Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 7th, 2011 Comments Off on A Time To Serve
Our government has greatly changed since the framers implemented it back in colonial times. The framers felt that the federal government should have much less power than it does today, and they believed that the states should have more power than they have today. In today’s society the federal government, I believe, has way too […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 7th, 2011 Comments Off on A Time to Serve
A government is like any other living thing. Its exists as long as its constituent parts perform their functions. Since our government claims to be a republic (i.e. democracy), it cannot openly coerce individuals to play their roles, but instead it must rely on their good will. The article seems to associate the decline of […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 7th, 2011 Comments Off on time to serve
This article is about how the government is failing to ensure what was promised when the founders set the foundation for the United States. As the article states nowadays people seem to care less. Only half of the citizens vote and everybody just pays taxes. Their plan to change this has to come with incentives […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 7th, 2011 Comments Off on A Time To Serve
Basically what is being said in the article “A Time To Serve” is that a republic needs the cooperation of its citizens in order for it to thrive. It then proceeds to make points on how important it is for citizens to actively participate in society, and then how in recent years more people were […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 6th, 2011 Comments Off on A time to serve
It is evident that the framer’s pessimistic ideals in the survival of the American “Republic” were not to no avail. The American republic, due to to the natural nature of humans, has in the past faltered because of the lack of participation from the people in order to preserve it. However, in modern day society as the confidence in […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 4th, 2011 Comments Off on A Time to Serve
Interesting article, especially intriguing is discovering that our government spends $10 billion a month during the Iraqi war. Additionally, the fact that almost $10 billion dollars is spent on the federal prison system every year is outrageous and simultaneously ridiculous. As for the bulk of the article, a universal national service system sounds ideal but […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 21st, 2011 1 Comment »
I am Sean Flanagan and I’ve never blogged about myself. I am from Manhattan and have lived here for my entire life with the exception of 10 months away a couple of years ago. My father lives in the city too but I do not live with him. His family is from Queens originally, and […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 20th, 2011 Comments Off on Anthony Angilletta
Hi, I am Anthony Angilletta. I am a son,a brother, a friend, a teammate, and a student. Overall I am pretty laid back and easy to talk to. I like to consider myself down to earth and someone who is easy to get along with. I am of full Italian heritage and most people consider […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 20th, 2011 Comments Off on Who Do you think you are?
My name is Zhi Ming Cheuk. I’m an older brother to two sisters, a son, a friend to many, an educator to elementary school students, and a student. One of my main concerns in freshman year are my grades. Since some of my teachers don’t really teach their materials, I’ve made it my job to […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 20th, 2011 Comments Off on Who do you think you are?
First of all I’m a human. Second I’m a student, son, friend, and brother. I am a care free, opportunity seeking individual who is set out to do the best I can do in freshman year at Baruch College. My three concerns will be waking up early in the morning and getting to class on […]