Ryan's Thoughts

I love sports movies! There is nothing better than an action packed, feel good sport movie. Not only are they super fun to watch, many have great life lessons. Luckily for those of us fans, Hollywood completely agrees and is constantly pumping them out. After having seen gillions of sports movies, I wanted to rank my top-ten all-time greatest sports movies, and yes they are in order! Here we go... 1) Remember the Titans - This is an easy pick for #1!! This is a great feel good story with players overcoming racial tensions in the 1970's. You cannot beat this movie. Denzel is the man and the action scenes are awesome. There is even a little love story and plenty of drama. It is a win for everyone and it is based on a true story! If any movie will give you chills and bring a tear (even a manly tear) to the eye it is this one! 2) Miracle - Amazing and true story about the USA whooping the USSR in hockey. Oh, this was no regular hockey match, it was during the Olympics at a

A few years ago, the government’s involvement in monitoring all of our online and phone activities was exposed.  Every phone call, instant message, email, text, and pretty much any type of electronic communication is being recorded and monitored, always.   The reasoning behind this began years ago to provide for the security of the country.  After the 9-11 attacks, the Bush administration passed laws that would allow them to perform wiretaps on suspected terrorists without having to obtain a search warrant. Even after 9-11, the country was in an uproar as the government was clearly bypassing citizen's Constitutional rights. This was a huge infringement of the rights clearly set forth by our Founding Fathers, even if the end goal was to keep us safe. President Bush was under attack and was frequently compared to Richard Nixon for his spying maneuvers. It wasn't long until people were calling for his impeachment over his evasive move to wiretap terrorists without a search w