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Libertarian
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The Libertarian view is that
everyone is entitled to full
individual freedom of thought and
action.
They believe the government
They believe the government
is only around to protect our basic
rights, and all social welfare
programs should be eradicated,
including education.
It is great we have a professor
here who believes strongly about
his beliefs and is willing to run
few office so he can make a change.
But, unfortunately, the
Libertarian view point is bit too
irresponsible.
Everybody has an opinion on
the current state of our
government, but the truth is that
we are very dependent on it.
Everyday we encounter
government programs the
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dose of trash
until an innocent
man was shot to
death three days after taping
an episode of "The Jenny Jones
Show."
Scott Amedure appeared on
Jones' show to reveal a gay crush
on Jonathan Schmitz, a
heterosexual acquaintance.
Schmitz, who was not told his
secret admirer was a man, said
he killed Amedure because he
was embarrassed by the episode.
Schmitz's defense is no surprise.
Unsuspecting guests are
ambushed and humiliated every
day on talk shows, and it's all for
the sake of ratings.
Talk shows serve no purpose.
They don't inform or educate
audiences about important issues.
All they do is feature guests
who air their dirty laundry about
subjects that are nobody's business
but their own.
Schmitz's decision to shoot
Amedure was his own.
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Dictionary, humor is defined as the
quality that makes something laughable
or amusing; funniness.
That might explain why some things
I read are so odd-sounding. I mean I
heard some "comedian" saying the other
day that some politician walked like a '
chicken. If I were that politician, I'd be
pretty mad, wouldn't you?
And you'll never believe that Dana
Carvey. Do you know that he imitates
George Bush, former president of this
countiy? For some reason, Bush laughs
when he sees barbarous behavior like
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They sit around and talk about sex and
food and other people like everything's
just open to conversation. Like we're
allowed to talk about that stuff in this
country.
Sex should be kept under the covers,
food should be kept completely above
the table, and people should always be
treated with dignity and respect, even,
no especially, when they act like jerks.
Beauty not a
Nikki La Rocque
My room was a blackhole, at the
center of which lay my open-mouthed
suitcase.
All my clothes had the overwhelming
urge to fly into said suitcase, it being the
center of a vortex and all. This was not
a particularly efficient way to pack,
considering I was only going to be gone
for the weekend, and this was my carry
on luggage I was trying to cram my entire
wardrobe into.
A few girlfriends sat around, sighing
and looking dreamy, for I was off to New
York City for an international runway
show.
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look at Saks Fifth Avenue, much less
actually shop there.
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meet," slyly offered another, playing up
to my single status. Did she mean all
the gay ones? That'll do my heterosexual
butt a lot of good.
The girls saw it as a weekend of
modeling, culture, nights out on the town
and tons of good shopping. Oooh, can I
Dlease have mv bikini line waxed while
I'm at it?
As far as I was concerned, this
weekend meant traveling alone to an
unfamiliar city, getting up really early
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about the Lorena bobbitt incident when
it happened. That was a personal and
private thing for a family, and here is
all of America thinking it was funny or
something. How distasteful.
And it really bothers me that when
somebody wears their hair funny or puts
on unusual clothes, people just have all
these "funny" remarks to make. People
just have to be able to say something
sometimes.
It's really rude and wrong to talk
about anybody in a humorous way or to
try and make light of a serious situation.
People making all kinds of commentary
about the presidential election, trying
to make such an important occurence
funny, is inexcusable.
Actually, now that I think about it,
itfs wrong for anyone to express an opinion
about anything. If you express your
opinion about something, you might hurt
somebody's feelings. Or, worse, somebody
might not agree with you.
When I think about all the people
I've hurt by writing cruel comments
about Dole, the Clintons and the
Macarena, I feel really sad I mean, what
was I thinking to try and be so all-fired
humorous? The horror, the horror!
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hair while I had no say in the matter,
and get lost, raped, mugged or murdered
somewhere in between all that.
Needless to say, I was none too
thrilled.
I learned something the next
afternoon: I can navigate around Atlanta's
Hartsfield Airport and New York's La
Guardia International Airport quite
well by myself.
I also learned hailing a taxi is not
difficult. However, parting with $25 for
the cab fare is - especially when all one
can think about is what a great CD said
money would have bought you.
New York surprised me so many
more times that weekend. It was as if I
was four years old and the world was
new to me again.
For one thing, it is beautiful. The
architecture is not skyscraper, skyscraper,
skyscraper, but rather gothic cathedral,
historic hotel, a bit of neon Vegas, glass
buildings, cafes, clubs, and homeless
people stuck in between the corners to
fill up all the spaces.
One does not need an ID in NYC.
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they want.
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else was in charge (mafia?) never asked
us a single question, not even of my 16year-old
sister. Sweet bliss compared to
Five Points.
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The least, the very least, I could have
done was maintain a serious attitude.
Instead, I tried to make people laugh,
and that was ignorant at best and just
plain dumb at worst.
People don't want to laugh. They
want to sit around and ponder things in
a considerate manner.
Well, maybe that's what they do other
places. Here there are so many comedy
clubs, comedians and comedic television
programs that I can't help but assume
that some people, perhaps the rude,
unruly sort, actually enjoy this kind of
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It's almost like humor helps us to
put things in perspective, helps us look
at things in a different way, even helps
us to laugh at ourselves. Crazy, isn't it?
Somehow watching Seinfeld unfold
the wonders of snot, farts and bowel
movements allows us to transcend the
disgusting reality of these things. Actually,
like snot, farts, and bowel movements,
humor is a part of being a human being.
If you can't laugh at yourself a little,
go join your cousins, the apes. (Although
that's an unfair statement Apes obviously
have a great sense of humor judging
from their forehead-slapping, raspberry.
giving antics.)
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true. A friend and I got somewhat lost
when trying to find a particular club and
asked some strangers directions. This
is where the raped, mugged or murdered
part should have come in, but it didn't.
Instead, the guys said they were going
that way anyhow if we would like to
come with them. Southern courtesy hasn't
topped that yet, and I got a new e-mail
buddy but of it.
The work wasn't so bad either.
Granted I had to get up at an hour that
should be illegal, but hey, all I had to do
was sit and walk.
When I was sitting, I was very nearly
sleeping, and when I was walking, lights
were going off all over the place and the
crowd was applauding. Not a bad stroke
for a little Southern ego.
As I flew back to Columbia, I realized
I can tack up New York as one of those
"Life Experiences that Smacks You with
an Epiphany" events.
Yes, it turned out to be fun, but il
was not particularly over-easy to work
with such gorgeous women. Yeah, I lead
such a tough life.
But seriously, it made me very aware
of my own shortcomings. I figured oui
fast that in order to survive in the
modeling world, you have to be stunning
I'm not.
But I'm very happy with the way
look, and not because I don't have t<
watch what I eat, or have brown eyes
or clear skin.
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it's because I'm tired of being around
people who can't just take a break from
life and recognize the funny bits.
As I was caught in Tm going the hell
home because ifs almost five" traffic the
other day, I realized how absurd it was
for us to sit in our cars and glare at each
other until we got home. I mean, it was
funny.
Instead of staying at work a few extra
minutes to miss the traffic, we'd all rather
sit in traffic glaring at each other for a
while.
But I think ifs hard for some people
to see the humor in life. Ifs stupid that
we refuse to eat dog or horse meat, but
we think cow butt (i.e. hot dogs) are
delicious.
Ifs nuts that we work our asses off
all week long in order to become oblivious
at some bar on the weekends. Ifs crazy
that we have magazines containing both
articles about a positive body image and
thinner thighs in thirty days.
There's a lot out there thaf s funny
if you stop to think about it. If you don't
have a sense of humor or, sorry for the
redundancy, you're British, I feel for you.
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because I allow my personality to surpass
whatever pleasing physical traits I may
have. I am a real person, and the realness
about me is what is beautiful.
The silent-lipped women I met were
chisled, polished, plastic and not a bit
interesting. They strutted their stuff
down that runway like they owned the
joint.
They tossed about their heads of hair
and made men turn to shoot and stare.
That was perfect for the show.
But, I found I liked the woman who
read her book in between takes better.
I enjoyed the company of the girl who
cried for 45 minutes because she hated
the way her hair turned out, and I
comforted her in true feminine fashion.
We went shopping.
The girls who were real people were
, the more interesting. That made them
more lovely to me.
I hope that all the women reading
this are secure in their own individual
I beauty. Six foot blondes with doe-eyes
gets boring after a while.
5"2' is beautiful, too. Asian, Latino,
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and black are beautiful. The array of
colors found in skin and hair are all
wonderful.
[ But most of all, the individuality of
j each person is what makes that person
awesome. Take away the thoughts, ideas
and conversational skills, and there is
s nothing worth looking at.