Kerry’s stance on the UN seems naive to me. He and others want more UN involvement. Fine. Let the UN spend their money on this too, such a large percentage of that is money straight from US it doesn’t really make much of a difference. He also wants the UN to give a thumbs up to any military action in Iraq and elsewhere. This seems unlikely because the UN is predominantly Arab/Muslim.
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Here’s a flash animation that I received in an e-mail last week. I want to delete the e-mail, but save the link so I thought I’d blog it real quick.
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I went out to see Noam Chomsky speak tonight. I wasn’t sure if he was going to discuss Linguistics or Politics, but I presumed that his speech(?) would be more about politics than anything else. Still, I ventured just in case he mentioned some little something about Ling.
Hmmm… tired now. I’ll write more about his speech tomorrow.
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Imagine a school that cared about the student’s emotional well-being.
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I often hear of people decrying the military or NASA. They’re arguements are basically two-fold — “why do we need these things?” and “The goverment money would be better spent on welfare programs to help people!”
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It has always been a rare occasion that I sit down to think and feel about what I believe. In fact, on many issues I still don’t know the best answer for me, personally. So, I’m going to try to figure a lot of this out in the next nine months before I graduate. Mainly, because I believe that a little knowledge and a strong opinion can be a dangerous thing. And I don’t want to be a danger to anyone. So, bare with me in this series I’m starting called, “If I were a Politician.” I work best when I use my imagination, so I am going to imagine myself in a role where I have to answer these questions. Please leave some constructive comments if you think you can be of some help.
“David Martin, what is your take on the abortion issue? Do you believe in women’s rights or are you pro-life?”
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