since I drew a cartoon of the Mexican flag [see above]‚ with the eagle shot dead by a stream of machine gun bullets. The cartoon illustrates the terrible violence in Mexico. Since President Felipe Calderón announced his war on the drug cartels‚ over 28‚000 people have been killed in a civil war that shows no sign of easing. I got a spirited‚ angry reaction on my blog and in e-mails from Mexican readers who objected to my “desecration of the sacred Mexican flag.” My cartoon appeared at the same
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What the United States flag means to me is freedom. I hear the stories of the people who have their whole life chosen for them in different countries. Which sounds absolutely horrifying to me. I enjoy being able to decide my future like what kind of job i’m going to have or what college I’m going to go to. I don’t want that taken away from me.The Flag also ensures me as much safety as possible. What I mean by that is we have so many people who risked their life and are risking their life right now
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American Flag a crime? The American flag is a piece of cloth that represents the United States of America. The burning of our flag has caused many controversies. Some citizens believe that burning the US flag should be banned no matter what the reason is. Others believe we have the right to burn the flag if we want to. The burning of the flag should not be banned for many reasons. One reason is that banning the burning of the flag would be
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Johnson The Flag-Burning Case Jennifer Watson HIS 303: The American Constitution Prof. Jill Walsh October 10‚ 2009 The American flag is held near and dear in many people’s hearts. Most Americans see whether it is being saluted at a sporting event or pledged to at the beginning of a school day‚ the flag as an icon worth fighting and dying for. Since the American flag was created over 200 years ago‚ it has been a symbol of hope‚ freedom and pride. Even though the American flag has a long and
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CHAPTERS 1-3: Post-war administration‚ Marcos Administration and post-EDSA administration Manuel Roxas started his term as the first president of the third republic of the Philippines. During his term he fortified Bell trade act and also the Parity Amendment in the constitution and on 1947 he signed the Military Bases Agreement. But during his time he earned a distrust from people because of graft and corruption issues. Manuel Roxas tried to destroyed the rebel group which is known as Hukbalahap
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Explain why the ending of the Cold War was not followed by a period of world peace and stability. ____________________________________________________________ ___________ The ending of the cold war did not leave any sign of hope for the world to live in peace and prosperity. Until this second‚ there are hundreds of men‚ women and children being killed‚ injured‚ raped and executed for various reasons‚ some which may be legit while others are war related objectives. The world‚ not sure
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Christian Ethics Project #2 1. From a Christian perspective‚ why did Marxist communism fail? From a Christian point of view‚ Marxist communism failed due to people not being offered a choice of whether or not to distribute riches to everyone. The author states: “Beginning in the Garden‚ God gave men and women the freedom to choose to do what is right. This is the heart of democracy” (Stapleford‚ 2009‚ p.98). Clearly‚ it is Godly for people to have freedom of choice; communism was not Godly
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Mr. Joel Hilchey McMaster University April 30‚ 2012 Dear Joel‚ I am happy to thank you for helping me to obtain an A in Engineering and Social responsibility (4A03) course. I was really satisfied on the way you handled the discussions and our class‚ in general; hence‚ I was really inspired and motivated to exert my best in every task I had to do for the class. And my hard work and commitment has paid off. I got the best grade possible! I can really say that I am proud of my accomplishments
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to enjoy your vacation in United States of America: Six Flags over Texas". Have you ever got bore doing the same thing throughout the year? Have your body stressed beyond your understanding? and later worse to become a disease?. To overcome these situations various places have been developed for people to have fun and relieve their body from pressure from their daily activities. One of these places is: “Six Flags Fiesta Texas". Six Flags Fiesta Texas is a theme park located on approximately 200
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I am at my Aunt Dee and her 3 daughters’ home; I am there because we are going to Six Flags today along with my cousin (Zhane). I wake up and clean my shoes‚ afterward‚ I wait for everyone to finish breakfast. They finish and we head out to pick up Zhane. We pick her up from her house and go to Walmart because my Aunt needed to return something and then we head straight to Six Flags. We find parking. My Aunt parks and everyone goes to the restroom‚ they get out and we go to the entrance. As a group
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