ASEAN was created on August 8‚ 1967 by five founding members; Thailand‚ Indonesia‚ Singapore‚ Malaysia‚ the Philippines. Malaysian foreign minister Ismail Abdul Rahman said at that time: ‘we have to come to a profound shared realization that we will not be able to survive as independent nations for long…‚ unless we think and act at the same time as residents of Southeast Asia’ . At perilous times when the nation-states were pressurized into joining either one of the two major blocs‚ Southeast Asian
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Today’s media is clouded with conflict between the two major political parties‚ Republicans and Democrats. Each holds their own distinct policies‚ Democrats wanting better lives for the people‚ and on the other hand‚ Republicans wanting people to have better lives. Despite these glaring differences‚ these two parties really see eye to eye on some major different ideals. Both love puzzles‚ depopulation‚ and totalitarian dictatorships. Why can’t we all just come together to see a new‚ better world
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The Radical Republicans were a minority group of Republican congressmen whose Ideas differ from those of the Moderate Republicans and Conservative Republicans. Their political faction lasted from around 1854 to 1877. During the Civil War Radical Republicans‚ favored the enlistment of black troops and call for the emancipation of slavery. They opposed and criticized President Abraham Lincoln a Moderate Republican for not moving fast enough to abolish slavery and for his selection of military commanders
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10/13/11 Federalists Vs. Democratic-Republicans Hearing about political parties‚ Washington was not too keen on the idea. Conversely‚ he was part of the uprising of the first two political parties. Federalists and Democratic-Republicans‚ previously named anti-federalists‚ were the two different political organizations. The first two parties to evolve were very different regarding beliefs of the common people‚ views of the government‚ their stances on the foreign policy‚ and ways to manage
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In the American system of government many citizens know that there are three branches of the national government‚ being the Supreme Court‚ The President and Congress‚ respectively. The background and foundation of these said branches cannot be more clearly derived and begotten from federalism‚ the important division of powers. The important aspect of this system is‚ at a national level‚ federalism will ‘fall down the chain’ to affect the states and further affect the communities within that state
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absence of government‚ or anarchy‚ like the presence of any form of government‚ has both good and bad consequences. Government regulates commerce and imposes taxes on both corporations and people. This means that without government there would not be a certain amount of money taken out people’s paychecks every month. However‚ without a government‚ there would be an absence of minimum wage. Salaries as well as work hours would completely depend on the employer. The absence of government means that
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The Government Shutdown. The government plays a huge role in regulating the economy‚ and without this their can be many people and companies as a whole that would not be able operate. As we have been noticing there are very few good things that can come out of a government shutdown. On the other hand though‚ the negatives just pile up as the days go by. A few of there are that many veterans many not receive benefits‚ financing for small businesses would stop‚ and federal workers will have their
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The government is not spending enough time and resource in surveillance‚ which is resulting in the threats and decrease of national security. Surveillance is the act of observing‚ or monitoring a person. Monitoring a person can include the use of cameras‚ wiretaps‚ GPS tracking‚ and internet surveillance. Events such as the Oklahoma City bombing‚ and the attack on 9/11 lead to a law former President Bush passed. "On October 26th‚ 2001‚ Bush signed into law the USA Patriot Act." (Podesta) Government
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The British government had a plethora of problems that most people complained about. When the Americans saw these problems they decided to go off and start their own government. This government came along with a Constitution‚ a Bill of Rights‚ and Declaration of Independence. These three things helped the people have‚ basically a mind of their own‚ the government was not controlling them. In 1765 Parliament passed the Quartering Act that said the colonists needed to find or pay for lodging for British
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the most arguable opinion is about government intervention. Experts who suggest government intervention focus on the epidemic of obesity and unethical ploys of the food companies such as indeterminate modifiers. They think the government should intervene to protect people. However‚ other experts who disagree claim obesity is a personal problem. They also warn about the ineffectiveness of regulating unhealthy foods. Although some experts say that the government intervention is not a good solution
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