On the post Elections Day.

Finally the Elections ere over. Bush is the winner. For four more years America and the rest of the world belongs to him. However, there are a lot of controversies over who actually won the presidential elections. Like Florida in 2000 elections, Ohio was the state of long exhausting vote battle. Now there are investigations taking place in Ohio. The big argument is that there have been 30 – 50% more republican votes counted on the election night than there was registered before the elections. Another questionable state again is Florida. The results of the elections do not mach the numbers of republicans that were accounted on the pre – elections (consortiumnews.com).
Overall, there has been the same amount and kind of problems that were raised during the last presidential elections (US Justice Department). US Justice Department said that the presidential elections flaws haven’t been eliminated since the last elections in 2000. There have still been located situations of bulletin fraud, “huge numbers of complaints” and unexplained numbers of votes, that have been calculated out of nowhere on the Election Day.
Here is an article in Washington Post that further develops the subject.

The question of 2004 have been resolved. The president is G.W.Bush.

The way I was raised: great influence of the Soviet Union policies; would not let me think of the elections nothing too pleasant. What I believe in is our, in this case your, voice does not really matter at the end. Bush’s father, ex two term president, was the head of CIA, Bush’s brother is in charge of Florida, their family owns oil, steel and who knows what else; huge connections! Now, considering all the above, who did you, think was going to win. Your votes do not matter. Democracy is just a word used to cover up the reality. Every thing is done and the final results are up to the most powerful ones around here. I have personally met five people who said they were going to vote for Bush. For being a foreign exchange student the question of presidential preference is number one to be asked. I have asked every one I have met, ever since the campaigns began. Almost everyone’s answer was Kerry. So what happened? How did it happen that Bush had won again? Where are all the pro Kerry votes go?
Funny thing: one of the British newspapers said about the people who voted for Bush: “Half the America really are idiots”.

"No Flu Vaccine Shortage at Capitol"

The struggle of getting a Flu vaccine is extremely exigent nowadays. The article I have found in Washington Post is valuable to the “lawmakers” as well as the people (a.k.a. the healthier population of America). It is a common knowledge that due to the shortage only people over 65, children 6 to 23 months and people of 2 to 64 years old are fit to get the vaccine. That is not quite the case. According to the article there are plenty vaccines for the government officials to receive it without any hassle. On the Oct. 5 the CDC issued the guidelines on to who gets to receive the vaccine, besides all the chronically ill patients, the Capitol workers are in the category as well. Even more, the Capitol physician has urged all the “lawmakers” to get the vaccine. They have a choice to read the criteria, go and get one, while other chronically ill people are forced to stand in line, and wait for hours for a chance to, maybe, get a vaccine. How fair is that? The CDC argues that the government officials shake hands, visit with a lot of people and could be spreading the vaccine or getting the disease themselves. What is the difference between them and the rest of America who do not fit the criteria? They also see people and shake hands. The CDC does not have any responce to that.
Here is also Bush’s pre-election statement that he is the only president that has invested so much in development of the flu vaccine, but there is still an enormous shortage. The money invested in the research, development and acquisition has not done much difference.

something about the debates_criticism mostly

I think everyone agrees Kerry has won the debates. Considering Bush’s previous speech record it was obvious he was going to loose. However, I was kind of hoping to hear some mispronunciations, the president is so known for. Has anyone noticed every single speech Kerry ended with: “I will do better”. Kerry also stole Bush’s phrase: “God, bless us all!”, in his final speech. It made Bush sound like a lame reiteration. I do not think either one of them has said anything we haven’t already knew. It seemed to me like if they were playing that game of words, attacking the phrase not what was actually said.
I also do not think that the location of the debates was quite correct, since the Ivan has just gone through. They knew about Ivan long before it came it is a hurricane season in Florida now. God forbid something would happen to our precious candidates. I am guessing the location was set there to show the support or something like that, but, use your brains for once. Don’t they maybe think that the people in Florida have something better to do than prepare for the debates, even if they are presidential. I am guessing it takes preparations of some kind to arrange the show: people of all kinds for protection or in case of an emergency. Instead they could be out there helping the ones who are left without a home, who have lost all their valuables. And where are the candidates
now at? Came and gone? Oh well, the priorities should be set right, but that is the other topic.
Since we are situated in Kansas City here are some links to what I have read in the KC Star the next morning.
two styles two visions offer voters clear choice
candid hold their audience's attention
The conclusions made by the authors are quite obvious, and I would expect the voters to change their minds on the candidate they are going to vote for this November

"Bush and Kerry Tentatively agreed on three debates".

Here is an article by "Washington Post". The article says that the president Bush and his advisors have agreed on three debates with the senator Kerry and one between the vice president and Cheney. Bush’s company offered two debates, trying to follow Clinton’s example, but than later it was decided that two debates was not enough to win over more voters and not enough time to actually get into deeper discussion about the plans for the country of both candidates. As we have discussed in the class today, the advisors of the presidents are concerned with Bush’s speech mistakes. The topic is connected to what we have talked about in class today, about the ETHOS of the speaker. The presidential debates should be very interesting to hear, especially because Bush is known for his lack of intrinsic ethos. However, it has not been officially announced yet, the whole country or even the whole world is expecting the event.

American President

I chose to define word President, to somewhat establish guidelines to help the voters with their choice in the oncomming elections this November. Everyone knows what a word "president" means, here are some more additional historical facts about it.
The word “president” from Latin means “sitting ahead”. In the 18th century when the countries of the Old and New World began to use the democratic and republican systems of government the position of a president became a necessity. First republican states appeared centuries ago in Ancient Greece. Modern day republican institutions headed by the president first appeared in the New World, when the colonists of North America decided to separate from the monarchial rule of Britain. To establish democracy, was reason the role of a president became elective which is stated in the Constitution of The United States of America. The U.S. citizens, after the Declaration of Independence in 1776, have elected the first President of the United States of America: George Washington followed by the 43 others until the now days. The president was elected to govern according to the Constitution and, therefore, maintain democracy.
The president is the “face” of the country. He represents the people, the citizens of America as on an international level as well as domestic. The president is a representative of the whole nation. He ought to be educated, well spoken, and be in the control of any situation at any time. He also should be able to act ethically and never forget about his duties and obligations.
One of the president’s duties is commander-in-chief of the armed forces and the chief of the Legislative branch of the national government. He has the authority to pass a bill into law or veto it. The president elects the Cabinet – advisors to the president and officials to over-see some of the operations of the country. He selects a vice president to take over incase he is unable to perform his duties. The president also appoints Justices to the Supreme Court.
Due to being the “face” of the nation everything he has done before election is subjected to extreme examination. What he does while holding the office of president is watched constantly. When he is no longer president the pressure is lessened but still there. Two outstanding examples of unethical behavior are Bill Clinton’s affair while president and Richard Nixon’s Watergate scandal.