jeffrey robert lange

During times of war, it is common for any type of government to become more aware of its enemy. In the second World War, the United States openly targeted people of Japanese origin, and after the attack on the World Trade Center the United States became suspicious of people with Arab-Muslim background. The biggest recent step that the United States government took towards enforcing racial profiling was the act called Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act (USA PATRIOT Act). Although previous political movements are hailed as terrible, the USA PATRIOT Act could be enforcing racial profiling. However, the USA PATRIOT Act has done a fine job at protecting our borders from the real threat of terrorism.
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Will we have a female president? Probably not, but we may have the first African-American president on our hands. Sure the results of the Iowa caucus that occurred yesterday aren’t the most accurate indicator of who our next president will be, but they sure are a good sign. I’m content with Mike Huckabee getting the majority vote for the Republicans, and Barack Obama receiving the most Democratic votes, but I personally like Mitt Romney because I can relate better to him. He also has less political experience, which I think we need more of. We need more public assistants and less greedy briberees (one who takes a bribe).

All winning aside, I sure am glad that Hillary Clinton got third place, especially under John Edwards. The idea of a female president does not scare me, but Hillary sure does.

Information gathered at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7170954.stm