Executive Branch
This branch is big and complicated. It enforces laws, handles foreign affairs and manages a variety of agencies. It is 300 million people strong, that’s a big number. I’m just going to tell you some top spots of the executive branch: president, vice president, president’s cabinet, and the heads of all the government run agencies. The president also appoints the justices of the Supreme Court, that’s why people make it a big deal. The president can appoint officials to all agencies, so he basically controls them. The catch is that the Senate has to approve, otherwise it’s a no go. Some agencies directly report to The Prez, like EPA, some are independent like NASA. The president cannot really make the choice to go war, but sometimes does it anyway. Congress needs to approve the war then it gives money to support the war. But nobody listened to that because we haven’t “officially” been in a war since WWII, except the gulf war of 1990. It happened with
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Scroll of Executive Power
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Scroll of The Natural State
I have been pondering this question: How did John Locke use the idea of a "state of nature" to try to establish or figure out what the purpose of government should be? Now I'm not going to say where I got this from but I like it. He used it to come up with the advantages and disadvantages of government. What do people need to be protected but at the same time free? I'll answer that one, rules and people to watch out for them. How can that happen if the person you entrusted to do that has no power over you. You need to give them power so that you can be protected. Can you trust one man with your power? No. This is because everybody is self motivated.
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Scroll of democracy
OK so today I will "define" democracy. I will discuss if it is still present in the Mighty U.S. OF A!!!!!!! Democracy is when the government is one with the people. Everybody has a voice. I'll tell you one thing democracy has major flaws. In a perfect world, the power of a democratic government is split up in to three equal parts. But in reality is doesn't work exactly like it should. Like the idea of communism, it’s good but then in the real world it sucks. Yes, I just compared communism with democracy. But I think democracy failed on a smaller scale than communism did. Is democracy still alive in the US , ummmmm.... yes and no. I think it’s on life support. For example more and more freedoms are being taken away and the three branches can get more power than one another. It hasn't worked out the way it was planned. Tons of people don't vote and then whine about who is president. Yes there is the excuse "that my vote wouldn't have mattered anyway". Well maybe it wouldn't have mattered but you have no right to complain about who runs the country if you didn't make your voice heard.
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