I know that I am not the only who saw this story in the four state region. Aired on KOAM TV and located at KOAMTV.com this story is about a local woman from Nevada who was charged with child endangerment after letting an eight year old male "hold down" a mattress on top of her car. According to the report, the female was charged with a felony and was release on bond after the September 27th accident. The 8 year old was transported to the local hospital and then flown to Children's Mercy in Kansas City.
I know that we all think of ourselves as more responsible than this, however think if you were a person who lives out in the county. How did they move thinks back in the early 1900's from point to point? Now I don't agree with her actions of putting an 8 year old on top of a moving vehicle in the city limits and probably on a busy roadway. Now put yourself in the shoes of the Law Enforcement and emergency responders who arrived on scene. How would you feel if you got there and saw an 8 year old who had fallen off the top of a moving vehicle. Law Enforcement personnel have children too, and they have to work oh so many cases involving children. I think that this female should get more jail time than just the few days until her first court appearance. A child was seriously hurt.
Now as you all know I am a person who is striving to become a law enforcement officer. I am also an emergency dispatcher for our local sheriff's department. No matter how professional you are, these types of calls effect you, either in a positive or negative way. When you read something like this you think that, that woman was extremely stupid. She could have killed her friends child. If that would have happened she would be in a lot more trouble than just child endangerment. As it is, with her having a felony charge she is going to have a problem anyway. All I can say is think before you act people! I do have to say however that if a grown man would have been the one who fell we wouldn't be making as much of a fuss as we are now. That is in part to the fact that adults can think for themselves and should have more common sense.
Like always, this is just my opinion, I do want to hear yours. Let me know!
Friday, September 30, 2011
Is this chicken to sexy for PETA?
Also on yahoo.com this morning was a humorous little article about a cause and effect article in the NEW YORK TIMES. The Times originally showed this image of a chicken in a less than proper pose. PETA is not liking this pose because it is "just down right offensive to people..." PETA has been known for using scantly clad women to draw the attention of the media and other people to their literature. At the end of this story the author says that PETA should be thinking the New York Times, he doesn't think he could eat a chicken ever again.
So what happens when they start to pose cows? Are we not to eat them either? I think that they were just trying to make a humorous photo appeal to people who like to eat chicken. I think that when you make a big deal with something as trivial as this you have a problem. There are more important things to be worried about then a photo of a chicken.
I think at the time when we have problems in our country like we are having today, and a group of people are making a big deal out of something this trivial we kinda have a problem. Why not focus our resources on correcting the problems at hand. I just don't like the fact that a group that has money that they could be contributing to something like feeding the homeless, making a huge deal out of the fact that someone posted a funny picture in a paper. Soon we will be having problems with the Sunday comics that come out in the major news papers. If you have a problem with it, go to the source and explain your problem with it, do not make a huge fuss about it.
As always that is my opinion.
So what happens when they start to pose cows? Are we not to eat them either? I think that they were just trying to make a humorous photo appeal to people who like to eat chicken. I think that when you make a big deal with something as trivial as this you have a problem. There are more important things to be worried about then a photo of a chicken.
I think at the time when we have problems in our country like we are having today, and a group of people are making a big deal out of something this trivial we kinda have a problem. Why not focus our resources on correcting the problems at hand. I just don't like the fact that a group that has money that they could be contributing to something like feeding the homeless, making a huge deal out of the fact that someone posted a funny picture in a paper. Soon we will be having problems with the Sunday comics that come out in the major news papers. If you have a problem with it, go to the source and explain your problem with it, do not make a huge fuss about it.
As always that is my opinion.
Debit Cards carry a cost!
Bank of America will begin charging a fee to customers who use their debit cards to make purchase. As more people are reaching for a credit card instead of using cash the banks are loosing money. So by adding a charge for each month they use a debit card to make a purchase the bank is making money. According to yahoo.com, Bank of America is planning on implementing a $12/ month charge every month that a costumer makes a purchase with their debit cards. This will include paying bills with their cards. Bank of America is not the only bank doing this in the country, others are trying it out with cheaper charges then Bank of America. To read the full article and the AP's poll click here.
So what does this mean for the average person like myself, well if I went to Bank of America I would be having to fork over 12 extra dollars out of my salary to pay for a service that I have to use to pay bills. As not everything can be paid with cash, sometimes you have to use a debit card if you don't have a credit card to pay for services that you use on a regular basis. Every month people are having to pay for services such as their cell phones and netflix or get their service revoked or worse. So what happens if a family is on a very limited income and that $12 charge just pushed it over the limit?
So why do I react this way, well as a college aged male who is living on a limited income, this charge is just outrageous. I mean I understand that the banks need to gain some income but by creating charges for using a card to PROMOTE using it sounds like reverse marketing to me. I would think that they should create an incentive to using the debit card over a credit card. If you look at advertisements you will notice that Chase gives so much cash back, or so many points every time you use your card to make a purchase. If the banks made an attempt to do something like this even if it was to put $5 in your account every month you use the provided service, they would make money in the long run because of how many people that would start using them. So is that $12 charge worth upsetting all the people? To the guys on top yes, but to me no.
As always this is my opinion.
So what does this mean for the average person like myself, well if I went to Bank of America I would be having to fork over 12 extra dollars out of my salary to pay for a service that I have to use to pay bills. As not everything can be paid with cash, sometimes you have to use a debit card if you don't have a credit card to pay for services that you use on a regular basis. Every month people are having to pay for services such as their cell phones and netflix or get their service revoked or worse. So what happens if a family is on a very limited income and that $12 charge just pushed it over the limit?
So why do I react this way, well as a college aged male who is living on a limited income, this charge is just outrageous. I mean I understand that the banks need to gain some income but by creating charges for using a card to PROMOTE using it sounds like reverse marketing to me. I would think that they should create an incentive to using the debit card over a credit card. If you look at advertisements you will notice that Chase gives so much cash back, or so many points every time you use your card to make a purchase. If the banks made an attempt to do something like this even if it was to put $5 in your account every month you use the provided service, they would make money in the long run because of how many people that would start using them. So is that $12 charge worth upsetting all the people? To the guys on top yes, but to me no.
As always this is my opinion.
Saturday, September 24, 2011
The Last Meal? Not anymore!
After hundreds possibly thousands of years of practice the inmates request for a final meal before death has been ended. Texas officials said that due to an inmates request and the disapproval of a state senator the age old tradition of an inmate on death rows last meal has been ended this past week. Yahoo news has more on this story. According to yahoo, the inmate request the following items "two chicken fried steaks, a triple-meat bacon cheeseburger, fried okra, a pound of barbecue, three fajitas, a meat lover's pizza, a pint of ice cream and a slab of peanut butter fudge with crushed peanuts."src=http://news.yahoo.com/texas-prisons-end-special-last-meals-executions-195102056.html" The senator looks down on this and the prison officials agreed with his decision. No longer will inmates about to be executed be allowed to eat what ever they want. To see other examples of request from inmates check out the story on yahoo.comSo what do you think, should an inmate be able to request anything they want? My thought is no. In this time of government agencies having to cut back on spending this is a good way for prison officials to cut spending without having to cut jobs. The story states that the restriction on what they could request would have to be available from the supplies in the kitchen. Still you are taking a lot of supplies that are needed for the numerous other inmates and diverting them to one person.
So what do you think? Let me know. As always all the things I say are my opinion only.
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Friday, September 23, 2011
Is That a Shooting Star?
You might be asking yourself this very question tonight (September 23, 2011) if you see a light streaking across the sky. NASA says that a satellite that was launched over 20 years ago to study the atmosphere has completed its missions and will be returning to earth. With a large chunk of metal burning up in the atmosphere is there any chance that you will be hit by a piece that has not burnt up yet. NASA says that the chances are small and no one should be worried. According to NASA the UARS satellite weighs in at 13,000lbs and is around 35 feet long.
So why do a story over this? Well first off it brings up a valid point that a lot of people seem to forget. What goes up, must come down. In this case it just happens to be a 13,000 pound piece of metal that is worth billions. So what happens if you find a piece of NASA property. You should return it. Not only would you be stealing from NASA, but in a sense you would be stealing the property of every American taxpayer.
That is the way that I personally feel about this story. So go out and look up at the sky, and if a bright object gets close to your location I would go ahead and take cover. :)
So why do a story over this? Well first off it brings up a valid point that a lot of people seem to forget. What goes up, must come down. In this case it just happens to be a 13,000 pound piece of metal that is worth billions. So what happens if you find a piece of NASA property. You should return it. Not only would you be stealing from NASA, but in a sense you would be stealing the property of every American taxpayer.
That is the way that I personally feel about this story. So go out and look up at the sky, and if a bright object gets close to your location I would go ahead and take cover. :)
Thursday, September 22, 2011
SBC
I want you to watch this video of a news broadcast segment from California. In it they report on a the result of a pursuit of a car by police. The ending is not for the feint of heart so be advised shots are fired. I located this on youtube.com however it is a broadcast from a T.V. station in L.A.
Police receive a call from a female stating that her child has been taken by the father who is possible intoxicated and armed, police initiate a pursuit with the vehicle and the driver. After the vehicle stops the officers attempt to talk the subject out of the vehicle. When the subject gets out of the vehicle he starts walking toward officers with a gun in his hand (the gun is facing the ground.) After officers tell him to put the weapon down multiple times the subject is shot and killed on scene. The mother rushes to the vehicle and removes the child. Investigators state that this is a case of suicide by cop. The mother of the suspect said that the officers should not have shot to kill but should have shot him in the arm, foot or used gas. Police specialist said that the officers did what they were trained to do.
Officers respond to calls that involve unknown circumstances every time they pick up their mic, its just part of their job no matter how good their dispatching team is. When an officer is involved in a case like this they have many key pieces of information that they need to process in a very little amount of time.
1. Are the lives of multiple people in danger because of this suspect?
Police receive a call from a female stating that her child has been taken by the father who is possible intoxicated and armed, police initiate a pursuit with the vehicle and the driver. After the vehicle stops the officers attempt to talk the subject out of the vehicle. When the subject gets out of the vehicle he starts walking toward officers with a gun in his hand (the gun is facing the ground.) After officers tell him to put the weapon down multiple times the subject is shot and killed on scene. The mother rushes to the vehicle and removes the child. Investigators state that this is a case of suicide by cop. The mother of the suspect said that the officers should not have shot to kill but should have shot him in the arm, foot or used gas. Police specialist said that the officers did what they were trained to do.
Officers respond to calls that involve unknown circumstances every time they pick up their mic, its just part of their job no matter how good their dispatching team is. When an officer is involved in a case like this they have many key pieces of information that they need to process in a very little amount of time.
1. Are the lives of multiple people in danger because of this suspect?
In my opinion yes, this incident happened on a busy street in broad daylight with a reportedly intoxicated individual with a handgun walking towards officers in an (from my point of view) aggressive manner. If the suspect shot at officers and missed and hit a bystander not only would the suspect still be taken down, the department would most likely be asked why they did not take care of the threat before it happened.
2. Is the child at risk.
Yes, if the father gets back into the car he can then start the pursuit again and injure himself, the child and bystanders.
3. Is it worth the risk
No, the subject was walking towards officers with a gun in hand in an (in my opinion) aggressive manner. It is not known if the weapon in loaded and can be brought to bear against officers at anytime.
These questions need to be answered in the minds of the officers in a split second, and they were. The officers made a choice that so many have to make in this career. As a result the public is asking if they officers did all they could before having to take the final step. No officer wants to shoot someone, but it is part of the job description When you get into a situation like this one, it is a lose/ lose situation.
So why do I feel like this. As a dispatcher for a Law Enforcement agency and a striving student in criminal justice I feel that people need to realize what an officer has to do when he/she makes a decision like that. Either way it is a lose/lose situation and one that will haunt that officer for the rest of his/her life and career.
Like always this post if just my opinion. Remember that if you watch the video use caution in who you watch it with. This post is for my English course.
Thursday, September 15, 2011
New NASA Project Announced
I have always had a love for NASA and the space program. I found this article interesting and informative. I have been watching this programs development for the last few months and had thought that we where going to loose it. To read the story click here
As we all know NASA has been in the process of creating a new project. I was wrong because I thought that the main reason for this plan was to go back to the moon and then eventually get to Mars. According to the news report that was released on Wednesday, September 14, 2011 NASA administrators have gone in front of Congress with the designs and plan for a new rocket to get man to Mars.With the design of this rocket and the announcement of the program, a huge problem is going to arise. Money, they US government is running out of it but this project is going to need a large amount of money. The article states that NASA has been known to go over budget on project before, and I am sure that this is going to be no different. The question is is the risk worth it?
I think it is. As a supporter of NASA, I believe that this project is going to create a massive amount of jobs and will be a great investment. This project, like the one forty years ago will bring inspiration to the American people and knowledge to the human race. Over forty years ago NASA and the American people launched a program that would put our nation in the spotlight and ahead of the space race. This project not only boosted moral of the American people, but created jobs, and made childhood dreams come true. It also brought us a massive amount of information about the moon and what we could do there if needed. If this project goes though, we will again have a result like this. Even though congress is having a budget problem. If they cut this program they will have to answer to the American people as to why we are not doing our best to create jobs, and in a government agency no less.
You get this response from me because like I said, I am a big supporter of NASA. The massive amount of jobs that will be created will help out the economy by decreasing the unemployment line and putting moral back in the American people. This project gives us a new goal to work toward and the awe of the plan we are putting into motion.
As always this is just my opinion. This blog has been created for my English class.
As we all know NASA has been in the process of creating a new project. I was wrong because I thought that the main reason for this plan was to go back to the moon and then eventually get to Mars. According to the news report that was released on Wednesday, September 14, 2011 NASA administrators have gone in front of Congress with the designs and plan for a new rocket to get man to Mars.With the design of this rocket and the announcement of the program, a huge problem is going to arise. Money, they US government is running out of it but this project is going to need a large amount of money. The article states that NASA has been known to go over budget on project before, and I am sure that this is going to be no different. The question is is the risk worth it?
I think it is. As a supporter of NASA, I believe that this project is going to create a massive amount of jobs and will be a great investment. This project, like the one forty years ago will bring inspiration to the American people and knowledge to the human race. Over forty years ago NASA and the American people launched a program that would put our nation in the spotlight and ahead of the space race. This project not only boosted moral of the American people, but created jobs, and made childhood dreams come true. It also brought us a massive amount of information about the moon and what we could do there if needed. If this project goes though, we will again have a result like this. Even though congress is having a budget problem. If they cut this program they will have to answer to the American people as to why we are not doing our best to create jobs, and in a government agency no less.
You get this response from me because like I said, I am a big supporter of NASA. The massive amount of jobs that will be created will help out the economy by decreasing the unemployment line and putting moral back in the American people. This project gives us a new goal to work toward and the awe of the plan we are putting into motion.
As always this is just my opinion. This blog has been created for my English class.
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