stoffolla’s Blog

You only think of pirates when you are watching Peter Pan or older movies. You would never think we would have problems with pirates now. I really never fully believed in pirates, well in the way Disney movies portrays them to be. I do know they can be vicious people and do awful things to anyone who comes in their way of what they want. We do have pirates that are destroying or taking over things that help all countries survive, into custody. They are not only messing with America, but all countries around the world. If we do not get this problem fixed all the trading we do amongst each other will be ruined by piracy.

                As some know, pirates take things for bargaining. We are in that case as we speak. Pirates, form Saudi Arabia just recently took their “super tanker” towards Somalia. This ship is 300,000 metric tons and more than three times the size of a U.S. navy aircraft carrier. They say a ship of that size can hold up to 2 million barrels of oil. They also have eleven vessels currently being held for ransom.  These attacks have opened up a whole new front in the pirate wars. These pirates have had at least five successful hijackings since November 7. Piracy is an international crime that threatens global commerce. Shipping companies have to understand that the navy cannot be everywhere. People should start learning how they can fend for themselves before this gets out of hand. 

This new homeland security that can detect terrorist threats by reading your mind is good idea to a certain extent. What if you aren’t a terrorist and you are a normal person and they can read your mind. In a way they are getting into your personal business. I don’t have much against it. If it is going to help keep our country safe I am ok with it. But there are some people that are not going to like the fact that you can read their mind in a way. They should just know that it is in the good for the country. With this new device we should be able to detect anything and everything. This is a very good creation for our country and will hopefully keep us out of harm’s way.

                This new system is Malintent and makes baggage searches look so old. This Orwellian sounding machine detects the person not the device. It has a series of sensors that can read your body temperature, heart rate, and respiration for unconscious tells invisible to the naked eye. These are things that signal terrorists and criminals before they display an attack. People do not get hooked up are strapped down to anything, this new device simply works like an X-Ray, only for bad intentions. How it works is very simple. When the machine realizes something is off, it sends a warning to the data analyses and then they get further questioning. It also looks for the mood and intention so, scan the face. This might be the best thing to happen because a machine is unbiased and nonjudgmental, it is not like you can accuse it because it may think you are sweating profusely; it is made to specifically read your mind not your appearance. Plus, it is only looking for things that are metal and or explosives. People should not worry if they have done nothing wrong or if they aren’t going to do anything wrong. People should appreciate the technology we have these days.

Ugh! The Presidential election was a disappointment to me. I did not think Obama was the best choice for our country. I felt McCain was a better candidate for President. It is done and over with so all you can do is think in the positive somehow. I feel there is no positive in him being president when all the people who were against him want to kill him, well not everyone, but you know there is going to be someone who wants to. The only way I can think in the positive is knowing he is going to be in office for four years and four years comes fast. People will either realize that he is a good president or a bad president and won’t re-elect him for President.

                Obama is now known as our 44^th President of the United States, I do wish him luck with this big of a job and knowing people wanted to assonate you must be hard. I hope he does do a good job. I hope he will make a change in our country just like he says he will or he would be untrustworthy and worthless. Obama single-handily stole the popular votes as well as the electoral tally. He won women votes (56 percent to 43 percent); voters under 30 (66 percent to 32 percent); African Americans (95 percent to 4 percent); Latino voters (66 percent to 32 percent); first time voters (68 percent to 31 percent); and people making $100,000.00 a year (55 percent to 43 percent). As you can tell he was the most popular vote, he basically killed McCain in everything.  Obama cannot erase the past of Bush, but he can only create a better future for us. I just hope he realizes with ever action there is a reaction and I hope he is ready for everything that is going to come his way. I also hope he is the first black President, things are going to be harder for him and that he is going to make history even if he does do a horrible job. I just wish him luck.