State Dinner Crashing

On Saturday night I was with my dad at a diner that played the news on big TVs that were posted everywhere. All the news stations were talking about how a couple who was not invited just walked into a state dinner that was being held at the white house. It turns out that the couple wanted to be on the tv show "Real Housewives of D.C." so they were trying to pull a publicity stunt so they would be picked for the show.I was really shocked that something like that happened. First of all, what kind of grown couple crashes an important dinner held by the president? I was really surprised by how immature and desperate they were to do something like that. Also, I'm sure the government spent a lot of money on security for that night so why were they allowed in? Can anyone just walk right in? Anyone can buy a nice dress and a tuxedo to look nice but that doesn't mean that they aren't dangerous. A lot of important people were at the dinner and even though the uninvited couple was harmless, the situation could have been a lot worse if they weren't.

Blog Response

I completely agree with your response to this article. I think that when people hear "lower taxes" they automatically assume that it is a good thing. I would even probably be one of those people if I didn't know that California also tried lowering the taxes with not much success. With the bad economy and the other problems that our country is going through right now, politicians are probably just trying new things to help our situation. I think that alot of people don't understand that taxes are 100% necessary for a country to stay alive. Taxes are inevitable and overall, they benefit the citizens. Even though Governor Perry is suggesting this despite California's attempt to do the same thing, I don't think that he is only doing it to get votes and supporters. If he wasn;t trying something new then people would be saying that he's not doing enough.

H1N1 Vaccines

This past weekend I was talking to my dad about the "swine flu" and what a huge deal it has turned in to. When the swine flu first started to hit the news, it was not something that I worried about or thought that I would ever have to worry about. As time has passed it definitely has become more common. There is even someone that sits next to me in American Literature class that had H1N1. I nanny part time and since I am around children so much my dad suggested that I get the H1N1 vaccines just to be safe because there are always lots of germs going around in schools. When I tried to make an appointment to get the vaccine I was told that my doctor's office did not have any at the moment but they were supposed to get some soon. I remember reading an article somewhere about prisoners that were getting the vaccine. I do not understand this. If so many people need to be vaccinated and the vaccine is limited, why are prisoners being vaccinated before citizens? I think that it is pretty obvious that this has turned into a much bigger problem than we all expected. Shouldn't there be some sort of priority system?