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- 2641: Traffic Control: The Need For Change
- ... large number of traffic jams in America today. Of the 3.88 million miles of roads in the United States, 92% of them were built before 1960 (Koepp 54). The government has failed to increase the number of roads and highways proportional to the extraordinary increase of vehicles on the road. On major highways in Los Angeles, the most congested city ... developed by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) for the Navy to use as a sub-detection system, is now in the process of being sold to the government for use as a highway control system (Marbach 95). This system detects special signals emitting from vehicles, then determines the type of vehicle. This information is then used to open ... 10-25% (45-47). Congestion pricing is an advantageous technique of controlling traffic because it reduces congestion, raises economic productivity, decreases pollution levels, preserves drivers' freedom of choice, saves the government from expensive construction costs, and provides revenues (Rauber 45-47). However, despite the plethora of advantages of congestion pricing, a few disadvantages exist which could lead to its downfall. ...
- 2642: Immigration & Americas Future
- ... The sad truth is that these folks seem to learn the ropes of the welfare system with incredible speed. Today's illegal immigrants apply for and receive benefits from the government that citizens need. According to Donald L. Huddle, an economist at Rice University in Texas, legal and illegal immigrants cost the nation a net 42.5 billion dollars in 1992 ... study by the California Legislature estimates criminal justice costs involving illegal immigrants to be 385 million dollars to the state, with an additional 112 million dollars to local or county government. This is a total cost of 497 million dollars, paid by the California tax payer, each and every year! Illinois did a study showing that it paid 66 million dollars ... of the world? The national majority now says it favors cutting back on legal immigration. A TIME/CNN poll determined last week that 77 percent of those surveyed felt the government was not doing enough to keep out illegal immigrants. For years now, the battle has raged between the federal authorities who are supposed to police the borders and the ...
- 2643: How Can We Tell What Is Good Or Bad?
- ... legalized the use of mild drugs. These countries have attributed this toward less crime. Putting the question of right or wrong on the individual rather than, in our case, the government. In America the majority consider legalization of drugs wrong, but has it really worked our way? Are not alcohol and tobacco just as dangerous, causing mind altering effects, attributing to ... his society or his upbringing. Personally I believe our society, America, should get back to being a god-fearing society. We need to as individuals of this society elect a government with ethics and morals instead of on the amount an individual has of money and power. Society needs to worry about the problems confronting them at home rather than concerning themselves with problems from other societies. Basically this societies government needs to show it cares, which will in turn be seen by people and possibly practiced!
- 2644: Sexual Harassment
- ... 7th, 1991, Paula Coughlin, including a dozen other women, was man- handled, groped, squeezed and abused at a Naval Officer party after the annual Tailhook Convention for Naval Officers. The government tried to cover up the incident, but that was unsuccessful. Finally, women were fed up with dealing with unexcusable sexual misconduct. In the end, one admiral had been reduced in ... supposed to be fair and just, not sexual dominators. If the allegations of sexual misconduct had been confirmed by the Committee, it would have created a great turmoil within the government. The public would trust no government official, even those chosen to lead the nation. The hearing drastically changed traditional gender role expectations. Men, according to Help Yourself; A Guide for Dealing With Sexual Harassment, page ...
- 2645: Pornography Censorship
- ... want is, as Susan Wendell explains, “society has the right to protect itself from the disorder and moral disintegration that result from individuals unduly pursuing their sexual self-interest... the government has the right, therefore, to limit such forms of expression.” What she is essentially saying is that if person are going to have no couth and continue to be indecent then the government will be forced to step in. Is this wrong to want something like this. Does this “infringe upon our First Amendment Rights” or is this doing what is “ necessary and ... California and Representative Wyden of Oregon. This bill would prohibit Fcc regulations of speech on the Internet. There are many others that please many and outrage many others. If the government is not working fast enough for you, there are, however, alternatives. Personal censors are now available for parents to prevent young one from view pornographic materials. The company Microsystem ...
- 2646: The Power of Language
- ... toward the uneducated, called agitation. This process involved the use of slogans, stories, half-truths, and even outright lies in order to avoid the need for complex arguments. The Nazi government of Germany from 1933 to 1945, was very adept at propaganda. In order to gain power, Adolf Hitler used his ability to tell each audience what it wanted to hear. He stirred fears of communism when talking to businessmen, and preached the values of socialism when talking to factory workers. After his party won control of the government office, he appointed Joseph Goebbels as head of the Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda. Through Goebbels, Hitler gained power over the press, radio, theater, films, music, and literature. People ... made the speech in answer to Senator Robert Hayne of South Carolina. The issue was the nullification controversy. Hayne, a confederate of John C. Calhoun, has said that the federal government was a mere confederation of states and that the states could refuse to obey any laws passed by Congress. Webster refuted Hayne's notion with the memorable words, “Liberty ...
- 2647: Culture, Nature & Freedom: Treating Juvenile Offenders.
- ... questioning is reprimanded. Cultural influx is at a standstill and Censor ship is at it's highest possible level. A residential treatment modality gives all ideas a free shot. Self Government, A system used by the youth assures a safe environment to share all feedback and new ideas openly, to non judgmental ears. it looks at how one's action are ... these youth should not be predestined, and mapped out as in a youth center. Here progress is mapped. In a residential style treatment setup the social control is through self government and peer interactions, not a cultural controlling body. Also the myth of progress is dismantles. Residential treatment looks for change not progress. These ongoing changes allow for humanness. There is ... gain achieved in these Child Prisons. They merely use reactive measures to stop behaviors, instead of looking for antecedents proactively. Once again residential treatment has an edge. Through the self government, relationship building process, and cultural challenges, the youth in these settings work on the exterior antecedents that may be effecting their behaviors . This ,in addition to clearing the distorted ...
- 2648: The War of Freedom of Expression
- ... too subjective to view the problem of freedom of expression as "good" versus "evil". The debate raises the main issue of whether or not the people of Canada want the government to be passing any laws limiting our rights to think and speak. While it is nearly unanimous that violently acting on these views is illegal; the debate on laws against ... not necessarily Chomsky's views, but his ability to express them and his understanding of the problems society faces. In a 1988 interview Chomsky stated "...I wouldn't like the government to have the power to decide what you can hear." With respect to a French school teacher being tried for falsification of history he said, ".... Now that means that the ... of women). While I wish that racists could be shot into outer space, I have to side with Chomsky on this debate. I agree that there is little place for government intervention in freedom of speech. This is not an all encompassing view, of course; threats should be excluded, as well as words inciting harm. I would be willing to ...
- 2649: War On Poverty: Project South
- ... the 1994 rate of 21.8 percent, it remained higher than those of other age groups. There was a significant drop in the number of people living below the official government poverty level between 1994 and 1995. In 1995, there were 36.4 million poor, a figure 1.6 million lower than the 38.1 million poor in 1994. The 1995 federal budget set in motion a program that will see billions and billions of dollars cut from social programs. At a time of greatest need, the government is cutting support programs and making it more difficult for those who need the programs to qualify. So what is the government doing about poverty? Nothing! It is abandoning its responsibility and blaming the victims of its policies for the situation they find themselfs in.
- 2650: Violence on Television
- ... has not diminished greatly; nor have Saturday morning programs for children, marked by excessively violent cartoons, changed much for the better" (Palmer, 125). One may ask: "Why can't the government or the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) intervene to control the amount of violent programming that currently circulates during most broadcasting hours?" Edward Palmer states: "The FCC's reluctance to regulate ... heat of rhetoric the matters of broadcasting profitability and commercial purpose" (Rowland, 280). One can derive from this statement that the networks are clearly not worried about any form of government intervention or even the slightest bit concerned about the barrage of scientific data that correlates violent television and hostility among children. Because of the First Amendment to the Constitution, the government and the FCC are rendered virtually ineffective in the pursuit of limiting the current amount of violence on television. Public action is the only other option if society wishes ...
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