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- 351: Trouble With Bill Clinton's Character
- Trouble With Bill Clinton's Character In the article, "The Trouble With Character" from Time magazine , writer Richard Stengel describes Bob Dole's attacks on President Bill Clinton's character during the second Presidential debate and explains why Dole's criticisms did not affect Clinton. Stengel begins the article by discussing how American parents do not want their children to aspire to ... but in doing so, Dole is revealing a lot about his own. Take for instance the issue of Clinton and his playful attitude regarding his use of drugs. Dole is using a personal attack on Bill Clinton to make the constituents think that Clinton is a drug user saying that he used drugs during the '70s. I think the real issue here is not Bill Clinton's problem, but the ...
- 352: Rosa Parks
- ... an insurance salesperson, and a tailor’s assistant at a department store. She was also employed as a seamstress by white residents of Montgomery who were supporters of black Americans’ struggle for freedom and equal rights. Parks became active in civil rights work in the 1930’s. In 1943 Rosa became one of the first women to join the Montgomery National Association for Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Between 1943 and 1956 she served as a secretary ... did not go unnoticed or fail in making any progress, it wasn’t until Dec. 1 of 1955 that Rosa made a decision that would later make her known as the “Mother of the Civil Rights Movement”. On this significant day Rosa simply refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white man who was Mcclain 2 standing. Though it seems ridiculous today, she was arrested, jailed, ...
- 353: "Thank God it was ratified!"
- "Thank God it was ratified!" With the Constitution the elite society protected rights for every American that would secure and ensure our nation's existence for hundreds of years. Under the Articles of Confederation, the United States' government was in a state of chaos. To end the existing chaos and build a stronger democratic society for the future, the government would need to be more powerful and centralized. Thus, the elite class established the rules and boundaries that would protect the rights of all citizens from a suppressive government. The Articles created a weak, almost nonexistent national government that was in complete control by the states. The newly formed government had neither an executive or judicial branch ... lacked enforcement powers. There were three problems that existed under the Articles of Confederation that would spawn an act of change. First, under the Articles of Confederation the government could not protect property and other rights of the citizens. Second, the society created under the Articles of Confederation lacked a means of advancing commerce and interstate trade. Third, government lacked the money and power to provide an adequate national defense. ...
- 354: Black Women and Their Push For Equality For African Americans
- Black Women and Their Push For Equality For African Americans Both attitudinal and institutional racism grossly intertwined in U.S. society and government finally led to the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960’s. Depicted above is just one of the many organized forces demanding equality and respect for Blacks in America and world-wide. This particular group, the Black Panther Party for Self ... Defense, was organized by Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton. With the aid of Huey P. Newton’s legal background, the Black Panthers legally demanded the end of racism and class oppression based on Constitutional rights. The Black Panther Party’s ten point platform stated goals such as "power to determine the destiny of our Black Community"(66) and "an immediate end to POLICE BRUTALITY and MURDER of black people"(67). The organized agenda of the Panther Party is symbolized by their orderly arrangement and uniform. Much of their platform was comprised of the same goals many civil rights activists and organizations sought during the 1960’s. Each organization and activist had his/her own ideology concerning the correct measures necessary in order to ensure equality for African Americans. Some organizations adhered to ...
- 355: Chinese Economic Reform under Communist Rule
- ... the world as a modern capitalistic and democratic society. However, this is not quite the case. The CCP retains vestiges of those characteristics of insularity and intransigence as discussed by Nathan. Because of its human rights record, the country's economic growth is being impeded. That is, the politics of China, which have always been allied with its economics, are now restricting international growth. The United States, especially, has been concerned with China's treatment of political dissidents. In May, President Clinton decided to end linking China's trade status with the United States with its record on human rights. The president has been criticized for this because of situations like the following: trials for "'counterrevolutionary activities' [including] ... plans to use a remote-controlled airplane to drop pro-democracy leaflets over ... Tienenmen Square" ("China cracks ... instituted "new laws effective in June [which] give sweeping powers to China's State Security Bureau to clamp down on dissidents" ("China cracks" A13). China is fully aware of United States' concerns about its human rights record. Given the fact that the United States has made it clear to China that that record will be allied with trade status, China's timing of such restrictive activities has caused United States ...
- 356: The Presidential Debates Between Bill Clinton and Dole
- The Presidential Debates Between Bill Clinton and Dole The presidential debates between democratic President William Clinton and Republican Senator Robert Dole proved to be a game of "dodge-ball". Bob Dole fired criticism and attacks while Clinton tried to "dodge ... to resort to such cheesy remarks. The first several minutes of the debate had Clinton summarizing all that he has done in the past four years such as 10.5 million more jobs, the Brady Bill, and Family, Medical, and educational bills. In turn Dole complains that the United States has stagnant wages, and that 40% of wages are spent on taxes. On the topic of drug use in the United ... believes that education should be brought more local, and on a state level. Dole wants to cut all federal programs and move programs such as Health Care, Medicare, etc., to more of a state level. Bill Clinton likes to keep his ideas as well as debates on not only a federal level but within United States boundaries as well. He tries to avoid foreign affairs as that is an area ...
- 357: Gates World
- Gates World Congrats to the man of the millennium Mr. Bill Gates. Bill developed the wonderful software that makes computing so much fun! As his company, Microsoft, surges for domination in the computing industry, I picture Bill installing little buttons under his desk for possible world take-over. Forget the Y2K bug, that’s nothing! Through Windows I see Bill using Microsoft much like a chess move for world-wide Gates ...
- 358: Colonial Woman
- ... could sue her husband for a divorce if her treated her without respect and abused or neglected her. Although women had the legal privilege to divorce a bad husband, she did not have any legal rights under the law. As soon as she married her husband, she lost all legal existence. For a woman to have any place in the legal system it was better to remain single. Single women, or Feme Sole had more legal rights than a married woman. She could own property, retain control of her earnings, and sign contracts. Feme Sole was a better legal status, but it was a socially unacceptable status. Unmarried women were looked down upon as being infertile. Women could either marry, have children, and loose all legal rights or remain single, bear no children (or have children out of wedlock), and retain her own independent legal status. A woman had a busy domestic life. A woman played the role of wife, mother, ...
- 359: Multiculturalism
- ... act within the middle of this broad frame-work. Some of the other pieces of legislation and policy that the C.M.A. draws upon are: · The Citizen Act (1947) · The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) · The Canadian Bill of Rights (1960) · International Convention on the Eliminations of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (1969) · The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1976) · The Canadian Human Rights Act (1977) · The Official Languages Act (1969, ...
- 360: Louis Riel
- ... company. Also, he organized and led a similar rebellion in 1885. Above all, is he a patriote or a traitor? It was inappropriate to accuse Riel as a traitor. He tried to defend the traditional rights of Metis and made sure they treated as equally as the British subjects. Riel was a patriote, who passionately love, supported and defended his people. He was also a serious and thoughtful person who dedicated ... sending surveyors to the Red River Valley. The Surveyors treated the Metis quite badly, even caused physical abuses. The Metis needed someone who understood the Canadian law and willing to help them in defending their rights. They chose Louis Riel as their leader. When Riel knew how the surveyors treated his people, he and some followers quickly reacted to the threat posed by the Canadian government. Riel formed an organization called the Comite National des Metis to defend his people. After Riel setup this organization, they took another action to protect their rights. They blocked William McDougall from entering Red River without any violent incidents in order to allow negotiations with the Canadian government. Then, Riel organized a provisional government to ensure law and order in the ...
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