Dont Ask

Earlier in one of my blog posts I talked about the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy, and I thought that now would be a great time to talk about how I feel about it. I feel that the U.S. national government should hurry up and get rid of this policy. Many members of the national are so scared to say that they disagree with this policy because when voting comes around they might not get reelected. I believe that if a person is willing to fight and put there lives on the line for our country that person’s sexual orientation shouldn’t matter. This subject is a tough subject for people to discuss and most people want to avoid it because it can have such a negative effect on the way people view that person. This subject is probably the hardest on President Obama who has to worry about angering people if he does repeal the law. The Obama administration says it is in favor of repealing the law but still until he does something that helps get rid of this policy our national government will look weak. In a recent article the Obama administration asked a federal appeals court to immediately suspend a judges ruling that overturned the military’s “don’t ask don’t tell policy”. There reason for doing this would create uncertainty about service members who may reveal their sexual orientation. This article was at the USA TODAY and the article was called “Government seeks stay of Don’t ask, don’t tell ruling”. This tough issue is really showing weakness in our government and we need a strong leader that can end this issue

War on Drugs

           

In the blog “The Wars on Drugs and Terror: mirror images” by Glenn Greenwald he writes on November 2, Californians will vote on Proposition 19 which would legalize marijuana. He talks about how he has an Op-Ed in Politico today on the success of drug decriminalization in Portugal based on his research in Portugal in 2008. He says that Portugal has reduced the problems with drug usage and manage and control the problems related to drugs unlike other nations the criminalize drugs such as the U.S. The author believes the “War on Drugs” is irrational and empirically false are the justifications for drug prohibition. He also believes this war is too costly and believes the War on Drugs is a mere image of the War on Terror. He believes the both of these use deceitful propaganda and driven by the same motives and both destructive to the American people. Mr. Greenwald brings up how both use scary villains like Mexican cartels and the Terrorist mastermind to “keep the population in a state of heightened fear and thus blind them to rational discourse.” The author is basing his claims on his research in Portugal and claims if drugs are legalized America might be able to reduce the problem with drugs. The author believes that these wars are in an endless loop and he believes the industries that fight them become richer and richer. While the political officials that own them get more and more powerful. I can’t totally agree with the author with having drugs legal because I still believe that there would be crime and drug problems in America. I can agree that I believe that people are using deceitful propaganda and trying to scare the American public. They even try to get the American public to think the only way they will be safe is if they give more power to the state. The author of this is targeting an older audience probably older men and women.