...Reflections on World’s Leadership Mr. Bill Gates (Good Leader) Mr. George Walker Bush (Bad Leader) Presented to: Prof. Dr. Hayfaa A. Tlaiss Prepared by: Sarwat Praveen Student Number: 3518229 Section-2 & Group-2 Table of Contents MR. BILL GATES 2 INTRODUCTION2 ABOUT HIS LIFE…2 LEADERSHIP QUALITIES OF BILL GATES4 GROWING AND LEARNING4 HAVING VISION5 CARING ABOUT PEOPLE5 MY PERCEPTION, WHY BILL GATE IS A GREAT LEADER…6 BILL GATE IS MY INSPIRATION7 MR. GEORGE WALKER BUSH8 EARLY LIFE AND CAREER8 MY PERCEPTION, WHY HE IS BAD LEADER9 GEORGE BUSH FIRST PRESIDENTIAL TERM…9 FEW GOOD STEPS TAKEN BY GEORGE BUSH10 GEORG BUSH SECOND PRESIDENTIAL TERM10 GEORGE BUSH POST PRESIDENCY11 HOW DID HIS LEADERSHIP STYLE IMPECT ME AND MY LEADERSHIP STYLE 11 REFRENCES…13 Mr. Bill Gates INTRODUCTION William Henry "Bill" Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American business magnate, philanthropist, investor, computer programmer, and inventor. Gates is the former chief executive and chairman of Microsoft, the world’s largest personal-computer software company, which he co-founded with Paul Allen. He is an exceptional leader in the business field. Being named the richest man in the world for the past decade by Forbes magazine, it was clear that Bill Gates must be an outstanding business leader taking his company Microsoft from a small firm that was founded in 1975 to a global company that is worth...
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...Judicial Appointments by George W. bush Petra Robinette Professor Lunsford SOC 205 Strayer University May 5th 2013 Soon after the inauguration of George W. Bush as a president he made aggressive approach to making life time appointments to the federal bench. On March 2001 he announced that he is not going to use the American Bar association to screen candidates for federal bench. This approach have been always used by the presidents since the 1952. May 2001 Bush announced in special white house ceremony his first eleven nominees for court of appeals. Until the November 2002 when republicans regain back the control over the senate Bushes’ nominations for federal judgeships were blocked by the senate democrats. George W. Bush made 2 key appointments to the Supreme Court. September 2002 Chief justice William Rehniquist dies and John Roberts nominated by George W. Bush wins vote seventy eight to twenty two. In January 2006 Samuel Alita also nominated by Bush gets to replace retiring justice Sandra Day O’Connor. For the United States courts of appeals George W. Bush appointed 57 judges during his presidency. There is currently 179 judges on the United States Courts of appeals. George W Bush appointed two hundred thirty seven judges to the Trial courts. According to Nan Aron “So many circuits, whose decisions affect tens of thousands of people, now have republican appointed majorities.” George W. Bush was appointing nontraditional judges. He appointed more men than...
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...By Sanat Subhash Book Title - 41 A Portrait of my Father Author - George W. Bush Publisher - Crown Publishers Year Published - 2014 Number of Pages - 294 Genre - This book is a biography of George H. W. Bush’s life. Awards - A Portrait of my Father has not won any major awards. Author - George W. Bush has also written a bestselling memoir, Decision Points, before he wrote A Portrait of my Father, and he has just released another bestseller, Portraits of Courage. How the book is organized - A Portrait of My Father is organized chronologically in a timeline of his life. However, most of the book focuses in and around Bush’s time as the President of the United States. Author’s Purpose - The author’s purpose for writing this biography was...
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...George W. Bush was America’s 43rd president. He served two full terms of presidency. In these eight years of presidency, Bush had a few large issues arise in America. Two of the main events were September 11, 2001 and Hurricane Katrina. In both events thousands of lives were lost. Could more have been done to prevent all of the lost lives? On September 11, 2001, both of the twin towers were hit as well as the Pentagon, and there was a fourth plane heading for the White House, but it crashed in a field. When Bush received a call telling him what was going on, he ordered the Air Force to shoot down any other hijacked airlines. Nearly 3,000 people were killed, including 350 firemen doing their best to save as many lives as possible (Carnes and...
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...George H. W. Bush. A man who greatly impacted the presidency in the United States. He was the 41st President of the United States and he made a great effect on society. Because George H. W. Bush lived, the world is a better place. Former President George H. W. Bush was born on June 12, 1924 in Milton, Massachusetts (Greene and Hartwell). When he and his family moved to Connecticut, young Bush was educated only in private schools. Though he would later be criticized for his very privileged childhood, Bush's parents made sure that he grew up in a strictly controlled environment. Boastful, showy, and pretentious behavior was forbidden in the Bush household. Bush graduated from Phillips Academy on his 18th birthday on June 12, 1942. Though already accepted at Yale University, the day he graduated he chose to join the U.S. Navy as seaman,...
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...Hand-in on Bush’s declaration of war. Sept. 20, 2001 - Bush Declares War on Terror Analytical Essay ”On September the eleventh, enemies of freedom committed an act of war against our country.” This is how former president George Walker Bush initiated his speech and declared war on terror. He identifies terrorists as enemies of freedom, but are they? Some people would characterize the word “terrorist” as an emotive. Some people would not know what the difference between a terrorist and a freedom fighter is. That makes me petrified. In 1989, USA won the cold war. Many historians and sociologist expeditiously agreed that there now was brought an end to the century of extremes, and the new world order could begin. One of them was Eric Hobsbawn, who stated USA as the, now only, superpower in the world. From 1989-2001, USA transformed the western values such as market economy and democracy to the rest of the world. In this period, USA solved many international conflicts and orderly made the world a better place. I sat down and thought about, why anyone would start this war against terror, who started it, and who was to blame for it? In this analytical essay, I will go through the main points in Bush’s speech. For instance, what does he mean, when he says: “The terrorists are traitors to their own faith”? Furthermore, I will go deeply into the consequences of the war on terror. Can the war on terror have had an effect on the globalization? If so, how big an impact has it played...
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...The year 2000 election between Presidential candidate George W. Bush and Vice President Al Gore will forever be remembered in history as one of the most widely debated elections of all time. Not only was it controversial, but it gave great insight as to exactly how a presidential race can be ran and lost as well. The Presidential election of 2000 sets itself apart from any other election because of the controversy surrounding the outcome. Even though Al Gore won the election based on popular vote, George Bush came out on top with winning the electoral vote over Gore, 271 to Gore’s 266. Although both sides fought a good fight, only one came out on top, the Bush campaign. Many were left wondering exactly why Vice President Al Gore lost. Research shows that the reasons as to why Vice President Al Gore lost the presidential election of 2000 to presidential candidate George W. Bush are due to, the inability to During the beginning of the 2000 campaign almost everyone believed that the outcome and win of the election was to lay rest with Vice President Al Gore. Having being Vice President during the successful Clinton administration in the 1990’s, analysts believed that a win was almost inevitable. According to the readings in Pomper, the question was not if Gore was going to win but by how much. The United States at that time had been used to a period of prosperity and had been living in an economy that was doing quite well. The only problem was that people were not entirely convinced...
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...Just Water Under The Bush? By: Janice Foster There is a term that old folks often say to refer to something that has taken place in the past that cannot be changed and therefore you just get over it. This is easier said than done especially if you are the living reminder of what cannot be changed. All of us have been affected by George w. Bush and his administration whether it is good or bad, directly or indirectly. There are some of us who have been affected in ways that you can only imagine. Sometimes even though something has taken place in the past it can have an important bearing on how you prepare for your future. For Katrina and 911 victims, the term may not be so easy to apply in their lives. The presidency of George W. Bush began on January 20, 2001, when he was inaugurated as the 43rd President of the United States of America. George W. Bush is the oldest son of former president George H. W. Bush, George W. Bush was elected president in the 2000 general election, and became the second US president whose father had held the same office. Bush did not get into office without some scandal and controversy because On December 8, 2000, the Supreme Court of Florida ordered that the Circuit Court of Leon County tabulate by hand 9,000 ballots in Miami-Dade County. It also ordered the inclusion in the certified vote totals of 215 votes identified in Palm Beach County and 168 votes identified in Miami-Dade County for Vice President Albert Gore, Jr., and Senator Joseph Lieberman...
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...One of the most tragic event includes the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attack. Our nation faced one of the most damaging attacks in history; and it was up to president George W. Bush, to address the entire nation and attempt to assure everyone that America still remains a strong and functioning country. His goal was to persuade Americans to feel comforted in the light of effort being put forth in resolving the aftermath of the attacks. Recognizing his audience as being innocent victims of an unknown evil, President Bush ultimately had to present a speech that mastered various techniques of rhetoric. The president George W. Bush applies logos throughout his speech in order to prove to our nation that he is qualified to take control of the situation at hand and maintaining a strong country. In one part of his speech, Bush reasons with Americans that “The functions of our government continue without interruption. Federal...
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...SPEECH TO THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER By Klara, 3.d Arnold Schwarzenegger is a very well-known man. He is known for the huge amount of films he have starred in, his professional bodybuilding and then Governor of California. In his speech from August 31, 2004, he was talking about America as a strong and independent country. He was supporting the current president, George W. Bush and the Republican Party very much. His speech involves encouragement to vote for Bush at the next election and to support him in his decisions. Schwarzenegger wants to give immigrants the same opportunities as he was given himself, since he himself is an immigrant too. Doing so by supporting the Republican Party. He is addressing the audience as “fellow Americans” and it seems that he is talking to the whole American population. But I fact, he is only talking to the Republican citizens and he is identifying different subgroups of his audience, like the immigrants, the strong Republicans and the people with only some Republican beliefs. By doing so, and identifying his audience, he is creating a feeling of pride in America. A feeling of pride that is there because of the fact that they are having a Republican for their president. Schwarzenegger uses lots of rhetoric methods and forms of appeal. The three forms of appeal – ethos, logos and pathos – is used a lot in this speech. Ethos is used to make the audience look at him as a trustworthy man. The more ethos you have...
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...searches that are required to have probable cause sometimes overlooked? In several cases, outlined in this essay, our government has performed unpatriotic acts in the name of “national security” and has repeatedly challenged the very foundation of our constitutional freedoms. Fundamentalist groups and terrorists within them have been around for decades. Our government has the ability to monitor them, both here and abroad, and determine if there will be another threat against our Nation. Where is the balance between civil rights and national security? On October 26, 2001, President George W. Bush signed into law the Patriot Act with an overwhelming majority from Congress. The law was intended, in Bush’s words, to “enhance the penalties that will fall on terrorists or anyone who helps them.” ("George W. Bush Signs The Patriot Act", n.d. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/george-w-bush-signs-the-patriot-act). The bill broadly expanded law enforcements ability to investigate and perform surveillance and altered more than 15 different statues that had been in place since the early 1970’s. This law was enacted in great haste and does not provide a check and balances approach to safeguard the American citizens’ civil liberties. The Fourth Amendment of the Constitution protects the right of the people to be secure in their own persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable search and seizure. This includes law enforcement...
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...evidence against George W. Bush is this: George W. Bush read a children’s story aloud about a pet goat throughout the entire unfolding of 9/11. There were four hijacked planes, two towers hit and he still kept reading the story. He did not monitor what was going on. He did not order any action. He did not even get himself to a safe location. I know this story is true because I have him on video tape. I bought a copy of the Great Conspiracy video showing Bush at the school. . Keep in mind when this video was shot, one tower was already hit. Unfortunately, that Memory Hole video does not catch Card whispering in Bush’s ear. It just shows him carrying on as if nothing happened. Nero played the violin while Rome burned. George W. Bush read a children’s story while New York burned. Now how do you interpret this? I agree there are many ways to interpret his inaction, but it seems every possible interpretation should be sufficient to impeach George W. Bush. Unfortunately, that fact alone is insufficient for impeachment. We have to determine which particular explanation actually applies. George W. Bush was the only man in the western world who did not know what was going on. His handlers kept him in the dark. George W. Bush was just a figurehead, so it was not necessary for him to stop reading. Nor did those truly in charge really need him when he finally did stop. Getting him to read a children’s story helped occupy him and keep him out of the way. George W. Bush was so clueless...
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...By: Carroll Zentz Abstract The No Child Left behind Act is a law that was formulated by George W. Bush within one week of being in office in 2001. A few months later the law passed in January of 2002. The reason the No Child Left behind Act was enacted was to better the education for the children of America. The No Child Left behind Act is a very controversial topic, due to the lack of funding provided by the government, and how teachers get laid off for not being deemed �highly qualified� teachers. However, statistics have indicated that the No Child Left behind Act has helped to make an improvement in the education for the youth of America. No Child Left Behind Act The No Child Left behind (NCLB) Act is now a United States federal law that was created to improve the public school system. This is the first amendment that has been made since the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. President George W. Bush felt that the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 was inadequate. So he devised his own way to try and improve it, thus creating the No Child Left behind Act. Another reason George W. Bush created the No Child Left behind Act is because he was noticing that the achievement gap between minority students and white students was growing. The No Child Left behind Act has many theories that should equal perfection according to President Bush. Some of these theories entail all students being proficient by the 2013-2014 school years. Another theory...
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...Watching this documentary helped me to really open my eyes to see what kind of government protects us. Our president at that time back in 2005, George W. Bush, was so oblivious to the destruction Hurricane Katrina caused. Many families lost their loved ones as well as their homes. My expectation was that the government would fly in within a day or two providing all the necessities to survive. In this situation, that was not the case. It took around five days for Louisiana residents to receive aid. George W. Bush released a statement saying that the reason for a long response time was due to the fact that all army troops were at war and could not withdraw them. In my personal opinion I saw it as discrimination. He felt it was not too much of a concern because of the poverty these American citizens lived in. The majority of the population was African-American. Seven days later Mr. Bush decides to actually walk among the debris and finally bring in the military to help. Only to my surprise, when I thought he was finally doing good, the families start to get relocated and separated. Families were torn apart an forced to relocate all over the U.S. I couldn't help but to get emotional through all of this. America is known for one of the richest countries in the world, and in a natural disaster our help is not even at reach. Ex president Bush to me was by far the worst president. Our country, Louisiana, families, depended on this man and he clearly let all of us down. He only worried...
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...President George Walker Bush had a very interesting life before becoming the president of the United States of America. Bush was born in Grace-New Haven Community Hospital the summer of 1946. Growing up he had a passion for baseball and wanted to be a professional baseball player, as it was his early passion. Bush went to high school at the Kinkaid School in Piney Point Village Texas for two years, and then finished up in the Phillips School in Andover, Massachusetts. Graduating in the class of 1963, the class thought of Bush as a young person of considerable skill and charm. After high school he entered Yale University in 1964, with a SAT score of 1206. Even though his score was a bit below average, he still graduated in 1968 with a grade point average of 2.35. After that, he entered in the Texas Air National Guard with a shaky military career, because he never wanted to fight in combat. His participation was so low he didn’t qualify for combat duty, or an honorable discharge. However, he managed to work out a deal and was honorably discharged even though he did not earn it. He then applied to Harvard business school with a grade point average of 2.35. Compared to today it’s relatively low but managed to graduate with a MBA degree and below average grades. He was elected Governor of Texas in 1994 and was reelected in 1998. When George Bush took office in the very tight 2000-election campaign, it really showed that in office presidents need to be ready for the unexpected. After...
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