The Economist endorsing Obama. They also have a good bit on Senator McCain versus Candidate McCain.
Is Mr Obama any better? Most of the hoopla about him has been about what he is, rather than what he would do. His identity is not as irrelevant as it sounds. Merely by becoming president, he would dispel many of the myths built up about America: it would be far harder for the spreaders of hate in the Islamic world to denounce the Great Satan if it were led by a black man whose middle name is Hussein; and far harder for autocrats around the world to claim that American democracy is a sham. America’s allies would rally to him: the global electoral college on our website shows a landslide in his favour. At home he would salve, if not close, the ugly racial wound left by America’s history and lessen the tendency of American blacks to blame all their problems on racism.
Friday, October 31, 2008
DNI speaks, the world trembles
Sometimes I just wish policy analysts and professionals would read an article or two not spout off on what they think the causes of conflict will be based on narrow perceptions.
"Strategic rivalries are most likely to revolve around trade, demographics, access to natural resources, investments and technological innovation. There will be a struggle to acquire technology advantage as the key enabler for dominance," he said.
*The above factors are not likely to cause rivalry future and have not in the past. It is possible that these issues will become important to rivals, but that is only after the rivalry starts in the first place.
"Strategic rivalries are most likely to revolve around trade, demographics, access to natural resources, investments and technological innovation. There will be a struggle to acquire technology advantage as the key enabler for dominance," he said.
*The above factors are not likely to cause rivalry future and have not in the past. It is possible that these issues will become important to rivals, but that is only after the rivalry starts in the first place.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Everyone Hide, the Mexicans are coming
I hate to give articles like this links, but this one is just so extreme and weird, it has to be shared. If you will excuse me now, I am going to go to work on taking over American from within. Obama is part of our plan all along. (sneaky Halloween laugh here)
"Although many Mexicans support and aid these terrorists, Mexicans have an agenda all their own: reconquista, the retaking of the Southwest United States. They believe they have a right to be in the Southwest, and plan to recolonize it. Their intentions are transparent, their success rate increasing...If retaliation is not forthcoming, Aztlan will live again. Every single white person will be removed from the Southwest or eliminated."
"Although many Mexicans support and aid these terrorists, Mexicans have an agenda all their own: reconquista, the retaking of the Southwest United States. They believe they have a right to be in the Southwest, and plan to recolonize it. Their intentions are transparent, their success rate increasing...If retaliation is not forthcoming, Aztlan will live again. Every single white person will be removed from the Southwest or eliminated."
Thursday, October 16, 2008
UIC Soccer on ESPN
Sorry for the lack of recent posts, been busy writing (with frequent ten minute mario kart breaks). For some reason my blog has gone all funky in terms of text colors and what not, so for now it is a blueish purple to allow it to be read. I will fix later.
ESPN on UIC soccer
ESPN on UIC soccer
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Latino Hate
Just so we all remember how much some people hate Latinos
"Indecent Proposals: Top 10 Most Offensive Quotes from Anti-Immigrant Leaders"
1.) "We need the National Guard to clean out all ourcities and round them up...They have no problem slitting your throat and taking your money or selling drugs to your kids or raping your daughters, and they are evil people."[1]
Chris Simcox, co-founder of the Minuteman Project and president of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps. As quoted in the Southern Poverty Law Center's Intelligence Report magazine, Summer 2005.
2.) "Mexican men have a reputation for leering and worse at little girls, which shouldn't surprise us, since sex with children is socially acceptable in Mexico."[2]
Brenda Walker, California anti-immigrant leader and publisher. From VDARE.com article titled "Top Ten Reasons Why the US Should Not Marry Mexico," January 1, 2007.
3.) "My message to them is, not in two weeks, not in two months, not in two years, never! We must be clear that we will not surrender America and we will not turn the United States over to the invaders from south of the border."[3]
Rep. Virgil Goode (R- VA), at the March for America, Washington, DC, June 18, 2007.
4.) "I don't care if Mexicans pile up against that fence ... just run a couple of taco trucks up and down the line..."[4]
Neal Boortz, anti-immigrant talk radio host on WSB-AM in Atlanta on June 18, 2007.
5.) "Terrorists are also walking in unopposed; our southwestern border is littered with Arabic papers and Islamic prayer rugs."[5]
Jim Gilchrist, founder of Minutemen Project. From a press release announcing the forthcoming publication of a new book co-authored with Jerome R. Corsi, February 2006.
6.) "The brown toxic cloud strangling Los Angeles never lifts and grows thicker with every immigrant added. One can't help appreciate the streets of Paris will soon become the streets of LA. However, Paris' streets erupted while LA's shall sink into a Third World quagmire much like Bombay or Calcutta, India. When you import that much crime, illiteracy, multiple languages and disease-Americans pick up stakes and move away."[6]
Frosty Wooldridge, anti-immigrant author and activist. Summarizing an address by a KABC-AM talk radio host to the Federation for American Immigration Reform director's meeting, Fall 2005.
7.) "What we'll do is randomly pick one night every week where we will kill whoever crosses the
border...step over there and you die. You get to decide whether it's your lucky night or not. I think that would be more fun."[7]
Brian James, anti-immigrant talk radio host with KFYI-AM in Phoenix. Suggesting a solution to the immigration problem in Arizona while filling in for the regular host, March 2006.
8.) "Shoot him."[8]
Phil Valentine, anti-immigration talk radio host, WWTN in Nashville. Advising Border Patrol agents to shoot undocumented immigrants during an anti-immigrant rally in Franklin, Tennessee, April 27, 2006.
9.) "We've got to make it in this country so (immigrants) can't exist here...We've got to rattle
their teeth and put their feet to the fire!"[9]
Terry Anderson, anti-immigrant talk radio host with KRLA in Los Angeles. Speaking at a "Hold Their Feet to the Fire" anti-immigrant rally organized by the Federation for American Immigration Reform, April 22, 2007.
10.) "Our enemies are bloodied and beaten. We cannot relent. Our boot is on their throat and we must have the willingness to crush their ‘throat' so that we can put our enemy down for good. The sovereignty of our nation and the future of our culture and civilization is at stake. The United States is a beacon of salvation unto the rest of the world. Our freedoms, our culture is mans salvation. If we perish, man perishes."[10]
Joseph Turner, Save Our State (S.O.S), now a staff member with the Federation for American Immigration Reform. Message sent to Save Our State supporters on October 7, 2006.
"Indecent Proposals: Top 10 Most Offensive Quotes from Anti-Immigrant Leaders"
1.) "We need the National Guard to clean out all ourcities and round them up...They have no problem slitting your throat and taking your money or selling drugs to your kids or raping your daughters, and they are evil people."[1]
Chris Simcox, co-founder of the Minuteman Project and president of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps. As quoted in the Southern Poverty Law Center's Intelligence Report magazine, Summer 2005.
2.) "Mexican men have a reputation for leering and worse at little girls, which shouldn't surprise us, since sex with children is socially acceptable in Mexico."[2]
Brenda Walker, California anti-immigrant leader and publisher. From VDARE.com article titled "Top Ten Reasons Why the US Should Not Marry Mexico," January 1, 2007.
3.) "My message to them is, not in two weeks, not in two months, not in two years, never! We must be clear that we will not surrender America and we will not turn the United States over to the invaders from south of the border."[3]
Rep. Virgil Goode (R- VA), at the March for America, Washington, DC, June 18, 2007.
4.) "I don't care if Mexicans pile up against that fence ... just run a couple of taco trucks up and down the line..."[4]
Neal Boortz, anti-immigrant talk radio host on WSB-AM in Atlanta on June 18, 2007.
5.) "Terrorists are also walking in unopposed; our southwestern border is littered with Arabic papers and Islamic prayer rugs."[5]
Jim Gilchrist, founder of Minutemen Project. From a press release announcing the forthcoming publication of a new book co-authored with Jerome R. Corsi, February 2006.
6.) "The brown toxic cloud strangling Los Angeles never lifts and grows thicker with every immigrant added. One can't help appreciate the streets of Paris will soon become the streets of LA. However, Paris' streets erupted while LA's shall sink into a Third World quagmire much like Bombay or Calcutta, India. When you import that much crime, illiteracy, multiple languages and disease-Americans pick up stakes and move away."[6]
Frosty Wooldridge, anti-immigrant author and activist. Summarizing an address by a KABC-AM talk radio host to the Federation for American Immigration Reform director's meeting, Fall 2005.
7.) "What we'll do is randomly pick one night every week where we will kill whoever crosses the
border...step over there and you die. You get to decide whether it's your lucky night or not. I think that would be more fun."[7]
Brian James, anti-immigrant talk radio host with KFYI-AM in Phoenix. Suggesting a solution to the immigration problem in Arizona while filling in for the regular host, March 2006.
8.) "Shoot him."[8]
Phil Valentine, anti-immigration talk radio host, WWTN in Nashville. Advising Border Patrol agents to shoot undocumented immigrants during an anti-immigrant rally in Franklin, Tennessee, April 27, 2006.
9.) "We've got to make it in this country so (immigrants) can't exist here...We've got to rattle
their teeth and put their feet to the fire!"[9]
Terry Anderson, anti-immigrant talk radio host with KRLA in Los Angeles. Speaking at a "Hold Their Feet to the Fire" anti-immigrant rally organized by the Federation for American Immigration Reform, April 22, 2007.
10.) "Our enemies are bloodied and beaten. We cannot relent. Our boot is on their throat and we must have the willingness to crush their ‘throat' so that we can put our enemy down for good. The sovereignty of our nation and the future of our culture and civilization is at stake. The United States is a beacon of salvation unto the rest of the world. Our freedoms, our culture is mans salvation. If we perish, man perishes."[10]
Joseph Turner, Save Our State (S.O.S), now a staff member with the Federation for American Immigration Reform. Message sent to Save Our State supporters on October 7, 2006.
Monday, October 6, 2008
Latino Scholarships
FREE LATINO SCHOLARSHIP WEBSITE RECEIVES OVER 110,000 UNIQUE VISITORS IN FIRST EIGHT MONTHS OF THE YEAR
Los Angeles, CA. Latino College Dollars, a website offering interactive, no-cost information about scholarships available to Latino students, received over 110,000 unique visitors in the first eight months of 2008.
"We are continually updating the website," said Corina Espinoza, Director of the Tomás Rivera Policy Institute (TRPI) Kids to College program. "And the 2008-09 directory will be coming out in late October."
Latino College Dollars currently offers over 325 sources that students may contact for college scholarship information. The website grew from a TRPI research project assessing information available on the web to Latino students. "Curiously, we found that half of the websites on Latino scholarships were not functional," stated Wendy Chavira, Associate Director of Operations at the Institute. "However, the remaining websites offered relevant information. Rather than saving the information, we decided to publish it."
According to TRPI research, lack of information on college financing options is widespread among Latino youth and parents. Latinos lag behind in college preparation, resulting in only 7.2 % of Latinos between the ages of 18-24 enrolled in a 4-year college institution.
Please click here to visit TRPI's Latino College Dollars website.
Click here to view the 2007-2008 directory.
TRPI encourages organizations offering scholarships for Latino students to contact the Institute to be included in the next Latino College Dollars directory.
Los Angeles, CA. Latino College Dollars, a website offering interactive, no-cost information about scholarships available to Latino students, received over 110,000 unique visitors in the first eight months of 2008.
"We are continually updating the website," said Corina Espinoza, Director of the Tomás Rivera Policy Institute (TRPI) Kids to College program. "And the 2008-09 directory will be coming out in late October."
Latino College Dollars currently offers over 325 sources that students may contact for college scholarship information. The website grew from a TRPI research project assessing information available on the web to Latino students. "Curiously, we found that half of the websites on Latino scholarships were not functional," stated Wendy Chavira, Associate Director of Operations at the Institute. "However, the remaining websites offered relevant information. Rather than saving the information, we decided to publish it."
According to TRPI research, lack of information on college financing options is widespread among Latino youth and parents. Latinos lag behind in college preparation, resulting in only 7.2 % of Latinos between the ages of 18-24 enrolled in a 4-year college institution.
Please click here to visit TRPI's Latino College Dollars website.
Click here to view the 2007-2008 directory.
TRPI encourages organizations offering scholarships for Latino students to contact the Institute to be included in the next Latino College Dollars directory.
Internship Oppurtunity
Do you have students that may be interested in a paid internship working for the Illinois State Legislature?
v Interns receive a stipend of $2,026 per month with health insurance included.
v Interns earn 8 graduate credits in political studies from the University of Illinois at Springfield.
v Interns work as legislative staff with either the partisan staffs of the Illinois General Assembly or the Legislative Research Unit.
Interning with the Illinois Legislature prepares interns for a variety of career paths. Interns work closely with seasoned professionals in the unique environment of the State legislature.
v Interns provide research and analytical support to committee leaders and members.
v Interns analyze agency budgets and take part in crafting the state budget.
v Interns handle press and newsletters for assigned legislators.
v Interns gain personal access and build relationships with legislators, lobbyist and other state contractors.
Interning with Legislative Research Bureau primarily prepares interns for research career paths, while working with seasoned legal and communication professionals.
v Interns gain legal research skills.
v Interns respond to research requests from state legislators.
v Interns help write official state documents and resources.
Upon completion of the program, interns pursue a number of professional avenues.
v Interns are offered full-time positions on a legislative staff.
v Interns pursue careers in public policy with a state agency or lobbying firm.
v Interns pursue law degrees.
v Interns continue their educational pursuits.
The Illinois Legislative Staff Intern Program has a 35- year history and is considered one of the top ten internship programs in the United States.
v Applicants must complete their undergraduate degree by September 1, 2009.
v Applicants with advanced degrees are preferred.
v Applicants with a 3.0 GPA are preferred.
v Applications must be postmarked by February 1, 2009.
v Internships start August 16, 2009 and end June 30, 2010.
If you know a student or others interested in an internship with the Illinois General Assembly, please share this email. Application materials are available online or I can send them to you directly by email or post. For more information, please contact me at 217.206.6579 or visit the ILSIP website at http://ilsip.uis.edu.
Sincerely,
Barbara Van Dyke-Brown
Director, Legislative Internships and Advocacy Programs
P.S. Recruiters will be in attendance at your upcoming graduate/career fair on October 2, 2008. We would appreciate your efforts to encourage interested students to attend the fair and learn more about the Illinois Legislative Staff Intern Program.
v Interns receive a stipend of $2,026 per month with health insurance included.
v Interns earn 8 graduate credits in political studies from the University of Illinois at Springfield.
v Interns work as legislative staff with either the partisan staffs of the Illinois General Assembly or the Legislative Research Unit.
Interning with the Illinois Legislature prepares interns for a variety of career paths. Interns work closely with seasoned professionals in the unique environment of the State legislature.
v Interns provide research and analytical support to committee leaders and members.
v Interns analyze agency budgets and take part in crafting the state budget.
v Interns handle press and newsletters for assigned legislators.
v Interns gain personal access and build relationships with legislators, lobbyist and other state contractors.
Interning with Legislative Research Bureau primarily prepares interns for research career paths, while working with seasoned legal and communication professionals.
v Interns gain legal research skills.
v Interns respond to research requests from state legislators.
v Interns help write official state documents and resources.
Upon completion of the program, interns pursue a number of professional avenues.
v Interns are offered full-time positions on a legislative staff.
v Interns pursue careers in public policy with a state agency or lobbying firm.
v Interns pursue law degrees.
v Interns continue their educational pursuits.
The Illinois Legislative Staff Intern Program has a 35- year history and is considered one of the top ten internship programs in the United States.
v Applicants must complete their undergraduate degree by September 1, 2009.
v Applicants with advanced degrees are preferred.
v Applicants with a 3.0 GPA are preferred.
v Applications must be postmarked by February 1, 2009.
v Internships start August 16, 2009 and end June 30, 2010.
If you know a student or others interested in an internship with the Illinois General Assembly, please share this email. Application materials are available online or I can send them to you directly by email or post. For more information, please contact me at 217.206.6579 or visit the ILSIP website at http://ilsip.uis.edu.
Sincerely,
Barbara Van Dyke-Brown
Director, Legislative Internships and Advocacy Programs
P.S. Recruiters will be in attendance at your upcoming graduate/career fair on October 2, 2008. We would appreciate your efforts to encourage interested students to attend the fair and learn more about the Illinois Legislative Staff Intern Program.
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