Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Corruption in U.S. national government?



U.S. national government is the largest political organization in the world, that is one of the main reasons it is probably corrupt throughout its various levels. Government corruption happens everywhere, you can't prevent the total crap all over the planet Special interests and a small percent of elite people control both parties, the presidency, and the courts. I will mention some examples that prove corruption in this presidential administration in all three powers (executive, legislative, and judicial). In the Executive area the ATF gunwalking scandal– Attorney General Eric Holder was held in Contempt of Congress after refusing to release all documents which the House of Representative had demanded concerning the Fast and Furious gun walking operation. In the legislative branch a good example is Richard George "Rick" Renzi is a former American politician and was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives representing a district in Arizona was found guilty of 17 counts against him, which included wire fraud, conspiracy, extortion, racketeering, money laundering and making false statements to insurance regulators. In the Judicial branch Samuel Kent a Federal District Judge of Galveston, Texas, was sentenced to 33 months in prison for lying about sexually harassing two female employees. Government's only interest is for its own survival and well-being. The U.S. Government, like nearly all governments are victim of corruption because it is simply inevitable, no governmental power can prevent it entirely. Many forms of corruption are illegal in the United States, including embezzlement, bribery and extortion, but sometimes it just happens.

Thursday, October 16, 2014

Ebola Outbreak!!!




In the article “The politics of ebola” written by Ross Douthat found in the New York Times explain with solid arguments the politics involving the embola case and some reasons why Liberian flights still have authorization to land in US soil. I agree with the author he said some arguments about why the Obama administration has been so resistant to the idea of stopping flights from Liberia to the U.S I agree with the argument that states that leaders in a democracy like president Obama are very aware of the potential political implications of everything they do, they are less likely to let ideological considerations get in the way of taking certain steps in a crisis, because they know that whatever damage those steps might do to their own interest, but I think that hundred Ebola cases spread across five cities are worst that the political-ideological incentive cuts. In a crisis like this is very complicate to imagine that anyone knows what to do about the situation. I am sure that mistakes have been done in Dallas and the situation can get out of control. I did read that conservatives blocked (along with a thousand other things) Obama's nominee for Surgeon General, which has created conservative criticism. I think the author has a good creditability because this is a real situation happening in the United States and he has solid strong arguments that make scene to me. Also he is the author of "Privilege: Harvard and the Education of the Ruling Class" (Hyperion, 2005)