Homework #3 (MP2)

Obama: Health Care Plan Would Give Seniors Right To Choose How They Are Killed

http://www.theonion.com/articles/obama-health-care-plan-would-give-seniors-right-to,2822/

This article is political satire because, well the title says it all. This article talks about how Obama really did say this, but he meant it as if you grandmother wanted to die in the privacy of her own home rather than in the middle of a soccer field. Regardless of what the point he was trying to make was, Onion news is still making a joke about it.
"The president said he sympathized with and related to the fears of older Americans, adding that if a politician told him he could only be killed by being forcibly removed from his home and shot in the street like a dog, but left out the fact that he could also be put down by painless lethal injection, he would be scared, too." This is cracking on how the president "sympathized" with being scared to die horribly. I cant really explain how this is satire because its so unbelievably obvious.
They continue to say how Obama's bill lets senior choose between 600 executions and how he just really wants to kill us. The plan is obviously for something more serious and Onion news is just making a satire out of it because they think its not right and stupid. i happen to find this article hilarious though. hope you enjoy it.

Homework #2 (MP2)

The Electoral College is a parody. Before, people could not be informed about the candidates enough to be educated in a vote, so the popular vote for president doesn't mean anything right now. we need to abolish that, and base the whole system on the Popular vote, so we can truly have a government by the people.
The electoral College is basically the reason for our votes, technically, not counting. when we vote for the president, we are also voting for state electors as well. How every many electors get appointed for state depends on the population. Once we select them, they then decide on who to select for the president. So while our votes may have somewhat of an effect on the decision. It still doesn't really count. And to me this seems pretty unfair. Reason being i rather my vote literally count for the choosing of the president. Not for people who will choose for the state as a whole.

Homework #1 (MP2)

The video basically states that..
Before it became a bill, some people wanted a law to be passed, so they called up the local congressmen and once he agreed to this being a law, he wrote it up and sent in up to the congress. Once hes sent there he has to wait in committee while other congressmen discuss and debate whether or not it should become a law. If they vote yes then the bill is then sent up to the house of representatives. Once the house of representatives agrees to it then its sent up to the senate where the process begins all over again.

If the whole congress agrees to the bill turning into a law then it is sent up to the president. If the president veto's the law than is is sent back to congress where the whole entire process will have to start over. And by that time many years would have already passed. But if the president signs it then it will then be a law. So just to recap, the bill is made up by a local congressmen in which it is then sent to the congress. After the committee agrees to it then the bill moves on to the house of representatives and if they agree then it moves on to the senate where it re-lives the process and if agreed to there the president must sign it and it will then be a law. yay.

Current Event #5

The topic of my article is about the revision to conform to a law that reduced a wide gap between prison terms for crack cocaine and powder cocaine convictions.
The title of my article is "Crack, powder cocaine sentence guidelines adjusted"
I got my article from realclearpolitics.com

This article is mainly about the change and adjustments that are being made for the same mandatory prison time to anyone who has possession of crack cocaine, whether it be 5 grams or 500 grams they will still receive the same punishment.
I believe this is a good thing and now not everyone can get away with having it which will open more peoples eyes in the sense that no matter how much you have on you your still going to receive at least 6-7 years in prison.

Current Event #4

The topic of my article is about an allegation made by the former manager of a gubernatorial campaign that records of his unemployment benefits were illegally obtained.
The title of my article is "RI police reviewing leaked document accusations"
I got my article from realclearpolitics.com

The article is basically about the former manager of a gubernatorial campaign making an allegation on how his unemployment benefits were illegally obtained. The Rhode Island police are reviewing the allegation and, " Friday that the matter was under review but stopped short of calling it an active investigation." said Detective Lt. John Lemont.
In my opinion the Rhode Island police should look more into this case because it isn't right that someones records were illegally obtained and no ones doing anything to find out.

Homework #13

The New York Civil Liberties Union questioned the legality of the searches, however, and Mr. Kelly said department lawyers were researching the constitutional implications. "Every certain number of people will be checked," Mr. Kelly said. "We'll give some very specific and detailed instructions to our officers as to how to do this in accordance with the law and the Constitution."

As you can see from above, if the government wants to get something done, they will always find a way around it, no matter what the case may be. I agree with the idea of searching bags for the protection of us as Americans, but i do not like the idea of peoples names being put in a database nonchalantly. If they want to check our bags as a safety precaution then fine, but for us to have our names in a random database doesn't suit me well. I do believe that by having random bag searches, it will make terrorists or anybody trying to harm Americans think twice about doing stuff. The government has been getting ridiculous lately but with recent attacks and threats, its quite reasonable. I mean it all balls down to the question, would you rather have your bag checked? Or be blown up in a train station? Think about it.

Homework #12

Federal Powers
-Regulate foreign and interstate commerce
-Declare a war
-Provide for the common defense and maintain armed services
-Pass naturalization and immigration laws.

State Rights
-Provide education for all.
-Conduct elections
-Provide for local governments

Concurrent Powers
-Collect taxes
-Make and enforce the law
-Maintain the courts

They all create a balanced sense of democracy and order.