Blog #4 Trick or Treat? Freedom of Speech or Bullying, what's your opinion?

Happy Halloween Cadets! Since we are studying the Constitution and our Government, let's tackle the issue of Freedom of Speech.  Here is a News Story about costumes that a parent and her daughter wore to a School Halloween event.  Watch the News story and give your opinion on whether this violates the 1st Amendment of the Constitution and why. Does this infringe on any other personal rights?  Your next task is to find a related story to the 1st Amendment and post it along with the URL and your brief synopsis of the story. Lastly as always, remember to comment on your peer's work. There is a lot to do here but this should be an exciting homework. Good luck and I look forward to reading your responses.  Here is the video:

  

Fox 2 News Headlines

Blog #3 How to Fix the U.S. Budget woes

Hi again cadets and great job on the last assignment on what law you would change for the Constitution.  If you were King again, now you can tackle the job of balancing the budget for our government.  Look at the link that is provided and let everyone know what area of the budget you would cut and for what reasons.  Remember that there are always consequences when  you cut the budget so keep those in mind. Don't forget to also comment on your peer's work as well.
Good luck again and here is the link showing the Budget Information you need.
Federal Budget Link

Blog #2 If you were President, what law would you want to pass or remove?

  Hi again Cadets.  Great job with your first blog. I can hardly wait to see how you will handle this assignment.  Everyone always says "If I Were King", so this is your chance. If you were the President of the United States, what law would you like to pass or remove from our society. Explain your reasoning,  be specific and post your information along with the website where you found your information.  Remember part 3 to also comment on other Cadet's work.  Good luck and I look forward to reading your responses.  I would like to pass a law that limits the term limits for Congressmen to two terms, just like the President of the United States. I believe that this would reduce the gridlock in Washington and reduce the Good Old Boy issues that exist.
Here is my link and notice that there are more PRO's than CON's for limiting Congresses time
in office.  http://www.balancedpolitics.org/term_limits.htm

1SG Lewis

Blog #1 The Government Shutdown and You...

Welcome back Cadets to a new school year.  Since we are studying the Constitution and our government we would normally have started by studying the Mayoral Race in our fair town of NYC.  However, the recent shutdown of our Government because of a dispute between Congress and the President of the United States over budget issues has forced our government spending to be stopped.  People all over the country are being affected by this terrible course of events.  Your task this Blog Post is to #1: give your own personal opinion on the events at hand; #2: post the URL for a website that mirrors or supports your opinion, and lastly; #3: post your opinion of another cadets work and their website information.  Remember that  you have one week to post your work and after that your score will decline accordingly.  Good luck  and here is my own example of the information that I would like for you to post.

1: I feel that the government officials in Congress have lost sight of their responsibility to the American people that elected them and the President to their current office. The repercussions of this action will only affect the poor and the middle class and the government officials that failed to act will not be harmed.

2: