on the Bush Administration and the War on Terrorism. Both films give complete opposite viewpoints and two very distinct messages that Americans have used to form opinions. Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11 gives a very harsh critique of George W. Bush‚ his administration and the War on Terrorism. At the beginning of the film‚ Moore displays President Bush as being irresponsible and very unproductive during the first months of his presidency before the September 11th attacks. He describes Bush as having
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I. The argument for abolishing the Electoral College has been around for a while‚ but rose to its peak in 2000 when George W. Bush was elected President despite losing the popular vote to Al Gore. The Electoral College is a voting system of 538 electors that vote on a state level based on the number of congressmen. The Electoral College is fair‚ simply due to the fact that the rules are known upfront. However‚ I don’t think the Popular Vote is fair at all it’s a system based on each indivual’s vote
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following photographs of the abuse spread around the world in the fall of 2003. Pfiffner points out that the United States Military‚ Secretary of State Donald Rumsfield‚ and President George W. Bush assumed a role in the events leading up to the exploitation‚ even though it has never been corroborated that President Bush or Secretary of State Rumsfield directly condoned the abuse. However‚ the persons that actually performed the abuse should be held responsible for their own actions. In the study
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Left Behind‚ the only requirement for teaching now‚ is the ability to “teach to the test.” There are many passionate teachers who have been educated‚ ready‚ and able to educate our children‚ but their hands are tied. In 2002‚ former President‚ George W. Bush‚ signed into law‚ The No Child Left Behind Act. The law was developed to get the children in our country on the same level as children in other countries‚ such as China‚ by 2014. The time has come to strike this law from the books and find some
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lost their lives‚ due to an attack schemed by Osama bin Laden. With the notion that Saddam Hussein had been fully involved with Osama bin Laden and an even stronger belief that Iraq had reconstituted its nuclear weapon program‚ on March 3‚ 2003 George W. Bush with the consent of Congress‚ declared the American Invasion of Saddam Hussein’s Iraq. With every subsequent event occurring in the Middle East‚ the invasion arose as imperative at the time. Operation Iraqi Freedom was launched with the intent
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At the time of the terrorist attack‚ the president of the United States was George Bush. George Bush had to deliver a speech to the world on the horrible attack that happened in New York. “In a speech on September 20‚ he asked citizens to be “calm and resolute‚ even in the face of a continuing threat” and promised that the United States
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the US declaring a “war on terror” on September 17‚ 2002. In response to that Michael Moore‚ a controversial filmmaker‚ has made Fahrenheit 9/11‚ a kind of attack on Bush and his administration for their handling of both the "war on terrorism" and the war in Iraq. Fahrenheit 9/11 starts with an investigation why George W. Bush won the presidency while it was apparent that it was Gore who should have won it. Michael Moore names the following key factors of Bush’s success: first of all‚ the man
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Michael Moore’s latest film‚ "Fahrenheit 9/11‚" presents a critical look at the administration of George W. Bush and the War on Terrorism. In this film Moore investigates the rapid growth of the United States government and its trend of trampling the rights of individuals‚ and the corporatism that is spawned out of the close ties between big government and big business during wartime. Michael Moore may not convince all audiences‚ but is successful for its factual accuracy in which the evidence spoke
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Cell Revisted George W. Bush was the United States of America’s 43rd president. During his presidency‚ Bush faced many ground breaking decisions that would help mold the nation’s growth. One such issue was that regarding the use of government funds to support stem cell research (“George W. Bush”). Stem cell research has long been deemed a taboo subject. People’s opinions can vary greatly regarding the use of stem cells to further research. Former president‚ George W. Bush‚ offers the differing
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The biggest problem facing our generation is fixing the mistakes that our fearless leaders have made. George W. Bush had made many mistakes while in office from 2001 to 2009. One of the most controversial issues that he had completed related to the signing of a report endorsing outsourcing with thousands of American workers having their jobs shipped overseas. He may have had good intentions‚ but all that was lost after the signing of this bill that took 2.6 million jobs away from the people of the
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