Washington State Highways Passes

Leavenworth, Washington is a beautiful Bavarian styled village with a true four-season climate. It is on the eastern edge of the Cascade Mountains, and has a much drier, more continental climate than Seattle, which is a two and a half hour drive west. Leavenworth receives an average of twenty-four inches of precipitation per year, which supports a variety of tree species including Ponderosa Pines. Its climate and beautiful natural setting make Leavenworth a great spot for recreation. The Wenatchee River is one of the state's best white water rafting locations. Hiking, biking, golf and fishing are also popular.

In the winter, Leavenworth's temperatures are typically in the 30's and 40's with lows near 20. Leavenworth receives the vast majority of its annual precipitation between October and March, much of which falls as snow. It average ninety-five inches of snowfall per year and is one of Washington State's snowiest cities. This is largely due to Leavenworth being tucked in close to much higher mountain peaks that rise to over 8,000 feet. Leavenworth's elevation is just 1,200 feet. Most years, snow remains on the ground for much of the winter. Cross-country skiing, dog sledding, and downhill skiing are all popular wintertime activities. For downhill skiing, Stevens Pass Ski Area and Mission Ridge Ski Area are less than an hours drive, in addition to nearby Leavenworth Ski Hill.

In spring, temperatures typically rise into the 60's and 70's with low temperatures in the 30's and 40's. Leavenworth's low temperatures do not average above freezing until April. The Wenatchee River and Icicle Creek are at peak flows due to the mountain snowmelt. Summers are warm and dry in Leavenworth. In fact, Leavenworth is one of the warmest areas in the state with a Ponderosa Pine forest. Temperatures are typically in the 80's to near 90 degrees, with temperatures occasionally reach the one hundred degree mark. Rainfall averages less than one inch per month in the summer time. Temperatures cool off at night to an average near 50 degrees.

Summer weekends are extremely busy in Leavenworth. The town hosts several popular events and festivals such as the Icicle Creek Chamber Music Festival, Acoustic Music Festival, Art in the Park, and Leavenworth Wine Tasting Festival. Highway 2, the main thoroughfare through town can become very congested with traffic from festivals and recreation seekers. The Leavenworth area is very popular for camping and backpacking. Other popular summer activities in Leavenworth include: rafting, inter-tubing, bicycling, golfing, and summer theater.

In September, Leavenworth begins celebrating the arrival of the fall season. It hosts the Wenatchee River Salmon festival, celebrating the return of the salmon. The event has hands on activities, educational exhibits, live music, and arts and crafts. Other September events include the Washington State Autumn Leaf Festival and the Leavenworth Fall Music Festival, which takes place at and is a fundraiser for the Leavenworth Ski Hill. Temperatures in Leavenworth plunge rapidly falling from an average of high of 78 degrees in September to 34 degrees in December. Low temperatures drop quickly as well.

In October, the area is aglow with beautiful fall foliage. The city hosts its annual Oktoberfest celebration the first three weekends of the month. The city's celebration is one of the largest in the world outside of Germany. Locals and Bavarian natives really get into the spirit. It is not uncommon to see Oktoberfest attendees dressed in traditional Bavarian attire. Great live music and German food are on tap in addition to beer.

In December, the town celebrates the holiday season with its Christmas Lighting Festival, which occurs the first three weekends of the month. It is a great way to celebrate the magic of the season with Christmas carolers, great food, and hot drinks.

Frequently Asked Questions

QUESTION:
Washington state drivers passing on the right?
I've driven in almost every state in the continental US and in BC, and, for the most part, everybody respects the "slower drivers keep left; pass on the right" rule. Except for Washington state. I drive from Portland to Seattle once or twice a month, and to other places in Washington maybe 6 times a year, and I've noticed two things:

1. Some people drive slower than average in the left lane, without regard to the chain of frustrated drivers behind them or the big wide open empty lane to their right, forcing everybody to pass them on the right.

2. People drive in the middle lane, and others pass them on the right, even when the left lane is empty.

So, Washington drivers, my question is this: Does WA not recognize the left lane passing rule or is everybody just rude? Really. I see this over and over again every single trip. If it was an occasional thing I'd get over it, but it's every single time I'm on I-5! Or any other WA interstate or major highway! What's up???
- ANSWER:
  I too see this behavior frequently on WA interstates.
  There seems to be a lot of self righteous passive aggressive drivers in Washington State. They are going to show you what the speed limit is regardless of whether or not it ties up traffic. So they drive the limit in the left lane just to prove how right they are.
  
  I think its a combination of rudeness and not wanting to be "inconvenienced" by having to slow down for merging traffic in the right lane.
QUESTION:
Passing the road test in Washington state?
I live in Washington state and I will be taking my road test in two weeks.Can someone please tell what i am required to do ex: will i have to park? drive on highway? etc.
- ANSWER:
  Parallel parking, normal parking, back around a corner, maintaining speed, signaling, and just normal driving. You should not have to drive on the highway at all for your test (not that highway driving is a big deal anyways).
QUESTION:
Washington state law about passing on the right?
Ok so today my best friend got rear ended trying to make a left hand turn by a lady trying to pass on the right of a single lane highway with no turn lanes. The cop said that she was in the wrong. The cop also said that he was over the line a little and had anyone gotten hurt he would have been in the wrong. I dont get that. How would he be in the wrong? Is there a law saying that it would be his fault had anyone gotten hurt? Because i would like to see it in writing.
Ok i get the 9/10 and 1/10 of the law. The cop said that he was over the white line. Well we went back and looked at it and he was right at the white line. But still even if he did move over so she couldnt go around him she was still fallowing to close. So she still should be at fault right? She broke 2 laws trying to pass him. So even if he had pulled over on purpose she still was fallowing to close. And where in the law book does it say it could be his fault? i still want to see it in writing.
- ANSWER:
  9/10 of the law is that whosoever rear-ends another car is at fault. You friend got rear-ended, and the lady bears complete blame. The 1/10 of the law which would exonerate her is that your friend deliberately did something to cause her to read-end him. In this case, it seems ironclad that she was at fault.
QUESTION:
where do i search to find mountain passes in my area?
washington state, yakama reservation, highway 97 south
- ANSWER:
  Well that is not near Orlando, FL! So I don't know...sorry! LOL!
QUESTION:
stats helppp plzzz? whoever asnwers will be get 10 points as best answer...need answer asap...?
After a severe winter, potholes develop in a state highway at the rate of 5.2 per mile. Thirty-five miles of this highway pass through Washington County.

a.How many potholes would you expect to see in the county?
b.What is the probability of finding 8 potholes in 1 mile of highway?
i do not know what kind of probability
- ANSWER:
  a. 5.2 * 35 = 182
  b. What kind of distribution does it follow?
QUESTION:
stats help plzzzz????????????????
After a severe winter, potholes develop in a state highway at the rate of 5.2 per mile. Thirty-five miles of this highway pass through Washington County.

a.How many potholes would you expect to see in the county?
b.What is the probability of finding 8 potholes in 1 mile of highway?
i have to use the questions marks so that i fill in 20 characters in the heading...
but i dont knw what numbers to divide and i dont wanna mess it up
- ANSWER:
  please do not use so many question marks. it causes eye strain.
  
  you need to do some multiplication to figure this question out, and then divide.
QUESTION:
Why are Seattle drivers the slowest on the continent?
Why do drivers in Seattle and Washington State often travel below the speed limit, holding up everyone behind them?

Why do Seattleites constantly drive in the far-left lane on the freeway when the lanes on the right are empty, often under the speed limit? Have they not ever heard of "keep right except to pass"?

Why do Seattle drivers merge onto the highway like snails, causing all moving cars to slow? Moreover, why when merging, do they not continue to the end of the merge lane and rather try to merge at the first possible opportunity, causing a log-jam? Why is it called "lane jumping" when such drivers (from out-of-state) rightfully continue to the end of the merging lane to the proper place to merge? Why were Seattle cops ticketing this?

Why are there State Patrols harassing people everywhere when everyone is driving so slowly anyway?

Does any bright mind think that there might be some correlation between hideous Seattle traffic and slow, incompetent driving?
- ANSWER:
  I live in Seattle, and I must say I agree with you ,to a point. We have a very strict Police patrol here...and you are not getting away. There are so many freeway construction jobs going on...you can not afford to get caught speeding. Plus...we have the lowest road rage ,,,and no one in a hustle and bustle . We are very laid back people...lovely city...and some of the most generous people in the country. We take life easy everyday...but we still get our business done. Everyone(some) get good sleep, get up in time..not to be running a race to work. I have never had any problems other then traffic...but I guess it's because i don't' hang aroung until the last minute,to do what i have to do...along with everyone else....
QUESTION:
What is the "actual" speed limit in the "passing lane" on a highway, and are there exceptions?
Especially if you are trying to put some distance between yourself, and an eratic driver? I live in the State of Washington.
- ANSWER:
  You can go 10 miles over the speed limit to pass someone. I live in the state of Washington too.
QUESTION:
What do you think of these stupid state laws?
Texas-
1.) A recently passed anticrime law requires criminals to give their victims 24 hours notice, either orally or in writing, and to explain the nature of the crime to be committed.
2.) It is illegal to drive without windshield wipers. You don't need a windshield, but you must have the wipers.
3.) A city ordinance states that a person cannot go barefoot without first obtaining a special five-dollar permit.

Nevada-
1.) It's still "legal" to hang someone for shooting your dog on your property.
2.) It is illegal to drive a camel on the highway.
3.) [Clark County] An ordinance makes bringing a concealable fire arm into the county illegal unless it is registered with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. In order to register a handgun, however, it must be brought in to the police station. Furthermore, you may not register a gun on the weekends, but the police may prosecute you at that time.

Washington-
1.) It is illegal to paint polka dots on the American flag.
2.) All lollipops are banned.
3.) It is illegal to pretend that one's parents are rich.
- ANSWER:
  Are you sure these are real?
QUESTION:
Is there any Ethics of Responsibility Left in Washington, or is it all Ethics of Intention?
Does Gridlock in Washington Have a Source?
Is Obama Being Honest When He Calls the Republicans Obstructionist?
The one thing that we know is that nothing is getting done -- no jobs -- no fix for the economy -- no solution to the debt problem -- no solution to the trade deficit -- or to healthcare costs -- or to the Iran problem -- or to anything. Washington is paralysed in a curare-like state -- it might as well be a stuffed animal at the Natural History Museum -- in fact I think that's where the Congress should convene -- after their curare injections -- at least they could be used in diaramas and school kids could come and look at them. They would still be bone-idle, but at least useful for something.

Now comes Obama to tell us that The GOP Congress people are being obstructionist.

What an arrogant idea!

He doesn't say that he Obama is a radical Marxist trying to harness the American people up to massive social programs that are filled with unfunded mandates and that are socialist in content and in outcome.

He doesn't say that America is not a Marxist nation, so naturally there is a mismatch between his ideas and what Americans want.

He doesn't say that when Congress blocks his insane Marxist agenda it is doing the People's Will. They don't want that agenda -- that's why Congress is blocking it.

Obama's position is that Congress is the stubborn one, who really should just get out of his way, so that light could break forth from the clouds and progress could be made.

The Obama worldview is ridiculously arrogant. He never considers the possibility that maybe nothing is being done because he wants everything his own way, and he refuses to triangulate, which he could do because there's a huge area of common agreement where Obama could just put that stuff in bills and get them passed and sign them. Huge areas of common ground. Obama walks by them, does nothing with them, says the whole problem is that the GOP is too stubborn.

Obama is the source of the gridlock in Washington. More precisely it is his overweening arrogance -- the idea that he knows everything and that nobody else knows anything -- so if the bills are not 100% Obama Obama Obama and more Obama, then no point in even considering them -- he tells Pelosi and Reid just to suppress anything that's not 100% Progressive Caucus sourced. If it's not his agenda, it's not on paper in the Capitol. My way or the highway.

And, by the way, the GOP guys are a bunch of obstructionists and naysayers.

How about for this question only people that have read the question try to answer it. That way we get smarter answers, or at least more relevant ones. It's a serious question. There must be some person in America who is serious about politics -- they can't all be at the Gaga Tea Party Convention. We shall see, eh?
- ANSWER:
  My dear fellow American, we are being brought down by a man who claims not to be an ideologue, but what else should we call him with his obvious Marxist tendencies? His foundation for recovery, he claims has stemmed the bleeding. Really? Where?
  
  The source of the gridlock starts with progressives like Pelosi, Reid, Frank and those who will cram health care down our throats even, as Pelosi states, "the gates are locked, they will pole vault in, and if that doesn't work they will parachute in!" What the people really want is of no concern to them as that is not their agenda. How much more arrogant can these elitists get?
  
  I think many of the GOP are responding realistically to our debt, and the economy. Spending, taxing and borrowing is Obama's 6 word plan according to Bob Bennett (R-Utah), and I believe he has hit the nail on the head.
  
  A revolution is coming in November. See you at the polls!
  
  MR
QUESTION:
How are these unconstitutional?
what amendment/article do these scenarios go against?

President - A serious economic crisis takes place in the U.S. The President decides to run for a third term.

Congress - Congress passes a law taking 10% on lumber being exported. (Article I, Section 9)

Congress - Congress passes a low that people from Washington may not drive cars in Oregon because of pollution.

Courts - Since Washington D.C. is not in any state, residents there may not vote in national elections.

President - To fight terrorism, anyone found guilty of hijacking will be punished by having their fingernails ripped off.

Congress - Congress decides that beards are illegal; anyone who wore one in the last year must a 0 fine.

Courts - The Court decides that religion and politics don't mix; therefore, no government official is required to take an oath of office.

President - Your land is in the way of a federal highway, so the President takes your land without compensation.
Yes, Pat, I am afraid the Constitution will BITE me. How did you know that's my fear?!
- ANSWER:
  - After FDR served four terms, the 22nd amendment was passed to make two terms the maximum. (This is based off George Washington's refusal to run for a third term)
  
  - It looks like you've already answered this one
  
  - Other than this one just being absurd, driving-related laws are handled by the states. This isn't explicitly stated in the Constitution but it's derived from the tenth amendment, i.e. the Constitution doesn't say congress can do that, so it's a state right.
  
  - Voting eligibility is based off age and citizenship status, as outlined in the 14th amendment.
  
  - This falls under cruel and unusual punishment in the 8th amendment.
  
  - This would be an ex post facto law illegal under Article 1, Section 9. It would also be thrown out by the courts for being a stupid law :s
  
  - The presidential oath is outlined in Article 2, Section 1. Religion doesn't play a role because the oath is secular (the popular addition of "so help me God" is not part of the oath written in the Constitution). Other oaths are not written word-for-word and therefore do not have to have religious implications, but they are required by Article 6 .
  
  - Firstly, the President doesn't have the power to do that. Such an act would be carried out by Congress. I believe this falls under unreasonable siezure (4th amendment). Alternately it could fall under the 9th amendment.
QUESTION:
Wrong information on ticket, Officer said otherwise?
I got pulled over in March, and It is now July. The officer that day pulled me over because i didn't have a front license plate. He soon realized that i didn't have my California Drivers License. I had my permit, but was driving alone because I had to pick up my sister from work, (father recently passed away causing mom to have to work multiple jobs, so there was no other choice) He asked for insurance, and i had no clue the car was in non-op seeing as it was a project car i've been working on. It had full coverage up until a few weeks before i got pulled over. I immediately called a family friend CHP (California Highway patrol) and let him overhear everything that was being said by the officer. The officer clearly stated, "I don't need your signature on anything, nor do I need to tell you what's being done because you're a minor" He never once stated that i was getting a ticket, nor any process he was doing. He also got upset because I had Washington state plates in California. These plates were renewed the month before and are registered to a California address making it 100% legal. He didn't believe me, and called it in on the spot. 15 minutes later he said I was correct. I was summoned to court and appeared in Teen Court yesterday, they gave me a copy of charges/ticket, and it says I was in a Pontiac, and it had CA plates. I was in a Ford Thunderbird with Washington plates. What can i do to fight this?

I'm thinking of requesting a court trial type case and having him come in to testify, as well as my CHP friend. The sheriff made it clear I wasn't getting a ticket nor did he say what I did wrong. He just said take care of the front plate and don't drive anymore. He let me stay at the gas station until someone came to pick me up (I just drove home behind a CHP escort) If a sheriff messed up my information THAT bad, never stated I was getting a ticket, never had me sign ANYTHING, and never notified my parents shouldn't I be able to fight this?

As for my DL charges we've been trying for months to get an emergency license to allow me to pick up any of my 3 younger siblings while my mom is at work. the DMV has not been working with us very well, and I got pulled over during this process. It isn't fair that I have taken Drivers ed, taken safety classes with CHP, and taken extra classes for my own good, passed my drivers permit test 1st try, and have been FIGHTING to get my DL to help my mom out and I still got into trouble.

What do you all think my chance are in court? What if i have a lawyer? Think he can do some good?
- ANSWER:
  With all of the discrepancies on the ticket if you have a lawyer you should be able to get them dismissed.~
QUESTION:
Is there anything wrong with English-Only Driver's License Bill Close to Passing?
ATLANTA -- Getting a drivers license in Georgia can be an unpleasant experience, but it's even more difficult for many immigrants.

That's why the Georgia Department of Driver Services now offers tests in a dozen languages.

But the State Legislature is about to change that, requiring all tests to be taken in English.

The sponsor of SB 67 says it's simply a matter of public safety on the highways.

"There're some cases where in other parts of the country people have had wrecks and caused deaths and it was caused because they couldn't read the signs," says State Senator Jack Murphy of Cumming.

But some civil rights groups claim there's an ulterior motive.

"The true intention is to send an unwelcoming message about Georgia towards immigrants," says Jerry Gonzalez of the Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials.

Gonzalez calls SB 67 the "KIA Go Home" bill, claiming it could discourage industries like the new Korean KIA automobile plant being built near LaGrange.

"It's essentially saying to foreign investors, 'send us your money, but keep your people over there'," Gonzalez claims.

State Senator Murphy bristles at the suggestion that his bill is about anything other than safer highways.

"They're trying to make something out of this that isn't," Murphy says, "For anybody to say that I am anti-immigration is absolutely asinine."

We took a poll of some drivers who got licenses Tuesday at the DDS office in Norcross.

Alma Ubay told us she was torn, but sympathetic to fellow Hispanics who haven't mastered English.

"There're some people that don't know," she said, "they try their best, but they don't learn how to read or talk English."

"I think it's English," said Sudhendu Nag of Calcutta, India, "They should learn English, it's an English country."

American born Larry Washington suggested a compromise.

"I think you could do a combination of both," he told us, "have the test done in their language and then have them pass proficiency tests (on the highway)."

The English-only drivers license tests would only apply to immigrants who plan to become permanent residents, not to those just visiting.

The State Senate and State House have both passed slightly different versions of the bill.

They have until midnight Friday when this year's General Assembly session ends to work out a compromise before the bill can be sent to Governor Sonny Perdue for his signature.
- ANSWER:
  Excellent idea! Why should the fine people of Georgia have to pay to have drivers tests in multiple languages. And isn't it discriminatory to have drivers tests in only 12 languages? What about Hindi? Are they racists?
  As far as the "KIA" bill. My wife works with a company from ROC. Every person in that company here in the US is required to speak English fluently. I'm sure KIA has something similar! It seems only a certain group of people hate to have to learn English!
QUESTION:
Simple Physics Problems? Help Please?
These are a few problems on a review sheet I have. It would help greatly if I could see them worked out so that I can do the other 34958732854 problems I have. If you could do 1 or all, anything would help me! Thanks!

1.Starting from rest, a boat increases its speed to 4.17 m/s with constant acceleration.

What is the boat's average speed? (in m/s)

If it takes the boat 4.72 s to reach this speed, how far has it traveled?

2. Two cars drive on a straight highway. At time t=0 , car 1 passes mile marker 0 traveling due east with a speed of 17.0 m/s . At the same time, car 2 is 0.80 km east of mile marker 0 traveling at 30.0 m/s due west. Car 1 is speeding up with an acceleration of magnitude 0.40 m/s ^2 , and car 2 is slowing down with an acceleration of magnitude 0.50 m/s^2 .

Write x-versus-t equations of motion for both cars, taking east as the positive direction.

At what time do the cars pass next to one another?

3. The infamous chicken is dashing toward home plate with a speed of 5.9 m/s when he decides to hit the dirt. The chicken slides for 1.1 s , just reaching the plate as he stops (safe, of course).

What is the magnitude of the chicken's acceleration? (in m/s^2)

What is and direction of the chicken's acceleration? (opposing or along with the direction of motion?)

How far did the chicken slide?

4.On a hot summer day in the state of Washington while kayaking, I saw several swimmers jump from a railroad bridge into the Snohomish River below. The swimmers stepped off the bridge, and I estimated that they hit the water 2.00 s later.

How high was the bridge? (in m)

How fast were the swimmers moving when they hit the water? (in m/s)

What would the swimmer's drop time be if the bridge were twice as high? (in s)

5. To celebrate a victory, a pitcher throws her glove straight upward with an initial speed of 6.0 m/s.

How long does it take for the glove to return to the pitcher? (in s)

How long does it take for the glove to reach its maximum height? (in s)

6. A hot-air balloon is descending at a rate of 2.0 m/s when a passenger drops a camera.

If the camera is 42 m above the ground when it is dropped, how long does it take for the camera to reach the ground? (in s)

If the camera is 42 above the ground when it is dropped, what is its velocity just before it lands? Let upward be the positive direction for this problem. (in m/s)

7.A vector has a magnitude of 3.4 m and points in a direction that is 130 counterclockwise from the x axis.

Find the x component of this vector. (in m)

Find the y component of this vector. (in m)

8. You drive a car 1400 ft. to the east, then 2600 ft. to the north. The trip took 3.5 minutes.

What was the direction of your average velocity? (what degrees north of east?)

What was the magnitude of your average velocity? (in m/s)
- ANSWER:
  1.
  Vo=0
  Vf=4.17
  a=
  d=?
  t=4.72
  Vf=Vo+at
  4.17=0+a(4.72)
  a=.88
  
  d=Vot+(1/2)at^2
  d=0(4.72)+(1/2)(.88)(4.72)^2
  d=0+9.80m
  d=9.8
  
  I hope this helped im pretty sure its right
  You could look up instructions on youtube or google good luck
QUESTION:
Basic Physics Help Please?
These are a few problems on a review sheet I have. It would help greatly if I could see them worked out so that I can do the other 34958732854 problems I have. If you could do 1 or all, anything would help me! Thanks!

1.Starting from rest, a boat increases its speed to 4.17 m/s with constant acceleration.

What is the boat's average speed? (in m/s)

If it takes the boat 4.72 s to reach this speed, how far has it traveled?

2. Two cars drive on a straight highway. At time t=0 , car 1 passes mile marker 0 traveling due east with a speed of 17.0 m/s . At the same time, car 2 is 0.80 km east of mile marker 0 traveling at 30.0 m/s due west. Car 1 is speeding up with an acceleration of magnitude 0.40 m/s ^2 , and car 2 is slowing down with an acceleration of magnitude 0.50 m/s^2 .

Write x-versus-t equations of motion for both cars, taking east as the positive direction.

At what time do the cars pass next to one another?

3. The infamous chicken is dashing toward home plate with a speed of 5.9 m/s when he decides to hit the dirt. The chicken slides for 1.1 s , just reaching the plate as he stops (safe, of course).

What is the magnitude of the chicken's acceleration? (in m/s^2)

What is and direction of the chicken's acceleration? (opposing or along with the direction of motion?)

How far did the chicken slide?

4.On a hot summer day in the state of Washington while kayaking, I saw several swimmers jump from a railroad bridge into the Snohomish River below. The swimmers stepped off the bridge, and I estimated that they hit the water 2.00 s later.

How high was the bridge? (in m)

How fast were the swimmers moving when they hit the water? (in m/s)

What would the swimmer's drop time be if the bridge were twice as high? (in s)

5. To celebrate a victory, a pitcher throws her glove straight upward with an initial speed of 6.0 m/s.

How long does it take for the glove to return to the pitcher? (in s)

How long does it take for the glove to reach its maximum height? (in s)

6. A hot-air balloon is descending at a rate of 2.0 m/s when a passenger drops a camera.

If the camera is 42 m above the ground when it is dropped, how long does it take for the camera to reach the ground? (in s)

If the camera is 42 above the ground when it is dropped, what is its velocity just before it lands? Let upward be the positive direction for this problem. (in m/s)

7.A vector has a magnitude of 3.4 m and points in a direction that is 130 counterclockwise from the x axis.

Find the x component of this vector. (in m)

Find the y component of this vector. (in m)

8. You drive a car 1400 ft. to the east, then 2600 ft. to the north. The trip took 3.5 minutes.

What was the direction of your average velocity? (what degrees north of east?)

What was the magnitude of your average velocity? (in m/s)
- ANSWER:
  1. v avg = 4.17/2 = 2.09m/s ...so it travels 2.09m/s*4.72s = 9.84m
  
  2.Let east be + ..so for car 1 x0 = 0 vx0 = 17.0m/s and ax = 0.40m/s^2
  
  So for car 1 its position x = x0 + vx0*t + 1/2*a*t^2
  
  x = 0 + 17t +1/2*0.40t^2
  
  car 2 --- x0 = 800m; vx0 = -30.0m/s and a = 0.50m/s^2
  
  So for car 2 its position x = x0 + vx0*t + 1/2*a*t^2
  
  x = 800 -30t +1/2*0.50t^2
  
  Now equate x's and solve for t
  
  17t +1/2*0.40t^2 = 800 -30t +1/2*0.50t^2
  
  Rewriting 0.05t^2 - 47t + 800 = 0
  
  So t = (47 +-sqrt(47^2 - 4*0.05*800))/(2*0.05) = 17.3s
  
  3. a avg = v/t = 5.9m/s/1.1s = 5.36m/s^2
  in the opposite direction of motion
  
  4.use y = 1/2*g*t^2 so y = 1/2*9.8*2^2 = 19.6m
  
  v = g*t = 9.8m/s*2s = 19.6m/s
  
  if y = 39.2m then t = sqrt(2*y/g) = sqrt(2*39.2/9.8) = 2.83s
  
  5.when the glove returns it will have a velocity of -6.0m/s..so vy = vy0 - g*t
  so t = (vy0-vy)/g = (6 - - 6)/9.8 = 12/9.8 = 1.22s
  
  time to the top = 1/2*1.22 = 0.61s
  
  6.vy0 = +2m/s; y0 = 42m and y = 0 so y = y0 + vy0*t -1/2*g*t^2
  
  or 4.9t^2 -vy0*t +(y - y0) = 0
  so 4.9t^2 - 2*t -42 = 0
  so t = (2+-sqrt(2^2 - 4*4.9*(-42))/(2*4.9) = 3.14s
  
  and vy = vy0 -g*t = 2.0 - 9.8*3.14 = -28.8m/s
  
  7.x = v*cos(130) = 3.4*cos(130) = -2.19m
  y = v*sin(130) = 3.4*sin(130) = 2.60m
  
  8. Velocity is the displacement over time
  
  So displacement = sqrt(1400^2 + 2600^2) = 2953ft
  
  The direction is arctan(2600/1400) = 61.7o
  
  magnitude = 2953ft/(3.5min*60s/min) = 14.1ft/s
QUESTION:
Simple Physics Problems? Need Help?
These are a few problems on a review sheet I have. It would help greatly if I could see them worked out so that I can do the other 34958732854 problems I have. If you could do 1 or all, anything would help me! Thanks!

1.Starting from rest, a boat increases its speed to 4.17 m/s with constant acceleration.

What is the boat's average speed? (in m/s)

If it takes the boat 4.72 s to reach this speed, how far has it traveled?

2. Two cars drive on a straight highway. At time t=0 , car 1 passes mile marker 0 traveling due east with a speed of 17.0 m/s . At the same time, car 2 is 0.80 km east of mile marker 0 traveling at 30.0 m/s due west. Car 1 is speeding up with an acceleration of magnitude 0.40 m/s ^2 , and car 2 is slowing down with an acceleration of magnitude 0.50 m/s^2 .

Write x-versus-t equations of motion for both cars, taking east as the positive direction.

At what time do the cars pass next to one another?

3. The infamous chicken is dashing toward home plate with a speed of 5.9 m/s when he decides to hit the dirt. The chicken slides for 1.1 s , just reaching the plate as he stops (safe, of course).

What is the magnitude of the chicken's acceleration? (in m/s^2)

What is and direction of the chicken's acceleration? (opposing or along with the direction of motion?)

How far did the chicken slide?

4.On a hot summer day in the state of Washington while kayaking, I saw several swimmers jump from a railroad bridge into the Snohomish River below. The swimmers stepped off the bridge, and I estimated that they hit the water 2.00 s later.

How high was the bridge? (in m)

How fast were the swimmers moving when they hit the water? (in m/s)

What would the swimmer's drop time be if the bridge were twice as high? (in s)

5. To celebrate a victory, a pitcher throws her glove straight upward with an initial speed of 6.0 m/s.

How long does it take for the glove to return to the pitcher? (in s)

How long does it take for the glove to reach its maximum height? (in s)

6. A hot-air balloon is descending at a rate of 2.0 m/s when a passenger drops a camera.

If the camera is 42 m above the ground when it is dropped, how long does it take for the camera to reach the ground? (in s)

If the camera is 42 above the ground when it is dropped, what is its velocity just before it lands? Let upward be the positive direction for this problem. (in m/s)

7.A vector has a magnitude of 3.4 m and points in a direction that is 130 counterclockwise from the x axis.

Find the x component of this vector. (in m)

Find the y component of this vector. (in m)

8. You drive a car 1400 ft. to the east, then 2600 ft. to the north. The trip took 3.5 minutes.

What was the direction of your average velocity? (what degrees north of east?)

What was the magnitude of your average velocity? (in m/s)
- ANSWER:
  1. v avg = 4.17/2 = 2.09m/s ...so it travels 2.09m/s*4.72s = 9.84m
  
  2.Let east be + ..so for car 1 x0 = 0 vx0 = 17.0m/s and ax = 0.40m/s^2
  
  So for car 1 its position x = x0 + vx0*t + 1/2*a*t^2
  
  x = 0 + 17t +1/2*0.40t^2
  
  car 2 --- x0 = 800m; vx0 = -30.0m/s and a = 0.50m/s^2
  
  So for car 2 its position x = x0 + vx0*t + 1/2*a*t^2
  
  x = 800 -30t +1/2*0.50t^2
  
  Now equate x's and solve for t
  
  17t +1/2*0.40t^2 = 800 -30t +1/2*0.50t^2
  
  Rewriting 0.05t^2 - 47t + 800 = 0
  
  So t = (47 +-sqrt(47^2 - 4*0.05*800))/(2*0.05) = 17.3s
  
  3. a avg = v/t = 5.9m/s/1.1s = 5.36m/s^2
  in the opposite direction of motion
  
  4.use y = 1/2*g*t^2 so y = 1/2*9.8*2^2 = 19.6m
  
  v = g*t = 9.8m/s*2s = 19.6m/s
  
  if y = 39.2m then t = sqrt(2*y/g) = sqrt(2*39.2/9.8) = 2.83s
  
  5.when the glove returns it will have a velocity of -6.0m/s..so vy = vy0 - g*t
  so t = (vy0-vy)/g = (6 - - 6)/9.8 = 12/9.8 = 1.22s
  
  time to the top = 1/2*1.22 = 0.61s
  
  6.vy0 = +2m/s; y0 = 42m and y = 0 so y = y0 + vy0*t -1/2*g*t^2
  
  or 4.9t^2 -vy0*t +(y - y0) = 0
  so 4.9t^2 - 2*t -42 = 0
  so t = (2+-sqrt(2^2 - 4*4.9*(-42))/(2*4.9) = 3.14s
  
  and vy = vy0 -g*t = 2.0 - 9.8*3.14 = -28.8m/s
  
  7.x = v*cos(130) = 3.4*cos(130) = -2.19m
  y = v*sin(130) = 3.4*sin(130) = 2.60m
  
  8. Velocity is the displacement over time
  
  So displacement = sqrt(1400^2 + 2600^2) = 2953ft
  
  The direction is arctan(2600/1400) = 61.7o
  
  magnitude = 2953ft/(3.5min*60s/min) = 14.1ft/s
QUESTION:
Simple Physics Problems? Help?
These are a few problems on a review sheet I have. It would help greatly if I could see them worked out so that I can do the other 34958732854 problems I have. If you could do 1 or all, anything would help me! Thanks!

1.Starting from rest, a boat increases its speed to 4.17 m/s with constant acceleration.

What is the boat's average speed? (in m/s)

If it takes the boat 4.72 s to reach this speed, how far has it traveled?

2. Two cars drive on a straight highway. At time t=0 , car 1 passes mile marker 0 traveling due east with a speed of 17.0 m/s . At the same time, car 2 is 0.80 km east of mile marker 0 traveling at 30.0 m/s due west. Car 1 is speeding up with an acceleration of magnitude 0.40 m/s ^2 , and car 2 is slowing down with an acceleration of magnitude 0.50 m/s^2 .

Write x-versus-t equations of motion for both cars, taking east as the positive direction.

At what time do the cars pass next to one another?

3. The infamous chicken is dashing toward home plate with a speed of 5.9 m/s when he decides to hit the dirt. The chicken slides for 1.1 s , just reaching the plate as he stops (safe, of course).

What is the magnitude of the chicken's acceleration? (in m/s^2)

What is and direction of the chicken's acceleration? (opposing or along with the direction of motion?)

How far did the chicken slide?

4.On a hot summer day in the state of Washington while kayaking, I saw several swimmers jump from a railroad bridge into the Snohomish River below. The swimmers stepped off the bridge, and I estimated that they hit the water 2.00 s later.

How high was the bridge? (in m)

How fast were the swimmers moving when they hit the water? (in m/s)

What would the swimmer's drop time be if the bridge were twice as high? (in s)

5. To celebrate a victory, a pitcher throws her glove straight upward with an initial speed of 6.0 m/s.

How long does it take for the glove to return to the pitcher? (in s)

How long does it take for the glove to reach its maximum height? (in s)

6. A hot-air balloon is descending at a rate of 2.0 m/s when a passenger drops a camera.

If the camera is 42 m above the ground when it is dropped, how long does it take for the camera to reach the ground? (in s)

If the camera is 42 above the ground when it is dropped, what is its velocity just before it lands? Let upward be the positive direction for this problem. (in m/s)

7.A vector has a magnitude of 3.4 m and points in a direction that is 130 counterclockwise from the x axis.

Find the x component of this vector. (in m)

Find the y component of this vector. (in m)

8. You drive a car 1400 ft. to the east, then 2600 ft. to the north. The trip took 3.5 minutes.

What was the direction of your average velocity? (what degrees north of east?)

What was the magnitude of your average velocity? (in m/s)
- ANSWER:
  1)
  u=0 m/s .................initial speed
  v= 4.17 m/s ...............final speed
  t=4.72 s .................time
  
  average speed = v - u / 2 = 4.17 / 2 m/s ..................if acceleration is constant
  a = v - u / t = 4.17 - 0 / 4.72 = 4.17 / 4.72 = 0.88 m/s^2 ................acceleration
  s = ut + a(t^2)/2 = 0 + (4.17 / 4.72) * (4.72^2) /2 = 4.17 * 4.72 / 2 ...........distance traveled
  average speed = distance / time = s / t = (4.17 * 4.72 / 2) / 4.72 = 4.17 / 2 m/s .............verified.
  
  2)
  s=ut+(at^2)/2
  Where s=distance, u=initial speed, t=time, a=accln
  The equation for Car 1 x=17t+0.40/2(t^2) i.e. x=17t+0.2 t^2
  The equation for Car 2 0.80 - x = -30t - 0.50 / 2 (t^2) i.e. x = 30t + 0.25 t^2 + 0.8
  The cars pass next to one another when x of Car1 is equal to x of Car2.
  17t+0.2 t^2 = 30t + 0.25 t^2 + 0.8
  0.05 t^2 + 13 t + 0.8 = 0
  solve this for t, then you get the required time
  
  Excuse me, I'll solve next problems tomorrow ......good night
QUESTION:
Have you seen the stimulus bill hard at work?
After a flurry of stimulus spending, questionable projects pile up
By: Susan Ferrechio
Chief Congressional Correspondent
November 3, 2009

The 7 billion stimulus bill was passed in February and was promised as a job saver and economy booster. Here is where some of the money went:

- 0,000 for a GPS-equipped helicopter to hunt for radioactive rabbit droppings at the Hanford nuclear reservation in Washington state.

- million for a spring training baseball complex for the Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies.

- million for Microsoft to build a bridge connecting its two headquarter campuses in Redmond, Wash., which are separated by a highway.

- 0,000 to repair a bridge in Iowa County, Wis., that carries 10 or fewer cars per day.

- 0,000 for the John Murtha Airport in Johnstown, Pa., serving about 20 passengers per day, to build a backup runway.

- 9,000 for Syracuse University to study the sex lives of freshmen women.

- .3 million for the U.S. Forest Service to rear large numbers of arthropods, including the Asian longhorned beetle, the nun moth and the woolly adelgid.

- .4 million for a 13-foot tunnel for turtles and other wildlife attempting to cross U.S. 27 in Lake Jackson, Fla.

- .15 million to install a guardrail for a persistently dry lake bed in Guymon, Okla.

- .38 million to renovate a century-old train depot in Lancaster County, Pa., that has not been used for three decades.

- .5 million in stimulus checks sent to the deceased.

- million for a snow-making facility in Duluth, Minn.

- 3,834 to weatherize eight pickup trucks in Madison County, Ill.

- ,000 for a fish sperm freezer at the Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery in South Dakota.

- 0,000 to spay and neuter pets in Wichita, Kan.

- 0 apiece for thousands of signs at road construction sites across the country announcing that the projects are funded by stimulus money.

- .5 million for a fence to block would-be jumpers from leaping off the All-American Bridge in Akron, Ohio.

- million to study the health effects of environmentally friendly public housing on 300 people in Chicago.

- 6,000 for Indiana University to study childhood comprehension of foreign accents compared with native speech.

- 3,952 for street beautification in Ann Arbor, Mich., including decorative lighting, trees, benches and bike paths.

- 8,438 for Washington State University to analyze the use of marijuana in conjunction with medications like morphine.

- 2,000 to purchase 22 concrete toilets for use in the Mark Twain National Forest in Missouri

- .1 million to transform a canal barge into a floating museum that will travel the Erie Canal in New York state.

- .3 million on government arts jobs in Maine, including ,000 for basket makers, ,000 for storytelling and ,500 for a music festival.

- ,000 for a hybrid car to be used by student drivers in Colchester, Vt., as well as a plug-in hybrid for town workers decked out with a sign touting the vehicle's energy efficiency.

- million for Portland, Ore., to replace 100 aging bike lockers and build a garage that would house 250 bicycles.

Real nice, eh?
- ANSWER:
  I'm not surprised with anything thing this incompetent administration does.
QUESTION:
Have you seen where your stimulus dollars are going?
The 7 billion stimulus bill was passed in February and was promised as a job saver and economy booster. Here is where some of the money went:

- 0,000 for a GPS-equipped helicopter to hunt for radioactive rabbit droppings at the Hanford nuclear reservation in Washington state.

- million for a spring training baseball complex for the Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies.

- million for Microsoft to build a bridge connecting its two headquarter campuses in Redmond, Wash., which are separated by a highway.

- 0,000 to repair a bridge in Iowa County, Wis., that carries 10 or fewer cars per day.

- 0,000 for the John Murtha Airport in Johnstown, Pa., serving about 20 passengers per day, to build a backup runway.

- 9,000 for Syracuse University to study the sex lives of freshmen women.

- .3 million for the U.S. Forest Service to rear large numbers of arthropods, including the Asian longhorned beetle, the nun moth and the woolly adelgid.

- .4 million for a 13-foot tunnel for turtles and other wildlife attempting to cross U.S. 27 in Lake Jackson, Fla.

- .15 million to install a guardrail for a persistently dry lake bed in Guymon, Okla.

- .38 million to renovate a century-old train depot in Lancaster County, Pa., that has not been used for three decades.

- .5 million in stimulus checks sent to the deceased.

- million for a snow-making facility in Duluth, Minn.

- 3,834 to weatherize eight pickup trucks in Madison County, Ill.

- ,000 for a fish sperm freezer at the Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery in South Dakota.

- 0,000 to spay and neuter pets in Wichita, Kan.

- 0 apiece for thousands of signs at road construction sites across the country announcing that the projects are funded by stimulus money.

- .5 million for a fence to block would-be jumpers from leaping off the All-American Bridge in Akron, Ohio.

- million to study the health effects of environmentally friendly public housing on 300 people in Chicago.

- 6,000 for Indiana University to study childhood comprehension of foreign accents compared with native speech.

- 3,952 for street beautification in Ann Arbor, Mich., including decorative lighting, trees, benches and bike paths.

- 8,438 for Washington State University to analyze the use of marijuana in conjunction with medications like morphine.

- 2,000 to purchase 22 concrete toilets for use in the Mark Twain National Forest in Missouri

- .1 million to transform a canal barge into a floating museum that will travel the Erie Canal in New York state.

- .3 million on government arts jobs in Maine, including ,000 for basket makers, ,000 for storytelling and ,500 for a music festival.

- ,000 for a hybrid car to be used by student drivers in Colchester, Vt., as well as a plug-in hybrid for town workers decked out with a sign touting the vehicle's energy efficiency.

- million for Portland, Ore., to replace 100 aging bike lockers and build a garage that would house 250 bicycles.

How's that 'hope & change" working out for you?
- ANSWER:
  Yes and it looks like most of it is being flushed down the 22 concrete toilets! What a scam, congress and 0bama have nothing but contempt for the taxpayer! Thank s for posting this!
QUESTION:
The stimulus went to what!?
These people have no clue...unless all they wanted to do was spend money and reward their friends. How does any of this tie in with stimulating the economy? Everyone knows that heavy infrastructure work and legitimate new construction projects help the most...hell, even temporally stopping collecting taxes for the feds for a quarter would've been more productive than this crap.

The 7 billion stimulus bill was passed in February and was promised as a job saver and economy booster. Here is where some of the money went:

- 0,000 for a GPS-equipped helicopter to hunt for radioactive rabbit droppings at the Hanford nuclear reservation in Washington state.

- million for a spring training baseball complex for the Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies.

- million for Microsoft to build a bridge connecting its two headquarter campuses in Redmond, Wash., which are separated by a highway.

- 0,000 to repair a bridge in Iowa County, Wis., that carries 10 or fewer cars per day.

- 0,000 for the John Murtha Airport in Johnstown, Pa., serving about 20 passengers per day, to build a backup runway.

- 9,000 for Syracuse University to study the sex lives of freshmen women.

- .3 million for the U.S. Forest Service to rear large numbers of arthropods, including the Asian longhorned beetle, the nun moth and the woolly adelgid.

- .4 million for a 13-foot tunnel for turtles and other wildlife attempting to cross U.S. 27 in Lake Jackson, Fla.

- .15 million to install a guardrail for a persistently dry lake bed in Guymon, Okla.

- .38 million to renovate a century-old train depot in Lancaster County, Pa., that has not been used for three decades.

- .5 million in stimulus checks sent to the deceased.

- million for a snow-making facility in Duluth, Minn.

- 3,834 to weatherize eight pickup trucks in Madison County, Ill.

- ,000 for a fish sperm freezer at the Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery in South Dakota.

- 0,000 to spay and neuter pets in Wichita, Kan.

- 0 apiece for thousands of signs at road construction sites across the country announcing that the projects are funded by stimulus money.

- .5 million for a fence to block would-be jumpers from leaping off the All-American Bridge in Akron, Ohio.

- million to study the health effects of environmentally friendly public housing on 300 people in Chicago.

- 6,000 for Indiana University to study childhood comprehension of foreign accents compared with native speech.

- 3,952 for street beautification in Ann Arbor, Mich., including decorative lighting, trees, benches and bike paths.

- 8,438 for Washington State University to analyze the use of marijuana in conjunction with medications like morphine.

- 2,000 to purchase 22 concrete toilets for use in the Mark Twain National Forest in Missouri

- .1 million to transform a canal barge into a floating museum that will travel the Erie Canal in New York state.

- .3 million on government arts jobs in Maine, including ,000 for basket makers, ,000 for storytelling and ,500 for a music festival.

- ,000 for a hybrid car to be used by student drivers in Colchester, Vt., as well as a plug-in hybrid for town workers decked out with a sign touting the vehicle's energy efficiency.

- million for Portland, Ore., to replace 100 aging bike lockers and build a garage that would house 250 bicycles.

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/After-a-flurry-of-stimulus-spending_-questionable-projects-pile-up-8474249-68709732.html
- ANSWER:
  The pockets of the rich and the politicians who orchestrated it.
QUESTION:
How much waste was in the stimulus bill? Lets see:?
The 7 billion stimulus bill was passed in February and was promised as a job saver and economy booster. Here is where some of the money went:

- 0,000 for a GPS-equipped helicopter to hunt for radioactive rabbit droppings at the Hanford nuclear reservation in Washington state.

- million for a spring training baseball complex for the Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies.

- million for Microsoft to build a bridge connecting its two headquarter campuses in Redmond, Wash., which are separated by a highway.

- 0,000 to repair a bridge in Iowa County, Wis., that carries 10 or fewer cars per day.

- 0,000 for the John Murtha Airport in Johnstown, Pa., serving about 20 passengers per day, to build a backup runway.

- 9,000 for Syracuse University to study the sex lives of freshmen women

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/After-a-flurry-of-stimulus-spending_-questionable-projects-pile-up-8474249-68709732.html

Was all of this junk really necessary?
The list goes for 3 pages. I just posted a few.
- ANSWER:
  "How much waste was in the stimulus bill?"
  
  Well, out of 787 billion, I'd say about 787 billion was waste.
QUESTION:
Are You Willing To Do Your Part to End Socialism , Will You Take The Tea Party Pledge?
Will You sign this purity pledge before socialism creeps into your life!!

To all Tea Party members, I urge you to take the following pledge before it's too late. Please pass it on to fellow members.

I do solemnly swear to uphold the principles of a socialism-free society and heretofore pledge my word that I shall
abstain from the use of and participation in any socialist goods and services including but not limited to the following:

•Social Security
•Medicare/Medicaid
•State Children’s Health Insurance Programs (SCHIP)
•Police, Fire, and Emergency Services
•US Postal Service
•Roads and Highways
•Air Travel (regulated by the socialist FAA)
•The US Railway System
•Public Subways and Metro Systems
•Public Bus and Lightrail Systems
•Rest Areas on Highways
•Sidewalks
•All Government-Funded Local/State Projects
•Public Water and Sewer Services (goodbye socialist toilet, shower, dishwasher, kitchen sink, outdoor hose!)
•Public and State Universities and Colleges
•Public Primary and Secondary Schools
•Sesame Street
•Publicly Funded Anti-Drug Use Education for Children
•Public Museums
•Libraries
•Public Parks and Beaches
•State and National Parks
•Public Zoos
•Unemployment Insurance
•Municipal Garbage and Recycling Services
•Treatment at Any Hospital or Clinic That Ever Received Funding From Local, State or Federal Government (pretty much all of them)
•Medical Services and Medications That Were Created or Derived >From Any Government Grant or Research Funding (again, pretty much all of them)
•Socialist Byproducts of Government Investment Such as Duct Tape and Velcro (Nazi-NASA Inventions)
•Use of the Internets, email, and networked computers, as the DoD's ARPANET was the basis for subsequent computer networking
•Foodstuffs, Meats, Produce and Crops That Were Grown With, Fed With, Raised With or That Contain Inputs From Crops Grown With Government Subsidies
•Clothing Made from Crops (e.g. cotton) That Were Grown With or That Contain Inputs From Government Subsidies
If a veteran of the government-run socialist US military, I will forego my VA benefits and insist on paying for my own medical care
I will not tour socialist government buildings like the Capitol in Washington, D.C.
I pledge to never take myself, my family, or my children on a tour of the following types of socialist locations, including but not limited to:
•Smithsonian Museums such as the Air and Space Museum or Museum of American History
•The socialist Washington, Lincoln, and Jefferson Monuments
•The government-operated Statue of Liberty
•The Grand Canyon
•The socialist World War II and Vietnam Veterans Memorials
•The government-run socialist-propaganda location known as Arlington National Cemetery
•All other public-funded socialist sites, whether it be in my state or in Washington, DC

I will urge my Member of Congress and Senators to forego their government salary and government-provided healthcare.

I will oppose and condemn the government-funded and therefore socialist military of the United States of America.

I will boycott the products of socialist defense contractors such as GE, Lockheed-Martin, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics, Raytheon, Humana, FedEx, General Motors, Honeywell, and hundreds of others that are paid by our socialist government to produce goods for our socialist army.

I will protest socialist security departments such as the Pentagon, FBI, CIA, Department of Homeland Security, TSA, Department of Justice and their socialist employees.

Upon reaching eligible retirement age, I will tear up my socialist Social Security checks.

Upon reaching age 65, I will forego Medicare and pay for my own private health insurance until I die.

SWORN ON A BIBLE AND SIGNED THIS DAY OF __________ IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD ______.

______________________________________
- ANSWER:
  Yes. On this 3rd day of April, 2010, Jeffery Lewbowski, being of questionable intelligence and a particularly warped mental state agree to the above.
  
  I am a Tea Bagger and a complete idiot and should be institutionalized at my own expense.
QUESTION:
Want to Sign the "Anti Socialist Pledge" Before Socialism Creeps into Your Life?!?
sign this purity pledge before socialism creeps into your life!!

To all Tea Party members, I urge you to take the following pledge before it's too late. Please pass it on to fellow members.

I do solemnly swear to uphold the principles of a socialism-free society and heretofore pledge my word that I shall
abstain from the use of and participation in any socialist goods and services including but not limited to the following:

•Social Security
•Medicare/Medicaid
•State Children’s Health Insurance Programs (SCHIP)
•Police, Fire, and Emergency Services
•US Postal Service
•Roads and Highways
•Air Travel (regulated by the socialist FAA)
•The US Railway System
•Public Subways and Metro Systems
•Public Bus and Lightrail Systems
•Rest Areas on Highways
•Sidewalks
•All Government-Funded Local/State Projects
•Public Water and Sewer Services (goodbye socialist toilet, shower, dishwasher, kitchen sink, outdoor hose!)
•Public and State Universities and Colleges
•Public Primary and Secondary Schools
•Sesame Street
•Publicly Funded Anti-Drug Use Education for Children
•Public Museums
•Libraries
•Public Parks and Beaches
•State and National Parks
•Public Zoos
•Unemployment Insurance
•Municipal Garbage and Recycling Services
•Treatment at Any Hospital or Clinic That Ever Received Funding From Local, State or Federal Government (pretty much all of them)
•Medical Services and Medications That Were Created or Derived >From Any Government Grant or Research Funding (again, pretty much all of them)
•Socialist Byproducts of Government Investment Such as Duct Tape and Velcro (Nazi-NASA Inventions)
•Use of the Internets, email, and networked computers, as the DoD's ARPANET was the basis for subsequent computer networking
•Foodstuffs, Meats, Produce and Crops That Were Grown With, Fed With, Raised With or That Contain Inputs From Crops Grown With Government Subsidies
•Clothing Made from Crops (e.g. cotton) That Were Grown With or That Contain Inputs From Government Subsidies
If a veteran of the government-run socialist US military, I will forego my VA benefits and insist on paying for my own medical care
I will not tour socialist government buildings like the Capitol in Washington, D.C.
I pledge to never take myself, my family, or my children on a tour of the following types of socialist locations, including but not limited to:
•Smithsonian Museums such as the Air and Space Museum or Museum of American History
•The socialist Washington, Lincoln, and Jefferson Monuments
•The government-operated Statue of Liberty
•The Grand Canyon
•The socialist World War II and Vietnam Veterans Memorials
•The government-run socialist-propaganda location known as Arlington National Cemetery
•All other public-funded socialist sites, whether it be in my state or in Washington, DC

I will urge my Member of Congress and Senators to forego their government salary and government-provided healthcare.

I will oppose and condemn the government-funded and therefore socialist military of the United States of America.

I will boycott the products of socialist defense contractors such as GE, Lockheed-Martin, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics, Raytheon, Humana, FedEx, General Motors, Honeywell, and hundreds of others that are paid by our socialist government to produce goods for our socialist army.

I will protest socialist security departments such as the Pentagon, FBI, CIA, Department of Homeland Security, TSA, Department of Justice and their socialist employees.

Upon reaching eligible retirement age, I will tear up my socialist Social Security checks.

Upon reaching age 65, I will forego Medicare and pay for my own private health insurance until I die.

SWORN ON A BIBLE AND SIGNED THIS DAY OF __________ IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD ______.

______________________________________
Signed
- ANSWER:
  It's pretty funny hearing "Conservatives" call Obama and Dems "socialists" !
  (are they simply misinformed, truly retarded, or outright liars ? )
  
  They throw that word around so knowingly, yet don't stop and "think":
  their once-exalted ruler, George "W" Bush, requested, and the Congress, including most Republicans, passed, the bill in 2008 to buy up half the banks in the US.
  
  (for those [Cons] who don't understand, that is part of the definition of "socialism"
  
  How quickly they forget !
  I LOVE watching "Conservatives" continue making fools of themselves
  (they apparently never learnt what a "dikshunary" is
  
  It's also pretty comical that Pubs "SAY" they so vehemently oppose "socialist" government entitlement programs,
  YET are the first in line for their SOCIAL SECURITY and UNEMPLOYMENT checks! LOL
  
  Lying hypocrites!
  
  PLEASE do everything possible to keep such ignorant, lying people from weaseling their way back into power at least until Dems have time to finish cleaning up from the last round of Republican messes! (minimum 14 years)
QUESTION:
What does it mean to live in a "Socialist" society, Want to end Socialism in your life, TAKE The Pledge?
I urge you to take the following pledge before it's too late. Please pass it on to fellow members.

I do solemnly swear to uphold the principles of a socialism-free society and heretofore pledge my word that I shall
abstain from the use of and participation in any socialist goods and services including but not limited to the following:

•Social Security
•Medicare/Medicaid
•State Children’s Health Insurance Programs (SCHIP)
•Police, Fire, and Emergency Services
•US Postal Service
•Roads and Highways
•Air Travel (regulated by the socialist FAA)
•The US Railway System
•Public Subways and Metro Systems
•Public Bus and Lightrail Systems
•Rest Areas on Highways
•Sidewalks
•All Government-Funded Local/State Projects
•Public Water and Sewer Services (goodbye socialist toilet, shower, dishwasher, kitchen sink, outdoor hose!)
•Public and State Universities and Colleges
•Public Primary and Secondary Schools
•Sesame Street
•Publicly Funded Anti-Drug Use Education for Children
•Public Museums
•Libraries
•Public Parks and Beaches
•State and National Parks
•Public Zoos
•Unemployment Insurance
•Municipal Garbage and Recycling Services
•Treatment at Any Hospital or Clinic That Ever Received Funding From Local, State or Federal Government (pretty much all of them)
•Medical Services and Medications That Were Created or Derived >From Any Government Grant or Research Funding (again, pretty much all of them)
•Socialist Byproducts of Government Investment Such as Duct Tape and Velcro (Nazi-NASA Inventions)
•Use of the Internets, email, and networked computers, as the DoD's ARPANET was the basis for subsequent computer networking
•Foodstuffs, Meats, Produce and Crops That Were Grown With, Fed With, Raised With or That Contain Inputs From Crops Grown With Government Subsidies
•Clothing Made from Crops (e.g. cotton) That Were Grown With or That Contain Inputs From Government Subsidies
If a veteran of the government-run socialist US military, I will forego my VA benefits and insist on paying for my own medical care
I will not tour socialist government buildings like the Capitol in Washington, D.C.
I pledge to never take myself, my family, or my children on a tour of the following types of socialist locations, including but not limited to:
•Smithsonian Museums such as the Air and Space Museum or Museum of American History
•The socialist Washington, Lincoln, and Jefferson Monuments
•The government-operated Statue of Liberty
•The Grand Canyon
•The socialist World War II and Vietnam Veterans Memorials
•The government-run socialist-propaganda location known as Arlington National Cemetery
•All other public-funded socialist sites, whether it be in my state or in Washington, DC

I will urge my Member of Congress and Senators to forego their government salary and government-provided healthcare.

I will oppose and condemn the government-funded and therefore socialist military of the United States of America.

I will boycott the products of socialist defense contractors such as GE, Lockheed-Martin, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics, Raytheon, Humana, FedEx, General Motors, Honeywell, and hundreds of others that are paid by our socialist government to produce goods for our socialist army.

I will protest socialist security departments such as the Pentagon, FBI, CIA, Department of Homeland Security, TSA, Department of Justice and their socialist employees.

Upon reaching eligible retirement age, I will tear up my socialist Social Security checks.

Upon reaching age 65, I will forego Medicare and pay for my own private health insurance until I die.

SWORN ON A BIBLE AND SIGNED THIS DAY OF __________ IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD ______.

______________________________________
Signed
So many have confused "Socialism" with "Communism" for the same reason that 70% of all Americans over the age of 60 believed that Saddam Husein orchestrated the attacks on 9-11, or that So many thought Obama wanted to kill off all the old people with Health Care reform, Because the GOP and their Multi billion$$ sponsors wanted you to believe this B.S.! Turn off Fox, Roach Lardball and Think for yourself! Will You Take the Pledge???
WOW!!! Ed , is SO SO wrong!! he is part of the reason so many Yell "Socialism" as if it were the ways of the evil empires. Sad It's thinking like this that allowed the Fascist dictator Bush to wage a "preemptive War" the very Concept is was and always will be Unconstitutional,
- ANSWER:
  i didn't know the grand canyon was socialist. i better not even consider visiting the fascist niagara falls then either
QUESTION:
Are You Willing To Take The "Anti Socialism Purity pledge" and End Socialism in Your Life?
Will You sign this purity pledge before socialism creeps into your life!!

To all Tea Party members, I urge you to take the following pledge before it's too late. Please pass it on to fellow members.

I do solemnly swear to uphold the principles of a socialism-free society and heretofore pledge my word that I shall
abstain from the use of and participation in any socialist goods and services including but not limited to the following:

•Social Security
•Medicare/Medicaid
•State Children’s Health Insurance Programs (SCHIP)
•Police, Fire, and Emergency Services
•US Postal Service
•Roads and Highways
•Air Travel (regulated by the socialist FAA)
•The US Railway System
•Public Subways and Metro Systems
•Public Bus and Lightrail Systems
•Rest Areas on Highways
•Sidewalks
•All Government-Funded Local/State Projects
•Public Water and Sewer Services (goodbye socialist toilet, shower, dishwasher, kitchen sink, outdoor hose!)
•Public and State Universities and Colleges
•Public Primary and Secondary Schools
•Sesame Street
•Publicly Funded Anti-Drug Use Education for Children
•Public Museums
•Libraries
•Public Parks and Beaches
•State and National Parks
•Public Zoos
•Unemployment Insurance
•Municipal Garbage and Recycling Services
•Treatment at Any Hospital or Clinic That Ever Received Funding From Local, State or Federal Government (pretty much all of them)
•Medical Services and Medications That Were Created or Derived >From Any Government Grant or Research Funding (again, pretty much all of them)
•Socialist Byproducts of Government Investment Such as Duct Tape and Velcro (Nazi-NASA Inventions)
•Use of the Internets, email, and networked computers, as the DoD's ARPANET was the basis for subsequent computer networking
•Foodstuffs, Meats, Produce and Crops That Were Grown With, Fed With, Raised With or That Contain Inputs From Crops Grown With Government Subsidies
•Clothing Made from Crops (e.g. cotton) That Were Grown With or That Contain Inputs From Government Subsidies
If a veteran of the government-run socialist US military, I will forego my VA benefits and insist on paying for my own medical care
I will not tour socialist government buildings like the Capitol in Washington, D.C.
I pledge to never take myself, my family, or my children on a tour of the following types of socialist locations, including but not limited to:
•Smithsonian Museums such as the Air and Space Museum or Museum of American History
•The socialist Washington, Lincoln, and Jefferson Monuments
•The government-operated Statue of Liberty
•The Grand Canyon
•The socialist World War II and Vietnam Veterans Memorials
•The government-run socialist-propaganda location known as Arlington National Cemetery
•All other public-funded socialist sites, whether it be in my state or in Washington, DC

I will urge my Member of Congress and Senators to forego their government salary and government-provided healthcare.

I will oppose and condemn the government-funded and therefore socialist military of the United States of America.

I will boycott the products of socialist defense contractors such as GE, Lockheed-Martin, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics, Raytheon, Humana, FedEx, General Motors, Honeywell, and hundreds of others that are paid by our socialist government to produce goods for our socialist army.

I will protest socialist security departments such as the Pentagon, FBI, CIA, Department of Homeland Security, TSA, Department of Justice and their socialist employees.

Upon reaching eligible retirement age, I will tear up my socialist Social Security checks.

Upon reaching age 65, I will forego Medicare and pay for my own private health insurance until I die.

SWORN ON A BIBLE AND SIGNED THIS DAY OF __________ IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD ______.

______________________________________
- ANSWER:
  This might be a bit subtle for the intended audience ...
QUESTION:
How are these Unconstitutional?
I've done most, but having trouble on this section of homework..

"courts-since washington DC is not any state, residents there may not vote in national elections"
it's what article/amendment?

"congress-congress passes a law that people from washington may not drive cars in oregon because of pollution"
what article/amendment is this?

"president-your land is in the way of a federal highway, so the president takes your land without compension."
I put "you have the right to your land, the president cannot take this away. it is a natural law" or something like that.. i got half credit because i didn't mention what amendment...what amendment is it?

thank you
I have read it, and I did this homework. Out of many, I got these three incorrect. I tried redoing them, but I am just wondering what I did wrong on them. I got the rest right.
- ANSWER:
  "residents there may not vote in national elections"
  
  That would violate the 23rd Amendment-- Presidential Vote for District of Columbia.
  
  "congress passes a law that people from washington may not drive cars in oregon"
  
  I'd say this would violate the Privileges and Immunities Clause of Article IV, Section 2 which states, "The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States." From this clause stems the notion of constitutional "Freedom of Movement." This clause prevents Congress from restricting the residents of one state from doing something the residents of another state have the privilege of doing. Congress really can't focus federal law on one state.
  
  "your land is in the way of a federal highway, so the president takes your land without compension."
  
  This is a 5th Amendment issue. The 5th Amendment states in part, that private property shall not "be taken for public use, without just compensation." This is called the Takings Clause. It basically means that the government may not exercise its right of Eminent Domain (compulsory acquisition of land) unless it provides due process and gives fair market value for the land.
QUESTION:
please read my story rate 1-10 dont have nothing nice to say dont comment it at all, you are not the best!!!!?
I am on my way to Seattle Washington. Although I well miss my friends and family, mother says it is for the best. Mom is driving, I just hope we make it home in one piece. Mom just got fired for being late at a conference, were loosing money by the hour. So were moving back in my home town near the local hospital I was born in, on November 3, 1995. That way mom is granted a full time job to support my sister Sophia and me.

I have no doubts for my mom, after all she is a great single parent and she is for sure a terrific care taker. I don’t know why mom likes being in a white room with medical equipment and a patient eager for medical care. Mom prefers to be in a crowded room with doctors with masks on performing surgery. My sister Sophia is three. Mom really takes her under her wing 24 hours a day. She basically get what she wants, when she wants. She is very plump with the most brilliant amber eyes, and the simplest blond hair that you can find on a store bought Barbie doll. Mom use to joke around and say she almost named her Barbie for her hair.

A couple of years back just before my dear father passed on he left my mother a red mustang 2006. She loves that vehicle like she gave birth to it. We just passed a highway sign that reads “Montana 4 miles off enter section”. Mom rolls her eyes, “If it was not for my career we would be at home in a telephone book searching for a job Lauran”. I sign… “yea well you have to be a burse don’t you”. mom rolls her eyes, and rolls down the windows. When the fresh Montana air hit my face I almost collapsed. We strolled my a dumpster, that did not at all help the fragrant. The sky was a grayish chalk color to it, very dull and a unsafe warning to bad weather.

A couple birds flew here, and there the whole site seemed familiar, I felt like a free sprit went right through my chest. I grew a free mind and noticed a change in the atmosphere, maybe today was a start of something new, maybe my whole life would turn and twist and squeeze the dull days I once had. Maybe its time my life starts a new chapter. “Oh.. Its 6:43pm Lauren you hungry by any chance” my mother grins with a thoughtful worried look in her dark green eyes. Although my stomach twisted and bounced all around, I have not yet hunger pains. “Um.. No mom. But I think we should all rest and maybe Sophia is hungry to, besides there is a bad storm coming I can just feel it in my veins”. “Is Sophia asleep” mother calls. I turn in my set to view Sophia’s spot in the back third row. She is dead asleep, I really love my sister when she is asleep. “yep” I bellowed.

As I have deep thoughts running in and out of my head, I noticed a dark cloud appearing out of the right window toward the back of the car. Silence Brooke loose in the family car by a roaring sound coming from the angry sky. “Oh lord a bad storm I guess we should find shelter” my mom says. Out of no were a dangerous hail storm approaches from the north, my sister wakes up screaming and yelling saying “I want to go home mama”. we both show no sign of paying our attention to the whiner in the car. We were both worried that a bad hurricane might appear out of no where. The next exit was 2 miles away to the next exit accordingly to the sign. The car sped up, I sincerely rolled up the windows for my moms sake of worrying about something else than the road.

The sky grew darker, all birds and any sign of life brushed through the trees, the sun set early or was is the black clouds blocking its hot beaming rays? Mom pasted me my sisters bottle and I drove her fast to sleep, she is the reason my mom gets in car crashes in stressing moments much like this. It felt like a nightmare, I fell curious where the beautiful sun shone, and were the white clouds, and the birds chirped in the wind as we drove by. We were new to this state so we have no idea what weather conditions it must be today. But, are only clues are that nature is deserted and any signs of life has left, no cars, no singing birds, no sun, just a big black sky. We reached to a near by town and are looking for some hotels to stay the night in. as I look out my car door window, rain pours down heavily. It looks like today’s weather forecast was prescribed as “raining cats and dogs”.
i did not write yellped and no your lame you freako path!!!!!!!!
- ANSWER:
  Pretty lame. Weak plot and poor grammar to boot. Inconsistent verb tense. Poor visualization. A lot of he said/yelped/bellowed etc. Seems like something a middle/high schooler would write.
QUESTION:
Is the Ga law woking as intended Many immigrants leaving Georgia behind New law’s impact goes beyond targeting?
Is the Ga law woking as intended Many immigrants leaving Georgia behind New law’s impact goes beyond targeting illegally ? What do you think ?Fearful she will be deported and separated from her two young sons, Vilma Baltazar steeled her family for a long journey from her small apartment in Chamblee back to her native country, Guatemala. The single mother is one of many illegal immigrants in metro Atlanta who say they are fleeing Georgia before the state’s tough new immigration enforcement law takes effect on July 1. Others say they are making similar plans in case opponents of the new law are unable to block it in the courts.

These developments show Georgia’s new law is having its desired impact, even weeks before it is scheduled to become law. But the law also is starting to produce a ripple effect.

Businesses that cater to the region’s Hispanic residents say the new law has sown fear among immigrants, scaring away their customers and employees. A grocery store chain that serves Hispanic immigrants says the new law has led to sharp cuts in sales at some of its locations, forcing it to consider closing one of its spots. And the pastors of local Hispanic churches say some of their parishioners are leaving Georgia and taking the donations that support charitable causes with them.

All of these people are connected in some way to a part of north DeKalb County that is home to the largest percentage of foreign-born residents in Georgia at 74 percent, according to census estimates. The area is bordered by Buford Highway, Peachtree Road, Clairmont Road and Dresden Drive and includes parts of Chamblee.Most of the people living in that census tract were born in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico and are not U.S. citizens, census records show. The Census Bureau does not track immigration status.

Signed into law last month, House Bill 87 authorizes police to investigate the immigration status of suspects under certain conditions and arrest illegal immigrants and take them to jail. It also punishes people who knowingly harbor or transport illegal immigrants while committing another crime or use fake identification to get a job in Georgia.

Supporters of the law say the exodus of illegal immigrants shows it is working, though they said the tough economy could also be a factor. The state needed to pass the law, they said, because the federal government has failed to secure the nation’s borders, allowing illegal immigrants to stream into Georgia.

A recent estimate by the Pew Hispanic Center puts the number of illegal immigrants in Georgia at 425,000, the seventh-highest among the states.

“Businesses and individuals — including migrant workers — have absolutely nothing to fear if they are in compliance with the law,” said Republican Rep. Rich Golick of Smyrna, who co-sponsored HB 87 and is one of its chief supporters.

At the same time, the pain some metro Atlanta businesses and churches are experiencing because of HB 87 now was expected, said Mark Krikorian, executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies, a Washington-based group that advocates for tighter immigration controls.

“There will always be short-term pain when you rip the Band-Aid off,” he said. “There is no way to avoid that. If you have allowed the immigration law to go unenforced, when you finally get around to enforcing the law, there will be some short-term pain for people.”

With the departure of illegal immigrants from Georgia, there will be less of a burden on the state’s taxpayer-funded schools and hospitals, Krikorian said.

http://www.ajc.com/news/dekalb/many-immigrants-leaving-georgia-967054.html
- ANSWER:
  If they are leaving,then it is working. But most will just go to another state and be a burden on the citizens there. Doubt many will return to their home countries,they get too many freebies here.
  I have no sympathy for businesses that cater to them or the churches that see a drop in the collection plate.
QUESTION:
All dummies to the front of the line. What do you think America?
BREAKING NEWS !!!

LEGISLATIVE ALERT !!!

The Americans With No Abilities Act

Washington , DC - (Dateline February 18, 2009)

President Barack Obama and the Democrat-controlled Congress are considering sweeping legislation that will provide new benefits for many Americans. The Americans With No Abilities Act (AWNAA) is being hailed as a major legislative goal by advocates of the millions of Americans who lack any real skills, knowledge or ambition.

"Roughly 50 percent of Americans do not possess the intelligence, competence and drive necessary to carve out a meaningful role for themselves in society," said California Senator Barbara Boxer - Democrat. "We can no longer stand by and allow People of Inability
(POI) to be ridiculed, passed over for promotions, or even worse - fired - for no reason except for their lack of any ability or motivation to do any given job. With this legislation, employers will no longer be able to grant special favors to a small group of workers, simply because they have some idea of what they are doing or a willingness to learn it."

In a Capitol Hill press conference, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi - Democrat, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid - Democrat - pointed to the success of the U.S. Postal Service, which has a long-standing policy of providing opportunity without regard to performance.

Approximately 74 percent of postal employees lack any job skills, making this agency the single largest U.S. employer of Persons of Inability. Harry Reid pointed also to the public school system as another long-time leader in the field of providing secure employment opportunities to POI.

Private-sector industries with good records of non-discrimination against POI include retail sales (72%), the airline industry (68%), and home improvement warehouse stores (65%). At the state government level, highway public works departments, and the Department of Motor Vehicles both have excellent records of hiring Persons of Inability (93%).

Under AWNAA, more than 25 million mid-level positions will be created, with important-sounding titles but little real responsibility, thus providing an illusory sense of purpose and performance while building self-esteem and providing more candidates who will eventually be promoted into actual senior management positions with even higher salaries and even fewer actual responsibilities.

Mandatory non-performance-based raises and promotions will be given so as to guarantee upward mobility for even the most unremarkable or unproductive employees. The legislation provides substantial tax breaks to corporations that promote a significant number of Persons of Inability into middle-management positions, and gives a tax credit to other businesses that agree to hire one clueless worker for every two talented hires. Utility and cable companies, followed closely by computer customer support departments, are lobbying to have past such hires become eligible for these tax incentives.

Finally, the AWNAA contains tough new measures to make it more difficult to discriminate against the non-abled, banning, for example, such blatantly discriminatory interview questions such as, "Do you have any particular skills, knowledge or experience that relate to this job?"

"As a Non-abled person, I can't be expected to keep up with people who have something going for them,"said Mary Lou Gertz, who lost her position as a lug-nut twister at the GM plant in Flint, Michigan, due to her chronic inability to remember "rightey tightey, lefty loosey." Gertz added, "I shouldn't have to be a rocket scientist to keep my job and this new law should be real good for people like me." With the passage of this bill, Gertz and millions of other untalented citizens will finally see a light at the end of the tunnel and be able to secure well-paying, tenured jobs just like other people who simply are more motivated and productive but otherwise identical to workers such as Gertz.

Said Senator Dick Durbin (Democrat-IL), "As a Senator with no abilities, I believe the same privileges and benefits that elected officials enjoy ought to be extended to every other American with no abilities. It is our duty as lawmakers to provide each and every American citizen, regardless of his or her inadequacy, with some sort of space to take up in this great nation and a good salary for doing so."

"You're supposed to sit on your *** and nod at stupid things.
Man, that's hard to do."
- ANSWER:
  long but funny
QUESTION:
All Dummies to the front of the line. What do you think america?
BREAKING NEWS !!!

LEGISLATIVE ALERT !!!

The Americans With No Abilities Act

Washington , DC - (Dateline February 18, 2009)

President Barack Obama and the Democrat-controlled Congress are considering sweeping legislation that will provide new benefits for many Americans. The Americans With No Abilities Act (AWNAA) is being hailed as a major legislative goal by advocates of the millions of Americans who lack any real skills, knowledge or ambition.

"Roughly 50 percent of Americans do not possess the intelligence, competence and drive necessary to carve out a meaningful role for themselves in society," said California Senator Barbara Boxer - Democrat. "We can no longer stand by and allow People of Inability

(POI) to be ridiculed, passed over for promotions, or even worse - fired - for no reason except for their lack of any ability or motivation to do any given job. With this legislation, employers will no longer be able to grant special favors to a small group of workers, simply because they have some idea of what they are doing or a willingness to learn it."

In a Capitol Hill press conference, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi - Democrat, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid - Democrat - pointed to the success of the U.S. Postal Service, which has a long-standing

policy of providing opportunity without regard to performance.

Approximately 74 percent of postal employees lack any job skills, making this agency the single largest U.S. employer of Persons of Inability. Harry Reid pointed also to the public school system as another long-time leader in the field of providing secure employment opportunities to POI.

Private-sector industries with good records of non-discrimination against POI include retail sales (72%), the airline industry (68%), and home improvement warehouse stores (65%). At the state government level, highway public works departments, and the Department of Motor Vehicles both have excellent records of hiring Persons of Inability (93%).

Under AWNAA, more than 25 million mid-level positions will be created, with important-sounding titles but little real responsibility, thus providing an illusory sense of purpose and performance while building self-esteem and providing more candidates who will eventually be promoted into actual senior management positions with even higher salaries and even fewer actual responsibilities.

Mandatory non-performance-based raises and promotions will be given so as to guarantee upward mobility for even the most unremarkable or unproductive employees. The legislation provides substantial tax breaks to corporations that promote a significant number of Persons of Inability into middle-management positions, and gives a tax credit to other businesses that agree to hire one clueless worker for every two talented hires. Utility and cable companies, followed closely by computer customer support departments, are lobbying to have past such hires become eligible for these tax incentives.

Finally, the AWNAA contains tough new measures to make it more difficult to discriminate against the non-abled, banning, for example, such blatantly discriminatory interview questions such as, "Do you have any particular skills, knowledge or experience that relate to this job?"

"As a Non-abled person, I can't be expected to keep up with people who have something going for them,"said Mary Lou Gertz, who lost her position as a lug-nut twister at the GM plant in Flint, Michigan, due to her chronic inability to remember "rightey tightey, lefty loosey." Gertz added, "I shouldn't have to be a rocket scientist to keep my job and this new law should be real good for people like me." With the passage of this bill, Gertz and millions of other untalented citizens will finally see a light at the end of the tunnel and be able to secure well-paying, tenured jobs just like other people who simply are more motivated and productive but otherwise identical to workers such as Gertz.

Said Senator Dick Durbin (Democrat-IL), "As a Senator with no abilities, I believe the same privileges and benefits that elected officials enjoy ought to be extended to every other American with no abilities. It is our duty as lawmakers to provide each and every American citizen, regardless of his or her inadequacy, with some sort of space to take up in this great nation and a good salary for doing so."

"You're supposed to sit on your ass and nod at stupid things.
Man, that's hard to do."
- ANSWER:
  love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  Thanks.
  
  What do you think the penalty will be for anyone caught cheating. You know playing dumb.
QUESTION:
10 pts if you do this for me pleaseee!!!?
Can you PLEASE this summarize this article for me >>10 ptss!!<<

This year, hundreds of Native Americans took part in the Longest Walk 2. It was an 8,300-mile trek from San Francisco to Washington, D.C. The trip took five months. The walkers represented more than 100 Native-American nations. They wanted to point out the effects of pollution on the environment. They also wanted to draw attention to Native-American rights.

On February 11, the walkers set out from San Francisco, California. They then split into two groups. One group passed through southern states like Texas, Alabama, and Tennessee. Another group crossed northern states like Ohio and Pennsylvania. In all, the walkers crossed 24 states and visited 35 Native-American reservations. Along the way, they picked up 3,800 bags of trash from roads and highways. The walkers wanted to encourage living in harmony with the environment. They also spoke with people from tribes in the communities through which they passed. The walkers gathered stories, concerns, and ideas to share with lawmakers at the journey's end, in Washington, D.C.

In Maryland, the two groups came back together and continued east. On the steps of the U.S. Capitol, the walkers were welcomed by U.S. Representative John Conyers. Conyers was handed a paper outlining a long list of Native-American concerns. These included environmental damage, health care, and the protection of sacred places.

The walk was also intended to honor the 30th anniversary of the first Longest Walk. That walk covered 3,600 miles. Those walkers wanted to stop Congress from passing laws that Native Americans said threatened their ability to govern themselves. Many famous people joined the 1978 Longest Walk. The walk was a success.

Some people questioned whether such a walk would make any difference today. However, for those on the Longest Walk 2, there wasn't any doubt that the walk would get people's attention and bring change. Shanawa Littlebow, of the Tigua tribe, was one of the walkers.

"There may be a lot of people who don't even care. But at least we're out here, and we're speaking out," Littlebow said. "It's working."
- ANSWER:
  A lot of people walked here and there.
  They wanted environmental changes. They got tired feet and sore legs but little more than empty promises..
QUESTION:
Can you PLEASE summarize this article for me (10 ptss!!)?
Okay heres the article i need you to summarize for me thanks in advance (= !

This year, hundreds of Native Americans took part in the Longest Walk 2. It was an 8,300-mile trek from San Francisco to Washington, D.C. The trip took five months. The walkers represented more than 100 Native-American nations. They wanted to point out the effects of pollution on the environment. They also wanted to draw attention to Native-American rights.

On February 11, the walkers set out from San Francisco, California. They then split into two groups. One group passed through southern states like Texas, Alabama, and Tennessee. Another group crossed northern states like Ohio and Pennsylvania. In all, the walkers crossed 24 states and visited 35 Native-American reservations. Along the way, they picked up 3,800 bags of trash from roads and highways. The walkers wanted to encourage living in harmony with the environment. They also spoke with people from tribes in the communities through which they passed. The walkers gathered stories, concerns, and ideas to share with lawmakers at the journey's end, in Washington, D.C.

In Maryland, the two groups came back together and continued east. On the steps of the U.S. Capitol, the walkers were welcomed by U.S. Representative John Conyers. Conyers was handed a paper outlining a long list of Native-American concerns. These included environmental damage, health care, and the protection of sacred places.

The walk was also intended to honor the 30th anniversary of the first Longest Walk. That walk covered 3,600 miles. Those walkers wanted to stop Congress from passing laws that Native Americans said threatened their ability to govern themselves. Many famous people joined the 1978 Longest Walk. The walk was a success.

Some people questioned whether such a walk would make any difference today. However, for those on the Longest Walk 2, there wasn't any doubt that the walk would get people's attention and bring change. Shanawa Littlebow, of the Tigua tribe, was one of the walkers.

"There may be a lot of people who don't even care. But at least we're out here, and we're speaking out," Littlebow said. "It's working."
- ANSWER:
  "There may be a lot of people who don't even care. But at least we're out here, and we're speaking out," Littlebow said. "It's working." --
  
  The last sentence usually summarizes the article. So the walk shows they care about "the effects of pollution on the environment. They also wanted to draw attention to Native-American rights."
  
  Twilight C
QUESTION:
Can you PLEASE summarize this article for me >>10 ptss!!< This year, hundreds of Native Americans took part in the Longest Walk 2. It was an 8,300-mile trek from San Francisco to Washington, D.C. The trip took five months. The walkers represented more than 100 Native-American nations. They wanted to point out the effects of pollution on the environment. They also wanted to draw attention to Native-American rights.

On February 11, the walkers set out from San Francisco, California. They then split into two groups. One group passed through southern states like Texas, Alabama, and Tennessee. Another group crossed northern states like Ohio and Pennsylvania. In all, the walkers crossed 24 states and visited 35 Native-American reservations. Along the way, they picked up 3,800 bags of trash from roads and highways. The walkers wanted to encourage living in harmony with the environment. They also spoke with people from tribes in the communities through which they passed. The walkers gathered stories, concerns, and ideas to share with lawmakers at the journey's end, in Washington, D.C.

In Maryland, the two groups came back together and continued east. On the steps of the U.S. Capitol, the walkers were welcomed by U.S. Representative John Conyers. Conyers was handed a paper outlining a long list of Native-American concerns. These included environmental damage, health care, and the protection of sacred places.

The walk was also intended to honor the 30th anniversary of the first Longest Walk. That walk covered 3,600 miles. Those walkers wanted to stop Congress from passing laws that Native Americans said threatened their ability to govern themselves. Many famous people joined the 1978 Longest Walk. The walk was a success.

Some people questioned whether such a walk would make any difference today. However, for those on the Longest Walk 2, there wasn't any doubt that the walk would get people's attention and bring change. Shanawa Littlebow, of the Tigua tribe, was one of the walkers.

"There may be a lot of people who don't even care. But at least we're out here, and we're speaking out," Littlebow said. "It's working."
- ANSWER:
  The 2nd longest walk by Native American was held this year on the 30th Anniversary of the original longest walk. It was successfully represented by more than 100 tribes. The purpose was to bring home to lawmakers the fact that passing laws that affected Native Americans negatively, by taking away their governing rights, violating sacred places and damaging the environment was a major concern. These concerns were presented to US Representative John Conyers on the steps of the Capital.
QUESTION:
Can you PLEASE this summarize this article ( 10 ptss!!)?
This year, hundreds of Native Americans took part in the Longest Walk 2. It was an 8,300-mile trek from San Francisco to Washington, D.C. The trip took five months. The walkers represented more than 100 Native-American nations. They wanted to point out the effects of pollution on the environment. They also wanted to draw attention to Native-American rights.

On February 11, the walkers set out from San Francisco, California. They then split into two groups. One group passed through southern states like Texas, Alabama, and Tennessee. Another group crossed northern states like Ohio and Pennsylvania. In all, the walkers crossed 24 states and visited 35 Native-American reservations. Along the way, they picked up 3,800 bags of trash from roads and highways. The walkers wanted to encourage living in harmony with the environment. They also spoke with people from tribes in the communities through which they passed. The walkers gathered stories, concerns, and ideas to share with lawmakers at the journey's end, in Washington, D.C.

In Maryland, the two groups came back together and continued east. On the steps of the U.S. Capitol, the walkers were welcomed by U.S. Representative John Conyers. Conyers was handed a paper outlining a long list of Native-American concerns. These included environmental damage, health care, and the protection of sacred places.

The walk was also intended to honor the 30th anniversary of the first Longest Walk. That walk covered 3,600 miles. Those walkers wanted to stop Congress from passing laws that Native Americans said threatened their ability to govern themselves. Many famous people joined the 1978 Longest Walk. The walk was a success.

Some people questioned whether such a walk would make any difference today. However, for those on the Longest Walk 2, there wasn't any doubt that the walk would get people's attention and bring change. Shanawa Littlebow, of the Tigua tribe, was one of the walkers.

"There may be a lot of people who don't even care. But at least we're out here, and we're speaking out," Littlebow said. "It's working."
laholly1 - Thanks lol
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- ANSWER:
  My goodness! It's perfect! I don't think I found so much as a comma out of place...good work! 10! (A+)
  Edit: Oops...
  Wait a minute...you want a summary, not a review...to do that, look over each paragraph and then write what the main idea is for that paragrpah. Continue, for each paragraph, adding transition words or explanatory words as needed.
QUESTION:
What do you think of this proposal?? I LOVE Senator Sessions!?
Bills would mandate prison time for illegal border crossings and compel English in dealing with federal agencies.
By Nicole Gaouette, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
March 5, 2008
WASHINGTON -- Senate Republicans are set to announce today the hardest-hitting package of immigration enforcement measures seen yet -- one that would require jail time for illegal immigrants caught crossing the border, make it harder for them to open bank accounts and compel them to communicate in English when dealing with federal agencies.

Most of the bills stand little chance of being debated in the Democratic-controlled Congress. But the move by some of the Senate's leading Republicans underscores how potent the immigration issue remains, particularly in a presidential election year.

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The bills give Republicans a way to put pressure on the Democratic and Republican presidential candidates to take a tougher stance on immigration. They also reflect a shift toward harsher immigration rhetoric and legislative proposals from both parties since Congress failed to pass a comprehensive overhaul in 2007.

The package -- an enforcement smorgasbord assembled by at least eight lawmakers -- consists of 11 bills, but it could expand to as many as 14. Some elements echo House bills, but others go beyond House proposals.

One would discourage states from issuing driver's licenses to illegal immigrants by docking 10% of highway funding from states that continue to do so.

Another would extend the presence of the National Guard on the border, and a third would end language assistance at federal agencies and the voting booth for people with limited English ability.

A bill by Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), who is leading the effort, would impose a maximum two-year prison sentence on someone caught illegally crossing the border a second time.

"The point is to reinforce the idea that most of us here feel that we need to make enforcement and border security a first step to solving the overall problem," said Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), one of the sponsors.

Although Congress usually avoids tough legislation during an election year, Vitter insisted that he and his colleagues could still get something done. "There are concrete steps we can take. None of us see any reason to waste this time," he said.

Other bills in the package would:

* Block federal funding to cities that bar their police from asking about immigration status.

* Give the Department of Homeland Security the authority to use information from the Social Security Administration to target illegal immigrants.

* Require construction of 700 miles of fencing along the southern border, not including vehicle barriers.

* Impose sanctions on countries that refuse to repatriate their citizens.

* Deport any immigrant, legal or illegal, for one drunk-driving conviction.

* Enable local and state police to enforce federal immigration laws.

Jim Manley, a spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), said the Republican proposal "falls far short of what is needed." Democrats want to combine enforcement with a guest-worker program and a way to deal with the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants in the U.S. Reid "continues to support legislation that is tough on people who break the law, fair to taxpayers and practical to implement," Manley said.

But Democrats have also begun embracing a tougher stance on immigration. A confidential study assembled for the Democratic leadership earlier this year urged them to start using tougher language. Democrats have focused on offering opportunity to immigrants, but the study by two public-policy groups urged them to begin speaking in terms of "requiring" illegal immigrants to become legal and about what's best for the United States.

Many House Democrats have gone a step further, endorsing an enforcement-only bill by freshman Democratic Rep. Heath Shuler (D-N.C.) that would bolster border security and require employers to verify their workers' legal status with an electronic verification system.

The SAVE (Secure America through Verification and Enforcement) Act has drawn 140 cosponsors, 48 of whom are Democrats, many of them vulnerable freshmen who won seats from Republicans.

The Democratic leadership dislikes Shuler's bill and has refused to schedule a debate. Republican leaders are considering collecting signatures for a special petition that requires House leaders to bring a bill up for debate if 218 members sign. There are 198 Republicans.

Angela Kelley, director of the Immigration Policy Center, said Senate Republicans might be trying to match their House colleagues. "They might feel they're being upstaged by House Republicans," she said. But she also suggested that the Senate bills could provide political protection to Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), who has clinched the GOP presidential nomination.

Conservatives consider McCain soft on immigration. McCain, along with Democratic presidential candidates Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York and Barack Obama of Illinois, has backed giving illegal immigrants some form of legal status, which conservatives consider "amnesty."

If McCain endorsed the Senate package, that could "create a platform for McCain to look tough on immigration, create distance from Ted Kennedy [D-Mass.] and erect a shield around the amnesty charge," Kelley said.

Besides Sessions and Vitter, the bills are being introduced by GOP Sens. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, John Barrasso of Wyoming, Saxby Chambliss of Georgia, Jim DeMint of South Carolina, Elizabeth Dole of North Carolina, Pete V. Domenici of New Mexico, James M. Inhofe of Oklahoma and Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania.
- ANSWER:
  Unfortunately this stinks of political pandering & grandstanding in an election year. I'm sure neither side (Republicans & Democrats) have any intentions of doing anything about this issue but they need to look like they are doing something in this crucial election year. Time will tell.
QUESTION:
How many people ARE moving from the U.S., Canada and Mexico before Marshal Law or the FEMA CONCENTRATION camps?
I was doing some research in to the "ZEITGEIST, THE MOVIE" - http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com/
When I came across some information that upset me to no end because I can't find anything that disproves the clam's, in fact all I keep finding is supporting evidence that in all likely hood.... Well ill just pass it on and let you make up your minds!

Here is a few videos on the matter:
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Its not hard you can find much more of this and other information if you look!

What is the Federal Emergency Management Agency? Simply put, This agency has powers and authority that go well beyond any other agency in the nation. What can FEMA do? It can suspend laws. It can move entire populations. It can arrest and detain citizens without a warrant and can hold them without a trial. It can seize property, food supplies, and transportation systems. And it can even suspend the Constitution of the United States.

When the first concept had been presented, its original mission was to assure the survivability of the United States Government in the event of a nuclear attack. It's secondary function was to be a Federal coordinating body during times of domestic disasters. These disasters consisted of earthquakes, floods, and hurricanes.

The "secret" black helicopters that are reported throughout the US, mainly in the West California, Washington, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and Colorado areas are flown by FEMA personnel. It has been given the responsibility for many new national disasters such as forest fires, home heating emergencies, refugee situations, riots, and emergency planning for nuclear and toxic incidents. It works together with the Sixth Army in the West.

President Regan signed Presidential Director Number 54 in April of 1984 that allowed FEMA to activate a secret national readiness exercise. This exercise was given the code name REX 84. The purpose of the exercise was to test FEMA's ability to assume military authority. REX 84 was so highly guarded that special metal doors were installed on the fifth floor of the FEMA building in Washington, D.C. The only people that were allowed to enter the premises were ones who had a red Christian cross on their shirt. The exercise required the following.....

* Suspension of the Constitution of the United States
* Turning control of the government over to FEMA
* Appointment of military commanders to run state and local governments
* Declaration of Martial Law

So how much money goes into an organization like this? Well it has been discovered that FEMA has a quasi-billion dollar budget. However, about 6% of that budget goes into the relief effort. So why is it that they need so much money? Ever wonder where the President goes when it's said he is in a "secure location"? Well most of the time that location is a secret government complex built into a mountain. It is called Mt. Weather.

U.S. CONCENTRATION CAMPS - FEMA AND THE REX 84 PROGRAM

A series of Executive Orders (EO) was used to create FEMA. It does not matter whether an EO is Constitutional or not, it becomes a law simply by being published in the Federal Registry. These orders go around Congress.

List of Executive Orders

Executive Order Numbers and Meanings

10990

Allows the government to take control over all modes of transportation, highways, and seaports.

10995

Allows the government to seize and control the communication media.

10997

Allows the government to take over all electrical power, gas, petroleum, fuels, and minerals.

10998

Allows the government to take over all food resources and farms.

11000

Allows the government to mobilize civilians into work brigades under government supervision.

11001

Allows the government to take over all health, education, and welfare functions.

11002

Designates the Postmaster General to operate national registration of all persons.

11003

Allows the government to take over all airports and aircraft, including commercial aircraft.

11004

Allows the Housing and Finance Authority to relocate communities, build new housing with public funds, designate areas to be abandoned, and establish new locations for populations.

11005

Allows the government to take over railroads, inland waterways, and public storage facilities.

11051

Specifies the responsibility of the Office of Emergency Planning and gives authorization to put all Executive Orders into effect in times of increased international tensions and economic or financial crisis.

11310

Grants authority to the Department of Justice to enforce the plans set out in Executive Orders, to institute industrial support, to establish judic
- ANSWER:
  I am sure that FEMA is necessary in a refugee crisis, if its run by the right people. We've already seen what it can do when the wrong people are running it.
QUESTION:
The Mexican government lodged a protest, saying that the US broke the law first by enforcing the law?
A commercial truck driver from Monterrey who has crossed Laredos international bridges countless times was stunned earlier this month when he received a ticket from U.S. inspectors because he cant speak English."We were worried," said Samuel Tamez Treviño, owner of the truck that was driven by Rafael Segovia. "We consulted with attorneys. We were somewhat relieved when they told us it would be treated as a warning. But now what are we supposed to do?"

Tamez Treviño, whose transportation company is in Montemorelos, is concerned that his drivers may be unable or unwilling to learn English, considering that even a short, intense course to learn the basics can take five months.

Segovia, who was back home and unavailable for comment, was handed the citation on Aug. 2 at about 4:45 p.m. at the Colombia-Solidarity International Bridge. He also was cited for having non-working brake lights and a leaky hydraulic hose, which are fairly routine violations.

Tamez Treviño said hes never heard of any law requiring that his drivers know English. Many company owners dont speak English, let alone their workers, many of whom dont even have a high school education.

The law requiring that Mexican truckers coming into the United States speak English has been on the books for years, but it has taken on renewed significance with the coming implementation of a new provision that will allow up to 100 Mexican carriers to go beyond the border zone. It also will allow up to 100 U.S. carriers to go deep into Mexico with their loads.

While many international trade supporters praise the move as long overdue and a natural outgrowth of the North American Free Trade Agreement, the plan has many critics, including labor leaders and some U.S. transportation companies who fear the Mexican trucks will be unsafe and create unnecessary risks on U.S. highways
Nevertheless, a demonstration project is set to begin within a few weeks, allowing Mexican carriers that have passed the required safety audit to take their trucks onto U.S. roads.

Mexican truckers have their own complaints.

"Theyre already bothering us in the United States and it hasnt even started," said Luis Moreno Sesma, president of the Nuevo Laredo branch of Canacar, a national association of transportation company owners. "Its not fair to require English in the commercial (border) zone."

Federal transportation officials in Laredo declined to comment, but a spokeswoman for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration in Washington said truck drivers who are working only in the border commercial zone may be found in violation of the law for not being able to communicate in English but wont be stopped from crossing.

Those truck drivers who are headed past the border commercial zone, however, will not be allowed to continue their trip if they cant speak English, the spokeswoman said.

"The Mexican drivers may receive citations," said the spokeswoman, who declined to give her name, "but that doesnt mean they have to stop working."

Asked why the Mexican drivers werent given notice about the plan to start enforcing the law, the spokeswoman said Mexican authorities have been fully aware of the plan for some time. The Ministry of Communications and Transportation was involved in creating the demonstration program thats set to start soon.
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18750357&BRD=2290&PAG=461&dept_id=569392&rfi=6
- ANSWER:
  Hydraulic hose violation? Brake lights? I shudder to think what kind of terrible accident will happen when their drivers come onto our roads. You know, their men have a high percentage of alcoholism - and it is considered "macho" to drive drunk. Wow - our government is not going to help us. We will have to rise up and save ourselves. Where is the next protest march?
QUESTION:
I neeeed HELP ! Anyone EXCELLENT in history ?
18. What happened when developers built affordable, mass-produced houses in places such as Levittown?

Competition caused prices to fall.

The federal government offered tax incentives to anyone who moved to the suburbs.

The suburbs grew.

Schools hired teachers whose salaries were paid by the developers.

19. What expression describes the tremendous change in population following World War II?

human growth increase

baby boom

generation explosion

population doubling

20. What helped fuel postwar consumer spending?

the ease of obtaining credit

end of war bonuses for soldiers

a significant increase in interest rates

women working outside the home

21. What was one result of the car culture that developed in the postwar era?

Families found it difficult to purchase cars because production could not meet demands.

There was a decrease in the federal gasoline tax.

Higher speed limits went into effect, causing concerns about fuel consumption.

Congress passed legislation to construct the interstate highway system.

22. What prevented computers from having an impact on everyday life in the 1950s?

They were too large and expensive for personal use.

Business demand was so high that they were not available for personal use.

People were required to obtain licenses that were too difficult to qualify for.

Congress approved them for government and military use only.

23. How did television affect society in the 1950s?

It raised hopes of fame for millions.

It promoted the development of a common culture.

It encouraged people to participate in their democracy.

It increased newspaper circulation.

24. What did the addition of "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance and adopting "in God we trust" as the national motto indicate about life in the 1950s?

that people were grateful for victory in World War II

that the televangelists were more influential than Congress

that there was an increased enthusiasm for religion

that separation of church and state was not important

25. What was one effect of McCarthyism in the 1950s?

People examined issues related to civil rights.

People supported candidates that opposed McCarthy.

People felt a pressure to conform to avoid suspicion.

People formed resistance groups to question it.

26. What contributed significantly to John F. Kennedy's election to the presidency?

his experience as vice president

televised debates

religious intervention

a weak opponent

27. John F. Kennedy said, "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country." How did these words affect young voters?

They inspired young people to participate in working for their country.

They quickly approved higher taxes.

They caused young people to begin questioning what the United States meant to them.

They resented the request and avoided public service.

28. Why did African Americans pursue civil rights more vigorously after World War II?

With the population explosion there were more blacks to advocate for civil rights.

They resented not being eligible for the educational benefits of the GI bill.

Despite service in the military, blacks returned to find that Jim Crow laws were still in place.

Television depicted affluence across society that blacks hope to capture.

29. Which event played an important part in the civil rights movement?

a march from Little Rock to Montgomery

a march on Washington, D.C.

Rosa Parks leading a march on Birmingham

Freedom rides to Washington, D.C.

30. Which civil rights advocate became a Supreme Court justice?

Thurgood Marshall

Clarence Thomas

Medgar Evers

James Meredith

31. What was the title of the document Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote to explain his philosophy?

Selma Voting Rights Address

The Table of Brotherhood

Letter from Birmingham Jail

Poor People's Campaign

32. What did the growing popularity of Malcolm X, Black Power, and the Black Panthers show about the civil rights movement by 1965?

that it had failed to bring about any changes in the lives of African Americans

that many people were willing to participate in demonstrations

that many African Americans had become impatient with King�s cautious approach

that whites had joined forces with blacks in the civil rights movement

33. What was the goal of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

providing f
- ANSWER:
  The suburbs grew.
  
  baby boom
  
  end of war bonuses for soldiers (GI bill)
  
  Congress passed legislation to construct the interstate highway system.
  
  They were too large and expensive for personal use.
  
  It promoted the development of a common culture.
  
  that separation of church and state was not important
  
  People felt a pressure to conform to avoid suspicion.
  
  televised debates
  
  They inspired young people to participate in working for their country.
  
  Despite service in the military, blacks returned to find that Jim Crow laws were still in place.
  
  a march on Washington, D.C.
  
  Thurgood Marshall
  
  Letter from Birmingham Jail
  
  that many African Americans had become impatient with King�s cautious approach
  
  last one was cut off but the CRA prohibited discrimination based on sex or race in federal gov, state gov, and some businesses (restaurants)
QUESTION:
story beginning opinion?
Sorry to everyone on my contact list who already answered questions bout my story....sorry i keep changing my mind, but I have continued on my story the trip and i changed the plot so it would work. no mean comments on me changing my mind so many times. I am onnly 11 and always have writers block. So here is my beginning paragraphs of my story 'the trip'

All I could see from the backseat of the car was advertiments for restaurants and “Adopt a Highway” signs. My Golden Retriever, Lulu, was resting her head on my thigh, sleeping heavily. The woman in the front seat I call mom was singing to the oldies on the radio. Dad is just sitting in the drivers’ seat glaring at the curvy roads ahead, not even listening to me protest about our five hour road trip. My Golden Retriever, Lulu, was resting her head on my thigh, sleeping heavily.
“Now honey, when I was a boy I once drove from back home in New York all the way to Washington with my six annoyin’ lil’ brothers and sisters. And you know how long that took?” I didn’t respond. He didn’t say a word either.
Dead silence.
The highway eventually led to a country road with apartments and ranch houses lined up behind a newly painted white fence. I glanced out ahead the front window to see if the there was a main road up ahead so we could get some food to cure my growling stomach. Nothing. Just trees, manure, barns, and fields.
Besides the smell, Wisconsin seemed pretty nice. The houses weren’t too old fashioned, you could barely find an busy sidewalks like there was in New York, and everyone taking a morning walk that we passed seemed to be kind. But then again, I thought, don’t judge a book by it’s cover.
A sudden jolt shook the car awaking my dog, Lulu from her nap as dad led the car onto a long gravel path. “We’re here. Get your bags ready.” My dad ordered from the front seat. I looked at his handsome dark hair and wide chin. Everyone always said I was a perfect resemblance to him. Maybe on the outside, but not the inside, I thought, remembering the force of his arm on mine, grabbing me and pushing me into the car. Tears were coming out of my eyes like a river, as mom had explained. She had said to calm me down, “Stop crying, sweetie, you’ll flood our house.” But it didn’t help.
Dad never told where we were going or why. All I knew was that I was in Wisconsin from reading a sign at the state border.
“Rylee Romano, get out of the car now. Me and your mom have an important business meeting soon, and we’ll miss our flight if you don’t get a move on.” Dad boomed. He was now standing outside of the car, holding a duffel bag. I wondered to myself how he had packed all three bags without me knowing. Also, if they were really going on a business trip. As far as I was concerned, my parents worked in completely different fields.
and like one answerer said, i am 11
no doubt
and for those of u who want it emailed i can email u when its finished
and i already know the ones who answered my first questions who said they wanted it emailed to them.
i know i have 'my golden retriver lulu was resting her head on my thigh' twice in there

it is just a typo
i know i have 'my golden retriver lulu was resting her head on my thigh' twice in there

it is just a typo
- ANSWER:
  I am having a problem believing you are 11.
  I know some 14 year olds, nay, i know some 17 year olds who do not write this well. Good job!
QUESTION:
More opinion on my story titled "The Trip"?
Okay so I know I have asked this many times, but I have it longer now. What I want your opinion on is if I describe everything that my character smells, hears, sees, and thinks well enough for my reader to understand. Please no copying...

All I could see from the backseat of the car was advertiments for restaurants and “Adopt a Highway” signs. My Golden Retriever, Lulu, was resting her head on my thigh, sleeping heavily. The woman in the front seat I call mom was singing to the 70’s music on the radio. Dad was just sitting in the drivers’ seat glaring at the curvy roads ahead, not even listening to me protest about our five hour road trip.
“Now honey, when I was a boy I once drove from back home in Illinois all the way to Washington with my six annoyin’ lil’ brothers and sisters. And you know how long that took?” I didn’t respond. He didn’t say a word either.
Dead silence.
The highway eventually led to a country road with apartments and ranch houses lined up behind a newly painted white fence. I glanced out ahead the front window to see if the there was a main road up ahead so we could get some food to cure my growling stomach. Nothing. Just trees, manure, barns, and fields.
Besides the smell, Wisconsin seemed pretty nice. The houses weren’t too old fashioned, you could barely find an busy sidewalks like there was in New York, and everyone taking a morning walk that we passed seemed to be kind. But then again, I thought, don’t judge a book by it’s cover.
A sudden jolt shook the car awaking my dog, Lulu from her nap as dad led the car onto a long gravel path. The drive led to a house that was wide with a low roof. A barn, broken window and all was set off about fifty yards away from the brick house. Open windows in the front showed off rooms that looked like they belonged to a family.
“We’re here. Get your bags ready.” My dad ordered from the front seat. I looked at his handsome dark hair and wide chin. Everyone always said I was a perfect resemblance to him. Maybe on the outside, but not the inside, I thought, remembering the force of his arm on mine, grabbing me and pushing me into the car. Tears were coming out of my eyes like a river, as mom had explained. She had said to calm me down, “Stop crying, sweetie, you’ll flood our house.” But it didn’t help.
Dad never told where we were going or why. All I knew was that I was in Wisconsin from reading a sign at the state border.
“Rylee Romano, get out of the car now. Me and your mom have an important business meeting soon, and we’ll miss our flight if you don’t get a move on.” Dad boomed. He was now standing outside of the car, holding a duffel bag. I wondered to myself how he had packed all three bags without me knowing. Also, if they were really going on a business trip. As far as I was concerned, my parents worked in completely different fields.
“Rylee!”
“Oh, sorry. Coming!” I staggered out of the SUV with Lulu trotting behind, armed with two duffel bags.
Waiting at the front porch was an older lady, probably in her 50’s, waving at me and dad and mom frantically. I hoped that this woman wouldn’t be caring for me while my parents were on their ‘business trip’. And I got my spirit’s up way to high.
Up close, the woman didn’t look as ugly as I had imagined. Her slightly gray hair was braided cascading down her back and was wearing a midnight blue turtle neck with a pair of jeans.
“Hi, Rylee. I’m Marla, you’re great aunt. I will be babysitting you until your mommy and daddy get back. Okay?” Marla sounded like a peppy preschool teacher introducing herself, making me almost want to vomit. It wasn’t a very good first impression if that was what she was trying to do.
“Come one inside. We can have some mint tea.” she said, motioning for us, the Romano’s, to follow her.
We followed Marla inside into a dimly lit hall with photographs of little girls, maybe grandchildren, playing in sand, snow, dirt, leaves, and grass. The hallway brought us to a carpeted living room with cabinet after cabinet with exotic dolls staring at me through the streaky glass. Unfolded laundry lay in a wash basket on an old couch placed up against a wall, facing a small TV. room with cabinet after cabinet with exotic dolls staring at me through the streaky glass. Unfolded laundry lay in a wash basket on an old couch placed up against a wall, facing a small TV.
“Do you like dolls, Rylee?” she seemed to have noticed me staring blankly at her collection. I spun around to see her staring at me with curious eyes .
“No.”
“Oh.”
We continued to a wide room, a kitchen, with beige walls and cowboy wallpaper. There was three stools placed by a shiny marble counter. An island with drawers on all sides had a gallon of milk with a half full cereal bowl and a spoon left on it. Pictures of more children, sloppy pictures torn out of a coloring book, and colorful magnets were covering almost the entire refri
Sorry it is so long
- ANSWER:
  Well you did alright on explaining things but there are a few things you can improve on. With the whole smell thing you should describe a little more. For example, when she is driving in the car she could explain the smell a little better. Something like 'The smell of dirt and country life filled my nose as I rolled down the window.' Just something like that so we can get a better idea of what it smells like..so we can imagine it. You did okay on the hearing part, because you mentioned your mother singing to the radio. But maybe you should explain a little more like 'Over my mother's singing I heard the wooshing of the wind outside and the noise of some wildlife'. You did the best on explaining what your character was seeing but maybe you should explain some landscape better. Your character is out in the country, as you already explained, but what does she see? Are there hills rolling miles wide? Is the sky bright today? You could even go as far as explaining what the barns and such are made of. For example 'I glanced around at the nearby farms made of, what looked like, oak wood. They seemed old and unstable.' Or maybe they were new barns. 'They seemed new and stable enough.' Details can catch a readers attention and have them imagining what you're explaining. Using exact verbs is also something that really helps. Like instead of saying 'She ran across the long yard as fast as she could' 'She loped across the long yard as fast as she could' The word lope is better than ran because it's more imaginative. Well, I hope I helped and good luck with your story!
QUESTION:
Is it possible to spend your way out of a recession, as obama said?
New Obama plans: 'spend our way out' of downturn
By PHILIP ELLIOTT, Associated Press Writer Philip Elliott, Associated Press Writer 2 mins ago
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama outlined new multibillion-dollar stimulus and jobs proposals Tuesday, saying the nation must continue to "spend our way out of this recession" until more Americans are back at work.

Without giving a price tag, Obama proposed a package of new spending for highway, bridge and other infrastructure projects, deeper tax breaks for small businesses and tax incentives to encourage people to make their homes more energy efficient.

"We avoided the depression many feared," Obama said in a speech at the Brookings Institution, a Washington think tank. But, he added, "Our work is far from done."

For the third time in a week, Obama sought to focus on job creation, noting that the unemployment rate was still at 10 percent in November, though down slightly from its 10.2 percent peak. He said "a staggering" 7 million Americans have lost jobs since the recession began two years ago.

While his proposal did not include the kind of direct federal public works jobs that were created in the 1930s, he said government could set the stage for more job creation by private businesses.

A major part of his package is new incentives for small businesses, which account for two-thirds of the nation's work force. He proposed a new tax cut for small businesses that hire in 2010 and an elimination for one year of the capital gains tax on profits from small-business investments.

Obama also proposed an elimination of fees on loans to small businesses, coupled with federal guarantees of those loans through the end of next year.

He called for more government spending on infrastructure projects such as roads, bridges and water projects and for new tax breaks for consumers who invest in energy-efficient retrofits in their homes. This could be what some administration officials have called a "Cash for Caulkers" program modeled on the now-expired Cash for Clunkers program of tax rebates for people who turned in old cars for more fuel-efficient models.

The administration also is eyeing ways to get money still not spent in the 7 billion stimulus bill passed last winter into projects more quickly.

Obama did not characterize his new proposals as another stimulus program like that mammoth measure, but Republican critics have called it just that and have said it will increase a federal deficit that is already at a record level.

Obama included sharp criticism for Republicans in his speech, accusing them of opposing economic stimulus efforts and his health care overhaul while supporting tax cuts and spending that have ballooned the deficit.

He said that soon after taking office, he and congressional Democrats took "a series of difficult steps" to try to stabilize the financial system and pull the economy out of a deep recession.

"And we were forced to take those steps largely without the help of an opposition party which, unfortunately, after having presided over the decision-making that led to the crisis, decided to hand it to others to solve."

Obama did not say how much his proposals would cost, although congressional Democrats are eyeing a billion package to help create jobs and to provide aid to hard-pressed state and local governments. Administration aides suggested that the part of the package dealing with roads, bridges and other infrastructure could total about billion.

While acknowledging increasing concerns in Congress and among the public over the nation's growing debt, Obama said critics present a "false choice" between paying down deficits and investing in job creation and economic growth.

To pay for the new programs, the administration is citing the Treasury Department's report on Monday that it expects to get back 0 billion in taxpayer-approved bank bailout funds faster than expected.

Obama suggested this windfall would both help the government spend money on job creation while also paying down the nation's debt, which now totals trillion.

Obama called the bank bailout, under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), "galling."

"There has rarely been a less loved — or more necessary — emergency program," Obama said. The program is expected to go out of business at the end of this year unless extended by Congress.

Since the program is costing taxpayers at least 0 billion less than expected, Obama said, "This gives us a chance to pay down the deficit faster than we thought possible and to shift funds that would have gone to help the banks on Wall Street to help create jobs on Main Street."

But Republicans continued to insist that the leftover and repaid TARP money must be used exclusively for deficit reduction and not for a new jobs program.

"The president's announcement is further proof that TARP has morphed from an emergency injection of liquidity to thaw frozen credit markets i
- ANSWER:
  Businesses do it all the time, but they call it Capital Investment.
QUESTION:
can someone please help me find rhetorical devices in the following text please!!!!!!!?
Wake Up, America. We're Driving Toward Disaster.

By James Howard Kunstler
26/05/08 "Washington Post" -- - Everywhere I go these days, talking about the global energy predicament on the college lecture circuit or at environmental conferences, I hear an increasingly shrill cry for "solutions." This is just another symptom of the delusional thinking that now grips the nation, especially among the educated and well-intentioned.

I say this because I detect in this strident plea the desperate wish to keep our "Happy Motoring" utopia running by means other than oil and its byproducts. But the truth is that no combination of solar, wind and nuclear power, ethanol, biodiesel, tar sands and used French-fry oil will allow us to power Wal-Mart, Disney World and the interstate highway system -- or even a fraction of these things -- in the future. We have to make other arrangements.

The public, and especially the mainstream media, misunderstands the "peak oil" story. It's not about running out of oil. It's about the instabilities that will shake the complex systems of daily life as soon as the global demand for oil exceeds the global supply. These systems can be listed concisely:

The way we produce food

The way we conduct commerce and trade

The way we travel

The way we occupy the land

The way we acquire and spend capital

And there are others: governance, health care, education and more.

As the world passes the all-time oil production high and watches as the price of a barrel of oil busts another record, as it did last week, these systems will run into trouble. Instability in one sector will bleed into another. Shocks to the oil markets will hurt trucking, which will slow commerce and food distribution, manufacturing and the tourist industry in a chain of cascading effects. Problems in finance will squeeze any enterprise that requires capital, including oil exploration and production, as well as government spending. These systems are all interrelated. They all face a crisis. What's more, the stress induced by the failure of these systems will only increase the wishful thinking across our nation.

And that's the worst part of our quandary: the American public's narrow focus on keeping all our cars running at any cost. Even the environmental community is hung up on this. The Rocky Mountain Institute has been pushing for the development of a "Hypercar" for years -- inadvertently promoting the idea that we really don't need to change.

Years ago, U.S. negotiators at a U.N. environmental conference told their interlocutors that the American lifestyle is "not up for negotiation." This stance is, unfortunately, related to two pernicious beliefs that have become common in the United States in recent decades. The first is the idea that when you wish upon a star, your dreams come true. (Oprah Winfrey advanced this notion last year with her promotion of a pop book called "The Secret," which said, in effect, that if you wish hard enough for something, it will come to you.) One of the basic differences between a child and an adult is the ability to know the difference between wishing for things and actually making them happen through earnest effort.

The companion belief to "wishing upon a star" is the idea that one can get something for nothing. This derives from America's new favorite religion: not evangelical Christianity but the worship of unearned riches. (The holy shrine to this tragic belief is Las Vegas.) When you combine these two beliefs, the result is the notion that when you wish upon a star, you'll get something for nothing. This is what underlies our current fantasy, as well as our inability to respond intelligently to the energy crisis.

These beliefs also explain why the presidential campaign is devoid of meaningful discussion about our energy predicament and its implications. The idea that we can become "energy independent" and maintain our current lifestyle is absurd. So is the gas-tax holiday. (Which politician wants to tell voters on Labor Day that the holiday is over?) The pie-in-the-sky plan to turn grain into fuel came to grief, too, when we saw its disruptive effect on global grain prices and the food shortages around the world, even in the United States. In recent weeks, the rice and cooking-oil shelves in my upstate New York supermarket have been stripped clean.

So what are intelligent responses to our predicament? First, we'll have to dramatically reorganize the everyday activities of American life. We'll have to grow our food closer to home, in a manner that will require more human attention. In fact, agriculture needs to return to the center of economic life. We'll have to restore local economic networks -- the very networks that the big-box stores systematically destroyed -- made of fine-grained layers of wholesalers, middlemen
- ANSWER:
  Your problem is that you don't know what "rhetorical devices" are. Check the dictionary and encyclopedia at www.dictionary.com or a similar site, then go over the writing again. You'll recognize a bunch of them!
QUESTION:
Was it a good idea that the treasury stole billion from the highway fund in 1998 for defecit reduction?
What other funds did they raid that we will have to pay back later?

WASHINGTON - Two months after the White House called a highway trust fund rescue plan a "gimmick" and threatened a presidential veto, President Bush is expected to sign legislation infusing billion into the financially teetering fund that supports road and bridge projects around the country.
That change of heart came after the administration acknowledged last week that the trust fund, which derives its revenues from the federal gas tax, was going broke much faster than anticipated and that Washington would have to begin delaying payments to states for construction work as early as this month.

That could have meant the loss of thousands of high-paying construction jobs just weeks before the election.

"I'm glad the Republicans came to their senses — you can't play politics with 300,000 jobs when we're in a recession," said Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.

The House on Thursday voted 376-29 on the measure to transfer billion from the Treasury's general fund to shore up the 52-year-old highway trust fund. The Senate approved the measure by a voice vote on Wednesday after several Republicans who had held up the legislation for months agreed to let it go forward.

The breakthrough in the Senate came just five days after Transportation Secretary Mary Peters announced that the trust fund, which enjoyed a billion surplus just three years ago, would run out of money this month. She urged quick action by Congress to restore solvency to the fund.

In July, after the House first passed the billion replenishment effort, the White House threatened a veto, saying taking money from the general fund was "both a gimmick and a dangerous precedent that shifts costs from users to taxpayers at large."

Supporters of the transfer argued that the Treasury was merely returning billion it took from the then-prospering trust fund in 1998 for deficit reduction.

It has long been anticipated that the trust fund would move into the red next year, a result of the reluctance of Congress to raise the gasoline tax, unchanged since 1993 despite inflation and soaring construction costs. The federal fuel tax is 18.4 cents a gallon, or 24.3 cents for diesel.
- ANSWER:
  It doesn't bother me as much as Clinton raiding Social Security for 158 billion and raising taxes 89 billion we are still paying for today
  
  This is from the Congressional Budget Office from March 1999. How Clinton reduced the debt and increased it at the same time. Wait a second you can't reduce it and increase it at the same time. Right. He increased at the expense of Social Security.
  
  Yesterday the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its preliminary re estimate of the White House budget. This follows the Joint Committee on Taxation's (JCT) re estimate of the Clinton White House's tax provisions last week. Together, CBO and JCT are Congress' official estimators -- nonpartisan entities that Clinton himself promised to use when he first took office back in 1993.
  
  President Clinton has promised to protect Social Security, to reduce the debt to the maximum extent possible, to control spending, and reduce taxes. But, Congress' official estimators show that on all four counts, the President's budget fails. Instead, Clinton's budget raids the Social Security trust fund for 8 billion in five years, it artificially erases the surplus, it lowers the public debt less than doing nothing would, it increases spending, and it raises taxes by .7 billion over the 1999-2009 period.
  
  Clinton Raids Social Security: According to CBO, Clinton spends billion of the Social Security surplus in his budget's first year (2000) and 8 billion over the first five years (2000-2004).
  
  This is the same Social Security surplus that he has promised to save in its entirety.
  
  This is the biggest reason S.S. is in trouble.

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