Secret Serivce Crackdown

A few weeks ago, a few of the Presidents secret service agents ignored their duties and disgraced their job. The secret service's job is to protect the President, not order hookers like in Colombia. So instead of watching out for suspicious people to safeguard the President, they consulted with hookers. It wasn’t known of until a dispute of how much two agents would pay the woman occurred. It could've been a dangerous matter of life or death if someone were to attack the President while agents weren't doing their job. Secondly this apparently isn't the first time something like this has happened, which raises thought of our President actually being safe at all times. Clearly any agency of any kind may stray from their duties, but the secret service can’t afford to pull away from the matter of protecting the President. It’s a scary thought that such an important job can be so easily compromised, under our noses. If something were to happen to the President because of this scandal it would be catastrophic and the agents would probably be more than terminated from their job. It just goes to show how human nature is very manipulative, even people of the secret service whose job is the most important one of all. Anyone, even the President himself can be susceptible to corruption or wrong doing, and it’s a scary thought. Nothing happened so it’s a relief, but it isn't completely over with as long as human behavior continues to be.

A Unique and Horrible Crime

My fellow government classmate LMorris, posted a uniqueopinion on the Trayvon Martin case that has recently spurred nationwide anger. I agree on my classmate’s opinions on how the case should’ve been handled. The first thing is George Zimmerman killed a young man, we need to put aside his “racial profiling” and get into the main idea, he killed someone who has a huge chance of being innocent, almost positively innocent. I agree with our innocent into proven guilty idea, but let’s face it that this case is real unique. No real sincere evidence can be found, making it hard to prove it. I believe the proof we have is enough, but we shouldn’t jump the gun. This post was posted before George Zimmerman turned himself in, and now he has. He should’ve been arrested, but this turning himself in is bigger proof that he did it, knowing his consequences. This case goes to show you that sometimes our ways of dealing with criminals is slow or corrupt in a sense. The Florida law of standing your ground is ok, but if it turns into a way to get away with crimes, it should be looked into carefully, and may need some amending. It is clearly an outdated law as of this case.  The big stale mate was innocent until proven guilty, as this case had no huge evidence. Now it seems it will be concluded, and he will receive some kind of punishment I hope. This may be a wake-up call for various laws dealing with crime cases, only time can tell what this case will teach us.