Student Blog 5

     http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/02/25/senior-state-dept-official-arrested-for-allegedly-soliciting-sex-from-minor/

     A senior State Department official in charge of federal counterterrorism programs was arrested Tuesday afternoon for allegedly soliciting sex from a minor, Fox News has reported.  Fairfax County Police officials say Daniel Rosen was arrested by a county detective about noon at his Washington, D.C. home after he allegedly sought to arrange sex with a minor. The detective, a female officer working in the county's Child Exploitation Unit, had been posing as the minor in online exchanges with Rosen, police said.

     This relates to our class because it involves the justice system and one of our government officials being involved on the wrong side of it.

     I agree with the choice of the police to arrest this man due to the evidence piled up against him.

Student Blog 4

Justice Dept. could sue Ferguson for racial discrimination

http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/18/politics/ferguson-justice-department-lawsuit/

     The Justice Department is preparing to bring a lawsuit against the Ferguson, Missouri, police department over a pattern of racially discriminatory tactics used by officers, if the police department does not agree to make changes on its own.  Attorney General Eric Holder said this week he expects to announce the results of the department's investigation of the shooting death of Michael Brown and a broader probe of the Ferguson Police Department before he leaves office in the coming weeks.

     This relates to our curriculum because it involves federal government dealing with the actions of a local government.  Also, it involves an inner-government lawsuit.

     I disagree with the actions of theJustice Dept. because I feel that the police brutality in Ferguson was blown out of proportion.  Yes, a white cop killed a black male but evidence shows that there was still a physical struggle between the two.  

Student Blog 3

NBC Nightly News" anchor Brian Williams is being suspended for six months without pay.

      Brian Williams, the anchor of NBC's top-rated "Nightly News" program, has been suspended without pay for six months after admitting last week that a story he told about coming under fire on a helicopter during the Iraq war was not true, the network said on Tuesday.  "By his actions, Brian has jeopardized the trust millions of Americans place in NBC News," NBC Universal Chief Executive Officer Steve Burke said in a statement from the network. "His actions are inexcusable and this suspension is severe and appropriate."  His suspension comes after he voluntarily took himself off the air on Saturday and five days after NBC News launched an inquiry into his story of the event.

     This relates to our course curriculum because Brian Williams is apart of the media that reports the news from the White House and other political sources.  His lie included a story about the war that was the biggest topic among most politicians and his story may have changed people's views on the war.  The media and war aspects of this article relate it to the course curriculum.

     I agree with the punishment that was handed down to Brian Williams.  Falsifying information is unfair to the general public because news is the one of the only ways we have to look into the actions going on around the world.  His crude actions deserved the stiff punsihment that he was eventually given.  

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Student Blog 2

Mitt Romney Drops Out of Republican Candidate Race

     Three weeks to the day since he informed a group of Republican financiers in New York that he was serious about a third presidential bid, Romney has decided to end his political career.  He has officially told supporters that he would not attempt a third bid for the nomination.  Romney's decision to forgo a run, made over the weekend in consultation with his family, came on the heels of what associates described as "frank" and "clinical" strategy session with his closest advisers in Boston last Friday at the offices of Solamere Capital.

     This article is relatable to our curriculum because it involves aspect of the government such as political campaigns, the actions of a candidate, and the process of becoming the president.  

     I feel that Romney made the correct decision dropping out of the race.  He was never a strong republican candidate and he has cleared a path for better candidates to make a run at the White House.  His failed attempt to become president last year against a weak opponent show that he would have a harder time winning this year.  This is why I agree with his decision to forgo the Republican candidate race.

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