Wyoming

Andrew Jackson, Samuel J. Tilden, Benjamin Harrison, Al Gore, and Hillary Clinton all have one thing in common they all won the presidential election despite not becoming the president. The electoral college is a system that has remained unchanged and in place since the founding fathers created it. While this system has remained unchanged the world around us has changed drastically we should abolish the electoral college for the following reasons it is dated, not all votes are equal, a candidate…

Westward expansion or Manifest destiny was the belief that the United States was destined to own the land from modern day Maine to California and everything in between. In the mid-1800’s this attitude caused more than a few problems with Mexico it caused a war. The Mexican-American war was a two year long war over territory and “shedding American blood upon the American soil.” One characteristic of a justified war is having clear, good intentions. Was the Mexican-American war a just war? The…

Serving only one term, from 1845 to 1849, James Polk was a Democrat who founded his campaign on the idea of supporting manifest destiny and the fact America was entitled and destined to expand westward. He advocated for the annexation of Texas after it declared independence from Mexico in 1836. Polk also wanted to expand the Oregon territory and assimilate it into the country. He also advocated for limited government and a reduction in trade tariffs. However, one of the glaring issues was that…

COMES NOW R. Mark Armstrong, PG (ProSe) (“Plaintiff”), and hereby files a Notice of Intent to Appeal. Please forward the: Complaint, Memorandum of Law, Motion to Proceed In Forma Pauperis, Order Denying Plaintiff R. Mark Armstrong Motion to Proceed in Forma Pauperis, Notice of Intent to Appeal along with any other documents in the file, for review by the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals. This Complaint begins with a nepotism violation (Pages 3,4,6,7,19,20,21,29 Complaint). The appearance of…

How Mountain Men Helped America The life of a mountain man had great dangers around every turn. Everything wanted to kill them starvation, weather, and Indians. Some Mountain men found peace with the Indians and marries Indian women. The learned the native languages and customs. The fur traded starts in the early 1800 to supply the demand for fur hats and clothes overseas. William Ashley and Andrew Henry placed an ad in a St. Louis paper to find recruits for an expedition that turned into a…

Did you know that wolves can go 5 months in absolute darkness? The place most wolves live at are around rocky outcrops. Also, The physical characteristics of the mexican wolf is mostly gray with some brown on its back, around the head and tail. The mexican wolf’s diet is mostly hooved animals. Although, they are also known for eating smaller animals such as rabbits and beavers. My topics for the three paragraphs is that their habitat is around rocky areas/outcrops, the physical appearance of the…

their voice matters to. Another example of this as seen on Slate website, “Wyoming, the least populous state, contains only about one-sixth of 1 percent of the U.S. population, but its three electors (of whom two are awarded only because Wyoming has two senators like every other state) give it slightly more than one-half of 1 percent of total electoral votes” (thegreenpapers.com). This shows how even this small state of Wyoming got a bigger vote with less people. Another pro about the Electoral…

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. ~Martin Luther King Jr. Because this statement is true, concerned citizens should not remain silent about the injustice of the current voting system of the United States. There are many problems with the United States voting system, but the most evident problem is its lack of fairness. The current U.S. voting system is unfair. One reason the U.S. voting system is unfair is the Electoral College. The Electoral College Isn’t…

(being the three main characters, Mannie, Wyoming, and Prof, and their supercomputer partner, Mike). In response to the oppressive nature of the Authority, Wyoming explains, “Here in Luna we’re rich. Three million hardworking, smart, skilled people, enough water, plenty of everything, endless power, endless cubic… what we don’t have is a free market. We must get rid of the Authority!”(Heinlein, 31). Seeing the potential Luna has as a free state, Wyoming considers the benefits of starting a…

I strive to work harder and understand more than those around me, my trait of competitiveness also drives my self determination to continue my education. I currently have invested a large amount of personal capital and labor into my own cattle operation. I began the building of my own agriculture business at a young age. All aspects of the agriculture industry involve large amounts of capital invested in a wide verity of assets, the resulting outcome is a low income due to the large amount of…