Oh Shiz!

I am thoroughly surprised that no one has posted a blog about Benazir Bhutto’s assassination.
So I am taking the liberty!

Questions for thought:

What did you like about her policies?
What do you think will happen to Pakistans' government now?
Why was she exiled?


Now go enlighten yourselves with foreign policy!

Tell Your Friends....

Send us to Japan is up and running. Now, SHOW ME THE MONEY!!!!

-Ned-

On the other hand....

It would be excellent if the stars alligned and the Old Ones rose again to lead us down the path of cosmic righteousness.....

-Ned-

The Call of Cthulhu

It's 11:55 pm on Christmas Night and I've just finished reading the original "Call of Cthulhu."
Don't get me wrong, there was something very creepy about the story. But in my
opinion, all this "Cthulhu talk" is much ado about nothing. Do we really believe there's
a tentacled demi-god lurking below the black waters of the pacific? Or, like the Chuck
Norris phenomenon, are you guys just looking for some obscure pop-culture reference
in which to ironically revel? I don't get it.

That being said, this quote from the story struck me as apropos of "In the Heart of The
Sea:"

"Who knows the end? What has risen may sink, and what has sunk may rise. Loathsomeness waits and dreams in the deep, and decay spreads over the tottering
cities of men."

Merry Christmas!

-Ned-

Hey, Japanese People of RLA!!

I found this awesome program that teaches katakana, hiragana and a hundred kanji!! The whole thing is free, but I don't know if we can access the site at skool. http://lrnj.com/ is the place it's at, so you'd better go check that out!!

iPod Jackers

Question: Who would want to steal a broken iPod? And Brandon's, to boot! There's going to be ten screamo songs on there, and nothing else.

Answer: Some idiot at RLA.

Question: Who would want to steal a stained notebook?

Answer: The same.

Honestly, people. What point is there in taking a notebook you can't read or a iPod you can't use?

Bad Santa

"OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's post office and police are trying to track down a "rogue elf" who wrote obscene letters to children on behalf of Santa Claus, a newspaper reported on Friday. The Ottawa Citizen said at least 10 nasty letters had been delivered to little girls and boys in Ottawa who wrote to Santa this year care of the North Pole, which has a special H0H 0H0 Canadian postal code. Return letters from Santa are in fact written by an 11,000-strong army of Canada Post employees and volunteers.

"We firmly believe there is just one rogue elf out there," a Canada Post spokeswoman told the paper.

Canada Post's popular "Write to Santa" program -- which last year delivered more than a million letters to children in Canada and around the world -- has been shut down in Ottawa until the offender is caught ."

Happy Holidays!

P.S.
What do you think is more hilarious? The mean letters? Or the 11,000-strong army of Canada post employees?

P.S.S
From what I've read, the letters weren't sexual.

Ok back to work

As some of you know I was residing deep in the jungle or concreat and iron washing glass windows for a living. Anyway while I was there, this very nice transiant named, jim...uh bob..and andrew. After 3 days of intense chess with this kind man. I came to the conclution...Seattle has a problem..and so does spokane. What can america do to help the homeless? How far should we push to create a better united states where no homeless run around the streets? Just give me your opinion.

Oh Geez

Why is it that when I'm gone for a week and trusting the rest of the core with the responsibility of continuing to ask deep/interesting questions where the student body can answer with a open and unbiased opinions... the blog stagnates and spawns idiocy, all that I have read has been this stupid dribble not one open ended thought filled question. Come on!!! I undermined Ned's authority and placed a few of you in charge that said you would help with the blog yet looking at it now..its was a horrible idea. Someone please fix the blog and make it educational again please, not just a load of crap!!!


thank you and I love you all with all of my heart
-Buggles

p.s ill be back monday

Edge of an Ethical Dilema

Should a conservator risk her reputation to preserve

suspect artifacts, or let them fall apart?

Article courtesy of Archaeology magazine.

"A client of mine, an amateur historian and art
collector, brought me a deteriorating Roman sword he purchased from the online
auction site eBay. He asked me to clean, stabilize, and preserve it. As I
examined the orange-red corrosion and white salt encrustations, noting fragments
that had exploded off the surface and areas only a few millimeters thick, I
realized I might be professionally obligated not to conserve it. The sword had
no provenance or export documents to prove it had been scientifically excavated
or lawfully sold.

Art conservators are dedicated to preserving
cultural heritage and we deplore looting and damage to archaeological sites and
artifacts. We are also acutely aware of the harm that can occur from leaving
fragile objects unconserved. Deciding whether to work on the sword was a moment
of crisis in my career. Conserving it could be considered unethical or
unprofessional, while ignoring the piece could put it at risk of disintegrating.
Was I accountable to the physical artifact, my profession, or the archaeological
community?"

Why do museums refuse personal collections while accepting and glorifying unprovenanced objects donated by wealthier, more prominent collectors?

Why is there no blanket international agreement governing the antiquities trade?

Shouldn't we preserve looted objects if they are only traces of a destroyed archaeological site?

Hopes shattered

I was excited about the blog because I thought it would be fun to read student views of what is happening in the world. Sadly I see it is getting filled with a lot of gibberish. Bummer. Plus apparently some of you can't spell, punctuate, or use proper grammar. It makes you look like a bunch of elementary school kids. I'm signing out and may or may not return.

~Stacey

Big Story of The Day....

Guess what kids, more shootings!
This time, the gunmen went for a
youth group and Christian Church in
Denver. Any thoughts on this one?

For more info, check out This Link

Follow up question

So yesterday you should have answered a question on why people blame videogames and music for violent crimes...well as some of you know a violent crime was commited at a mall, the 19 year old gunman entered a mall and killed 8 people and injured 2 then killing himself before police could get to him.

Now what is your opinion on why he went and killed these innocent people?

Well you see...

Why are you guys so lazy?
Your students; so stop complaining and be studious!

Electronic Nightmares.

There is alot of criticism about video games and music affecting kids.
People accuse video games and music of influencing kids to shoot up schools and now shopping malls.

Do you think that a simple song or video game effects someone to the point that they start killing?

Question for ned

What way do you think we could format the blog to make it so that people who contribute can get some sort of credit, as you know some of us spend most of our time on the great blog and are able to express ourselves better then if lets say to write a crappy story on teenbiz just becouse we are told we have to.

Answer

Actually I just have a straight question, should we keep sex scandals out of politics? as in the case of Bill Clinton and how his adulterous behavior ruined his presidential career should presidents or even the senate members who have had sexual activity and have been found out should it ruin their chances on having a successful career.

My answer to this is...

We should not add sex scandals into politics. what happened with Bill Clinton was not right. Even if they are politicians they have a right to privacy to don't you think. We around complaining about them violating our privacy that we don't think that we are violating their privacey. think about that. It should not effect their career because what happens behind their closed bedroom doors should not effect us. Let the people sleep with who they want as long as its not hurting us.

Recently

Actually I just have a straight question, should we keep sex scandals out of politics? as in the case of Bill Clinton and how his adulterous behavior ruined his presidential career should presidents or even the senate members who have had sexual activity and have been found out should it ruin their chances on having a successful career.

... pondering

Do illiterate people get the full effect of Alphabet Soup?

Ok Question...written about 40 mins before today started

OOOH, Somalia in crisis....oh dear
Well anyway the topic to write about today is this. Somalia is currently being given enough food a day to feed 21,000 people and currently they are asking the international community for more support. They say enough to raise the number to 50,000 people a day in the city of Mogadishu.

Now why are we feeding the Somalians well... fighting between Ethiopian-backed government forces and Islamist rebels in the capital, Mogadishu, has forced hundreds of thousands from their homes.


So I ask you as a citizen of the international community, do you feel we should spend more funds on Somalians temporarily moved from their homes because of some fighting in their capital city. Or as always should we hold ourselves higher and spend more money because we are the "keepers" of the world?


This time like mentioned in blue writing, answer in a long post please.

everyone should know about now

That everyday we have a question that you should be blogging about in full crazy paragraphs..not just stupid "oh I agree with the last person" be redundant and copy the last post...at least it looks better that way.

TAKE THIS BLUE HATERS

Feel the heat

emanating from my stove...feel it. OK fine its a stupid post you don't have to brain grab me every time I cant think of something to say.

Silent Monday

Is there some way we can get the non bloggers to coincide with silent monday as well? To have a full force silence would be a truly amazing feat...

Next

So for the past few weeks there has been a conflict between the Sudanese government and a English teacher from Great Britain who was teaching Sudanese children. According to Sudan the teacher named the class teddy bear Mohammad. This sparked outrage with the clergy of Sudan and soon she was arrested on charges of trying to spark hate and anger(whatever that means.) the penalty for that is 40 lashes and a year in jail. After much debate and diplomacy between the two countries and she was released and at the moment is back home in Great Britain.

Yet the question remains in my mind, should countries of any kind enforce intolerance to any persons working within there country that is not a citizen?

Fluffman

Does anyone know where Brandon is? If he's skipping or something, I'll stab him with a rusty spork.

PS: What is that smell??