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Affirmative Action

... with Kennedy's intention of "", it is the distortion of his entire idea into one of absurdly preferential treatment for minorities and women of which I can not agree. Minority leaders, such as Jesse Jackson, have fought bitterly for the advancement of . In one essay, Mr. Jackson states that "[t]he only thing whites are giving up because of is unfair advantage - something that was unnecessary in the first place (Jackson 173)." If an unfair advantage in unnecessary, then what purpose does serve? Whether a person agrees or disagrees with ...

Number of words: 542 | Number of pages: 2

The Government Should Make Use Of Revenue Sharing

... never received very much or any federal money before. This increased local interest in receiving federal money in many localities. In order to deal with the federal bureaucracy and receive federal money, localities and states have to develop efficient and effective bureaucracies of their own. These state and local bureaucracies must understand the federal rules and requirements for receiving federal aid. Some states routinely receive a greater amount of federal money than other states with similar populations due to the differences in stat ...

Number of words: 620 | Number of pages: 3

Antigun Control

... living room, making their way to the stairs, right outside your room. What do you do? You aren’t going to confront them since its just you—remember you thought you heard two of them right? Well you are really stuck in your room and all you can do is sit there hoping that they leave soon and don’t harm you. Now if it were at my house things would be a little bit different. For starters I would get out my shotgun from my closet and begin to see what is gin on down stairs. As soon as those burglars saw me walking around with a gun, you b ...

Number of words: 679 | Number of pages: 3

The Political Issue Of Airbag Safety

... that the law will hurt most are economy cars. The concept of making the economy cars is to minimize the cost of producing and sell to consumers who are more concerned about price not the luxury. The airbag regulation has certainly raised the prices of cars by about two to four thousand dollars. That means raising the prices of economy cars by that amount, considering that the prices of economy cars without the airbag is only seven to nine thousand dollars. The airbags regulation has certainly hurt the sales of cars especially economy cars. ...

Number of words: 424 | Number of pages: 2

Censorship Of American Music

... created it in order to either deny certain information or to act as a moral gatekeeper of potentially harmful material" (http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~barndollar/courses/spring98/students/fabfive/index.html). The Censorship of music in the United Stated is documented as far back as 1954, when "Michigan congresswoman Ruth Thompson introduces a bill in the House that would ban mailing of any pornographic recording, punishable by five years imprisonment and a $ 5,000 fine" (http://ericnuzum.com/banned/fifties.html). Even Elvis Aaron Presley, ...

Number of words: 1122 | Number of pages: 5

Federalism's Role In Our Government

... should be used to balance power in the effort to protect the nation against tyranny. He wrote a book entitled “The spirit of the Laws,” in which he made it clear that this separation of power is one of the most important parts of government. At the Philadelphia Convention, his works were used to help the debate over the Articles of Confederation, which turned into a second founding. David Hume’s feelings were that government organization is necessary but basically evil. He said that goods, rather than money, are the basis of weal ...

Number of words: 1846 | Number of pages: 7

Causes Of The Civil War

... abolition of slavery, those who were against the expansion of slavery, and those who were pro slavery. The Republican party was formed in opposition to southern expansion. Their views were Free Soil, Free Men and Free Labor. The Republicans were anti- South but they were in not abolitionists. They believed that slavery was a flawed system that made the south ineffective and because the North's free labor system was superior it must be guarded from southerners. When the Republican candidate, Abraham Lincoln was elected in 1860, the South f ...

Number of words: 382 | Number of pages: 2

To Be Governed

... have neither the right nor the wisdom nor the virtue to do so. To be GOVERNED is to be at every operation, at every transaction noted, registered, counted, taxed, stamped, measured, numbered, assessed, licensed, authorized, admonished, prevented, forbidden, reformed, corrected, punished. It is, under pretext of public utility, and in the name of the general interest, to be placed under contribution, drilled, fleeced, exploited, monopolized, extorted from, squeezed, hoaxed, robbed; then, at the slightest resistance, the first word of compla ...

Number of words: 192 | Number of pages: 1

Gun Control: Overview

... and teenagers.(1) In the past few years, many steps have been taken to help reduce the risk of fatal accidents or intentions. One of these steps was the ban of assault weapons. Two years ago, congress passed a landmark bill, banning the sale, manufacture and, importation of semi-automatic assault weapons and large capacity ammunition clips. Due to this ban, the number of crimes traced to assault weapons has decreased almost 20% from 1994.(2) This ban was repealed by the House of Representatives. On march 22, 1996 another big legislation in th ...

Number of words: 2718 | Number of pages: 10

The Bill Of Rights

... rights, and it has served as the standard for all subsequenent attempts to sage guard human rights. The first American use of the term was in 1774 when the first Continental Congress adopted the declaration and resolves, which was popularly termed the Bill of Rights because it was an American equivalent of the English Bill of Rights. Two years later came the Virginia declaration of rights, which contained the first guarantees for individual right single gully enforceable constitution. The distinctive feature of the provision in American B ...

Number of words: 329 | Number of pages: 2

Does The Mass Media Cause Unde

... most of what is broadcast or transmitted in the news today is with reference to the chaotic condition of our planet, or something else that society as a whole sees as detrimental or damaging. But the news on television is not the only type of media taking the criticism of society. Other forms of mass media, specifically movies and television programs containing pornography and violence have been heavily criticized. The underlining concept to be debated here is that society is negatively influenced, specifically, by these images of pornog ...

Number of words: 2704 | Number of pages: 10

The 26 Amendments Of The US Constitution

... soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law. Amendment IV (1791) The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to ...

Number of words: 3094 | Number of pages: 12

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