I just wrote this for school and realized it would be a good thing to put on my blog. So here's my history homewrok (haha):
Campbell Habetz
10/23/07
Respnse to article “Say What You Like, Just Don’t Say it Here”
From The New York Times
Summary:
The government has taken legal action in federal court against “irresponsible expressions of opinion by prominent aliens.” The two cases are very controversial because of their ties to the First Amendment. The first case concerns the government’s decision to deny a work visa to a Muslim scholar who had plans to speak at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana. The second case deals with two men who watched Al Manar- the television station of a “radical Islamic Shiite group” called the Hezbollah.
Response:
Wow. What can I say? A man who has spoken in America multiple times before is denied the right to speak here because of his “position of prominence within (a) country to endorse or espouse terrorist activity.” What? He’s a “Swiss philosopher and Muslim intellectual” who “is the voice of reason, of logic, of tolerance and common sense.” Well, then, he donated money to a charity that later turned out to be giving money to a terrorist organization. Of course he would have known that before any government official! Moreover, two people are in trouble with the government for watching a television station that the administration doesn’t agree with. Is this a democracy or a dictatorship? Hey Bush Administration, ever heard of the Bill of Rights? Well, I guess if you have no problem walking all over the Constitution then the Bill of Rights is hardly worth your attention!
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Me On Immigration- Prepare for a Rant Against Those Damn Republicans
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071023/ap_on_el_pr/thompson_immigration
Wow. I can't believe that so many people want to deport the people here who have made a life for themselves without managing to become a citizen. Yes, we have laws against illegal immigration, but we also have moral responsibilities towards our brothers and sisters living around the world and right next door. Yes we need to enforce our borders, but we also need to help people who are already here, as well as the people trying to get here. We have a moral obligation to put illegal immigrants in our country on the path to becoming citizens and help people in other countries become citizens as well. What are we going to do? Deport people who have been living here since they were 4? Another thing- they were willing to put $1 billion into keeping people out of an immigrant- based nation, but they won't give $35 million to poor, sick children? Yes, that makes a whole lot of sense.
Gail Collins, of the New York Times, once said something about "sanctuary cities" that has stuck with me since I read it.
"Wasn't that where Keanu Reeves was trying to get to in the Matrix?"
By the way, if you haven't seen the Matrix, you should. Rent it. It's amazing.
Wow. I can't believe that so many people want to deport the people here who have made a life for themselves without managing to become a citizen. Yes, we have laws against illegal immigration, but we also have moral responsibilities towards our brothers and sisters living around the world and right next door. Yes we need to enforce our borders, but we also need to help people who are already here, as well as the people trying to get here. We have a moral obligation to put illegal immigrants in our country on the path to becoming citizens and help people in other countries become citizens as well. What are we going to do? Deport people who have been living here since they were 4? Another thing- they were willing to put $1 billion into keeping people out of an immigrant- based nation, but they won't give $35 million to poor, sick children? Yes, that makes a whole lot of sense.
Gail Collins, of the New York Times, once said something about "sanctuary cities" that has stuck with me since I read it.
"Wasn't that where Keanu Reeves was trying to get to in the Matrix?"
By the way, if you haven't seen the Matrix, you should. Rent it. It's amazing.
Friday, October 5, 2007
George W. Bush Threatens the Lives of Americans... Again
Except this time, the Americans are poor children. I can't believe he would veto a bill that takes money from cigarette sales and puts it towards health care for poor, sick children. That is awful! Unfortunately, I couldn't find the whole of the clip that was shown on the Daily Show, but here's what Jon Stewart had to say. As usually, he pretty much sums it up in my opinion.
I want to freaking bite Bush' head off! What the hell? Since when do we WANT kids to die? Bush supporters say that this bill is a step towards government controlled health care for all Americans- I say, would that really be so bad? Other countries have successful national health care programs. Why not us? But I'm getting ahead of myself. SCHIP would expand an already successful program and save children's lives. Bush says that $35 billion over 5 years is too much money, but we are pumping $4 billion a day in Iraq. I think we can spare $19 million a day to provide health care to poor, sick children! To me, these amounts of money are unbelievably high, but it seems to me that if we can spend $9 quadrillion on an unnecessary war, we can spare some money for our children.
I want to freaking bite Bush' head off! What the hell? Since when do we WANT kids to die? Bush supporters say that this bill is a step towards government controlled health care for all Americans- I say, would that really be so bad? Other countries have successful national health care programs. Why not us? But I'm getting ahead of myself. SCHIP would expand an already successful program and save children's lives. Bush says that $35 billion over 5 years is too much money, but we are pumping $4 billion a day in Iraq. I think we can spare $19 million a day to provide health care to poor, sick children! To me, these amounts of money are unbelievably high, but it seems to me that if we can spend $9 quadrillion on an unnecessary war, we can spare some money for our children.
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