Polar Bear Breaks Protective Glass with Rock

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The Middle Class on Foodstamps during the Recession

A couple in Morris county NJ went from making six figures to making $18,000 a year.  According to local news stories they had to stop making payments on their house and almost all the children 15 and up have jobs.  This area of NJ is known for its expensive houses, and it is estimated any income under $60,000 a year is too low to live in this area.

That being said it shouldn't be this rough on people.  If the government wasn't dragging this recessions out while "trying to keep us afloat" we would have hit bottom already.  We could of then worked on coming out of the recessions.  This temporarily propping us up is harming the average person while lining someone's pocket.  We can't move forward until this happens I feel deeply in my heart.  History has shown that allowing bottom to be hit will cut the pain to a shorter time frame, or we could allow the government to prop us up and hoover right above bottom.  Businesses need to be allowed to fail for poor decisions, and this will lead to the ingenuity of new businesses.  Look at Ford they refused a bailout, but they're doing great now.  Why?  They took their mistakes and learned from them.  They didn't have billion dollar checks to ride on, but instead they had motivation to reinvent themselves.  I applaud them for that.

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Radiation in airports; is it safe?

 There are multiple studies testing the effects of radiation from airport security scanners.  The biggest argument is that it is far less than radiation from mammograms or other medical procedures.  I have yet to hear anyone quantify this issue though.  It may be less, but what about the frequent flyers that fly multiple times a week?  You don't go to the doctor daily for an x-ray, so I don't feel its a fair comparison.  The argument also is that it is below the legal level you are allowed, but just because you're allowed so much radiation should you get it? 


So, in short we are basically scanned naked and given levels of radiation that are unnecessary once again for our "safety".  I don't know about most people, but I work hard and pay me taxes.  I try to help charities, but anytime I want to travel I'm treated like a threat.  It deeply saddens me the direction things are going.

Source:
http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/11/travel/airport-scanners/index.html?hpt=hp_c3

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Homeland Security Bought too many Drones

The Department of Homeland Security bought so many drones they don't know what to do with them.  They don't have a plan to keep all these drones in the sky and utilize them properly.  This is amazing considering how close to bankruptcy the United States is.  This would be like me not having enough money to buy groceries, but I'll go out and buy 100 toys, but being one person I can't play with 100 at a time.  I can't believe their isn't more of an uproar or coverage of this.  This is millions of dollars that could of been saved, but instead someone wanted to make a large number of drones.  I'm assuming they had this request for their own benefit, but I can't be certain of that.  Now the tax payer is stuck with a large number of expensive drones that can't be used.  I'm so glad i decided to make that investment.. Aren't you?

Source:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jun/11/border-agency-overextended-drone-program/

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Drone Crashes in Maryland...

A US Drone crashes in Maryland..  So it begins with the testing of drones.  The drone was going through a test flight and crashed 80 miles outside Washington DC.  This is not the first time a drone has crashed while testing or anything else, so we will have thousands of these things flying around soon.  People accept this because it makes them safer.  What happens if next time it crashes into a house?  What if it crashes into a school?  Will people still feel safe?  The flight is currently under investigation to find out what happened, but I'm afraid when thousands of these are patrolling our skies.  Now we have to worry that one may crash while we're sleeping.  I know statistically it's probably not likely, but is it worth it for our "safety"?

Let us know your comments.

Source
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sns-rt-usa-dronecrashl1e8hbaa9-20120611,0,52855.story

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