![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
Surrealness abounds in Poli Sci
Oct. 5th, 2004 03:02 pmWe're talking about political parties in the class, which is interesting. And amusing. Hobbins randomly started singing parts of The Devil is Dead, which was odd.
And then he proceeded to say the following (with a note of please, no, anything but as he's an ardent Bush-supporter) in relation to the benefits of what can happen in a democratic form of government.
On November 2 Kerry will be elected, and Bush will be in the garbage pail, waiting to be collected. My personal reaction was one of extreme glee in the hopes that that's exactly what will happen.
And so we proceed to something with a little substance. Or, to be more accurate, more substance then my usual entries, though probably no less un-organized.
NPR's Morning Edition was talking about the separation of church and state today. Which is something I believe in. They were talking about how Bush wants to blur that line. Little things like changing sex-ed in schools to abstinence-based education and moving government-based rehab programs where they just give you a different drug to church/faith-based progrmas. But those little things all add up, which isn't a good thing. When the church and the state get too involved in each other, you risk losing some of the freedom you've enjoyed when they were so seperated.
And another reason not to vote Bush-the next president will be able to appoint several Supreme Court Judges. People who have a large amount of power when it comes to laws and such. Things that will have an influence on what is allowed in this country for years to come. And those who'd make it onto the bench if Bush wins the election would most likely not make decisions that will be for the good of the country.
So there.
And then he proceeded to say the following (with a note of please, no, anything but as he's an ardent Bush-supporter) in relation to the benefits of what can happen in a democratic form of government.
On November 2 Kerry will be elected, and Bush will be in the garbage pail, waiting to be collected. My personal reaction was one of extreme glee in the hopes that that's exactly what will happen.
And so we proceed to something with a little substance. Or, to be more accurate, more substance then my usual entries, though probably no less un-organized.
NPR's Morning Edition was talking about the separation of church and state today. Which is something I believe in. They were talking about how Bush wants to blur that line. Little things like changing sex-ed in schools to abstinence-based education and moving government-based rehab programs where they just give you a different drug to church/faith-based progrmas. But those little things all add up, which isn't a good thing. When the church and the state get too involved in each other, you risk losing some of the freedom you've enjoyed when they were so seperated.
And another reason not to vote Bush-the next president will be able to appoint several Supreme Court Judges. People who have a large amount of power when it comes to laws and such. Things that will have an influence on what is allowed in this country for years to come. And those who'd make it onto the bench if Bush wins the election would most likely not make decisions that will be for the good of the country.
So there.
