On Monday, Senator Hillary Clinton criticized Senator Barack Obama for plagiarism in speech last weekend. She told that Barack had used his friend’s, Deval Patrick, governor of Massachusetts, ideas without crediting him. Her adviser, Howard Wolfson, opened a conference to let the public know Barack’s dishonesty. Barack responded to Clinton that she also used his words as well. He said that he and his friend “trade ideas all the time” and his friend supported him to defend himself.
After series of losing, Clinton has to find any ways to defeat Mr. Obama. She wanted to show the voters that Obama was their wrong choice and words his victory was made by his rhetoric words. She said that Mr. Obama plagiarizes his friend’s ideas but she did the same way as him. She used Obama words “It’s time to turn the page” and “Fired up and ready to go” without thinking that she was also plagiarist. As Mr. Obama said, “I noticed Senator Clinton, on occasion, has used words of mine as well.” She pointed out Obama’s little mistake to criticize Obama but it also hurts herself.
This argument is not successful because it shows Clinton’s weakness. This is not the best way for her to get support from voters. All the voters want is sophisticated politics. They want information that helps them choose a good candidate to be the president. They do not want to see a “dust-up.” I think all the candidates should do is to show up their talent, experience, best field, so the voter can choose the good president.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/19/us/politics/19campaign.html?_r=1&ref=politics&oref=slogin
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Good news for economic and taxpayers
US economy plan does not have enough support in the Senate.
Although the US House of Representatives has approved the White House-backed $146 billion economic stimulus plan, the Senate Republicans did not support it. While the Democrat-backed plan, which would have provided extra money to retired people and veterans, the Senate’s version reduced the tax rebates on offer in the original package but extended the group to benefit from these like unemployment benefits, offered heating aid for the poor and gave tax breaks for renewable energy firms and coal companies. Henry Paulson, US Treasury Secretary, had urged the Senators to keep focusing on simple tax breaks. Under the president's proposed package, households and businesses will have great benefit. Some 117 million US homes would receive a rebate of up to $600 for individuals and up to $1,200 for married couples. Couples with children will also get an extra $300 per child. The bill will be sent to the White House by 15 February.
By television, internet, and our real lives, we can see the US economic has been decreasing lately. A lot of companies, factories moved to developing countries; people get lost their jobs but the living cost is increasing day by day. So I think everybody should read this article to gain some information about US economic as well as what government does for us to help the economic and our lives better. We will receive our great tax rebate this year. This is really good news for us.
Here is the link to the article:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7231918.stm
Although the US House of Representatives has approved the White House-backed $146 billion economic stimulus plan, the Senate Republicans did not support it. While the Democrat-backed plan, which would have provided extra money to retired people and veterans, the Senate’s version reduced the tax rebates on offer in the original package but extended the group to benefit from these like unemployment benefits, offered heating aid for the poor and gave tax breaks for renewable energy firms and coal companies. Henry Paulson, US Treasury Secretary, had urged the Senators to keep focusing on simple tax breaks. Under the president's proposed package, households and businesses will have great benefit. Some 117 million US homes would receive a rebate of up to $600 for individuals and up to $1,200 for married couples. Couples with children will also get an extra $300 per child. The bill will be sent to the White House by 15 February.
By television, internet, and our real lives, we can see the US economic has been decreasing lately. A lot of companies, factories moved to developing countries; people get lost their jobs but the living cost is increasing day by day. So I think everybody should read this article to gain some information about US economic as well as what government does for us to help the economic and our lives better. We will receive our great tax rebate this year. This is really good news for us.
Here is the link to the article:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7231918.stm
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