Sarah Palin’s husband, Todd Palin, after his wife’s successful mayoral bid in 1996

My friend stole this poster from a booth at orientation about sexual assault prevention. We edited it a little.

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When I was a child and I first considered the that problems people faced, I concluded as if it were obvious, “Why can’t we just help each other out?” My life since has been spent trying to reconcile my youthful idealism with the shortcomings of our world.

2004 arrived after a long four years of our current administration and my will to help solve problems was frustrated. I was eager to find someone on the national stage who I could put my trust in–someone who the political system had not compromised–someone who could relieve my cynicism and revive my faith in the good tomorrow might bring.

If the question is how many red grapes can I fit in my mouth at once, the answer is twelve-give or take. If the question is do I think I look pretty in a thong, the answer is an emphatic yes. If the question is which presidential candidate is the most solid, the answer is Obama.

Obama won’t try to be our king. He will try to be our peer. That’s why he’s got my endorsement.

Rick James once said “Pussy’s pussy.” I include this maxim, not because it has any relevance this essay, but rather because it illustrates the fatalistically induced nihilism that so often befalls my concluding sentiments when I consider the way of the world.

Gandhi and Martin Luther King demonstrated the power of non-violence in combating imperialistic exploitation. They showed how empathy from the ruling political class of people could lead to change in an unjust policy. The tactic is still powerful, and, in fact, it may be the most powerful means of radical change left in the world.

The Women’s Rights Essay I Spent Nine Mostly Painful Hours Forcing Out
By Greg Westneat

Women: Some just say “Sure, they’re those things with vaginas in ‘em.” others understand the feminine identity as an endless majesty of intellect, strength, and fashion sense. All throughout history, differences between males and females have shaped the way society looks at the shapelier sex, and the unfortunately common patriarchal societies have pushed the female potential-sometimes all too literally-to the back burner. However, with the 19th and 20th centuries came the blossoming of social, technological, and medical advances. These changes became the mother’s milk of progress, and birthed the modern Women’s Rights Movement. In this essay we will expose ourselves to the legal background of one of the most titillating issues surrounding women’s movement in America: Reproductive Rights.

So, did you hear they found a cure for cancer? This isn’t the start of a bad joke. This is actually real. But if it were the start of a bad joke, I’d say: “Yeah, you can cure it by having sex with a virgin who has cancer.” ZING!

Anyhow, Americorps is going pretty well. There are certainly bumps in the road, but the ride is smooth enough to manage. My team, but for a few exceptionally awesome people, is very definitely the Melvin team with the Melvin team leader for whom I harbor some underlying static.

Newly elected Senator from VA Jim Webb was at a White House reception where photos with the president were being taken. Webb, not being a Bush Fan, totally statemented the President. Here’s a link to a Washington Post article on the subject which, though in complete, corroborates that this did actually take place. The following is conversation I had about the incident with a friend of mine.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,1952393,00.html

http://atheistgoat.ytmnd.com/

Maryland court rules that a “woman can’t say no after start of sex.”

As the well known conundrum goes “Which came first: the chicken or the egg?” It’s a question of the root causes of things—it’s the difference between the causes and the conclusion. And it’s the same conundrum that too often people ignore when examining racial improprieties in America. So the question is “Which came first:  high crime rates among minorities, or the suspicion of higher crime rates amongst minorities?” Let’s look at an example:

Say, in a hypothetical community there are a certain percentage of white people who are criminals. In the same community, there’s the same percentage of black people who are criminals. This community is policed by the same prejudiced cop.

Today is the 6010th anniversary of the day God created the universe. You see on the 23rd of October 4004 BC god created the world where dinosaurs and people coexisted.  To celebrate this day I invite you all to kick a jew in the shins  and harass your local science teacher.

Written Assignment # 2

In January 2003, President Bush met with a group of people including three Iraqi Americans to discuss the likely political situation after the fall of Saddam Hussein (Avard). In the course of this meeting it became apparent that Bush had no understanding of the differences between the three major demographic divisions within Iraq: the Sunni, the Shiite, and the Kurds (Galbraith). Two months later America was in a war with Iraq. The shoddy conduct in which Bush led the country into, and waged the war with Iraq (post-invasion Iraqi unemployment of 60% (Wright, Knickmeyer), disbanding of the Iraqi National Army (Slocombe), etc.) is just one illustration of why it is preferable to have a president who is analytical and deliberative but less politically accomplished than one like Bush, who acts, however effectively, on gut reactions.