1/26/12

1. Who are the People of the United States? The people of the United States are all the people that live here.
2. What is a Union? A union is a group of people working together to persue policies.
3. What is Justice? Justice is being fair no matter what.
4. What is the meaning of “domestic Tranquility”? Domestic Tranquility is when everything in your home is peaceful.
5. What is the “common defense”? Common defense is when you defend yourself, if your being harmed you fight back.
6. What is the “general Welfare”? When all the citizens are working together to be successful and peaceful.
7. What are the “Blessings of Liberty” and “Posterity”? Our nation being free and being able to think for ourselves.
8. What is the meaning of “ordain”? Holy people being in control.

Founding Fathers -

A person who starts or helps to start a movement or institution.

A member of the convention that drew up the US Constitution in 1787
domestic tranquility - internal peacefullness, lack of disturbance within a country

blessings of liberty- It's a phrase that implies all the benefits of freedom that they have no room for in the constitution.
Constitution - A body of fundamental principles according to which a state or other organization is aknoweledged to be governed.
union - an organization of workers joined to protect their common interests.
posterity- future definitions
Bill of Rights - the first ten admendments to the constitution.
justice -the quality of being fair or reasonable.
ordain- confer holy orders
amendments - the addition, deletion, correction, or other changes proposed to a document.
common defense- army of a country.
general welfare- when the country is peaceful.

1/26/12

The State of the Union Address is a speach given by the president of the United States to tell the public what he plans to accomplish in the upcoming year as president. In the 2012 speech he focused on telling about education reform, the war in Iraq, and creating new energy sources for the United States.

Obama's speech focused a lot on education. He said that techers that arn't helping kids learn should be replaced. He also said that every state should require kids to stay in school until they graduate or turn eighteen. He urged congress to stop interest rates on student loans from doubling. And he wants to extend the tuition tax credit, and double the number of work - study jobs within the next five years. I agree with everything he chose to do about education.

1/25/12

I agree with Obama about the different tax increases depending on your income. I think that if you're bringing in more money they should have to pay more than someone who makes less money. It's not fair to charge different classes of income the same amount of tax. I also like what he says about the oil industry. I don't think we should depend on other countries for their oil. I'm also happy about the fact that the war is now ended, just like he said it would. We managed to kill Osama, and that's a great thing. (:

Thomas Hobbes

Who: Thomas Hobbes was an English philosopher. He was mostly known for his political philosophy. He contributed to history, geometry, the physics of gases, theology, ethics and general physics.

What: He was the founder of modern politcal philosophy.  His 1651 book Leviathan established the foundation for most of the western political philosophy from the perspective of the socail contract theory. He developed some of the fundamentals of European liberal thought. He wrote a book called The Elements of Law: Natural and Politic.

When: He was born in England on April 5, 1588. He died on December 4, 1679.

Where: Thomas Hobbes was born in 1588 April 5, in Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England. His premature birth was hastened by his mother's fear upon hearing of the approach of the Spanish Armada. His father was vicar of Westport but fled to London after being involved in a brawl outside his own church, leaving Thomas to be raised by a wealthy uncle. Thomas died on December 4, 1679.

Why: Hobbes is known for his development of the social contract theory, which is the method of justifying political parties. He also believed that power should be placed in the hands of one person.

How: He was one of the founders of modern political philosophy. His understanding of humans as being matter and motion, obeying the same physical laws as other matter and motion, remains influential; and his account of human nature as self-interested cooperation, and of political communities as being based upon a "social contract" remains one of the major topics of political philosophy.

1/19/12

My opinion of the twitter incident hasn't changed. I still don't agree with the judge. He should be punished. Nobody should be pushed to the point of suicide.
Pros: The first admendment
Cons: He caused a lady to kill himself, He shouldn't have harassed someone, Although he can say what he wants he pushed it too far.

1/19/12

I don't agree with the bills they are trying to pass. Although piracy is wrong, people will always find a way to do it. Shutting down useful sites that the majority of the public uses for other reason, besides piracy, is wrong. People that post online piracy should be punished, i agree with that. But, the rest of the public should not be. And by shutting down sites like wikipedia and google isn't fair to the rest of the public.

1/18/12

I disagree with the judges desicion. Although, everyone is entitiled to their own opinion, nobody deserves to be harrassed. Telling someone you disagree with their religious beliefs is one thing, but using negative comments, causing someone to end their life should lead to punishment. Maybe the lady should have stayed off twitter or blocked him, but still she didn't deserve the negative comments that she recieved. Therfore, the man should have been punished.