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Obama’s Presidency May Be Invalid By: Tony Martin Obama’s Presidency is invalid. Documents of Obama’s birth certificate and federal law at the time contradict each other. His birth certificate shows that he should be a legal citizen while federal law questions his legibility. On October 28, 2008, in Pennsylvania Supreme Court Philip J. Bergs accused Barrack Obama of being an illegal citizen causing him to lose the campaign. Bergs believes and strongly questioned Obamas validity. Barack Hussein

Was the American Invasion of Iraq Justified? The Iraq War was a 8-year conflict between a US-led coalition and Saddam Hussein’s regime. The Bush Administration suspected that Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and was planning attacks on American soil. On the Twentieth of March, 2003 the US invaded Iraq and within weeks, toppled the government (Biography.com). Many historians question whether the Americans actually had the justification to invade Iraq. Given the information that

Have you ever wondered how cancer forms? Well, cancer starts when a cell's DNA becomes altered. When the DNA is altered, the cells reproduce without restriction and do not die like a normal cell. These extra cells form a mass of tissue that is a tumor. Cancer forms in the genes of our cells, and is able to be carried in the offspring of the person with cancer. The cells are the basic units of life. Cells contain DNA that make up genes. Genes are instructions for the cells

Introduction: Rumors have fluttered about a widely known company that specializes in coffee called Starbucks. The rumor accused Starbucks in 2004 over an email. A Sargent in the Marines helped make the email go viral. A friend of his informed him about the email and it then began to spread like wildfire. According to the Sargent, he actually contacted the disgruntled sender and got a “real story” from him, but this was never actually verified as to whether or not it’s true. The whole situation upset

Santa Claus, is known by many names: Saint Nicholas, Father Christmas, Kris Kringle and simply "Santa". He is a figure that has been influenced by legend, myth, folklore and most importantly for our purposes today. He wears red, is pulled around on a sleigh by a bunch of reindeer and delivers presents to good children on the 24th of December. The purpose of my post is not to argue about whether or not to teach kids about the full on mythical father Christmas; personally I think it is a bad idea to

Access Criminal Justice Assess the impact of globalization on the U.S. criminal justice system. Over the last several years, globalization has been transforming the US justice system. This is because a series of international standards and guidelines are being imposed by many nations around the globe. At the heart of this focus, is an emphasis on a number of different areas to include: respect for human rights and judicial oversight. (Holmes, 2009, pp. 30 42) In the case of the US, this

When someone says the word “hero,” what is the first thing that pops in your mind? You may start to think of Superman and Spiderman or maybe Batman. You think of fiction and stories and movies. The world right now is full of so many terrible things. Things such as natural disasters, terrorist activity and just plain out people that make terrible decisions. When there is so many terrible things on the news and in this world. We as humans need to focus on the goods things that happen. The heros in

In-N-Out Burger, Quality You Can Taste Today what is known as In-N-Out Burger was first founded by Harry Snyder and his wife Esther Snyder in 1948. The first location was in Baldwin Park California (ReferenceforBusiness.com). Now with over 200 locations in California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, and Texas it has been ranked number one in many polls (ReferenceforBusiness.com). Today its headquarters are in Irvine California. As you may know In-N-Out’s menu consists of the double-double (two patties

This paper will focus on the problems with media literacy in social networking, the news, and in schools to better understand what reliable news is and what is not, to be better informed on what is going on in the world around you. This paper will also focus on the history of media literacy, what are the causes and effects of media literacy and how to spot bogus information. I will also discuss if how to deal with media literacy should be taught in school and if so, how early? Technology has become

American society, it is a relatively feasible task to validate the degree of truth in a news story. One manner in which an individual can become more informed in regards to the validity of a specific news source is to use the fact checking resources on Snopes.com. Snopes is a website dedicated to assigning “truth ratings” to articles through the process of first-hand contact with the primary source of a publication, contact with experts in the subject area relevant to the information presented in the article