Glossary

reading Please study the following glossary (compiled based on various sources, including Wikipedia, Urban Dictionary, news articles, and political documents) carefully and try to memorize the key information. After 15 minutes, you will be asked to finish 10 multiple- choice questions based on what you have read in the glossary. Birther

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A sore loser who happens to also be racist and have a brain no larger than a peanut. They also have exceptionally large mouths and an utter inability to understand basic facts. This term is usually employed to those people who possess the aforementioned characteristics who actually believe that president Barack Obama, a half-black Hawaiian, was born in Kenya. They also have the delusion that President Obama won't release his birth certificate to the public, despite the fact that no other president has actually been asked to and he actually has it posted, like, all over the internet. Since a fundamental quality of a birther is that he or she cannot understand basic facts, they reject the fact that it exists and go on, contented, that he is spending millions to hide it.

Cartagena

Cartagena or Cartagena de Indias is a large Caribbean beach resort city on the northern coast of Colombia in the Caribbean Coast Region and capital of Bolvar Department. The city had a population of 892,545 as of the 2005 census, making it the fifth-largest city in Colombia and giving the Cartagena urban area the status of fifth-largest urban area in Colombia. Cartagena is a center of economic activity in the Caribbean, as well a popular tourist destination. Activity and development of the Cartagena region is dated back to 4000 B.C. around Cartagena Bay by varying cultures of indigenous peoples. The Spanish colonial city was founded on June 1, 1533 and named after Cartagena, Spain. Cartagena served a key role in the development of the region during the Spanish eras; it was a center of political and economic activity due to the presence of royalty and wealthy viceroys. In 1984, Cartagena's colonial walled city and fortress were designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Chuck Todd

Charles David Chuck Todd (born April 8, 1972) is the Chief White House Correspondent for NBC News, as well as the host of The Daily Rundown on MSNBC. He became NBC News' political director in March 2007. He also serves as NBC News on-air political analyst for NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams, Today, Meet the Press, and MSNBC. The Hotline From 1992 until March 12, 2007, Todd worked for National Journals The Hotline, where he was editor-in-chief for six years. As part of his position, Todd also co-hosted, with John Mercurio, the webcast series Hotline TV, consisting of a daily show lasting between three and seven minutes and a weekly show ranging between 20 and 30 minutes. He became a frequent guest on political discussion shows, such as Hardball with Chris Matthews and Inside Politics with Judy Woodruff.

NBC News Tim Russert brought Todd to NBC from The Hotline in March 2007. He became NBC News political director at that time. After Russert's death, Todd was a candidate to replace him as the host of NBCs Meet the Press, but David Gregory was ultimately selected for the job. As NBC News Political Director, Todd often provides on-air political analysis on political discussion shows, including Morning Joe, Hardball with Chris Matthews, Meet the Press, NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams, and The Rachel Maddow Show and blogs for MSNBC.com at First Read. He also does a weekly Question and Answer (Q&A) session with users at Newsvine. On December 18, 2008, NBC announced that Todd would succeed Gregory as NBC News Chief White House Correspondent, partnering with Savannah Guthrie on the news beat. He retained his title as NBC News Political Director and was also named Contributing Editor to Meet the Press. Todd was a focus of an August 2008 Los Angeles Times article paralleling Todd's rise to the rise of cable news networks in coverage of U.S. politics. The article noted the emergence of Todd's fans, deemed Chuckolytes. Todd is also co-author, with Sheldon Gawiser, of How Barack Obama Won: A State-by- State Guide to the Historic 2008 Presidential Election, published in 2009. On July 6, 2009, former MSNBC television personality Dan Abrams launched a website service, Mediaite, reporting on media figures. The site ranks all TV-based journalists in America by influence. Todd ranks, as of October 2009, right before Mike Wallace as number five. As of December 21, 2011, Todd is number two. On January 11, 2010, Todd became co-host, with Savannah Guthrie, of The Daily Rundown on MSNBC, weekday mornings from 9 to 10 a.m. ET.

David Axelrod

David M. Axelrod (born February 22, 1955) is an American political consultant based in Chicago, Illinois. He was a top political advisor to President Bill Clinton as well as campaign advisor to President Barack Obama during Obamas successful run for Presidency. Following the 2008 election, Axelrod was appointed as Senior Advisor to Obama. Axelrod left the White House position in early 2011 to become the Senior Strategist for Obamas re-election campaign. Axelrod was formerly a political writer for the Chicago Tribune. He is the founder of AKPD Message and Media, and operated ASK Public Strategies, now called ASGK Public Strategies.

Glee

Glee is an American musical comedy-drama television series that airs on Fox in the United States. It focuses on the high school glee club New Directions competing on the show choir competition circuit, while its members deal with relationships, sexuality and social issues.

GSA

The General Services Administration (GSA) is an independent agency of the United States government, established in 1949 to help manage and support the basic functioning of

federal agencies. The GSA supplies products and communications for U.S. government offices, provides transportation and office space to federal employees, and develops government-wide cost-minimizing policies, and other management tasks. The General Services Administration (GSA) was reported to be embroiled in a huge scandal involving the use of taxpayer money to throw a lavish party in Las Vegas that involved a clown and mindreader, amongst a whole bunch of other random things in April, 2012.

Jimmy Kimmel

James Christian Jimmy Kimmel (born November 13, 1967) is an American comedian, actor, voice artist and television host. He is the host and creator of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, a late-night talk show that airs on ABC. Prior to that, Kimmel was best known as the co-host of Comedy Central's The Man Show and Win Ben Stein's Money. Kimmel is also a television producer, having produced shows such as Crank Yankers, Sports Show with Norm Macdonald, and The Andy Milonakis Show.

Kansas

Kansas is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribes name (natively kk:ze) is often said to mean people of the wind or people of the south wind, although this was probably not the terms original meaning. Residents of Kansas are called Kansans. For thousands of years what is now Kansas was home to numerous and diverse Native American tribes. Tribes in the Eastern part of the state generally lived in villages along the river valleys. Tribes in the Western part of the state were semi-nomadic and hunted large herds of bison. Kansas was first settled by European Americans in the 1830s, but the pace of settlement accelerated in the 1850s, in the midst of political wars over the slavery issue.

Kenya

Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator. With the Indian Ocean to its south-east, it is bordered by Tanzania to the south, Uganda to the west, South Sudan to the north-west, Ethiopia to the north and Somalia to the north-east. Kenya has a land area of 580,000 km2 and a population of a little over 43 million residents. The country is named after Mount Kenya, a significant landmark and second among Africas highest mountain peaks. Its capital and largest city is Nairobi.

Luther

A hard working person, who is trying to make the best out of life with the little things hes got. Hes a kind, caring, warm, lighthearted person who always has faith in every person he knows and when you have the opportunity to spend time with him even if its 5 minutes, he has a special gift (funny personality) and hell knock the socks off ya. Even though sometimes life has treated him badly he has managed to fight it with his head held up and he still trails on today looking for peace and the true meaning of friendship and with his friends supporting him, he will find the way.

 Mitt Romney

Mitt was born in Detroit on March 12, 1947. His mother, Lenore, gave up an acting career when she met and married his father, George. Mitts father came from humble origins and never graduated from college. He apprenticed as a lath and plaster carpenter and sold aluminum paint before beginning a career that brought him to the head of American Motors and then the governorship of Michigan. Mitt married his wife, Ann, in 1969. They first met in elementary school when he was a Cub Scout; he remembers tossing pebbles at her when she rode by on a horse. When they met again years later at a friends house, he was smitten. Between them, they have five sons and eighteen grandchildren, who are the center of their lives. --GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS When Mitt was elected Governor of Massachusetts in 2002, the state was in severe disarray, its budget was out of balance, spending was soaring, and taxpayers were being required to pay more and more in taxes for diminishing services. The state economy was in a tailspin, with businesses cutting back on investment or even closing, and unemployment ticking up. Mitt made hard decisions that brought state spending under control. He restructured and consolidated government programs, paring back where necessary and finding efficiencies throughout. Facing a state legislature dominated by Democrats, Mitt cast more than 800 vetoes as he brought conservative principles to state government. He cut red tape for small businesses, signed into law job-creating incentives, and fought hard to bring new businesses to the state. He eliminated a $3 billion deficit without borrowing or raising taxes. By 2007, at the end of Mitts term, the state had accumulated a $2 billion rainy day fund in its coffers. This stringent fiscal discipline provided an essential backdrop for economic recovery. While Mitt was in office, the state unemployment rate fell from 5.6% to 4.7% and the Massachusetts economy added tens of thousands of new jobs. --2002 WINTER OLYMPICS In 1999, the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics was on the verge of collapse. Thanks to his reputation as a superb manager, Mitt was asked to take over. The event had been bogged down in a bid-rigging scandal, sponsors were fleeing, and the budget was bleeding red ink. The attacks of September 11, 2001, just months before the start date, created a security nightmare. Some were contemplating scaling back the competition or even moving it out of the country. Mitt set to work. In a remarkably short period, he revamped the organizations leadership, trimmed the budget, and restored public confidence. He oversaw an unprecedented security mobilization to assure the safety of the athletes and millions of international visitors, staging one of the most successful games ever held on U.S. soil. Mitts impressive skills did not come out of nowhere. He began his career in business. --A STERLING BUSINESS CAREER After graduating from Brigham Young University in 1971, he earned dual degrees from Harvard Law and Harvard Business School. After working as a business consultant for several years, Mitt founded the investment firm Bain Capital in 1984. Under his leadership, Bain Capital helped to launch or rebuild over one hundred companies, including household names such as Staples, Bright Horizons, and The Sports Authority. As Bain Capital was growing in prominence, Mitt returned to his old consulting firm, Bain & Company, as CEO. In a time of financial turmoil at the company, he led a successful turnaround.

 Nightline

Nightline, or ABC News Nightline is a late-night news program broadcast by ABC in the United States, and has a franchised formula to other networks and stations elsewhere in the world. Created by Roone Arledge, the program featured Ted Koppel as its main anchor from March 1980 until his retirement from the program in November 2005. Nightline airs weeknights at 11:35 p.m., following the local newscasts of ABC affiliates. It originally ran for 31 minutes, but in 2011 was reduced to 25 minutes. ABC announced that beginning January 8, 2013, the shows start time will be moved to 12:35 a.m., following Jimmy Kimmel Live!, and will run for 30 minutes. The network will also give Nightline a one-hour news magazine program on Fridays at 9 p.m., starting on March 1, 2013. In 2002, Nightline was ranked 23rd on TV Guides 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time. In August 2010, Martin Bashir left Nightline to be an anchor on NBC and MSNBC, he was subsequently replaced by Bill Weir. On January 20, 2011, ABC News president Ben Sherwood announced that late night talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live! would start at midnight ET, shortening Nightline to 25 minutes. It was also announced that Nightline would gain 13 primetime hours to produce content for the network. On August 21, 2012, ABC announced that the program will switch positions with Jimmy Kimmel Live! on its schedule beginning January 8, 2013, and will expand to 30 minutes. Nightline will therefore be bumped to 12:35 a.m. ET. ABC is also giving Nightline a prime time news magazine starting March 1, 2013, which will air Fridays at 9 p.m. It will replace Primetime: What Would You Do?, which will move to a different time slot.

Puther

Puther is most commonly used to describe the son of a wealthy businessman who comes from a rural Pind in Punjab. Many puthers have left Punjab and now are taking over the city of Toronto. Puthers have a natural ability to break dance, yet maintain a shy and quiet personality. Puthers think that they are gangster, but really, are big softies.

The Man Show

The Man Show is an American comedy television show on Comedy Central. It was created in 1999 by its two original co-hosts, Jimmy Kimmel and Adam Carolla, and their executive producer Daniel Kellison. The Man Show simultaneously celebrated and lampooned the stereotypical loutish male perspective in a sexually charged, humorous light. The show consisted of a variety of pre- recorded comedy sketches and live in-studio events, usually requiring audience participation. The Man Show is particularly well known for its buxom female models, the Juggy Dance Squad, who would dance in themed, revealing costumes at the opening of every show, and in the aisles of the audience just before The Man Show went to commercial break and end the shows with the Girls on Trampolines segment. The first year of The Man Show featured beer-guzzling entertainer Bill The Fox Foster as the shows emcee. Foster specialized in chugging two beers in record time (sometimes while suspended upside down) and singing lewd drinking songs. He would close every episode by leading the audience in

the German drinking toast Zicke, Zacke, Zicke, Zacke, Hoi, Hoi, Hoi!, a tradition that continued after his death from prostate cancer in 2000.

The Relationship between Congress and President

The United States Constitution Article I Section 7 - Revenue Bills, Legislative Process, Presidential Veto All bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with Amendments as on other Bills. Every Bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall, before it become a Law, be presented to the President of the United States; If he approve he shall sign it, but if not he shall return it, with his Objections to that House in which it shall have originated, who shall enter the Objections at large on their Journal, and proceed to reconsider it. If after such Reconsideration two thirds of that House shall agree to pass the Bill, it shall be sent, together with the Objections, to the other House, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two thirds of that House, it shall become a Law. But in all such Cases the Votes of both Houses shall be determined by Yeas and Nays, and the Names of the Persons voting for and against the Bill shall be entered on the Journal of each House respectively. If any Bill shall not be returned by the President within ten Days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, the Same shall be a Law, in like Manner as if he had signed it, unless the Congress by their Adjournment prevent its Return, in which Case it shall not be a Law. Every Order, Resolution, or Vote to which the Concurrence of the Senate and House of Representatives may be necessary (except on a question of Adjournment) shall be presented to the President of the United States; and before the Same shall take Effect, shall be approved by him, or being disapproved by him, shall be repassed by two thirds of the Senate and House of Representatives, according to the Rules and Limitations prescribed in the Case of a Bill. Article II Section 3 - State of the Union, Convening Congress He shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient; he may, on extraordinary Occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them, and in Case of Disagreement between them, with Respect to the Time of Adjournment, he may adjourn them to such Time as he shall think proper; he shall receive Ambassadors and other public Ministers; he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed, and shall Commission all the Officers of the United States.

Truther

Truther is one who rejects the official explanation provided for September 11, 2001. They include professional architects and engineers, scientists, and other scholars, firefighters, pilots, veterans, doctors, the victims families and people from countless other walks of life. People who reject the official explanation live in a paradigm that sees the mainstream media as a tool of manipulation for the masses.