The Political Paralysis
Amanda Sanchez
September 23, 2012
Mr. Serna
2nd Essay
English-102-504
Political Paralysis Politics are a large part of The American system, and they are what make up our nations decisions on government, the people in it, and decisions that will be made, in Political Paralysis, by Danusha Veronica Goska, she talks about the difference one person can make by voting, on the other hand, there are many people in America that believe the exact opposite. 1.In all reality there are a lot of things that can factor into your vote actually count, it is easy to vote fraudulently, or even mess with a computer with a simple usb flash drive in order to mess with the votes. 2.Many people may also feel like there simply are too many people out there and that with millions of people voting, what is their one vote going to change anything? 3. But the biggest reason people don’t vote, because they are ill-informed, they do not believe what the politicians are saying, or are watching what these past politicians have promised in their campaigning and have seen nothing they promised happen, see everything stay the same year after year, and after a while people learn to just sit back and watch what is happening in the world, becasue their one vote is not going to change anything. Though many feel like voting is such a large part of an Americans role in society, many can argue that their vote doesn’t count, there are far too many people to think that your one vote could change the outcome, and believe that all these promises these people make are going to be followed through with so therefore why vote? It is not going to change anything.
Over time with technology advancing so quickly it has become very easy to do just about anything we want when it comes to technology. It has become very easy to cheat and get away with it. In Goska’s writing she says. “Why do we deny that power? Why do we not honor what we can do? Part of the reason is that “virtue” is often defined as the
September 23, 2012
Mr. Serna
2nd Essay
English-102-504
Political Paralysis Politics are a large part of The American system, and they are what make up our nations decisions on government, the people in it, and decisions that will be made, in Political Paralysis, by Danusha Veronica Goska, she talks about the difference one person can make by voting, on the other hand, there are many people in America that believe the exact opposite. 1.In all reality there are a lot of things that can factor into your vote actually count, it is easy to vote fraudulently, or even mess with a computer with a simple usb flash drive in order to mess with the votes. 2.Many people may also feel like there simply are too many people out there and that with millions of people voting, what is their one vote going to change anything? 3. But the biggest reason people don’t vote, because they are ill-informed, they do not believe what the politicians are saying, or are watching what these past politicians have promised in their campaigning and have seen nothing they promised happen, see everything stay the same year after year, and after a while people learn to just sit back and watch what is happening in the world, becasue their one vote is not going to change anything. Though many feel like voting is such a large part of an Americans role in society, many can argue that their vote doesn’t count, there are far too many people to think that your one vote could change the outcome, and believe that all these promises these people make are going to be followed through with so therefore why vote? It is not going to change anything.
Over time with technology advancing so quickly it has become very easy to do just about anything we want when it comes to technology. It has become very easy to cheat and get away with it. In Goska’s writing she says. “Why do we deny that power? Why do we not honor what we can do? Part of the reason is that “virtue” is often defined as the
Bibliography: Girdusky, Ryan J. Dubner And Steven D. "Voting, When Your Vote Doesn 't Matter." Townhall.com. N.p., 16 Mar. 2012. Web. 24 Sept. 2012. <http://townhall.com/columnists/ryanjamesgirdusky/2012/05/16/voting_when_your_vote_doesnt_matter/page/full/>. Ryan James Girdusky writes from New York City. He has been published in the Christian Science Monitor, The Daily Caller, The American Thinker, and World Net Daily. He is a contributor on the radio show "Living Truth with Gina Loudon." In this article is very political going in to many things about voting and how people do not choose to vote for all the right reason people get persuaded but by things like friends and family but most of all the lies that are told in campaigns and tv commercials also usually by putting down the opponent. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner And Steven D. "THE WAY WE LIVE NOW." The New York Times. The New York Times, 06 Nov. 2005. Web. 24 Sept. 2012. <http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/06/magazine/06freak.html?pagewanted=all>. The authors in this article, Dubner and Levitt quoted the actual researching an analyzing that they performed to prove the fact that actually one vote never actually impacts the outcome of an election. In their research they came to find that in the past 100 years there has actually one been one time that the final results of the election came down all to one person. These people collected and analyze these studies and they were published into the New York Times newspapers, one of the biggest newspapers of all time, a very reliable source. Oallos1. "Proof of Voter Fraud in the USA." YouTube. YouTube, 11 Jan. 2008. Web. 24 Sept. 2012. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mq9WVuKGwOM>. In this video it shows a man testifying in court under oath, releasing the news of the prototype that he wrote in order to release to the people the kind of lying and cheating that are going on, and also to promote the point that no matte how much that people think they can trust and believe that in the elections there is never any type of fraud going on, but he speaks on the fact that it is very easy to adjust the outcomes of a vote with all the right equipment and brains.