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Freedom Of Information Secretary Of Labor
1,430 wordsI understand that you are considering people for the most Outstanding American Award. I am not one for awards or publicity, especially from the government, but I felt that I truly deserve this award. I am the one man who has fought for the most important aspect of America, its citizens. America's most important asset is it's people, and I, more than the corporate-influenced politicians like yourself, have been the people's defender and advocate for nearly half a century. I am the man who has car...
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Matching Funds Major Parties
861 wordsThe federal election laws influenced Nader in many ways. He was excluded form the national televised debates. A bi partisan committee plans these debates on elections. They set the criteria for inclusion. Many third party advocates argue that this committee is biased and doesn't give the third parties a chance. This was the case with Nader. The committee says that a candidate with fewer than 15 % in a national pole doesn't have a substantial chance of winning, and therefore shouldn't be included...
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The 2000 Presidential Election
1,990 wordsEvery four years it takes place. Us Americans do it. People fought hard for us to have this right. What is it? It's the right to vote. This year happens to be the year of the 2000 presidential election. With what could be the closest election in the history of the United States there are many issues that surround the election. Us Americans are going to vote for whomever we think is going to do the best job of solving these issues. However, before we get to the issues we must first get to the two...
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Bush And Gore Make Me Wanna Ralph
1,037 words... taking place ("Pay no attention to the voters behind the curtains!" ), walk in, sign in, take the ballot they hand you, and toss yourselves inside the booth like a political molotov cocktail. "You wanna tell me there's a choice here between two guys who both support NAFTA, WTO, the death penalty, the Cuban embargo, increased Pentagon spending, sleazy HMOs, greedy hospital chains, 250 million guns in our homes, more bombing of Iraq, the rich getting richer and the rest of us declaring bankrup...
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Ralph Nader Presidential Debates
1,405 words... ory nominating process has also contributed to the Republican and Democratic domination of electoral politics for over 140 years 1. By winning party nominations through primary elections, voters can gain access to the general election ballot and thereby enhance their chances of election victories without having to organize third parties 1. Thus, the primary-nomination process tends to channel dissent into the two major parties and makes it unnecessary for dissidents to engage in the difficul...
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Al Gore Supreme Court
1,923 wordsThis is perhaps the most important election of our time. Looking at it pragmatically, we only have two viable choices: Bush or Gore. As someone who is apparently concerned about environmental issues, abortion issues, and economic issues the choice between the two should be obvious -al gore In addition a simple fact is Nader will not be elected president in November gore in effect a vote for Nader is a vote for Bush. Gore may offer him a cabinet position to drop out of the race. As for the U. S. ...
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George W Bush Voter Turnout
1,434 wordsWhat's the U. S. all about? When asked that question almost everyone I know would reply: "Well, the U. S. represents democracy, capitalism, freedom, etc. " The first thing I noticed is that everyone seems to mention democracy first. If you quiz a random American on this, that's probably what they " ll think of too. It's also a point of view that might be the source of resentment for many Americans who are unhappy with our government right now. Why would that be? Because the U. S. is actually not...
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George W Bush Supreme Court Justices
1,264 wordsIs this sick or what? November 3 rd 2000 over 100 million American voters took to the polls unaware that their votes wouldnt matter. Al Gore won the popular vote and George W. Bush won the electoral vote; or did he? Something was not right in the state of Florida. The contest to become the 43 rd President of the United States became a Supreme Court dispute over the way we vote. The guy who got the most votes in the U. S. and in Florida and under our Constitution (Al Gore) will lose to America's ...
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Early Twentieth Century Jesse Jackson
1,335 wordsThe Progressive Era was a period that showed the goals and contradictions found in American society in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Theodore Roosevelt summed up the Progressive/Reform feeling in his 'Square Deal's peace - that it was all about morals, not economics. His goal was the 'moral regeneration of the business world. ' He preached that it was wrong for some people to get ahead in business and politics by tricks and schemes, while others were cheated out of the opportu...
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Rage Against The Machine Culture Jamming Artists
521 wordsUnderstanding the current place of protest in music, however, requires turning away from that old vision of a throng singing choruses written by iconic troubadours, not to mention its 1980 's counterpart, the Live Aid-style celebrity marathon. Today's protest music more closely echoes the street politics rock has always inspired: the focus is scattered, the voices dissonant and the levels of involvement wildly mixed. This noisy arena finds strength in its very diversity. The most potent protests...
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George W Bush University Of Michigan
1,271 wordsAffirmative action is destined to be a hot-button issue in the 2004 campaign one that puts black Republicans in the awkward position of opposing a policy a majority of blacks favor. Many black conservatives say they want to end preferences based solely upon race. Affirmative action in the United States government programs to overcome the effects of past societal discrimination by allocating jobs and resources to members of specific groups, such as minorities and women. (The Columbia Encyclopedia...
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A History Of The 2004 Presidential Campaign
1,507 wordsA History of the 2004 Presidential Campaign The election of 2002 can be characterized as very peculiar because according to Podesta a closely divided American electorate moved only a few steps, but with seismic consequences to how the country is governed. As a chronological as well as logical continuation the 2004 Presidential Election will be very similar to the outcomes the election of 2002. According to many analysts the 2000 election was a status quo election since the Senate became 51 - 49,...
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Harcourt Brace Jovanovich York Harcourt Brace
3,548 wordsYou Nuclear Proliferaiton Nuclear Energy You are watching the control panels and gages for rector two. Sitting comely you think about how easy your job is. It is a joke! All day you sit around and watch the gages for reactor number two just to make sure they maintain their settings. You dont even need to look at the gages either because a computer automatically regulates them without you. Life is so good. Suddenly all the sirens go of and the gages and displays spin wildly in every direction. Th...
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Nuclear Weapon Nuclear Reactions
5,004 wordsYou Nuclear Energy Nuclear Energy You are watching the control panels and gages for rector two. Sitting comely you think about how easy your job is. It is a joke! All day you sit around and watch the gages for reactor number two just to make sure they maintain their settings. You dont even need to look at the gages either because a computer automatically regulates them without you. Life is so good. Suddenly all the sirens go of and the gages and displays spin wildly in every direction. The groun...
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Washington D C Nuclear Reactions
3,145 wordsNuclear Energy You are watching the control panels and gages for rector two. Sitting comely you think about how easy your job is. It is a joke! All day you sit around and watch the gages for reactor number two just to make sure they maintain their settings. You don? t even need to look at the gages either because a computer automatically regulates them without you. Life is so good. Suddenly all the sirens go of and the gages and displays spin wildly in every direction. The ground shakes and you ...
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Ralph Nader Al Gore
1,482 wordsAbortion, Election 2000 Election 2000 Abortion, gun control, and social security reform are issues that everyone has an opinion on. Including politicians. Despite the pressures to be en vogue and stay in the public favor, these issues require Ralph Nader, Al Gore and George Bush to take a stand. Abortion takes into account moral, as well as social concerns. And, the question of governments power in influencing or dictating policies that affect those concerns. Social security, is a serious aspect...
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