Barack Obama, The Future, and You

Alright gang, I think we can all agree that it's been a historical day. So far though, you've been passive observers.

It's time to switch roles.

I want to hear your analysis of what's happened today. To that end, please answer the following three questions in complete sentences and to the best of your abilities:

1. How, if at all, will the election of Barack Obama directly effect your life as a high school student in Spokane?

2. Do you feel that the enormous expectations placed on President Obama are unfair? If so, why? If not, why do you believe he's capable of leading the world into an era of unprecedented progress and change?

3. MLK, Obama, and Lincoln. Beyond the obvious ( Emancipation Proclamation, Civil Rights, America's first black president) what is connection between these three American leaders? Has real progress been made? Is oppression still a part of American life?

SLOW DEATH

is it just me or has the blog slowed down to the point of near death?

Hyperactive Teens and RLA

The debate topic this week has to do with the drug, CAFFEINE! When you get a minute, head over to Ned's room and check out the latest issue of "Current Events." The cover story, "Jittery," contains all the information to need to form a well-reasoned opinion on the following statement. After you've spent some time thinking about your opinion, post it on the blog.

In the interest of creating a positive study environment and to be fair to students who don't drink these kinds of beverages, students at RLA should be prevented from drinking engergy drinks such as AMP, RockStar, Monster, FIXX, SoBe NoFear, and Red Bull.

Israel and Hamas

We spent a fair amount of time last week working though the issues surrounding Israel's latest incursion into the Gaza Strip in pursuit of Hamas militants. When asked what your advice to President-Elect Obama would be on the matter, most of you copped out. After going through your responses, I'd say about 90% were along the lines of "we should remain neutral." While I can certainly respect the sentiments behind this response, it's just not realistic. With that in mind, I'm asking you to reconsider and post a well thought out, legitimate recommendation to the President-Elect.

Does Israel's right to self-defense justify the civilian deaths in Gaza? Does it matter?

Let me know what you think.......

Battles of the Past

So friends, here we give you a debate as to whether or not schools named after Confederate generals of the Civil War should change their names.  

The article that is going to be used is not available online for us to use, but there are hard copies of Current Events in Ned's room (maybe others', I'm not sure). Read the article 'Name Dropping' in the back of the zine, at the grand and large page seven.

Schools named after Civil War Confederate generals shouldn't change their names.

Tell me stuff...Go!

Murphs

I'll just leave this here.

DO IT!!!!! MAKE IT ORANGE!!!!! DO IT FOR THE CHILDREN!!!!!!!!!

Concerning Blog Colours

HEY. HEY. Who's the admin here?! YEAH. THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.

Now stuff it, or I'll make it mind-melting orange.

Murphs

PS: 'Colour' is spelled correctly, Yank. Also, the 'post a comment' box is there for a reason!

Why

Why is it blue now

Why is the blog pink?

Beware!

Hallo, hallo, my brother droogs. 

Sorry, I'm in a rather Clockwork Orange mood. I'll stick to the slang of today. So here is your statement to agree or disagree with!

Parents should have the right to influence official district curriculum, including--but not limited to--literature. 

And here are your articles to viddy--look at, I mean.

For those of you lazy -- Wikipedia!

For those of you less so -- The Examiner!

For those of you interested -- The American Library Association's Most Commonly Challenged Books!

And for those of you local -- The Spokesman Review!

Agree? Disagree? Post it in the comments!

Murphs

To Ban or Not To Ban, That is The Question!

When considering the appropriateness of Cormac McCarthy's "The Road" as high school reading material, it might be interesting to read up on what's going on in Coeur d'Alene. Please read this article from the Spokesman Review on banning books and answer the following questions:

When, if ever, is it appropriate for schools to remove books from library shelves? With that in mind, do you feel the school board in Coeur d'Alene is doing the right thing by removing "Brave New World" from the reading list?

The Civil War in Four Minutes

Awesome.

Thanks. Giving. Thoughts?

And the debate over Thanksgiving rages on.....

Read the Slate article, work it over in your mind a little bit, and answer the following question:

"What's the proper view to take on Thanksgiving? Is it a civic holiday, a religious celebration, or nothing more than an unwelcome reminder of the ultimate fate of the Native Americans?"

Okay people... Forum of discussion... 

SAY SOMETHING CLEVER.

...Read something clever. I remembered that none of you can say clever things. 

STUFF

MORE STUFF

LAST STUFF

Murphs

Curious about the underlying causes of the Somalian Pirate controversy?

Read on....

http://www.economist.com/world/mideast-africa/displayStory.cfm?story_id=12342212

Does anyone have anything to talk about?

The AntiChrist?

Could Obama be the AntiChrist?

He will be worshiped by many people[Rev. 13:8]
(Many people like Obama)

He will try to change the laws, perhaps to gain advantage for his new kingdom [Daniel 7:25]
(hmm,.. lets see,.. our gun writes? the second amendment?)

He will rise from obscurity...a "little horn" [Daniel 7:8]
(political background?)

He will speak boastfully [Daniel 7:8; Rev. 13:5]
(Smooth talker?)

He will oppress the saints and be successful for 3 1/2 years [Daniel 7:25]
(lets wait and see what happens after three and a half years,...)

He will appear to survive a fatal injury [Rev. 13:3; 17:8]
(hmm,..)

After the injury he will be impowered by the devil himself [Rev.13:2]
(hmmm,..)

His arival on the world scene will be accomplished by miracles, signs and wonders [Rev. 2:9]
"The Antichrist will be a world leader, he'll have supernatural powers,"
(Jewish people will believe that this is the messiah)
(Louis Farrakhan (Nation of Islam) called him the Messiah)

He will claim to be god [Thessalonians 2:4]
(hmmm,..)

His name will relate to the number six hundred and sixty six-but not necerily obious fashion.[Rev. 13:17-18].
(Obama Hussein Barrak-18 letters,... 6*3=18,...three six's, sound suspitious? I think so.)

He will honer a "God" of military. His whole focus and attention will be the military. He will conquer lands and distribute them [Daniel 11:39-44]
(does he like the military or not?)

"According to the evangelical interpretation of the books of Daniel and Revelation, the Antichrist will make his appearance before Christ makes his, and his is looking kinda imminent. The Antichrist, in this reading, will be a world leader who strikes a peace deal with Israel, only to betray the Jewish state and make war on it, until Jesus comes to the rescue."

"The AntiChrist is supposed to be in his 40s"
(Obama is 45,...)


I think that Obama could be the AntiChrist, I am not saying that he is, I am just saying that is a posibility and there is evidence to back him up. I am not racist just to let you know and I like muslim people, so don't try and accuse me of what I am not.

ELECTION DAY!!!

Who will win the Election?

Why Rivercity?

why is it that no one in this school does any thing. all any one does is go on hypster or pandora radio, get bored and wander around until lunch. then we come back and talk the afternoon away. we then proceed to wait until the last minute and do a project in an hour and a half on drugs and say "i learned a lot from this". how can any one learn anything in our current environment. this is not the rantings of a hypocritical a-hole, this is a call to action. we all including myself need to stop bitching and moaning about how bad this school is, when its our own fault. its near impossible for any one of us to get our work done with out support from our peers. there are a very few students in this school that would like to do nothing all day. one person cant just decide to do work, we all have to decide, for this school to work. THIS IS NOT ANY ONES SCHOOL BUT OURS. please realize this and lets fix all this. give me all the crap you want for this but every one of us knows it's true.