In your blog:  Pick two areas from each of the three sections in Chapter 4.  Write a paragraph on those areas and what you have learned in regards to each area.  You should have six total paragraphs.

Section 1:

The Natioal Government is limited to only the powers delegated by it in the constitution.  That means that certain parts of the government itself have limited powers.  For example: congress is givern 27 powers by the constitution.  No more, no less.  I also did now know that several powers are found in various amendments to the Constitution.

There are two types of powers delegated to the National Government: Exclusive and Concurrent.  The powers delegated most would be the exclusive powers.  Only the National Government can exercise these powers.  There are, however, powers that are delegated to both the National Government and also the State Government.  These are called concurrent powers.

Section 2:

Congress is the only form of government that has the power to admit new States and States cannot be created by taking territory from one or more of the existing states without consent of the states involved.  Five states were created from parts of existing ones. 

Now, there are three types of grants-in-aid that Congress sppropriates money for: categorical grants, block grants, and project grants.  Most of the grants have been categorical grants which are made for some specific, closely defined purpose.  Grants that have come into wide use over the last several years has been the block grant.

Section 3:

Interstate compacts are agreements among themselves and with foreign states.  The states had made 26 compacts by 1920 and since then, the number of compacts has been growing.  There are only two of them that all 50 states have joined: the Compact for the Supervision of Parolees and Probationers and the the Compact on Juveniles.

No State can draw unreasonable distinctions between its own residents and those persons who happen to live in other states: This is what the Privileges and Immunities Clause is all about.  No person can be denied privileges such as buying or selling property, use its courts, and make contracts.

My current event is called NATO Backs Taliban Talks: Sign of a shift in Afghan War?  It is saying that the war could be shifting from warfare to plain settlement.  The US and its allies have to open the door wider and think of more options.  They are saying that the Afghanistan President wants to wind down rather than rachet up.

I don't know a lot about what's going on overseas, but to me this is good news.  The war is still going on but the possibility that it is at its climax is becoming more and more believable.  This, I think, will be good news to the rest of the US soldiers and its allies as we have faced enough destruction of troops.

What are your views on the latest political ads on TV?  What canidate(s) do you like or dislike and why?

I would like to say that I am going for McMahon because she is republican and that she does not lie in her ads.  Nonetheless, I do not trust her quite yet and will have to view more ads on TV.


What role do you feel that you will play in governmnet and politics in the future?  What ways are you participating currently?

In the future, i think that I will still be active in the military and completing my 20 years of service.  Currently, I am in the South Dakota Army National Guard and gearing up for more training that will involve my MOS (Military Occupational Specialty).  Within the next few years, I plan to get deployed and hopefully come back.