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HOMEWORK 5, DUE SEPTEMBER 17, 2010
ReplyDeleteIt was very hard to choose between the Six Day War and the Camp David Accords. Both of them just stuck out to me sooo much, but the Camp David Accords is what won me over.
The Camp David Accords was a peace treaty that would bring the nations of Israel and Egypt together. The Camp David Accords were signed on the day of September, 17, 1978, and signed by Egyptian President Anwar El Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin. After twelve days of secret negotiations and meetings, these men came together in agreement of peace. They signed it in the white house and were witnessed by United States President Jimmy Carter. Sadly, the Egyptian President Anwar El Sadat was assassinated by some men in his military for signing it. These men took it as if he were a traitor, and also I think someone told me that he was a very mean man, so I could see where that would fall into place with that also. Anyways, there were two frameworks of the peace treaty, the first framework consisted of keeping the peace in the middle east- this was called “A Framework for Peace in the Middle East.” The second framework consisted of the Peace Treaty between Egypt and Israel. This, the second framework was labeled “A Framework for the Conclusion of a Peace Treaty between Egypt and Israel.” The result of the second framework of the Camp David Accords led to the signing of the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty in 1979. Both the Egyptian President Sadat and the Israeli Prime Minister Begin won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1978.
"Why is this person/event/issue significant to world history?" I believe this was important to our world history because the events that happened and are still happening in the Middle East affect us. We are an ally to the nation of Israel, which is perhaps, a good thing. These two men were important because they decided to put aside their differences and their pride for the sake of peace. The Camp David Accords were the affect of these two men who understood that they couldn’t go on without peace between their own countries. These men were and are still important because they chose to rise above and be the leaders that they are, and lead there nations into what is right, and all because of peace.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_David_Accords
http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Peace%20Process/Guide%20to%20the%20Peace%20Process/Camp%20David%20Accords
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ReplyDeleteHomework 7, Due Friday October 1, 2010
ReplyDeleteIn ancient Greece, democracy was different. They never had a direct count of how many people were there like the US did. Demokratia means ambiguous, in other terms, people-power. It’s a theory that the demokratia was surrounded by its enemies, the riches people of Greece. Democracy must have meant in times before “mob rule.” A lot of the words we use today were taken from the ancient Greeks like monarchy, aristocracy, tyranny, oligarchy and - of course - democracy. In Aristotle’s time there is said believed that there wasn’t just one government but over 1500 mini governments in all the different poleis. Those cities that were not democracies were either oligarchies - where power was in the hands of the few richest citizens - or monarchies, called 'tyrannies' in cases where the sole ruler had usurped power by force rather than inheritance. As Abraham Lincoln put it, its government of the people by the people for the people. The difference between Greece’s democracy to day and back then are three things: of scale, of participation and of eligibility. First, the scale is different. There was only an educated guess of population not an exact count. Second, the level of participation. Our government is elected officials but back then it was a democracy of in your face and very direct. Third, the difference of eligibility. Only adult male citizens could do anything.
If the US government is going to change, it has to be for the better. If it’s going to change then it needs to go back to the way it was when the writers of the constitution wrote it. For many years now politicians have been trying to change it to better fit them and not the people. They were changing it to make it better for them. This government was better when it was under the constitution after it was written. I believe that the writers didn’t intend to have god taken out of almost everything when he is the reason WE EVEN EXIST. Now days in the Supreme Court they have a big replica of the 10 commandments up but yet they can sit there and justify making the rulings they have, especially the ones that are issues that concern god. Most of them are being hypocrites. A harder democracy should not be put on the US because it probably wouldn’t work. No the process should stay the same. Info came from
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/greeks/greekdemocracy_01.shtml
on Sunday the 10 and the writer is Paul Cartledge
homework 7 due oct 1, 2010.
ReplyDeleteOne of the most indispensible words we have we owe to the greeks, the word criticism. Another is theory (from the Greek word meaning contemplation, itself based on the root for seeing).An early example of the Greek genius was their invention of political theory. The first concrete evidence for this crucial invention comes in the Histories of Herodotus published in some sense as a whole perhaps in the 420s BC. According to the writer we are in what we would now call the year 522 BC. The mighty Persian empire. since a usurper has occupied the throne. Seven noble Persians conspire to overthrow the usurper and restore legitimate government. In hard practical fact there was no alternative, and no alternative to hereditary autocracy. The system laid down by Cyrus could seriously have been contemplated. Three of the seven noble conspirators are given set speeches to deliver, the first in favor of democracy ,though he does not actually call it that, the second in favor of aristocracy ,a nice form of oligarchy, the third - delivered by Darius, who in historical fact will succeed to the throne ,in favor naturally, of constitutional monarchy, \ in practice meant autocracy.
The greeks had two different kinds of democracy. They had direct democracy and they also had representative democracy. In the direct democracy you vote direct for laws. So in direct democracy you need to get everybody involved and you need meetings where you can vote for these things. In representative democracy you vote to have a a person represent you, most of the time you will vote for a person who has the same or similar opinions as you. I think the direct democracy is the most fairest and clearest form of democracy where really everybody can vote and express his/her opinion. So I would prefer the direct democracy over the representative democracy. In represenative they may only share a few of your opions not all of them. I think the democracy shouldn't be updated because it is already very good for US citizens. Many people think the representative democracy is not good because that way their opinion doesn't really have an influence in the politics and in there government. I also think voting is a big deal. People now are just to lazy to spend ten minutes in there day to go and vote. If we had direct democracy you would have to go even farther to vote and to voice your opinion. So if this happened how many people would go out and vote. If we used internet for elections that would help if we had say direct democracy. People aren't to lazy to get on there computer and vote( I don't think). But direct democracy then would not be a big problem , I mean people would not have to go and travel to vote and spend time, so I think in this senario we wouldn't have a problem with direct democracy.But since this will probably not happen soon I would still say that currently as of now we don't need a change. That is all I have to say.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/greeks/greekdemocracy_01.shtml
ReplyDeleteHomework 6, Due Sep. 24th, 2010
ReplyDeleteWhen you think of Greece, you think of mythology, or the olympics. But do you ever think about modern Greece?
Today, in modern Greece there big problem is there economy. I think everybody knows that Greece is in a big crisis, because It was like on the news.It is probably the worst financial crisis Greece has ever had.From what I gathered from the article the unrest started when the country tried to switch to the Euro.
On Wednesday, May 5, 2010, three people died in a bank; there work. These three was murdered by the rioters who were protesting desisions that the goverment had made. The rioters set fire to the bank and would not let the fire trucks in to douse the flames. If they had let the fire trucks, ambluances, and police through, the victims would still be alive.
In a recent article, which commented on the speech given by the Greek Prime Minister, Papanereou, on September 22, 2010. The Prime Minister expressed his thoughts on the most current events. He stated that it is an unprecedented opportunity to invest in the Greece economy. His point of view is very contradictory to the viewpoints stated in other numerous articles which concern the current events in Greece.
Not only is the global community not trusting of the Greek government but their very own people as well.
The best plan for government officials is for them to humble themselves and become transparent.
Do I think that this could happen in the United States today?
I do not think that all of the violent protests could happen in the United States,but I do think that the economic problems could. Currently, where already trillions of dollars in debt, and that unimaginiable defesit is growing every second as we head in a downward spiral because of: big government bailouts; our taxpayer dollars go to ridicolous things(like for studying on cats:/, or skateparks.. stupid, unnecasary things to put money to when your in so much debt); bad decisions, talkin about that health care reform and several other things done by none other than Obama(If only Bush wasn't so big on big oil companies...); and I'm pretty sure there's something else, it's not like I listen to the news, or listen to Rush Limbawh.
At this rate is inevitable, even when I'm 30 America will still be paying off current debt, which never stops growing..
I have to digress, sure we have laws against riots and such, but I know in big cities there will be awful riots..
So yeah, we can't look down at Greece, because we might be just like them one day.
Greece is currently going through a large amount of economic issues within their country. The economic crisis has caused much violence and protesting among the citizens and government of Greece. Because of the economy going downhill so quickly many people are left without jobs. The people that are having the hardest time with these job cuts are the citizens who were already struggling before the economy crash. Those who are already wealthy are being untouched by the crisis and lack of jobs. Like I said it is causing much violence among the people. On May fifth of this year (yes, that recently!) Greece citizens, about 30,000 or more, gathered and protested. Yelling things like "We want our politicians to go to prison," and “thieves” at parliament. They booed and carried signs saying "Out with the IMF!" It took just a few people to take it even more out of control by burning cars and buildings. Those few masked citizens that decided to make it violent ended up killing 3 innocent people. The 3 citizens were trapped in a burning bank during the protest and unfortunately were not saved in time. Thankfully, by that evening the protestors were cleared out but the anger remained.
ReplyDeleteNow the question is could something like this happen in America. With the way our economy is going right now we could eventually be in the same situation Greece is in if our government doesn’t do something and fast. I think that if the American economy was to go down that same road Greece has I think that Americans could act in the same way. The American society is already violent and harsh over such silly things. If something as serious as this was to happen it is completely likely that American people would do the same as the Greece people. Unfortunately, Violence has always been part of Americans nature even from the very beginning with wars and fights among people and even states. Also, Americans are so crazy about money and success, lots of them would do anything to get money. If all of a sudden money was restricted people would go insane. I think this has something to do with our country losing God as our base. Our forefathers based our country off of Christ and the more we grow the more our country strays away from God. If our country was based more on Christ then my opinion would be different.