...George W. Bush: A Man of Great Integrity Ashlee Dillan Smith Truett-McConnell College Principles of Leadership Coach Tenney December 4, 2015 Who was George W. Bush? George Walker Bush, the 43rd President of the United States, was born on July 6, 1946 in New Haven, Connecticut. Bush spent the majority of his childhood in the city of Midland, Texas, where his family moved in 1948 when Bush was just two years old. His father, George H. W. Bush, had considerable success in the oil business there until they moved to Houston in 1961. Shortly after moving to Houston, Bush was sent to Andover, Massachusetts where he would attend Phillips Academy. Although he was occasionally a troublemaker throughout his time at the school, his family connections eventually allowed him to be accepted into Yale University in 1964. Right before he graduated from Yale in 1968, Bush enlisted in the Texas Air National Guard. He moved to Montgomery, Alabama in 1972, where he drilled with the Alabama Air National Guard. Eventually, he would be honorably discharged from the Air Force Reserves on November 21, 1974. Bush would return to school after leaving the military, earning his master’s degree in business administration from the Harvard Business School in 1975. In 1992, after his father lost re-election to the Democratic challenger Bill Clinton, Bush decided he would run for governor of Texas. After winning the election in 1995, he would serve as the governor of Texas from January 17, 1995 until...
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...Frederick Thomas Politics 300- Outcomes Assessment Essay Balance of power: Theory that states form alliances to offset threatening state. In his 2001 Inaugural address George W. Bush state this: Quote: The enemies of liberty and our country should make no mistake: America remains engaged in the world by history and by choice, shaping a balance of power that favors freedom. And to all nations, we will speak for the values which gave our nation birth. President George H. W. Bush said this in his 1989 inaugural address: While keeping our alliances and friendships around the world strong, ever strong, we will continue the new closeness with the Soviet Union, consistent both with our security and with progress. One might say that our new relationship in part reflects the triumph of hope and strength over experience. But hope is good, and so are strength and vigilance. President Barack Obama Inaugural address of 2009 spoke about Balance of Power in this way: Recall that earlier generations faced down fascism and communism not just with missiles and tanks, but with the sturdy alliances and enduring convictions. They understood that our power alone cannot protect us, nor does it entitle us to do as we please. Historians see two great ages of balance of power, from 1648 to 1789 and again from 1814 to 1914. An historic context of balance of power is The Thirty Years War, mostly fought in Germany, pitted Catholics against Protestants and was the bloodiest in the history until...
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...By Sanat Subhash Book Title - 41 A Portrait of my Father Author - George W. Bush Publisher - Crown Publishers Year Published - 2014 Number of Pages - 294 Genre - This book is a biography of George H. W. Bush’s life. Awards - A Portrait of my Father has not won any major awards. Author - George W. Bush has also written a bestselling memoir, Decision Points, before he wrote A Portrait of my Father, and he has just released another bestseller, Portraits of Courage. How the book is organized - A Portrait of My Father is organized chronologically in a timeline of his life. However, most of the book focuses in and around Bush’s time as the President of the United States. Author’s Purpose - The author’s purpose for writing this biography was...
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...Condoleezza Rice: Powerful Leader Joy Martin Born November 14, 1954, Condoleezza Rice is the only child of John and Angelena Rice. Condoleezza was taught from birth that nothing was impossible; through education and hard work, one could achieve anything. As a result of this upbringing, Condoleezza Rice has proven her steadfast resolve and superior leadership skills as an education scholar, high-profile political figure, and a business advisor. Condoleezza’s education un-officially began at age 3. At age 3, in 1958, Angelena Rice walked her daughter, Condoleezza, to 1st grade class at Fairfield Elementary. Condoleezza refused to stay in class. This event happened repeatedly until Condoleezza told her parents that she did not want to go back to that class. Condoleezza’s parents finally abandoned this attempt at really early childhood education (Rice, 2010, p. 6). Condoleezza’s parents were convinced that “education was a kind of armor shielding me against everything-even the deep racism in Birmingham and across America” (Rice, 2010, p. 6). Condoleezza’s education was diverse and accelerated. At age 13, Condoleezza had her political awakening due to the assassination of Dr. King, the Tet Offensive, and Vietnam images (Rice, 2010, p. 121). At St. Mary’s High School, Condoleezza took the PSAT. The counselor called Condoleezza into review the results. “You didn’t do very well,” the counselor stated, “Perhaps you should consider junior college” (Rice, 2010, p. 138)...
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...Reflections on World’s Leadership Mr. Bill Gates (Good Leader) Mr. George Walker Bush (Bad Leader) Presented to: Prof. Dr. Hayfaa A. Tlaiss Prepared by: Sarwat Praveen Student Number: 3518229 Section-2 & Group-2 Table of Contents MR. BILL GATES 2 INTRODUCTION2 ABOUT HIS LIFE…2 LEADERSHIP QUALITIES OF BILL GATES4 GROWING AND LEARNING4 HAVING VISION5 CARING ABOUT PEOPLE5 MY PERCEPTION, WHY BILL GATE IS A GREAT LEADER…6 BILL GATE IS MY INSPIRATION7 MR. GEORGE WALKER BUSH8 EARLY LIFE AND CAREER8 MY PERCEPTION, WHY HE IS BAD LEADER9 GEORGE BUSH FIRST PRESIDENTIAL TERM…9 FEW GOOD STEPS TAKEN BY GEORGE BUSH10 GEORG BUSH SECOND PRESIDENTIAL TERM10 GEORGE BUSH POST PRESIDENCY11 HOW DID HIS LEADERSHIP STYLE IMPECT ME AND MY LEADERSHIP STYLE 11 REFRENCES…13 Mr. Bill Gates INTRODUCTION William Henry "Bill" Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American business magnate, philanthropist, investor, computer programmer, and inventor. Gates is the former chief executive and chairman of Microsoft, the world’s largest personal-computer software company, which he co-founded with Paul Allen. He is an exceptional leader in the business field. Being named the richest man in the world for the past decade by Forbes magazine, it was clear that Bill Gates must be an outstanding business leader taking his company Microsoft from a small firm that was founded in 1975 to a global company that is worth...
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...Community College George W. Bush A Life in Texas Politics Stephanie A. Wordekemper Texas Government and Local Government 2306 Stephen Black, Professor November 24, 2014 As a controversial hero of mine, when asked to write a paper on a famous Texas political figure, I found it exciting to research and submit a paper on George W. Bush. As controversial as his presidency was, Former President Bush didn’t begin his political career at the federal level, however, he was one of the most famous Texas politicians to date. George W. Bush was the 43rd President of the United States a fact everyone knows, but before going to Washington D.C., there was an entire political and educational life that would lead to him becoming President. First born in New Haven, Connecticut on July 6, 1946, to father, George H. W. Bush, also President of the United States and mother, Barbara Pierce Bush. Being the eldest to four siblings his family relocated to Midland and Houston, Texas. He attended Yale, the alma mater of his Grandfather and Father and also Harvard universities, which he seldom talks about or references. After graduating from college, Bush was commissioned to the Texas Air National Guard where he served as a F-102 fighter pilot and finished active duty in 1970. After leaving the guard, Bush became a business man working in the Oil Field in Midland after graduating with a Masters in business administration. George W. Bush met his wife Laura Welch...
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...FAMILY OF SECRETS The Bush Dynasty, America’s Invisible Government, and the Hidden History of the Last Fifty Years RUSS BAKER Contents Foreword by James Moore 1. How Did Bush Happen? 2. Poppy’s Secret 3. Viva Zapata 4. Where Was Poppy? 5. Oswald’s Friend 6. The Hit 7. After Camelot 8. Wings for W. 9. The Nixonian Bushes 10. Downing Nixon, Part I: The Setup 11. Downing Nixon, Part II: The Execution 12. In from the Cold 13. Poppy’s Proxy and the Saudis 14. Poppy’s Web 15. The Handoff 16. The Quacking Duck 17. Playing Hardball 18. Meet the Help 19. The Conversion 20. The Skeleton in W.’s Closet 21. Shock and . . . Oil? 22. Deflection for Reelection 23. Domestic Disturbance 24. Conclusion Afterword Author’s Note Acknowledgments Notes Foreword When a governor or any state official seeks elective national office, his (or her) reputation and what the country knows about the candidate’s background is initially determined by the work of local and regional media. Generally, those journalists do a competent job of reporting on the prospect’s record. In the case of Governor George W. Bush, Texas reporters had written numerous stories about his failed businesses in the oil patch, the dubious land grab and questionable funding behind a new stadium for Bush’s baseball team, the Texas Rangers, and his various political contradictions and hypocrisies while serving in Austin. I was one of those Texas journalists. I spent about a decade...
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...world waited to see how the US would react to being thrust abruptly into this role of the unipole of world power. The first test of US foreign policy as the sole superpower would actually come before the official dissolution of the USSR (though it had been in steep economic decline for some time), when Saddam Hussein lead the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990. US President George H. W. Bush would place this conflict into perspective for the countries now looking to the US for leadership in his address to a joint session of Congress and the nation on September 11, 1990, and it was then that he most famously claimed that the US would strive to establish and protect the concept of a New World Order (NWO): “We stand today at a unique and extraordinary moment. The crisis in the Persian Gulf, as grave as it is, also offers a rare opportunity to move toward an historic period of cooperation. Out of these troubled times, our fifth objective -- a new world order -- can emerge: a new era -- freer from the threat of terror, stronger in the pursuit of justice, and more secure in the quest for peace”. The cooperation to which Bush refers is the ability of the countries of the world coming together multilaterally to resolve conflicts, but is that the true nature of the New World Order? In this paper, I...
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...The Federal Government’s Efforts to Improve the Economy Economic growth and employment are the basis for increased prosperity. Over the course of American history, there has been much debate regarding whether attaining that increased prosperity is (or is not) a direct reflection of imposed federal, state, and local tax policies. These tax policies are imposed for a variety of reasons, such as to reduce budget deficits, support war efforts, and strengthen the economy. It has become increasingly difficult, however, to ascertain which economic effects are true consequences of changes in tax policy. By reviewing the state of the U.S. economy over time and how growth and employment were affected by taxation, we can see how the Fed has engaged in economic policies. The Great Depression (1929 – 1939) The stock market crashed in 1929 and the Great Depression began. The United States economy spiraled downward as the government increased taxes (through the Tax Acts of 1932 and 1936 as part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “New Deal”) in order to compensate for lost revenue. During this time, public opinion had been that the wealthy were shirking their fiscal responsibilities through aggressive tax avoidance. In response, President Roosevelt’s New Deal tax laws were designed to increase statutory and effective rates on the nation’s wealthiest citizens. The rationale behind the tax increases was that increased government spending without raising taxes would weaken...
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...should be denied access to family planning assistance because of her economic condition. I believe, therefore that we should establish as a national goal the provision of adequate family planning services within the next five years to all those who want them but cannot afford them. This we have the capacity to do.” Title X funding was provided to pay for gynecological examinations, basic lab test, STD screenings, breast cancer, cervical cancer, high blood pressure, anemia, and contraceptive services. “The overall purpose of Title X was to promote positive birth outcomes and healthy families by allowing individuals to decide the number and spacing of their children(www.plannedparenthood.org).” After President Nixon’s Administration, the first Bush Administration placed a gag rule on the Title X funding, which prevented low income...
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...In the recent trends of globalization where there is an obsession in developing countries to follow foot-steps of Developed and Advanced Countries, implementing their policies page-to-page, the documentary Sicko by Michael Moore is an eye opener which talks about American healthcare system. It reveals deep-rooted corruption in the system, exposing the nexus between Politicians, Health Insurance companies and pharmaceutical industry who does not really care of the people but only interested in profits. The documentary brings forth a sparkling fact that 50 million Americans are uninsured, however Sicko is about the other Americans who are covered but have become a victim of insurance companies who uses every means possible to avoid paying for their customer’s medical expenses. The filmmaker conducts interviews with such victims of insurance companies who were denied care, former employees of insurance companies who reveals about the cost-cutting measures to give bonuses to insurance company doctors and others to find reasons for the company to avoid providing necessary treatments for policy holders and thus increase company profitability. The highlight of this documentary is how the politicians introduced a paralyzed health system, their nexus with insurance as well as pharma companies and other heart-touching interactions with victims as : A taped conversation between John Ehrlichman and President Richard Nixon on February 17, 1971 led to the origins of the Health...
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...Reagan's Interview For this particular interview I had a difficult time finding anyone who knew much about President Reagan or the topics at hand. I live in a small town of Republican based people but yet they didn’t know much or didn’t remember much about President Reagan’s term in office or his contributions to the United States. My first 3 days was actually in search for someone who could give me some insight on the subject. Finally, today I found an older gentleman who knew more on the subjects than those I previously interviewed. He stated the New Right was actually something that started was started by Paul Weyrich. Weyrich was responsible for the success of conservative polices since the 70’s. “Without Weyrich there would not have been a New Right,” he stated. In my research I found that the second New Right tended to focus on social issues and national sovereignty. It included deregulation of business, a dismantling of the welfare state, privatization of nationalized industries and restructuring of the national workforce in order to increase industrial and economic flexibility in an increasingly global market. (wiki.com) As I moved on to the end of the cold war he said, “Oh Gorbachev was different; he actually had a heart, it may have been a little cold at first but deep down he wanted peace between the nations. Ole Ron actually did something and he did something awfully good for this country. If ole Andropov or Chernenko had lived a whiles longer, we would probably...
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...George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician and businessman who served as the 43rd President Of the United States of America from 2001 to 2009 and the 46th Governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000. The eldest son of Barbara and George H. W. Bush, he was born in New Haven, Connecticut. After graduating from Yale University in 1968 and Harvard Business School in 1975, Bush worked in oil businesses. He married Laura Welch in 1977 and ran unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives shortly thereafter. He ran for the Republican party. He made tax cuts which were named the bush tax cuts.Taxes were meant to be cut by $1.6 trillion this made him well liked throughout the county.He also formed the no child left behind act for the educational system. Many people were very skeptical about this at first believing that it would not work and after they saw the first few test results they were on board with the plan.President Bush supported adult stem cell research and umbilical cord blood stem cell research. However, Bush opposed any new embryonic stem cell research, and had limited the federal funding of existing research. Federal funding for embryonic stem cell research was first approved under President Clinton on January 19, 1999,but no money was to be spent until the guidelines were published. The guidelines were released under Clinton on August 23, 2000.They allowed use of unused frozen embryos. On August 9, 2001, before any funding was granted under these guidelines...
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...Year 1992 in American History ! ! One of the most chaotic years in our history is 1992. With the Presidential election, massive world events and large events occurring right here in the United States. I believe that the year of 1992 was one year that had a very predominant effect on American society and culture today. While many things can have an effect on a society and cultural mind set, I will show you three major happenings in 1992 that truly shocked our nation and the world around us, to have lasting effects on today. ! ! The generation of today has had their minds molded and formed to change and try to grow successfully in this lifetime. The three events that changed many things in this world are the election of Bill Clinton for president, The peaceful split of Czechoslovakia and the trial and conviction of John Gotti. John Joseph Gotti Jr. was born to John Sr. and Philomena Gotti in 1940. He was the fifth of thirteen children in his very large family. John and his brothers grew up in Brooklyn, New York with a very tainted childhood. They quickly from an early age on became intertwined with child and adult street gangs, often getting caught for petty crimes. In 1960 he met his future wife Victoria, the mother of his children,( Victoria, John, Frank, and Peter.). Frank was accidentally killed when he was hit by a car. But the man who hit him, John Favara, was mysteriously kidnapped and never seen again after the accident was viewed was accidental by the authorities. After...
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...INTERNAL AUDITING MOVIE REVIEW: Enron Movie: The Smartest Guy in the Room Tutor: Ms. Bewry March 29, 2014 Ashley Johnson-Blake ID #100426 Review Questions 1. Identify at least five (5) control issues in the movie using the Committee of Sponsoring Organization of the Treadway Commission (COSO) framework as a guide. According to COSO, the five control issues are concerned with the control environment, risk assessment, control activities, information and communication and monitoring. Based on the documentary several control issues were observed. They were: * During the Enron oil scandal aka the Valhalla scandal there was significant misappropriation of monies. In this particular situation instead of reducing risk lay encouraged traders to keep gambling more. Traders gambled away all of Enron’s reserves and this was covered up by Muckleroy who was able to bluff the market by acting quickly. * Ken Lay didn’t listen to auditors’ reports that the two rogue traders should be fired, this demonstrated one angle of lack of a good management style and monitoring. Instead lay read the report and read his budget and estimated how much the rogue executives made and if they were fired what he could lose. With all of this in mind lay did not fire the executives and had been described as a guy that puts earnings before scruples rather than reacting to the dishonesty in front of him. * Ken Lay as CEO of Enron made the statement that he is not responsible for things he didn’t...
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