... . Not until the recession hit did many of them feel the need to contribute their input. After seeing the jobs lost, the homes foreclosed, and the retirement funds depleted, they felt an increasing need to know the root cause and who to blame for it. Many believe that their constitutional rights are being ignored by government (Barstow). However, for the majority of the Tea Partiers, neither the Republicans nor the Democrats have run ... (Spillius). At Tea Party gatherings, many advocate doing away with the Federal Reserve, the federal income tax, countless agencies, bailouts, and stimulu...

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... fight nor die for men who simply command them. They fight and they die for those who lead them. Leadership is about serving. It's about giving away all of the credit and shouldering all of the blame. It's about making tough choices, but with the understanding that the leader is only as strong as those who follow. Without leaders there can be no army. Without leadership ... , the chain of command breaks down. Leaders leave no man behind. They let no man straggle alone behind. Leaders are never ahead of the pack. They are behind the pack urging the pack to succeed, championing their causes...

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... their home countries to train in a place that is foreign to them? The answer can be found in general expertise, the desire to train with the best in a particular sport, and even an attempt to escape persecution. A Matter Of Expertise Many foreign athletes flock to the U.S. to train because of the reputation that the U.S has for expertise in Olympic sport in general. Its overall history ... of being a major competitor in the Olympics and supporting its athletes draws foreign athletes who wish to learn from this tradition and benefit from this support. ... atmosphere at home and focus on ...

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Argentine President Cristina Kirchner was recently in America this week for the UN General Assembly being held in New York City. The problem with this is, that puts her right in the fire, so to speak. She and her country have defaulted on billions in debt owed to U.S. creditors. President Kirchner has repeatedly ignored the U.S. federal court system and supposedly removed any of her country's assets to outside the U.S. and away from collectors. With her being in New York this week for the UN talks, U.S. bondholders' have become more upset due this obvious slap in the face to the U.S. Justice s...

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... - both potential history-making moments. Voting turnouts broke some records, and with the election of Senator Barack Obama, the United States allowed a new era of American politics to be ushered in. And the way it all happened was revolutionary, too. The Internet has, it seems, forever changed the way Americans experience their political lives. The Internet has infiltrated our everyday lives in countless ways: We bank online, we ... YouTube is such an enormously popular website across a diverse demographic and because the new arrangement allowed for the people's voices to be heard, more...

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... and set things right. He laid out some of his strategies in his economic plan. Now, when we need the money most of all is the best time to enact these changes. These are ways Obama can raise the needed money. 1. Stick by his plan to end subsidies to the oil companies. Why we are subsidizing one of the most profitable industries in the country has always been a mystery. 2. Change ... the tax code so that the middle class will have more purchasing power ... . If they are buying, the businesses will find ways to get more goods to them ... ...

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... if they came from an impoverished or war-torn environment. Without the waiver, potential visitors have to go the U.S. Embassy, pay a fee and be interviewed by a consular officer. Often they are rejected for questionable reasons, and this unfair situation has been illuminated as some of the non-visa waiver holding countries joined the European Union. The citizens of these countries were starting to feel, as Somogyi outlines above ... , as though they were second-class citizens when they tried to enter the U.S. Those with the visa waiver could enter the U.S. quite easily ... ...

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... hand, military figures rarely ever step down from their positions. Instead, they would overthrow the government if they wanted change. On the other hand, the generals' resignations signified the end of the military's powerful reign over the civilian government. "Yesterday was a new phase, a sharp curve toward pushing the military to adapt to the current changes in Turkey," said Yavuz Baydar, a Turkish columnist. "It shows how ... right, but it is all back on track. It is not right to speak of a vacuum," he said (Tuysuz). Three of the men who resigned were the commanders of the air force,...

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... of the commission, said the Fair Sentencing Act is a result of Congress "recognizing the fundamental unfairness of federal cocaine-sentencing policy." The commission then aimed to bridge the disparity (Serrano). "Justice demands this result," said Ketanji Brown Jackson, the commission's vice chairman (Serrano). The law will go into effect in November barring that Congress does not veto it, although that is highly unlikely. The average crack sentence will be reduced by about ... 37 months, which could save more than $200 million in the next five years according to the federal Bureau of P...

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... a focus on removing "barriers that make it harder for you to compete - from the tax code to the regulatory system" (Dennis). In an attempt to reconcile the differences between his administration and the US Chamber of Commerce, Obama walked the block to the Chamber headquarters. Once there, he joked "I'm in the interest of being more neighborly. Maybe we would have gotten off on a better foot if I ... going to make up for it." The two groups got off on a bad start after the Chamber spent tens of millions of dollars fighting Obama's health-care bills, opposing key elements of the financial...

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... task will be an easy one. When Barack Obama steps into his new job, he inherits a mountain of challenges both domestic and foreign. The fact that his victory has been met favorably by many corners of the globe is a point in his column, however. He is, at the moment, being touted as "the world's president". A Change is Coming There is little doubt that Barack Obama is at ... the virtual opposite end of the spectrum from George W. Bush on most issues. Because of that, it is likely that Obama's approach ... to things like the United States" military presence ... ...

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... , the election of Barack Obama marked the culmination of the efforts of leaders of the African-American rights movement, such as Malcolm X. But according to the speaker in this message, Obama is nothing like those men, who he refers to as "honourable black Americans". The message lasted more than 11 minutes, and is spoken entirely in Arabic with English subtitles. The words "The departure of Bush and the arrival of Obama" are accompanied on the screen by ... a still image of Malcolm ... ...

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... president. The host never questions the validity of the fear. In fact, the host and guests alike treat the subject as though it were fact. They automatically assume the fear is race based. There are no questions about it. Needless to say, the commentators and hosts are simply not doing their job. Why delve deeper or question the source of the fear when fear of a black president suits the party so well? The 'race ... listen to race filled hatred by his preacher. In those 20 years, Obama must have heard many sermons about the evils of whitey. This is the same preacher who stated that the U...

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... hatred towards Americans. With American troops absent from the country, Iraq has a long and arduous road ahead of rebuilding (Shanker). "Let me be clear: Iraq will be tested in the days ahead - by terrorism, and by those who seek to divide, by economic and social issues, by the demands of democracy itself. Challenges remain, but the US will be there to stand by the Iraqi people as they navigate those challenges to ... build a stronger and more prosperous nation," said Panetta (Shanker). "After a lot of blood spilled by Iraqis and Americans, the mission of an Iraq that could govern ... ...

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... Monetary Fund's managing director and chairman next month after defeating Mexican Central Bank chief Agustin Carstens. Lagarde was backed by the United Kingdom, Germany, and most European powers, as well as some Asian and African nations. The United States Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner joined the group of supporters right before Lagarde was voted in (Rooney) "Minister Lagarde's exceptional talent and broad experience will provide invaluable ... deeply honored have the trust placed in me by the Executive Board. I would like to thank the Fund's global membership warmly for the broad-bas...

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... vote. At the end of the Presidential race, the candidates who earn at least 270 electoral votes will be named the winners of the election. In the case that no team of candidates earn 270 total electoral votes, the United States House of Representatives will be given the sole duty of naming the next President and Vice President of the United States. In the history of the United States, only two Presidential races have been decided by the House of Representatives. These ... two Presidents were Thomas Jefferson in 1800 and John Quincy Adams in 1824. At the heart of the ... ...

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... presidential candidates for not standing up for a gay American solider who was booed at a Republican debate. At the debate, which saw a turnout of 3,200 supporters, Obama began by applauding his administration for the repeal of the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy. Additionally, Obama urged Congress to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, which was passed in 1996 and states that marriage should be between a man and a woman ... he really was when signing up for the military (Kerley). Hill was booed by the audience (MSNBC). "You want to be commander in chief? You can start by stan...

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... regard as an inaugural speech that provided the reassurances the nation was seeking during a particularly turbulent period in the country's history. In this regard, this paper provides an analysis of President Obama's inaugural speech, followed by a summary of the findings in the conclusion. Review and Analysis Following a brief introduction wherein the president expressed his humility and gratitude for the trust placed in his by the American electorate and thanked his predecessor for ... his contributions to the country and for his cooperation during the transition, President Obama imm...

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... Kochhar, Associate Director for Research at the Pew Hispanic Center, agreed, "Hispanics are more affected by the downturn because they were more exposed to the bubble simply because of the geography, partly because they actually followed the housing bubble for construction jobs," he said. "When construction jobs disappeared, they also were disproportionately hit" (Handley). Whites were not nearly as affected by the state of the housing market because they rely less ... on housing as an asset. In fact, the richest households garner much of their wealth from stock, while middle and lower ...

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... to keep more Americans safe. Basically, the issue was completely redefined. The debate among the two sides got heated while those for the speed limit enforcement stood firm by their public safety standpoint, those that opposed it questioned the way that the states policed the law and also the rights of drivers. By the late 1980's some speed control was given back to the states with the passing of the Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Act ... of 1987 that only allowed states to raise the maximum speed on rural interstates to ... ...

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... not be complete until the Union is in fact in place again. Defining a tremendous moral responsibility to citizens of the United States, Lincoln unifies the entire message by stating that sacrifices of thousands of lives have now transferred the responsibility of fulfilling the destiny of the United States is a responsibility ordained by providence. Summary The Gettysburg Address is ground-breaking on many levels, the greatest of which is call to complete the work of those fallen in Gettysburg ... and not stop until the Union is again one. It is also ... ...

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... evidence to back up any of his claims, and then his following had died like the hysteria that he had brought with him; this had thus set the stage for Miller's play The Crucible. Arthur Miller had rewritten the Witch-hunt that had occurred there in 1692 into a fictional literary piece. The play The Crucible used the historical witch-hunts with fictitious characters to subtly question the actions that the government was taking to prevent ... communist spreading. It all began when Abigail had accused several people of doing satanic dances in the forest one late night, and ... ...

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... by a number of factors, the main two being Millers public disapproval of McCarthyism and the parallels between the Salem Witch trials of The Crucible and the McCarthy hearings of Miller's time. He wrote The Crucible in an attempt to enlighten the public about the unjust persecution of "Communists" during the 1950s. By doing so, his goal was to reduce the unreasonable paranoia and fear of communists that was leading to panic and situations such as the McCarthy hearings. It is clear that Miller's The Crucible ... parallels in mind, it is clear that The Crucible was written with comparing ...

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... the accusations of the innocent? In the Salem Witch Trials, the accusations were clearly caused by the girls" own fears, and the fears of the community also led to the use of scapegoats for the evils of Salem. Arthur Miller, who wrote The Crucible, a play depicting the tragic events that occurred in Salem, was "profoundly, angrily concerned with the immediate issues of our society." (Kerr 11) Miller lived during an era that is renowned for the philosophy of McCarthyism, a great paranoia and fear of the spread of ... Communism. During this time, hundreds of innocent ... ...

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... , in order to maintain social order. Arthur Millers' The Crucible depicts the Salem witch trials during the end of the seventeenth century. It is a portrayal of young women who are caught practicing witchcraft and dancing, in a strict Puritan community. Essentially, they were merely being teenage girls, in a confined society where they needed to break loose. They made up a tale of being bewitched by local housewives, in order to clear them ... within U.S. society. "The Crucible" is quite clearly a response to the political paranoia of the "Red Scare". Miller used his character introducti...

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