Unlike coal, which can be transported from one area to another, all of these sources have to be used at the site where they are found. Thirdly, although we have made great strides in our ability to harness the energy from the sun, wind, or water, our current state of technology still does not allow us to do so efficiently enough. The energy wasted in the process far exceeds the energy we actually receive from these renewable sources. For these reasons, my conclusion is that solar, wind, and hydraulic sources of renewable energy cannot be a feasible and permanent alternative to coal.

Issue: Whether universal health care would have any real advantage to Americans.

Position: Universal health care would have real advantages to Americans.

Premise 1: Private insurance companies can deny insurance for pre-existing conditions.

Premise 2: Health care costs are immense and impossible to pay off in full by most Americans, especially if they have no insurance.

Premise 3: The cost of providing health care to the increasing numbers of uninsured Americans, at emergency rooms or other available settings, costs the government billions of dollars every year.

Preexisting conditions, like congenital heart disease or Type I diabetes, can be grounds for refusal of health insurance by private insurance companies. This leads to a growing number of people who either are uninsured or have inadequate coverage. The costs of routine visits to a doctor, let alone life-saving procedures or long term medical care, are immense and can be impossible to pay off in full by most of the Americans. Thus, there is no regular and monitored access to health care for a growing number of people. Emergency rooms are available to uninsured people if they require urgent medical care, but these visits are not free. Neither do they include continued monitoring? The costs incurred by the government for providing aid to uninsured people run into billions of dollars. Providing some kind of basic health insurance for all American citizens would probably cost the government a lot less, in the long run. Thus, I conclude that universal health care would have numerous advantages to Americans.

The amazing thing is that Syria also happens to be an Arab nation that has immense historical and cultural significance. The topography of Syria is richly endowed with fertile and green plains, expansive deserts, and mountains. In an ethnic and religious context, Syria indeed happens to be a multicultural and multiethnic nation. Though Sunni Arabs happen to be a religious and ethnic majority in Syria, still Syria is also the home to various other religious and ethnic groups like Shia Muslims, Christians, Turks, Kurds, Armenians, and Yezidi.3 The multicultural and multi-religious demography of Syria if on the one side makes it a culturally rich nation, on the other side the ethnic and religious plurality of Syria makes it vulnerable to ethnic conflicts and violence. Syria is a nation with an unstable and tumultuous past, a trend which is largely reflected in its present chaotic political and strategic situation. Thereby, the current political uncertainty in Syria has the potential to jeopardize the peace in the neighboring Arab nations also, not to mention its ramifications regarding the Arab-Israel conflict.

Syria as a modern Arab nation, gained its freedom from the French colonial rule in the year 1946.4 Yet, the sad thing is that Syria always had more than ample share of political unrest and instability. Much of such political instability in the past 60 years could be attributed to the divergent interests and intentions of an array of ethnic groups and communities that constitute modern-day Syria. The other thing is that historically speaking, varied Western colonial powers did prefer to set these ethnic groups against each other to influence the local politics in the Middle East. President Nasser of Egypt unified Syria with Egypt and the country remained so for only three years.5 A military coup did away with the unification of Syria with Egypt and subsequently, the pan-Arab&nbsp.Baath party gained control of Syria in the year 1963.

Political ideology is largely concerned with the struggle for political power and the means to achieve that power. More specifically a political ideology is “more or less coherent set of ideas that provides the basis for organized political action, whether this is intended to preserve, modify or overthrow the existing system of power” (Political Ideologies I 5).

The ideologies of Liberalism, Communism are considered left wing and the ideologies of Conservatism and Fascism are considered right wing. ‘The Right’ wing endorse monarchy and ‘The Left’ emphasizes the removal of aristocracy and monarchy.

Liberalism: Liberalism is a widely prevalent ideology today. Liberalism originated in the 18th century during the ‘Age of Enlightenment’. John Locke is considered to be the ‘founding father of liberalism. The liberalism endorses individual freedom and equality and opposes the ideas of absolute monarchy, divine rights of kings, hereditary aristocracy and established the religion.

In broad sense liberalism is a political ideology that emphasizes individual liberty, equality, civil rights and freedom of thought, speech, and religion. Liberalism has many forms. The classical liberalism states that there should be little or no interference of the government in the economy and the market should be totally free. It believes in the abolition of state protection of the individual. The modern liberalism believes that total free market results in the accumulation of wealth in the hands of few with the vast majority of people living in poverty. So the government should interfere to prevent this scenario. The modern liberalism states that civil rights are more important to individuals as compared to economic rights.

American Revolution (1776) gave birth to the first liberal government in America after dismissing monarchy. French Revolution that ended monarchy in France was also led by liberal ideology. Liberalism spread quickly in the West.

. It is no doubt that the political factors of the USA possess a significant amount of sovereignty in the world economy. The political environment of the economy had been observed to witness inconsistency for the preceding few years. Notably, the downfall of white supremacists in the economy can be observed as the most important revolution that ever took place in the post-modern era (U.S. Department of Homeland Security, 2009).

Currently, the political environment can be assumed to be steady from a general viewpoint. However, with an in-depth perspective, conflicts can be observed in terms of fiscal challenges and the formation of effectual monetary policies (Paul, 2011).

It is quite noteworthy that the economy is facing a challenge of widening fiscal deficit as an effect of the recent economic downturn. In order to prevail over the obstruction of growth, the political leaders are intending to lessen the deficit amounts through budget cuts. This, in turn, is fuelling up conflicts and instability in the political environment of the USA (Jackson, 2011).

Similar to other developed economies, the US economy was also strongly affected by the recent economic downturn. Over the last consecutive years, i.e. from the pre-recessionary period to the current year, the economy has faced a highly volatile environment with declining GDP and employment rates. However, the forecasts reveal that the unemployment rate which is further likely to be affected conversely by the up-surging inflationary rates (Tilton, 2011).

For instance, the current actual GDP of the economy is recorded&nbsp.to be 1.8% which is further identified as significantly less than the quarterly average growth rate, i.e. 3.3% (Trading Economics, 2011).&nbsp.Furthermore, experts state that the GDP is likely to become steady in the subsequent five years providing opportunities to small-size enterprises. The fluctuations of economic growth can be observed from the diagram represented below (Tilton, 2011).

A new constitution was introduced by Leftist Dr. Rómulo Betancourt and the Democratic Action Party who won a majority of seats in a constituent assembly. Rómulo Gallegos, who was the famous writer, became the first president in 1947 who was elected democratically for the first time in Venezuela. A military coup takes over the government within eight months, by demolishing Gallegos rule. Venezuela has been considered as one of the most established demos created a state in Latin America after the ousted of Marco Marcos Peréz Jiménez in 1958. Betancourt ruled from 1959–1964, and Rafael Caldera Rodríguez was the president from 1969 to 1974. 1

Venezuela has always faced the problematic situation in its politics. it has always been conquered by the martial coup its timeline shows the major changes from 1498 to till date. In 1498-99 Christopher Columbus and Alonso de Ojeda visit Venezuela, Spanish colonization begins on the north-east coast in 1521. In 1749 Venezuela faced first rebellion against Spanish colonial rule. In 1810 – Venezuelan patriots took advantage of Napoleon Bonaparte’s invasion of Spain to declare independence. independence act was signed in 1811. In 1829-30 Venezuela became an independent republic with its capital at Caracas after secedes from Gran Colombia. In 1870-88 – foreign investment modernizes infrastructure and develops agriculture and education were attracted during the government of Antonio Guzman Blanco. Ports were blockaded by British, Italian and German warship because Venezuela didn’t repay loans in 1902. In 1908-35 Venezuela became the largest oil exporter in the world. In 1958 – the Democratic presidential election was won by Admiral Wolfgang Larrazabal ousts Marcos Perez Jimenez. leftist Romulo Betancourt of the Democratic Action Party (AD).