The media, again, bears blame -- they like guns because guns make news sell. So when there is an accidental shooting, it makes the news, and this fuels fear of firearms to an irrational extent (Lott, 2010)
This brings up the question of what the objectives of gun control actually are. We know what the purpose of the NRA's gun lobbying efforts are -- to sell more guns -- but why do government enact gun control? The UK banned handguns in the wake of the Dunblane school shooting (Squires, 2001), indicating that this was a reactive policy based on high public emotion
WITHDRAW FROM IRAQ The United States launched Operation Iraqi Freedom in early 2003, primarily because reliable intelligence information announced by Secretary of Defense Collin Powell established beyond any reasonable doubt that Saddam Hussein was actively pursuing weapons of mass destruction (WMD), nuclear weapons, in particular. According to Secretary Powell, our intelligence efforts had identified some of the tell-tale signs of assembling the uranium enrichment facilities; specifically, high-grade industrial tubes needed to construct the series of centrifuges used to extract fissionable uranium (U235) from natural uranium ore (U238) and to enrich low-grade 4-10% pure uranium 235 used in civilian nuclear reactor cores to 90+ percent purity highly enriched uranium used only in fission weapons (Allison 2004)
If humanitarian concern was the justification for the war in Iraq, we would have been equally obligated to intervene in all those situations, not to mention perhaps freeing the North Koreans from the oppressive reign of the maniacal Kim Jong Il. In truth, President Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, and Paul Wolflowitz focused on Iraq immediately after the September 11th Attacks instead of on the real source of support for Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan and Washington insiders (Clarke 2004) consider the following to be their reasons: (1) to finish what we started but failed to finish in 1991; (2) to improve Israel's strategic position in the region; (3) to demonstrate to unstable countries like Saudi Arabia and Egypt that Arab democracy was possible and desirable; (4) to finally be able to remove U
S. occupation and believe they were actually better off under the tyrannical rule of Saddam Hussein and his two savagely cruel sons (Desch 2007)
Only later did it come to light that the supposedly conclusive evidence presented by Secretary of State Powell was completely incorrect; even worse, the evidence strongly suggests that the Bush administration was fully aware of the absence of any credible evidence that Saddam Hussein was pursuing nuclear weapons and specifically, that by the time Secretary Powell delivered his persuasive presentation to Congress and to the American people on live television, the administration was also aware that the reports pertaining to the supposed centrifuge hardware had already been absolutely discredited at the highest levels of the U.S. intelligence community (Scheuer 2004)
At present there is also an inclination to distrust the United States government and to demand financial equity for all citizens, as is exemplified by the current Occupy movement. When so many people are out of work and are financially unstable, there is a groundswell of citizens who advocate cuts to financial aid programs to populations, such as the elderly of the nation (Palmore 103)
So that he can peruse the love interests of Katrina without any kind of interference. (Irving) In the film version, the plot is set in 1799 at Sleepy Hollow, New York
In "The Sorrow Songs," Du Bois celebrates the Negro folksongs that became the blues in Harlem. "But the true Negro folk-song still lives in the hearts of those who have heard them truly sung and in the hearts of the Negro people" (Du Bois)
Blue evokes the feeling of the blues in his solitary life, and he eventually learns to use his loneliness as a barrier, like many of us do. "And what that meant was that he had put up a barrier within to protect himself from further violence; all the apples in the world wouldn't change that fact" (Walker)
Baldwin felt enraged at their version of Western civilization and was highly alienated from it, but on reflection he realized that his American identity also made him unique, in that he was neither African nor European. At first, he did what American black males had been always educated to do since early childhood when confronted with the possibility of lethal hostility from whites, and attempted to appear "pleasant," deferential and non-threatening, even when the children called him "Neger" as he walked through the streets (Baldwin 43)
Early agrees with Shelby Steele that ideas of Black Power and racial separatism are detrimental to blacks, although he can understand why they emerged in the 1950s and 1960s. Even so, he favors liberal multiculturalism and integration rather than identities based on nations, groups or communities, and stated that "like the white Southerner, the Afrocentrist is in revolt against liberalism itself, against the idea of individual liberty" (Early 22)
In his 1987 essay "I'm Black, You're White, Who's Innocent?" he even admitted to being an admirer of Ronald Reagan, which was highly unusual for blacks either then or later. He also realized that Reagan's appeal to whites was far greater because he claimed (falsely) to be "color-blind" and that white society had already overcome its traditional racism (Steele 31)
"Public opposition to genetically modified organisms (GMOs) remains strong. By contrast, studies demonstrate again and again that GM crops make a valuable contribution to the development of a sustainable type of agriculture" (Blancke, Van Breusegem, De Jaeger, Braeckman, & Van Montagu, 2015, p
"Genetically modified (GM) crops are increasingly gaining acceptance but concurrently consumers' concerns are also increasing. The introduction of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) genes into the plants has raised issues related to its risk assessment and biosafety" (Kamle, & Ali, 2013, p
There is just no real evidence that shows GMO foods create health problems for individuals when eaten in the long-term. Prominent scientists and policymakers assert with confidence that there is no scientific controversy over the health effects of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) -- that genetically modified crops currently in commercial use and those yet to be commercialized are inherently safe for human consumption and do not have to be tested (Krimsky, 2015, pp
"According to legislation in Iran, the importation of transgenic products should be banned due to the lack of strong evidence for the safety of genetically modified foods. Therefore, the detection of genetically modified on importing products should perform by food control laboratories" (Rezazadeh, Aghaiypour, & Heidari, 2013, p
Evidence-based training can be implemented in a systematic way to the benefit of overall policing quality. For example, it has been shown necessary to specifically train to eliminate racial bias in assessing danger -- without specific training in that regard, bias will not be eliminated (Sim et al
Define argumentative: tending to argue : having or showing a tendency to disagree or argue with other people in an angry… — argumentative in a sentence
ar·gu·men·ta·tive (är?gy?-m?n?t?-t?v) adj. 1. Given to arguing; disputatious. 2. Of or characterized by argument: an argumentative discourse.