Entries Tagged as 'Politics'

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008

Economy

by C. C.                   
Barack Obama and Joe Biden’s Plan
  
         I keep hearing about how the economy is getting bad and that it’s getting worse. So in order for the Americans to not lose jobs we have to make our every day expenses more affordable. [...]

Saturday, December 6th, 2008

Universal Healthcare

      I am writing an article about universal healthcare. If you don’t already know what universal health care is, it is a type of healthcare plan to make healthcare more affordable and accessible for the people of the United States. Right now, our health care is extremely expensive. 
If we had universal healthcare it would help us underclass/middleclass pay [...]

Thursday, November 20th, 2008

Barack Obama Becomes President

On November 4, 2008, history was made. Barack Obama became the first African-American to be elected as president. When I heared the news I was shocked. I expected for him to win, but I never thought in a million years that a black president would be elected as president. This really made a major impact [...]

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

Obama’s Views on Economy

by Terrlandus F.
Stated by MSNBC, “Barrack Obama said Thursday the economy is “on the brink of a recession” and blamed economic policies that were issued by President Bush and Republican presidential contender John McCain”. “We are not standing on the brink of recession because of forces beyond our control,” Obama told a town hall forum [...]

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

Letter to the President

by Horatio T.
Dear Mr. President,

Congratulations on your newfound victory; you’ve made history and become the first black President of the United States. I’m sure it was a long and difficult road to achieve this goal but you came out with a victory. I just have a few questions about your plans while in office. My [...]

Sunday, November 2nd, 2008

Impeachment

by Katie S.

“The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the Untied States, shall be removed from office of Impeachment for, and Conviction of Treason, Bribery, or other high crimes and Misdemeanors.”

-The United States Constitution
Article II, Section 4

The people of the United States elect a president every four to eight years [...]

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

Immigration

by Jonathan B.
What is an immigrant? An immigrant is defined by Webster to be a person who comes to a country to take up permanent residence. Now many immigrants have migrated to the U.S. because of job opportunities, cultural views or to just get ahead in life.
While a raucous public debate swirls around the [...]

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

Why I Don’t Approve of the Bailout Bill

by Wayman J.
I think that the bill is being used for the wrong thing. I personally think that it should go to the people and schools instead of making the rich richer. I feel that no one cares about the people that are going through a hard time. The $700 billion that they are giving [...]

Wednesday, October 8th, 2008

Road to the Election

by Tominique C. and Montrell W.
The presidential election is scheduled for November 4, 2008. John McCain is the Republican Party candidate, whereas Barack Obama is the Democratic Party candidate. Both candidates were born outside of the contiguous United States. Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, but represents Illinois. McCain was born in Coco Solo, Panama [...]

Friday, October 3rd, 2008

Belmont Debate 2008

by Chowan C.
Belmont University is hoping to have enough money to host the presidential debate for the second year in a row. The cost of hosting the presidential debate will be more than 3 million dollars. The State is only chipping in 250 thousand dollars for the debate. So how much will come from tax [...]