Girl Scouts is a program and community for young girls. The Girl, in Girl Scouts, stands for Go-getter, Innovative, Risk-taker, Leader™. I believe in all of these things. I think this organization is a great opportunity for girls to become confident with themselves, learn to be kind and selfless and learn to be a leader. I have been a Girl Scout for a long time now, and am working on my silver award. I feel that all girls should have the ability to be a Girl Scout and learn how to make the world…
If used by the right hands, technology can become a powerful tool to stamp out the undesirables from the desirables. This can be seen when Lessig Lawrence explained about the Z-theory and Patriot Act. Just like how the Patriot Act was used by the U.S. government to monitor U.S. citizens phone calls to track for terrorist, during the ages of the Inquisition, inquisitors would also monitor suspected heretics through record keeping and track down heresy. Just like how the Patriot Act only happen…
“Scouting rises within you and inspires you to put forth your best,” Juliette Gordon Low once stated this opinion on what Girl Scouts does for you. If you were to ask others what it means to them, you would probably get a very similar response. Girl Scouting has affected me and my family in a very direct way. I am so grateful for Girl Scouts and the person it has made me today. Throughout the thirteen years of being in Girl Scouts, I have learned how much the program means to me. If I was not…
The Freedom of Information Act of the United States was passed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1966, allowing for all people to request to see documents controlled by different aspects of the government and to allow for people to attend government meetings. It was meant to increase the transparency, honesty and security of the government despite the restrictions in the exemptions allowed within the act. Even with this act the nation was led to a nationwide shock as the secrets of the Watergate…
“As a future voter, who do think would be the best President of the USA out of the current candidates?” With the upcoming election in the fall, all United States citizens are faced with a serious decision. The current state of the country faces issues like the economy, the environment, online privacy, and the ever growing criminal justice issue. With these problems, it is imperative that the upcoming president is fit to handle these problems. Each candidate has their own standpoint on the…
As part of a struggling working-class family, Sanders recognized early on America's economic disparity. As he told the Guardian newspaper, "I saw unfairness. That was the major inspiration in my politics," he said. Sanders also counts American socialist leader Eugene V. Debs as an important influence. Sanders attended Brooklyn's James Madison High School and then went on to Brooklyn College. After a year there, he transferred to the University of Chicago. Sanders became involved in the Civil…
It could be argued that while the Serbs were responsible for destroying Bosnia, the exploitation of the Croats harmed their Bosnian allies just as much as it helped them, resulting in the further seizing of land and resources and the spreading of the war into areas it otherwise would have passed over. However, the Bosnian government would likely have fallen completely without their assistance, as the Serbs marauding in the region were equipped, funded, and supplemented by troops from the…
place in Pontiac, Michigan where a law was passed in favor of the idea that they were going to be able to stop potentially dangerous children. This same law also had no limit to what age could be decided for any serious adult crimes (Randall, “World Socialist Web Site”). Another flaw with the law is how to treat the children once they are arrested, one article states “As Michigan law now stands, it is even more difficult to make an informed decision because parents and police cannot know whether…
This has resulted in civil wars and ethnic conflicts. One place where this has occurred is in Serbia. Serbia was one of the parts of the former Yugoslavia, which had once been a large Communist country. Yugoslavia was already beginning to separate into smaller states by the time that Slobodan Milosevic became president. Milosevic had plans to recombine some of the states under the leadership of Serbia, but the newly independent states had other ideas. The conflicts grew into a bloody civil war.…
In Bosnia, many Human Rights Violations are being experienced by citizens. The Bosnian police are supposed to be the source of protection for all citizens regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity, or anything. As a matter of fact, the police are supposed to take care of everybody and not refuse to or discriminate based off of a bias about their race, gender, etc. However, quite frequently they have failed to provide this service properly. The Bosnian Serb Wartime General, Ratko…