Week 5

I liked how Adam started off talking about two points that he really agreed with. I believe that “Civil Power vs. Military Power” was a very interesting discussion and he covered that extremely well, talking about there is a difference between what we do in America and what other countries do, stating that we should keep it that way—we are this way because of our foundation.

Rebecca expanded on the food poisoning possibilities, which I tend to find most interesting. I think that we, as a nation, are vulnerable to terrorist acts in so many ways, and this is a very scary (yet realistic) possibility. Imagine if our nation’s leading milk provider had a group of terrorists working in their plant, infusing toxins into our supply. On a daily basis, people are recommended to drink about two cups of milk, giving us the necessary nutrients. Children are supposed to drink more, helping them to develop and grow strong, healthy bones; if a high percentage of children came in contact with toxins from milk, what would happen to the future of America? These are some of the reasons why I think that we need to keep up on regulation of our major food suppliers, whether that is through testing products or other parameters. I think we tend to get caught up in thinking that terror is through attacks on humans (via bombings and physical combat), but what if a terrorist group started poisoning the food that is fed to our livestock? We do take in what they had consumed. So if the entire “California happy cow” population was fed poisonous food and water, we would end up with this in our systems; or if they all died because of this, our supply would be diminished and we would be looking for other sources to fill the voids.

I also liked where Becca and Charissa talked about the reasonable amount of time in detaining a person that is “of interest.” Charissa gave a great example of what the proper measures should be in order to do so, proving that Amendment Four is being used properly. In order to obtain a warrant, you must have sustainable evidence linking the person(s) and an event.