what themes run through the findings of the Knapp commission and the Wickersham commission?
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Better education and training were recommendations that have been repeated in other studies and panels. Vigorous prosecution of illegal activity by public officials, including police officers, is key to deterrence.
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Depends on your audience...\n\nGun control\nEarth warming and deforestation\nFixing social security\nThe Iraq war and the war on terrorism\nExploring for new oil in Alaska\nSame sex marriages\nFile sharing software and its legality\nMandatory permanant birth control for welfare recipients\nRight to die\nRight to work\nRight to keep and bear arms\nFarm subsidies\nTaxpayer funding for private enterprise (ball stadiums)\nInstituting the military draft\nBoycott of Cuba\nImmigration laws and NAFTA\n\nI could go on, but you get the idea.
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-the stock market crash\n-The New Deal\n-FDR trying to stuff the Supreme Court\n-The debate on whether America should join the new European war\n\nLots more than that too :)
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All interesting topics. Two sides to all the issues so you can choose any side you want. Juvenile justice I like. Some people think that we need to charge 14 year olds as adults and throw away the key. But there's a lot of info on the other side too. 14 year olds aren't adults when they're "good' so why are they when they're bad. It can be argued that we need a better system. There is science that teenage brains aren't fully developed. And it's a money issue-if you throw a 14 yr old in prison for life instead of rehabilitation, that gets expensive. Not to mention our prisons are full. And then the war against drugs. Another great topic. Do some searches using some of those terms-wikipedia.com is a good place to start looking for ideas....
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- Alien Attack/invasion/Genocide and enslavement of the Human race\n\nGood Socialogical experiment.  It would be interesting to be part of the study.
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I don't know but you may want to look at Foucault since he proposed a lot of changes about how we think about and treat criminals.  It may be a start.
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gambling, gun ownership, drinking age, gay marriage, prostitution (legalization or not?), marijuana ...
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The Noe and Theo Cons have usurped traditional Republican beliefs. You have to wonder what is going on when the John Birch Society is more closely aligned with the Democrats on most issues. Everything bad in the world is Clinton's fault, except for the 8 years of Peace, Prosperity and a Budget surplus.
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http://www.hyperhistory.net/apwh/essays/cmplist.htm#IV\n\nlook  here
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There was no connection. Seems everyone knew that but the Bush Administration.  Oh, they'll keep looking though ... I suspect untill they can make something else up.\n\nNever been happy about a war started on the basis of, "Well, could be Rabbit. Could be."  Says a lot for Cartoons.
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This isn't really an answer per se, but I wanted to recommend a book to you.  It's about how the Republicans won Middle America from the Democrats, and I thought you might find it interesting.\n\nIt's called "What's the Matter With Kansas: How Conservatives Won the Heart of America" by Thomas Frank and it talks about how the Republicans duped Middle Americans with faith-based problems, and then screwed them over economically.  It's quite well-written, and sort of relates to your question.
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Umm i read that book last year.... but maybe this can help \n\nWilliam Golding presented numerous themes and basic ideas that give the reader something to think about. One of the most basic and obvious themes is that society holds everyone together, and without these conditions, our ideals, values, and the basics of right and wrong are lost. Without society's rigid rules, anarchy and savagery can come to light.\n\nGolding is also showing that morals come directly from our surroundings, and if there is no civilization around us, we will lose these values.\n\nOther secondary themes include the following:\n\nPeople will abuse power when it's not earned. \n*When given a chance, people often single out another to degrade to improve their own security. \n*You can only cover up inner savagery so long before it breaks out, given the right situation. \n*It's better to examine the consequences of a decision before you make it than to discover them afterward. \n*The fear of the unknown can be a powerful force, which can turn you to either insight or hysteria. \n\n\nummm this is yahoo india, they read that book in india?
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"Robert Alan Goldberg, in his book Enemies Within, summarizes the basic themes of the books by Barruel and Robison:\n"Writing in the aftermath of the French Revolution, these monarchists had created a counterhistory in defense of the aristocracy. Winning the hearts and minds of present and future readers would assuage some of the pain of recent defeat and mobilize defenses. The Revolution, they argued, was not rooted in poverty and despotism. Rather than a rising of the masses, it was the work of Adam Weishaupt’s Illuminati, a secret society that plotted to destroy all civil and religious authority and abolish marriage, the family, and private property. It was the Illuminati who schemed to turn contented peasants 'from Religion to Atheism, from decency to dissoluteness, from loyalty to rebellion.' "\nThe major immediate political effect of allegations of an Illuminati Freemason conspiracy in Europe was to mobilize support for national oligarchies traditionally supported by the Catholic Church hierarchy. Across Europe authoritarian governing elites were coming under attack by reformist and revolutionary movements demanding increased political rights under secular laws. The ideas of the Enlightenment were incorporated by the leaders of both the French and American revolutions, and in a sense, these Enlightenment notions were indeed subversive to the established social order, although they were hardly a secret conspiracy. The special status of the Catholic Church in European nation-states was actually threatened by the ideas being discussed by the Illuminati and the rationalist wing of the Freemasons.\nSeveral common conspiracist themes emerge from these two books. The Enlightenment themes of equality and liberty are designed to destroy respect for property and the natural social hierarchy. Orthodox Christianity is to be destroyed and replaced with universalism, deism...or worse. Persons with a cosmopolitan outlook--encouraging free-thinking and international cooperation--are to be suspect as disloyal subversive traitors out to undermine national sovereignty and promote anarchy.\n\nShortly after the Barruel book was published, conspiracy theories about the Illuminati Freemasons were mixed with antisemitism in Europe. This confluence took place much later in the US."
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an excellent topic would be the case of american-iranian courts prosecuting saddam hussein.like they did mussolini.
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And here is a book put out by those who have come up with the plan of action......by the way Bush was instrumental in organizing this commission.\n\nGo down on the left to the PDF link to read it yourself.....\n\n(((("nonalcoholic2", there is your proof, if you care to read it.))))
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Republicans get in by a hair.\nVoting machine fraud proven.\nCivil War.\nAssassination.
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There is a contributor named Rob Wallace that you might want to do a search on (a few recent postings).\n\nI would be interested on your take of my study below Nik.