So yesterday the government class to a trip to Pierre.  I learned a lot about the state government and how it is ran. I would love to go back there to talk on some issues. When we were listening to the state affairs committee meeting I wanted to go up to the desk and talk about the games in Dead Wood. I wanted to say that as a worker I can do what I want to do with my money because I worked hard for it and I don’t go to their houses and tell them what to do with their money, let people gamble if they want. When they talked about addiction of gaming I know addiction is hard and my Uncle went through drug addiction but he got over it through rehab and so can the gambling addiction. When we were at the House session and we tried to sit down this guy was all like “you can’t sit there” in a very rude manner. If he would have said you can take a seat next to that spot I would have thought it was ok but he did not so I found him very rude. Over all it was a very informative trip and I was glad we went. 

                Capitalism is the best way to run the economy. We need to have light control in the economy so businesses don’t run the lives of all the employees but they need to be able to grow and prosper. Social Darwinism needs to take its course and the weak will fall and the strong will dominate. I like that we have some socialist ideas like schools, libraries, fire fighters, and postal service. We also have all of these nice laws that make employers pay minimum wage, paid time off, overtime, and all of the environmental laws. I absolutely hate that we break up monopolies, if you take the time to build up your economic empire congress should not break it up. Microsoft was broken up years ago because it was a monopoly. The way it became a monopoly is by being so much better and more affordable than all the other companies. But all of the other companies cried and through a fit, saying we now don’t make money and we are going to have to fire all our employees and it is all Microsoft’s fault. It is not and the government needs to stay out of it. They also need to stop all of these bail outs, the company is failing for a reason and the government finds it necessary to save them so people can be employed. If they do nothing they will join the other company and be part of a successful business.

                Capitalism allows me as an individual to go out and start my own business and make all the money I want. If we did not have capitalism I would be unable to do this. Happy employees are productive employees if we were socialist and you did not get a say in what you will be when you grow up you may get a job you hate and you will not be happy with it and therefore be unmotivated and unhappy. But we have a capitalistic society where for the most part I can choose what I want to be when I grow up. There will be obstacles but by overcoming the obstacles I will become stronger and build character. The character I need to run my business and become wealthy. I had to EARN my wealth.

                Communism is the worst it makes it so no matter what you do, you will be paid equally. You work at McDonalds get paid like a doctor, you work as a garbage man get paid like a doctor, you work as a doctor get paid like a Wal-Mart employee. This means no matter what you do you will not make any more money so why should I try if I just get the same as anyone else why should I study had and get a good job when I can just fill the shelves at Target and make the same as the manager. Heck if we did not have a capitalistic society we would probably not have any of these great retailors. It would all be Gov-Mart and McGovement, that is what you would eat and that is where you would by stuff you would not have a choice because the government would not set up two businesses to compete ageist each other. Competition move businesses forward, businesses drive the economy forward, the economy drive capitalism forward proving that it is the very best economic system we have.           

Dear John Adams,

                I hear what you are saying but this is true with all forms of government. All countries rise and fall Greece gained power and fell than Rome gained power and fell fast forward Great Briton gained power and fell and we have gained power and one day we too will fall. Now you do not need to fall and have your once great empire be destroyed. Great Briton fell but it still holds lots of power. Many monarchies fell when the news of democracy reached their borders and eventually dominated their country. 

                One of the huge problems with democracy is that it takes too long to do anything. Democracy is a slow proses of debating, arguing, mudslinging, and voting while others are just one person or a small group deciding what to do. They can act in the moment while democracy everyone gets to talk and they can just ramble on and on and on so nothing gets accomplished. Everyone gets a voice and we must hear what they have to say or we just lost our democracy. In a Monarchy it is my way or you die so everything moves way faster because people want to live.

                If people are just voting in one party and they get say two-thirds than in our system they could do whatever they want and nobody can stop them because the one party has too much power. And  in our system if the two-thirds and the president are the same party it might as well be a aristocracy because only that group would be able to do anything. Their words would be law.

                Another problem is once one party dose something the next time the other party gets power they will just change it back. There is an old joke how many senators does it take to screw in a light bulb, two one to change it the other to change it back.

                Some people are given too much freedom and they want to be anarchists they can and they could gain power if people vote them in if they are voted in with enough power they could destroy the democracy from the inside out. Or if communists get in to power they can make our system communist. If the Nazis get power they could make us a fascist nation all because these groups abused our system and now they have the power to make the changes they want. 

                The constitution establishes a bicameral legislation so that it would favor both large and small states. It has worked since the 1300’s and many our forefathers that made this fine country where familiar with it. Like I said earlier it favored both states rather than just large or small states. Theoretically it is the best because you are able to apply it in real life. By being favored by all states, practical and being the best it is the best.

                I feel that it is good that we have a bicameral because it helps small states and limits the power of large states. The problem I have with a bicameral is that both the House and the Senate must agree to get anything done.  It is a slow process and if we want to get anything done we have to wait on both of them. By the time they get anything done many new problems start up and they can only solve one at a time but if there was one it would be faster but it would favor some states over others so I am happy with the way we have it.

Splash wave after wave hits you in the face you can barely breathe and then splash another wave you feel as if it is all over this is it you will drown. All of a sudden a bright light shines in your eyes and people are demanding for you to talk this is just one of the horrors that people who are torched go through. This may sound horrible but if it will help keep the country safe I am for it. I feel that we need to get the information to save lives and if they won’t talk then we need to make them.

                I was surprised when I heard that the main ways we torcher people we just sleep deprive them and put them in a diaper. That is weak it needs to be hands on. If you do not do it personally that seams lazy and inhumane. Cutting off fingers or just beating him with a stick is the way to do it if you ask me

                This should not be a surprise but THE GOVERNMENT LOVES TO SPEAND MONEY. So if they spend 80 million on just two people this should not be a surprise, but to some people this is. Yes they did not come up with anything knew but congress people do the same and I don’t see people complaining about them. They are called unqualified but I feel that psychologists know the mind and how to work with it. I feel that qualifies you, we are after what is in the mind not just to cause physical/psychological pain.

                In the article I read on my own I was shocked to see that you need a doctor’s note to perform some torchers. I can see needing a doctor to keep him alive but that is it. As for the thing about making them stand on their broken legs I feel that is weak and in ineffective. That is my opinion on torcher and how we do it.

http://www.theverge.com/2014/12/12/7385393/american-medical-association-condemns-us-torture

Amendment XXVIII

Proposed by Mitchell Holler

                In the course of three months after this amendment is ratified both male and female citizens, ages 18-25 will be required to sign up for selective service. This will only be used in times of war that demand for it as decided by congress. Congress has power to carry out and make laws on this issue as they see fit.

                I feel this is needed because some women say we are a sexist nation and this would make it fair because now we are treating both genders equal. Both genders can enter the army at free will so why can’t both be drafted. Women can be just as good at fighting and if they don’t want to fight there are plenty of peaceful jobs. These peaceful jobs include but are not limited to: Accountant, Civil Engineer, Computers, Engineer, HR, Management, Medical, Psychology, and Public/Foreign affairs and there are still more.

               

In class we watched the documentary Bowling for Columbine and it talked about gun rights, the media, and the Constitutional second amendment. The documentary was very informative on all three of these topics. It asked the major questions like why do Americans kill so many people, and how much gun rights should we have? All of this is very important; to why Columbine happened, why the media is negative, and what are the rules on our gun touting society.

                First do guns kill people or do people kill people? The answer is people kill people.  A gun can NOT load its self, aim its self, and fire its self. If guns killed people, than pencils spell words wrong and cars drive drunk. But that is the persons fault; people misspell words, people drive drunk, and people kill people. 

                Many things have been done to limit gun killings. Obama has gotten around congress to pass his new laws. The laws focus more on mental health then attacking guns. I like that this is the way they are doing it. A man crazy man with a hand gun is a million times worse than a sane person with a fully automatic. The crazy guy is unstable and may harm people, while the sane man can tell right from wrong and probably won’t cause any trouble.   

                `The second amendment gives the right to US citizens to bear arms. Gun control wants to take/limit this right. Many laws have been put in to place to limit our freedom. Some of these are Obama’s laws that he used his executive powers on. Because of this the future of gun rights hangs on by a thread. If we are responsible and don’t shot each other it will be okay, but if we continue killing each other things may get out of hand and we may lose are guns forever. Now you are saying they can’t do that but they can just add a new amendment that cancels the second. We canceled the 18^th with the 21^st we can do it again. 

                What we have done as a society is limit clip size and other stuff. At some big city schools they have police officers and metal detectors. There are cameras all over. On the Brooklyn Bridge alone there is a camera every 20 feet down the entire length of the bridge. But even with all of these some people took the flag on top and bleached it and put it back without being caught. 

                The media gets a bad rap for just being the media, but why? Well it is because it is all negative. It is pouring gasoline on the fire that is fear. I would not mind it being negative about 20% of the time otherwise you become blind to the world around you. Example is sex trafficking, I had not heard of it before this year. With a “clean” media I would never had heard about this. It is negative 95 % of the time. If a person kills them self then it will be on the news for a few days and the media will just say it could be you or someone close, and everyone panics. If a person donates a kiddy it may be reported.

                So that is our gun touting society wrapped up. People kill people,   Obama’s executive orders, the second amendment, gun control, and the media. People with guns need to be responsible. You can’t just run around shooting people.