DEBATE PREP:

HOW HAS INTERSTATE COMMERCE BECOME THE DECIDING FACTOR IN MANY SOCIAL ISSUES OF OUR MODERN POLITICAL DEBATE?

CBS NEWS 60 MINUTES REPORT ON MEDICAL MARIJUANA?

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50133577nhttp://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50133577n

Watch the above video and offer your opinion regarding the Federal government's role in Medical Marijuana.  Consider the following ideas?

a) Interstate Commerce and expanding Federal power

b) Use of Medical Marijuana as a "front" for illegal activities

c) The political reality of an elected official claiming to be against drugs but for medical marijuana

d) Corporate interests vs. individual interests

Can good politics make for good government action in Syria?

PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SPEECH ON SYRIAN ACTION

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzDRRGUEzoI

RUSSIAN NEWS NETWORK REACTION TO CONGRESSIONAL DEBATES ON SYRIA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOEf6JD0enE

FOX NEWS CONSERVATIVE POINT OF VIEW ON SYRIA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqTn8hvesig

CNN LIBERAL POINT OF VIEW ON SYRIA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3mbBC0hQ1E

INSTRUCTIONS: 

Watch the four videos featured above and offer your comments as to whether or not the GOOD POLITICS IS MAKING FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT DECISIONS?  Please react to each other's statements in a polite manner observing all rules of discourse outlined in the school code of conduct.