...Donald Trump will protect this country and whoever threatens this country will have to pay a consequence. He will send armed forces in that country. We also will destroy them with our arm forces, no country should be threaten. We will fight them tell they want to surrender. I’m sick and tired of Obama say ‘’That he will get things done with ISIS’’ did it happen yet? No it didn't happen we need a leader to get things done. And we need a leader that sticks up for this country and not sit around and kid around with Joe Biden. And I hope that America gets better and we have a good president that sticks up for us. Also i think Donald smells the coffee and he wants to get this country on track. Donald Trump is also a christian and we need one...
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...When I first saw this article, I thought it was just going to be about another celebrity ranting against president Trump in a public setting. It did start out that way by describing how Meryl Streep brought many of her fans and fellow celebrities to tears by describing how heart broken she was by Trump’s actions. The example she used was when Donald Trump was recorded mocking a disabled reporter. Trump of course denied the rumour and many fans of Trump stated that Streep was what was wrong with the “liberal elite”. However, these comments against Meryl by Trump supporters was not the main point of this argument. The article then continued to go into how many people from the disabled community actually spoke up against her to reveal a shocking...
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...legalizing it and therefore taking away the drug cartels number one source of income. The U.S. Office of National Drug Control Policy ... says that more than 60 percent of the profits reaped by Mexican drug lords are derived from the exportation and sale of cannabis to the American market (Armentano2). It is ridiculous to think that the United States can put out a statistic like this and ignore the fact that if they legalized the drug there would be less violence because there would be no point for Mexican drug cartels to try and smuggle the drug into the U.S. In the article “Blame Prohibition, Not Pot Smokers for Violence in Mexico”, published by AlterNet.org, Tony Newman tells us how the people who run the “Just Say No” campaign against drugs have a new scheme in which they plan to blame people who smoke pot for the violence in Mexico. They are hoping to stop younger people from smoking marijuana if they associate it with the murder of people by the drug cartels in Mexico. There are a few problems with these campaigns: They are inaccurate in some cases, and downright dishonest in others.Office of National Drug Control Policy It is disingenuous to connect the average American's marijuana consumption to the horrific violence of Mexico's drug war. The average pot smoker's growing and purchasing of marijuana has no relationship to the violence along the border that is the result of large-scale drug trafficking. It isn’t hard to understand that the legalization of marijuana...
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...Position Paper Khadijah Shabazz CNSL 5203 Dr. Sampson Prairie View A&M University 9/20/2015 The legalization of drugs is one of the most controversial and debated topics of the 21st century. There are both negative and positive reasons to legalize them as well as negative and positive reasons to keep them prohibited. According to LEAP, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, drug prohibition is the true cause of much of the social and personal damage that has historically been attributed to drug use. It is prohibition that makes these drugs so valuable – while giving criminals a monopoly over their supply ("Why Legalize Drugs? | LEAP").LEAP goes on to say that criminal gangs are driven by the huge profits from this monopoly, criminal gangs bribe and kill each other, law enforcers, and children and as such their trade is unregulated and they are, therefore, beyond our control ("Why Legalize Drugs? | LEAP"). It is LEAP’s belief that by eliminating prohibition of all drugs for adults and establishing appropriate regulation and standards for distribution and use, law enforcement could focus more on crimes of violence, such as rape, aggravated assault, child abuse and murder, making our communities much safer ("Why Legalize Drugs? | LEAP"). Another positive aspect of the legalization of drugs is financial gains. According to the International Business Times in a study for the Cato Institute, Jeffrey A. Miron, senior lecturer on economics at Harvard University and a senior...
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... But there have always been varying ulterior motives. According to Baylor University Professor of Sociology, Dr. Diana Kendall, the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937 was passed solely to criminalize marijuana by taxing it; this would dissuade migrant Mexican workers who smoked marijuana to seek employment elsewhere and not take jobs from U.S. citizens as the country struggled during the Great Depression (Kendall, 2010). Last year, voters in Colorado and Washington State approved legislation that supported the commercial growth, sale, possession and use of recreational marijuana. In response, United States Department of Justice, Deputy Attorney General James Cole, promulgated policy that established the posture for enforcing marijuana laws against people or organizations to that: Distribution of marijuana to minors; revenue from the sale of marijuana from going to criminal enterprises, gangs and cartels; the diversion of marijuana from states where it is legal under state law in some...
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...Global Politics: The feasibility of universal drug liberalization as an emerging phenomenon RWaterhouse Globalization & The War on Drugs: Assessing alternatives to criminalization The purpose of this paper is to address universal drug liberalization as a feasible alternative to the current drug control regime specifically in North America and potentially applicable elsewhere. With an in depth analysis of the historical regulation, implementation of law, and resulting consequences we will be able to see how nations are effected by complex drug politics and why there has been a global paradigm shift in looking spiritedly at the ideal of decriminalization. I argue in favor of liberalization by bringing to attention the violence associated with the commodification of illegal drugs, what the re-directed costs of control could mean for domestic investment into proactive drug awareness education, and finally recognizing Portugal’s success and weaknesses in the adoption of a compete legalization agenda. Following will be a discussion of concluding thoughts centered on the efficacy and feasibility of universal liberalization in today’s globalized world. Historical Context Libertarianism has almost always had position in political discourse but has been majorly popularized through public attention within the era of globalization. (article) Control of drug consumption has always been a contemporary ingredient in the political reform of Canada and the America’s and...
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...The so-called “War on Drugs,” as declared by the Nixon administration in the signing of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970, marked the beginning of the current era of mandatory minimum sentencing, racism, privatized prisons, and a powerful constituency that profits as a result of the prohibition of drugs. Psychoactive substances have been apart of the human experience as long as humans have walked the earth. There is little hope that drug production will ever be curtailed, so long as there is a demand; a demand that has remained steady even though it has been forty years since the beginning of said war. As Judge James P. Gray from the Superior Court of Orange County has so plainly put it: “Where did this policy come from? Unfortunately I have conducted an inquiry into this and I have determined that drug prohibition laws came for reasons of racism, empire building, and ignorance.”(Booth) The War on Drugs is politically motivated as a means of profiting. One may ask them self how government can financially benefit from such policies. In fact, they benefit in a myriad of ways. The government spends an exorbitant amount of money in an attempt to combat drug production and drug usage. The U.S. government has spent over a trillion—that’s right a trillion—dollars in its attempt to eradicate the drug problem. With so much time, effort and money there should be something to show, right? Wrong. Today drugs are more prevalent, more potent and cheaper than...
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...quite the popularity and is already acting as if she will be the next president. Bernie Sanders managed to get some wins but not enough to beat Hillary. It is not looking too good for Bernie Sanders. Republicans: On the republican side, we have three representatives. Donald Trump, Marko Rubio and Ted Cruz. Donald Trump is in the big lead right now, and it seems more likely that he will be the candidate for the Republican Party. Second in lead after Trump is Ted Cruz. Marko Rubio is also gaining some traction now after Super Tuesday, but has a long to go if he wants to beat Trump. What seems likely now after Super Tuesday is that from the Democratic Party we will see Hillary Clinton, and from the Republican Party we will see Donald Trump. * Donald Trump has done much better than generally expected: Discuss possible reasons for Trump`s success: I think that the number one reason for Trump’s success is that he is a businessperson more than he is a politician, which means a lot to some people in the US. “Make America great again” is a quote that Trump is famous for. Trump has made many promises and proposed many solutions to existing problems that resides in the US, and therefore many people support Trump because of his promises. The UK and the EU: * Why do many Brits seem quite negative to the EU /”Europe”? Many Brits are negative to the EU because they feel that the EU is...
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...In the article “Obama talks about terrorism and demagoguery” the author Amy Davidson bring ups the points and solutions that Obama proposes. He brings up points that ever since he became presidents of the United States he has committed himself to stop terrorism abroad. The recent shooting has caused people to turn against the muslim people, on of the front runner for president is Donald Trump, he wants to get eliminate the entire muslim population from the United States, yet Obama states “Muslim Americans are our friends and our neighbors, our coworkers, our sports heroes—and, yes, they are our men and women in uniform who are willing to die in defense of our country. We have to remember that” (obama). Trump takes a stance against Obama After...
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...Pipeline For many political and environmentally significant reasons I am against the Dakota Access Pipeline. For instance, our president Donald Trump has had stocks in the pipeline, and sold them off last summer to avoid a conflict of interest. However, the chief executive Kelcy Warren, of the pipeline company, Energy Transfer Partners (ETP), has made generous contributions to his political campaign. It appears Trump deliberately made the stocks for this company soar (Mufson, 2016). Secondly, the pipeline runs through sacred land according to the Sioux tribe and there are concerns it will contaminate their drinking water (Worland, 2016). Many protesters were arrested for their diligence in standing with the Sioux tribe in Standing...
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...Presidential Tweets Quote: "Hillary said that guns don't keep you safe. If she really believes that she should demand that her heavily armed bodyguards quickly disarm!" In this tweet, Donald Trump is talking about Hillary Clinton wanting to ban guns. Trump argues the fact that Clinton, herself, has her bodyguards fully armed at all times. His statement is correct because according to the second Amendment citizens have the right to, " A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." This amendment discusses the security of people and addresses this matter by providing individuals with the right to bear arms to protect themselves. Trump defends the Constitution by arguing that if Clinton is permitted to have security, then why aren't other residents of America allowed the same right? We all know that...
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...According to Politifact, What President Obama and President Trump did were only similar in “the most superficial ways.” According to to Politifact, one of main differences with President Obama’s policy is that it was in a direct response to a threat facing the nation. Politifact says that Two people living in the United States were sending money, weapons, and explosives to Iraq and were trying to assist terrorism. The two people who were later arrested by the FBI, entered this country as refugees. The Countries targeted in President Trump’s executive order “has not been implicated in any fatal terrorist attack in the United States.” (Politifact) Another Major difference according to Politifact, is the “scope” of the two policies of both Presidents. Politifact says that President Obama put a “pause” on refugees, but President Donald Trump policy halts “all non-U.S. visitors.” (from the Seven Countries listed on the executive order) It goes on to say that President Obama still admitted Iraqi refugees in every month of 2011. Presidents have put halts on immigration before but they have been a reaction to an issue. (Politifact) Politifact says the comparison to what President Obama did and what President Trump is doing is “mostly...
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...involving some possibility of bias. In this analysis, news/media outlets, are taken to mean any news organization, TV news networks, magazines, newspaper, etc. and media bias is the term for these aforementioned news outlets to misrepresent an argument, show...
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...affairs. From the beginnings of campaigns to the last debate, it has been a rollercoaster of insults, conspiracies, and dodging questions. Donald Trump has been a dominant figure in this race, and has exhibited a personality unlike any other candidate. His slogans of “Lyin’ Ted Cruz” and “Crooked Hillary” have brought him to the top of the Republican party, but have also brought controversy. Opposing candidates weren’t the only victims of his slander. He has slighted previous fashion models and even women in general, which he stated was “locker room talk.” Many voters are still undecided on who they will vote for this coming election day, and I don’t blame them. Although not...
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...in Chief. She also added that electing him would be terrible mistake. Clinton said of Trump, “this in not someone who should ever have the nuclear codes because it’s not hard to imagine Donald Trump leading us to war because someone got under his very thin skin”. Mrs. Clinton was speaking to an audience in San Diego who laughed and cheered as she debunked Mr. Trumps foreign policy pronouncements. She said they were “not even really ideas, just a series of bizarre rants, personal feuds and outright lie”. The speech revealed what was likely to be the core argument that Clinton will carry into the general election. Her speech was a mixture of biting sarcasm and somber assessment of the Obama years. There were no new policy prescriptions in her speech, while skipping over difficult episodes during her tenure as secretary of state, the NATO intervention in Libya and its bloody aftermath in Benghazi. It won her the kind of sustained live coverage that Mr. Trump has routinely enjoyed. Speaker Paul D. Ryan’s declaration of support for Trump stole her thunder in the first few minutes of the Clinton speech. Clinton said she imagined that Trump was composing nasty tweets about her even as she spoke which tuned out to be true. Trump wrote, “Bad performance by Hillary Clinton”, Reading poorly from the teleprompter.” And she doesn’t even look presidential. She sought to turn Trump’s tweeter habit against him by referring to the mood in the white house situation room as she advised the president...
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