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After World War 2, the Empire of Japans colonial rule over korea was ended. When this happened the United States and the Soviet Union agreed to share Korea in a trusteeship, in hopes of converting Korea into a free and independent nation. Elections where set to occur in two zones of Korea to create a system of government that was fair and organized. When it came election day, the Soviet Union desided not to go along with the United Nations plans, canceling the election. This created a communist state in the north and a pro-western state in the south. Korea was now divided in half near the 38th parallel thus, creating North and South Korea.


The current state that North Korea is in is not a good one. With Kim Jong-Un as dictator, the people are unhappy and sick. After the split of Korea into North and South Korea, the people have been deprived of basic necessities such as food and more importantly, information. Under the rule of Kim Jong-Un, there is no internet in North Korea, no tv, no radio, and no means of contact to the outside world. The people of north Korea are in the dark and Kim Jong-Un plans to keep it that way. In recent years, attempts from outsiders and defectors have been successful in smuggling in information secretly. Using bribery, balloons, and other means of transportation, Money and USB flash drives containing popular T.V. shows and movies, have been smuggled into North Korea. Although Kim Jong-un is trying to stop it, its not easy to stop such a constant flow of information.


There will be a regime change, time is the only factor. When it will happen is unknown but the peoples eyes are opened thanks to the help of outsiders. When they realize what a truly controlling place they live in, the government will be overturned. Kim Jong-Un may be powerful, but the power of many can easily rip him of his power.


http://video.pbs.org/video/2365141211/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division_of_Korea

Essay 10

Essay 10




A: Interest groups fundamental goal in the political process is to influence the political decision making process in a way that helps their cause or benefits them in some way.


B: Major political parties main goal in the political process it to acquire or keep their power in their respective branch. An example of this is in the presidential election, political parties help to put their candidate through to become the president. If they succeed, they will have more power, collectively, as a group.




C: Political parties tend to match up with their like interest group. When this happens, candidates receive a lot of support from the supporters of the interest group. In addition, the political party also receives added funding.


D: When an interest group supports a political party with money, they are helping to put the party they are funding into positions of power. If everything goes the way they want, the interest group not only works to protect their interests, but they also put someone into power with similar interests of their own. This helps when future bills come into play that benefit or hurt the group.

Essay 9

Essay 9

Viewer’s Ages and Frequency of Viewing of Network Nightly News: 1974 and 2002 Combined

1974                  frequently (%)                    rarely (%)

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18-29                  45                                                  13

30-44                  50                                                 12

45-64                  68                                                  8

65+                      71                                                  5

2002                 frequently (%)                    rarely (%)

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18-29                  19                                                  22

30-44                  22                                                17

45-64                  40                                                  11

65+                      53                                                  8

A: Policy agenda is a group of issues that make up a presidential administrations stand. These issues are closely examined by the people, whether they are involved in the administration or not. The issues presented, play a major role in policy making.






B: The national news media engages its citizens by keeping them informed on current issues and happenings. They keep the people out of the dark, playing a key role in making the common American aware of what is going on, and the various standpoints of that issue.






C: The President is seen as our main leader, the most known person in our country. They are seen to have ultimate power and wisdom and thus, they attract way more media attention than congress does.






D: The table above shows that. in general, age and viewing frequency is directly proportional. It also shows that although the older you are the higher the frequency of your viewing is, that the general trend is a decline in viewing frequency among all age groups.






E: The one down side to using media as your main tool for your campaign is that if the viewing frequency is declining, you are not reaching as many of your citizens as you could of if you reached them through a different method.

Essay 8

Essay 8





A: The majority party in the United States House of Representatives has several advantages when it comes to getting a bill passed into a law. To begin with, the majority party also controls the rules committee. The rules committee in turn controls the floor procedures. This allows the majority to control when and how things go down. If they feel they don't have the proper amount of support to pass a bill, they have the ability to put off the decision process until further support is gained. This allows the majority to choose the time that's best for them to get a bill passed, and decreases their chance of the bill not being passed.





B: Although the House and the Senate are similar, they do have a few major differences that make their votes sometimes independent. The filibuster rule is one of these differences. In the Senate, a simple majority isn't enough. For a bill to become a law in the Senate, it has to get a majority vote unless a filibuster is enacted. A filibuster is a senator or group of senators ability to talk on any subject for any amount of time unless stopped by a two-thirds vote of the senate. What this does is take up floor time and discourage bills from being passed. For the past decade, almost every major proposed bill has needed to have at least 60% vote to be considered for floor vote. Even if a filibuster is unsuccessful it still takes up floor time.




C: After a bill gets passed in one house, it doesn't necessarily get passed in the next. After one house votes a bill through, the bill gets sent to the other house where it is then decided on. The other house can either vote it through, modify it, or reject it completely in which case it dies. If one house votes a bill through, there is only 1 of 3 ways in which the original bill gets passed by both sides. The other two account for why a bill can be passed in one house but not the other. Another reason a bill may not be passed by both houses is because of the filibuster rule. The House of Represenatives can pass a bill with a 51% majority and thats a pass. However, the Senate may get the 51% but not the 60% needed to end a filibuster, that is if one is enacted. Either way it is possible for a bill to be passed in one house but not the other. After being passed by both houses, there is still a chance the President will veto and it will die that way.

Essay 7

Essay 7




A: The proposal of raising limits on individual contributions would drastically change how politics in America works, if passed. The idea is that by raising the limit an individual can donate, the rich could give substantially more and the rest of the U.S. population wouldn't be as limited either. This creates an opportunity for politicians to gain more money quicker, allowing them to further their campaign with the help of motivated supporters.


Supporters of this raise in individual contributions argue that, by allowing higher donations, the candidates would be able to receive substantially more money and thus build a stronger and better run campaign.


However, some say by allowing more money into the campaign from individual contributors, an unfair advantage is given to some candidates over others. Candidates with rich backers have a much stronger campaign and so a higher chance of winning.









B: Soft money is money donated to a certain political party rather than the political candidate themselves. By eliminating soft money contributions, political election financing problems also get solved.


Those that argue for the elimination of soft money contributions say that although the money is donated to the party, the parties beliefs are so closely tied to that of the candidate, the special interest groups are pretty much giving a direct contribution.


Others argue that "Soft Money" contributions are a fundamental part of American politics and by banning it, given constitutional rights are being taken away.