Snapchat in Politics

Possible 2016 Presidential candidate , Ron Paul, was interviewed by CNN by the ever-growing Snapchat. He was discussing  whether drones should be made illegal or not after the recent incident at the Whitehouse. He simply stated that drones should be used according to the Constitution and if one were to fly over his house he has a shot gun. Although I found his comment to be comical, I would like to focus on another aspect of this article that I believe to more concerning, Snapchat.

After the release of the new update a few days ago it seems to be that Snapchat is more popular than ever. The elimination of the "best friends" list probably made the lives of sneaks and cheaters a little easier while the daily stories from popular magazines and newspapers have provided a new twist to the app, but I think that this is only the beginning. I think Snapchat is going to take over our tech filled worlds. It may seem rather inconspicuous and simple, but as this recent update shows it is evolving. I cannot say for sure what direction the makers of Snapchat are taking there app, but I predict that it is going to run our lives by becoming our main source of communication, news, entertainment, and who knows what else without us even realizing it.

Don't say I didn't warn you.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/28/politics/rand-paul-snaphat-interview/index.html

Reaching in the State of the Union

http://www.newser.com/story/201592/fact-checking-the-state-of-the-union.html

Fact-Checking the State of the Union

President pointed to some debatable stats

By Matt Cantor

 

Some people are checking a few facts from President's Obama's State of the Union address. It appears that a few of the impressive statements that Mr. President made were a bit of a stretch and contained some selective information. Here are some exaggerated facts from last Tuesday's speech.

• The combat in Afghanistan is over...well it's not completely over yet.
• The GDP is growing at its fastest rate since 1999...not really.
• Since 2010, America has put more people back to than Europe, Japan, and all other advanced economies combined....if you forget about China.

President Obama has also received some backlash for a statement about winning both of his election, which was deemed as his most arrogant moment in his presidency.

I find the whole idea of the State of the Union to be much too over analyzed. For one, the President is just making empty promises until they are carried out. Also I think that Americans need to keep up will politics much more than they do because I'm sure that numerous Americans would not know about most of the topic that the president covers.

Gas Prices Will Go Up

Obama's gas price warning: They won't last forever

Jeremy Diamond, CNN

http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/07/politics/obama-gas-prices/index.html

 

Obama warns the nation about future gas prices, stating that "they will not last forever." He suggests that citizens should save the money that they are saving at the pump and possibly buy a new car with the money. He is also set to promote fuel efficiency of Ford vehicles later in the month. He is also going to speak about the bailout of the auto industry that happened on Wednesday.

However, Congress is planning to use the lowering gas prices as an opportunity to increase gas taxes. This may not be a bad thing in my opinion if the garnered money is used to pay justified expenses although I am quite sure that regardless of the taxes use citizens will not be happy.

I view Obama's opinion as completely logical. I mean you don't have to be a genius to understand that gas prices will eventually go up. He was simply just stating the obvious. My advice is to save money while you can because some world catastrophe will surely cause the price of gas to sky-rocket.