Electoral College In view of the 2000 Presidential Election debacle I do feel that the Electoral College should be removed. There have been elections where the Electoral College has injured the election process and for the most part I do feel that the Electoral College is a device that is no longer needed today. The first form of government in America was based on the Articles of Confe

Electoral College The Electoral College The Electoral College system for electing a President and Vice President was created as a compromise. The framers of the Constitution wanted the people to have a vote so they decided not to let Congress choose the President. Since the southern states did not have as many voters as the northern states, they had a harder time electing candidate

Electoral College The Electoral College Should Be Abolished In America, the candidate who wins the Electoral College wins the presidency. The Popular vote doesn’t even count. The Electoral College should be abolished and the popular vote should decide who our next president should be. Unfortunately for us because of the Electoral College we still don’t have a future president after B

Electoral College Basically the Electoral College system works like this today. Every ten years the census figures adjusts how many representatives each state has. This number plus two, representing the two senators, equals how many electors each state has, aside from DC which has 3 electors. Then each state has the right to decide how to select these electors. Forty-eight states use the

Electric Electrical utility deregulation is the process of transforming electrical utility companies from regulated monopolies to market-driven suppliers of competitive energy and services. (Reliant Energy HL&P 1999) It means that customers will have the ability to choose their electrical supplier. Today’s utility customers want lower prices, more choice, and better service as well as re

Endangered Species "Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he who understands this will rather preserve its life than destroy it." -Henry David Thoreau Thousands of species are placed on the endangered species list each day. These species can range from animals to plants and many of them can’t be helped because of the low number of them. Many speci

Energy Bill The Comprehensive and Balanced Energy Policy Act of 2001. This Bill Establishes the National Commission on Energy and Climate Change; and the Interagency Working Group on Clean Energy Technology Transfer. This bill allows the States to develop “energy infrastructure regional coordination”, mandates reviews of regulations to identify barriers to market entry for new energy tec

Euro Euro Zone After introducing the Euro, the single currency in Europe raises questions that are of vital importance to Britain’s interest. Whether or not Britain will eventually participate in the unified currency is another question and it’s affect on the rest of the European Union and Western Civilization. A unified or single currency has several impacts that the United Kingdom

Expressions of Patriotism Expressions of Patriotism shown in Yukio Mishima's "Patriotism" When one thinks of patriotism one may think of the love of one's country that can be often symbolized by the hanging of a flag or the singing of a national anthem. Many other people show the love of their country by joining the armed forces or even running for a political office. In Yukio M

FBI Agent FBI Agent What would it be like to live as an FBI agent' The Federal Bureau of Investigation is the chief investigating branch of the United States Department of Justice. The FBI is responsible for investigating 260 kinds of federal offenses. The agents collect information about individuals or groups that the agency believes to be a threat to our nations security. The i

FBI Info The Federal Government maintains a high profile in many areas of law enforcement. The Department of Justice is the largest employer of sworn Federal officers. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents are the Government’s principal investigators, responsible for investigating violations of more than 260 statutes and conducting sensitive national security investigations. Agent

Federalism Federalism is a concept that started many years ago during the times of the ratification of the document we live by called the Constitution. This concept basically states that there will be two levels of government, the national and the state. Federalism states that the national and state governments are separate

Ghana Ghana Sub-Saharan Africa began its journey of decolonization in 1956 when the Sudan won independence after the Egyptian revolution in 1952 (Findley/Rothney 387). One of the first African countries to gain independence was Ghana, in 1957. Ghana is located in West Africa near the equator and on the Greenwich meridian. The colonial power that ruled Ghana until their day of indepen

Federalist 10 In his farewell address, George Washington declared that political parties would divide and ruin the nation. He believed that such factions would destroy the Union they had fought so hard to create. James Madison however, takes another point of view. In Federalist 10 he addresses the issues of factions among the people. He does not entirely condemn these divisions, but rath

Feeling and Thinking Feeling and Thinking Where does my money go' After watching the Stossel video in class, I have been asking myself that question frequently. How does the government misplace seven point six trillion dollars in tax money' I, as a taxpayer, am appalled by this factor. It is true that our government has a monopoly over us all. Every bit we do government is involved. I w

Fidel Castro Fidel Castro Cuban Leader Fidel Castro Ruz was born on August 13, 1926, on his family's sugar plantation near Biran, Oriente province, Cuba. His father, originally an immigrant laborer from Galicia, Spain, became owner of a 23,000-acre plantation. As a boy, Castro worked in the family's sugar cane fields and at 6 years old convinced his parents to send him to

Foreign Aid Helping' Foreign aid programs that deal with hunger, don’t really deal with the heart of the problem. They just deal with the skin layer of it. Although they put a lot of money, time, and effort into helping the hungry, it is not that effective because they mostly deal with symptoms rather than cause. When I mention that I mean that they focus on famine, and famine is just th

Founding Fathers America, Is it As the Founding Fathers Envisioned' As I take a look at the incredibly large and complex organization that is our government, I realize how different the government has become since the days it was created. There is no way that the founding fathers could have predicted how our government and entire nation would grow over the past 225 years. If Jefferso

Freedom The First Amendment has lead Americans to believe in a hallowed sense of freedom that does not exist -- freedom of speech. Freedom of speech in this country has never been absolute. You can’’t yell fire in a crowded theater, solicit bribes, make terrorist threats, slander another, intentionally inflict emotional distress or be obscene in public (Dickerson). What America

Freedom of Speech Freedom Of Speech People in the United States of America take pride in living in a country that is known as the land of liberty. As citizens, we have certain rights as individuals. Among these rights is freedom of speech. We usually think of speech just as spoken words. But freedom of speech means much more than merely allowing people to say what they

George Washington George was originally born on February 11,1732. George grew up near Fredericksburg, Virginia. As a boy George never cut down a cherry tree that myth was created by: "Parson" Weems. George Washington was not what everyone made him out to be. A flawless man of integrity and compassion towards others, that’s what everyone thought and still most of us think today but it is

Politically Involved I think it is in the best interest of students that they “should be politically involved”. Political involvement allows for your voice to be heard. And you and everyone else involved can make a difference. The easiest and best way to voice your opinion is to vote. In the constitution it says, “the right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of a

George W. Bush George H.W. Bush 41st President of the United States George Herbert Walker Bush was inaugurated the 41st president of the United States on January 20, 1989. Prior to becoming Vice President under Ronald Reagan, he had held a range of senior public positions. Bush was the first sitting vice-president of the United States to be elected President since 1836. Geo

God Bless the USA You know, this past week, a couple of people who saw my website had some questions for me. They said that the new main graphic was nice, but that I should take it down because “it was over.” WHAT! OVER! I guess some people in my generation just don’t see the magnitude of what happened on Sept. 11, 2001. TV reporters have compared it to Pearl Harbor. The fact is th

Government Spending & Budget Government Spending & Budget As many Federal departments and agencies lurch into an era of running without funds, the leaders of both parties of Congress are spending less and less time searching for a compromise to balance the budget, and more and more time deciding how to use it to their advantage on the campaign trail. Meanwhile money is

Congress and the Presidency President Clinton's administration is eager to win greater access to China's huge market. It certainly is no small task to win the support of the people and the approval of Congress for China's entry into the World Trade Organization. The conservatives would be certain to object to any dealings with China and the liberals would say the trade pact would be ba

Gore on Taxes Tax Reform Gore’s plans for tax reform benefit the low to middle income citizens. Gore believes that it is unlikely that every family will receive a tax cut. Gore wants to lower taxes for working families with targeted tax reform. Many of his tax plans are targeted toward smaller groups of people such as people buying energy efficient vehicles and homes. Another grou

Goverment Budget Waste The Government mismanagement of monetary funds over the last twenty years impacts the entire national economy, and could eventually cause dramatic effects on the economy of the country as a whole at the present rate. The 1950s was the last time the Unit States budget was balance. Since the 1960s government cost overruns have been accepted by the general pub

Government by Citizens Government by Citizens Nowadays, people often criticize the form of politics, which derived from people’s frustration in the process of changing the law. Laws must be constantly updated with our current social life would bring fairness and a better society to the people as a whole. As the alternative form of government, monarchy does not allow its citizens to hav

Government Jueveniles Juveniles and Their Place in the U.S. Judicial System The issue of the U.S. court system not treating juveniles as adults has been debated since the creation of the judiciary system. One hundred years ago, when progressive era reformers first invented the idea of a separate justice system for juveniles, it was for boys who made mistakes in their youth that refl