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Political Leaders In The 20th Century
<view this essay>.... to lead a country just beginning their independence. Both struggled to lead the country in a time of need. Harriet Tubman like those men helped the slaves in their time of need to lead them to freedom. All of these people where great leaders as Garry Wills points out. I plan to point out the leadership qualities that Wills believed each person possessed.
I will begin with Harriet Tubman, a woman consider to be a hero of helping slaves to freedom. Harriet fits Wells definition of a leader by having followers. Her followers were the slaves' she lead to freedom. The ones that had the drive to go North to be free. She leads them to freedom by helping them esc .....
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Voting
<view this essay>.... not missed an
election, and don't plan on it.
My family votes neither democratic nor republican, they vote for both.
What I mean by that is that they vote for the best candidate who they think will
get the job done. So they would be considered non-partisan. They go about
picking the candidate based on the qualities of honesty, character, and what the
candidate has accomplished in the past.
There wasn't a basic consensus on the issues they thought were most
important, but there issues they thought were most important, but there issues
all dealt with money. For example my mom thought that federal and state
government needs to be downside and programs need t .....
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Gun Control Is Needed
<view this essay>.... the
National Rifle Association (NRA), and the Gun Owners of America (GOA) . The NRA
is a national group dedicated to the upholding of the Second amendment of the
Constitution (See Appendix). In their magazines, American Hunter and American
Rifleman, they say "The NRA, . . . believes that every law-abiding citizen is
entitled to the ownership and legal use of firearms, . . . " The NRA does many
things to help display their beliefs and persuade others to their beliefs. This
association also has a strong pull on legislation, because it has many
lobbyists and supporters in government. This group has many members in Congress,
and former presidents George .....
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What Is Human Rights Abuse?
<view this essay>.... rights,worker rights, and freedom of religion,speech, press,peaceful assembly and association. It includes freedom from any cruel or inhumane treatment and not being discriminated against because of race,sex, disability,language or social status. Human rights abuse may occur in positions where there is a hostile government in power or in everyday life in a developed nation. But, it usually occurs in a poor or unstable country with a record of violence and inept leadership. At this time country's that have been known for human rights abuse in their countries are China, Cuba, Rwanda, and Bosnia-Herzegovina. They have violated their citizen's rights as indi .....
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Abortion
<view this essay>.... legal is safer than illegal and that it relieves the psychological and social problems associated having an unwanted child. Being pro-choice myself, I believe that it is the woman's right to decide if she wants to have a child or not. Some women who become pregnant are not mentally, physically, or financially stable enough to raise a child. If this is the case, I believe that a child should not be brought into the world because it will then have an unhealthy life style. If a woman becomes pregnant from rape or incest then it should be okay for her to have an . For whatever reason, if a woman decides to have an , then it should be her choice, no one else's. .....
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Canadas Copyright Law
<view this essay>.... stereos, this has become very easy. You simply take an original or even another copy of a tape, as well as a blank tape. Stick them both in to the stereo and bingo you have a new tape. You also just broke the law. Along with copying audio tapes, now we can copy video tapes almost as easily. If you hook two VCR's together, they can copy from one to the other. You could rent a movie form the video store, copy and return it, with no one the wiser. The problem with copying video and audio tapes is that for every copy you make the recording artist, the actors, producers and everyone else who collect royalties from the tapes lose money. If the companies start to l .....
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How Can Drug Trafficking Be Co
<view this essay>.... cocaine production is the leading export and moneymaker of the economy. It even passes the production and export of coffee.(Melville, pg. 10) A major reason for this production and selling of drugs in Columbia is the Columbian Drug Cartel.
The cartel is a world-wide organization that makes and sells drugs to make a profit. The reason they are so powerful in Columbia, besides the fact that it brings so much money into the economy, is that the cartel "buys out" the government. The cartel pays out about one hundred million dollars a year to the government to keep the law enforcement on their side. Besides the law enforcement, the cartel has an army of .....
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The Death Penalty
<view this essay>.... punishment as cruel and wrong, but is not what that person did cruel and wrong? How are we as a society going to teach them that it is wrong? Life without parole is not the answer, capital punishment might be. Some of our jails today could be mistaken for a Holiday Inn. The convicted are treated entirely too well. This is not what I want my taxes to be paying for. I would rather hear of their death then to know that they are, some nights, eating meals just as good as what I am having, you need to remember what these people did. I do not feel comfortable with the idea that some person that killed or raped or robbed some innocent person could be released out .....
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