Sunday, November 29, 2009

Bill of Rights

Most student's would assume that something as "powerful" like the bill of rights would not effect them at all what so ever. When really the bill of rights has a much larger effect on our education than most of us know. Not only does the Bill of Rights effect our actions in school but also our appearance as well as all of our rights we receive as a student. The bill of rights states everything that we can and can not do while on school grounds, therefor it defines all of our actions. The bill of rights kind of serves as a handbook for schools all over the United States it has a much larger impact on not only our schools but also our education than most people think. It effects everything that we do; our actions and the repercussions for those actions. Without the bill of rights our schools would be run with far less order and rules would be hard to maintain seeing as there is nothing really as powerful that could be enforcing them.

Sunday, November 22, 2009

Electoral College

The electoral college does great things to help narrow down political parties. As well as giving each state their own sense of power however, currently the electoral college seems to becoming a bigger and bigger issue. Seeing as it depends on the population per state to determine the number of electoral votes for each state, is leaves the smaller states with a huge disadvantage. For the people living in small states they are left feeling completely powerless, as if their votes count for practically nothing. Bigger states are given more attention from each party of the representative's running for the presidency.

The electoral vote over powers the popular vote which in the past on several occasions (1887,1888,2000) has made a huge difference in the person elected president. Seeing as it's the people that the president is working for the people should be able to have a large say in who they are electing as their new president. I feel that the electoral system should be removed if not modified. It's something that can be fixed so why not fix it? Clearly there are several people that seem to find an issue with it so why not make the people happy and change it . We have the technology to make it possible to have each vote count. This would give the people comfort in knowing they were each able to have their own say in the elections. Also, this could very well attract more people to the voting poles.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

"Liberty the American Revolution" take two

During the American Revolution, alliances made a extensive impact on both sides. The British unlike the Americans had the Germans backing them up from the gecko, helping them not only in the field but with finances as well as supplies and other necessities needed to win a war. Benjamin Franklin was a very inspiring person who had a positive effect on many people. The Americans were extremely lucky to have someone like him on there team, seeing as without his presence the chance of the French forming an alliance with them was rather slim.

From the start of the war the British solders have brought everything they got to the table and stepped up to every battle, with backing down not an option. However the fact that they not only had German solders on there side, they also gained the loyalty as well as knowledge of the of the Native Americans. Who not only knew the land exceedingly well, but also disrupted their hunting and fighting tactics that were very different from anything Britain had ever used before,which caught the Americans extremely off guard.

Having all the alliances seemed to give the British an ample lead on the Americans however having the Natives join their formation resulted with strong repercussions later on. Jay Mcraie the finance to a Britain general was brutally murdered by a remaining unknown individual, whose actions were blamed on a Native American. The fact that a Native murdered an innocent woman terrified the colonist with the thought of all the things that could possibly happen to them. This thought persuaded many Americans into joining the army offering their own lives for the protection of others.

The murdering of Jay Mcraie unfortunately for the British lead to the growth and strength of the American troops. In most remaining battles of the American Revolution the Americans used their numbers to their own advantage, having more and more of their men show up during the battle which overwhelming the other squad forcing them to retreat. After this murder took place victory for the Americans appeared to become a standard routine seeing as the Americans now out numbered the British two to one.

Monday, November 2, 2009

"Liberty the American Revolution"

At the beginning of the American Revolution it was clear that the Americana's had quite the battle to fight before them seeing as the Britain army was overly prepared upon their arrival and continued to train throughout the summer months until September. The Britain army even recruited help from Germany asking them for their support, which in return brought them Hessions, already trained German solders for 7 pounds a head. While training in America the Britain and German solders felt uncomfortable in the heat along with the massive amounts of bugs and wild creature's that roamed the area where the settled.


George Washington was the head general of the American side which at the start of the war you could barely call an army. The men that were given to Washington were not suitable for the battle that they had to fight. Congress however did not have the power to give general Washington was he was asking for. Finding men that were willing to give over one year of their life to the war was extremely difficult to find. Washington hit rock bottom and began to offer land as well as a salary to anyone willing to sign up for the militia. However there numbers where still small, and the American side was still out numbered to the British two to one.


Battle after battle continues to end with defeat for Americans. With there numbers so low to begin with have a large number of deaths along with casualties was something that the Americans really could not afford to have. A victory for the Americans is really needed at this point in the war in order to not only have mental and physical relief but so more solders will be willing to sign up, seeing as no person wants to sign up for a loosing team. Washington is feeling completely defeated and at this point has really hit rock bottom, and with a chance of victory slim to none continuing to try seems almost pointless.

After almost giving everything up George Washington came up with the ultimate top secrete plan that if follows through and goes as planned will end with victory for America. The day is Christmas the time is three a.m and the location is the Hudson river. Quiet and quickly as possible two thousand five hundred solders cross the Hudson ready to attack the Britain's fort which at the time was being guarded by drunk, sleeping Hessions. By the time Washington and his troups attack the fort the Britains are to