Protect the Nation. Protect the Farms.

Essay #3

I. Character’s Names
      A. Úrsula Iguarán
      B. Gypsy trader
      C. José Arcadio Buendía

II. Elected Official’s Names
      A. Senator Jeff Sessions
      B. Congressman Butch Otter
      C. Congressman John Culberson

III. Research
      A. Úrsula Iguarán
      - The wife of José Arcadio Buendía.  She very critical of her husband
        when he took interest in new scientific discoveries, she thought         they
were a waste in that they didn’t have immediate benefits.  She     was also
very reluctant in accepting new ideas.

      B. Gypsy trader
      - Gypsy merchant that traveled with the caravan.  He supposedly
        would go around the world buying and selling new scientific
            discoveries.  He would sell these new scientific discoveries to José
        Arcadio Buendía warning him that they had no practical purpose.          He was
the source of new ideas and information to the town of         Macondo.

      C. José Arcadio Buendía
      - The husband of Úrsula Iguarán.  He is very interested in the new
        scientific discoveries that the Gypsy brings to his town.  He doesn't
        think twice about his purchases, if it looks good he buys it, many of
        his purchases end up being worthless and become only a waste of         his
family’s money.  He is very open to new ideas.

      D. Senator Jeff Sessions
      - Senator Jeff Sessions was born in Hybart, Alabama.  Alabama’s
        major industry is the production of wood pulp for paper, this is
        considered agriculture.

      -  Senator Jeff Sessions has received many awards including the
        Alabama Farmers Federation's Service to Agriculture Award, the         Teddy
Roosevelt Environmental Award and the Guardian of Small         Business Award. 
This shows his dedication to agriculture and the         environment.  Many small
farms are considered small businesses         and agriculture is closely related
to the environment.

      E. Congressman Butch Otter
      - Congressman Butch Otter was born in Caldwell, Idaho.  The state         of
Idaho is well known for its traditional agriculture, one of its chief
        crops is potatoes.

      - Congressman Butch Otter is an strong supporter of Idaho’s
            agriculture and natural resources.  Agriculture is one of Idaho’s         major
industries.

      - Congressman Butch Otter is a member many subcommittees that         deal
with Trade, Consumer Protection, Energy,  Air Quality,             Environment and
Hazardous Materials.  All of these topics can             severely affect agriculture
if they are not maintained properly.

      - Congressman Butch Otter has served as Director of the Food
            Products Division, President of Simplot Livestock and President of
        Simplot International.  These are all positions in a company that           deal
with food production and agriculture.

      - Congressman Butch Otter has served as a member of  the World
        Bank’s Agricultural Advisory Committee and has been a member of         the
Idaho Association of Commerce and Industry.  Both of these         show how
important agriculture is to Congressman Butch Otter.

      F. Congressman John Culberson
      - Congressman John Culberson was born in Houston, Texas.  Texas         is
known for its large amount of agriculture, beef is one of its major
        industries.
      -  Congressman John Culberson has served on the House Public
        Education and Natural Resources Committee and the House             Environmental
Regulation and Corrections Committee.  Both of         these topics are important
in maintaining agriculture and show his         dedication to agriculture.


IV. Annotated Bibliography

      A. None (2003) “MonkeyNotes-100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel             Garcia
Marquez”
    Retrieved on June 13, 2003 from www.pinkmonkey.com
    This website is a great source for book notes and study guides.  I         was
able to find the information I needed on my characters easily. 
        Additionally, the site had information about the book including its         plot
and theme.

      B. Sessions, Jeff. (2003) “Biography”
    Retrieved on June 15, 2003 from http://sessions.senate.gov/
    This website was Senator Jeff Sessions’ homepage.  At this site I         was
able to get information about Senator Jeff Sessions’ life  and         many of his
past accomplishments.  The site was very helpful in         getting information on
the senator and was easy to navigate.  His         homepage also had information
on how to contact him and on his         voting record.

      C. Otter, Butch. (2003) “About Butch”
    Retrieved on June 15, 2003 from http://www.house.gov/otter/
    This was Congressman Butch Otter’s homepage.  At this site I was         able to
get information about Congressman Butch Otter’s life and         his many
achievements.  The site was very helpful in getting             information on the
congressman and was easy to navigate.  This         site also had information on
how to contact him.

      D. Culberson, John (2003) “Biography”
    Retrieved on June 15, 2003 from http://www.culberson.house.gov/
    This site was Congressman John Culberson homepage.  This site         had
information about Congressman John Culberson’s life including         many of his
past accomplishments.  This site made it easy to find         the information I
needed.  The homepage also had information on         how to contact the
congressman.

      E. Roberts (2003)“Emergency Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act         of
2003” Retrieved on June 14, 2003 from http://thomas.loc.gov
    This website has all the legislative information you could ask for.          This
is were I was able to find both my senate bill and house             resolution. 
Once I found keywords from my senator’s webpage         finding the bill and
resolution became easier.  If you don’t have a         good keyword to search with
  the site can be very confusing,             but if you do, this website can be very
helpful.

      F. None (2003) Telephone Conversations
    Calls made on June 16, 2003 to
    The office of Senator Jeff Sessions (202) 224 - 4124
    The office of Congressman Butch Otter (202) 255 - 6611
    The office of Congressman John Culberson (202) 255 - 2571
        I found these phone numbers on the lawmakers’ homepages.  I         called
them and left messages with their secretaries, they couldn’t         give me a
response right away because they had to ask the right         people so their
responses could be nice and polished.  Only one         person called me back even
though I told them it was for a school         report .  I learned that
Congressman John Culberson                 would most likely support the bill.

V. Thesis and Outlined Argument

      A. Thesis
      - Senator Jeff Sessions, Congressman Butch Otter and                 Congressman
John Culberson should all vote yes on the Emergency     Agricultural Disaster
Assistance Act of 2003.
      - The Emergency Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2003 will
        help protect the nation’s agricultural producers.

      B. Argument
      - The Emergency Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2003 would
        provide emergency disaster assistance to agricultural producers.
      - If something were to happen that would affect the nation’s
            agriculture, this bill would help by assisting the affected
    producers        so that the production of food could continue.
      - If something were to happen to the nation’s agriculture that would
        stop or slow food production the economy would suffer.
      - If something were to happen to the nation’s agriculture that would
        stop or slow food production,  food prices would rise and many         people
could go hungry.
      - This bill should be passed because it would protect the nation and
        the economy at the same time by protecting the agricultural             producers.
      - Senator Jeff Sessions, Congressman Butch Otter and Congressman
        John Culberson all represent and live in states that have agriculture     as
a major industry.
      - Senator Jeff Sessions, Congressman Butch Otter and Congressman
        John Culberson should vote yes on this bill because it would help         their
states in an  agricultural emergency disaster.
      - During the dust bowl agricultural production slowed and there were
        food shortages.  If the agricultural producers had been assisted,         the
food production could have resumed faster and there would         have     been less
food shortages.

      C. Character Metaphors
      - Úrsula Iguarán would most likely vote no on this bill. She isn’t
        open to new ideas and feels that everyone can deal with it themselves
        and the stronger will survive.  She also feels that if the government
        gave aid to one group of people everyone would want aid for their
        problems.  This is the wrong course of action in that not passing this
        bill could endanger the whole nation.
      - The Gypsy trader would most likely vote yes on this bill.  He is
        open to new ideas and after reviewing it and thinking it over would
        realize that this bill would benefit the whole nation.  This is the right
        course of action in that the bill would protect the whole nation.
      - José Arcadio Buendía would most likely vote yes on this bill but for
        all the wrong reasons.  He would vote yes on this bill because it             looked
        good on paper, not because he thought it through and
        realized it was the right decision. This would be both the right and
        wrong course of action, right because he would pass the bill that         would
        benefit the whole nation and wrong because he wouldn’t         look into it.