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I do not know anymore, Its getting to hard to tell the differences between propaganda and news.' Propaganda-Systematic efforts to spread opinions or beliefs. (The World Book Dictionary,Volume 2, copyright1967) A more modern definition would read the same except now it is more frequently used to describe the government's brand of news. And with the 30: second candidate in place, propaganda can spread faster in thirty seconds then it did in the seemingly ancient methods of getting on a train and going to every town. Which took a minimum of 5 month but with the age of 30:canidate setting in the West, along the horizon in the East the dawning of a new era in politics rises, with web pages, Emails and web TV. Imagine how quickly propaganda can spread then. It's like a frenzy of Madison Avenue sharks trying to tap the new computer market while squeezing dry the old. And at the rate there going they will have my grand kids asking me Grandpa what's propaganda, hopefully I w ill still remember the answer.
' I stand for freedom and the American way,' wow so does everybody else. This propaganda technique is called glittering generalities. When a candidate says things that appeals to everyone in hopes to sway your vote. That's just one psychological mind game that politicians use to spread propaganda. Johnson had a controversial commercial during cold war times, which implied that is opponent was trigger-happy. In a time were everyone 's worst fear was that they were going to get blown up by Russian nukes, how could anyone in the right minds vote for a man who would get the U.S blown up. That was the train of thought that went through Johnson 's advertisers minds while that aired. The tactic they used was a sophisticated political tactic called Name-Calling it may remind some people of childhood. . When the cards are stacked against people they usually fold. Card stacking a technique where a person only uses facts that support them. Polls show that family is the way ...
"execution prevents eighteen murders per year."(Hirsch, 122) Opponents argue that capital punishment is immoral. But if you follow the Old Testament, it is moral. In one passage from Genesis, 'Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed.' Another from Exodus, 'Eye for an eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn...
During the past decade, our society has become based solely on the ability to move large amounts of information across large distances quickly. Computerization has influenced everyone's life. The natural evolution of computers and this need for ultra-fast communications has caused a global network of interconnceted computers to develop. This glo...
During the twentieth century, the popularity of the American Communist party was fueled less by its beliefs, than by the Government's ever-more-antagonistic attitude toward foreign influences in America. After the armistice of World War I, disillusioned by the political and social turmoil abroad, the United States sought to unify its people, and t...
You could be the next presidential candidate! Sound good? You must file papers with the Federal Election Commission to run. You also have to pay the nominal filing fee charged to candidates entering the New Hampshire primary. That doesn't sound so difficult. Anyone who can accomplish these two tasks may run for President. Usually, some unlikely peo...
The interpretation of the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America has been a topic of controversy since its acceptance over two-hundred years ago. This controversy stems from the fact that the amendment was written for reasons for the most part that do not have any relevance today. One side argues the amendment void,...
Special interest groups have dominated government since the advent of America's political system. Special interest groups or lobbies are collections of individuals who join together to pursue common interests and to influence the decisions on public policies. Many people view special interest groups as an integral part of the political process, l...
As his final presidential act, John Adams appointed 42 new Justices of the Peace, the appointments were officially certified by Marshall, then Secretary of State, but all of them were not delivered before Jefferson took office.Jefferson then directed Madison, the new Secretary of State, not to deliver the remaining commissions. Marbury was one of t...
A Michigan college student posts sadistic fantasy about a classmate to an Internet newsgroup and is charged with the threat to injure. A postal inspector in Memphis, Tennessee downloads a pornographic image off the Internet and the California couple who posted it is arrested for violating Tennessee's obscenity laws. A programmer's encryption soft...
At some point the American public must take a stand and decide what they feel are appropriate aspects of the person that will represent them for four years as the President of the United States. But when will this be, and will it even happen at all? I feel that drug use by a presidential candidate at any time in his life is grounds for ineligibil...
Wilson: 'The Imperial German Government' put aside all restraints of law or humanity and use(d) its submarines to sink every ship that tried to approach Great Britain and Ireland, the western coast of Europe, or any of the ports controlled by the enemies of Germany within the Mediterranean' etc.' Bush: 'Saddam Hussein systematically raped, pillage...
For years now, China has been making an effort to update its nuclear arsenal to be at the level of other countries that are known world super powers. To do this, China has been buying both weapons and information, as well as spying to gain technology. The reason China is trying to bulk up on nuclear weapons is supposedly because, in the past, it...
The U.S. debt is over $13 trillion, and does the Federal Government owe the sum of all outstanding debt. Nearly two-thirds is the public debt, which is owed to the people, businesses and foreign governments who bought Treasury Bills, Notes and Bonds. The U.S. debt is the largest in the world. Federal Budget Deficit Government debt is an accumulatio...
is a service that many people do not know about. In addition to guarding the president, has been used for many other tasks since its creation. At the close of the Civil War, between one-third and one-half of all U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit. On July 5, 1865, the Secret Service was created as a bureau under the Department...
Thomas Jefferson's idea of democracy was one in which people had the right to question the government. Just as Socrates' mission was that of questioning everything and everyone. Socrates educated many and created followers intent on continuing Socrates' work. In effect this is quite similar if not the same as Jefferson's ideas that the people have...
