Here is a good example by Dave Nalle of how times are changing, I found this last year and lost my bookmark, but I saved the text.

Nalle touches on several good topics I feel we need to examine in our society; one being how the government and law enforcements view of the average American citizen.  The second would be the militarization of our ( Read more... )

I was sent this by a friend; I found it almost amusing, until I realized this is the direction America is heading.  If an American politician ever spoke like this spineless twerp, I would due all I could to see that he was out by the next election.

What I have to say on the topic:
If you see an elderly woman on the street being physically ( Read more... )

You want an eat that’s skinny on price, but not on taste?  I have been working on some of these for camping, but hey, college cooking is only a small step removed from camp cooking.

Bring 1.5-2 cups water to a boil.
Drop in one package of ramen.
(Don’t use the flavor packet)
Crack in two eggs.
Let it boil until the ramen is ready.
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Well I have not written here in a while.  I have been busy with school.  I have had it good this term, a good schedule, good classes, and now no finals…  Yes you heard me right!  NO FINALS!!!  Now, it’s not THAT good, I have three papers, a presentation, and a project instead of Finals.  I have been busy with those as they were all due on either ( Read more... )

CAP is a volunteer organization.  There is no commitment, or contract by its members.  They are not obligated in any way to stay, or participate ( Read more... )

(Note: parts of this were stolen from a friend; I got too tired to write it all on my own)

Link to youtube
Link to ABC
This incident has sparked a lot of controversy.  People wither lash out at the police for their actions, or the student for his.  I personally feel that all involved are victims of circumstance.

This entire incident stems from ( Read more... )

Bull dung.

The constitution is an insurance policy.  Without it there is no gurentee that under the right circumstances (that’s how the Patriot Act was passed), the government would not go the way of other tyrannical regimes in history seem to go.  This would all be under the guise of “national security” or “national interest,” but isn’t that ( Read more... )

Your bra is ringing: Students defy ban
BY PETER KADUSHIN and TANYANIKA SAMUELS
DAILY NEWS WRITERS

11th graders conceal a cell phone battery inside a large calculator.
City kids aren't letting the cell phone ban hang them up.

From paying to stash cell phones at delis to burying them "where the sun don't shine," students across the city ( Read more... )

Link to article.

In our litigious world you don’t have to think for yourself.  If you do something dumb, it’s because some one else wasn’t there to say “hey, you know, trespassing in a train yard, climbing on top of a car and getting shocked by the overhead wires may not be the best of ideas.”  Since they failed to warn someone whom was somewhere ( Read more... )

Link to article.

Students at Calif college ban Pledge of Allegiance

By Dan Whitcomb Fri Nov 10, 1:53 PM ET

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Student leaders at a California college have touched off a furor by banning the Pledge of Allegiance at their meetings, saying they see no reason to publicly swear loyalty to God and the U.S. government.

The ( Read more... )