Blog Stage 7

The Boston bombing that has recently happened at the Boston Marathon is a tragic incident that has occurred in the United States. The Boston Marathon is America’s ionic race, the oldest marathon in the country; the first race was in 1897. This year, the Boston Marathon theme was “26 Miles for 26 Victims,” referring to the 26 victims at the Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting. As the runners made their way to the 26^th mile, there were two bombs planted inside trashcans on the sidelines where fans waited to see the runners cross the finish line. As the bombs exploded the one closest to the finish line first, people panicked, running in all different directions. The impact of the bomb had caused people to fall down, keeping some safe, or causing some people to lose limbs or even their lives. In all, there were a total of three deaths and the injury count has recently risen to 282 as people continue to come forward. It was predicted that the bombers would not be caught for months, or even years. With the help of social media, and surveillance cameras outside nearby stores, it didn’t take long to catch the bombers. The bombers are said to be brothers from Russia. The older brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev was shot to death. The younger brother, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was found about a week later hiding in a boat, wounded, while all of Boston was on lock down. Dzhokhar faces the death penalty, but has a top of the line defense team on his side. They’re doing background checks, looking at details about his childhood, his relationship with his brother, and what mental state he was in. 

I agree with Erik C’s opinion on Paul Begala’s article on if the people on welfare should be the only ones to be drug tested, or people of higher positions, such as the president, congressman, etc. should be drug tested as well. It makes sense for the people on welfare to be drug tested, so the public knows that their tax money isn’t being used for other people with financial trouble to buy drugs. If that’s what the money is being used for, they should not be allowed welfare. On the other hand, people of higher positions should also be drug tested to ensure the public that we have rightful people in our offices. In the general public, anyone on drugs and is caught gets charged with some kind of felony. It wouldn’t be right for someone to get away with drug use just because they’re in a higher position than the rest of the public. All in all, if the people put on welfare should be drug tested, so should the people in office.