20 questions

1. What are some political values that all Americans share?
2. Since 9/11/01, have less immigrants come in the United States?
3. How many immigrants are allowed to come to the United States every year?
4. Why is immigration is mainly open to the European countries?
5. In 2001, why was Mexico the only country considered for amnesty?
6. Do Americans feel the same uneasiness about Middle Eastern immigrants that they feel for, say, western European immigrants?
7. How could the government enforce tighter border controls?
8. How long does it take to apply for legal citizenship in the United States?
9. Why does the INS only require men entering the United States from North African and Middle Eastern to be fingerprinted and photographed?
10. Is it ethical to target special religious or nationality groups? 
11. Why is it that most people that are born poor in the United States remain poor? 
12. Why do poorer Americans vote less than their wealthier counterparts?
13. Is it common that a person's political views alter, maybe even to the point of switching political parties, as they age?
14. Does diversity play as large of a role in the political systems of other countries as it does in our's?
15. Explain how multiracial Americans create conflict among the Census Bureau. How could this problem be avoided or solved?
16. In what ways does diversity affect American politics?
17. What are some reasons for opposing the multiple-choice approach in terms of collecting racial and ethnic information?
18. Why does our government collect information on race?
19. Realistically, is it possible to have one political culture in the United States?
20. What are some reasons that government exists?

political cartoon 2

1.  What is the Government doing to prevent illegal logging and irresponsible mining?
2.  What steps has the government taken to slow down global warming?
3.  Does the government official drowning in the "flood" mean that they are losing their power?

Similie

The checks and balances system is like a football team.  Each individual position relies on every other position to help do its job.  But if nobody else is doing their job, nothing can get acomplished.

The separation of powers is like the coaches on a football team.  Every coach does not coach every position, they each coach a different position.  Each position has its own job, just like each branch in the government.

Film Response

Facts: 

1.  All research being done was top secret.

1.The CIA researched Al Queda more than any other department of government.

2. the mission was called Greystone

3. The CIA went to the middle east before the military did

4. Cia would do anything to stop terrorism even if it was unconstitutional.

5. Prisoners of war kept in black sites

6. There is a secret prison system around the globe for government prisoners

7. barely anything was told to the public

8. billions of dollars put into missions

9.Government tapped citizens phones illegally

10. US troops killed Osama bin Laden

Questions:

1.why is our government so shady

1. Would we really do unconstitutional things to catch the terrorists? 

2.  Why did the government keep all of their plans top secret?

3. Why did they spend billions and billions of money that could be used for more beneficial things on this?

4. Why was the mission called Greystone?

5. Why wasnt the military the first to get involved?

6. Why did the governent sneakily tap some peoples phones and emails? 

7. How did they get away with such secrecy for so long

8.  How do checks and balances work within the CIA

9.How did they hide themselves in plain sight in shopping centers and take forever to be discovered

10. why did we move to iraq after afghanistan?

What political issues i care about

One of the political issues that interests me more than most is Government conspiracies. I do not usually believe in them but i find them very intriguing and I will look into them.  One of the biggest conspiracy theories is focused on this very day 9-11 10 years ago when the planes took out the towers.  Many people believe the government was behind it and knew what was going on the whole time.  I am not dispelling this theory but i do find it hard to believe that our own government would do that to its own people.  But then again the government is capable of pretty much anything.