Papers on Politics and Government
A Direct Democracy
Words: 808 - Pages: 3.... a nonpartisan candidate. Registered voters will have the privilege to vote an elected official out of office after one year. If voted out of office, another election to replace that individual will occur. Within four years of adopting this amendment, direct democracy will be enforced by means of secure networks of interactive electronic devices hooked up to every voter’s home, or convenient voting center. Registered voters will be able to vote for all state, county, city offices and governments. The voters will be able to advise their representative by a majority vote on upcoming bills. The nonpartisan representative must honest .....
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America's Social Contract
Words: 510 - Pages: 2.... public works programs. In order to meet its obligations to the American people, the government needs to reduce its size and make it easier to get important programs accomplished while weeding out the needless ones.
Second, the government has not met its obligations with America in the area of separation of powers. The government today is so divided along party lines that many things the American people want do not get accomplished. Important bills that our government has been arguing over for years such as health care have still not been resolved. Although the government has checks and balances, they do not seem to be working. The Congr .....
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The Evolution Of The First Amendment
Words: 970 - Pages: 4.... And in 1773, the
people of the Massachusetts Bay Colony demonstrated their outrage at the tax on
tea in a dramatic act of civil disobedience, the Boston Tea Party.(Eldridge,15)
The stage was set for the birth of the First Amendment, which formally
recognized the natural and inalienable rights of Americans to think and speak
freely. The first Amendments early years were not entirely auspicious.
Although the early Americans enjoyed great freedom compared to citizens of other
nations, even the Constitution's framer once in power, could resist the string
temptation to circumvent the First Amendment's clear mandate. Before the 1930s,
we ha .....
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Humans Are Curious By Nature
Words: 796 - Pages: 3.... the events which took place prior to their results. Perhaps Gould stated it best in his essay when he stated that "we can never be completely sure that a hypothesis is right, though we may be able to show with confidence that it is wrong"(448). Scientist have come up with many theories as to why the rein of dinosaur rule of the earth stopped "once upon a time" and in truth none of them can be proven factually at the moment.
Though the "Disaster" theory does offer some scientific logic behind it since it offers some raw material which can be thrown into the equation. "The impact story, on the other hand has a sound basis in evidence"(453) .....
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Anorexia And Bulima
Words: 1562 - Pages: 6.... often is described by her parents as a
"model child," usually because she is obedient, compliant, and a good student. Although
most teenagers experience some feelings of youthful rebellion, persons with anorexia
usually do not outwardly exhibit these feelings, tending instead to be childish in their
thinking, in their need for parental approval, and in their lack of independence.
Psychologists theorize that the patient's desire to control her own life manifests itself in
the realm of eating--the only area, in the patient's mind, where she has the ability to
direct her own life.
In striving for perfection and approval, a person wi .....
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Refugees Population And Needs
Words: 640 - Pages: 3.... led to gang rapes,murders and terrorism.some days back cnn reported live about the condition in the state of kosovo. it said that the owner of the delta air lines was providing food , bathroom and clothing facilities to the refugees ,(all on his own) .cnn also interviewed;live; a reefugee living near kosovo . he tearfully tried to tell the conditions of kosovo; but i remember the time he narrated. "i cant tell you the condition ....! the beautiful valley is turning into a grave yard. mr mikorish, the president of kosovo is a neo hitler and is following the policy of ethinic cleansing and systematic genocide against the muslims of kosovo.due .....
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Fascism As Opposed To Communism
Words: 1012 - Pages: 4.... employers. It is my belief that Lenin had entirely good reasons for
doing as he did, and felt he was helping the world as apposed to Adolf
Hitler. Immediately after Lenin's death, a man very much the same in nature
as Hitler, Stalin, came to control the Bolsheviks and throw Russia in a
civil war in a quest for power. You now have two men of equal aspirations
soon to be in control of two very similar governments.
In any rise of power, there needs to be a period of careful
planning requiring much thought. These two men had very little history with
which to work with which to model their revolutions. Times had been
changing rapidl .....
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Summary Of Paine's Common Sense
Words: 238 - Pages: 1.... But before Thomas gives his reasons he suggests that all plans and proposals made prior to the nineteenth of April( the battle of Lexington and Concord) are out of date and useless now towards the true facts of the problem.
The first few reasons magnified on how the colonies have been injured many times just by being connected to England. One of these reasons was about the enemies of Great Britain, always ending becoming Americas because of the fact that England was the parent country and all ties with her faced her problems. Another reason stated by Thomas was how trade and marketing with France and Spain were damaged due to the disag .....
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Facism
Words: 2314 - Pages: 9.... treats as putting the
people's will on one select group, or most often one supreme leader called
El Duce, from whom all power proceeds downward. The two most recognized
names that go along with Fascism is Italy's Benito Mussolini and Germany's
Adolf Hitler.
The philosophy of Fascism can be traced to the philosophers who
argue that the will is prior to and superior to the intellect or reason.
George Sorel, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Georg Hegal are main philosophers
who's beliefs and ideologies greatly influenced the shaping of Fascist
theory. Sorel (1847-1922) was a French social philosopher who had a major
influence on Mussolini. Sore .....
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Cigarette Smoking
Words: 666 - Pages: 3.... not be taken away. Resturants and businesses should beallowed to set their own smoking rules, based on demands of the customers.Also business may decrease if they do not allow smokers the right to smoke,ecspecially bars and restaurants. The work place is another problem forsmokers, now they have to go outside even in the winter to have acigarette, even though they used to be able to smoke inside.A strongsupporter on smokers rights is Democratic Assemblyman Dick Floyd, whowanted to vote for a controversial smokers right bill. He feels it is not a smoking bill, it merely protects the people who use legal substances suchas tobacco and alcohol i .....
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