapping operation and it has showed no respect for the privacy of foreign leaders with large amounts of power. The NSA needs to be dialed down until it releases information on how successful it is being or provides a reasons why, but in the status quo, the agency should be severely limited.
Monday, February 24, 2014
The National Spyign Agency
The current US spying tactics are absurd. This week it was revealed that the NSA is not listening to the phones of Anglea Merkel, but listening in on the calls of her closests associates. A statement from the White House said, "The United States values its cooperation with Germany on a broad range of security challenges."(Business Insider)
Personally, this constant wiretapping from the Government seems to be doing more harm then good. The Obama administration has gone through various loopholes to continue it wiretapping operation and it has showed no respect for the privacy of foreign leaders with large amounts of power. The NSA needs to be dialed down until it releases information on how successful it is being or provides a reasons why, but in the status quo, the agency should be severely limited.
Personally, this constant wiretapping from the Government seems to be doing more harm then good. The Obama administration has gone through various loopholes to continue it wiretapping operation and it has showed no respect for the privacy of foreign leaders with large amounts of power. The NSA needs to be dialed down until it releases information on how successful it is being or provides a reasons why, but in the status quo, the agency should be severely limited.
Monday, February 17, 2014
Football is anything but progressive
Michael Sam (picture below), a college student and one of the best defensive players in college football came out as gay this week which has sparked tremendous debate. In my opinion, this issue shouldn't be up for debate or conversation at all; a woman or mans sexual orientation shouldn't determine their outcome in a work place, no matter the job. If you don't follow sports, all you need to know is that Michael Sam is a very talented football expected to be one of the top picks in the NFL draft.
A recent survey by ESPN showed that 86% of players would be OK with a gay player on their team. Seems ok right? No. Of the 51 anonymous players surveyed, 44 said they would be ok with a gay player, 7 didn't. The problem I see with this is that 7 players are still not okay with allowing a gay player on their team.
I really don't understand how one persons sexual orientation would affect someone else on the playing field to get another touchdown, hit another home run or score a goal. It really perplexes me because people all over the country work with men and women of different sexual orientations and you never hear about them in the news or that a coworker came out as gay, lesbian etc. The NFL isn't the only sport that seems to still be amazed that gay men and women play sports. the NBA, MLB and various other sports affiliates all have been extremely gradual in talking about gay rights and publicly allowing gay players to participate in their sport. I think that the NFL should be more open to gay players and this sort of debate throughout the media and NFL should not even exist in the first place.
A recent survey by ESPN showed that 86% of players would be OK with a gay player on their team. Seems ok right? No. Of the 51 anonymous players surveyed, 44 said they would be ok with a gay player, 7 didn't. The problem I see with this is that 7 players are still not okay with allowing a gay player on their team.
I really don't understand how one persons sexual orientation would affect someone else on the playing field to get another touchdown, hit another home run or score a goal. It really perplexes me because people all over the country work with men and women of different sexual orientations and you never hear about them in the news or that a coworker came out as gay, lesbian etc. The NFL isn't the only sport that seems to still be amazed that gay men and women play sports. the NBA, MLB and various other sports affiliates all have been extremely gradual in talking about gay rights and publicly allowing gay players to participate in their sport. I think that the NFL should be more open to gay players and this sort of debate throughout the media and NFL should not even exist in the first place.
Sunday, February 2, 2014
"Student-athletes" reading at a 3rd grade level??
A few days ago, Mary Willingham, an academic counselor for UNC- Chapel Hill came out and provided detailed evidence on the lack of knowledge of athletes from revenue generating sports (ex: mens basketball and football). She went on to provide stats on how some athletes could not read at all and over 50% were reading at an eight grade level or lower. Wow! More stats here and overview article: here
And guess what they university did? They said that her measurements for reading levels are wrong with out providing any warrants why. Willingham was followed by another "education whistleblower", Madeline Levine, who backs up what Willingham was saying by also providing information on how many of her student athletes couldn't keep up with the college grade work level at all and often struggled to pass
In addition, UNC came out and said that they had a department at their school, the African American Studies department which was holding fake classes and giving grades for those fake classes.
Willingham had been seeing to much of an unfair treatment to regular students who wanted to get a good education and said, "I don't believe until we tell the truth that we can move forward." She's right. Its not fair at all to just drop the situation as a whole until all the facts are known and the truth comes out.
The bigger issue is that kids aren't able to read in COLLEGE. It seems as if these kids are just floating by school with only a mindset of getting to the next level in athletics, whether it be college or a pro sports league.
Why do you think these kids are able to get all the way to college without being able to read?
And guess what they university did? They said that her measurements for reading levels are wrong with out providing any warrants why. Willingham was followed by another "education whistleblower", Madeline Levine, who backs up what Willingham was saying by also providing information on how many of her student athletes couldn't keep up with the college grade work level at all and often struggled to pass
In addition, UNC came out and said that they had a department at their school, the African American Studies department which was holding fake classes and giving grades for those fake classes.
Willingham had been seeing to much of an unfair treatment to regular students who wanted to get a good education and said, "I don't believe until we tell the truth that we can move forward." She's right. Its not fair at all to just drop the situation as a whole until all the facts are known and the truth comes out.
The bigger issue is that kids aren't able to read in COLLEGE. It seems as if these kids are just floating by school with only a mindset of getting to the next level in athletics, whether it be college or a pro sports league.
Why do you think these kids are able to get all the way to college without being able to read?
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