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CI Powerpoint
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Monday
• People you need to know• Current situation with Syria
• KQ- Is it in America’s best interest to punish Syria?
• KQ2- Is Obama doing the right thing by going to Congress?
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Barack Obama
• President• Former Democratic Senator from IL
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Joe Biden
• Vice President (Democrat)• Former Senator from DE• From Scranton
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John Kerry-Secretary of State
• Former Senator from MA• Former Pres. candidate
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John Boehner
• Speaker of the House of Representatives• From Ohio
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Harry Reid
• Senate Majority Leader• From Nevada
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Bashar al Assad
• Military leader (dictator) of Syria• Has led since 2000• Took over for his dad who – Ruled for 30 years
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Vladimir Putin
• President of Russia• Judo expert• Changes the rules to stay
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The Situation with Syria
• Civil war between rebels (terrorists?) and the government
• Been going on for several years• Reached a boiling point when (apparently)
chemical weapons used
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Why no UN?
• Russia has veto power• China is vetoing too• Russia and Syria are trading partners• Russia has repeatedly vetoed attempts of
using the UN
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More Stuff
• China and Syria are also trading partners, and Iran is on Syria’s side
• Great Britain voted down involvement• The “rebels” may be working with some
groups that we would call terrorists.
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US Options
• Congress approves tomahawk cruise missile strike, Obama authorizes
• Congress votes down cruise missile strike, Obama uses executive order
• Congress votes down missile strike, and the US doesn’t get involved.
• **Obama has said no troops on the ground. We really don’t want to remove Assad
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Based off of what we’ve talked about, what’s being said here?
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What is this saying? Which would kind of lead to which one being the “better” choice
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To close…
• What should we do? Boils down to this. If people are being killed by a regime, is it our job to intervene or not?
• Discuss
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Monday
• Gun Control: Recall in Colorado• Key Question: Should gun control be
increased?
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Recall vote in Colorado
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What is a recall?
• People get petitions signed• Election prior to the ending of someone’s term• It is a way of eliminating people from office for
egregious votes that are not illegal actions that would disqualify someone from service
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State Senators’ John Morse and Angela Giron
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What did they do?
• Voted in favor of universal background checks and limiting the size of magazine clips
• In response to the mass shooting in Aurora
• Similar things passed in Maryland, New York, and other states, but Colorado is different.
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Answer…
• Do you agree with the recall?
• Do you agree with what the two voted for?
• You can say Yes to both, and No to both. Procedure versus Policy
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Facts…surprises?
Households With a Gun
Adults Owning a Gun
Adults Owning a Handgun
Percentage 40-45% 30-34% 17-19%
Number 47-53 million 70-80 million 40-45 million
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More percentages…anything surprising?
Category Percentage Owninga Firearm
Households 42%Individuals 30%Male 47%Female 13%White 33%Nonwhite 18%Republican 41%Independent 27%Democrat 23%
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In the same poll, the reasons stated…
Protection Against Crime 67%Target Shooting 66%Hunting 58%
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Sobering statistics…
• Based on survey data from the U.S. Department of Justice, roughly 5,340,000 violent crimes were committed in the United States during 2008.
• Based on survey data from a 2000 study published in the Journal of Quantitative Criminology, U.S. civilians use guns to defend themselves and others from crime at least 989,883 times per year
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• At the current homicide rate, roughly one in every 240 Americans will be murdered.
• Right to personal protection (close to a million a year) or is it part of the problem?
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Wednesday
• One interesting headline.• Political Cartoon Analysis• Please record the topics and thoughts
associated with each cartoon.
• Essential Skill-Analyze political cartoons for message, symbols, and context
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Man guilty of “tricking” girlfriend into abortion
• Told her it was antibiotics• Charged under the Unborn Victim of Violence
Act, which would carry mandatory life sentence.
• Pled guilty so he could get 13 years instead of life.
• Too short, too long?• What if it was reversed?
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Why?
• Taxation• Rules• Health Care mandate
• Agree/Disagree?
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Stuff…
• Obama won Nobel Prize in 2009• Missiles aimed at Syria• Contradiction?
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• People working multiple jobs• Irony…Labor Day was about the rights and
celebration of the Labor movement and workers
• A recovery where we have to work multiple jobs…is it a recovery?
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What we talked about yesterday…
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Ouch…
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• Message: We are more concerned with salacious stuff than the plight of people in Syria
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• No oversight on those spying on us.• 4th amendment- Right to be secure in your
possessions, papers, belongings from unreasonable searches and seizures without a warrant
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Ouch!
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Pope Francis
• Argentinian• All about the poor• Called out Obama over Syria• Called out EVERYONE over refugees from Syria• Though conservative, has shown to be flexible
on gay issues.
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A striking contrast… but misleading too.
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