Filibuster

After watching the following videos and reading the article from class, why are the Democrats passing bills in the wee hours of the morning?

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/12/21/health.care.senate.vote/index.html

Coppenhagen Confrontations

Why are young people being arrested by the hundreds in the city of Copenhagen?

How are the movie "The 11th Hour" and this artcle from class related?

Do students have a right to a free and public educaton?

How might NYC schools change if bussing is no longer supplied by the MTA for free?

Medical USE or an excuse for ABUSE?

Should states retain the right to decide the use of illeagal drugs for medical purposes?

ECONOMICS BOOK

"People cannot eat machinery or factory buildings. That is why poor countries should concentrate on agriculture and leave manufacturing to the industrialized nations."

EXPLAIN WHY YOU AGREE OR DISAGREE.

What the president cannot do...

CBS report




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IN CLASS ARTICLE "Healthcare a Right or a Privilege?"

World Journalism Prep teacher suggests this article from the Heritage Foundation.

The Blitz

Why is the president flooding Sunday morning with his message?

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Racisim or Distraction?

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy

White House Response

Maureen Dowd's Opinion Piece

How should the office of the president respond to Maureen Dowd and former president Jimmy Carter?

In your opinion does this arguement have any validity?

Will this derail the healthcare reform bill?

Healthcare Speech

Re-watch the president's speech on healthcare. What are his goals? Ask a registered voter what they think of the president's plan.


http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/09/10/us/politics/20090910-obama-health.html#

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9/11

After reading Illness Persisting in 9/11 Workers, Big Study Finds write a brief reflection. How has money played a role in the care of 9/11 cleanup victims? Who is at fault for the illness? What changes in finance need to be made to correct the problem? Is health care a federal, city or individual responsibility? If you would like to read a follow up article just published on the Times website before you write click here.

Who should pay for the healthcare of 9/11 workers?

Who is responsible for this issue?

Does the US government have a responsibility to care for the sick?

Do people have a right to healthcare?

Senior Class 2010

Your first assignment:

After reading the article Bringing School to the Information Age (hyperlinked here) browse through the previous postings and comments on this blog.

Is this format and classroom structure suitable to your learning style?

What benefits can this format present to a classroom?

What drawbacks do you foresee?

What Color is that Baby?

How does race play a role in the news we see and read?

FCC this

Is the governement responsible for the television programs being braodcast into your home?

Whose job is it to monitor children in front of the tv?

Should we Save the GOP?

What does George Washington say about our party system?

What role does a political party play?

Can we survive without the Republican Party?

How might the Democratic Party react to the destruction of the Republican Party?

Honk if you "Choose Life" !

Should states be allowed to bar certain politically charged statements on license plates?

Who owns license plates? (keep in mind in NYS you must return them)

Is this a 1st Amendment issue?

How have the lower courts ruled?

Is Adam Liptak showing his bias in this article?

What further questions do you have for the author?

Article

Obama's First 100

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/04/29/us/politics/200900429_OBAMA_100DAY.html#

Why has the name of the super flu changed?

Listen again to the first 6 mins of his speech, what has the government done to protect us further from this outbreak?

Listen again to the first and second question he is asked, is the media giving too much attention to St. Francis Prep's swine flu?

Profiting from the FLU? SWINE or AVIAN

OBAMA+ LUGAR 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/06/opinion/06obama.html?pagewanted=print


INVESTING IN BIOTECH 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/07/us/politics/07obama.html?pagewanted=print


SWINE FLU 2009

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/28/health/policy/28health.html?ref=health

(note the section of the Times the above article appears on)

http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/27/swine-flu-a-cause-for-panic/?hp

Is there cause for concern according to these three articles?

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Should we be concerned about policy makers investing in private companies?

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How are policy makers using fear?

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What seems to be the link between Obama and the Flu?

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How can a "Swine Flu" in Queens become a billion dollar money maker for investors?

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What is something you heard in class today that you would like to know more about?

(eg. blind trusts, the 1976 Ford Inoculation Blunder, the Great Influenza of 1918, telecommunications nationalization agenda or anything?)

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NEW AUDIO FILE

Friday- Deinstitutionalization

http://www.helium.com/items/837637-assessing-the-affects-of-the-deinstitutionalization-movement


http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=527&invol=581#section1


The number of beds for mentally ill patients since 1950 has dropped considerably, why has this happened?

What is the importance of the Olmstead decision?

What role might the Olmstead decison have played in the artcile Apeksha brought to our attention on Monday?

Mom on Fire!

Questions we can ask the class would be :

1. Do you think it's necessary that there should be background checks at a shooting range?
2. Should they be using real bullets ?
3. Should there be better security at the shooting range ?
4. Do you think the women herself should have special care and maybe have documented papers with her saying she had an attempted suicide..or mental case?
5. Was it okay for the son to even consider going to the shooting range with his mom due to prior events ?

Article http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6062648.ece