Ralph Nader (/ˈneɪdər/‚ Arabic: ’رالف نادر; born February 27‚ 1934)[4][5] is an American political activist‚ as well as an author‚ lecturer‚ and attorney. Areas of particular concern to Nader include consumer protection‚ humanitarianism‚ environmentalism‚ and democratic government.[6]\ Nader came to prominence in 1965 with the publication of his book Unsafe at Any Speed‚ a critique of the safety record of American automobile manufacturers in general‚ and most famously the Chevrolet Corvair. In 1999
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a) The political cartoon expresses the view that a voting for a third party is equivalent to throwing away their vote. In the carton Nader is addressing society’s “throw away mentality‚” but in the background a citizen is casting their vote for the green party. The vote casted by the citizen ironically drops into a garbage can that represents a wasted vote. This image tells voters that they should amend their views on minor party candidates and vote for the candidate they think will be the best president
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Ralph Nader is one of America’s most renowned and effective campaigner for the rights of consumers and general public‚ a role that has repeatedly brought him into conflict with both businesses and the government. Ralph Nader was born on February 27‚ 1934‚ in Winsted‚ Connecticut to Nathra and Rose Nader‚ Lebanese and Egyptian immigrants. In his adolescence‚ Nader was instilled with wanting to become a "people’s lawyer" from his family who are often compared to the Kennedy’s‚ but instead of revolving
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Ralph Nader Q&A Paper #2 Born in Connecticut in 1934‚ Ralph Nader is known as an author‚ politician‚ and lawyer. In Ralph Nader’s book “Seventeen Traditions”‚ he explains his values and his life growing up. He talks about several traditions and the importance of social values and the role that families play. The Tradition of History‚ Education and Argument‚ and Civics are three traditions that Ralph Nader finds important. In Chapter Four‚ “The Tradition of History”‚ Nader describes how “Learning
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Chapter 13 – Congress Introduction Congress is the most unpopular branch but also the most important one To the Framers of the Constitution‚ the bicameral (two-chamber) Congress was the “first branch” Expected Congress to wield most of the national government’s powers‚ including its most important ones like the “power of the purse” (encompassing taxation and spending decisions) and the ultimate authority to declare war Understood Congress as essential to sustaining federalism (guaranteeing
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Congress‚ the first branch of government‚ is a body of regime that exists in the Legislative Branch. It is responsible for creating the laws that the judicial branch will interpret‚ and the Executive branch implement. Without the existence of congress‚ there would be no organized manner in which laws were created‚ formulating an uncivilized nation. Congress‚ divided into the Senate and the House of Representatives‚ appoints 2 representatives from each state‚ with a total of 100 senators‚ while the
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Her hands had been shaking as she hugged both Walter and I. Even Father had had tearing eyes‚ his firm shell cracking to his children leaving possibly for forever. How had our family become so broken within days? When we arrived to London‚ I hadn’t thought I’d seen such a dark place in my life. Dark black smoke billed out from buildings and garbage covered the streets. The wells full of water even looked unsanitary‚ clogged with the pollution
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form of federal system of goverment U.S has numerous layers of goverment ranging from the federal goverment to state and local goverments. The federal goverment which is at national level and the state are both addressed in U.S constitution. The congress has the authority to introduce new States to the union‚ from the original 13 States‚ the U.S has grown to encompass of 50 states. Each state is Sovereign and does not report to the ferderal goverment. As sovereign indivual within the scheme of the
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people that disciple our children use physical punishment to create fear and emotional instability. We may not see it happen in the United States often‚ but it happens in countries around the world more often than not. In the movie “Doubt”‚ the viewers are presented with an ideal example of when and where these types of behavior take place. Can legal guardians stop this behavior? Do they a have a say/voice in the way their children are taught to behave? Throughout the .. we can see that… blab la
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We’ve Come so Long Over the years people have learned so much from books‚ saying that regardless of what other people might think is true because it is based on facts. Studies have indicated that reading books enlightens one’s mind whether it is fiction or non-fiction. I also do not have to believe what those studies show because I can tell that generations past have gone by through reading and knowing what needed to be known‚ for example there was not any technology in the old days; that includes
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