A Look Back On The News Events Of 2014

The year 2014 has been a very tragic year, maybe one of the worst years in a very long time. The United States and around the world has experienced some of the most deadliest virus from the Enterovirus killing our infants and toddlers to the Ebola virus.
We are fighting in the battlefields world-wide with the War on ISIS and a battle right here on our own soil with the new race war and protesters waging war on our own police officers, who serve and protect so many to our own civil liberties being slowly stripped away. 

All the current news events would cause any person to question what our future holds for us. We can only pray 2015 will be a better year than the past year. 

January 2014

On January 17, 2014, President Obama announces NSA Reforms. President Obama says the activities of NSA were legal, he recognizes some civil liberties will be compromised. "Our system of government is built on the premise that our liberty cannot depend on the good intentions of those in power," Obama says. "It depends on the law to constrain those in power." 

February 2014

On February 24th, the Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announces that the Pentagon will be reduce the U.S. Army to the smallest size it's been since before World War II. The cuts will include eliminating the A-10 aircraft. Cuts will also include reducing our US military benefits and reducing the size of the army from its current 520,000 soldiers to between 440. The last time the U.S. Army had 450,000 was in 1940. The cuts come as the Pentagon prepares for a trillion dollars in spending reductions over the next decade.

March 2014

On March 25, 2014, President Obama announces another reform to the NSA Plan, the U.S government will no longer be permitted to access personal phone records. However, The phone companies will be required to keep a record of every phone record for at least a 18 month period. 

April 2014

On April 15, Iraq announces the "complete closure" of Abu Ghraib Prison. The Iraqi government cites security concerns as the reason for the closure due to the Sunni insurgency over the last year.

May 2014

On May 23rd, a shooter kills 6 and wounds 13 in Isla Vista, California. The gunman that was identified as Elliot Rodger, age 22 posts a video on YouTube Channel called "Elliot Rodger's Retribution" and expresses his anger about being rejected by women and plots his revenge in a 137 page manifesto. 

June 2014

On June 25th, the Supreme Court rules on cell phone privacy. On a unanimous vote the Supreme Court rules the police need a warrant to obtain the phone records of anyone they may arrest. 

July 2014

ISIS claims territory in Iraq. On July 1st, ISIS changes it's name to the Islamic State and claims the territory of Anbar province and most of Ninevah. Iraqi forces with the guidance of the U.S. military begin developing strategies to maintain Bagdad. 

August 2014

August 8th the United States begin the first of many airstrikes on ISIS. A series of 13 air strikes hit ISIS.

In mid August the United States experience the Enterovirus Outbreak claiming the lives of 1,152 confirmed deaths between mid August to December 18th. 

August 9th the Police shooting of 19 year old Michael Brown enrages the city of Ferguson igniting rioting and looting. 

August 16th, a state of emergency is declared in the city of Ferguson and the National Guard is called in a attempt to restore peace in Ferguson, Missouri.

August 19th, ISIS kills American journalist James Foley, age 40 in retaliation for air strikes. 

September 2014

On September 30th, the CDC announces the first confirmed case of Ebola in the United States. The CDC informs the United States that a doctor traveling from Liberia treating Ebola victims in West Africa arrived in Texas and is now the first confirmed case of Ebola in the United States. The United States has 10 confirmed cases of Ebola this year. 

October 2014

On October 22nd, a gunman named Michael Ziehaf Bibaeu was shot and killed during the attacks on Ottowa Parliament. The attacks are said to be in retaliation for Canada's support in the war on ISIS and for joining the United States in the ISIS air strikes. As a result of the attack carried out by Bibaeu and another gunman, a one Parliament member was killed and 3 injured. 

November

On November 20th, President Obama announces his Executive Order on Immigration Reform. Delaying the deportation of nearly 5 million illegal immigrants.

December 

On December 3rd protests erupt in New York City over the choke hold decision of Eric Garner.

On December 20th, two NYPD officers by the names of Wenijaun Liu and Rafael Ramos by a resent Islamic convert Ismaaiyl Brinsly. 

Ismaaiyl Brinsly

Obama's Executive Order on Immigration

President Obama addressed the country last night announcing he is going to use his executive order powers to pass his Immigration Plan. During his speech, Obama claims our immigration laws are broken and this action will fix our current immigration problems. Obama tells illegal aliens, they can come out of the shadows and get right with the law.

Jose Antonio Varges

Jose Antonio Varges is an good example of how illegal aliens are breaking laws. Last night Jose Antonio Varges came out of the shadows on national television and talked about how this new amnesty plan will now give him the freedom to become an American citizen. Mr. Varges has lived in the United States since he was 12 years old by breaking numerous laws, Vargas has worked his way to the top to winning a Pulitzer Prize for his journalism by breaking laws. As an illegal alien, he illegally lived in the United States, lied to go to college here in the United States, evaded taxes, and broke numerous other laws to stay in the United States. The question I ask is, doesn't that make him a criminal? Thousands of illegal immigrants who committed violent criminals were released from prison back into our American society by Obama and were not deported. I, am currently in debt thousands of dollars, years later for my college education. However, Varges can get away with lying to go to college and get away with it.

Obama says, his executive order will not stick it to the middle class Americans, that is what he said about Obamacare. Read you pay stubs, Obamacare does stick to the middle class Americans. Middle class Americans who are already paying for private insurance are also paying a tax for Obamacare.

His executive order will stick it to middle-class Americans. 57% of immigrants currently collect welfare benefits middle-class Americans are already paying for. Obama, middle-class Americans can not afford to support another generation of immigrants, while our middle-class are struggling to survive just the same as Obama claims illegal aliens are currently doing to stay in the United States. Obama will do anything possible to help illegal immigrants stay, while the middle-class is paying for it and will continue to pay for it. Obama says, these illegal aliens will not be entitled to the same benefits as Americans, they have 3 years to do it right. What Obama fails to say is, these aliens will be entitled to these benefits after that 3 year period and possibly even before. Those immigrants who are issued a temporary green card are entitled to collect welfare benefits courtesy of the American taxpayers.

Americans are already struggling to find jobs. 4.5 million illegal aliens will take jobs from Americans who are already out of work and make it even harder to get jobs. Yes, some of these illegal aliens are children. Children grow up and this Executive Order on Immigration will take take jobs from Americans for generations to come.

I am not against immigration, but I feel immigrants should be forced to follow our immigration laws, come to the country the way they should and apply to stay just the same as immigrants who have  come to the United States in the past.

Obama claims, our current amnesty policy is a way of collecting votes. Obama's executive order on immigration is a way of collecting votes for the Democratic party for years to come.

Obama's executive order on immigration says, it's okay for you to break laws, we will pass a law to keep you from facing legal ramifications for breaking our laws and help you stay in the United States while other Americans would go to jail over breaking some of these same laws illegal immigrants break everyday.