bell ringer 12/18/12

I think it is about time we start talking about gun legislation to protect children in schools especially younger children. We need more people to start talking about it.

bell ringer 12/17/12

http://deanneleblanc.com/tag/sandy-brook-elementary/
http://rt.com/usa/news/sandy-school-live-updates-091/
http://www.theage.com.au/world/fourth-gun-found-in-shooting-investigation-20121217-2bi8v.html

The gunman shot his mother at their house and killed her. Then he went to the school and into his mothers classroom and killed all the children in her class. He also killed 6 adults at the school including the principle, counselor, and a few teachers.

bell ringer 12/14/12

This is pretty cool. If I knew you could do this kind of stuff I would do it too. He is getting a pretty good amount of money for changing his name and also wearing shirts that advertise companies. It's crazy that someone would pay $45,500 for someone to change there last name but still Jason is definitely making out pretty good in this whole thing.

If I were to change my name I would probably do what Jason did and sell it and let someone give me a last name. I would probably switch after like a tear and get even more money to promote a big company. That's definitely  what I would do if I had to change my name.

bell ringer 12/13/12

I don't think you should be kicked out of the army for being obese. A lot of people go into the army to defend our country and they get repaid by being kicked out for being too big. The army should try to help them lose the weight before they kick them out.

bell ringer 12/12/12

The Sissonville fire was a pretty crazy fire. I heard about it in Mr. Poling's class. He stopped what we were working on to show us the pictures. One of the pictures I looked at today was crazy. The highway was burnt and there was a sign that had turned white because the paint melted off of it.

bell ringer 12/10/12

This just goes to show how, one, violent video games influence what young kids do and, two, how weak our gun control laws are. These kids that did this need some serious help and need to see a counselor.

bell ringer 12/6/12

I didn't even know they gave out a Grammy for reading your own novel but congratulations to them both for getting nominated.

bell ringer 12/5/12

In my opinion women should be allowed to join the infantry. Even if she does get pregnant and they send someone else to replace her you should still trust them because they are in the army with you going into the same dangerous position as you. The least you could do is trust them.

Go Green

Ryan House                      Pro/Con Going Green                           12/4/12

PRO:

1.       Going green could save many species of animals.

2.       It would cut back on pollution.

3.       People will save a lot of money.

4.       Everybody would good about themselves.

5.       People will be more healthy.

6.       It will improve your overall quality of life.

7.       If you have a compost pile, you can us it as fertilizer for a garden.

8.       The air will be cleaner.

9.       There will be cleaner and more usable water because it won't be so polluted.

10.   We would reduce the effects of global warming.

CON:

1.       When you turn lights on and off it actually uses more electricity than just leaving them on.

2.       In a study people who bought high efficiency washers they increased clothes washing by nearly 6 percent.

3.       Out of a group of 500 people that greened their homes a third saw no reduction in bills.

4.       The technology people would buy to go green would probably cost more than your house.

5.       It would take a long time to get everyone to go green.

6.       A lot of people probably wouldn't go green.

ESSAY:

I feel  that if everybody went green it would definitely be a good thing. However, trying to get the whole world to go green in my opinion would be impossible. Even trying to get half of the world to do it would be extremely difficult. I don't even think that would be possible. In my opinion more people should definitely try to do more to go green because it will save you money and help you live a healthier life. More people should seriously try to go green or at least participate in it in some way.

bell ringer 12/4/12

This filibuster has definitely become something that senators abuse to basically get what they want. All a senator has to do is make a phone call to the capitol and threaten a filibuster which will waste four days of the senates lives. I would probably be mad if someone called a filibuster because that would waste my life.

bell ringer 12/3/12

I think this is stupid. In my opinion this is gonna make even more students drop out than there already are. I'm glad Philip Barbour doesn't have to do this.

bell ringer 11/30/12

This just goes to show how bad our country really is. We may look like a good country on the outside but we are definitely not. There are a lot of freaks in our country and when they do something bad or wrong it makes the whole country look bad which is not a good thing.

bell ringer 11/29/12

Obama wants to meet with Mitt Romney because he wants to see if he would be interested in working together to get the country back into shape. I think Romney should tell him no and that he is the president and needs fix it on his own but Romney probably won't. He will probably tell him something like he would love to help.

Part Two

Tasmania

1. Whether the country is considered to be a More Developed Country (MDC) or a Less Developed Country (LDC). MDC
2. Whether or not the country restricts immigration and under what circumstances. They do not restrict against immigration
3. The type of habitats and natural resources in the country. Rounded smooth mountain ranges and temperate rainforests. Fish, lobster, shellfish, and mineral riches
4. Available job market as it relates to a variety of industries. Human resources, government, and tourism
5. Workers wages and the standard of living (compared to U.S. Dollars). Retail sales assistant- $16.06 Carpenter- $20.33 Waiter/Waitress-$15.12 RN- $25.78 Pharmacy assistant- $17.58 Administration assistant- $17.58 Electrician- $27.49 per hour for all.
6. Environmental regulations. Tasmanian Forest Agreement
7. Types of industries available, including companies that operate businesses (e.g., businesses familiar to an American worker). Logging, Electrician, Metal Working, and Fishing
8. Positive attributes of the country. Many jobs, beautiful scenery, and jobs pay good
9. Disadvantages of the country. none
10. Adjustments they will need to make in their lifestyle.                                                                                     

 Italy

1. Whether the country is considered to be a More Developed Country (MDC) or a Less Developed Country (LDC). MDC
2. Whether or not the country restricts immigration and under what circumstances. No
3. The type of habitats and natural resources in the country. Coal, mercury, zinc, potash, and marble
4. Available job market as it relates to a variety of industries.Construction, aerospace, and education
5. Workers wages and the standard of living (compared to U.S. Dollars). It depends on what is important to that person that is moving to Italy
6. Environmental regulations. Businesses are held responsible for the environmental impact
7. Types of industries available, including companies that operate businesses (e.g., businesses familiar to an American worker).
8. Positive attributes of the country. Beautiful and many jobs
9. Disadvantages of the country. Very crowded
10. Adjustments they will need to make in their lifestyle.       

Philippines  
    

1. Whether the country is considered to be a More Developed Country (MDC) or a Less Developed Country (LDC). LDC
2. Whether or not the country restricts immigration and under what circumstances. No they do not
3. The type of habitats and natural resources in the country. Jungles and beaches
4. Available job market as it relates to a variety of industries. Education
5. Workers wages and the standard of living (compared to U.S. Dollars). It is much lower than the U.S.
6. Environmental regulations. No Polluting
7. Types of industries available, including companies that operate businesses (e.g., businesses familiar to an American worker).
8. Positive attributes of the country. None
9. Disadvantages of the country. Not very many jobs
10. Adjustments they will need to make in their lifestyle.

bell ringer 11/28/12

In this article they talked about how high the powerball winnings would be. They said it would be about 500 million dollars which is a pretty penny. When the ticket sales ended the winnings had gone up to 656 million dollars which is the second biggest ever. I would love to win that much money my life would be so easy.

If I won the powerball my life would be so much easier than it is. I know a lot of people would probably say that if they won that much money they would quit school or their job but I don't think I would quit school but if I had a job I probably would quit that. One thing I would do with the money is donate a pretty good amount to a bunch of different charities. Another thing I would do with it would be buy a house and like 5 cars and trucks. I would also buy a nice boat and every kind of fishing pole and every kind of lure that has ever been made.That's what I would do if I won the powerball.

Vocab

Economy- The prosperity or earnings of a place

Cultural Diversity- There are many different things in one culture

 Industry- A place that makes goods for consumers to buy

 Environment- Where someone or something lives

 Assimilation- The blending of different cultural traits into one

 Globalization- Worldwide integration
 
MDC- More developed country

Forced Migration- Forced to move

Voluntary Migration-  You want to move

LDC- Less developed country

Mental Mapping- Picturing what a country looks like without looking at a map

Immigration- Moving from one country to another

Statistical Measurement- A way of measuring something using stats

bell ringer 11/27/12

In my opinion it is understandable why it has gone down and continues to go down. Everybody was using there money to prepare for hurricane sandy and to fix the damage that she did.

Bell Ringer 11/26/12

In my opinion these so called "baby boxes" are a good idea but also a bad idea at the same time. They are a good idea because if a girl gets raped and gets pregnant she has a safe alternative for the baby instead of abortion or like the example they gave killing it and burying it in the woods or something. However, it is also a bad idea because a couple could be having a baby but they don't want the responsibility of caring for it so they can just get rid of it.

bell ringer 11/15/12

These things will probably happen because in my opinion Obama is one of the worst presidents we have had.

bell ringer 11/14/12

I think it is completely ridiculous that she ran over her husband for not voting. I can't even begin to imagine what she would do if her husband was cheating on her and she found out. To run someone over for not voting is just plain stupid end of story.

bell ringer 11/13/12

In my opinion it is a good idea to prepare for something like that to happen. I'm not saying though to become an all out nut about it so you lose all of your friends and become a social outcast because of it.

bell ringer 10/29/12

In my opinion Ohio will be the deciding state this year again. Whoever they choose will probably end up being president.

bell ringer 10/25/12

Obama has a good point, the one we put in charge of country should be trustworthy. We should be able to trust his with matters that deal with our country.

bell ringer 10/23/12

I think this would be a good idea because when i went to the dmv to get my permit there was a guy trying to get that done and it was very confusing from what i heard them talking about.

bell ringer 10/22/12

I don't see anything wrong with having bus tours and being able to gamble at the resort.

bell ringer 10/19/12

Obama says that all the problems in the United States need to be fixed but the thing is he has been the president for four years and he is just now saying these problems are gonna get fixed. What has he been doing in office for the past four years. Most of the problems we have were caused by him so I think it is only fair that he fixes them and he doesn't have much time left to fix them so he better get to work.

bell ringer 10/8/12

I think this is a pretty good marketing campaign because a lot of people are gonna take trips if their candidate loses and this will allow airports and also travel agents to make a lot of money.

bell ringer 10/18/12

In my opinion it was kinda sleazy for them to attack each other at the debate but it was also helpful because it might just help them win the election.

bell ringer 10/16/12

I think it it a very close race to become president between Romney and Obama. However, what I don't like about the election is that the citizens vote for the person they want to become president and it doesn't really matter because the person who becomes president is the person who gets the most electoral votes.

bell ringer 10/16/12

I think in the election for the president we should get to have more choices and not just pick who has more money.

bell ringer 10/15/12

In my opinion No Child Left Behind was not a good idea because kids in middle school think that when they get into high school they will be able to coast because they coasted all the way through middle school.

bell ringer 10/11/12

If the college denied her because of her skin color then that school needs to be seriously checked out. Nobody should be denied admission to a school because of color it is racist.

bell ringer 10/10/12

I think it is pretty bad when the president says big bird is the biggest problem in this country.

bell ringer 10/9/12

In my opinion the NLRB should not be allowed to regulated things posted on Facebook and Twitter.

bell ringer 10/3/12

I think it is pretty cool that we can tell so much about a person just by their name.

bell ringer 10/3/12

I think it is a good idea to make people show I.D. that way nobody who is under the age of 18 can't sneak in and vote.

bell ringer 10/2/12

I don't think Mitt Romney should be promising makeovers to any buildings because according to the electoral college votes he is far from winning the election. Plus in my opinion it is kinda like bribing the people at the supreme court to vote for him.

bell ringer 10/1/12

I can't believe there were two loaded guns that made it past airport security. Either the machines they use need to be updated or they need to get some new people to work them. There is no excuse for them to miss 2 loaded guns in an airport especially since 9/11 and all the security they put in after it.

Death Penalty

Should the Death Penalty be Allowed  

YES

1. Only for the worst of the worse
2.  If it is requested
3. Depends on what they are in jail for
4. As long as it is done humanely
5.  Certain ways
6.  They killed innocent people
7.  It is just
8.  No redemption
9.  Let the punishment fit the crime
10.  Taxpayers have to pay to keep a murderer in prison

NO   

1.  Inhumane
2.  Unfair
3.  Violates the 8th amendment
4.  Ultimate denial of human rights
5. More serve than life in prison
6.  Killing is wrong
7.  No one has the right to take someone elses life
8.  A life always has worth
9.  Morally wrong
10.  It is a form of cruel and unusual punishment

In my opinion the death penalty should be allowed in some cases. I don't believe someone who goes to prison for fraud should be given the death penalty. If someone rapes kids or something like that they should not be given a second chance and should be put to death. That is how I feel about the death penalty.

YES 

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/26/us/texas-ex-army-recruiter-is-executed-for-2002-killing.html?_r=0

NO

http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/local_news/oh_lorain/man-convicted-of-1983-murder-of-elyria-hotel-clerk-says-hes-too-obese-for-execution

bell ringer 9/28/12

 Should Students be Allowed to Carry Guns on School Campuses 

 YES                                                                     
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

1. Self-Defense
2. In case someone who doesn't go                                                                                                      to the school shows up with a gun                                                                                                   and starts shooting the students can                                                                                                take him out before he takes them out
3. Someone could be a hero
4. Less crime on campuses
5. Help people
6. Criminals fear an armed victim more                                                                                               than suspension
7. Protection
8. Less fights
9. Has been used at a bunch of colleges and                                                                                         nothing has ever happened
10. Safety

NO 

1. Drugs
2. Alcohol
3. Psychos
4. No common sense
5. Immaturity
6. No gun skills
7. Training course is only a day or less long
8. If there is a fight it could end very bad
9. Guns don't kill people, people kill people
10. If someone shoots you won't know who shot because everybody has a gun

I think guns should be allowed on college campuses. As long as they are concealed I would have no problem with it. The only other reason I would allow guns is if the mentally ill are not allowed to carry one. I think allowing students to carry guns on campuses is a good idea.                                                                        

Bill

Ryan House                         Gun Control Bill                         9/27/12

 

Good morning I am U.S. Senator Ryan House. Now a major problem in our country are how strict the gun control laws are. If everyone above a certain age was allowed to carry a gun on them in certain areas like NYC, LA, and other major cities in the U.S. where crime rates are high.  The bill I am about to introduce to you will make the gun control laws less strict. Some key points of this bill are:

1.    You have to be above the age of 21

2.    You must have proof of I.D.

3.    You must have written consent from the sheriff of your local police station and you must carry it with you

4.    No gun above a Smith & Wesson 500 Magnum

5.    Make sure the gun is legal

This is only some of the criteria that will allow you to carry a gun with you. I hope to have this bill passed by Jan. 21,2013.  

bell ringer 9/27/12

I feel the same way because I don't get full from the lunches at our school either. I don't know why they give us such small lunches. There are a lot of big kids at our school that need more food to fill them up. I think we should get bigger lunches too.

Social Issue Letter

Dear CNN,

       My friends and I think the gun control laws are too strict. We think if you are driving through heavily populated area with a lot of gangs you should be able to carry a gun without a permit and not get in trouble with the cops if they see you carrying it with you.
        The reason we think gun control laws are too strict is because one time we were in New York City and we got mugged by a couple guys with guns and so we all said the next time we come to NYC or any other big city we would all bring a handgun for self defense if that ever happened again.
         So the next time we took a trip we went to L.A. and we all brought a gun and we got pulled over by the cops for doing something we got a huge fine and they confiscated our guns. We told them the story about when we were in New York and said they were only for self defense. They still didn't believe us.
          They told us we had to each have a permit to carry the guns on us. So when got back home we all got permits that would allow us to carry them with us where ever we go.

                                                                                                                     Sincerely,
                                                                                                                             Ryan House

bell ringer 9/26/12

I think it would be a good idea to remove junk food from schools. At our school we don't have junk food here anyway so it wouldn't affect me if they took the junk food out of other schools.

bell ringer 9/25/12

I think this is a smart thing to do because girls that young nowadays probably are having sex so it is a good idea.

bell ringer 9/24/12

I think it is about time Obama used what Mitt Romney said against him. He shouldn't have said what he said or atleast not the way he said it. I knew Obama would use it against him eventually but i just didn't know when. I think it will help Obama out a lot in his campaign.

post ideology

http://www.people-press.org/typology/quiz/?src=typology-report-

Based on your responses, YOU are a… Post-Modern

Along with 13% of the public
http://www.people-press.org/political-party-quiz/- Overall, your political values are closest to those of a… Moderate Republican

http://www.politicalcompass.org/test- Economic Left/Right: 0.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 0.77

http://www.nolanchart.com/survey.php- Your answers suggest that you are a centrist

http://www.theadvocates.org/quiz- According to your answers, the political group that agrees with you most is...Centrist

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You Scored as Fascist
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You Are 48% Capitalist, 52% Socialist
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 You Are 45% Conservative, 55% Liberal

bell ringer 9/21/12

Whoever this guy is he must really love this Linda person to go through all the trouble to paint this on the side of a van and park it in a busy industrial estate. Hope he got her back.

bell ringer 9/20/12

Yes I think this is an invasion of privacy especially since Cathy didn't know the cameras and microphones were in the house.

Civics Assignment 9/19/12

2.  Research the first ammendment and the right to privacy....name five parts of the first amendment. Freedom of speech, religion, press, the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and the right to petition the government
3.  Examine how much privacy one has in the digital age we live. Write a paragraph. Most people think that just because they use computers to do things they will be more secure. But in my opinion your privacy is more vulnerable online because of hackers and other people like that.
4.  Research the patriot act and summarize it in a paragraph. The Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act (USA PATRIOT Act) does exactly what it says it does. They use different tools to detect and stop terrorism. This act was passed in 2001 after 9/11. In my opinion it was a good idea although they should have done it sooner.
5.  Write a paragraph detailing if the patriot act is a violation of the first amendment. In my opinion it is not a violation of the first amendment. The Patriot Act was created to keep Americans safe from terrorism so how would that be a violation of the first amendment.
6.  Find a news article and copy and paste the link where you feel the person uses their privacy as an "excuse" to get away with something.
7.  Find a news article and copy and paste the link where you fee a person's privacy was not protected. http://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/woman-sues-ex-over-trove-secret-tapes-141340634--abc-news-topstories.html

bell ringer 9/19/12

Yes I think this is an invasion of privacy.

Civics Lesson Question

 Why is there a constitution day and what mandated it? Recognizes the adoption of the United States Constitution and those who have become U.S. citizens.
The law establishing the holiday was created in 2004 with the passage of an amendment by Senator Robert Byrd to the Omnibus spending bill of 2004.
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Congratulations - you got 9 out of 10 correct!
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Total score: 7 right, 3 wrong (70%)
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You answered 9 questions correctly

bell ringer 9/18/12

I don't think the video should have been posted regardless of whether or not it was making fun of the Muslims. Obviously it didn't matter if it was or not because people still got killed because of it.

civics lesson

Clue:

This delegate took notes at the

Philadelphia Convention.

Name: James Madison

State: Virginia

Age/Year of Birth: 36/1751

Two Additional Clues:1.)  Fourth President of the United States 2.) Father of the Constitution

Clue:

He refused to sign the Constitution.

Name: George Mason

State: Virginia

Age/Year of Birth: 62/1725

Two Additional Clues:1.) Also called Father of the Bill of Rights 2.)Delegate from Virginia to the Constitutional Convention

Clue:

This delegate was the head of the

Virginia delegation to the convention.

Name: George Washington

State: Virginia

Age/Year of Birth: 55/1732

Two Additional Clues: General during the Revolutionary War 2.) First President

Clue:

He practiced in law in Williamsburg.

Name: Edmund Randolph

State: Virginia

Age/Year of Birth: 34/1753

Two Additional Clues: 1.) One of the eleven delegates selected to represent Virginia at the Continental Congress 2.) Was in private law practice

2

Clue:

He studied medicine in Scotland.

Name: Samuel Dick

State: New Jersey

Age/Year of Birth: 47/1740

Two Additional Clues: 1.) Delegate for New Jersey to the Confederation Congress 2.) Served in the New Jersey militia

Clue:

This Framer emancipated his slaves in

his will.

Name: Thomas Jefferson

State: Virginia

Age/Year of Birth: 44/1743

Two Additional Clues: 1.)An American founding father 2.) Principal author of the Declaration of Independence

Clue:

He was responsible for the Judiciary Act

of 1789.

Name: William Paterson

State: New Jersey

Age/Year of Birth:44/1745

Two Additional Clues: 1.) Born in Ireland 2.) Entered Princeton University at age 14

Clue:

He was the chairman of the Committee

on Style.

Name: William Samuel Johnson

State: Connecticut

Age/Year of Birth: 59/1727

Two Additional Clues: 1.) Born in Stratford, Connecticut 2.) United States Senator From Connecticut

Clue:

He served on the committees that draft

both the Declaration of Independence

and the Article of Confederation.

Name: Roger Sherman

State: Connecticut

Age/Year of Birth:68/1721

Two Additional Clues: 1.) Early American lawyer and politician 2.) Served as President of Columbia University

3

Clue:

He studied law in Philadelphia.

Name: George Ross

State: Pennsylvania

Age/Year of Birth:59/1730

Two Additional Clues:1.) Born in New Castle, Delaware 2.) Educated at home

Clue:

He was a roommate of James Madison

at the College of New Jersey.

Name: Gunning Bedford Jr.

State: Delaware

Age/Year of Birth:42/1747

Two Additional Clues:1.)  American lawyer 2.) Politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware

Clue:

He served as the first postmaster general

of Wilmington.

Name: Ben Franklin

State: Pennsylvania

Age/Year of Birth:83/1706

Two Additional Clues:1.) Scientist 2.) Invented electricity

Clue:

He voted against independence and did

sign the Declaration of Independence.

Name: George Read

State: Delaware

Age/Year of Birth:53/1733

Two Additional Clues: 1.) Continental Congressman form Delaware 2.) Member of the Federalist Party

 

4

Clue:

During the Revolution he served as a

lieutenant colonel in the dragoons.

Name: Henry Lee III

State: Virginia

Age/Year of Birth: 19/1756

Two Additional Clues:1.) Ninth Governor of Virginia 2.) The Virginia representative to the United States Congress

Clue:

Served as one of the original trustees of

the University of Georgia at Athens.

Name: William Houstoun

State: Georgia

Age/Year of Birth: 32/1755

Two Additional Clues: 1.) American planter, statesman, and lawyer 2.) Delegate from Georgia to the Continental Congress

 

bell ringer 9/17/12

Everybody makes mistakes but I don't thnk anybody should have overreacted about it even if it was about the video. Since it wasn't about the video it makes it even worse but what's done is done.

bell ringer 9/17/12

I don't think the mayor should be able to ban soda. It is the people's decision on whetheror not they want to drink soda. It might be bad for them but it is still thier choice.

I side with

I side with Mitt Romney on most issues in the 2012 Presidential Election.

bell ringer 9/13/12

I think it was a great thing we did. We made our school look better and we also remembered those who lost their lives on 9/11. It truly was a great thing we did.

bell ringer 9/10/12

Politics are not supposed to be racial. They are supposed to fair and equal.

bell ringer 9/7/12

I don't really know how good or bad of job Obama is doing because I don't follow politics so I don't know if he is better or worse president than past presidents that we had.

bell ringer 9/7/12

I think cops and SWAT teams or anybody in any type of law enforcement should be able to have and carry assault rifles but civilians shouldn't be able to because they would probably do something stupid with and get themselves in trouble and get arrested.

bell ringer 9/7/12

Everybody has a different view of things and their own opinion and beliefs.

bell ringer 9/5/12

I think this is a good idea because if they fingerprint visitors they can see if they have a criminal record and if they do the prison can see what it was for and can decide if they want to let them in.

bell ringer 9/4/12

I think this is stupid. Why would parents put 3-20$ under a pillow for a tooth. That is just a waste of money. However, it was good for the kids but the parents who put the money under the pillow are stupid.

bell ringer 8/31/12

I think the government should not have block Texas's law to make voters show I.D. because it would have stopped under aged kids from voting. I think if Texas wanted to I.D. voters they should be allowed to.

quiz notes

difference between anti fed. and fed
definitions
ratification of the states
notes

bell ringer 8/30/12

I think Hurricane Isaac is bad but it did not have as much destructive power as Hurricane Katrina.

Centinel #1 ande Brutus #1

Centinel #1

Background: A. Who is the author? Samuel Bryan

                       B. When was the essay written? Between 1787 and 1789

                       C. What had happened already when this essay was written? The constitution was written

Task 1: This differs from the Federalist Papers because it basically says the constitution isn't any good.

               

bell ringer 8/29/12

I think if you fake your own death to get a ton of money then you should get arrested but if you are faking your death because someone is looking for you because you saw something you shouldn't have seen or heard something you shouldn't have heard then I don't think you should get arrested for it. In Raymond Roth's case I can't say if it is a crime or not because I don't know if it was for the money or if he was trying to hide from people/person looking for him.

federalist papers #51

TO WHAT expedient, then, shall we finally resort, for maintaining in practice the necessary partition of power among the several departments, as laid down in the Constitution? The only answer that can be given is, that as all these exterior provisions are found to be inadequate, the defect must be supplied, by so contriving the interior structure of the government as that its several constituent parts may, by their mutual relations, be the means of keeping each other in their proper places. Without presuming to undertake a full development of this important idea, I will hazard a few general observations, which may perhaps place it in a clearer light, and enable us to form a more correct judgment of the principles and structure of the government planned by the convention.
In order to lay a due foundation for that separate and distinct exercise of the different powers of government, which to a certain extent is admitted on all hands to be essential to the preservation of liberty, it is evident that each department should have a will of its own; and consequently should be so constituted that the members of each should have as little agency as possible in the appointment of the members of the others. Were this principle rigorously adhered to, it would require that all the appointments for the supreme executive, legislative, and judiciary magistracies should be drawn from the same fountain of authority, the people, through channels having no communication whatever with one another. Perhaps such a plan of constructing the several departments would be less difficult in practice than it may in contemplation appear. Some difficulties, however, and some additional expense would attend the execution of it. Some deviations, therefore, from the principle must be admitted. In the constitution of the judiciary department in particular, it might be inexpedient to insist rigorously on the principle: first, because peculiar qualifications being essential in the members, the primary consideration ought to be to select that mode of choice which best secures these qualifications; secondly, because the permanent tenure by which the appointments are held in that department, must soon destroy all sense of dependence on the authority conferring them.
It is equally evident, that the members of each department should be as little dependent as possible on those of the others, for the emoluments annexed to their offices. Were the executive magistrate, or the judges, not independent of the legislature in this particular, their independence in every other would be merely nominal.
But the great security against a gradual concentration of the several powers in the same department, consists in giving to those who administer each department the necessary constitutional means and personal motives to resist encroachments of the others. The provision for defense must in this, as in all other cases, be made commensurate to the danger of attack. Ambition must be made to counteract ambition. The interest of the man must be connected with the constitutional rights of the place. It may be a reflection on human nature, that such devices should be necessary to control the abuses of government. But what is government itself, but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself. A dependence on the people is, no doubt, the primary control on the government; but experience has taught mankind the necessity of auxiliary precautions.
This policy of supplying, by opposite and rival interests, the defect of better motives, might be traced through the whole system of human affairs, private as well as public. We see it particularly displayed in all the subordinate distributions of power, where the constant aim is to divide and arrange the several offices in such a manner as that each may be a check on the other -- that the private interest of every individual may be a sentinel over the public rights. These inventions of prudence cannot be less requisite in the distribution of the supreme powers of the State.
But it is not possible to give to each department an equal power of self-defense. In republican government, the legislative authority necessarily predominates. The remedy for this inconveniency is to divide the legislature into different branches; and to render them, by different modes of election and different principles of action, as little connected with each other as the nature of their common functions and their common dependence on the society will admit. It may even be necessary to guard against dangerous encroachments by still further precautions. As the weight of the legislative authority requires that it should be thus divided, the weakness of the executive may require, on the other hand, that it should be fortified. An absolute negative on the legislature appears, at first view, to be the natural defense with which the executive magistrate should be armed. But perhaps it would be neither altogether safe nor alone sufficient. On ordinary occasions it might not be exerted with the requisite firmness, and on extraordinary occasions it might be perfidiously abused. May not this defect of an absolute negative be supplied by some qualified connection between this weaker department and the weaker branch of the stronger department, by which the latter may be led to support the constitutional rights of the former, without being too much detached from the rights of its own department?
If the principles on which these observations are founded be just, as I persuade myself they are, and they be applied as a criterion to the several State constitutions, and to the federal Constitution it will be found that if the latter does not perfectly correspond with them, the former are infinitely less able to bear such a test.
There are, moreover, two considerations particularly applicable to the federal system of America, which place that system in a very interesting point of view.
First. In a single republic, all the power surrendered by the people is submitted to the administration of a single government; and the usurpations are guarded against by a division of the government into distinct and separate departments. In the compound republic of America, the power surrendered by the people is first divided between two distinct governments, and then the portion allotted to each subdivided among distinct and separate departments. Hence a double security arises to the rights of the people. The different governments will control each other, at the same time that each will be controlled by itself.
Second. It is of great importance in a republic not only to guard the society against the oppression of its rulers, but to guard one part of the society against the injustice of the other part. Different interests necessarily exist in different classes of citizens. If a majority be united by a common interest, the rights of the minority will be insecure. There are but two methods of providing against this evil: the one by creating a will in the community independent of the majority -- that is, of the society itself; the other, by comprehending in the society so many separate descriptions of citizens as will render an unjust combination of a majority of the whole very improbable, if not impracticable. The first method prevails in all governments possessing an hereditary or self-appointed authority. This, at best, is but a precarious security; because a power independent of the society may as well espouse the unjust views of the major, as the rightful interests of the minor party, and may possibly be turned against both parties. The second method will be exemplified in the federal republic of the United States. Whilst all authority in it will be derived from and dependent on the society, the society itself will be broken into so many parts, interests, and classes of citizens, that the rights of individuals, or of the minority, will be in little danger from interested combinations of the majority. In a free government the security for civil rights must be the same as that for religious rights. It consists in the one case in the multiplicity of interests, and in the other in the multiplicity of sects. The degree of security in both cases will depend on the number of interests and sects; and this may be presumed to depend on the extent of country and number of people comprehended under the same government. This view of the subject must particularly recommend a proper federal system to all the sincere and considerate friends of republican government, since it shows that in exact proportion as the territory of the Union may be formed into more circumscribed Confederacies, or States oppressive combinations of a majority will be facilitated: the best security, under the republican forms, for the rights of every class of citizens, will be diminished: and consequently the stability and independence of some member of the government, the only other security, must be proportionately increased. Justice is the end of government. It is the end of civil society. It ever has been and ever will be pursued until it be obtained, or until liberty be lost in the pursuit. In a society under the forms of which the stronger faction can readily unite and oppress the weaker, anarchy may as truly be said to reign as in a state of nature, where the weaker individual is not secured against the violence of the stronger; and as, in the latter state, even the stronger individuals are prompted, by the uncertainty of their condition, to submit to a government which may protect the weak as well as themselves; so, in the former state, will the more powerful factions or parties be gradnally induced, by a like motive, to wish for a government which will protect all parties, the weaker as well as the more powerful. It can be little doubted that if the State of Rhode Island was separated from the Confederacy and left to itself, the insecurity of rights under the popular form of government within such narrow limits would be displayed by such reiterated oppressions of factious majorities that some power altogether independent of the people would soon be called for by the voice of the very factions whose misrule had proved the necessity of it. In the extended republic of the United States, and among the great variety of interests, parties, and sects which it embraces, a coalition of a majority of the whole society could seldom take place on any other principles than those of justice and the general good; whilst there being thus less danger to a minor from the will of a major party, there must be less pretext, also, to provide for the security of the former, by introducing into the government a will not dependent on the latter, or, in other words, a will independent of the society itself. It is no less certain than it is important, notwithstanding the contrary opinions which have been entertained, that the larger the society, provided it lie within a practical sphere, the more duly capable it will be of self-government. And happily for the republican cause, the practicable sphere may be carried to a very great extent, by a judicious modification and mixture of the federal principle.