America from the outside

Road trip throughout America

Posted by admin on January 7, 2011
Road trip throughout America

Road Trip! Experience the wind in your hair and freedom at your fingertips when travelling through North America in your beloved car. Many really haven’t lived until they experience the ultimate road trip throughout America, with the destination unknown until the last minute.

Your first task will be to find yourself a car, preferably one which isn’t falling apart and is big enough for you and your friends, and a car which can handle about 60,000 miles. Once you have Read the rest of this entry »

The Anglo-American Law

Posted by admin on November 11, 2010
The Anglo-American Law

Comparing the US and Britain has led to so many considerations that people are trying to show differences n the smallest aspects of life while ignoring similarities that might struck your eyes out. For example it is quite easy for a person to notice the lack of humour in American newspapers or the rare hair in an old British lady and compare that to the opposite that would be natural for the other respective country, but it seems to be Read the rest of this entry »

A Culture of Train Travel

Posted by admin on October 29, 2010

Aside from the obvious and somewhat cliched cultural differences between American and British citizens (the widely held view that Americans have a lack of irony and British people have bad teeth etc) there are other differences between us which are occasionally overlooked. It is notable for instance that the majority of Americans have never left their own country (only 22 % of American citizens hold a passport) and indeed even within America itself the means by which they will travel Read the rest of this entry »

Should there be term limits in the US Congress

Posted by admin on September 17, 2010
Should there be term limits in the US Congress

Carly Fiorina, the Republican U.S Sentorial candidate, has pledged that if she is elected she will push for term limits in the U.S. Congress. She said she would put forward measures that will cap the terms of senators and representatives to 12 years in each house in the Congress.

However it is extremely important to know about the pros and cons of the term limit argument that has taken the nation previously famous for cheap car rental usa by storm.

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GOP Using The NYC Mosque Issue For The Mid-Term Elections

Posted by admin on August 31, 2010
GOP Using The NYC Mosque Issue For The Mid-Term Elections

The Grand Old Party or the GOP as the Republican Party is usually known in the United States has gone on overdrive and launched an all out attack on the President Barack Hussien Obama about his comments on the building of a mosque near to Ground Zero where the twin towers once stood. The GOP has made it distinctively clear that they will use the mosque issue for its campaign for the upcoming midterm elections. The Republicans across the length Read the rest of this entry »

America is not a Christian nation in the official sense

Posted by admin on August 25, 2010
America is not a Christian nation in the official sense

A much larger proportion of Americans attend church regularly than the British, French or even the Italians. Statistics currently suggest that as many as 88 percent of Americans believe in a God, spirit of life force. This compares with similar figures for Britain, where it is estimated that only 35 percent of the population believe in a God or major life force, or a spirit. The number of self-proclaimed atheists in western European countries is substantially higher than in the Read the rest of this entry »

America is not a Christian nation in the official sense

Posted by admin on August 25, 2010
America is not a Christian nation in the official sense

A much larger proportion of Americans attend church regularly than the British, French or even the Italians. Statistics currently suggest that as many as 88 percent of Americans believe in a God, spirit of life force. This compares with similar figures for Britain, where it is estimated that only 35 percent of the population believe in a God or major life force, or a spirit. The number of self-proclaimed atheists in western European countries is substantially higher than in the Read the rest of this entry »

America is not a Christian nation in the official sense

Posted by admin on August 25, 2010
America is not a Christian nation in the official sense

A much larger proportion of Americans attend church regularly than the British, French or even the Italians. Statistics currently suggest that as many as 88 percent of Americans believe in a God, spirit of life force. This compares with similar figures for Britain, where it is estimated that only 35 percent of the population believe in a God or major life force, or a spirit. The number of self-proclaimed atheists in western European countries is substantially higher than in the Read the rest of this entry »

The Information Society and Presidential Elections

Posted by admin on August 9, 2010

Christopher May suggests that the information society provided people with ideas that it would

“Allow greater political participation by individuals, facilitated by the enlarged potential for communicaton” (C.May 2002)

Markus Prior supports the idea that the information society would have a strong affect on politics. He suggests that technological advances in the media environment directly effect politics due to the distribution of information. (M.Prior 2007) These ideas can be seen in the recent Presidential election in America. The increased use Read the rest of this entry »

George W Bush through Michael Moore’s Eyes

Posted by admin on August 6, 2010

Fahrenheit 911 is a very influential film surrounding America’s policies especially their foreign policy. The film portrays George W Bush as a confused, lazy and selfish president. Michael Moore does this through many different techniques, for example using television images of him chatting shit (I do have to say though that Mr. Moore must have someone giving him excellent hr advice given that he has SUCH a following of mindless fans). The film also follows the “Great Man Theory"that can Read the rest of this entry »