Amendment 6

I chose Amendment 6 simply because if  no one received a trial, there would be a lot more innocent people in jail. Amendment 6 clearly states that the jury must hear witnesses and evidence on both sides before deciding the guilt of innocence of a person charged with a crime. Also if you cannot afford a lawyer, the court will appoint on to you. Now although this is in the Bill of Rights, judges don't always use this in the correct way. The Troy Davis trial was a setup and they knew they wanted to execute him from the moment they met him but because the Bill of Rights does say that you have to have a trial, they had an unfair trial. There are many cases like this, in fact there are 3 movies that I can think of off the top of my head that show unjust trials. American Violet and The Lena Baker Story were both true stories. And then there's movies like Daddy's Little Girl's that aren't true stories but they are very realistic. This Amendment is important to me for this very reason. No one should be treated under these circumstances and the fact the this is a law and it is bypassed by unruly, cruel and racist juries and judges makes me very disappointed.

Quote

For my quote I chose "I hope you will not consider yourself as commander-in-chief of your own house, but be convinced, that there is such a thing as equal command" by Lucy Flucker Knox. Lucy seems to be talking to her husband Henry Knox as he comes back from the Revolutionary War. I believe that Lucy is simply stating that her husband may have been commander in the war but she was also a commander at home and while he was away, she struggled just as he did to keep the household duties of cooking, cleaning and taking care of the kids all by herself. The last thing a woman wants to do is to work hard to make sure her priorities are straight just to have someone come into her home and tell her how things are supposed to be ran in her own home. If Lucy and Henry are in that house together, then they work together. They both should have an equal say in all of the decisions and no one is to be thrown under the bus and taken advantage of. Everyone in the household should be equally treated.

Quote

For my quote I chose "I hope you will not consider yourself as commander-in-chief of your own house, but be convinced, that there is such a thing as equal command" by Lucy Flucker Knox. Lucy seems to be talking to her husband Henry Knox as he comes back from the Revolutionary War. I believe that Lucy is simply stating that her husband may have been commander in the war but she was also a commander at home and while he was away, she struggled just as he did to keep the household duties of cooking, cleaning and taking care of the kids all by herself. The last thing a woman wants to do is to work hard to make sure her priorities are straight just to have someone come to her home and tell her how things are supposed to be ran in her own home. If Lucy and Henry are in that house together, then they work together. They both should have an equal say in all of the decisions and no one is to be thrown under the bus and taken advantage of. Everyone in the household should be equally treated.

lap 2 questions

I believe that the Declaration of Independence was successful simply because if it wasn't written the world might not be to this level of equality that it is today. Sure it took quite a while for everyone to come together but nothing happens overnight. From the Declaration of Independence, to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" speech, to the Million Man March and etc. none of which wouldn't have happened if it didn't have somewhere to start. One thing about the Declaration of Independence is that everything hasn't totally emerged to "real equality". Unfortunately, there is still racism in every country especially our country and hopefully these problems will be resolved soon. As an African American who lives in the city but still visits the south where my family is from, I see a total difference in the way "Wasp" (White Anglo-Saxon Protestant) treat African American.

Contemporary Section

In today's world, there is one specific protests that is really popular and is expanding across the world and it is call "Occupy Wall St." . This particular protest came about because the "middle class" people are losing their jobs and getting laid off because of the economy. Wall St. has enough money and jobs to support the less wealthier people but because of their greed, they're stuck having to pay high taxes and getting laid off of their jobs. This protest has been taking place in New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Oakland, Denver and even Tennessee. Each day that they protests, more and more people hear about it and protest for the cause. Although I do not have a specific magazine that I read, the Internet site that I'm on, the newspaper page I'm on, the magazine article that I read and the radio I listen to all support the Occupy Wall St. Protest. Just as we are all afraid that at any given moment, we could lose our jobs, they are just as scared as we are. A publicist isn't guaranteed their next story. A radio host isn't guaranteed to go on air. Even a person who owns their own website isn't guaranteed that the Internet won't crash, we all have to take precautions when it comes to our work and careers because with the way the economy is today, we could all get laid off tomorrow.

Colonial Section

Colonists were frustrated about many laws and regulations that came about, including the Stamp Act, Sugar Act, Tea Act, Townshend Act, Quartering Act and many other that were causing a lot of taxation.  Many of these acts and laws that were passed were what I'd like to call "ridiculous", but one of these acts really seems preposterous and that was The Quartering Act. The Quartering Act was an 18th century act passed by the Parliament of Great Britain. This law ordered the local American colonies to provide housing and provisions for British soldiers. This basically meant that if a soldier decided to come to your home after war and wanted to eat everything in your refrigerator and lay in your bed, then you had to allow it. BULL****! Among many rebelling colonist were the New York Provincial Assembly who refused to comply with the Act and failed to supply billeting for the troops.