Blog Entry #2

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/election-2012/post/trump-fires-himself-as-debate-moderator/2011/12/13/gIQAfAwDsO_blog.html

The title of this article is “Trump Fires Himself as Debate Moderator” and it was written by Nia-Malika Henderson. It was posted on washingtonpost.com on December 13, 2011. The article is about how Trump has decided not to be the moderator for the December 27, 2011 debate because too many GOP candidates have declined his invitation to participate because they felt that it was not a good idea because of Trump’s consideration of running for president as the independent candidate. He basically said that he feels someone needs to be chosen to fix all of the problems Obama’s Administration have caused and that the Republican candidates are not good enough candidates. He does not want to make a conflict of interest because he has not fully decided about whether or not he will run. Some of the reasons for the candidates who declined were the fact that they had scheduling conflicts or they were just completely against Trump’s role in the debate. Ron Paul and Jon Huntsman Jr. were completely against attending the debate because they believed that the debate would not be about the presidential run but about the media attention. Trump’s reason for this is that he wants to try to “make America great again!” He also commented on the acceptance of attending the debate by Gingrich and Santorum by saying that they were courageous and confident enough to be part of the debate.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/14/ron-paul-ntsb-cellphone-ban_n_1149417.html?ref=elections-2012

The title of this article is, “Ron Paul Criticizes NTSB Recommendation to Ban All Cell Phone Use While Driving,” and was written by Luke Johnson. It was posted on December 14, 2011 on huffingtonpost.com. This article is basically about how Ron Paul disagrees with the ban on cell phone use, such as texting and talking, that was created by the National Transportation Safety Board. He brought up the constitution (Article 1 Section 8) and made a joke about how telephones are not mentioned as well as the fact that driving in a horse and buggy is not mentioned. He strongly believes that the federal government should not be involved. Paul brought up the point that cell phones, although can potentially be dangerous while using while driving, is no different from wild children in the car or eating while driving. The NTSB strongly suggests to all states that any type of phone use, hands-free devices or not, should be banned. However, GPS navigations systems would not be included.