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.
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Monday, October 18, 2010
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.
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.
Friday, October 15, 2010
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.
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.
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.
Thursday, October 7, 2010
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.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
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.
-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.
Monday, October 4, 2010
Current Event #3
The topic of my article the United States apology to Guatemala. The title of my article was "U.S. Apologizes for syphilis Experiment". I got my article from nytimes.com
This article is basically saying how the United States is sorry for what happened and how although the event happened nearly 64 years ago "We deeply regret that it happened," stated by Hilliary Clinton and Kathleen Sebelius. What happened was that the United States was treating certain people of Guatemala like they were experimental rats. They injected them with syphilis because they wanted to see if penicillin actually worked. By doing this they killed more than 200 people. In my opinion I think that it was wrong what happened to those Guatemalan prison inmates, women and mental patients. And the US should have never done this at all.
No matter who or what kind of person it is they should not be used as medical experiments, unless of course that person wants to. I'm glad we apologized to Guatemala, even though we are 64 years late. It was well over due.
This article is basically saying how the United States is sorry for what happened and how although the event happened nearly 64 years ago "We deeply regret that it happened," stated by Hilliary Clinton and Kathleen Sebelius. What happened was that the United States was treating certain people of Guatemala like they were experimental rats. They injected them with syphilis because they wanted to see if penicillin actually worked. By doing this they killed more than 200 people. In my opinion I think that it was wrong what happened to those Guatemalan prison inmates, women and mental patients. And the US should have never done this at all.
No matter who or what kind of person it is they should not be used as medical experiments, unless of course that person wants to. I'm glad we apologized to Guatemala, even though we are 64 years late. It was well over due.
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