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otmnentary November 17, 2004 thtc LACKAtyfi fe brought it on ourselves Maras Jackamas Print ¡- —------ — jbeen just two weeks smce W. Bush was declared the of one of the most heated n history. The provisional have beeh counted, the exit analyzed by confused ans fromAlaska to Florida, : air in America stinks of a ¿st. However, through all of Pre is one good point. 000, Bush lost the popular riving him the label of an rimate” president. This d every choice and every p he made, not that this is a lg, such criticism of a pres is necessary for a healthy racy, but more important- U more damaging—it made ery of the American politi- tem. Now, by a very slim y (one of .the smallest in el, Bush has finally won the I; vote. »ainful as it is to admit, this ¿ably a good thing for a, despite the fact that I I; personally believe an ear of com would do a better job at running the country than George has. Having an illegitimate president is damaging to a Democracy—that is, it adds to the damage that the president himself does, which depending on who you talk to, is quite a bit in this case. This, however, is a dou ble-edged sword. The other edge, even more razor sharp, is that now GeAorge feels like he has a mandate from the American people, or as he put it, he feels he has political capital, which he now intends to spend. I’d hardly call winning with a 51 per cent majority a man date ... an improvement from less than half in 2000, yes, but a mandate? It shouldn’t be surprising that the president who believes he was sent by God to be our fearless leader feels this way, which is why it is important that the scrutiny continue. Remember, I said it was a good thing that he won the pop- “legitimate” by these same stan dards, only that now he has finally been elected by the majority (assuming he really did win, but that conspiracy theory will have to wait for now). In addition, it may be that some legitimacy is restored to the system by this, but that does not mean that there is no room for change—far from it. We must not stop striving for change and perfection, and let the problems with even this election prove as a learning experience ... we had four years to fix it before and we did nothing; let’s not sit by and do noth ing again. Internet Cartoon So in closing, it may be a good thing that at this time (don’t read this next part if you’re he could manage to win the popu drinking anything, or your liquid lar vote (or do a better job of steal of choice may go spewing fourth ing the election), but we mustn’t from your nose) Lyndon let that make us lose sight of our LaRouche. goals, and the future which we We must also keep in mind that want for ourselves, whether we’re this election does not mean that liberal wieners or right-wing the last foqr years have been nutjobs. i ular vote for the good of the American system, not that we need to roll over and take it from him. That is something which should never be done, whether the president be Bush, Kerry, or even irry! Get the hose! TV loses credit for ratings ii W'W -l Jeff Sorensen The Clackamas Print Brie Daykin Clackamas Print Burnett shows her disgust as Derek Erickson and Vert bring bedroom antics to a public forum. Clegg had a clear definition of nda Polopolus what’s acceptable behavior at ".lackamas Print school—and in public for that matter. Disgusted, she stated, 'e is a beautiful thing; it’s a “Holding hands—fine. ( that everyone longs for Hugging—okay. Kisses— s feeling that makes life alright. Making out—stop right zhile. Displaying your there, you’re done. Do it at r your significant other is home!” normal, but there is a fine Nicky couldn’t have said it bet ¿tween appropriate and ter; it’s fine to show the world ripriate behavior. Could that you love and belong to public displays of affec- someone, just don’t make love to te getting out of control them in front of everyone—it’s Clackamas? There have not as beautiful to us as it might ¿ports , of couples doing a be to you. If you’re reading this re than hugging and kiss- article, and don’t really know i our campus grounds, what I’m talking about, maybe s of graphic scenes of you should take a second and try ¡ive been cited all over our to define the difference between fe, specifically in love and lust. If this task seems ighlin Hall, the to be a challenge for you, I have unity Center, and even some discouraging news: you are p in the front entrance by the topic of my article; my apolo i terminal. gies. With this said, a note to all hen asked for her thoughts you public love-makers: keep it matter, 19-iyear-old Nicky clean; we don’t want to see it! B iMAPrint Sf/7Z niakin' lhe news1 Reporters for some of the biggest news organizations in the world today have let unethical political bias and pointless reactionary debates destroy their journalistic cred ibility, and it needs to stop. “The Daily Show” host Jon Stewart recently was invited to sit in as the guest for CNN’s polit ical show “Crossfire.” “It’s not so much that it’s bad,” Stewart said of the show to the eyes of both its hosts with out cracking a smile, “it’s that it’s hurt ing America. So I wanted to come here today to tell you guys to stop. Stop hurting STEWART America.” And he’s right. Some of the biggest names in news have become some of the biggest hacks in the public eye all for the sake of politics and rat ings. No longer can we count on people like CNN’s. Wolf Blitzer, Tucker Carlson, or Paul Begala to bring us the news without asking some kind of annoying “hard-hit ting” question. Never again can we trust CBS’ now infa mous Dan Rather or that ridiculous Fox News who refers to their broadcast as “fair and balanced” reporting. Now, little mistakes or mishaps can occasionally occur. Take Geraldo Rivera, for instance. Giving away American soldiers’ positions on CNN’s international satel lite feed could be considered a mistake. Costly though it may be, he’s not entirely unforgiv able, right? Then there is Bill O’Reilly’s temper that can get a little out of control. So much so, in fact, that “shut up” has become his new catch phrase. I’m sure his publicist had a field day with that once he/she got over the initial heart attack. The fact is it’s hard to sep arate what’s truth from what’s bull crap anymore, and so I’ve collected a list of ways to tell if the member of the broad cast news media is lying. 1. Overstated friendliness - The liar will want you to like them so that you’ll want to believe them. 2. Talking fast - This is common among news broadcasters who lie, espe cially when it’s so easy for them to blame it on their produc ers telling them to “move it along.” Don’t be fooled, they’re still lying. 3. Crossing Internet Photo of arms/legs. This, according to weeno.com, is a protective instinct. They don’t sit behind desks to look more profes sional. They do it to hide the truth. 4. No Eye Contact - They’re in the television. This means they can’t see you, and therefore can’t make eye con tact. They’re all liars. If we can’t trust the media to bring us fair, unbiased news, then we as a country should look to other sources for our information. Ratings are how the television people know whether or not people watch certain shows, so maybe we need to turn off the television when these biased news programs try to poison our minds with propaganda. Otherwise the news organiza tions, as Stewart jokingly sug gested on CNN, just might have to take their cues on integrity from Comedy Central, a network, might I add, where the only news pro gram is preceded by a half hour of “puppets making crank phone calls.” Print S tudent P oll : Why should we ¡rive uou $5? “Because I can’t afford coffee.” Gram Seaders “‘Cause I’m Latino, tall, dark and handsome.” May col Runera “Because I’m poor and starving.” Josie Southwick “Just look at me!” CJ Giarsmells “Because four dollars is too little and six dollars is too much.” Jillian Hill “Fuel’s not free, man.” Tom Fleckenstein
