This article talks about the second-term curse; the perceived tendency of second terms of recent U.S presidents to be less successful than their first terms. According to the "curse", the second terms of recent presidents have usually been plagued by a major scandal, policy inertia, some sort of catastrophe, or other problems. In the article “Second Chances”, the author suggests some ideas about how President Obama can avoid a unsuccessful second-term. He talks about the failures of George Washington, Ulysses S. Grant, Woodrow Wilson, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, and most recently George W. Bush, who were the victims of the ‘curse’ and by looking at these two-term stars, he explains how and why Obama might be more blessed than cursed.…
Barack Obama our president of the United States of America once again wants to issue another executive order. Only this time, he wants to take away one of my civil liberties. Civil liberties are my God given rights that will not be taken away by anyone. Each American is entitled to civil liberties and President Obama has no earthly power or authority to revoke any of these rights. This particular executive order will “[ban] all firearms except for those required by employment” (XXX). Thus, I will no longer be able to operate Willie’s Gun Store, the business that I own. Moreover, I would not be able to make a stable income to provide for my two daughters to continue their college education. By the first amendment I am entitled to freedom…
While the President is a black man in the most powerful position in the world he is not the first black man with the power to promote change. Obama is the highest ranking American black man ever he is not the only black that has tried to have a positive influence on the racial landscape of America. Before Obama we had Dr. Martin Luther King, the Rev. Jesse Jackson and Nelson Mandela all of whom have promoted civil rights, equality and cultural integration. The ability to change is in the hands of each individual person to take responsibility for the change in their circumstances. If things were different just because someone said it should be so, it sure would make all things possible and easy. Unfortunately, not all things come easy and people have to work to achieve their…
Obama is being taken as a joke! Republicans are not taking him seriously, nor are they supporting him or respecting him as the President of the United States of America. On an article titled “President Obama’s Job Speech Recap: If You Wish Upon a Star!” written by Kent Mccarty, the author starts off by criticizing President Obama for being 10 minutes late and comparing it to his schools’ policy where if you are late your average drops down a letter grade. “If there is any justice in this world, Obama will be reprimanded for his tardiness” stated Kent in his article.…
Obama is uncontrollable in both his actions and his words. President Obama lied many times while speaking about…
I am shocked at how many Americans are not aware about the real healthcare issues. Most have been relying on FOX and other sources to spread rumors about the healthcare system of the United States. If health care in nations with universal coverage is so bad, why do they keep it? Obama wants to make insurance more available to all and change the system so that it gives us American people value for money. He also wants change so that the insurance companies find it harder to get out of paying for treatment. The system he is proposing looks similar to the one in Taiwan where private companies are involved in providing health care. America should look to Taiwan as a model on health care. Obama just would like to make insurance more available. Isn’t that the reason the American people elected him? The U.S. has higher death rates for kids aged under five than Western Europe countries with universal health coverage. American insurance companies push up prices and work to stop paying out claims on those…
In his essay “Why Do Liberals Hate America”, Moore focuses on the perception American’s have about Democrats and their beliefs. He argues that modern liberals are misguided, but not evil. He states that liberals have different beliefs about religion than Republicans do. He compares how Republicans love America more than liberals. Moore’s statements make it very clear he is very one sided. Moore’s view on the beliefs of the liberals shows he is obviously a Republican. Moore as a Republican argues that Liberals or like he calls them “the modern left” shouldn’t be allowed to do what they want which is their right. Republicans focus on what they think is right, but don’t care about what needs to be done. He assumes that liberals are just misguided…
President Barack Obama delivered his speech “A More Perfect Union” during the 2008 campaign. The speech conveyed many messages about his beliefs concerning racism in America. President Obama has some great things he wants to change in our country including health care, jobs, and the school system. President Obama uses three different appeals during his speech known ethical, emotional, and logical to get his point across to the audience. I think President Obama uses all three appeals in his speech to connect with the audience in some way.…
Between 12 and 20 million illegal immigrants live in the United States. The exact number is unknown. Illegal immigration is a very controversial and divisive topic, not only in the United States, but also throughout the whole entire world. An illegal immigrant is defined as an individual who is residing in a country illegally.…
Barack Obama speaks of the time before the civil war, when the founding fathers made the declaration of independence. The declarations of independence were good, but not perfect, it had been left unfinished. The great question of slavery wasn’t properly answered. But separation isn’t over; Obama wants this generation to keep fighting for equal rights among gender, creed and color. Obamas tells about his past, how he grew up with his white grandparents, in a very poor neighborhood, but still went to one of the best schools in America.…
The presidency is both an exciting and a challenging job. One need not ask a past president about his experience and thoughts on running for and winning the presidency- there are always inherent struggles, challenges and threats to the presidency. For a start, presidents need to face his critics that always make the case that he is unfit for the presidency. There are other stakeholders and interest groups that will also try to contest the presidency and raise some issues. Also, the challenges to the presidency come in the form of public outcry for certain issues and poliy directions. But there are some cases wherein the challenges and threats are extreme- like an assasination attempt. Threats to life of the presidents are common in modern history and around the world. One of the earliest (and luckiest) cases of an assasination attempt was experienced by former…
Obama made obama care causing the middle class to pay triple the amount for their health care causing their premiums to double and nothing to be covered causing small businesses to be shut down due to the fact that they could afford the price to pay for all of their workers health care, losing thousands of jobs. The reason for this is because middle class people had to pay for everyone who is too lazy to work for a living to get them health care and this health care that was supposed to be so great covered absolutely nothing for the working people who made above average pay causing them to become poor in just medical bills. When Obama was in office he did nothing to help the middle class because he was more into playing golf and helping out the only people that voted for him the poor he wanted to maintain those votes so he could be re elected, in the process destroying thousands of lives but you know who cares about the working people right. Businesses are shut down just due to the sheer amount of debt they are put in. The reason for this is because he is focused on helping out his voters which are 95% black while screwing over the middle class which is 85% white little bit of racism there done by Obama but oh well. Obama is and always will be the worst president in the united states, the reason for this you ask is because he created Obama Care and cared about noone but his voters and…
This policy offers students who are immigrants a new opportunity for them to have better living conditions as regards to employment opportunities, education, etc.…
Barack Obama is the 44th president in the history of the United States. During the previous 43 presidencies we have passed through different “eras” of US history, periods of time that were defined by a main ideological position set by a single party in the United States. There was the era of the Civil War and Abraham Lincoln, the System of 1896 with McKinley and Teddy Roosevelt. After World War I we had an era focusing on domestic progress that consisted of both the New Deal and the Great Society under FDR, and LBJ. Lastly, the latest era the United States has seen is the Reagan Revolution.…
Barack Obama has shown bias against Israel several times throughout the two terms that he has been president. There are also many actors and actresses in Hollywood that have shown their bias against Israel. However, Jennifer Lopez, who is a singer and actress, recently showed that she is different from a lot of people in Hollywood.…