Boston Bombing & Patriot Act In the early afternoon of April 15th during the 117th Annual Boston Marathon‚ two bombs were detonated and exploded‚ killing 3 people and injuring 183 others. The bombs had been placed near the finish line‚ along Boylston Street. The bombs‚ which were pressure cooker devices detonated at 2:49 p.m‚ 13 seconds apart. No warnings had been given‚ and no one has been arrested or claimed responsibility for the bombing.(Bacon) The FBI have found two suspects that are responsible
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Nathanael Greene was born in 1742 and grew up as a Quaker before taking on responsibilities for the family foundry in 1770. He gained an interest in politics and had a noticeable sympathy for the Patriot cause. Around 1774‚ Greene played a role in the formation of a militia known as the Kentish Guards. The unit was chartered and Greene was eager to enroll and was later accepted. This was the beginning of Greene’s military affairs‚ and he later served on a militia committee of the General Assembly
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Back in the beginning stages of the War on Terrorism‚ President Bush enacted the Patriot Act. This allowed the government to spy on citizens‚ monitoring their activities in order to discern whether or not someone is a terrorist. It brought about changes in law enforcement that allowed agencies to search phones‚ financial records‚ etc. The National Defense Authorization Act greatly expands the power and scope of the federal government to fight the War on Terror‚ including codifying into law the indefinite
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nation accepted it with open arms for its promising results. What many did not know at this point and will only find out years later was that The Patriot Act will violate their Fourth Amendment rights down the road and that all American citizens and not just those suspected of committing a crime will be a target of this surveillance program. The Patriot Act gave law enforcement several authorities they did not have before to perform their job with less hassles (such as officers had to obtain multiple
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Racially Charged The movie CRASH pertains to a day of encounters of people of different races. An interaction between strangers ended in chaos‚ hatred‚ and fear. The movie portrayed interactions of different races causing clashes between victim and aggressor‚ superior and inferior and an idealist and racist. Racism was portrayed as a common attitude of the characters played. Crash is an eye opener to the problem of our society; racial discrimination and stereotyping. In the movie‚ communication played
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Should Congress have enacted the patriot act to combat terrorism and protect citizens after 9/11/2001‚ or was it an extreme measure of legislation that violated our civil liberties? As a patriotic citizen‚ I feel as though sacrifices are necessary when large-scale devastation occurs. So‚ yes‚ they should have enacted the patriot act which allowed them to invade our privacy and impose unusual treatment of suspected terrorists at that time. Furthermore‚ as long as ISIS is a threat they should use
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Wade’s not a bad guy‚ but he’s frightfully dependent on Lucy for everything. When it seems possible she might at last get clear of him‚ she begins to have second thoughts about letting him go. The Movie "Two Weeks Notice" stares Saundra Bullock and Hugh Grant premiered in December of 2002. The movie follows a mix match relationship between a strong willed‚ "save the community" lawyer named Lucy Kelson‚ played by Sandra Bullock‚ and a high status business man‚ George Wade‚ played by Hugh Grant. The
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Foreword- Every time Michael wakes up he goes and gets his slaves to make sure they are working by the time he’s up. And if they are not he really hurts them and it’s not fair to the slaves and he is very hard on them. He doesn’t pay them anything even though he is one of the most richest Americans. He owns 100 slaves‚ 3 houses‚ and 10 plantations‚ and has 600 million dollars. At auctions he spends lots of money on these slaves and he purposely separates people from their families cause he is just
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HSM 311: Ethics of Homeland Security The USA PATRIOT Act Justification of Survaillence May 9‚ 2011 The Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act‚ better known as the USA PATRIOT Act‚ or simply the PATRIOT Act was introduced on October 24‚ 2001‚ only 45 days after the devastating terrorists attacks of 9/11. It passed nearly unanimously‚ with only one person total in both the House or Representatives and the Senate voting
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the Girl (Jun Ji-hyun) whose name is never given in the movie. Gyeon-woo just cannot seem to catch a romantic break. His prospects are so pathetic that even his mother tries to help‚ telling him to visit his aunt for two reasons. Firstly‚ because Gyeon-woo reminds his aunt of her son who drowned not too long ago; secondly‚ because there is a girl his aunt wants to introduce to him. Gyeon-woo repeatedly puts off going to see his aunt. The movie begins with Gyeon-woo on top of a mountain‚ speaking
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