President Abraham Lincoln's famous words, "A house divided against itself cannot stand", come to mind when discussing the current state of affairs within our modern government. ... " We will never be able to perfectly eradicate factions within a bi-partisan democracy, as it is in the name and to do so would result in a nonpartisan democracy, so we must focus on controlling the effects. ... The U.S. government is currently dominated by those of the 1% and opposing factions continue to clash over appropriating funds to revenue-directed or human-directed endeavors. ... If our...

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The presidential election is over and the media is largely focused on the winner: president-elect Barack Obama. ... Yet, within all of the current celebration, there looks to be a dark side. ... Yet, the media seems focused on her. ...

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The current interest rates for borrowing money are very low and it is the perfect time for the government to invest in the future of America. ... This popularity follows suit for some time - with more credit card increases until one of the neighborhood homeowners ˜blows the whistle' on the massive debt that the current president has accrued. The group of homeowners decide to remove the current president and install a new one that promises to better manage it's money. ... Our current infrastructure is crumbling in all places - schools, power plants, hospitals, roads, bridges, e...

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The dominate story in today's media focuses on September 11 and the following "War on Terrorism". ... He goes on to write that the Iraqi people have every right to be mistrustful of the current foreign invasion because in the past they have had nothing but bad experiences with America and Britain in the past. ...

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President Barack Obama and congressional Republican leaders are currently in a standoff over the best way to reduce the national deficit, which will allow the nation's borrowing limit to increase. The limit currently has a ceiling of $14.3 trillion. ... Clinton's conference is the first time he has hosted such a gathering that focuses solely on the U.S. ...

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This was the birthplace of the current system of the Electoral College. ... With the small number of political parties it allows for generalized platforms rather than parties focused on specific issues.Using the Electoral College's system states have the ability to select their delegates to the E.C., allowing them to participate in the selection of a president, which in turn maintains the representative form of government to some degree. ... The traditional system of popular voting could be made into a much better system than that which is currently in place, with some minor changes to...

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However, in Gore's campaign he focused largely on changing the qualities viewed by the public as negative to a positive view. ... The differences and significance of the issues should have been the key focus of the Gore campaign since many Americans share his views on the major issues. Experience was another quality that was not focused on enough by the Gore campaign. ... While the Gore campaign did not focus enough on the positive qualities of Al Gore, they did successfully win the popular vote and many of the states that were battle ground states, such as Missouri and Pennsylvania and p...

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In chapters 5 and 6, we see just how long the Bush administration has planned for the current war in Iraq - since 9/11. ... Well, Woodward started out with a Bush-centric focus to begin with, so there isn't any more objectivity lost than what he"d started with. ...

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Interest Groups in respect to the White House essentially lobby for the top personnel of Washington (i.e.: the president, Congress, cabinet members, and the media) to listen to their points of view and to assist in advancing their interests. My role is the President of the National Right to Life Co...

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Innocent lives have been vanished into the thin air, hope has been shattered by fear, and love and happiness has been replaced by fear and sorrow. And all of this has been changed by the reality of just one phrase: War on Terror. This war has not only cost many lives, but it has cost an immense amou...

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Millions of Americans currently do not have health insurance, and they simply pass on the cost to the government, businesses, and other Americans with insurance when they suffer from catastrophic medical problems (Heath). ... And so I think we should focus on what is the law doing for people now, and what would happen if, in fact, the Republicans were able to repeal it?" ...

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(Washington Post.com) The other abuse of Patriotism is from those who wish to use the current domestic situation to commit racist acts of violence. ... Perhaps unintentional, it is evident that the recent surge in "patriotic consumption" has focused the public's attention away from the realities and difficulties of the war effort, the likely increase of terrorist attacks and the government's assault on our basic freedoms through the U.S. ...

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The major consequences of such an allocation were to create incentives for major party candidates to focus on the most competitive states in order of size of population, and to prevent third party and independent candidates from having any reasonable chance to win. ... While this is not as accurate as a real direct vote, it is much more accurate than our current general ticket system. ...

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The president is right to remain focused on eradicating terrorism and keeping the people of our nation free from harm. ... Americans over age 65 are much more likely than adults under age 65 to say that they are regular prescription drugs users (82% vs. 49%); that they take three or more prescription drugs regularly (55% vs. 17%); that they currently have more than five drugs in their medicine cabinet (40% vs. 28%); and that they spent $1000 or more out-of-pocket on prescription drugs last year (19% vs. 6%). ...

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In Wilson's first term as president he mainly focused on his agreement called the New Freedom. ... Wilson did not know what to do, but had to move on and focus on America and its people. ... Woodrow Wilson was the first current president to go to Europe. ...

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In Truman, David McCullough asks, "Was Harry Truman an ordinary provincial American sadly miscast in the presidency? Or was he a man of above average, even exceptional qualities and character, who had the makings of greatness?" I believe Harry Truman was a man of exceptional qualities and character,...

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Currently, Bush is trying to implement an accountability model for post-secondary education. ... An accountability model that focuses on graduation rates does not take into account the many nuances of higher education that set it apart from K-12 education, most notably that higher education is not compulsory. ...

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