2014 Election for Governor

If I was eighteen and registered to vote, and I had to choose to vote between Martha Coakley and Charlie Baker, my vote would go towards Charlie Baker. While Martha Coakley makes good arguments and has good focuses, Charlie Baker has better ones in my opinion. Martha Coakley focuses on elementary and pre-school education. That is all well and great, but all in all I do not see a problem that needs to be fixed or improved on here. Charlie Baker however, focuses on secondary education. Charlie Baker wants to put more charter schools in place and I think that is a great idea. Also, Charlie Baker wants to try to make college more affordable for people. Instead of a four-year college with four-year tuition, Charlie Baker's goal is to make college a three-year education where you achieve your Bachelor's degree. If you decide to attend college all four years, you would receive your Bachelor's and your Master's degree. I believe that is very helpful. Also, Martha Coakley is for sick time for workers and Charlie Baker is against it. I don't think sick time should be a law because you lose time that could make you more money and lose bonuses. Charlie Baker puts a lot of focus towards welfare as well, and Martha Coakley criticizes him for that. A lot of the population is in poverty and welfare could be very beneficial for people, so I believe it is a beneficial and important issue. Overall, Charlie Baker is a better option for Governor and my vote would go towards him.

Lincoln

Some of the difficulties that Lincoln faced in trying to pass the 13th Amendment were the people's fears of what would happen, and the discrimination against African Americans. There were over four million African Americans, and the people feared that they would start stealing jobs away and people would lose money. They were also concerned about voting, because there were a higher population of African Americans and the people were afraid they would be outvoted. Also, the Democrats thought that Abraham Lincoln was being a dictator. Abraham Lincoln was also a little dirty. He "lied" about his peace talks. He wanted peace to be contingent to the Amendment as well. Lincoln believed that the 13th Amendment was so important because he did not believe in slavery. Lincoln's main goal was to abolish slavery and have equal rights for every man.

Amendment Meme Pictures

This meme refers to the Fourth Amendment, stating that there shall be no unlawful search in a persons home without probable cause. Here, Nolan and I are sniffing candles. A cop cannot look at us and say "Hm, they are sniffing candles, that must mean they sniff up cocaine everyday. I'm going to go search their houses." There was no direct relation to the candles and drugs, also no evidence. Therefore, it would be an unlawful, illegal search.


This meme refers to the Fifth Amendment, which states your Miranda rights when you are accused and charged of a crime. Here, Molly was accused of relieving herself in the house, therefore charged with jail time in her crate. She was not happy, and howled loudly.

Petoria episode of Family Guy

Petoria was successful in becoming its own independent country in Quahog, RI thanks to Peter Griffin, founder of Petoria. Petoria is what is known as an oligarchy government. The definition of this is that few people have control over a country. In Petoria, Peter and Louis are the ones who have the complete control over Petoria. Due to his new "country" Peter enjoys the luxuries of certain things such as free drinks, taking over his neighbors pool, ect. Peter also commits and gets away with crimes such as urinating in public, stealing, and littering. Another luxury was that Peter made and followed his own laws and rules. However, consequences rose quickly. The United States sent out army troops to surround "Petoria" and have missiles and guns pointed at the house continuously as a means to make them give up and surrender. The United States also prohibited the people of Petoria from attending school, attending local market places, cut off their water supply and electricity. Peter had no army to fight back, and he quickly realized it, and realized how difficult it is running your own country and all of the responsibilities that come with it. With that, Peter quickly surrendered Petoria. 

The Ratification of the Constitution

In order for the Constitution to become a law, nine out of thirteen states had to ratify it. The people who wrote the Constitution knew that it would only have "real power" if all thirteen of the states were on board with it. This was a bitter battle of two years, and divided the people into Federalists and Antifederalists. The Federalists wanted a strong central government to hold the nation together. The Antifederalists thought that the Constitution gave too much power to the federal government. The Federalists feared too much democracy, and so they advocated limited popular election of federal officials. The Antifederalist however, feared that the Constitution took too much power away from the people. The Federalists believed that the states are ultimately subordinate to the federal government, while the Antifederalists believed that the states should hold more power than the federal government because the states are closer to the people. A large debate between the two groups was the Bill of Rights. The Federalists were against it while the Antifederalists were very much for it. Eventually, the Federalists agreed to having the Bill of Rights. Soon after there were enough states that had ratified the Constitution, and it went into effect in 1789. All is well that ends well.

http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/constitution-day/ratification.html

Why did the Articles of Confederation fail?

The Articles of Confederation failed because there was too much power left within the states.  The federal government had no power to collect taxes, to regulate trade, or to enforce laws. Also, there was no executive branch under the Articles of Confederation, and no national court system.  On top of that, all of the states had to give their consent in order for amendments to be passed. Nine out of the thirteen states had to give consent in order for laws to be passed as well.  This almost always never happened, because there were barely ever enough delegates to pass a law and small states could completely ignore what the larger states wanted.  The only power the federal government had was to make war and peace, send and receive ambassadors, enter into treaties, raise and supply a navy, maintain an army by asking for troops that were from the states, appoint senior military officers, regulate Indian affairs, establish post offices, and decide certain arguments among the states.

What might life be like if there was no government?

I think life without government would be chaotic compared to life with government. Without people to rule the majority, and people would commit crime and act immorally. Also, there would be no regulated justice or punishment for the people acting out. No court system would exist because that is a government-run system. In times of emergency like natural disaster or attacks, there would be no government to step in and give orders like we are used to. These are things that can't be handle by every day people all together. There would be no organization or action. Maybe towns and communities would still be held together by their own laws but without a federal government there would be no one in charge of unifying the country. Also, basic services we get on a regular basis would not be given because some if not many of them are government-run. School, mail, and other state and federal services would not run without a working government. The government can give school grants, creates jobs, and monitors large businesses. Therefor it plays a vital role in our society.

People made government obviously to regulate basic things in everyday life. Town and state laws are a perfect example of this. Government serves a larger purpose as well. The federal goverment, which is above state law, unifies and equalizes the nation. I believe people want government for protection and understandable regulation. They need protection from those of their nation and those of other nations and need regulation so as to avoid being taken advantage of. Without government, or laws for that matter, we would not be able to function as we do in society right now. The amount of robberies, murders, and criminal acts in general that would be committed if we had no government would be obscene. Having a government gives people a safer, more secure feeling living in the world that we do. Even with a government, and laws, people still act out and commit crimes. Like without a government would just be insane. This is why humans organized governing bodies instead of taking on the world and making the rules themselves.