Super Bowl reaction

If the Atlanta Falcons played a full game they would have won. Leading by 25 points at the half and receiving the second half kickoff is all a team can ask for in that situation. The patriots made a great comeback and Brady was taking advantage of the rookies on the Falcons defense. They quickly put up points and it seemed like it still wouldn't be enough. A crucial penalty and sack drove the Falcons out of field goal range with a key penalty and sack. The time on the clock along with a field goal would have secured a Falcons win. But the patriots drove down the field twice and won.

Super bowl prediction

Falcons 35 Patriots 21
I predict the Falcons will win this game. A lot has been made about two very prolific offenses in this game but, defense wins championships. Both defenses have their pros and cons. The secondary of both teams are about equal. The Patriots have more veteran players on their defense but the Falcons are younger and faster. The young fast secondary for the falcons matches up well with the short quick white receivers that the Patriots employ. But the key defensive advantage for the Falcons is on the defensive line. Led by Vic Beasley who leads the league in sacks, the Falcons have a clear advantage in the pass rush game. This pass rush can lead to turnovers and in a game many are predicting to be a shootout turnovers are extremely important.

North Dakota pipeline

Recently president Donald Trump re-enacted the plan to build a pipeline for oil through North Dakota. Native Americans and conservationists are very opposed to this deal fearing it may have a catastrophic effect on the environment. If built properly It simply would be a pipeline for oil to travel through and would not be of too much harm to the environment. The main issue I see is that some freelance eco-terrorist would try to blow it up, full of oil, the effect on the environment would be catastrophic.

Trump Day

Today is a day when Donald Trump becomes president. If he follows his beliefs and doesn't cave in to pressure from others it will be a successful presidency. Some things I know will not happen unless things change. The wall in our current economic state may be too much for our economy. When the economic cycle hits another recession which undoubtedly will come, that is when the wall will be built. This is an economic stimulant more than a method to block illegals from entering the country.

Unbiased news

Unbiased news doesn't exist. Every media outlet has some sort of bias big or small. BBC, CNN, NBC, ABC, and FOX are the biggest news organizations for the English speaking world. Each has their own bias whether left or right. With trumps recent declaration that CNN is "fake news" people are continuing the debate which news outlet is reliable. Shunning of certain media outlets is nothing new, Obama frequently left FOX out of the loop on things. In my opinion there are no non biased news in this hypersensitive era.

Thoughts on the recent tragedy in Chicago

4 racially motivated people falsely imprisoned and tortured a mentally challenged white Trump supporter. If this is horrific enough they put the video of it on a Facebook live-stream. The perpetrators of this hate crime are now in police custody and likely wont see freedom for a long time. The issue I have is that these terrible people attacked someone with mental challenges. Another issue with this is the public reaction to this. If I were to leave out the "Trump supporter part" many would be more horrified by this incident. An example would be when I told my mother about it, she at first said it was horrifying but when I said the victim was a Trump supporter she said "serves him right", which is deeply saddening.

Why the United States should leave the UN

The United States has long been considered the guardians of freedom across the world. One of our first post World War II actions of this was to Join the United Nations which has the goal of preserving peace throughout the world. The UN provides aid to other countries and peacekeepers from member countries to keep peace and provide relief in 3rd world countries. But, the system is extremely flawed. Since the majority of the countries in the world our part of the UN it creates conflicts of interest and many times the UN peacekeepers are not allowed to "keep the peace". For example during the Rwandan genocide peacekeepers were not allowed to make contact with insurgents even though insurgents were shooting at them. If this isn't flawed enough the aid that the UN provides (a majority of it is from the United States) is inadvertently destroying 3rd world economies. When large amounts of food enter a countries economy, the price of domestically created food plummets and people leave jobs in the fields. This cuts the base of the economy off and makes them economically reliant on the UN which halts all progress. The best example of this is Haiti, after the earthquake aid was provided, and now years later their economy is trash.