Sunday, October 18, 2009

term limits?

I think it is unconstitutional for there to be term limits. If people want a person back in office when he or she is up for reelection, they should be able to vote them back in. If there are term limits then the people don't have the choice to put back a person they want, they don't have a choice or a say. When there laws that control who you can vote for, that is unconstitutional. If the people want to vote a person back in office multiple times, they should be able to and if the people want to vote them out after their first term, they should be able to. It is all about what the people want.

Friday, October 2, 2009

continuation of government spying

Historically, during times of war, the power of government usually increases which also has a tendency to reduce the people's rights. We are currently at war and the threat is not only foreign, but domestic as well. To win this war, we cannot ignore the the treats inside our own country, we have to focus on both threats. The only way we have of fighting the domestic threat is to spy on people of interest and hopefully uncover a potential attack before it is carried out.
I believe that the government spying on people of interest that are citizens can be justified, I just think that there should be some limitations, some restrictions to protest the people that are not labeled as people of interest. This much power can easily be abused and because of this, there needs to be some checks on them.
I do not know if this is possible because this means that more people will need to be involved and more information can be potentially leaked and that could be a danger for an operation that is being carried out. Even after this, I still believe that that government spying is necessary to protect the public.