robbing thousands of people of their right to vote for the president they wished to be in office, not to mention that it may have costed Gore the presidency. When the chad were first run through the counting machine they would add 3000 votes to Bush and subtract 3000 votes from Gore. After it came to light that the votes in Florida were illegitimate, Vice President Gore recanted his concession…
On Saturday, December 9th, the US Supreme Court voted 5-4 to abandon the hand recounts in the counties and set a new hearing for December 11th. This hearing lasted for two solid days, and on December 12th, the US Supreme Court ruled 7-2 in Bush v Gore and reversed the verdict made by the Florida Supreme Court. The court ruled that: not all ballots were being treated equally and thus a violation of the Constitution 's 14th amendment equal protection clause, the Florida Supreme Court would be…
The Destructiveness of Jealousy and Greediness What made Othello, written by William Shakespeare in the 17th century, popular is that the play dealt with sensible topics as racism and race. The protagonist of the play is a dark skinned foreigner, surrounded by white characters. Othello’s race makes him sensible for criticism of the people around him, because he knows that he will always be the weaker ‘species’. But what is shown in this play is that it is not his race that will be his downfall.…
Charles Manson is one of the most notorious cult leaders whose “family” carried out several murders in America in the late 1960’s. Even though he didn’t engage in any of the crimes, he still was considered America's most popular serial killer. Manson gathered a group of followers who shared the same beliefs as him and four out of a hundred of them were involved in the infamous killing of Sharon Tate, Leno, and Rosemary Labianca. Charles Manson was born on November 12, 1934 in Cincinnati,…
Charles Manson a leader of the Manson Family, the cult. The Manson family was known for their crimes in the late 1960’s. Murdering seven people, including pregnant actress Sharon Tate. The cult is believed to be associated with cult-quasi religious groups. To this day the Charles Manson and the family are still being talked about, Charles Manson was able to manipulate many people in his “family” to whatever he wanted. No one questioned Charlie. What he said went. Charles believe he knew…
Charles Manson Biography Charles Milles Maddox – referred to by most as Charles Manson – was the leader of the Manson Family cult in the revolutionary period of the 1960’s. The Manson Family was responsible for nine murders, starting with the infamous killings of the actress Sharon Tate and four of her friends, occurring within five weeks in the year 1969. Charles Manson is still alive today serving a life sentence in Corcoran State Prison. Manson’s dark childhood was an appropriate indicator…
Imagine growing up in a home in which parents do not teach morality, right from wrong, all goodness is an illusion, and the only present parent is an extremely young, alcoholic mother. Charles Manson’s early life was very similar to this. This terrible way of living can cause someone to do extremely obscene and grotesque things as an adult. Charles Manson’s life was like this, and as a result of his upbringing, he made some horrendous choices--such as convincing others to commit awful…
He was introduced to others such as Bobby, Leslie. Pat, Linda and Tex soon to be his group of followers which have been called the “Manson family” Manson taught his followers there were the reincarnation of original Christian's, he himself told them he was Christ and often told them a story envisioning himself on a cross…
The Manson Family was a cult that was formed in California in the late 1960’s. It was let by Charles Manson and the group consisted of 100 of his “followers” who lived an unconventional lifestyle with the use of hallucinogenic drugs. Most of the members in the group were young women who came from middle-class backgrounds, many that were profound by Manson’s teachings and drawn by hippy culture and communal living. Manson grew up with a troubled childhood and displayed violent and manipulated…
Charles Manson was born November 12, 1934 and is currently still alive spending time in the Corcoran State Prison in California. His mom was 16 when she had him, and was an alcoholic and prostitute. Charles was sent to a boy's school for stealing. His mother didn’t want anything to do with him. She once sold him for some beer. A couple days later his uncle retrieved him. He was living on the streets and committing petty crimes. Manson began spending time in jail by his teenage years. Eventually…