Since the troops have to go in first, all Congress can do is cut off the funding. While actual, legal war powers remain with the legislative branch, what are they actually going to do once troops are already in place and a battle is being fought? How can they recall a bomb that has been dropped? Short of an action so illegal that the President is -later- impeached, Congress can do nothing in the present; "command-and-control" remains with the Commander-In-Chief. To quote Richard Nixon, "The President can bomb anybody he
Violence (Lesson before Dying) Ernest Gaines’ Lesson Before Dying portrays the southern government, primarily white, suppressing the freedom of the black community. The death of Jefferson represents the dominance of white people when Paul uses the phrase, “I heard the two jolts and I’ll never forget the sound of that generator as long as I live on this earth.” Jefferson was another victim of this arrogant system and it displays the authoritative power that these people have been applying over the black population .This system is regarded to be very powerful and has the capability of destroying any individual who is from another race or is trying to revolt against the decisions taken by the government. Paul describes Jefferson as, “a little
Circle of blame Illegal aliens smuggle themselves across the border and drain our country of resources (and by resources I mean money the government skims from the top of your paycheck and mine). These people are not wanted in the United States and do nothing but pollute our streets, take our jobs, lower our wages, and take advantage of the healthcare we pay for. Of all this I was certain before reading Luis Alberto Urrea’s The Devil’s Highway, a riveting account of U.S. border policy. It was my natural inclination to hold the illegal aliens responsible for all problems at the border since; after all, they are the ones killing themselves by trying to creep into this country. However, Urrea’s knowledge of the desert land and law as well as his ability to present the loaded issue at hand from multiple points of view leaves readers wondering where to point a finger of blame.
Collectivization was also set up to help destroy the wealthy farmers, known as Kulaks (Doc4.). Kulaks needed to be eliminated because they only cared about themselves and not for the state. Stalin had a solution for this, simply take away all of their food and starve them to death. This was known as the great purge. While the drive for collectivized agriculture was a wide going trend, kulaks needed to be destroyed.
“Don’t Drink the Kool-Aid” Jim Jones was a monster that goes unnoticed in American history. His dictatorial actions have changed America in a powerful way. On November 18, 1978, Jones led the Jonestown massacre that left over 900 people including himself dead. However, the deaths were done willingly by his followers, making this event even more disturbing. This event definitely changed America making it the second-largest, non-natural disaster-related killing of American civilians during peacetime.
Forty seven-thousand murders, thousands kidnapped, and thousands tortured surely someone is to blame, and surely someone can stop, or contain the violence. No, in today’s day and age amazingly there is no one, no agency, and no government willing to tackle this problem, as if doing so would be an indication of blame. From the numbers given above one might think I am referring to a large scale war, genocide, or even the Holocaust. The forty seven- thousand murdered people and thousands of others that were kidnapped and or tortured are actually the victims of the Mexican drug cartel violence. Why will the president and congress go to war to protect U.S. citizens from terrorism?
As vauge as this topic is it is defenitly something to be thought about, Why have we openly accepted gays in the military? Or why is it okay in the 21st century that just because it is speculated that a black man killed a white police officer any black man should be punished. Due to our on ignorance we have given government state and federal alike all of our rights and in return live in the world we do
When your own ruler turns his back on you or just takes what he wants of yours to use for himself, he’s destroying his country and many other things. It got to the point where no one would want this “king” to make laws and rules for them. This added to the creation of the declaration. Wait; it gets better. Another quote from Jefferson is, “A prince, whose
These questions birthed mass incarceration (Alexander, Michelle, p. 58). Mass incarceration is a reflection of America’s desire to banish from their midst
Arizona is a state bordering Mexico and ruled mainly by Republicans. The new immigration scandal started in Arizona when the governor of this state, Jan Brewer signed a new law that authorizes local police to check people immigration status. Supporters say that, since the federal government does not care about immigration reform, that they do not protect the border, through which all the time pass illegal immigrants, mainly from Mexico, the job have to be done by local, state service. Opponents of the law express the concern that it will lead to racial problem. People will be checked because of their appearance or skin color.