Finally someone noticed

Recently the House of Representatives passed the "Risk-based security screening for members of the armed forces act". This act (if passed by the Senate and President Obama) makes security checks at the airport for military members in uniform faster and less invasive. These less thorough security checks only apply to military members in uniform and on official orders, also anyone traveling with them. The reason why I chose this article is because it always frustrated me when I had to fly because I had been treated like a terrorist and almost strip searched when in fact I am one of the people fighting for this country. Finally someone took notice and decided that military members shouldn't be searched as harshly because we are one the same side as these TSA power tripping officials. I also agree with the fact that they put in the act that it has to be a military member on official business, meaning that in order to receive these benefits you have to actually have orders going somewhere (which could be deployment or orders for leave, which is basically the only time you get to go home and see your family). This means that not just any military member can take advantage of this if they are in uniform (mainly the army because they are the only ones allowed to wear their utility uniform (camouflage) in public.

Drinking Age

In the blog Discussing Politics the author makes a good argument about the drinking age being 21. I completely agree with the author ‘s argument that the drinking age should be lowered to 18. Once you turn 18 you are able to join the military, have a gun put in your hand and told to go kill another man but god forbid if you have a beer. I understand that one of the reasons for the drinking age being 21 is to reduce drinking fatalities, but that can be avoided if we make the driving test harder. Most people nowadays couldn’t even pass a driving exam right now so why not make it harder and that could get rid of some of the problems with drinking fatalities if the drinking age were lowered to 21. The author also made a good argument about the drinking habits of minors and they would be safer if they were in a public place near an emergency official. I just believe that if you are treated as an adult at the age of 18 and expected to act like one, then you should be able to have a drink.