In class today we learned about Traditional, Command, and Market economies. Tomorrow we will pick up where we left off and start to distinguish between communist, socialist, and capitalist systems.
Students who had Civics last semester will find this material familiar-- consider it a short "refresher course". Those who did not (and who miss Monday and/or Tuesday's class) must be sure to get notes and see me during activity period for an abbreviated lesson.
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The heir to the throne in Saudi Arabia may be terminally ill, but the article never said anything about the king himself.... if the prince dies before the king, wouldn't he just have to select a new heir? my question is, if the prince dies will that really overthrow the whole government? the death of JFK did not send the us into chaos and i don't think this will send Saudi Arabia into it either.
ReplyDeleteAs for North Korea lets hope this dosen't turn into an Alexander the great situation where when asked who was to be leader he said "Krat'eroi" which is "to the strongest or to the stronger(depending on the context) or "Krat'eroi" could have also meant his general Craterus. The only difference between the two meanings is how one says it. if Kim Jong il does die before he names a successor lets hope that the country dosen't divide and go to war with each other like Alexander's army did.
With Cuba, Castro's death will be major and I'm sure that will be all that is on the news for 5 days when it does happen, but Raul isn't connected to him at the hip, even though he is 77 it dosen't mean he will die right after his brother. unless he does die right after Fidel I don't see much of a problem because Raul can always name a successor in the place of him and see if the public would approve of the new heir.
when i read the article and listened to it, i got the impression that all of these people would all die within a few days of each other. which might not be the case for Cuba and Saudi Arabia. The king and Raul might live for years to come. giving them pleanty of time to find new heirs and successors. the only country i would be concerned about would be Korea mainly because it could become a civil war if people start to fight after Kim dies. If this does happen it might be an opportunity for democracy to kick in or it might just make more problems. Either way the only thing the u.s.a can do is wait and see.