Wicked Strong Boston

          The Boston Marathon, a worldwide event in the heart of my city.  This time is supposed to be a time of joy and peace, but tragedy struck at the 117^th Boston Marathon on Monday April fifteenth. Two Chechen brothers decided to make homemade bombs and blow them up to create chaos and do what they allegedly argued to ‘defend’ Islam.  In this moment terror struck the city and reminded us that the world is still not at peace.

          The two brothers, Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev both from Chechnya in Russia were the two bombers behind it all.  The two bombers went in as regular people that looked like they went to watch the Boston Marathon; little did people know that they were executing a terrorist attack.  From my personal stand point, I was supposed to go into the Boston Marathon.  My mother had told me that we were going to be right near where the bomb had gone off on Boylston Street.  We would have gone down there because my mom used to work at the Lennox Hotel, but she said that we should just sleep in and have a chill day.  Luckily she agreed to this or I might have been inside of that chaos.  

          Even though it felt like forever for people watching the news to keep updated about the locating of the bombers.  Luckily we had our men and women in blue who worked hard throughout the grueling hours to capture at least one of the two brothers.  Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was the one of the two bombers to be captured, but not only was he injured by a cop, he shot himself in the neck so he could not talk.  Some people might say he was trying to commit suicide, but if wanted to do so then he would shoot himself in the head not the neck so he could not talk to the FBI.  This just goes to show you how much of an extremist he really is.  Now the one question is should he spend the rest of his life in prison, or get sentenced to the death penalty?             



Troubles in North Korea

        I sat down and interviewed a fellow colleague of mine, Jack Ledbetter, about the current situation with North Korea.  North Korea has been constantly threatening the world with nuclear war, and I was wondering what other people were thinking about the whole situation.  First, I asked what he thought on the whole situation, and he first started with how the whole thing was a scary thought to think of.  Jack also went to saying how that he believes that the only reason that North Korea is angry is because us as a country are telling them to stop production of nuclear warheads.  Then I went to ask him on how if North Korea would use their nuclear missiles as their last breath of survival.  He stated how he does not see a point in using it at all, but if they do decide to do so that it will be a nuclear war.  This brought up the question of what if other countries see this as an opportunity to attack.  His feedback was that yes, the other countries will use North Korea as an excuse to try and attack opposing countries.  This shifted into another question of what you would do if there was nuclear fallout.  He responded with at first he would not know what to do at all, but after some thought he said he would mourn for the people who got hit, and would hope that the missile would not hit near him or his friends and family.  He also stated, “I would definitely be afraid of another attack, or a rebuttal from the United States or other countries.”  I concluded with one question everyone should answer, if you had the chance to talk to the major world leaders what would you say about the situation?  His argument was, “I understand the rivalry between other countries with race and ethnicity, but I do not see the purpose in harming innocent lives between all this hatred.”      

The Season Three Finale of The Walking Dead Leaves Us Thinking

     Last Sunday the season three finale of The Walking Dead aired with what I believe was a great way to end the season. So much has been both answered and left for us to try and find out in the next season. With the death of Andrea, Laurie Holden, and Milton, Dallas Roberts, it brings grief to Michonne, actress Danai Gurira.  Milton went out trying to hold on to save Andrea, even though the governor had stabbed him repeatedly again going against the rule of not letting their people turn. With Andrea however, she went out to what I would call a hero, or as what she said in an interview, “I will never see Andrea as a victim. I see her as a casualty of war.” All Andrea wanted to do was to keep everyone safe, and with Rick, Andrew Lincoln, telling her that everyone was alright it let her finally be at peace.

            The big controversy that everyone has been talking about is if Carl, actor Chandler Riggs, is turning into a young Governor who is played by actor David Morrissey. Many people are saying to just put an eye patch on Carl and you have The Governors mini-me. With The Governor saying his “kill or be killed” speech, it directly reflects on what Carl says later in the episode to Rick about how he didn’t kill the walker that killed Dale, or how Rick didn’t kill The Governor causing Merle to die.  With Carl shooting the kid his age in cold blood as he was surrendering, Carl knew that it is very hard to trust someone in this new world that he is growing up in. Who knows what the next season of The Walking Dead will bring us, cannot wait until October.