Picture yourself rolling through the streets of Baghdad in an armored personnel vehicle, when an adversary pops out of the shadows with a rocket launcher. You are dead in his sights, and you suddenly remember that your vehicle lacks much of the armor it is supposed to have, and your bulletproof vest...

The third presidential debate was held at Arizona State University, where President Bush and Senator Kerry tackled various issues such ass jobs, healthcare, the war in Iraq, and taxes. This final debate between these candidates would prove to be the most heated out of the three. Senator Kerry immedi...

One day I was on my way to school when I read a bumper sticker that read, "FLUSH THE JOHNS." Of course, this sticker was referring to John Kerry. While this bumper sticker is humorous in manner, it has a very adamant symbolic importance. While John Kerry was in Vietnam, he committed s...

George Washington was wise beyond his years. He warned the country of political parties and also he warned us of making alliances. The United States is more divided today than it has been in the past. People are not only expressing their favor for one candidate but they are getting angry with peop...

Vietnam: Take 2 We are on the brink of World War III with good old Uncle 'W' leading the way. A black gold owning Texan, the most powerful man in the world, who can't finish complete thoughts at the State of the Union address is going to lead us into the battle against terrorism o...

"2004" Presidential Debate This year's election is running very close. It's probably the closest running election we have seen in a long time. We all know that there is a possibility there could be a transition of power taking place. Therefore watching the three debates al...

On November 2 2004 the United States is going to decide that who will govern the country in the next four years. The two candidates, the Republican incumbent George W. Bush, and his Democrat challenger John Kerry have had fierce battle in the past few months. The two nominates' ideology in majo...

I remember my mother telling me about her trip to New York last year. She talked about how the city was just how she remembered it: Times Square, Fifth Avenue, yellow taxis as far as the eye can see. Everything was the same except for that odd patch of blue sky that now shined down onto the shops al...

America decided to have President George W. Bush for four more years, choosing him to keep the country on a conservative way and stay the course in Iraq. The election was close, but the results appeared clearer than four years ago. I am not saying that the president should change his ideas and be...

The Constitution provided the right to free speech and this right afforded us to voice our issues, concerns, discontent or even salutations to how our government acts or does. Previously, the freedom of speech was expressed through the power of the pen or oration in different gatherings but moderniz...

Loss of Freedom Through Apathy We do have freedom in this country but we simply choose to ignore it. We live in a democracy, the most just kind of government, where the people hold supreme power. It is an institution that is a culmination of revolutions, wars, philosophies and heroes. It is the g...

U.S. Elections The articles used to form our class research project on the U.S. Elections were based on News finding from many different countries. The basis of most of the articles was how President Bush and Senator John Kerry were viewed upon in relations with those countries. A few other thi...

Andrew Gumbell, the U.S. correspondent for the United Kingdom's Independent newspaper, and Michael Moore's film Fahrenheit 911 are similar in that they both discuss the role of fraud in American elections. The difference is that whereas in Fahrenheit 911, the fraud examined is that of th...

Since 9/11 politicians have been forced to pass legislation that could very well be ruled unconstitutional. One of these, passed in the heat of the anti-terrorism fear within the U.S. is called "The Patriot Act." "The civil liberties of ordinary Americans have taken a tremendous bl...

The national debt is defined as the debt held by the government plus the debt held by the public. The national debt has been around for as long as our country has been. The increase of the national debt fluctuates over time, differently throughout each president's term. Although President Bu...

Jim McDermott is serving his twelfth term in Congress for the Seventh District of Washington State. The district is located in the Pacific Northwest and includes most of Seattle, all of the Vashon Island, along with portions of Shoreline, Lake Forest Park, Tukwila, Seac, and Burien. A census taken...

More than any other political figure, the President of the United States attracts the scrutiny and passion of the American people. As their elected Head of State, he represents the presence of the masses and is seen as the figurehead of the nation in times of national crisis and grief. The last few ...

After watching both Fahrenheit 9/11 and Fahrenhype 9/11, then after doing some research of my own, I have come to the conclusion Michael Moore is the most un-American, cruel, and dishonest people in the whole of the U.S. This paper is solely designed to discredit Michael Moore and his gang of comm...

William Jefferson Clinton, by far the MOST controversial President of our Time On January 20, 1993, our current presiding president, William J. Clinton was sworn into office. For the past six years, one of the most flamboyant presidencies has been lived out and still continues to this very da...

Henry B. Gonzalez Henry Gonzalez spent almost 40 years serving his state and his country. He was the first Hispanic to serve in the Texas State Senate and the first Mexican-American elected from Texas to serve in Congress. He was born on May 3, 1916 in San Antonio, Texas, wh...