Al Gore

The 9/11 attacks (during 11 September 2001) by Al Qaeda, in the United States, clearly showed the new challenge of global terrorism in the 21st century. These terrorists were not strong enough to destroy the United States military. So they set their target/aimed on symbolic targets, which was the…

TERRORISM In the year 2030, terrorism will be defeated as it has become a global concern today. Terrorism is socially constructed by states—the meaning of terrorism varies depending on the context. For example, “One person’s terrorist is another person’s freedom fighter” (unknown). This quote is applicable to international relations in the most recent scenario where former president Ronald Reagan and his administration called the Afghan Mujahideen “freedom fighters” during the Cold War against…

When you think of the media you probably think about the recent election, what Kim Kardashian and Kanye West just recently did, or probably what happened that night in sports. Do you ever really think about the military in the media though? It’s a very scary thought to see or hear about what our military does for us. Nobody really wants to hear about that stuff unless it’s really important like the Osama Bin Laden death, or how many kills Chris Kyle had. We respect these men and women that fight…

Behind the Gun Guns are very prevalent in the film, Miller’s Crossing, and the novel, Legs, by William Kennedy. Both of these works revolve around the prohibition era and the formulation of gangs and gangsters. It is obvious that these weapons symbolize the underworld, but there is more behind the gun itself. Guns can symbolize multiple ideas like power, dominance over someone, tough decisions, etc. They are also seen to be phallic symbols. Guns can be quite deadly when in the wrong hands, but…

Just or unjust? Al-Qaeda’s ideology and actions have proven to be unjust, violating just war theory, basic human rights, and plain old human decency. In this paper, I will explain how and why Al-Qaeda’s ideology and tactics violate the Just War Theory, as well as a counterpoint to this. Al-Qaeda which means “The Base” was created by Osama Bin Laden along with the Egyptian Islamic Jihad, which was led by Ayman al-Zawahiri in the early 1980's in order to push the Soviet Union out of…

Anger, revolution, and war, these are words that could be used to describe the song Mosh by Eminem. This song was everywhere in 2004 when Eminem released his fourth major album Encore. This song was so well known that the United States government had one line specifically edited at the time due to vulgar words thrown at then president George Bush. In a angry fit of rage Eminem said “F*** Bush” at the end the first verse. He said this after several lines where he was calling everyone in…

Introduction In 2011, well known Pakistani politician and businessman, Salman Taseer, was killed by his own bodyguard in broad daylight. Taseer was governor of the politically-influential Punjab province of the South Asian country, when Mumtaz Qadri showered him with bullets. According to Qadri, he had murdered Taseer for the governor's opposition to blasphemy laws in relation to the Christian woman Asia Bibi's case, who had been sentenced to death by a Pakistani court in 2010 for desecrating…

Introduction In 1916, Pancho Villa conducted a raid that killed 18 Americans and in the process enraged Americans to the extent that a war with the United States and Mexico became an extremely real possibility. 500 Mexican Guerrilla soldiers crossed the United States border and brought down terror in a small New Mexico town. Many do not understand why he was considered to be a hero when in reality he had killed countless people. Today, there is even a state park, a café a lounge and a motel…

Ask Me No Questions Final After the attacks on September 11, a number of people who lived in the United States were faced with infringements on their rights in the United states. As Americans, a number of us just sat and watched this take place while those who we should have taken worry for were nearly prosecuted. Marina Budhos, the author of Ask Me No Questions gives us insight to the consequences that this had on the Hossain family, who originate from Bangladesh. This book is an accurate…

In the documentary film Collapse (2009) by Michael Ruppert, he explains how human civilization is heading more and more to our own doomsday. Michael Ruppert is considered a conspiracy theorist. He gives a very detailed explanation about how we have reached our peak in almost all of our recourses. As a matter of fact, he states several times that we are running out of oil in our society which will bring a collapse to us worldwide since we depend on it so much. Also, we are running out of money…