Jason Tierro, an inventory Jason Tierro, an inventory clerk at Lexmar Company, is responsible for taking a physical count of the goods on hand at the end of the year. He has been performing this duty for several years. This year, Jason was very busy due to a shortage of personnel at the company, so he decided to just estimate the amount of ending inventory instead of doing an accurate count. He reasoned that he could come very close to the true amount because of his past experience working with inventory. Besides, he was sure that the sophisticated computer program that Lexmar had just invested in kept an accurate record of inventory on hand.
Jayson Aryee Ms. Crocco AP English 11 30 September, 2013 Toni Morrison’s Letter of Endorsement to Barack Obama The Democratic Candidate election of 2008 was certainly a significant event in the history of America. For the first time, an African-American male, Senator Barack Obama, and a Caucasian female, Senator Hilary Clinton, would compete again each other to become the 2008 Democratic candidate. Contrary to this important event, writer Toni Morrison believes that when choosing a fit candidate neither race nor gender matters. Toni Morrison is the only African- American to receive a Nobel Prize in Literature. Morrison writes a letter of endorsement in order to express her support and hopes to gain supporters for then—senator Barack Obama as the candidate for the 2008 Presidential election.
Explain the purpose of a “balanced ticket” in the US presidential elections. In the United States, a balanced ticket is where at the end of the primary process presidential candidates must select a running mate with the goal of appealing to a wider range of voters. The presidential candidate must select his Vice Presidential nominee and present them at the national nominating convention which is usually held between July and September of the election year. The nominee will be selected as someone who will balance the ticket in terms of the ideology – liberal, moderate or conservative -, age, religion, or demographic. This is done so as to maximise the candidate’s potential vote and to appeal to as wide a range of voters as possible in the November elections.
Since the first president, George Washington, took office on April 30, 1789, there have been forty-two different men chosen by the citizens of our country to lead and govern us as a nation (The White House). Though all of these men have had differences, one common ground they have all shared is their color, they have all been white. But, the 2008 presidential election forever changed our nation’s highest office, when for the first time in our country’s history, a man of color, African-American Barack Obama, was elected President of the United States. This historical induction has made the 2008 presidential election one of the most important in our nation’s history not only in terms of its racial significance, but also for many other implications it has had, and will have. This election has touched on multiple sociological issues ranging from gender, with vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin, to the state and direction of our current economy (the “recession” crises), to other such sociological issues as religion, class, and even national security.
The inaugural address of each government leader is influenced by historical factors at the time it was delivered before the public. In case of John F. Kennedy, the speech was given when the country just won the Second World War. On the other hand, Barack Obama delivered his speech among an economic crisis that the country is facing with hopes of getting over it. In the first, America is enjoying winning the war while in the second; the country is set with economic problems that caused tremendous difficulties. That is the reason why Kennedy’s speech is focused on world unity against tyranny while the speech of Obama is geared more on economic progress within the country.
“Swing Vote” is a dramatic comedy that revolves primarily around an election of the President of the United States. Starring Kevin Costner as the intriguing Bud Johnson, a New Mexican man gets caught in the middle of a tie in the 2008 Presidential Election. He finds himself in the position to make the deciding vote in the election, and essentially choosing the leader of the free world. We get to see the candidates make a mockery of themselves and the election process as they attempt to “buy” Bud’s vote. The movie also tells the story of Bud and his daughter, Molly, and how they deal with the pressure of not only the mass media invading their lives, but deep personal issues that, if left unresolved, could have exposed Bud in voting fraud and the destruction of their lives.
Some of my fondest memories as a young child are of sitting with my Great Grandfather and listening to his numerous stories about his time serving in World War II. Across the nation every day veterans share personal stories just like my Great Grandfather did about their time serving in one of our nation’s five military branches. Our great nation is built on the backbones of our veterans and we owe them a great deal of respect for all that they have done. As our nation continues to grow, we can expect that our veterans will be right at the front of it leading us to a bright and successful future. Veterans are important to our nation’s history and future through leading our country as President, contributing to society as skilled workers, and sharing their personal stories of time spent overseas.
With the economy in the shape it is, it makes those full-time jobs seem like only part-time jobs. “We are spending more money fighting poverty than ever before, yet poverty is up,” said Michael D. Tanner, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute. “Clearly we are doing something wrong.”( Poverty Stats Show the Damage) Specialists say the government needs to rethink their calculations of poverty. According to Carol Morello’s article, “Poverty Stats Show the Damage,” about 44 million Americans (one in seven) lived in homes at the poverty level. For a family of four that level is $22,000 annually or less.
Barack Obama became the United States of America’s first African American president in 2009. He delivered his acceptance speech for the Democratic Party’s ticket in August of 2008 in Colorado after a close primary campaign against Hillary Rodham Clinton. His audience of 80,000 was Democratic supporters looking forward to his vision of hope and change for the United States, which had seen a severe downturn in the economy along with the never-ending war in the Middle East. His rhetorical intention was to inspire and lead the audience toward a new America that was based on the Democratic ideology of supporting the majority of the population not just the wealthiest people and corporations’ best interests. Barack Obama included his background as a young boy of middle class parents and eventually a single mother.
Recessions and Economic Policy. Please respond to the following: Discuss the main causes of the 2007-2009 recession. Identify and analyze some mistakes of economic policy makers which led to what some refer to as “The Great Recession.” Propose and defend alternative policy measures. The first mistake that was made during this period of time was the failure of the government to address unemployment. This subject is near and dear to my heart because my husband was laid off several times during this period and has still been laid off now for nearly a year.