Blog 5

On Wednesday December 3, 2014 Classmate Aldo Sanchez wrote an original commentary about President Obama possibly being impeached. Aldo explains that, “President Obama should not get impeached because of the executive order he took in order to fix the country's immigration policy.”  I agree with Aldo’s opinion. For many years I had to see my parents worry about being deported and fixing their papers. It was not a pleasant experience.

Since Obama made such a drastic decision, many families might not have to go through the worries my parents went though. Aldo says, “Immigrants are not all criminals. Some have families, pay taxes, some don't have Medicare, so republicans are mistaken by treating them as felons.” People against Obama saying that immigrants are felons, only see the bad side of immigrants. Not everyone is like that. It’s sad that people are so blind.

Aldo targets Republicans who are against Obama’s decision. The commentary itself is convincing. It almost makes you feel bad. Overall his opinion is something I would backup.

Blog 4

It is time people stop focusing on all the bad things obama has does, and to start looking at all the good things.The president is always blamed for thing that go bad in the country. When ebola stuck the U.S. Obama was blamed. In reality had nothing to with ebola. It’s outrageous what people blame obama of.

Obama is not a bad president as most people think. For many years immigrants have waited for an immigration policy that would put their worries to rest. He made a good choice to use his executive powers to the fullest extent, and make an immigration policy that many have been awaiting for.

Although many people are mad at him for doing such thing, he had no choice but to do so since no one was doing anything about it. Obama at the beginning of his presidency  promised to do something about immigration. He was elected in 2009, 5 years have passed since and people thought he did nothing. People whose hopes were brought up, were slowly being crushed.

Activists and other people hoping for an immigration plan, didn't see that Obama was secretly working behind the scenes. The secretary of homeland security and Obama explored the powers the president had. With research they found out obama could do something about immigration without the help of others.

The immigration thing is one of the many things obama has done that is good. The dream act is one of his accomplishments. Because of this action many students who want to become part of this nation by studying, can finally do so. Obama is  not a bad president.  

Blog 3

On Tuesday, November 18, 2014, The New York Times Editorial Board published an opinion based article titled "Congress Must Act on War Authority"
            The article is expresses the feelings that congress should finally do something about using American forces against Islamic state (ISIS). The authors targets people against the Iraq and Syria “war” who think congress should focus on the ISIS problem, and congress.
            The author points out that for much time the problem has been left to the next people in office. The author says “it seems as if the current lame-duck Congress will leave the issue to the next one.” He expresses feelings of disappointment in congress. Since mid-term elections have just happened and republicans are taking over, he hopes that will address the issue. He explains that there are some already showing signs that they “want a broad war authorization that could be exploited to justify military action against terrorist groups geographically beyond Iraq and Syria”. Despite this there are some democrats that are open to the idea but are really passive and not doing much to help.
            Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has called for quick action along with others, to address the issue. The author suggests that Mr. Menendez  should enforce a resolution that focuses on ISIS, and not any “far-flung terrorist group”. He also suggests that fighting should be limited in Iraq and Syria.
            The article is a reliable source because it is written by The New York Times Editorial Board, composed of many members, who have some credibility. I agree with the authors, the new issue today is ISIS not the “war” in Iraq and Syria. Although they are also important ISIS at the moment is causing more trouble. The wording of the article caused a feeling of concern which I think is really effective in getting out their point. 

Blog 2

On Sunday, November 2, 2014, The New York Times published an opinion based article titled "Cancel the Midterms"

The authors intended audience would be anyone who is eligible to votes and congressmen, because once congressmen are elected all the worry about is re-elections. Not giving enough attention to bigger problems in the nation.

 The author believes that midterm elections should be cancelled. He says they don’t let politicians / members of congress do their job correctly. If the member always has to worry about being re-elected, he’s never really focusing entirely on his job to represent all the people he has to.

 The author proposes to extend the term of a house member from 2 to 4 years and the term of a senator to either 4 or 8 years. Therefore the members would be elected during the presidential elections. The author states that by doing this “members of Congress [will have] the ability to focus more time and energy on governance instead of electioneering.”

Personally I agree with the author. The representatives shouldn't have to worry so much about being re-elected all the time. It would be perfect to elect representatives every time the presidential elections are going on. People would be more willing to vote for people of congress and house since it’s convenient.

Sometimes two years isn't enough to accomplish a lot.  For example immigration that would take a long time to figure out. If the members change every two years, then maybe the new members won’t agree with the seeing of the old members and they will never agree on anything. Two years isn't enough to accomplish almost everything.

Blog 1

On Friday, October 17, 2014, The New York Times published an article titled Ron Klain, Chief of Staff to 2 Vice Presidents, Is Named Ebola Czar

        This article is worth reading times a million because a lot of people in the United States are paranoid about Ebola. Citizens of this country are unaware that President Obama is actually doing something to try and contain the deadly virus from spreading everywhere in the U.S. Ron Klain is said to be experienced in what hes doing. One Democratic operative said, "“He’ll control the message better than most people would, which is really important from an economic standpoint, from a health standpoint, but it’s also important from a political perspective”". Being informed that Ebola is finally getting taken care of will put people's paranoia to rest.