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1. The name and the website of the interest group.
The name of the interest group selected is Business- Industry Political Action Committee (BIPAC). The business oriented political group’s website is www.bipac.org. You can find its page and platform portal on the internet.
2. What is the goal of the interest group?
Being a business political action committee, the group’s goal is to ensure that businesses belonging to their members are protected (Edsall, 11). They provide information to all the relevant stakeholders in business from their grassroots concerning the issues affecting their businesses. By doing this, they are a significant determinant of who is to be voted in for any political seat. They group also has mechanism to influence many of the country’s business policies.
3. Are its goals conservative or liberal?
The goals of this interest group can be said to be conservative. The interest group is employer oriented and is thus more concerned with protecting the interest of big businesses. This has always been the case since time immemorial. Corporations seek ways and means to have politicians protecting their interests elected thus continuing with their supremacy. They really do not care about liberal or free markets.
4. How do its goals affect the concept of liberty?
Their goals affect negatively the concept of liberty. This is because they are more interested in protecting big corporations. They thus interfere with the doctrines of a free market society.
5. How do its goals affect then concept of equality?
Their interests also affect negatively the concept of equality. By protecting big corporations, they prevent emerging business from growing. They are therefore a threat to entrepreneurship.
6. How do its goals affect the concept of democracy?
Basing our discussion on the same issue of a free market society, BIPAC does not respect democracy. Lobbying for a candidate who supports their interests shows that they only care about their well being. They will thus go to greater heights to abuse the concept of democracy in order to protect their interests.
7. Which politicians have this group supported and opposed?
BIPAC is mostly supported by the republicans. This shows in their funding list where most of the funding for their activities came from republicans politicians (Edsall, 10). The group is mostly oriented with business minded politicians. Most of the democrats oppose this group.
8. What interest groups exist with opposing goals?
Interest groups especially those occupying Wall Street like the tea party are opposed to BIPAC interests. Tea party interest group is opposed to the big corporation controlling most of the country’s wealth (Stone, 14).
9. Does the group have volunteer positions available? If so, give the title of the position and some responsibilities, if available.
BIPAC has a volunteer program known as the B. Iden Payne awards council. It is dedicated to promoting theatrical and performance arts. You can volunteer to offer expertise or financial support.
Works cited
Edsall, B.T “GOP Angers Big Business on Key Issues.” Washington Post 21 June.
1998: 11
Stone, P. “All Checks, No Balances: Campaign Finance Sells Out.” Mother Jones, 34, 5,
(2010): 12-34.
Typical American By Gish Jen
Typical American By Gish Jen
Ralph and Grover are the characters of interest that I chose to discuss in this essay. They are foreigners who believe that America could make their dreams come true now that they were in the land with unexploited opportunities as they believed. The author refers to them as “imagineers “[Ralph] lay waiting to see what happened. Anything could happen, this was America. He gave himself up to the country and dreamt.” (Pg. 42) What the two teenagers did not realize was that the American dream does not always go the way they wanted and they would end up disappointed and frustrated.
Later in the book, we find that Ralph and Grover contrast in different ways. Grover is a bachelor, wealthy, with skills in women, has a huge house with servants, and he’s a wild and crazy.
Ralph on the other hand is a quieter, mildly successful college dropout, a husband with a wife and two kids and a house in the suburbs who was saved by his sister after running out of college.
The two have one thing in common. They are both in pursuit of the American dream. The chase of the American dream has a lot to do with money and material possessions. Nevertheless, having someone to go home to and a person who cares for you is also important. The chance to propagate your lineage through reproduction so you can keep your seed in the country that you decided to adopt as your home is also part of the pursuit. (Angelfire 1)
The similarity between the two characters has also been stated in that we find that each has pursued the American dream and they have embraced success. Ralph has the family life and Grover has the material wealth, but neither man has both, and each is somewhat disappointed.
Ralph and Grover have different backgrounds with Ralph as an academic although a dropout of college and later becomes a teacher. The other is a businessman and they are both lured to greed in their quest for the American Dream. (Angelfire 1)
Ralph thought his hard work in the university and his efforts to get tenure would be enough to make lots of money, “Marriage, as he’d thought of it, was the end of a story, much like a Ph. D., except that the marriage story was shorter, and less work.” (Pg. 69)
But what his efforts and greed for a better life did was allowing him to move from a rundown apartment in the city to a house in the suburbs. The disappointment of his tenure job of teaching in the university ended he got the chance to get into a new business of selling fried chicken, which his friend, Grover, had just bought, but needed someone else to run. In the quest to increase his returns, Ralph decided to build an extra level where customers could eat from and Grover due to his uncontrollable desire for wealth bought the mortgage which he knew later would be a problem to Ralph. Ralph could pay the mortgage slowly but later cracks developed and he was forced to shut the business down. Grover’s greed for money ended up in ruining their friendship. (Angelfire 1)
Conclusion
At the end of the book, Ralph seems disappointed with his predicament. He realized that it may seem that the American dream is all about money, but it’s truly about family and that you’ll only be disappointed with money, while family will bring you the happiness.
Work cited
BIBLIOGRAPHY l 1033 Angelfire. Typical American Essay Web22 Oct 2013 http://www.angelfire.com/co3/phkicker/writing/typamer.html.
TYPHOON HAIYAN
TYPHOON HAIYAN
A typhoon is a mature tropical cyclone that develops in the western part of the Pacific Ocean between 180°and 100°E. This region is referred to as the northwest Pacific basin. Typhoon is the regional name in the northwest Pacific for a severe (or mature) tropical cyclone, whereas hurricane is the regional term in the northeast Pacific and northern Atlantic. Elsewhere this is called a tropical cyclone, severe tropical cyclone, or severe cyclonic storm.
There are six main requirements for tropical cyclogenesis: sufficiently warm sea surface temperatures, atmospheric instability, high humidity in the lower to middle levels of the troposphere, enough Coriolis force to develop a low pressure center, a pre-existing low level focus or disturbance, and low vertical wind shear. While these conditions are necessary for tropical cyclone formation, they do not guarantee that a tropical cyclone will form.
Usually, typhoons are not named after people. Instead, they generally refer to animals, flowers, astrological signs, and a few personal names. While the Regional Specialized Meteorological Centre (RSMC) names each typhoon, the main name list itself is coordinated amongst 18 countries which have territories threatened by typhoons each year. However, the Philippines use their own naming list for systems which approach the country, and their latest typhoon is named Haiyan, which is the Chinese name of a sea bird named petrel. The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) retain its own naming list, which does consist of human names.
Typhoon Haiyan has recorded the highest sustained tropical cyclone winds on record, at 195 miles per hour (314 km/h) shortly before making landfall in the central Philippines on Nov. 8, 2013. At least 9.7 million people in 41 provinces were affected by the typhoon. It’s one of the most powerful recorded typhoons to ever hit land and likely the deadliest natural disaster to hit the Philippines. More than 10,000 people are feared dead and thousands are injured as entire villages were destroyed and cities devastated by huge waves and winds of nearly 150 mph. A weakened but still powerful Haiyan also churned through the South China Sea and made landfall in northern Vietnam, which evacuated tens of thousands of people. Forests of palm trees were mowed down on hills surrounding the city. Inside the city, the damage is catastrophic. The storm surge shoved massive freight ships ashore. Many buildings were flattened. Those that weren’t have large chunks ripped away by ferocious waters and winds from the storm.
As the impact of climate change grows ever more marked, the ill-starred Philippines, lying prone and vulnerable at the windswept eastern end of the Pacific, averages about 20 typhoons a year, including three super-typhoons plus numerous incidents of flooding, drought, earthquakes and tremors and occasional volcanic eruptions, making it one of the most naturally disaster-prone countries in the world, thus making it a hothouse for developing new methods and systems in the growing business of disaster relief. But as super-typhoon Haiyan cruelly demonstrated, it still has a long way to go. As one of the world’s poorest and least developed countries, the Philippines is handicapped by a chronic lack of resources, poor or non-existent infrastructure, and a far-flung archipelagic geography when dealing with the natural catastrophes that regularly afflict it.
References:
www.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/en.wikipedia.org/…/Philippine_Atmospheric,_Geophysical_and_Astrono…
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/11/typhoon-haiyan-philippines-climate-change-plans