Flag pole locked

Last month county commissioner proposed to take down the confederate flagpole that hung in front of the court house in Eastman Georgia. there was a closed door meeting held to decide. the vote was three to one in favor of keeping the flag flying. There were people who were upset by this decision and made threats that they would go to the courthouse and take the flag down and burn it. the judge decided that there needed to be a padlock put on the flagpole so no one would be able to take it down.

http://content.usatoday.net/dist/custom/gci/InsidePage.aspx?cId=indystar&sParam=46834686.story

I think that it is morally wrong to keep this flag flying. it is racist. everyone knows what that flag stands for and i think that there should be a law against them hanging in front of any government buildings. it is ok for citizens to have them up they have every right to do it. The government, however should not be able to voice any opinion about the matter.   what do you think?

NFL lockout

The NFL has been in a long dispute with its players. the dispute reached a new level this year when the United States judicial system got involved in the matter. After a long back and forth between both sides there has been a lockout of all NFL players. In order to try and make sure there is a league there has been a three week cushion put into place so no games will be missed during the season. some people think this is unnecessary because there is going to be a league.
http://www.indystar.com/article/20110421/SPORTS03/110421017/NFL-has-3-week-cushion-schedule-lost-games?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|IndyStar.com

 I think that there is no point in doing this either because i think there is going to be a league. too much money will be lost for both sides of the case in order for them to shut the league down. do you think there will be a league?

Air Traffic Control

There have been three air traffic contol employees found asleep on the job. these employees are working the midnight shift when they are the only ones inside the control room. the cases are not all in the same airport they have been found accross the nation. one of the employees that was found sleeping actually had a blanket and pillow in the control room which shows that he has done this on many different occasioins.

http://travel.usatoday.com/flights/story/2011/04/Air-controllers-to-get-more-rest-between-shifts/46218046/1


recently there has been new rules put into place stating that employees must have nine hours inbetween each shift. I think that this is a good idea. there are more things that could be done to trya nd stop this incident from happening again. I think that shifts need to be split into six hours shifts. I know that it sounds bad because peoples hours will be cut but I think that it will require people to work more often becuase their shifts will be shorter.

High tech Apps

People are always trying to avoid the police. noone wants to get a speeding ticket or get caught by a street camera running a red light. there are some of those idiots out there who decide to drink and drive and they do not want to get pulled over either. well there is an app for that. A new application mad to be downloaded on smartphones will tell you exactly where a street camera is or where a cop usually sits on the side of the road with a radar gun. It will even tell you where a DUI checking point is located. the applications gets it's information from a website where anyone can log on to and update the site about where they know law enforcement will be.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2011-03-21-1Ascofflaw21_ST_N.htm

I do not think this is right even though no one likes to get tickets that doesnt mean we should be allowed to avoid the police. it is their job to make sure everyone is safe. it is not right for a drunk driver to be able to look at their cell phone and see which way they should go to get home without getting caught it is morally wrong.

Goodell takes hit

Friday ended the negotiation process between the NFL player union and NFL officials. The two sides were unable to reach an agreement. because there was no decision made the players filled a law suit against the NFL. This blog is not about the law suit, it is about Rodger Goodell making a statement explaining that leaugues general counsel Jeff Pash and himself will have thier pay slashed. Both mens salaries will now me $1 a year. Goodell's average sallary was 10 million and Jeff Pash's salary was 5 million a year. Goodell and Oash are taking this pay cut to try and make sure that no NFL employess will keep their jobs.


http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/2011-03-12-pay-cuts_N.htm

My opinion of the entire matter is very simple. I think that the players are being ridiculous by asking for a pay increases. these men are some of the highest paid people in the world. they make millions of dollars a year. there are People out there who are living a comfortable life off of 5% of an NFL players salary. I think that Goodell is doing a very noble thing by taking a pay cut. he is showing the players that are over reacting about a few million dollars he is willing to give up $9,999,999. That is the attitude that the players need to have as well.