Fabian Washington

Costco Wholesale Corporation, better known simply as “Costco,” began with a single membership warehouse in Seattle, WA in September of 1983. The company was formed by James Sinegal and Jeffrey Brotman. The business concept was to create a warehouse club where consumers and businesses can subscribe to Costco’s Membership Plan. Members of their Warehouse Club can purchase goods in bulk. With the growth of the company, Costco also added services that could be purchased at a reduced rate.…

In 1796 George Washington, a great leader, stood before the American people. In his hands he held a document the would voluntarily relinquish his political power. He announced to the American people his Farewell Address, in which he tells the people his beliefs on political parties. He states, getting involved in permanent foreign alliances would hurt the country. He warns the American people about the dangers that divisions in the government would conflict each other. I agree with George…

When people believe something is wrong, they will usually complain about it but it takes a special kind of person to effectively stand up for what they believe in. When people stand up for what they believe in, in a provocative way we call it radical. Thomas Jefferson and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. were two very important people who stood up for what they believed in and they did so in powerful ways. They both addressed their problems in similar ways by writing letters in order to get their…

The Electoral College is a system that has been used by the United States for Presidential Elections since the very first election. The Electoral College is a group of people who represent different states and vote on behalf of that state for the President and Vice President. The process of the Electoral College can be broken down into three steps: 1. Selection of the Electors. 2. The meeting and voting of the Electors. 3. Counting the electoral Votes. Each state is entitled to a number of…

Picture this: Townsville, Australia in the year 1971. A screaming infant is born with the name of Julian Assange. This baby is too young to have any friends, or enemies. All the child is born with is his mother and a world ahead of him. Skip ahead sixteen years; little Julian receives his first computer. He discovers the passion he has for technology and the niche he was born into. Within the next four years, Julian has grown into a talented computer hacker. He taps into well-known networks such…

have the most votes. Since bigger states have more votes, it would make sense that they should have a bigger impact in the Electoral College, but they have a smaller impact in comparison. If a candidate were able to win California, Florida, and Washington, they would still be short on votes. For example, in the United States presidential election of 2000, George W. Bush against Al Gore, Bush won the Electoral College. Bush won 271 electoral votes to win the election; he won thirty states…

The election process for President in the United States is an indirect process wherein citizens cast their votes to a group of members of the United States Electoral College. The elected members cast their votes directly for the Vice President and President of the United States. The Presidential election method had been established according to Article Two of U.S. Constitution. It was a result of the negotiation between those who favored national popular vote and the constitutional farmers who…

Electoral Collage The Electoral College is spelled up in article two of the constitution in terms of the process of how that works. Article Two of the United States Constitution establishes the executive branch of the federal government, which support and enforces federal laws. It includes the President, the Vice President, the Cabinet, executive departments, and other boards. The electoral college is an example of indirect democracy which means that we do notchoose our president directly. But…

The big change in the United States government really happened during the Great Depression when the New Deal was introduced by Franklin Roosevelt. After World War 2 the Federal Government stayed with New Deal ideas and kept expanding its size, with social programs and military power. Democrats felt as the government could be used for good and that social programs such as welfare, were the government’s job. Republicans felt as though it wasn’t the government’s job to provide social programs for…

Federal Versus State Many different aspects of governments go through power struggles, but sometimes it is which government itself is more powerful. The struggle between Federal Government and the state has existed since colonization. Both often feel that one should have more power than the other, but also are unsure which one does in fact have more power. Several events and documents have changed these standings over time in many different ways. One of the first documents created that gave…