“The Most Hated Family in America‚” was a very interesting and eye opening film about freedom of speech‚ interpretation‚ and consequences of life choices. Before watching this I had no idea that such a family even existed‚ but after watching it I am somewhat ashamed of what they are doing and feel very bad for the members of their family and the people surrounding them. Louis Theroux did a fantastic job on this documentary; I would not change a thing to his presentation of the Phelps family. His
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Freedom of Speech: Introduction: The American Flag is slowly being folded into a perfect triangle by soldiers. Bystanders watch as a twenty one gun salute is given to a veteran’s family who gave his life for our country. The family weeps over their lost loved one. This sacred moment in time is one that no one should interrupt. A group out of Kansas known as Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) travels around the country protesting at soldiers’ funerals that the death is God’s punishment to the U.S. for
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church’s actions all stemmed from Phelps and the church’s belief that God is punishing the United States for allowing homosexuals into the military‚ although Lance Corporal Snyder was not homosexual‚ in fact‚ Phelps claims he was not targeting the family of the deceased but instead was targeting the U.S. Military‚ only using Snyder’s funeral as a forum for their protest. These actions carried on by the Westboro Baptist church are nothing new to the public; the congregation has made several
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Afterwards he decided to become a minister; he changed his denomination affiliation to Baptist and was ordained as a minister. His two sons insist that church is a carefully planned cult that allows its leader to make himself seem like a demigod. Most of the community’s members are related‚ or are in relation to Fred Phelps. There is no exact number to how many people are affiliated with the church but a rough head count gives us the number 50. Some say the number is ranging from 70 to 90 to 150
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Bradley Chalkers‚ The most hated person. Everyone hated him they thought he’s no good for nothing. Though Bradley lied to his parents and told them everything is okay‚ but really it’s not. Though one day a Counselor came by talked to Bradley. She changed his life‚ Bradley started to improve he made new friends‚ got invited to a birthday party and got better grades at school. Everyone started liking him. After a few weeks Clara (the counselor) had to leave because there were getting heaps of complaints
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n today’s growing economy family farms are decreasing and factory farms are increasing. America was built upon family farms. Without family farms‚ American’s wouldn’t know the values of Hard work‚ family traditions‚respect‚morals ‚ and the men who built america. Factory farms are slowly taking control of everything‚ they control their own prices because they are involved in buying the sows‚ raising the pigs‚ and processing the meat. Factory farms are bad for family farms because they take all the
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“The Most Pressing Issue in America” Intro According to the United States Census‚ The goods and services deficit was $540.4 billion dollars in 2012. Goods can be defined as physical objects such as shoes and shirts and services are actions and activites that one person preforms for another such as haircuts or dental checkups. As a percentage of U.S. gross domestic product: or the dollar value of all final goods and services produced within our country’s boarders in a given year‚ the goods and
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three months before an inmate is released back into the community the Dept. of Corrections does a RISK Assessment to determine how much Community Supervision will be required and what risk that inmate is to the community in which they are released. Most inmates that are required to service time on community custody have a one year to five year commitment to community probation. All inmates placed on community custody are required to fulfill drug treatment‚ drug urinalysis testing ‚ office visits
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Art 100 – Section #1019 The Hated Art Project I selected this painting on display at the Getty Museum by French artist James Jacques Joseph Tissot‚ titled “What Our Savior Saw.” This exhibition included 124 watercolors selected from a set of 350 detailed illustrations of the New Testament. I don’t know what made this particular piece standout to me‚ probably because at first glance‚ I really didn’t realize what the painting was about until I read the title and looked at it again‚ and then
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Maisie. Jack was a special person who had a mental disorder. Maisie was a normal girl that didn’t understand a thing about Jack’s life. Their parents Maddy and Chase were divorced due to Chase being an alcoholic. Jack hated Maisie because she didn’t understand Jack. Maisie hated Jack because he hung out with his dad. Chase had been a bad influence on Maisie. Maisie never understood what Jack saw in Chase. She didn’t know that Chase took Jack to baseball games and all that father son stuff. Jack
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