Dick Durbin

"It could have been intentional, not accidental," said Senator Dick Durbin, an Illinois Democrat, said in an interview after meeting privately in his office with federal health officials. "Economic fraud is a theory" the investigators are pursuing, Durbin said. Senator Durbin has spearheaded a campaign to fully investigate how the tainted wheat gluten and rice protein complex made it into more than 100 different types of pet food in the US. Federal investigators are now examining whether the Chinese manufacturer of the wheat gluten and rice protein complex added nitrogen-rich melamine to wheat gluten in order to raise its nitrogen level. The protein content of the product is determined by testing the nitrogen level, and the more protein the product has the higher the price the Chinese company can charge. The FDA is now beginning to test all imports of wheat gluten from China and the Netherlands, which also…

site documents movements created towards political changes involving injustices for both human and animal rights. I accessed this site from my Public Relations site. On the site there I examine the groups and people who they follow and pick the ones that I would like to include within my network. My goal in life is to stand for something meaningful. I am no stranger to having my rights evoked at the mercy of another person. I join these groups for inspiration on corrective courses of action…

the term school-to-prison pipeline became a dominant and widely accepted term by notable organizations such as the Children’s Defense Fund and the American Civil Liberties Union (McGrew). Although, the school-to-prison pipeline was accepted by prominent organizations and several academic political circles, the school to prison pipeline did not become a subject of discussion in Congress until 2012 (George). The first ever United States Congressional hearing focused on ending the school-to-prison…

can never truly make up the entirety of it. People who are raised in poor conditions are capable of turning their lives around and accomplishing great feats. Abraham Lincoln, arguably the greatest President of the United States, grew up in a household stricken with poverty, yet he was able to overcome what he was born with, form his own identity, and leave an illustrious legacy. In addition, these sentiments also go both ways as people raised in more adequate households are equally as capable of…

The strategic objectives for the United States during Operation Desert Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom compare and contrast widely when viewed through the three strategic lenses of suitability, feasibility, and acceptability. To consider the success or failure of national strategy as it pertains to warfare, the strategist must assess the nature of the conflict. Art Lykke presents an appropriate theory for national strategy that asks central questions for the national strategist based on…

The novel Moby Dick foresaw these consequences through the use of characters such as Ahab and Ishmael. Ahab, having already suffered the loss of a leg, is still destined and inevitably bound to drive his crew into a fate worse than what he previously suffered. Reminiscent to the bloodshed that resulted from American expansion and the later problems this expansion would cause, Ahab will stop at nothing to acquire his intended goal of seeking vengeance on Moby Dick without consciously realizing…

When it comes to the topic of torturing terrorists for information, most of us will readily agree that it’s a debatable topic. Where this agreement usually ends, however, is on the question of whether useful information could be gained from torturing terrorists. Whereas some are convinced that torture could be used as a tool for obtaining information, others maintain that torture is not effective and can even result in gaining false information. I agree that torture is a necessary tool for…

The notion of not being oneself and being aware of it is something that is difficult to accept, even more so when trying to change such circumstances, which in some cases are controlled by something other than the individual. In Moby Dick Ahab is presented to have such a dilemma. He is someone who is driven by another force, a force that he is not fully aware of. In this way Ahab is more than Ahab, he is a concept, and idea, a controlled machine. He becomes the leader of a ship, who he himself…

Whether Moby-Dick is a whale or a fish is a trifling matter—what is significant about it is that it is a great “white” whale. The color white is usually connected to innocence and purity; however, in “Moby-Dick”, the quintessentially white sperm whale defies the qualities attached to its color as Ahab sees it as the archetypal evil. In a novel overwhelmingly about whaling, Melville frequently explores colors and their meanings and use them to paint a picture of characters and sceneries in the…

and hopefully better able to face the challenges of the adventure. A critical attribute that the mentor often gives is confidence. Clemenza shows great confidence that Michael can perform the job and reassures him that all will go well. Although Clemenza plays the mentor in this earlier part of the film, Vito is the one giving Michael advice later on, after recovering from his assassination attempt. After the hero receives the supernatural aid, he is ready to continue on his journey. Stage 4,…