Americans have long been distraught about the growing bureaucracy in which Washington has embellished. With more veins sticking out of our nation’s capital than an elderly lady’s foot, we must take a moment and think is this what we want as Americans?
These ideas of power which have been concentrated in D.C. are not new. Presidents such as Franklin D. Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Andrew Jackson, Richard Nixon and others knew that the power to control laid in the hands of the executive which could only be done if the power ended its roads in Washington.
I always seem to hear talk around campus about how students are sick of college and ready to move on. The classes, professors, drama, and atmosphere seem to draw people to the conclusion that leaving college will offer the opportunity of so much more. But have we ever actually asked ourselves just how great we have it right now in school?
The federal government has for decades slowly tightened their grip on the states. Whether it be through legislation arising in Congress, court cases paving the way through the judicial branch or the president exercising executive authority, Washington D.C. is now our heart and soul.
Americans must understand that in our history the federal government has not always been as expansive and encompassing on our lives such as it is today. The start of our country found men who felt as though the states were the entities closest to the lives of the citizens in the country. Much of this feeling came from the grip for which England had upon the Colonies. It has only been since the Great Depression and President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal that the federal government has shaped our daily lives so significantly. Today, as has been the same for the past century, we find ourselves with the question of do we want to relinquish more power to the federal government.
Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. once said, “if my fellow citizens want to go to hell, I will help them. It’s my job.”
In today’s world, with the recent signing of the Health Care Reform Bill by President Barack Hussein Obama Tuesday, “We the people” need to ask if we want to go to hell or have our elected officials drag us to hell?
No matter how taxing college seems to be on us every spring semester there is always one gleaming light of hope that sits in the middle of the calendar: Spring Break.
Especially as I begin to see the end of my undergraduate career coming to an end, I realize just how important the break is to our sanity and aspirations for the rest of the academic year.
Black History Month does not end with February. Millersville offers an array of courses that allow students to grasp their cultural identities no matter what your ethnicity.
America is presently trapped in a time when the will of the people has taken a back seat to the misguided ambitions of the few. Washington seems to have lost track of what the people truly want, but Americans must remember this is fixable.
One great idea comes from the consistent failure of bad ideas. This is something that individuals in Washington need to understand and from this understanding flourish into a consistent model for success. This all starts with President Obama.
I believe that Millersville is one of the better universities that Pennsylvania has to offer, if not the best on the east coast. No matter how much I seem to jab at the little things that in my mind hurt our university, it is all an effort to make it the best it can be. The University has plenty to be proud of and the latest research has shown Millersville is moving in the right direction.
A lot of us grew up on the hit T.V. sitcom “Saved by the Bell,” and on Tuesday evening Millersville had the opportunity to watch Mr. Belding in Club De ’Ville. The UAB hosted the event.
Dennis Haskins a.k.a Mr. Belding was in town for the current NACCA Convention being held at the Lancaster Host Hotel.
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