W. G. Sebald

In 1988, Republican George H.W. Bush and Democrat Michael Dukakis were engaged in a political campaign for Presidency. In the two ads I selected the tied into a certain political debate. Each ad could be categorized as a documentary because they relate back to a factual event. The Republican ad entitled, "Credibility," is a very serious tone and is set out to make Dukakis look very unprofessional. The demeanor they present him as makes him look foolish and laughable. While the language isn't…

to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism. This act was passed in the wake of the September 11th terrorist attacks on the world trade center. It was an act of congress that passed six weeks after on October 26, 2001. This was signed into law by George W. Bush. The Patriot Act was passed almost unanimously by the senate with a vote of 98 to 1 and it passed in the house 357 to 66. The purpose of this act was to deter and punish any acts of terrorism around the world and to improve law enforcement…

The Patriot Act can sound scary. This idea that this big monitering, force, knows everything about you, and can access all of your information at the click of a button. Thats a power that can be easily abused. But has it been? Has it hurt anyone? If anyone has been hurt by this act its the terrorists that are coinsiding to help destroy this country. If anyone has been hurt, its the criminals and vandals that run rampant in this country. If anyone has been hurt, it is most certainly not, the…

International terrorism involves any violent acts toward human life that violate federal or state law with a minimum sentence of twenty five years with labor. ISIS, a new terrorist group that stands for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, mimicked the name Isis the Egyptian goddess and ruler of the underworld. The organization started their attacks on Syria and Iraq to gain territory and independence, but later on they pushed their forces to many foreign countries. The organization films,…

Imagine you’re a girl in Iraq with big dreams. You’ve got a plan for your life: get through high school, go to college, then have a successful career. But what happens if you can’t even finish high school because your parents can’t afford it? What do you do when you are forced into marriage just for the money? Unfortunately, this happens to be reality for many girls and women in Iraq. The treatment of women in society in Iraq differs from the treatment of women in society in the US in the sense…

Iraq War: Have the benefits of the war outweighed the costs? The Iraq war is a touchy subject not a lot of people to talk about it, saying it has been eleven years and we are still over there fighting. Some people think it is necessary for us to be over there and some think otherwise, but the main contributing factor to that decision of us going over there and fighting is U.S. Congress and The President, and they decided for us to go off to war. Since 2003 we have been over there, and we are…

Almost 16 years ago, in the year 1998, our loyal president, Bill Clinton, made headlines in nearly every newspaper across the nation: President Clinton had an affair with secretary, Monica Lewinsky. With the press pushing him into a corner, Clinton repeatedly denied such affairs, saying that he never had sex with that woman. Why? Why would he continue to deny the affair? Why would he commit such licentious actions in the first place? The answer is simple: incentives . He was driven to keep his…

In my entire life I would follow the norm watch adapt and go along with what society does without question. Until one event that shocked my reason and beliefs about the world.September 11-2001 was an infamous day for most Americans but for me it changed my view and thoughts about the world. The media, the government told many explanations about the incident but pieces were misses or hidden. To explain my discovery I must explain the facts in our society and the environments around us. The NSA…

After beginning the video, we quickly are informed that, "Experts report that 93 percent of all communication is through gesture, facial expression and body movement, not words." This statement proves that “body language is everything”. In the video, a short clip is shown involving two well known world leaders, George Bush and Vladimir Putin. The video explains, the stride of a person can say a lot about them. Putin’s stride depicts he’s strong, both literally and figuratively. As he walks,…

how to reverse the effects of combat. It’s a tough task when war has been their whole life. They were turned “into killing machines: ...desensitized through drugs and brainwashed into becoming warlike through speeches and Rambo movies...” says Menna G. Khorana an author of many books regarding civil wars in Africa (2014). It’s lamentable that reintegration into society for most of these kids has had little success; especially if they have no family to return to due to separation from the war. In…