For those who wish to run for office:

This is Griffin speaking. If you wish to run for any type of office you MUST see me before the earlier-than-planned-date Thor's day morning. See me SOON. I only have limited spaces. Maybe only one left. I will have a meeting with those who plan to run on Thor's day afternoon. Cabinet members must see me by Freya's day. I have also had some interesting government suggestions. This makes me think that this will be a fun election. One more thing: NO COMMUNISM!

See me!

Over and out!

(Griffin, Lord of Time)

.........Not again!

for all of you who do not know(witch i am guessing is most of you) the link to the RLA government blog can be found HERE,HERE,HERE, or even HERE, or if your lucky you may even find it HERE too!!! until next time, I, Cody Lord of Yahtzee(formally known as Cody Lord of Error) signing off. Stay Classy RLA. oh ya i forgot, if you want to run for the school government you HAVE to Contact Grffin, Lord of Time(time not Thyme) or ME Cody, Lord of Yahtzee.

Obama, War in Afghanistan, and The Nobel Peace Prize

Full Text of Obama's Nobel Acceptance Speech

Please answer the following questions in complete, grammatically correct sentences.

Write your name at the bottom of your post. At a bare minimum, this assignment should take you at least 45 minutes. Don't slack on this. Do your best work. It will be graded.

1. What is the Nobel Peace Prize?

2. In paragraph three, Obama acknowledges the "considerable controversy" surrounding his winning of the Nobel Peace Prize. What is the source of that controversy? Do you agree?

3. In paragraph four, Obama acknowledges an apparent irony in the fact that he's receiving the world's most prestigious peace prize. What is that irony?

4. In paragraph seven, Obama taks about "Just War Theory." What is he talking about? What is Just War Theory?

5. In the first three paragraphs on page two, Obama talks about "the old architecture buckling under the weight of new threats." What is this "old architecture" and what are these "new threats?"

6. In the last three paragraphs on page two and the first two on page three, Obama talks about how America has "helped underwrite global security." What does this mean?

7. How does Obama challenge the rest of the world to assist the United States in the third paragraph from the bottom on page three?

8. In the first paragraph on page four, Obama speaks of a "moral interest" in the waging of wars. Break that down for me. What's he talking about?

9. On pages four and five, Obama lays out "three ways that we can build a just and lasting peace." What are they?

10. In your opinion, given the disrespect shown towards the United States and our military in the prosecution of The War on Terror, should we continue to "underwrite global security?" Or, should the other advanced nations of the world step up and shoulder some of the considerable burden our soldiers bare?

Anarchy! IT MUST END!

This bleak period in the history of RLA has brought to mind the events of the past. We must have ORDER! Without order, there is chaos (not to be confused with KAOS). Chaos leads to anarchy and anarchy is what were are suffering from. NO LONGER! I (Griffin, Lord of Time) have decided this along with my colleague (Cody, Lord of Error). We have gone into action in this matter. Directly after the break (have a good one) we shall have an ELECTION! Thou Shalt Haveth ORDER! Freshmen may only run for cabinet positions. Any pair of people wishing to run for President and Vice-President must develop a student judicial system that would effect wrong-doers. This must be creative. It requires a judge and a jury. These are nearly the only criteria. THIS MUST BE INSTALLED ONE YOU ARE IN OFFICE! If you have any question then please ask me (Griffin, Lord of Time). Further posts on this topic will be at the RLA government blog:

http://rlagovernment.blogspot.com/

Thank you.

Griffin, Lord of Time
Cody, Lord of Error

Now that you've heard the speech, we want to know what you think.    Is Obama doing the right thing by sending an additional 30,000 American soldiers to Afghanistan to destroy Al Qaeda and break the back of The Taliban?

In a well-written paragraph, please explain your opinion on this subject.  (Oh yeah, put YOUR NAME at the bottom of your post so you can receive credit)

Please Vote For Me/ One-Child Policy

Two questions. Each need to be answered in complete sentences. Minimum of 1 paragraph each.

*Note* There are three parts to both questions. All of them need to be answered.

Good luck.

1. After watching the DVD Please Vote For Me, do you believe the election for class monitor worked as an excercise in democracy? What do you think the children learned from this experience? What did you learn from this experiment?

2. Read this article on China's "One Child Policy" and answer the following question(s):

What is the tension at the center of this article? With which side do you find yourself sympathizing? Why are Chinese children often referred to as "Little Emperors?"