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The Finer Points of Merit
Merit means to be judged by your skills and accomplishments. To be judged on merit also implies you are judged by the content of your character. Merit means that you can rest assured that hard work is rewarded. Jobs hire based on merit, not looks. Merit means that you get into an educational program of your choice based on your hard work, not your affirmative action clauses. We would like to build a society based on merit exclusively and not how much money you have. As it is now, we are eroding our civilization by not relying on merit.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez8 years ago in The Swamp
A Talk Between a White, Big Sister and Her Younger, Half Black Brother
Never once did I think this day would come. Never once did I think that I, at age 22, a white female, would have to sit my little brother down, age 14, half black, looks mostly black, and have “the talk” with him.
By Kenzie Lane Stapleton8 years ago in The Swamp
The Fight for Free Speech
Fellow Millennials, It’s come to my attention that whether you’re a die-hard Sanders socialism supporter, a defender of Clinton’s Liberal allegiances, or a rider on the Republican Trump train, we all want to have our opinions heard (and—optimistically—respected). However, if we intend to preserve any value we hold in our FIRST amendment rights, we have to foremost be open (although maybe not always accepting) to all other viewpoints that oppose our own in order to protect it. If you’re facing challenges on your campus, I’ve included a few tips below that I’ve learned from being involved in the battle for freedom of ideas, opinions, and any other form of speech at my university, Cal State Fullerton.
By Hannah Reams8 years ago in The Swamp
World War 2 and World War 3
World wars usually get started because one country is busy invading another country. World War 2 happened because Hitler got intense about his desire for global domination, which resulted in how he signed treaties with Mussolini and Japan, other fascist world powers at the time. Hitler decided he was Führer (supreme leader). Hitler was a delusional occultist and statesman because he wanted power unto himself. He wanted to take away the powers of the common people in his bid for global domination. Hitler roped the former Soviet Union into helping him by signing a treaty with the Soviets since Germany and Italy declared war on the United States.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez8 years ago in The Swamp
Most Famous Political Writers of All Time
Political writers are seen as protestors who protest through their writing. Intelligent, passionate, and inspiring, the world has come across some of the best writers in politics that we've ever seen. From years ago to recent days, these individuals have placed the most powerful words through pen and onto paper and made a difference—impacting people's perspectives. The majority of their writing would usually fall back to the political incidences that would take place during the time, and as their writing affected the people and their views, these are the type of political writes who've earned the title of one of the best.
By George Nekilan8 years ago in The Swamp
Modern Genocide
This article covers genocide after 1970 as per from 1975-1979 Pol Pot led the Khmer Rouge, which brutalized Cambodia, resulting in the deaths of 25 percent of the population from starving them, overwork, and execution. The 1975 withdrawal of U.S troops from Vietnam led to a vacuum that Pol Pot took advantage of in order to rid Cambodia of western influences such as Western culture, city life, and religion, since he was inspired by the Mao Cultural Revolution in China to go after intellectuals, former government officials, as well as Buddhist monks. In 1992, other genocidal situations included the Bosnia and Herzegovina ethnic cleansing by the Serbians because of Slobodan Milosevic.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez8 years ago in The Swamp
Is America Trying to Mask the Real Problem by Using Gun Control?
Is America trying to mask the real problem by using gun control? Should we really be focusing on gun control or should we focus more on mental illness? That is the question that a lot of people right now are asking; especially in light of the most current situations here in America. The first thing that we should look at is, “What is the 2nd amendment”? Well the 2nd amendment is part of the bill of rights, which states “A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.” And the 2nd amendment was adopted on December 15th, 1791; but why is everyone so concerned with it right now?
By Karina Layman8 years ago in The Swamp
The Rise of the Fourth Reich
Neo-Nazis view the 4th Reich as the rise of neo-Nazi Germany into power once again. They actually look forward to this. Some theorists believe that Germany is into a covert rise of the neo-Nazi agenda (Wikipedia). Neo-Nazis want the Aryan race to be at the forefront of anything they do. The German neo-Nazis want Germany to acquire nuclear weapons, which sets Germany back to its ways in 1937. Nazis would like a “pan-Aryan world empire” which encompasses all land populated by predominantly European-descended peoples from Europe to Russia, white people’s America, Australia, the Southern Cone of South America, New Zealand, and South Africa; basically anywhere there are white people. The Fourth Reich has risen without many shots being fired, if you believe the paranoia.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez8 years ago in The Swamp
The War on Drugs: It's Time to Surrender
Ask an average republican what he or she believes are the most pressing issues facing the United States today. Chances are, you wouldn’t hear about our excess military spending or the fact that we dwarf the rest of the world in the categories of both mass incarceration and mass shootings. What you may hear, however, is that the United States has a drug problem and that the only inevitable solution to this problem—the only way the United States can finally defeat those wishing to pump their own bodies full of harmful substances they’ve used their own money to obtain—is to crack down even harder on drug users and imprison more people, helping to contribute to the mass incarceration issue mentioned earlier. An average democrat would likely have a different opinion on the most pressing issues facing the country, but would most likely still support the “War on Drugs” to an extent, maybe going as far as to say that recreational marijuana should be legalized nationwide while maintaining that “harder” substances should remain illicit. While I tend to side more with the democrats on this issue, I disagree with both of these stances, because I fundamentally disagree with their premise.
By Hannah Smart8 years ago in The Swamp
