The article I chose this week is titled, "Clinton Draws Parallels Between 'Upheaval' of 1995, Today". It was written by John Helton on April 16, 2010 on www.CNN.com. Former President Clinton, in a recent interview, commented about the current mood of the country. He compared it to the mood of the country when he was in office right after the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995. He also talks about how technology has evolved so much in the past fifteen years, making it much easier for people who are trying to stir up anti-political sentiments communicate with others who feel the same way. He said that Timothy McVeigh was very disconnected in 1995. People now, can do anything on the internet, making it much easier to learn how to do things like make a bomb. He also touched on the Tea Party and what they have been doing lately. Clinton explained that he supports people who criticize the government because it is their right as an American to do so, as long as they do not get violent. I chose this article because we have been talking about Former President Clinton's time in office the past few weeks. But the chapter in our text did not talk about how he handled the Oklahoma City bombing, it simply focused on the Lewinsky scandal. It is sad that Clinton did a lot of good in office but he is mostly known for being impeached for having an affair and lying to the American people.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/04/16/clinton.okc/index.html
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I would have to agree with the article, because it has been several years since president Clinton have been president and technology is so much more advanced today. I mean people can find out just about anything on the internet, and technology is only going to contine to grow. I can only imagine how technology is going to be in the next ten to twenty years, because it may be so advance that people won't be able to have any type of control of anything. I can't really remember when the internet came about, but I do remember when internet had only a dial up connection, now a days you can get on the internet in a flash. It's kind of scary to imagine what the world will become in the year to come with technolgy continuing to advance like it is.
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