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Open Question: Have you ever read the Declaration of Independence?

I have not until today. With all the turmoil happening in our country, I thought it would be a good way to celebrate the 4th of July. Then I began wondering how many people have actually ever read it. Have you? _____________________________________________ IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.--Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world. He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good. He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them. He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only. He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures. He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people. He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within. He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands. He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers. He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries. He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance. He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures. He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power. He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation: For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us: For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States: For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world: For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent: For depriving us in many cases, more

Open Question: Have women made ourselves unequal to men?

heres something i found and it was an eyeopener: Thinking back to myself girls always say something like revealing their self is how do you say it, empowering. But if you really look back it is how you say demeaning. I mean this gives guys the right to think their better than us. They can make a stereotypical picture of us that rather than empowers us it demeans us. We have acomplished so much in this country of ours. I mean we even have an african american president. But for some reason wome have infact taken a down turn. If you really look you can find revealing photos of women anywhere you go. People wonder why girls have eating disorders its because those airbrushed girls or those stereotypical drawings make girls think that have to look like that in order to make guys look like that. In fact thats why girls are wearing a lot less its to get attention from those same guys. Would the people fighting for Women's Right look at us and be ashamed because instead of trying to focus futures of bright young women we are exposing them instead? I think so. Since when are the Pussycat Dolls a good role model? They wear barely anything out in public. Is that suppose to make men respest women? No wonder most men don't think of us as individuals. We demean ourselves. Why is Hilary Clinton always percieved as bad? So shes not a hot young model and her clothes are not revealing, does that really make her any less of a politian? What if she were a man, the would you vote for her? I saw a poster of Bratz dolls, the children toys. They were barely wearing anything. What I am really wondering is why someone would think thats a good toy for young girls? They are going to think well if the Bratz doll wears it why can't I? Then why can't she. Infact if girls are going to act like this, posing in racy shot and barely wearing anything, what future do they have anyway. Yes some girls are very accompished but look aroung and you will see what i see. We are not equals and we did this to ourselves. For shame, for shame because we can learn just as well as mean but we are not taking advantage of that. I am ashamed of what we are and have become. People do not fight for our freedom so we can walk around in skampy little outfits. It disgusts me. I am so mortified that I can even express exzactly how I feel about this. If we really want to be respected and treated equally is up to us to act like it. Wake up and smell the coffee it is time for a change. By Linda Marison more

Open Question: Attention: Dog Trainers?

I need your view on this. I have already gotten one other trainers views on it, and I want to get views from trainers that are not friends with me. you know, Unbiased views. Alright...it started out just fine in a debate with a person who i thought was my friend. She is not a dog trainer of any kind, let alone a titled dog trainer. I am an apprentice trainer to a titled trainer. I am perfectly fine with people disagreeing with my methods of training, but i want mutual respect and to respectfully disagree, one trainer to another. I use a mixture of correction and praise with my dog training. I use choke collars, prong collars, and e collars for corrections. (e collars for off-leash only and for deaf dogs). She condemned the trainer i work with and myself for using chokers because supposively it is sucking the life out of a living breathing animal by choking it. I responded that chokers do not really choke dogs in dog training unless used incorrectly. She told me that they do, and i wouldnt know but she would because she has special connections with dogs and sees/feels how they act after a choke collar is used on them. I quickly changed the subject because it was becoming more angry and less debate. You know. You suck. Your evil. Ylour a bad person. You shoudlnt have dogs. I digress. I asked her how she would train and she said that she would use treats and positive reinforcement. I believe that there is good and bad from these methods (as there is with any dog training method). i asked her how she would deal with a dog running towards traffic when she doesnt have a treat on her to bribe the dog back. SHe said she would use sharp noises to grab the dogs attention. I believe that this is a valid point, however I have seen her dog before and the dog has no respect for her. It is just a laid back dog. What happens if the cat across the street is more interesting. i then followed up by asking how she wuold deal with an aggressive dog of hers. She said she wuold give a person food to feed the dog so the dog learns that good things come from strangers. What happens when someone is walking across the sidewalk and her dear dog charges them and they have no food to appease the beast? She said that Victoria Stillwell solves aggressive dogs all the time with these methods. She told me that she uses the way that dogs in the wild are in a pack. I dont think that any of her methods aer like in the wild. i believe that my methods are more "natural" than hers. Your beliefs? She also told me that you should never try to be dominent over your dog but be equal so there can be trust and friendship between you two. She also condemned me for my work with dogs in protection work and my future plan to get a shepherd and teach it to herd. She believes that all dogs should just be house pets i guess. -shrugs- The conversation ended with her blaming my girlfriend (the titled dog trainer) and I for the aggression that our dog showed that resulted in us having to put her down. She told us basically taht if we had loved the dog the proper way, the dog would not have had aggressive tendencies and we had no right to take the dogs life. Your views please?Actually I have worn one before and used it on myself in the proper way. It was inconvienent but it was not bad.My girlfriend (the one I am working with) is certified in everyhting from puppy development to police k9. I am not yet certified in anything. That is what i mean by "titled" more

Open Question: Pro-Gay Resolutions passed!!!?

Bills I sponsored or introduced have all passed!!! ASB FA2009-03457 Effective 8/31/2009 "Alternatives to Planned Parenthood Act" Literature regarding health information not related to abortion procedures is to be provided by both abortion practicing and non-abortion practicing clinics. School health officials are required to inform students of Pro-Life clinic options for dealing with health issues. My intention with this bill: To educate students about Pro-Life options for persons struggling with HIV/AIDS and other STDs, so those opposed to abortion would not have to patronize abortion clinics ASB FA2009-090208 "Diversity in the LGBT Community Resolution" Effective 8/31/2009 Recognizes that members of the LGBT Community hold political views that span the political spectrum from left-wing, centrist, to right-wing. Protects all organizations from discrimination and all are recognized as valid support and civil rights groups. An extension of an earlier resolution to protect the Log Cabin Republicans club at the LGBT Pride event. My intentions: Created to encourage LGBT Republicans to hold fast to their conservative values and to combat persecution. ASB FA2009-078961 "Ideoligcal Diversity in the Classroom Act" Prohibits instructors from presenting politically biased information as neutral academic material. Any political leanings of material is to be made well known and opposing viewpoints are to be discussed with equal validity. Students may file complaints of violations of this act which will investigated as appropriate. My intentions: A bill specifically designed to prevent liberal indoctrination in the classroom. more

Resolved Question: Is Title 7 of the Civil Right Act in violation of the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution?

If we ALL have EQUAL protection, how is Affirmative action legal? more

Resolved Question: Are There Any Forums/People I Can Post On/Email Regarding Questions About Civil Rights?

I wanted to ask them some things, for example, what MLK was referring to when he said: "I often find when decent treatment for the Negro is urged, a certain class of people hurry to raise the scarecrow of social mingling and intermarriage. These questions have nothing to do with the case. And most people who kick up this kind of dust know that it is simple dust to obscure the real question of rights and opportunities. It is fair to remember that almost the total of race mixture in America has come, not at Negro initiative, but by the acts of those very white men who talk loudest of race purity." or Why, if the majority of the public were Christian did they not support black people in their initiative for equal rights and what excuses they made as a result Thanks! more

Voting Question: I need some History help!?

1. By the early 1900s, all of the following held colonies except? France the Netherlands China Japan 2. Before 1898, United States' possessions included? Alaska and the Midway Islands Alaska Alaska and Hawaii the Midway Islands 3. All of the following were causes of the Spanish-American War except? the sinking of the Maine Cuba's desire for independence sensational news stories the Boxer Rebellion 4. The President during the Spanish-American War was? Theodore Roosevelt William Howard Taft William McKinley Grover Cleveland 5. All of the following became United States possessions as a part of the treaty signed to end the Spanish-American War except? Puerto Rico Hawaii Guam the Philippines 6. In its efforts to win control of Manchuria, Japan went to war with? Great Britain Germany the United States Russia 7. A Presidential commission found that a revolution in Hawaii had been started by? American business groups the Hawaiian people British imperialists Queen Liliuokalani's soldiers 8. The Open Door Policy stated that all nations should? establish colonies in China stop trading with China have equal trading rights in China begin trading with China 9. Under President Cleveland’s administration, which became a protectorate of the United States? Puerto Rico the Philippines Hawaii Samoa 10. Japan's policy of ___________ was abolished as a result of a visit by an American naval expedition. arbitration isolation neutrality 11. The expansion of sea power required maintenance of ___________ stations throughout the world. propaganda protectorate coaling 12. The policy of ___________ includes the establishment of colonies and the building of an empire. Drago Doctrine imperialism territorial integrity 13. ___________ came up with the “Open Door” Policy that would allow all nations equal trading rights in China. William McKinley Victoriano Huerta John Hay 14. ___________ wanted the United States to extend its influence and power through overseas possessions. expansionists President Cleveland Democrats 15. A ___________ is a weaker country that comes under the supervision of a stronger country. extraterritoriality coaling protectorate 16. The idea of ___________ means that no nation may aggressively seize another nation's land. dollar diplomacy territorial integrity extraterritoriality 17. Puerto Ricans became United States citizens as a result of the? Drago Doctrine Platt Amendment Jones Act Clayton Bulwer Treaty 18. After Puerto Rico ratified its constitution in 1952, it became? a self-governing commonwealth completely independent a state a United States territory 19. Under the Platt Amendment, Cuba? gained complete independence allowed the United States to intervene in its affairs became a United States territory expelled all foreign investors 20. The person credited with conquering yellow fever was? William C. Gorgas Richard Olney Walter Reed George W. Goethals 21. In order to build the Panama Canal, the United States? sent troops into Colombia annexed the Isthmus of Panama supported a Panamanian rebellion rented land from Colombia 22. The Panama Canal cost the United States approximately? $10 million $25 million $40 million $400 million 23. The United States said it intervened in Latin America to protect all of the following except? the Latin American economy American citizens and property the Panama Canal Latin American independence 24. The first serious test of the Monroe Doctrine came in the? Louisiana Purchase Venezuela boundary dispute French occupation of Mexico Dominican debt controversy 25. Wilson's policy of nonintervention in the Huerta episode was called? imperialism territorial integrity the Drago Doctrine watchful waiting 26. One way Cuban revolutionists gained American support for their cause was through a ___________ campaign. territorial integrity propaganda dollar diplomacy 27. A country that does not wish to take sides in an international dispute adopts a policy of ___________. expansionists neutrality imperialism 28. Under ___________, the United States gained influence over Latin American nations through investments and loans. imperialism propaganda dollar diplomacy 29. The ___________ rejected the right of European nations to collect debts in the Americas by force. Monroe Policy Roosevelt Corollary Platt Amendment 30. The Panama Canal, as it was originally conceived, was to be built and run? jointly by the United States and Great Britain more

Voting Question: American moving to Spain? (Long and Involved Question)?

Now, I am not basing my move off of anecdotal answers given on this or any other site. I am however, looking for anecdotes (small stories) to help guide me a little bit. This move I am thinking about making with my boyfriend will not occur until I have a good fiscal foundation and have everything as thoroughly planned as I possibly can. My question is for anyone who has either VISITED Spain or LIVED in Spain (stories from friends or family members are also welcomed). I have never lived in or visited Spain or any other Spanish speaking country in my whole life. Life in America has advantages and disadvantages. Most of the advantages are self-explanatory (familiarity with food, customs, lifestyle. Have access to many different geographies within one country, etc). However, some of its disadvantages are starting to worry me and leave with me with depression and anxiety. I am only 20 years old, but am already starting to feel the effects of this country. I see on American TV each day how people are becoming more and more against each other. I see the religious of America pressuring politicians and lawmakers into writing religious law. I see the economy continuing to decline while other countries are actually trying to curb its effect on their people. I am tired of the fast-paced, cut-throat, profit profit profit lifestyle. To me, it just seems like no one in this country knows how to slow down and enjoy life. You may ask, Why Spain? Well a few years ago Spain was one of 7 countries to provide equal marriage rights for all of its citizens. Here in America, only a handful of our States provide equal marriage rights, and there is a Federal law prohibiting the provision of equal marriage rights (on a Federal level). Also, I found that the other countries that provides equal marriage rights are not located in the climate I am looking for. With that being said, I chose Spain because of its climate. I do not like cold winters and I like hot summers. I was looking into the Valencia area also because of rain. I love the rain and would like to be in an area that receives rain. (If anyone could suggest another area that satisfies the above, please do so.) I also chose Spain because I have some familiarity with the language. I am not, by any means, fluent but I am able to pick out bits and pieces of written text or slowly spoken sentences. I love adventure and I also have a knack for visiting large cities. I also love travel (which is yet another reason for Spain). I will be close to many different countries in Europe with Africa to my South and the UK to the North. I am not looking for a 'magic pill' that will take away all of my woes. I am just looking for a better place that isn't as fast-paced but I am still able to enjoy some 'night life' and some adventure and culture. I am looking to get away from some of the political woes (including continuous war(s) that my country is involved in) and the whole dog-eat-dog social structure that defines America. Also, many political theorists posit that the current trend of social woes and political acts (war, taxes, budgets, etc) and other trends are pointing to a possible collapse of the United States (as it is known today) into smaller groups and/or States. Whether this is true or not is not part of this question. I would rather err on the side of caution. With all this being said, what does Spain offer? What would be the best place (and safest) for a homosexual wanting to enjoy a marriage with the one I Love? Is there much of a lifestyle and outlook difference? Since I am non-religious, is Spain (its government) lesser controlled/influenced by 'the Church' than in the US? Any tid-bit that you can offer, would be very helpful in guiding my decision. more

Resolved Question: Christians, if we could, would you make homosexual acts illegal?

What would be the punishment for committing them? Jail? Or do you think it should stay legal so people have a right to choose to disobey God? Murder, rape, theft are illegal and to God all sins are equal. more

Resolved Question: What do you think of this article? Women, I understand that we need rights, but lets choose wisely....?

Women are protected during pregnancy. That is how it should be. This rule of "segregation" is to protect your child. Its not about the woman. I am all about equal rights and wish I got paid what my male co-workers get paid. But complaining about them protecting your pregnancy your baby. Suing for this is ridiculous! Do you agree? WASHINGTON (UPI) -- The U.S. Justice Department and the Bryan County, Okla., Sheriff's Department reached a settlement in a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit, the department said. The complaint alleged the sheriff engaged in employment discrimination against women by requiring the reassignment of female officers working in the jail to administrative duties when they were pregnant, violating Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the U.S. Justice Department said Wednesday in a news release. Title VII prohibits discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion or sex, including pregnancy. The consent decree, which still needs court approval, bars the sheriff from discriminating against any employee or applicant of the Bryan County Sheriff's Office, including the jail, on the basis of sex and pregnancy, the Justice Department said. The consent decree also requires the sheriff to implement a policy prohibiting employment discrimination on the basis of pregnancy and to provide mandatory training on the policy. Copyright 2009 by United Press International more

Resolved Question: Is the US government Constitutionally obligated to provided any form of healthcare for the citizens of the US?

Is the US government Constitutionally obligated to provided any form of healthcare for the citizens of the US? If so, where in the Constitution is this stated? If not, why is the government superseding the 10th Amendment? Laid out now are some common amendments that will most likely be sourced. All text after each Amendment is purely my opinion. "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people." - 9th Amendment to the Constitution ======================================== This amendment states that any rights guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States cannot contradict the rights, guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States, of yourself or others. "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people." - 10th Amendment to the Constitution ======================================== This amendment states that any right not explicitly given to the federal government by the Constitution of the United States is therefore reserved for the individual states. "Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." - 14th Amendment to the Constitution, Section 1 ======================================== This is most likely the amendment that most people will point to. The first part of section 1 lays out the requirements of citizenship. The second part (in my opinion) merely states that the government cannot enact any law that would abridge the privileges or immunities of a citizen of the United States. The act of not providing a service is not "enacting a law that would abridge the privileges or immunities of a citizen of the United States". The third part states the the government will provide a fair trial before incarceration/imprisonment, etc. The last part of section 1 states that any person (citizen of non-citizen) inside the United States is guaranteed the equal protection of the laws of the United States.@bash: true, the US Constitution is not infallible, as seen by the Amendments added to it. Considering the 10th Amendment though, wouldn't it still be Constitutional to allow each state to handle health care, if the citizens of the state decided? "Section 8. The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;" - Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States. ======================================== What constitutes "general welfare"? Does the 16th Amendment affect this article?@tonalc2: if the US government is not Constitutionally obligated to provide health care, then they would be violating the 10th Amendment. Secondly, the Equal Protection Clause applies to rights guaranteed by the Constitution. Same reason why marriage is a state's right issue.To add onto my question about Article I, Section 8 of the US Constitution, note how it states "...and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States..." not "...and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the citizens of the United States...". Could this be construed that "general welfare" speaks of road infrastructure, utilities, etc.? If so, how far does that spread?@Benji F: "Separation of Church and State" is not in the US Constitution. It was mentioned in a letter from Thomas Jefferson to the Danbury Baptists in 1802. more

Resolved Question: Please hellpppppppppppppppp!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?

30.) How did the National Urban League help African Americans? by helping newcomers to large cities to find homes and jobs by providing legal support to defend them in court by providing them with good medical care by helping them integrate lunch counters 34.) What was the intent of the Immigration Act of 1965, which was passed during the Johnson administration? to increase the number of imigrants from northern and western Europe to eliminate quotas restricting immigration from certain countries to reduce the total annual number of immigrants to the United States to stem the flow of political refugees to the United States 36.) The term feminism describes the theory of women's special nature the equality of men and women women's superiority over men women's role of serving men 38.) The Japanese American Citizens League spoke out against Japanese American property losses during their wartime internment the integration of Japanese into Anglo culture lack of educational opportunities for Japanese Americans favorable treatment given to Chinese Americans 39.) What prevented the Equal Rights Amendment from becoming law? It failed to receive enough votes in Congress It received enough voted in the House, but stalled in the Senate It failed to be ratified by enough states It stalled in a committee 40.) American soldiers fighting in Vietnam had to cope with lack of training tropical infections and booby traps a lack of sophisticated equipment working side by side with Communists 41.) In the United States, television was instrumental in promoting understanding between Americans and the Vietnamese developing enthusiasm for the American war effort in Vietnam bringing the brutality of the war into people's living rooms revealing the contents of classified military documents 42.) Some Americans questioned the fairness of the draft because the government refused to draft African Americans only men between the ages of 18 and26 were drafted college students could easily avoid the draft women werre drafted along with men 43.) Which of the following conditions did Americans fighting in Vietnam experience? an enemy with more advanced weapons unqualified support from the home front sniper fire and land mines harsh cold 44.) Television coverage of the Vietnam War encouraged support for the war built support for communism help to fuel American antiwar feelings showed how effective American weapons were in defeating the enemy 45.) What was the primary focus of the protest movement of the 1960s? to ban the use of Agent Orange to demand US withdrawal from Vietnam to end segregation of the military to build support for the draft 46.) Tensions between studens who opposed the war and National Guardsmen resulted in four deaths at Kent State "Ole Miss" James Madison University Ohio State 47.) The SALT I treaty proved that the United States could achieve nuclear superiority over the Soviet Union there was a basis for diplomatic ties between the United States and China the superpowers could reach agreements relating to arms control there were deep rifts within the Communist world 48.) One outcome of the Watergate scandal was the impeachment of Nixon resignation of Gerald Ford conviction of Nixon by the Senate resignation of Richard Nixon 49.) What did SALT I prove to the world? the policy of realpolotik could not work in the Soviet Union that the United States could not catch up to the Soviet Union militarily that the Soviet Union would no longer dominate Eastern Europe that the United States and the Soviet Union could work to limit nuclear weapons production 50.) Why did Nixon resign? to avoid impeachment to prove his innocence to avoid turning over his tapes to prove his loyalty to his staff 51.) The Reagan administration repidly increased spending on social programs support of the Soviet Union the American military enlargement of the federal government 52.) Critics charged that President Reagan's conservative policies led to a larger gap between rich and poor the advancement of civil rights an expansion of governmetn regulations a liberal Supreme Court 53.) During Reagan's second term, United States relations with the Soviet Union broke down completely improved grew increasingly cold did not change 54.) What cause was promoted by some groups within the New Right? women's rights civil rights Christian values federal regulations 55.) What distinction did Sandra Day O'Connor achieve in 1981? She becam more

Resolved Question: Is Canada's "Indian Act" an insult to First Nations People?

I learned about this yesterday on CBC that many aboriginals would like to have the Indian Act abolished and instead have equal legislation indiscriminate of other Canadians extening full rights to first nations people. I don't understand for example, why does the Indian Act not allow legal challenges for the Freedoms of Native peoples under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms? Is the Indian Act a form of segregation? If it is, then what good is passing amendments to reform a piece of 1876 legislation that is sour to start with? What do Canadians think about the Indian Act?Anyone of any ethnicity who reads Karien K's post can see how bitterly unfair the Indian Act amendments were, it sounds like absolute cruelty and revenge. I really dislike the subtle amendments like requiring a native person to seek permission from some council to farm in the priairies. Is this not the country butting into the practices of Natives and misidentifying the customs and roles and procedures of a culture? Indeed it is truly sad. I see it no different than dealing with people with Autism, Down Syndrome, or Asperger Syndrome by extracting all their rights away and making a separate system of what time they can walk outside, use the bathroom, what they must wear when they sleep, all so 1) they are of as little disturbance as possible to the rest of the powers that be OR 2) To eliminate their way of life from this earth. I hope we've finally reached a time for change in the area of first nation people and how they are treated. It's a very sad history and there was no reI have a dream of a Canada that does not distinguish itself from the culture of the first nations people and does not separate itself from its aboriginals because they are a fundamental instrument of the land you folks call Canada. Without the native peoples, the puzzle of Canada is no only incomplete, it's missing all its color completely.The Indian Act is not only discriminatory, it is UN-CANADIAN. It is worse than say the USA's RICO Laws which Canadian oppose. The very name of it is UNCANADIAN. As there is no Chinese Act, Jewish Act, Ukrainian Act, Latino Act, Homosexual Act, African-Black Act, because these groups are defined from within, not dictated from Ottawa! The Indian Act needs to be abolished. more

Resolved Question: How do you defeat/overcome a power-hungry, evil narcissist?

cops, judges lawyers, ceo's, many people in our society can possess this type of a personality. They are hypocritical, do as they SAY, NOt as they do..they say one thing, but go out there and do another, go on power trips, are narcissistic, evil in all senses of the word,..just respect the most evil things and stand for evil things like money, power, ego, etc... I can't stand people like that. Personally in my life I have succeeded in my own right, and I'm NOT like that..I'm a different person and I'm happy and have absolutely no fear or whatever of people who are like that, and don't really even bow down to their authority. I act like I'm their equal or even sometimes better, because if I sense that they're just bumbling m0rons on ego trips, I am better than that, so I mean I guess I act it, and they pick up on it, and want to destroy me in any legal way they can lol. It's disguisting. Anyways, when these narcissistic evil power hungry people see that I act like la di da, im better than the world, im happy, successful...you can't touch meeeee, laal aaaa laaa i think im better than you.... (and im fully aware that acting like that can be evil/narcissistic too, etc, but I'm not really like that at heart, I just put on that act sometimes, just because I can tell that those types of people LOATHE that. They want you to be submissive, afraid, and not better than them, not richer, not smarter....and when you are or act that way, they hate on you). Believe me, I TESTED my theories. I've even gone out and saw some cops flirting with some girls, so I went out there and joined in on their convo, talking about the good coffee, outside of a store,..and then the cops looked really displeased that I showed up like "get the f8ck outta here," and as soon as one of the girls started to smile adn blush and flirt back with me, the cops got enraged, went back to their cars and started pulling people over left and right and left and right for no apparent reason. I started laughing hysterically! That enraged the ones that were still there even more. It's all this weird huge power trip like "we're the boss," and if you basically go there and act like "you're nothing, you're sh9t!" They get all pissed off. But you see....I'm doing it intentionally because I DISLIKE immensely what they stand for, so I'm trying to show them that not everyone out there in the general public is going to take it. That was MY approach, but honestly....I don't think it's a very nice and loving and the best approach in the world so this is why I ask YOU guys.... HOW do you deal with people like that? That's just ONE example...there are many others, they dont have to be cops or hold positions of power and authority to be narcissistic evil power hungry types...it can be anyone. I'm sick and tired of these personality types trying to dominate me and make my life hell. SICK Of it. SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME DEAL WITH THESE M0NSTERS!...and they ARE monsters...okay for the person who's name is in a different language (possibly russian, slavid or euro).. if you insist on giving answers that violate yahoo answers terms, which yours did and was rightfully taken care of, it's going to lead to nowhere good. Hopefully people like you who are here to bully and condescend can get the hint, if not by yahoo, by others, that your attitude is not liked or accepted. We in the US, who are proud and have culture/morals/values, and what not,...do not respect jerks, possible s0ciop@th m0nsters such as yourself, who are probably also p@ranoid as well, putting EVERY thing on private in ur personal profile. Way to go... you just totally defined yourself, and in ALL the wrong ways. Congradulations. want a medal for being a total m0r...wait I won't say it, I'll rise above you. have a nice day.lord morpheus you've been blocked and also ...I brought up your question as being passive agressive/sarcasm, without intent of answering or resolving a question. meaning, it may be a violation. I encourage you to be smart in the future, use your mind, and drop the attitude, because not everyone will put up with it, especially on yahoo answers!! Because we just rock like that.Craig S....what ..the ...........HEECK was THAAAAAAAAAAAT?!??!? lololl. Not sure if you were making fun of them, me or whatever. made absolutely no sense. lolol. dude...for real lol. more

Resolved Question: Would you classify me as a Democrat or a Republican?

On Abortion -Supports overturning Roe v. Wade -Opposes all abortions except in cases of rape, incest involving an minor girl, or when delivering the child would endanger the life of the mother -Voted Yes on Proposition 4 (2008), which would have required parental notification and a 48 hour waiting period before a minor could have an abortion -Rated 98% by The National Right to Life Commitee and 2% by NARAL Pro-Choice America, a Pro-Life stance On Economics -Supports the free market capitalist system -Oppose over-regulation of business -Supports lowering taxes for all income brackets -Supports a flat income tax rate -Opposes the California raise on the sales tax rate -Opposes President Barack Obama's 2009 stimulus plan -Opposed welfare without an incentive to get an education and find work, but other wise supports it for those who qualify and show initiative to become self-sufficient On Education -Supports the use of school vouchers -Supports teaching abstinecnce alongside other contraceptive methods -Supports teaching intelligent design alongside evolution -Supports optional prayer in schools -Supports imcreasing funding for private school vouchers and federal and state financial aid for post-secondary eduaction -Supports the right to home school -Supports funding for charter schools and magnet schools -Supports aid to private schools even religous schools if the public funds are used for secular purposes only -Supporst aiding students with disabilities On The War on Terrorism -Believes we must win the war on terror -Stay the course in Iraq -Believes that international terrorism continues to be a threat to America -Supports waterboarding, said "These people wern't worried about our rights when they were killing inncocent Americans." -Opposes the shutdown of Guantanamo Bay -Believes in spreading democracy around the world, the U.S. should act as a liberator of people living under opressive governments around the world On Crime -Opposed legalization of marijuana, but advoates reform in how drug laws are enforced -Supports rehabilitation for non-violent drug offenders -Supports the use of the death penalty but only in 1st degree murder cases -Opposes hate crime legislation -Opposes police racial profiling and misconduct, but supports the actions of fair peace officers who serve their community -Voted Yes on Proposition 5 (2008) which would have expanded treatment programs for non-violent drug offenders -Voted Yes on Proposition 6 (2008) which would have cracked down harder on gang violence On Civil Liberties and Rights -Rated 97% by the National Rifle Association, a Pro-Gun stance -Supports same-sex marriage rights -Supports including LGBT Americans in anti-discrimination laws -Voted No on Proposition 8 (2008) which would have retained the right of same-sex couples to marry in California if the measure had failed -Opposes the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy -Opposes affirmative action -Said he opposes judges who "legislate from the bench" -Opposes legislation that limits a law abiding citizen's 2nd Amendmet right to purchase and own a firearm -Opposes hate crime legislation -Supports equal pay for equal work, regardless of gender -Supports extending insurance healthcare benefits to same-sex couples who are married where it is legal and/or in a civil union or registered domestic partnership -Supports gay adoption, but gives preference to married heterosexual couples -Considers himself a populist, opposes "elitism" -Rated 78% by the ACLU, a mostly Pro-Civil Rights stance -Most points off from the ACLU rating were due to his Pro-Life stance and opposition to judicial activism, most positive points were due to his Pro-Gay stance on most issues more

Resolved Question: Why the heck do women think they are so perfect?

Their all self centered and act the world owes them. Thats a laugh and a half. All you women think that all you do is go to work then come home and take care of the family, wrong!! Look around the world is changing it is now men that are doing the work not only working if they do and taking care of the kids. But even since the 70's and up till they got it, they have been screaming for equal right and wanted to be independent. Well ladies you got it so stop complaining how your the back bone of your families. more

Resolved Question: Why people or God see all this happen in the world?

1. 1st world war, 2nd world war, war in Iraq and Afghanistan killed many lives. They are people follow the teaching of god and do a lot of prayers. 2. Many young little girl, lady and women were raped. Some of them were raped by their own father, relatives, friends and teachers. Some little girl were forced married to very old (evil/animal) man. 3.I saw many students of secondary and primary unable to speak English during the time of Prime Minister Tun Mahathir. At the time some subject in English was changed to Bahasa Malaysia. Many primary children understand better and started to speak some English late few years during Pak lah. Recently certain subject should be conducted in English else the Malaysian will become stupid said by Tun Mahatir. Why action is not taken during his time? 4. Arabian have other religion before islam. When the people become islam the government caught them, deter them to meet the Muslim. They were punished to make them not becoming islam. Today the ruling in some country when the muslim are majority. If a Muslim married a muslim, all of them and children must become muslim else the muslim are caught and put into a house of islam. He or she will be question and deter to meet his or her own family. 5. No discrimination and there is a phase God love all. I read from newspaper in Malaysia, the unity of Malaysia must be achieve at some diffrences in constitution. Some races have to accept that they have no equal right. They have to see others with special rights to take and they must willingly accept to loose the chance. Unity in islam can be intepret in this way? 6. Mydin the ownner is Islam he opened supermarket or hypermarket in Malaysia. They provide jobs for Malaysian hire malay, indian and chinese. This is the right way of fighting to contribute effort to Malaysia. This is the right way to uplift your race and religion. The minister or politician like to speak protecting and fighting for race or religion. Those have cheated Government or the nation money, please stop singging or telling lies for the Malaysian are not blind or supid. When you and your children have so much property and can travel by airplan here and there in many other countries. My friend told me about some one when the father was a Minister, she or he able to rent the whole hotel. Please build factory, company or anything or provide jobs or scholarship for students to show your contribution, fight and protect the Malaysian. Please stop all your lies, the act is call dirty and cause the downfall of your race and religion.7. I am getting confused with islam. They show movie of the earliest muslims were caught or punished to deter them from becoming muslim. Today in Malaysia, I have seen in youtube one Indian muslim's daughter married to Indian Hindu. In youtube they show there is act to stop her becoming non- muslim. She was punished by being caught and seperated or deter from meeting the Hindu husband. more

Resolved Question: Who speaks for Islam, what a billion Muslims really think?

Has every heard about the Gallup study results entitled "Who speaks for Islam, what a billion Muslims really think" If u didnt know its a massive multiyear research study (6yrs). As part of this groundbreaking project, Gallup conducted tens of thousands of interviews with residents of more than 35 nations that are predominantly Muslim or have significant Muslim populations. Gallup posed questions that are on the minds of millions: Is Islam to blame for terrorism? Why is there so much anti-Americanism in the Muslim world? Who are the extremists? Where are the moderates? What do Muslim women really want? Grounded in Gallup World Poll data, not in contentious rhetoric, Who Speaks for Islam? brings data-driven evidence -- the voices of a billion Muslims, not those of individual "experts" or "extremists" -- to one of the most heated and consequential debates of our time. The results are really long so ill five u a brief overview: - Muslims around the world do not see the West as monolithic. They criticize or celebrate countries based on their politics, not based on their culture or religion. - When asked to describe their dreams for the future, Muslims don't mention fighting in a jihad, but rather getting a better job. - Muslims and Americans are equally likely to reject attacks on civilians as morally unjustified. - Those who condone acts of terrorism are a minority and are no more likely to be religious than the rest of the population. - Muslim women want equal rights and religion in their societies. - What Muslims around the world say they most admire about the West is its technology and its democracy -- the same two top responses given by Americans when asked the same question. - What Muslims around the world say they least admire about the West is its perceived moral decay and breakdown of traditional values -- the same responses given by Americans when posed the same question. - The majority of those surveyed want religious leaders to have no direct role in crafting a constitution, yet favor religious law as a source of legislation. So what are your thoughts about the results? Does it abolish some of your stereotypes? Do u feel better? Overall results?97% of the Muslim world is considered moderate. Out of the remaining only 2 percent believe in Physical "Jihad" Those same people did not name religious reasons but ONLY POLITICAL reasons for their actions. more

Resolved Question: Why are people always comparing what I'm saying to animals killing each other?

I'm for equal rights for all species,and animal welfare. But,people keep on comparing what I'm for,to animals killing each other for food. The way predators kill =/= the way humans kill. The way humans act towards animals =/= predators behavior. If humans are "smarter" then other animals,like most humans think,then why do we abuse,and murder them,so much. All they want to do is make it through the day,and help their species survive. Anyway,what's the problem,why do people say that to me? more

Voting Question: Credit Cards for Teens - Any Advantage in the Window before the New Law Clamps Down?

I know I'm in a minority thinking that a responsible 18-year-old should build a credit history through use of "real" credit cards. While I don't want to provoke arguments here, I'll just say that my 20-year-old daughter has a TransUnion credit score (creditkarma.com) of 760 that I can't help but believe will help with favorable loan rates on a first mortgage. As I understand it, with a few exceptions, most of the provisions of the new "Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009" -- and I presume including Title III (the controls on under-age-21 issuance) -- don't become effective until February 2010. What are the big-name card issuers doing over the intervening months? I'd like to get my 18-year-old son building his credit history, and for right now he's got a 2-month-old Citibank secured card (required a deposit equal to the credit limit) with a very, very modest summer lifeguard job income. I suspect it will improve his creditworthiness after building some months of a good history on the secured card to switch to a regular credit card. While I could always co-sign, it seems logical that it might be preferable for credit score purposes for it to be just his card. I figure he needs to wait to have a number of months of secured card transactions before going for the real thing. I don't want to see him wait too close to February 2010. Or are the major banks already reining in their credit for teens in view of the impending restrictions? more

Resolved Question: If feminsts are really about equality, what are feminists doing to fight sexism against men?

or are feminists only about womens rights and so on? In the United States, boys' sports teams in colleges have been shut down in order to maintain gender parity with the amount of women who enter sports on campus through Title IX gender equality policy. [43] Young ladies at some campuses have shown solidarity against the ostrasization of boys by creating videos to bring attention to the issue.[44] The Obama administration is investigating the implementation of forced gender parity through Title IX to science, technical and engineering departments in colleges as well. Some organizations have expressed concern to the further denigration for opportunities for boys In the United States it is a popular and lawful conception that men are not meant to have a parental role with their children and as such custody of children in divorce is often rewarded to the mother. As late as 1971, the Minnesota State Bar Association's handbook advised lawyers and judges that: "except in very rare cases, the father should not have custody of the minor children. He is usually unqualified psychologically and emotionally The United States has created the Cabinet Level advisory Council of Women and Girls to oversee all governmental policy and functions of all Cabinet Level offices as to how they affect the needs of women and girls. There is no such high level council for men or boys. Excerpt from a lobbying letter by N.O.W: "This Office on Women should seek new ways to foster the full potential of tens of millions of women and girls of all races and from all walks of life -- through policies, budgeting, inter-agency coordination and special initiatives The U.S. Center for Disease Control in conjunction with the American Psychiatric Association found that of heterosexual relationships involving violence, 50.3% involve non-reciprocal violence, and of that 50.3%, women were the instigators 70.7% of the time, although "physical injury was more likely to occur when the violence was reciprocal."[53] Men have no laws such as VAWA or Violence Against Women Act that afford them equal protection under law. Linda Kelly states in her thesis, DISABUSING THE DEFINITION OF DOMESTIC ABUSE: HOW WOMEN BATTER MEN AND THE ROLE OF THE FEMINIST STATE in the Florida State University Law Review that domestic violence is equally the province of women.[54]Mandatory Military Service Many countries around the world make it mandatory for males to join the military, but not females. Men at 18 years of age in the United States are required to register for military conscription to be drafted to war or military service. Women are not required to register with the Selective Service System and have no obligation to serve in the military in the case of a draft. more

Resolved Question: How do we successfully overcome this world's darkness?

Did you ever notice how most people wander about, drive around, and act in life,..almost like robots who do things without even thinking things through? When you ask people why they work, why they go to school, why they do anything, they just probably go "uhhhhmmm, errrrrrrr, cuz its just what you do?" People are already-dead zombies, no one really wants to fight the system or the way things are or be different anymore. Many people have absolutely NO concept of God either, whatsoever, or spirituality. It's basically day in and day out spiritual darkness, and doing things the way people have been used to forever. You can't really change their mind, and there's nothing you can really do to make the world a better place either, because the world seems to be marching blindly to its own drummer, regardless of what you think, say, or do. It makes no difference. That's the foundation of the problem. Now my concern is what STEMS from this. All sorts of manipulation, evils, etc,..because heck according to THOSE beliefs, there ARE no rules. And most of society, government, etc, is SO far into this line of thinking that you basically HAVE to be cut-throat and evil to make it or work there. THis is basically everywhere, and gets worse because it gets passed down from generation to generation, and nothing ever changes. Now if you're spiritual, Christian or religious, .... you look at these people, sigh, and just realize that you're not like them, and they realize that they're not like you, and it creates conflict. So how do religious people, or well, ANYONE,...how does anyone with a heart and a conscience and a soul,..........overcome this world's darkness? In its subtle and simple forms, and in its intellectual and complex, world government/world affairs/world interest forms? Prayer alone and being passive only does so much, and believe me at the end of the day,...that does nothing about the outside world, it just strengthens your own soul/spirit/mind,....or what not. But how do we make our lives work, etc, succeed, have good friends and enjoy life out there,....when it's overpopulated and controlled by people who are just sinful and dark? (people who have ideals and values that are about authority, power, money, etc). It's like going to a courtroom where the judge/employees value intellect, power, money, status.....and ur lets say a poor uneducated immigrant....they're not going to be your spiritual equals, or have a "love" for you, or even care about you. They're going to think they're better than u, and ur sh9t. That's just one example. It doesn't matter to these people what YOU value or believe in. They ONLY care about THEIR outlook, think it's right, and expect everyone else to conform to it, or else they think ur crazy. any ideas?it's like school too. school politics, the popular people, the people who are smart, join debate teams,...they value that and think that's important and will automatically think they're better than you, if ur lets say some foreign exchange student. all sorts of darkness out there. same with hollywood/vanity. People think they're better than you if they're hotter, richer, famous, etc. So how do you basically stand up to all of that and say "NO....i dont think so....its not gonna be that way." BC u can't win, and they WON'T believe you. more

Resolved Question: Woodrow Wilsons 14 points?

K, So i found his 14 points, but could someone describe them in english to me? they are really confusing,especially 4 down.please help!! =( ______________________________________________________ I. Open covenants of peace, openly arrived at, after which there shall be no private international understandings of any kind but diplomacy shall proceed always frankly and in the public view. II. Absolute freedom of navigation upon the seas, outside territorial waters, alike in peace and in war, except as the seas may be closed in whole or in part by international action for the enforcement of international covenants. III. The removal, so far as possible, of all economic barriers and the establishment of an equality of trade conditions among all the nations consenting to the peace and associating themselves for its maintenance. IV. Adequate guarantees given and taken that national armaments will be reduced to the lowest point consistent with domestic safety. V. A free, open-minded, and absolutely impartial adjustment of all colonial claims, based upon a strict observance of the principle that in determining all such questions of sovereignty the interests of the populations concerned must have equal weight with the equitable claims of the government whose title is to be determined. VI. The evacuation of all Russian territory and such a settlement of all questions affecting Russia as will secure the best and freest cooperation of the other nations of the world in obtaining for her an unhampered and unembarrassed opportunity for the independent determination of her own political development and national policy and assure her of a sincere welcome into the society of free nations under institutions of her own choosing; and, more than a welcome, assistance also of every kind that she may need and may herself desire. The treatment accorded Russia by her sister nations in the months to come will be the acid test of their good will, of their comprehension of her needs as distinguished from their own interests, and of their intelligent and unselfish sympathy. VII. Belgium, the whole world will agree, must be evacuated and restored, without any attempt to limit the sovereignty which she enjoys in common with all other free nations. No other single act will serve as this will serve to restore confidence among the nations in the laws which they have themselves set and determined for the government of their relations with one another. Without this healing act the whole structure and validity of international law is forever impaired. VIII. All French territory should be freed and the invaded portions restored, and the wrong done to France by Prussia in 1871 in the matter of Alsace-Lorraine, which has unsettled the peace of the world for nearly fifty years, should be righted, in order that peace may once more be made secure in the interest of all. IX. A readjustment of the frontiers of Italy should be effected along clearly recognizable lines of nationality. X. The peoples of Austria-Hungary, whose place among the nations we wish to see safeguarded and assured, should be accorded the freest opportunity to autonomous development. XI. Rumania, Serbia, and Montenegro should be evacuated; occupied territories restored; Serbia accorded free and secure access to the sea; and the relations of the several Balkan states to one another determined by friendly counsel along historically established lines of allegiance and nationality; and international guarantees of the political and economic independence and territorial integrity of the several Balkan states should be entered into. XII. The turkish portion of the present Ottoman Empire should be assured a secure sovereignty, but the other nationalities which are now under Turkish rule should be assured an undoubted security of life and an absolutely unmolested opportunity of autonomous development, and the Dardanelles should be permanently opened as a free passage to the ships and commerce of all nations under international guarantees. XIII. An independent Polish state should be erected which should include the territories inhabited by indisputably Polish populations, which should be assured a free and secure access to the sea, and whose political and economic independence and territorial integrity should be guaranteed by international covenant. XIV. A general association of nations must be formed under specific covenants for the purpose of affording mutual guarantees of political independence and territorial integrity to great and small states alike. more

Resolved Question: What do you think about these questions about islam raised by Bruce Bialosky III?

Let’s All Accept Islam by Bruce Bialosky Mr. Obama, your speech in Cairo encouraged me to reconsider my thoughts on how I view Islam as a religion in today’s society. I have really thought it over and decided to fully accept Islam … with just a few caveats. First, they have to stop treating women as second class citizens. Don’t tell me those head covers are worn by choice. They are forced on them just like honor killings. It is sad the French have it right and we don’t on this issue. This is a country where we have worked for a hundred years to bring equality to women. Allowing any woman to be subservient is disgraceful. And come to think of it, tell your Secretary of State and Speaker of the House to stop covering their heads on visits. They are supposed to be beacons of the women’s movement. By covering their heads, they are not being respectful to their hosts-- they are disgracing every woman who ever fought for equal rights. Next, tell the Islamists to stop killing gays. Maybe gays are not totally accepted in this society, but we have made great progress in the last 50 years. We may not agree on gay marriage, but we certainly agree on equal rights for gays. We don’t allow them to be killed just for being gay. How about the issue of freely elected democratic governments in the Muslim world? Not too many of those around, are there Mr. Obama? When the Islamic world stops being run like feudal societies given up by the rest of the world half a millennium ago, I think it would then be a grand time to accept the Muslims. I know it is sometimes politically expedient to deal with dictators. We even had to make a deal with a mass murderer named Stalin to try and fight another mass murderer named Hitler. But please explain to me why in today’s world, where the great majority of people live in democracies, that we need to make nice-nice with dictators. This country is all about not accepting autocracies, Mr. Obama. Next, the Muslims should stop trying to tell us they really care about the Palestinians and that the trouble in the Middle East is because of their problems. The Arabs have done nothing -- I repeat nothing -- to help them for 60 years, and we all know that. The Palestinian problem did not start in 1967. It started in 1948 when the Arabs attacked Israel and got their butts kicked. These people willingly relocated out of the Israeli territory, and their Arabs friends did nothing to help them. So please be honest and stop lying to us because we both know it is a lie. Once you do that, we can all move forward. Mr. Obama, we also want an apology for all those Christians and Jews kicked out of the Arab countries. While they have been really good on creating a lie about the Palestinians being kicked out of their land, they have done an excellent job of covering up all those people they kicked out. Well, they did not really kick them out. They offered them to convert or die. Moving was a much better option. If anyone wonders where all those Jews in Israel came from they should check it out. Not just Europe or Russia, but from all those neighboring Arab states where they were no longer welcome. That may answer why it is such a big deal that Jews are building settlements in the West Bank. It is not that they are Israelis – it is that they are Jews and if Israel gives back the West Bank, Jews and Christians will no longer be welcome. Last, when Muslims start protesting the murders and indecencies performed in the name of Islam then I will accept them. We are told that the people who do these acts are a small minority of Muslims. So where are the protests, where are the books, where are the articles, where is the Islamic Pete Seeger? If Islam is really a religion of peace, then start showing it. We have been waiting for it and the memories I have are of Muslims out partying after the Twin Towers went down. Mr. Obama, it is nice that you want us to accept Islam, but would you have asked us to accept Nazism or Communism with their mass murders and mistreatment of people? I suggest you remember we did not elect you to be Brown-Noser-in-Chief or Apologist-in-Chief; we elected you as Commander-in-Chief. I respectfully suggest you start acting like it because these apologies to mass murderers and intolerant sons-of-bitches are really getting tiresome. http://townhall.com/Columnists/BruceBialosky/2009/06/15/let%E2%80%99s_all_accept_islam Marvin Carash more

Resolved Question: What do you think about these questions about islam raised by Bruce Bialosky II?

Resolved Question: What do you think about these questions about islam raised by Bruce Bialosky?

Resolved Question: FANTASY STOORRYY!!!!SCARRYY!ENJOYABLE!?

"Tom, am getting out of this house! I don't give a crap if you ever see me or your daughter Amy ever again!". Mum shouted. Both my parents have been everlastingly arguing. My mum is always the one who causes fights to begin. I sometimes feel like I'm to blame. I have always tried to stop them from these devastating fights, but it has been extremely difficult. Things only got worse day after day. I remember the day they got divorced. I was upstairs in my room. I heard some noises, then Slowly I threw my book on the carpet. I opened the door to the voice of my father crying. I could tell he was heart broken and crestfallen. It was the first time I heard my dad crying that much. I quickly ran down the stairs wondering what had happened. I saw him standing against the kitchen door crying. I stood still in shock and fear, my heart skipped a beat at the sight of my father and what state he was in. Drops of tears were rolling down his cheeks. I didn’t even know a lot about why they got divorced. Mum just wouldn’t even allow me to speak to her about it. They didn't tell me very much. My dad wouldn't let my mom leave at two in the morning. He said it was shaming to be a the disco at that hour, and his wife wouldn't sink to that level. I could hear them screaming at each other from a mile away. I was only thirteen when my mom divorced my dad, and to be honest it wasn't easy. I wasn't happy with them separating but mostly I wasn't happy because I was separating from them. well, from my dad at least, he was the only person I really loved. He always loved me and held his arm out when I needed a true friend to talk to. Dad was always my super hero. He was the best person I ever know. He gave me everything I want, from freedom to love. I never had any problems with him. However, Mum was always the opposite of Dad. Mum is the prettiest lady I have ever seen. Yet, her temper is equal to her prettiness. She was almost always annoyed and would never allow me to do anything I wanted to. My mom had decided that there's no need to stay here when nothing was holding us to. “Mum bolted into the kitchen with a tomato-red face and began to scream in a thundering voice.” She was on the phone a couple of seconds ago giggling!. "Amy pack your suitcase with everything you need were getting out of here today!" Mum screamed at me and pushed me up the stairs so I would start moving, "Shoo!" was her last word before I went to pack. A shiver went down my spine as I began throwing everything I could possibly think of into my suitcase. My mother has dictated my life ever since I could remember. My father however, is different. He grants my every wish no matter how extreme they maybe. I rushed to my room quickly, I could hear my mum yelling at my dad in a very dangerous tone. “ I have no time to waste listening to you now just shut up and don't utter a word.” she shouted. I stood in shock and fear starring at my window blinds! I was paranoid, very hurt, nervous and heart sore no words could describe how I felt at the current time. I got a bad sense of taste, I couldn’t figure out what it was!. I couldn’t help do anything but cry. I bursted into tears, shook my head in disgrace. So we moved to another city. Actually she moved, I was just dragged. Against my will of course. My mum couldn’t care less. I couldn’t even hug my dad for the last time, apparently I had no right!. She was on the phone hysterically laughing. I was disappointed. I just didn’t understand how she had the guts to act like that. My mum drove me in her black Ferrari on my first day of school. It was like something out of the olden days or Simeo sort of vampires Laure with a gothic black and red logo to represent the school. it sent a shiver down my spine; not such a good feeling on my first day of school. My mom and I quickly walked into the unfamiliar school and instantly found ourselves waiting in a queue outside the reception area. I stood nervously, adjusting my multicoloured tie, pondering what was to come. The snooty receptionist appeared from behind the large, oval desk and gestured for me to sit in one of the two empty seats outside the office just as I had properly fixed my tie. Suddenly my mom was gone but not before giving me a brief peck on my forehead, and there I was alone. Wishing I could be anywhere but here, I just wanted her with me. The receptionist who spoke to my mum tapped my right shoulder twice. As I turned around I double-take and was amazed. I couldn’t even blink as I was extremely shocked. Her eyes were small sweet and looked like the colour of honey. The colour of her skin was hazel. Her height was about 5foot 6. My eyes just couldn’t stop looking at her The dark concrete wall was stained and the ground littered with papers and chewing gum. Not exactly the most appealing school out there. In fact, I was quick to label it 'the ugliest school building in the whole WORLD'. I mean, it was even worse than my old s more

Resolved Question: Christians , do you think that this is offensive to you and your religion ?

i asked a question like an hour ago but i need more replies some people here said that i am targeting the Christians and their religion but i feel like im just saying it in general this is a paragraph about gay marriage and why it should be legalized and this paragraph is about religion by teacher said that i should re-do it as it is a little bit offensive to people of the religion Religion? Should it be involved in politics? What about the 1st amendment guaranteeing the separation of church and state? According to the ‘YES ON 8’ website, the proponents of proposition 8 were encouraging others to vote according to conservative religious beliefs. According to most church teachings, homosexuality is a sin. You can’t just pick and choose which rules your going to live by. How many of those people claiming homosexuality is a sin truly live their lives by the rules of a book so obviously archaic? Some people actually get a different meaning of the written words. The Bible does not condemn homosexual relationships but it does condemn sex outside of marriage . So wouldn’t we be helping them from adultery by letting them marry? God created the marriage relationship to be a blessing to everyone involved. Yet many families today are clearly troubled. Alienation often exists between husband and wife, between parents and children, or among brothers and sisters. What instruction does God's word provide to help us have a home that pleases Him and accomplish His will? Here are some rules that people seem to forget or ignore: Divorce: Mathew 19:4-6, 19:9, 5:32;Mark 10:11-12;Luke 16:18; Romans 7:2-3 and many more say that if you divorce and remarry before the divorced spouse dies, you thus are committing adultery. Still over 50% of families in the U.S. are divorced and about 3/4 of them are remarried. Shellfish: Leviticus 11:10, 11:11, 11:12 and many more “All that have not fins and scales in the seas, and the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you.” “They (shellfish) shall be an abomination to you. You shall not eat their flesh, but you shall regard their carcasses as an abomination.” “ Whatever in the water does not have fins or scales; that shall be an abomination to you.” Owning slaves: Leviticus 25: 44-45 “Your male and female slaves are to come from the nations around you; from them you may buy slaves. You may also buy some of the temporary residents living among you and members of their clans born in your land.” Sell daughter: Exodus 21:1-11 You can sell your daughter as a sex slave. Eating animals with cloven hooves: Leviticus 11:7 “And the swine, though it divides the hoof, having cloven hooves, yet does not chew the cud, is unclean to you.” Wife to obey husband: Ephesians 5:22-24,33 Acts 5:29 Titus 2:5 Peter 3:7; Matt. 20:25-28; Gal. 3:28 We have learned that God teaches husbands to use their authority in love. Though our society may protest and rebel, He also tells wives to submit to their husbands. “Just as the church should submit to Christ, not rebelliously but respectfully, so the wife must abide by all her husband's decisions. The only exception would be if the husband commanded her to do something that would violate God's law.” “Young women should be taught to be obedient to their husbands. This does not mean woman has less ability or less value than man. But someone must be in charge to make decisions in the home. God has determined that this responsibility belongs to the man.” Husband to worship wife: Corinthians 7:3-5; Ephesians 5:25-31,33; Peter 3:7; Col. 3:19 “A man should love his wife as Christ loved the church and as he loves his own body. What can Jesus' love for the church teach husbands?” “Jesus' love was not a romantic mood or emotion but a choice or commitment. He did not wait till we acted lovingly toward Him but did what we needed even when our conduct was unattractive. This required serious sacrifice for our good.” Likewise a husband should be committed to do his wife good, even if she is not acting lovingly toward him nor attracting him romantically. He must do good even at the cost of serious personal sacrifice. “A man should try to understand what his wife needs, rather than being bitter toward her. He will not expect her to do heavy work since she is not as strong. And he will respect her as being of equal spiritual value with himself.” “A husband also shows love by expressing affection and fulfilling the wife's sexual needs.” Jesus expressed loved for the church both by words and by deeds. If a husband properly loves his wife, he will tell her so, but he will also show it by his actions. Some men act selfishly or even abuse their wives, and some even claim that the Bible says a man has the right to do this. But consider what the Bible really teaches.yea i know that its too long to read it took me some time to write what i exactly wanted to write more

Voting Question: Are single sex public schools illegal?

http://www.star-telegram.com/189/story/1422185.html?storylink=omni_popular I can think of a few laws that would prohibit such a school. The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution#Text Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Title_IX Civil Rights Act of 1964. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964 At the very least, they should make an equal school specializing in the same areas for male students. Just having such a school for one sex or the other seems illegal. Anybody know if this is or isn't illegal? more

Resolved Question: How to IMPROVE this PIECE OF WRITING!!!!!!10POINTS THANKS!!!!!!!?

"Tom, am getting out of this house! I don't give a crap if you ever see me or your daughter Amy again!". Mum shouted. Both my parents have been everlastingly arguing. My mum is always the one who causes fights to begin. I sometimes feel like I'm to blame. I have always tried to stop them from these devastating fights, but it has been extremely difficult. Things only got worse day after day. I remember the day they got divorced. I was upstairs in my room. I heard some noises, then Slowly I threw my book on the carpet. I opened the door to the voice of my father crying. I could tell he was heart broken and crestfallen. It was the first time I heard my dad crying that much. I quickly ran down the stairs wondering what had happened. I saw him standing against the kitchen door crying. I stood still in shock and fear, my heart skipped a beat at the sight of my father and what state he was in. Drops of tears were rolling down his eyes. I didn’t even know why they got divorced mum just wouldn’t even allow me to speak to her about it. They didn't tell me very much. My dad wouldn't let my mom leave at two in the morning. He said it was shaming to be a the disco at that hour, and his wife wouldn't sink to that level. I could have heard them screaming at each other from a mile away. I was only thirteen when my mom divorced my dad, and to be honest it wasn't easy. I wasn't happy with them separating but mostly I wasn't happy because I was separating from them. well, from my dad at least, he was the only person I really loved. He always loved me and held his arm out when I needed a true friend to talk to. Dad was always my super hero. He was the best person I ever know. He gave me everything I want, from freedom to love. I never had any problems with him. However, Mum was always the opposite of Dad. Mum is the prettiest lady I have ever seen. Yet, her temper is equal to her prettiness. She was almost always annoyed and would never allow me to do anything I wanted to. My mom had decided that there's no need to stay here when nothing was holding us to. “Mum bolted into the kitchen with a tomato-red face and began to scream in a thundering voice.” She was on the phone a couple of seconds ago giggling!. "Amy pack your suitcase with everything you need were getting out of here today!" Mum screamed at me and pushed me up the stairs so I would start moving, "Shoo!" was her last word before I went to pack. A shiver went down my spine as I began throwing everything I could possibly think of into my suitcase. My mother has dictated my life ever since I could remember. My father however, is different. He grants my every wish no matter how extreme they maybe. I rushed to my room quickly, I could hear my mum yelling at my dad in a very dangerous tone. “ I have no time to waste listening to you now just shut up and don't utter a word.” she shouted. I stood in shock and fear starring at my window blinds! I was paranoid, very hurt, nervous and heart sore no words could describe how I felt at the current time. I got a bad sense of taste, I couldn’t figure out what it was!. I couldn’t help do anything but cry. I bursted into tears, shook my head in disgrace. So we moved to another city. Actually she moved, I was just dragged. Against my will of course. My mum couldn’t care less. I couldn’t even hug my dad for the last time, apparently I had no right!. She was on the phone hysterically laughing. I was disappointed. I just didn’t understand how she had the guts to act like that. My mum drove me in her black Ferrari on my first day of school. It was like something out of the olden days or Simeo sort of vampires Laure with a gothic black and red logo to represent the school. it sent a shiver down my spine; not such a good feeling on my first day of school. My mom and I quickly walked into the unfamiliar school and instantly found ourselves waiting in a queue outside the reception area. I stood nervously, adjusting my multicoloured tie, pondering what was to come. The snooty receptionist appeared from behind the large, oval desk and gestured for me to sit in one of the two empty seats outside the office just as I had properly fixed my tie. Suddenly my mom was gone but not before giving me a brief peck on my forehead, and there I was alone. Wishing I could be anywhere but here, I just wanted her with me. The dark concrete wall was stained and the ground littered with papers and chewing gum. Not exactly the most appealing school out there. In fact, I was quick to label it 'the ugliest school building in the whole WORLD'. I mean, it was even worse than my old school! I’ve always thought my old school was the ugliest looking school in the earth but I guess it Wasn’t. And trust me, that's saying something. The school crest was painted right next to the heavy black doors. It was a red and black logo, gothic-looking. OK PLEASE TELL ME HOW TO IMPROVE it more

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Resolved Question: Did Iowa judges misuse the equal protection clause to determine their ruling on gay marriage?

As I'm sure some of you are aware, a couple months ago the Iowa supreme court legalized gay marriage in their state by overturning the 170 year old definition of marriage deeming it as unconstitutional under the equal protection clause off their state constitution. My question is, was this the framers of the Iowa state constitution intentions in how the equal protection clause was to be used ? How can the equal protection clause be applied here when there are no rights or privileges being denied homosexuals that were being granted to anyone else ? Keep in mind that marriage is not a right, nor does it apply to those of the same sex ,so basically what the court did was redefine a word to create extra constitutional or uber-rights for homosexuals. In light of this ruling, what's to stop the court from changing that definition awarding rights to pedophiles wanting to marry a child ? Or a polygamist wanting to marry several wives ? Or someone wanting to marry an animal ? Is there any end to this madness ? . Were the Iowa supreme court judges doing their job, which is judicial review and interpretation of laws as they are written ? Or was this what's typically known as judicial activism and the court acting as an oligarchy ? Thanks in advance for your answers. God bless. more

Resolved Question: I don't feel right considering women as equals?

I don't think it makes sense, as it's obvious that women themselves act in a way that suggests that even they think men are better than them. Women follow men and do what men and society wants them to do; these aren't the actions of a group who is really 'equal'. more

Resolved Question: US HISTORY HELP?!?!? PLEASE?

61. How did television affect American society beginning in the 1950s? (Points: 5) Television encouraged people to become more diverse. Television promoted a common culture. Television heightened interest in books and newspapers. Television encouraged people to help others. 62. What was one unique element of the election of 1960? (Points: 5) It was the first election to use televised debates. Kennedy was the first Unitarian candidate to run for the presidency. Nixon was a weak opponent. Kennedy had served as both secretary of the Navy and as a U.S. senator. 63. Why were blacks eager to participate in the civil rights movement following World War II? (Points: 5) They had returned from military service to find Jim Crow laws still in place. With the increase in population there were more blacks to advocate for this cause. They resented not being provided the educational benefits of the GI Bill. The political emphasis placed on conformity antagonized black voters. 64. What did not play a significant role in the civil rights movement? (Points: 5) the election of Dwight D. Eisenhower as president Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat on a bus freedom rides throughout the South a march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama 65. What laws passed during the Johnson administration eliminated segregation in public places and discrimination in voting? (Points: 5) the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 the Fair Housing Act of 1968 and the Manpower Training Act of 1968 the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the Civil Procedure Reform Act of 1966 the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Civil Rights Act of 1968 66. Medicare and Medicaid were part of Lyndon Johnson's (Points: 5) War on Poverty. Social Security plan. Food for All program. Fair Deal. 67. What Supreme Court decision found that "separate but equal" schools were inherently unequal and unconstitutional? (Points: 5) Miranda v. Arizona Plessy v. Ferguson Gideon v. Wainwright Brown v. Board of Education 68. What sparked the Cuban Missile Crisis? (Points: 5) the threat of an immediate Soviet attack on the United States the discovery of Soviet missiles in communist Cuba the development of Cuban nuclear capability the protection of U.S. business interests in Florida 69. How was the Cuban Missile Crisis resolved? (Points: 5) with an agreement that the Soviet Union would remove missiles from Cuba and the United States from Turkey with Cuba's acceptance of the missiles and a promise not to fire them on the United States with an agreement that both the Soviet Union and the United States would provide aid to Cuba with the United States establishing a missile base in Miami that caused Cuba to back down 70. What was the domino theory? (Points: 5) the belief that if one Southeast Asia nation fell to communism, others would follow the idea that the situation in Southeast Asia would require a blocking strategy the belief that the nations of Southeast Asia needed to align with one another the idea that the decisions to be made in Vietnam were black and whitecommunism or democracy 71. What allowed President Johnson to send additional troops to Vietnam without a formal declaration of war? (Points: 5) Selective Service Act Viet Cong invasion in 1965 voters in the 1964 election Gulf of Tonkin Resolution 72. What view of the Vietnam War led to objections about U.S. participation there? (Points: 5) The United States should have attacked more forcefully at the outset to win the war quickly. The country was too small to worry about. The United States was interfering in another nation's civil war. The Vietnamese should seek assistance from nations that were closer. 73. What 1968 event in Vietnam was a military victory for one side and a psychological victory for the other? (Points: 5) The Tet Offensive was a military victory for the North and a psychological victory for the South. The fall of Saigon was a military victory for the North and a psychological victory for the South. The Tet Offensive was a military victory for the South and a psychological victory for the North. The fall of Saigon was a military victory for the South and a psychological victory for the South. 74. What was the eventual outcome of the Vietnam War? (Points: 5) The fall of Saigon led to a unified, communist Vietnam. The Treaty of Saigon gave concessions to both sides. A cease fire led to the establishment of a neutral zone between North Vietnam and South Vietnam. The fall of Hanoi led to a unified, democratic Vietnam.please tell me how sure you are more

Voting Question: US History questions need to know for test tmrw please help?

Resolved Question: US HIST STUDYGUIDE questions Please please help? PLEASE?

1. Which statement identifies a major change in the United States between the Civil War and the 1920s? (Points: 5) People returned to their farms where crops thrived as a result of new equipment and fertilizers. A healthy balance developed between urban and rural growth that led to less crowded conditions in the cities. City populations grew rapidly as both immigrants and native-born citizens sought higher paying jobs. Suburbs sprung up as a result of the immigrant population wanting to make a better life for their families. 2. How did ethnicity and race contribute to changes in the United States in the late nineteenth century? (Points: 5) They caused separate schools to develop for different ethnic groups. They contributed to social stratification. They played a limited role. They contributed to the view of America as a melting pot. 3. How did building Central Park in New York City influence the work of urban planners? (Points: 5) It emphasized the development of recreational areas as part of urban growth. It made it difficult for urban planners to buy the land they needed for similar projects. It forced planners to consider using skyscrapers. It set an unreasonable standard for most urban planners. 4. Who was not a nineteenth-century urban planner who promoted the orderly growth of cities? (Points: 5) Louis Sullivan Daniel Burnham Frederick Law Olmstead James Sherman 5. What unofficial organization helped immigrants and others cope with nineteenth- and early twentieth-century city life while also accepting bribes in exchange for favors? (Points: 5) Fair Deal Exchange Plunkitt's Party Tammany Hall Tweed Machine 6. What was Jane Addams's Hull House in Chicago an example of? (Points: 5) an urban hotel for women only a political machine that operated to benefit immigrants a settlement house opened to assist the urban poor a skyscraper that changed the look of the city 7. What is one reason that the Populist Party failed? (Points: 5) Populists promoted an economy that did not regulate business. Populists pushed for a change in the tax structure. Populists looked to the past and did not develop an agenda for an industrial economy. Populists neglected present needs in favor of future plans. 8. Which turn of the century political movement emphasized conservation? (Points: 5) Republican Democratic Populist Progressive 9. Who were the muckrakers? (Points: 5) political party members who practiced dirty politics people who cleared the land before skyscrapers were built the first gossip columnists, especially those who focused on politicians investigative journalists who uncovered corruption in business and government 10. What was not examined by the investigative journalists in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries? (Points: 5) brutal working conditions in mines and on railroads John D. Rockefeller's corrupt practices at Standard Oil violations in the meatpacking industry long hours required of sharecropping farmers 11. Why did the Progressive movement want the direct election of senators? (Points: 5) Senators elected indirectly made little effort to represent the people. Progressives believed that having representatives elected by state legislatures was sufficient. Progressives believed that direct election of senators gave more control of government to the people. Progressives wanted to eliminate the Electoral College in all elections except presidential ones. 12. Which president oversaw the building of the Panama Canal, emphasized conservation, and established some national parks? (Points: 5) Woodrow Wilson William McKinley Theodore Roosevelt William Howard Taft 13. What was one element of Woodrow Wilson's "New Freedom" agenda? (Points: 5) establishing the United Nations reducing farm subsidies eliminating monopolies implementing the Food and Drug Act 14. How did Jim Crow laws, poll taxes, and literacy tests affect blacks in the period following the Civil War? (Points: 5) They promoted economic independence for freed slaves. They helped make it possible for blacks to vote. They promoted segregation and denied blacks their rights. They had little effect on blacks. 15. Which Supreme Court decision allowed for the segregation of blacks in "separate but equal" facilities? (Points: 5) Marbury v. Madison Brown v. Board of Education Plessy v. Fergusthats not all of it...........more here http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090611205142AAx9bXF1- d 2- A 3- B 4- C 5- A 6- C 7- ? 8- ? 9- d 10- b 11- B 12- d 13- c 14- B 15- a more

Resolved Question: Things annoying customers do?

here are a few of mine: Servers unite here! What do customers do that annoy you the most? Here are a few of mine: --People who act like it took you a life time to get to the table, and they are going to die with out the drink that they haven't decided on yet --Not once saying "thank you", "please", or any other hint of manners --Being a party of 40 people and walking in WITHOUT a reservation and being pissed off because your 40 meals take long to cook. --Telling you everything is fine when you ask them, eating the entire meal, getting the bill and then ALL OF A SUDDEN that burger, you know the one that you devoured? Yeah ALL OF A SUDDEN that burger was undercooked/gross/cold, whatever! --Asking for you kids' meals to be brought out first is fine. 10 minutes AFTER the server rang in the order, not so much. --Not sitting where the hostess sat them, but telling you where they should sit, like it's a big maze. By the window, on the bench, it's too cold in this spot, I don't want to see the bathrooms, too close to the kitchen, i want the booth that is one over, even though you just told me that it is closed off, etc. --Unfriendly customers who sit there stone-faced when you ask how everything is... --Waving frantically at the server when they have trays in their hand, and they CLEARLY know you're on your way to another table. --Staring down the customer, without puase or blink, with your neck craned as he/she takes the order of the table next to you, because you need them NOW --interrupting the server who is talking to/selling stuff to, the table NEXT TO YOURS, because you need something RIGHT THIS MINUTE -- Act like it's the server's fault the coffee isn't strong, and take it out on them the entire shift. (Servers don't harvest the coffee beans!) --Tell you they are ready to order and then you stand there and stand there while they finish deciding. ("you all go ahead, I'll be ready when you get to me........"uuuum, uum, um, um....") --Customers who complain about everything either just for the fun of it or to get free stuff (probably an equal balance of the two, as rarely are the complaints valid) --Asking for things is fine. But when they think that they are your only customer and ask for additional things ONE AT A TIME so you have to keep coming back, that's inconsiderate. (ex. Can I have some A1? *brings you A1* Oh and I need horseradish. *brings you horseradish* I need some more tea now..) --When you go up to a table to greet them and ask everyone how they are, and they stare at you like a deer caught in headlights. --When you are bringing extremely hot food to a table, usually that is not yours so they don't know what they ordered,.. that's definately burning ur hands, and you simply ask "ok i have the burger and fries".. and no one replys like they completely forgot what they ordered.. [[this one is the worst! lol!]] --When you are trying to clear a table in one go, so every clasping part of your body is full of dishes, and a guest tries to give you another. --When you -seat/greet/go to take orders/check in on- some teenagers at a table, and they break into giggles and look at eachother every time, NOT ANSWERING ANYTHING, EVER. --Old men that hit on you because they know you have nowhere to run --When customers complain about something you cant control, the portion size or "it should be like this" Do they realize we dont control these things? We just bring it to the table. -- Making a stink about wanting a discount because you waited for a well-done steak for half an hour and refused to let us butterfly it to speed up the cooking time. --When people have coupons for free meals and then tip based on the new bill, which is usually at least half of what it should be. (despite the fact that the work we did for your table was the work equivalent to the old bill) And finally... [[and my personal all time pet peave just because it is so RUDE and demeans us as fellow human beings]] --The classic demanding interruption. "Hi, how are you doing tod-" "I want a Coke." more

Resolved Question: my op-ion on how much authority are us government has on a economy or in general are population?

Practically in my sate of op-ion or just a conclusional hypothesis most governmental authorities have rights that most higher rank divisions shouldn't have. But should have a neutral amount that compares to individuals such as the civilians of the USA that’s what sets of the balance of equal rights and power but in this country there is know such thing society Doesn’t care for any one this is my legend: if can spend billions of dollars founding for nuclear weapons to show that are country is more dominate and trying to prove we are in a higher standard of becoming a more selective Revolutionized Culture in some ways making us seem practical Impervious to any fall back Attempt and all so many Conspiracies to make people go to the army by making Obnoxious falls observations saying Sodom hosanna hade weapons of masdestructons I personal think it was a act of virgins for the capture of George Washington dad I think that’s the Maine overall suggestion to the fights in Iraq to show how is more in lake of better terms Categorized as a g. more

Voting Question: Can a boyfriend who cheated once ever get his girlfriends Love back?

I have been a relationship for the past 5 1/2 years with my girlfriend and we are both still virgins. We have been together sense high school and we knew it would be hard being in a long distance relationship through college but we decided to stay together. I fell to temptation with a girl i didn't even like remotely. It was my own weakness for myself and my situation that gave way to me doing what i did. I didn't have sex with the other girl because that thought wouldn't even come into my mind giving myself to another girl. I am in love with my girlfriend she will be my first not some girl i don't care about but the pay off with the other girl was equal to that and thats cheating. I felt horrible right after the initial act and my conscience went to work. I was a man with pride who would never even think of cheating but when that happened I found the ultimate weakness in myself. At first I didn't say anything for about a year and a half but she got the truth out of me. We broke up and decided to get back together a week later. I thought wow she really loves me and I haven't waivered sense but its her last year at school and shes graduating and one of her friends out there asked her to leave me and be with him. Now just so the readers know her was to come back to do grad school here in the same state as me and thats still her plan and we are still together but when i asked her what was up she said that she really didn't know if she could love me again as much as she did and to make matters worse shes kind of brutally honest so when she told me that her friend wanted to be with her I felt extremely angry naturally but I had a feeling that something was wrong. She said that she wasn't sure about us anymore and she asked all of her friends advice on what to do. All of her friends except for one told her to go with this new guy and it hurts so much more knowing that my position as her boyfriend was tittering on her decision. Of course i feel into a depression and cried many many times waiting for her answer and she told me she wanted to give me another shot. I was excited but then she told me that she had to spend the summer at school finishing up 2 classes. It pains me to know that the guy is still trying even if its only in my head and shes hanging out with her friends alot more than she used to. I know I must trust my girlfriend and that she'll come back to me but the pain grows everyday. Im 22 and I want to know if i can ever get her love back. We are still together but she wont be back until august and I'm scared. I know I deserve everything thats coming to me but still I pray she chooses me. more

Resolved Question: Make a move to USA for a better life?

At this time, I would need to bore you with a question about value of life and I do need real information from u all friends about USA because only u are the trustable source to search true information. Living in my country, I’ve just always felt under pressure and can’t find myself. 1-Women here are inferior to men. 2-People are jealous, closed mind, and discrimination, especially on women—women to women, men criticize women, but this never happen on men. Example, 2 friends—male and female, they are just friends no more than this-- walk together home from school. The girl will be negatively stereotyped as an easy, odd, not casual and not good to look by the eyes of neighbors. Why people here love to prejudge other people’s way of doing? Why people here love to act as they are the ones having duty to judge someone is good or bad? Why do they judge by just a part of seeing rather than use their brain to think deeply? They love to be involved in negative judgment, but keep mouse silence for advantage of someone. That’s why, women here are passive. Women here are always afraid of being negatively prejudged by neighbors for what she does. So women here do things that neighbor would value rather than do by her personality. It seems women here are just like artists who need to perform well for the eyes of audiences. She is not her. 3-The older have power on the younger. Example, in class, students respect their teacher out of duty. They respect their teacher as second parents. When teacher says something is right or wrong, they obey and follow. Students are afraid to ask or ask many questions unless the teacher asks students to ask questions. Another example about between relatives. A nice or nephew can’t protest his or her aunt or uncle—by tradition—in an equivalent manner. The younger complain only in a lower manner, manner of respecting. If the nice or nephew complain by equivalent manner, it means that the child is unrespectful to the older= cruel= uneducated by parents= too low social class family race. So in real situation here, sometimes, youngers are pressured to get fault because the older can not loose face by recognizing their—older—fault. It is hard for younger to complain with the older because we have a system of respectful to the older. But I think it is unreasonable and communist. I must have equal right to complain with the older. 4-The law here is untrustable. For example about the beauty shop. After a period of treatment to beauty skin of customers, the result becomes worse. In this situation the customer becomes a victim with no response from the shop and the law can’t go to. When someone have a cool and go to by medicine, the medicine seller doen’t guide how many days the patient should need to have medicine but instead the seller asks the patient, “How many day u want to have medicine?” In hospital, doctors don’t care about their schedule to care patients but instead the doctors expect the patients’ relatives to remember what are the treatment that the patient have been provided. 5-Women here are well protected in order not to make mistakes. The statement sounds like women are so luck here but if u look deeply at it, u will see that it makes women become passive, are limited and closed her brain and freedom from all of her action in the society.Why? Why by tradition women are afraid of having mistakes while men can experience freely in the society? Is there any one can walk without passing many fall down? If women are kept to stay in one place because of afraid of making mistakes, can she develop herself? Women here are regarded as white paper while men are regarded as gold. After spoiling, goal remain goal but the white paper can’t be cured. Unreasonable statement. Why people follow unreasonable thing? Why people dare not to complain and make a change to make a better statement? These are just some small part of dark life in here, there are still manyyyyyyyy more. Living here makes me feel uncomfortable and meaningless. Everything seems up side down. I have heard some about USA and I want to better my life there, but I am still not sure whether what I have heard about USA is true or just fake. By asking many people who are studying and living in USA, they say 90% in USA is plus. The US government provides value to life of all people. They also say situations in USA is totally opposite to here. No class system, no discrimination, equal right between men and women, women are not passive as women here because women in USA can do as what men can. They also say, “if u work hard, your life here is much more wonderful to compare to here.” I value hard working because only work hard can pay for good futur, but I still doubt about the meaning of hard working in USA. Does it means work till the person’s energy fall down to zero? The expenses in USA is very high, so the meaning should be like this? If so, I don’t people can have happiness. But perh more

Resolved Question: PLZZ HELP ME DOING THIS ASSIGNMENT OF ECONOMICS....CASES ARE GIVEN BELOW!! THANX ALOT!! I NEED IT NOW URGENTLY?

CASE 1 PACIFIC COPPER INDUSTRY Pacific copper industry, a family-owned business, produces copper that is purchased by other firms to make wire, tubing and sheets. The copper is produced in 1000 pounds ingot and is identifiable as having been produced by Pacific copper only by the firm’s name stamped on each ingot (brick). PART 1 Pacific operates the only copper mine and smelter in the South Pacific region. Because imports are limited by high transportation costs, the firm is essentially a monopoly with respect to the sale of copper ingots. The only real source of competition comes from scrap copper that has been melted back into ingot form. However, this scrap copper is considered inferior by buyers and sells for a substantially lower price. Pacific copper sells to approximately 200 firms in the region. Individual purchases are typically made by experienced buyers, but orders tend to be small and frequent to allow buyers to keep their inventory cost down. Although Pacific maintain a publish list of prices, it is not uncommon for preferred customers to be secretly quoted a lower price or better credit terms. Management estimates the demand for the firm’s product is given by the following equation. P = 2975 – 0.10Q Where P is the price per ton and Q is the number of tons sold per year. Regression analysis suggests that the firm’s average and marginal cost equation are: AC = 2393 – 0.10Q MC = 2393 – 0.05Q Where, AC and MC are average and marginal costs per ton. PART 2 After 2 years, eight new firms enter the market. At the present time, Pacific has a 50% share of copper ingot sales and the rest of the market is shared equally by the eight new firms. During a recreational outing in ALASKA, the managers of the nine copper producing firms decide to collude and set the price of ingot at the monopoly level. Read the above case study carefully and write down the correct option number (e-g A, B, C, D) in the given Excel file. 1- If the objective of Pacific management is short run profit maximization then the optimal level of output for the Pacific firm is: Marks: 5 A. 3,798 B. 3,880 C. 3,910 D. 4,005 2- The optimal level of price for the Pacific firm is: Marks: 2 A. $2,587 B. $2,592 C. $2,602 D. $2,680 3- The amount of total cost of producing copper ingot by the Pacific firm is: Marks: 3 A. $76, 82,220 B. $77, 00,997 C. $77, 79,400 D. $78, 99,009 4- The amount of total revenue earned by the Pacific firm is: Marks: 2 A. $1,00,16,280 B. $1,00,36,500 C. $1,00, 37,560 D. $1,01, 56,820 5- The amount of total profit earned by the Pacific firm is: Marks: 2 A. $20, 01,520 B. $20, 50,205 C. $21, 25,350 D. $22, 58,160 6- Periodically, Pacific advertises in local business publications. Advertising cost of Pacific firm is estimated to be $1000 per year. What will be the impact of this advertising cost on the price level of copper ingot? Marks: 1 A. The price level of copper ingot will rise. B. The price level of copper ingot will fall. C. The price level of copper ingot will remain the same. D. The price level of copper ingot will rise first and then fall. 7- When the nine firms decide to cooperate with each other in the setting of prices and quantities, this is an example of: Marks: 1 A. Collusion. B. Price leadership. C. Monopolistic competition. D. Perfect competition. 8- According to the demand function estimated by the Pacific management, which of the following statements is TRUE about the demand curve for copper ingot? Marks: 1 A. Demand curve is upward-sloping. B. Demand curve is downward-sloping. C. Demand curve is vertical. D. Demand curve is horizontal. 9- For a monopolist, changes in demand will lead to changes in: Marks: 1 A. Price with no change in output. B. Output with no change in price. C. Both price and output. D. None of the given options. 10- Use the following two statements to answer this question: I. For a monopolist, at every output level, average revenue is equal to price. II. For a monopolist, at every output level, marginal revenue is equal to price. Marks: 1 A. Both I and II are true. B. I is true, and II is false. C. I is false, and II is true. D. Both I and II are false. 11- Which of the following is NOT true for monopoly? Marks: 1 A. The profit maximizing output is the one at which marginal revenue and marginal costs are equal. B. The profit maximizing output is the one at which the difference between total revenue and total cost is largest. C. The monopolist's demand curve is the same as the market demand curve. D. At the profit maximizing output, price equals marginal cost. CASE 2 THE MARKET FOR HUMAN KIDNEYS Should people have the right to sell parts of their bodies? Congress believes the answer is no. In 1984; it passed the National Organ Transplantation Act, which prohibits the sale of organs for transplantation. Organs may only be donated. Although the law prohibits their sale, more

Resolved Question: New Hampshire Approves Gay Marriage. How many days for Pro-Polygamy Groups to cry discrimination?

Less than 1 week ! 1) Will the GAYS speak out against more than 2 people marrying or was it their intention to open up the flood gates. 2) How long before a Pro- Want to marry my animal group start to cry discrimination? Click the link for the full article: http://www.pro-polygamy.com/articles.php?news=0068 NH’s "Same Sex Marriage" Law "Discriminates" Against Polygamy. On June 3, 2009, the State of New Hampshire became the sixth U.S. State to codify the legal construct of same sex marriage, enacting "HB 436, An Act relative to civil marriage and civil unions." The "gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered" (GLBT) community hailed the new law as a civil rights victory. Declaring that the new law advances fairness and equality for all, they proclaimed that New Hampshire had supposedly "ended discrimination" for everyone. But the law did no such thing. Rather, it intentionally "discriminates" against consenting adult polygamists - indeed, on purpose. In truth, therefore, New Hampshire's new gay marriage law does not end "discrimination" at all. It absolutely does not provide "equal access to marriage" for all. Rather, New Hampshire's new same sex marriage law intentionally "discriminates" against consenting adult polygamists. more

Voting Question: womans rights movements from 2000-present?

im doing a project on womens rights and everything i find ends at 2000 ad i need recent movements, acts, facts, thigs that are influential show woman being supressed or show woman with equal rights more

Resolved Question: Fellow atheists: Are right and wrong axioms?

I used to think the terms "right" and "wrong" were meaningless. What does it mean to say something is right? That you should do it? says who? etc etc...I could see how things were harmful or beneficial, but the meaning of the words "right" and "wrong" eluded me. But in the dark years of the W junta, I saw that dark spiritual forces had control of very powerful men. And I began to question my ideas about right and wrong. So now I wonder, are some things simply right, and some things simply wrong, period? This would make the rightness or wrongness of an act axiomatic, much as in Euclid's elements. It is right to alleviate suffering. Things which equal the same thing also equal one another. Why? Because it is self-evident. This would, by the way, apply to deities as well. Whether a god says something is right or wrong doesn't make it so. It just is. Agree? Disagree? more

Resolved Question: is this essay good or bad? whats wrong with it? if you know anything about operation blue star than answer?

In the 1984 attack on Darbar Sahib, many Sikhs and Sikh civilians were killed and dishonored because of their religious beliefs. Sikh rebels of Operation Blue Star were massacred along with innocent civilians because the Indian government and prime minister, Indira Gandhi felt that Sikhs needed to change to the Hindu religion. Once the attack finally ended Sikhs finally understood that the Indian government did not attack Harminder Sahib and other gurdawaras because of a “terrorist threat”, but because they did not want Sikhs to raise their voices and protest. From the day the massacre ended, Sikhs began to raise their voices, rebel and spread the gurus words. 1984 was a shocking year when the Indian government ordered the military to attack Darbar Sahib on may 31st under Operation Blue Star. The Indian government made false assumptions about the Sikhs when they said that they attacked Darbar Sahib because they thought that Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and his supporters were keeping deadly weapons in the golden temple. Obviously that may or may not have been true because the public did not know of this terrible attack until it was all over since Punjab was the only target in the operation. Punjab is a Sikhs homeland that is why the Indian government attacked Darbar Sahib, because the government’s main goal was to invade the Sikhs main place of worship, Amritsar. Another reason or “excuse” the government made up to attack Darbar Sahib was that Bhindranwale and his supporters were apparently terrorists and that is why some people called him a controversial leader. Bhindranwale was called a controversial leader since people assumed he was a terrorist because he approached different kinds of people and let them know about Sikhism and he also protested about how the government treated the Sikhs like dirt. The Indian government revealed exaggerated propagandas like “terrorists threats”, since Bhindranwale and his followers were no terrorists the government had to make up an excuse and lie to the public in relation to why they really attacked Darbar Sahib. Bhindranwale was only a missionary trying to bring the Sikh youth back to order, he wanted the youthful Sikhs to follow the Khalsa Panth. Bhindranwale said to the Indian government, “I am not opposed to Khalistan, nor am I for it, I seek only equal rights for Sikhs.” From this quote, Bhindranwale was clearly not a terrorist, he wanted equal rights for all Sikhs and he said that to many people many times. Finally, the real reason the Indian government attacked Darbar Sahib was because they wanted the Sikhs to become Hindus and follow the states largest religion. The real reason why Darbar Sahib was attacked was covered by the lies and tricks the Indian government had played on the public. It was not difficult for the Sikhs to find out the truth behind why the government really attacked their temples. Some Hindus did not like Sikhs because they believed that they should be within the same religion and that Sikhism belongs to Hinduism, but Sikhs strongly opposed to that idea which led to violence. Sikhs were largely populating India and the government along with Indira Gandhi believed that the teachings of the Sikh gurus (equality) was unnecessary and so they discriminated against them by attacking temples. Sikhs houses were burnt for no reason accept that they were different from Hindus and that they did not follow the Hindu religion, their property was destroyed completely along with the owners who lived in the houses. People in India who felt extremely angry at the government said things like “why weren’t Hindus tortured when they were suspected to be involved in a criminal act? Why were Sikhs arrested when they were suspected to be murderers and the Hindus left off with no charges? This was probably said several times by freedom fighters like Bhindranwale and his supporters. Out of all the victims in Operation Blue Star, extremists or rebels were the main targets because the government was well aware of their knowledge and they were worried that they would use their knowledge to protest and that riots would sooner or later break out. Indira Gandhi disliked the Sikhs, she spoke with the general during the operation and she stated that she did not give a damn if the Golden Temple and the whole of Amritsar was destroyed, she wanted Bhindranwale dead and that was all. This shows how much extremists were hated. Sikhs could no longer stand aside and forget what happened to their holiest place on earth, they protested and gained further rights. As soon as Operation Blue Star was over the Sikhs did not stand aside and let the government get away with it, the Sikhs organized a group of people similar to a military power and killed traitors or people who played a significant role in the attack of Darbar Sahib. Sikhs were very angry and enraged that the government commit such a horrible sin and interrupted the ceremonial recital of the Guru Granth Sahib. The more

Resolved Question: Is this the average conservative mentality?

Ronald Reagan won the cold war and caused the Soviet Union to collapse, all by himself. The free market is a magical force where people's needs are satisfied by the greediest of people. The market should dictate all aspects of people's lives. Minimum wage should be abolished. Who cares that nobody could survive on the market equilibrium wage of, say, $3/hour? Public schools should be abolished. Terrorism is bad if other people do it, but it's OK if the US does it. After finding no WMD in Iraq, we changed our goal to "liberating" the Iraqi people. Never mind that Iraq was a convenient oil-rich and strategic region in the middle east. It is OK that the US overthrew democratically elected leaders and replaced them with brutal tyrants, when they did something against US interests (nationalization of oil supplies, copper, etc) The US always brings "freedom" and "democracy" to every other country. All countries that hate the US hate us because of our "freedom" Abortion is murder, but killing civilians in war is fair game. Christians aren't capable of committing terrorism. If a Christian commits an act of terrorism, he is not a "true" Christian, but if a Muslim commits an act of terrorism, he is a true Muslim. Health care isn't a right, rather it's OK if you die because you didn't get access to preventable medicine. Poor people are poor because they "choose" to be. (After all, who wouldn't choose to be poor?) A person who grew up in poverty has an equal opportunity to succeed as a rich kid whose parents paid for his college tuition. Evolution should not be taught in schools, despite the fact that it is a scientific fact. National socialism is "socialism" because they called themselves that, even though "national socialism" is an oxymoron. Socialism is internationalism. Anyone who critisizes Israel is anti-semetic. If Israel ever gets to the stage that Nazi Germany did, it would be justified because they are the "victims" I know there are a lot more I should have added, but I just wanted to get a general idea. Is this accurate? more

Resolved Question: Economics Problem ... ready the question carefully and answer them?

CASE 1 PACIFIC COPPER INDUSTRY Pacific copper industry, a family-owned business, produces copper that is purchased by other firms to make wire, tubing and sheets. The copper is produced in 1000 pounds ingot and is identifiable as having been produced by Pacific copper only by the firm’s name stamped on each ingot (brick). PART 1 Pacific operates the only copper mine and smelter in the South Pacific region. Because imports are limited by high transportation costs, the firm is essentially a monopoly with respect to the sale of copper ingots. The only real source of competition comes from scrap copper that has been melted back into ingot form.However, this scrap copper is considered inferior by buyers and sells for a substantially lower price. Pacific copper sells to approximately 200 firms in the region. Individual purchases are typically made by experienced buyers, but orders tend to be small and frequent to allow buyers to keep their inventory cost down. Although Pacific maintain a publish list of prices, it is not uncommon for preferred customers to be secretly quoted a lower price or better credit terms. Management estimates the demand for the firm’s product is given by the following equation. P = 2975 – 0.10Q Where P is the price per ton and Q is the number of tons sold per year. Regression analysis suggests that the firm’s average and marginal cost equation are: AC = 2393 – 0.10Q MC = 2393 – 0.05Q Where, AC and MC are average and marginal costs per ton. PART 2 After 2 years, eight new firms enter the market. At the present time, Pacific has a 50% share of copper ingot sales and the rest of the market is shared equally by the eight new firms. During a recreational outing in ALASKA, the managers of the nine copper producing firms decide to collude and set the price of ingot at the monopoly level. Read the above case study carefully and write down the correct option number (e-g A, B, C, D) in the given Excel file. 1- If the objective of Pacific management is short run profit maximization then the optimal level of output for the Pacific firm is: A. 3,798 B. 3,880 C. 3,910 D. 4,005 2- The optimal level of price for the Pacific firm is: A. $2,587 B. $2,592 C. $2,602 D. $2,680 3- The amount of total cost of producing copper ingot by the Pacific firm is: A. $76, 82,220 B. $77, 00,997 C. $77, 79,400 D. $78, 99,009 4- The amount of total revenue earned by the Pacific firm is: A. $1,00,16,280 B. $1,00,36,500 C. $1,00, 37,560 D. $1,01, 56,820 5- The amount of total profit earned by the Pacific firm is: A. $20, 01,520 B. $20, 50,205 C. $21, 25,350 D. $22, 58,160 6- Periodically, Pacific advertises in local business publications. Advertising cost of Pacific firm is estimated to be $1000 per year. What will be the impact of this advertising cost on the price level of copper ingot? A. The price level of copper ingot will rise. B. The price level of copper ingot will fall. C. The price level of copper ingot will remain the same. D. The price level of copper ingot will rise first and then fall. 7- When the nine firms decide to cooperate with each other in the setting of prices and quantities, this is an example of: A. Collusion. B. Price leadership. C. Monopolistic competition. D. Perfect competition. 8- According to the demand function estimated by the Pacific management, which of the following statements is TRUE about the demand curve for copper ingot? A. Demand curve is upward-sloping. B. Demand curve is downward-sloping. C. Demand curve is vertical. D. Demand curve is horizontal. 9- For a monopolist, changes in demand will lead to changes in: A. Price with no change in output. B. Output with no change in price. C. Both price and output. D. None of the given options. 10- Use the following two statements to answer this question: I. For a monopolist, at every output level, average revenue is equal to price. II. For a monopolist, at every output level, marginal revenue is equal to price. A. Both I and II are true. B. I is true, and II is false. C. I is false, and II is true. D. Both I and II are false. 11- Which of the following is NOT true for monopoly? A. The profit maximizing output is the one at which marginal revenue and marginal costs are equal. B. The profit maximizing output is the one at which the difference between total revenue and total cost is largest. C. The monopolist's demand curve is the same as the market demand curve. D. At the profit maximizing output, price equals marginal cost. CASE 2 THE MARKET FOR HUMAN KIDNEYS Should people have the right to sell parts of their bodies? Congress believes the answer is no. In 1984; it passed the National Organ Transplantation Act, which prohibits the sale of organs for transplantation. Organs may only be donated. Although the law prohibits their sale, it does not make organs valueless. Instead, it prevents those who supply organs (living persons or the families of th more

Resolved Question: can you please help me with my essay. its for grade 12 university english?

i know its long but it would really help maximum stars for most help Fulfillment is something both King Lear and Heathcliff desire and long for, however they never achieve it. In the play “King Lear” King Lear demands his daughters take a love test to prove who loves him the most after this test he give as away his land to two of his daughters but not the third who refused to take part in his ridiculous demands this of coarse sparks the conflict. In Wuthering Heights Heathcliff is hell-bent on avenging those he believes have wronged him and gaining power all for his love Catherine. By examining both characters and their similarities, it is clear that they have many things in common. Both characters are extremely selfish and throughout both their stories it is this selfishness that leads to their ultimate downfall. Both characters can be interpreted as the stereotype of a powerful an with all the same flaws as one would expect from a powerful man. Lastly they both come to a final realization of how what they were doing would never cause them to be fulfilled however in both cases it is to late and they die shortly after. After examining both the characters of King Lear and Heathcliff, the following is clear, leading a life of selfishness, with stereotypical actions, and only near death coming to realization of what they have done wrong, will lead to dying and unfulfilled life. Selfishness is a flaw all people will fight with at some point in time. However if one was to live an entire life selfishly they risk living an unfulfilled life. This was the case for King Lear he lead a selfish life which cause all his loved ones to leave him. This of coarse was after he demanded that his daughters take a love test, \although the test showed his true selfish personality it was the motivation behind it “To shake all care and business from your age Conferring them on younger strengths “ (1.1.41-42) it is clear here that his only motivation of giving away his land is so that he will no longer have the responsibility. His selfishness again demonstrated after he gives away all responsibility and still want to keep his title of king and have 100 knights. It is Lear’s selfish nature that is the root of all his problems, had he not made the selfish decisions that he did at the beginning of the play it is very plausible that nothing bad would have happened with him and his daughters and there would be no conflict in his life. Had he not been selfish he would have been fulfilled at his death because he would likely had have the love that he originally had but lost due to his selfish ways. Heathcliff also suffered and unfulfilled life and death as a consequence of his selfishness. Unlike King Lear, he performed more than one selfish deed. Although Heathcliff is a much more evil character than Lear their selfishness is very similar. Heathcliff lead an entire life of selfishness, never caring about what other people thought, only ever looking to improve his life and bring his enemies down. His selfishness is best demonstrated through his relationship with his son Linton, he uses some he should love for his own personal gain, all this with complete disregard for Linton. His selfish manipulation of some one for his own gain is best seen when he is talking to Cathy and convinces her that “Linton is dying…none but you can save him” (Bronte. 220) although Linton is very sick Heathcliff knows that Cathy cannot save him and that his death is inevitable. Of coarse this was not the only selfish act Heathcliff took part in, even marrying Isabella is selfish because he did not marry her for love like people are meant to, he once again did this for his own selfish reasons. Almost the entire novel of Wuthering Heights is an example of his selfishness, but an other example of his selfishness is the way he uses Hareton who by all rights should be equal to Heathcliff (at least at Wuthering Heights). His selfishness even lasts to his death when he starves himself to death. It is believed in many circles that suicide is the most selfish thing someone can do, and that is essentially how his life ends. It is evident that Heathcliff’s selfishness is the root and motivation behind everything he does and what causes his fulfillment. The selfishness of Heathcliff and King Lear are similar in many ways however, the main one is that their selfishness is what causes their failure to become fulfilled. The stereotypical man is usually considered angry, greed, violent and arrogant. However, if you give this stereotypical man power, all these characteristics are multiplied. King Lear is a perfect example of this stereotype. These characteristics are shown all through out the play as he pushes those who care about him away through these characteristics. His arrogance is best shown when he banishes Kent simply because he did not like what he was hearing: “five days we do allot thee for pr“five days we do allot thee for provision to shield thee from disasters of the world and on the sixth day to turn thy hated back upon our kingdom. If on the tenth day following thy banished trunks be found in out dominions the moment is thy death. Away! By Jupiter, This shall not be revoked” (1.1.197-203) Kent was given five days to pack and prepare and was to be sent out on the sixth day and if he ever came back, his punishment would be death. All of this just because Lear was to arrogant to accept Kent’s advice or even listen to it. Lear is not necessarily a physically violent person but that does not mean he is not violent. His outbursts of anger are perfect example of both his violence and his anger, both these characteristics can be seen almost anytime something Lear does not like his happening or someone is telling him something that he does not want to hear. This violence and anger is demonstrated early in the play before his is in the Heath for example when he i more

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1. A major theme of the book Silent Spring, which helped start the environmental movement, was that Choose one answer. a. and nature are separate and unequal. b. human beings are superior to the nature around them. c. human beings and nature are separate but equal. d. human beings are part of nature, and all parts of nature interact 2. Cesar Chavez gained prominence when he Choose one answer. a. helped organize a union for migrant farm workers. b. wrote a book about the plight of migrant farm workers. c. was the first Latino Congressman from California. d. formed the political party "La Raza Unida." 3. Environmentalist activists spurred the government to create the Choose one answer. a. Wholesale Meat Act of 1967. b. Environmental Protection Agency. c. Pure Food and Drug Act. d. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 4. During the 1960s and 1970s Asian Americans Choose one answer. a. progressed at about the same pace economically as in earlier decades. b. lagged behind in economic development. c. made economic gains, but continued to face discrimination. d. lagged behind in education, but advanced economically. 5. One goal of the American Indian Movement was Choose one answer. a. to give up homestead claims on federal land. b. autonomy, or self-government, for Native Americans. c. to organize migrant workers. d. compensation for property losses as a result of internment. 6. What prevented the Equal Rights Amendment from becoming a law? Choose one answer. a. It stalled in committee. b. It failed to be ratified by enough states. c. It failed to receive enough votes in Congress. d. It received enough votes in the House, but stalled in the Senate. 7.The women's movement borrowed legal tools and inspiration from the Choose one answer. a. American Indian Movement. b. civil rights movement. c. hippies. d. United Farm Workers. 8.The most serious danger posed by drug use was the possibility of Choose one answer. a. overdosing. b. hallucinating c. dropping out. 9. People who lived in communal groups rejected Choose one answer. a. folk music. b. traditional marriage. c. the sexual revolution. 10. Ralph Nader is most closely associated with the Choose one answer. a. consumer movement. b. environmental movement. c. United Farm Workers. d. American Indian Movement. 11Dennis Banks and George Mitchell were known for all of the following except Choose one answer. a. passive resistence against the U.S. government. b. activism in the American Indian movement. c. focusing on problems for Native Americans living in cities. d. fighting for the legal rights of Native Americans. 14. The theory that men and women are politically, socially, and economically equal is called Choose one answer. a. equal rights. b. the feminine mystique. c. feminism. d. women's rights. 15. During the 1960s counterculture men and women Choose one answer. a. grew their hair long and wore non-traditional clothing. b. tried to blend in with the crowd. c. preferred subdued, traditional clothing. d. continued to wear the styles of hair and dress popular in the 1950s, 16. At the Woodstock festival, 400,000 people gathered for Choose one answer. a. a peaceful concert of major rock bands. b. a major peaceful demonstration. c. a rock concert that turned violent. d. a controlled, scientific experiment with drugs. 17. Some women who preferred the more traditional role of homemaking Choose one answer. a. felt undervalued by the women's movement. b. disapproved of feminists' goals. c. opposed the Equal Rights Amendment. d. all of the above. And I will mark you as best answer thanks! more

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Gays and lesbians, American Indians, and Hispanics all organized to advocate for their civil rights during the 1960s. What inspired them? (Points: 3) the women's movement new legislation the African American civil rights movement books promoting their causes 20. What was one reason that the Hispanic community made gains in achieving civil rights? (Points: 3) widespread appreciation for their culture political power in Congress passage of the Equal Pay Act considerable growth in their population numbers 21. Which Hispanic leader and civil rights advocate founded the National Farm Workers Association that promoted achieving rights through nonviolent means? (Points: 3) Juan Coronado Victor de la Cruz Cesar Chavez Carlos Rivera 22. Who was the president when the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA) were established? (Points: 3) Jimmy Carter Lyndon Johnson Richard Nixon Gerald Ford 23. What did President Nixon believe would be a benefit of improved relations with the Chinese? (Points: 3) improved relations with the Soviet Union increased foreign trade with another capitalist country the potential for the Chinese vote on the UN Security Council improved world opinion of the United States 24. What was détente? (Points: 3) an agreement with the Soviet Union to limit the production of nuclear weapons a plan to share military information with the Soviet Union to equalize the size of their army a trade policy established between the United States, the Soviet Union, and China an easing of the tense relations between the United States and the Soviet Union 25. What series of events brought down the Nixon presidency? (Points: 3) the Pentagon Papers the Watergate scandal the Nixon-Ford fiasco the Saturday night massacre 26. What is executive privilege? (Points: 3) the constitutional assertion of the president's power the president's contention that certain communications are confidential the president's ability to use Air Force One on nonmilitary excursions the constitutional authority of the president over the other two branches of government 27. What was one impact of the Watergate scandal on the nation? (Points: 3) Most people developed a deeper understanding of the powers of the executive branch. People began to question whether the court system would actually work. Most people decided that special elections should be held to replace people who left office early. People became much more skeptical about politics and less trusting of government. 28. What is a period of rising prices and declining employment? (Points: 3) panic of the 1970s retooling stagflation deflation 29. What was a chief cause of the rising prices of the 1970s? (Points: 3) ineffective government regulation extremely low unemployment problems at the Suez Canal the Arab oil embargo 30. President Carter's foreign policy brought successes with the Camp David Accords and a return of the Canal Zone to Panamanian control. What was his most serious foreign policy problem? (Points: 3) relations with China collapse of the Soviet Union a hostage crisis in Iran starvation in Africa more