Possible Political Science test
Were I a teacher in the Political Sciences, I would think I was “Hot-stuff!” constructing a test for my students as follows:
1. Repealing “Don’t ask, don’t tell”.
2. Lifting the trade embargo on Cuba.
3. Releasing the newest torture pictures.
4. Asking all Americans who can to grow a vegetable garden this summer.
5. Legalizing marijuana.
6. At this time, having a meeting with and endorsing “Single Payer” insurance advocates.
7 Confronting “We are socialist” label.
Example: Who and how many Cabinet Members may say, “Sorry, Mr. President. That decision would greatly impact my department. My department has its hands full right now. With all those extra lobbyist and reporters banging down my door, I would not be able to get anything done on the agenda I am now working on supporting you. Maybe later, OK? Not now”. Be creative in your answers.
As always,
BB
P.S. I remember in Kindergarten or in first grade the teacher told us we no longer extended our arm out to salute the flag. I do not remember if it was the left or right arm. (I am now left-handed) She went on to tell us we were now going to place our right hand over our heart. Funny why I remember that now.
Inspiration post:
Obama and Latin America: No Light, All Tunnel
By ROBERT SANDELS
Excerpt:
Negating all that, Obama told the 33 other leaders in Port of Spain that he would not lift the blockade (embargo) against Cuba until President Raul Castro did what he asked: release political prisoners, and so on. The ball, it was said, was now in Cuba's court because Obama had done his part by rolling back the harsh rules on family visits to Cuba set by Bush in 2004 and by allowing US telecommunications companies access to the Cuban market.
And
The summit's final declaration dutifully went along with the pretence that the summit was about "Securing Our Citizens' Future by Promoting Human Prosperity, Energy Security and Environmental Sustainability," when it was really about Cuba and US interventionism, particularly the economic blockade of Cuba and the refusal to seat Raul Castro at the summit table. Chavez remarked that the final declaration was "totally lost in time and space as if time had not passed."[4]
http://counterpunch.com/sandels05132009.html
And well written diary:
The War on Marijuana
by valfaro
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/5/14/731256/-The-War-on-Marijuana
And
Quick to despair, I am afraid!
by fearaserin
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/5/14/731248/-Quick-to-despair,-I-am-afraid!
THE CABINETName the Cabinet Member(s) and what he/she would have said to Pres. Obama at a cabinet meeting seeking their advice on the following. Sub-title, “No man is an island”.When and if possible, you may add comments from Robert Gibbs:
The tradition of the Cabinet dates back to the beginnings of the Presidency itself. Established in Article II, Section 2, of the Constitution, the Cabinet's role is to advise the President on any subject he may require relating to the duties of each member's respective office.
The Cabinet includes the Vice President and the heads of 15 executive departments — the Secretaries of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, Housing and Urban Development, Interior, Labor, State, Transportation, Treasury, and Veterans Affairs, as well as the Attorney General.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/cabinet/
1. Repealing “Don’t ask, don’t tell”.
2. Lifting the trade embargo on Cuba.
3. Releasing the newest torture pictures.
4. Asking all Americans who can to grow a vegetable garden this summer.
5. Legalizing marijuana.
6. At this time, having a meeting with and endorsing “Single Payer” insurance advocates.
7 Confronting “We are socialist” label.
Example: Who and how many Cabinet Members may say, “Sorry, Mr. President. That decision would greatly impact my department. My department has its hands full right now. With all those extra lobbyist and reporters banging down my door, I would not be able to get anything done on the agenda I am now working on supporting you. Maybe later, OK? Not now”. Be creative in your answers.
As always,
BB
P.S. I remember in Kindergarten or in first grade the teacher told us we no longer extended our arm out to salute the flag. I do not remember if it was the left or right arm. (I am now left-handed) She went on to tell us we were now going to place our right hand over our heart. Funny why I remember that now.
Inspiration post:
Obama and Latin America: No Light, All Tunnel
By ROBERT SANDELS
Excerpt:
Negating all that, Obama told the 33 other leaders in Port of Spain that he would not lift the blockade (embargo) against Cuba until President Raul Castro did what he asked: release political prisoners, and so on. The ball, it was said, was now in Cuba's court because Obama had done his part by rolling back the harsh rules on family visits to Cuba set by Bush in 2004 and by allowing US telecommunications companies access to the Cuban market.
And
The summit's final declaration dutifully went along with the pretence that the summit was about "Securing Our Citizens' Future by Promoting Human Prosperity, Energy Security and Environmental Sustainability," when it was really about Cuba and US interventionism, particularly the economic blockade of Cuba and the refusal to seat Raul Castro at the summit table. Chavez remarked that the final declaration was "totally lost in time and space as if time had not passed."[4]
http://counterpunch.com/sandels05132009.html
And well written diary:
The War on Marijuana
by valfaro
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/5/14/731256/-The-War-on-Marijuana
And
Quick to despair, I am afraid!
by fearaserin
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/5/14/731248/-Quick-to-despair,-I-am-afraid!
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