The documentary, “The Weight of the Nation,” is a series that is broken into four parts regarding the risks of obesity, the choices that contribute to obesity, the childhood obesity epidemic, and the challenges that our society faces in treating and preventing obesity and all of its related illnesses. I think it was strategic to break this documentary into separate sections because obesity is such a multifaceted issue and it impacts people of all ages and races. There are also many diseases that could be prevented if people understood how dangerous it is to be overweight or obese. The first section of the documentary is titled, “Consequences,” which is appropriate because it looks at the dangers of being overweight and the accompanying health issues. This section focuses a lot on the scientific and physiological aspects of obesity and explains some very concerning statistics.…
A Surveillance Society In the article Surveillance Society by William E. Thompson, there are imperfect ways to spy on citizens around the world. The government is finding ways to use surveillance to notice what is going on around the world. But some actions that they've taking lately aren't really "protecting ones privacy. " It can be many ways that unsolved crimes could be solved so increasing all the technology in the world can be safe and unsafe.…
Ratifying the Constitution The Articles of Confederation which established a governmental structure to unify all the states that fought in the American Revolution. The Articles of Confederations purpose was to create a confederation of states which soon failed. The reason the articles failed was because the Congress and the national government had not been given enough power to work efficiently. The Constitution was going to take over the place of the Articles of Confederation.…
He warns that surveillance voids basic human rights and must be eliminated. I think forced surveillance is a complete invasion of privacy. Today, it is easier than ever to own surveillance equipment. Surveillance equipment is cheaper, easier to use, and more easily hidden. Humans have a…
The author thesis is breaking down the number of participants in church in the beginning of Religious organizations in America. Although, certain information was documented pertaining to the participation of church attendance. Information gathered from the text explains that there is additional text that provides proof of the rise in attendance for modern day churches. The text stated that "The backbone of this book consists of our attempt to explore and explain how and why America shifted from a nation in which most people took no part in organized religion to a nation in which nearly two-thirds of American adults do (Finke and Stark 1). " Explaining why more people are leaning to attending church, or the reason certain religions had more attendance than others are also explained in the text.…
The Federalist Papers, written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay is a collection of essays advocating the ratification of the United States Constitution. “These essays first appeared in the New York papers unidentified in 1787 and 1788 under the name 'Publius.'” In total there is eighty-five essays written, but the most distinguished and the most quoted is Federalist Ten and Fifty-One. In those articles James Madison argues that a large republic and federal government structure built around the principle of seperation of powers will prevent any single person or faction from gaining control of government to the deparment of the people or a minority of the people, but was he correct? Lets examine our system of government as it…
The American Revolution was a war that took place in the thirteen colonies from 1776 to 1783. In this war, the colonies fought for their independence from the tyrannical British government. The British had failed to comply with the needs of the colonists so the colonists broke away. The American Revolution could not have occurred if the colonists did not have similar interests and also couldn't have occurred if they did not join together to fight for those particular interests that were trying to be taken away from them.…
Was America Founded as a Christian Nation? The United States of America, from the nation’s inception to the modern era, has undeniably been influenced by Christianity and its various sects; however, the question remains as to whether or not the country was founded as a Christian nation. The Founding Fathers each exhibited different religious beliefs that helped forge their positions as they forged America. Furthermore, the Founding Fathers did not intend for the country to be a Christian nation, but desired it to be a nation guided by Christian principles, which is evident in George Washington’s emphasis on nationalism, Thomas Jefferson’s desire for the separation between the Church and the State, and John Adams’s desire for religion to promote moral and virtuous citizens.…
The room is sweltering hot. The flies are buzzing. Suspense is rising and ideas are turning into a cacophony of aggressive and intelligent voices. The room is full of arguing men who are taking sides when they are supposed to be working together. Suddenly, a timid, soft-spoken man of 5’6” emerges from his world of note taking.…
The author’s main idea is to persuading the reader that almost every aspects of their lives have been controlled by the government. We the people who being governed by the state/government is trying to push our limits by asking us to spill all of our secrets and privacy. Yet, many questions still remain, how does it safe by let the government to do that? Where the information is have been stored?…
Statement: The act that exemplifies what it means to be American is an act of unity, honor, and patriotism. Thesis: The most American thing you can do is attend a football game. Going to a football game is one of the most unifying experiences for a person to have in America. At a football game, there’s always a strong sense of unity in the crowd of fans.…
One Nation Under God Growing up in a Christian household, I was raised in believing that the United States and God went together. Even throughout all my schooling up until college I blindly participated in the pledge of allegiance, national anthem and other ceremonies that connected the country to god. I never questioned where my belief came from and for that matter where all of this nation’s god association came from. Being actively interested in history I knew that the pledge wasn’t always practiced within the United States so I never knew where we came up with the pledge of allegiance came from and where the god part came from.…
“Information is ammunition.” These three words are the slogan for the Canadian Journalists for Free Expression movement. This ad uses camera and microphone accessories to create the image of a RPG. The use of a neutral background shows that the only message the CJFE wants to convey to the audience is that the press is fighting for freedom. The quote, “Defend press freedom” further supports this claim.…
In his essay “Visible Man: Ethics in a World without Secrets,” Peter Singer asserts that we live in an age of technology, an age where the government can easily access the personal data of its citizens, whether it is voluntarily given to the government or not. Singer compares our world to a “Panopticon,” a theoretical environment that allows for one-way observation (Singer 85). In today’s world, people are under constant, intrusive surveillance, yet, paradoxically, those same people under observation are able to use technology to view the affairs of their government. Singer claims that the ability to monitor the government 's actions will allow us to become better, more informed citizens which will allow people to make better decisions and…
The government, called the Brotherhood, in 1984 reminds everyone in the story that “Big Brother is always watching.” (Orwell 5) whether it’s by posting the phrase everywhere on billboards and billboards or repeating it at the end of every broadcast they have on their city-wide telescreens. The Brotherhood also uses corporate propaganda by placing the word “Victory” in all goods and products (i.e. victory gin and victory cigarettes) to insist to the people they’re winning the war against Eurasia when actually the fighting is only making things worse. The government in “Harrison Bergeron” let’s its society know they’re in control by transmitting their thoughts “into short bursts” (Vonnegut 1) of about 20 seconds. The government in this story uses technological control as an advantage to control peoples’ thoughts anywhere at anytime.…