Political Surveillance
- Details
- Category: Opinion
- Published on Wednesday, 22 February 2012 20:53
- Written by Ryan Horban
- Hits: 28
Should Political Figures Be Required To Wear GPS Tracking Devices?
The old saying is that there is nothing more crooked and dirty than a politician. Sadly, Americans have become completely numb to the endless amount of corruption that lawmakers engage in. People are used to seeing political candidates take exorbitant amounts of cash from corporations who will later have influence on voting trends and policy. People are used to seeing agenda-driven suits who used to be CEOs of corporations such as Goldman Sachs be appointed to the United States Treasury, only to create bailouts to fund their old work place. With so much corruption running rampant in Washington, should lawmakers with checkered histories be required to wear GPS trackers to monitor their movements?
The President is entitled to nearly $450,000 a year for life, including all of the other health and retirement benefits. Senators receive $150,000 for life, among other benefits, yet our military servicemen and women only make a fraction of that. Whatever happened to civil service? What ever happened to getting involved with politics to help the community? The current blueprint is giving politicians more money than they deserve for a job that should not be about acquiring wealth. Political jobs should be about keeping government small. About helping the community. Those holding those positions should be making no more than the average salary of the American worker and not a penny more.
GPS Tracking Unemployment Receipiants
- Details
- Category: Opinion
- Published on Thursday, 16 February 2012 23:17
- Written by Ryan Horban
- Hits: 43
Collecting Unemployment Benefits?
Here Is Your GPS Tracker
The current recession climate has resulted in prolonged lengths of high unemployment. With a democratic Senate and President always putting general welfare as a top priority, over the past two years the lawmakers in Washington have created Federal unemployment extensions due to the unique circumstances of the most severe recession since the Great Depression. Looking to cap fraud and ensure people are not taking advantage of the unemployment extensions, some bloggers and lobbyists are suggesting that GPS trackers be placed on the automobiles of people collecting unemployment checks.
GPS Tracking Devices
The current system in place requires people collecting unemployment to go through a certification process every two weeks for benefits where the claimant will answer questions regarding their work search. The person claiming unemployment benefits is also mandated to keep a work search history to validate that they are indeed looking for work while collecting unemployment. However, auditing the unemployment beneficiaries is a very difficult task for state departments of unemployment who are understaffed and stormed with seemingly a never-ending amount of new claims. However, making sure that people collecting unemployment benefits are indeed continuing to search for employment opportunities could be a whole lot easier through the use of GPS vehicle tracker technology.
Off-Duty Cop Firearm Possession
- Details
- Category: Opinion
- Published on Friday, 23 December 2011 19:04
- Written by Ryan Horban
- Hits: 48
Alcohol, Police & Firearms
Police and law enforcement are paid with taxpayer dollars to keep the public safe, and make certain people are abiding by the law. However, every once in awhile a situation will occur that makes people wonder if police have too much power. This type of situation occurred Wednesday night in Murrieta at an establishment called Spelly's Bar & Grille where an off-duty police officer shot and killed another patron.
Although all of the details and specifics regarding the incident have yet to be released, what news agencies have reported from some witnesses is that a off-duty police officer came up to a small group of individuals playing darts. The people began exchanging competitive words about a dart game when the off-duty officer began to state that he worked for the Riverside County Sheriffs Department, and he could do whatever he wanted. Somewhere during the conversation things began to escalate, and the off-duty cop pulled out his concealed weapon, shooting a man in the group several times, killing him. The circumstances surrounding this horrible event are disturbing at that very least, especially now that a family will not get to have their son, brother or possibly father around for the Christmas holidays all because of stupid decision made by an officer who is paid by taxpayers to protect citizens, not harm them.
Does Tebow's Faith Cross The Line?
- Details
- Category: Opinion
- Published on Monday, 12 December 2011 18:24
- Written by Ryan Horban
- Hits: 89
Tim Tebow: Mixing Religion & Sports
After setting touchdown records for the SEC, winning a Heisman Trophy and taking home a couple of NCAA football National Titles, one would think sports analysts and NFL scouts would have been riding high on the Florida Gators Tim Tebow. However, nothing could have been further from the truth. An athlete who had an impeccable reputation and history of winning was only judged for having poor football mechanics, causing many people to believe that Tebow would never amount to anything in the National Football League. Although there were more skeptics than believers, the Denver Broncos rolled the dice, picking up Tebow tin the first round of the NFL draft.
After replacing incumbent quarterback Kyle Orton, who led the Denver Broncos to a 1-4 start, Tim Tebow was slated to start for the Broncos. Part of this was due to the organization and new coaching staff feeling immense pressure from a fan base demanding a change in an attempt to salvage the season. However, what Tebow would do the next eight weeks stunned everybody in the sporting world, even those who have been involved with the NFL for decades.
Is The Occupy Movement Over
- Details
- Category: Opinion
- Published on Sunday, 11 December 2011 19:42
- Written by Ryan Horban
- Hits: 105
Could Busted Up Protests End Occupy Movement?
With the national unemployment rate in many states standing near 10%, national deficit climbing into uncharted numbers in the tens of trillions of dollars and bank bailouts doing nothing to slow foreclosures in the housing market, the American people are rightfully pissed off. Americans have been angry for years about the sluggish economy and political response to it. With so many Americans out of work, losing their homes and falling deeper in debt, all of the key ingredients were established to spark a social movement. One of the social movements that gained momentum and media attention was the Occupy Wall Street movement. However, after months of demonstrations and protests, almost all of the Occupy Wall Streeters have been displaced by local law enforcement, leaving many people wondering if the Occupy Wall Street movement is officially over?
How Big Was The Occupy Wall Street Movement?
After beginning their demonstrations and civil protest in New York City in proximity to the stock exchange, Occupy Wall Street went national. Protests voicing their opposition against the wealthiest 1%, bailed out banks and government ineffectiveness sparked up in large and small cities throughout the country. These protests occurred in Phoenix, Boston, Washington D.C., Ashland, Los Angeles and more. Although most of the protests in small towns had a tendency to fizzle out rather quickly, demonstrations in metropolitan cities such as Boston and Los Angeles held strong for weeks and often months. That is of course until those protests were busted up by law enforcement agents in riot gear who were ordered by local politicians to "move" the people showcasing their first amendment right to free speech.
