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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,
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¿st. However, through all of
Pre is one good point.
000, Bush lost the popular
riving him the label of an
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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-
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ery of the American politi-
tem. Now, by a very slim
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el, Bush has finally won the
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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Burnett shows her disgust as Derek Erickson and
Vert bring bedroom antics to a public forum.
Clegg had a clear definition of
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what’s acceptable behavior at
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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!
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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
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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.”
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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