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Tonawanda Kardex sooperkar...@attbi.com
One of my students submitted this article for an ***ignment in a journalism cl*** I teach ...
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"A College Call To Arms" The time is now for college students Where are the college students of the new millenium? Does Kent St. or WTO mean anything to anyone these days? Is it just me, or are college campuses across the nation eerily quiet in the wake of looming warfare?
The silence has got to stop. I know they're out there somewhere.
There is a generation of activists who have been waiting ever so eagerly for the opportunity to be heard--it's in their blood. Well here's your shot.
Now is the time.
Open your eyes. Our very intelligence is being insulted. How? It's this simple: any rational person would be against invading Iraq.
For months now, President George W. Bush has been on a mission. A mission so vital to him, he will stop at nothing until it is accomplished.
But this is not the mission to overthrow the corrupt regime of the sadistic Saddam Hussein. Instead, it is to deceit his own people: President Bush is on a mission to scare Americans into supporting a war, his war.
Take off the government issued blindfold and start realizing the crap they've been spoon feeding you since the day Uncle Sam had no choice but to accept the utter disappointment and embarr***ment of Mr. Bin Laden's vanishing.
President Bush recently warned us that the Iraqi threat against the United States "is already significant, and it only grows with time." However, CIA Director George Tenet's statement to Congress explained that Saddam was unlikely to initiate a weapons of m*** destruction attack against any US target unless he was provoked by Washington. In other words, Saddam's only incentive to use such weapons would be as a last resort--the famous clich?©, "if I'm going to hell, you're coming with me." So if Saddam would attack only if he felt his regime was in imminent danger, one is left wondering why the hawks are willing to do just that? Now who's the real threat to the American people?
It's been sharply conveyed to the world that because of this significant threat, war has become our last and only option, that all means of diplomacy have been spent. Iraq is not half of the threat the Soviet Union posed during the Cold War. That is obvious. And were we not able to deter a war in what was a much more dangerous situation?
The truth of the matter is, this is a war not to stop a threat to the "international community." This is a war for oil. This is a war for the presidency of George W. Bush.
The Bush Administration's proclaimed dream of freeing the Iraqi people from the brutality and tyranny of Saddam's regime and bringing democracy to the suffering and oppressed is not the real issue here. The administration's real dream is to install a puppet government in Iraq that will cater to the interests of the US and hence control the second largest oil reserves in the world. Regulating that oil would considerably add to the already tremendous amount of leverage we have in the global community as the world's hegemonic power. As much as Americans would like to think otherwise, this situation is not healthy--it is scary. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Without this heroic crusade to free the Iraqi people, what legacy does President Bush leave behind? What leverage does his campaign for reelection have when the time comes? (And it is fast approaching) Let's face it, this is the presidency of he who has failed to seek and destroy one man named Osama. This is the presidency of Enron; of corporate crime. It is the presidency of a domestic failure; of a growing poverty, of a suffering health care system. President Bush needs this war. Not for the oppressed Iraqi people. Not for America. Not for the safety of the world. No. He needs it for himself.
The hawks are drooling at this opportunity. Their minds have already been made up. The international community cannot stop them. The last string of hope to reclaim the integrity of America and of humanity is We, the People. It's time for us, the college students of America to once again have our voices heard. Let us shed the tears as the students before us in Seattle, and even the blood as the students of Ohio. Because in this world of billions, the heavy price of thousands of human lives are not worth the ego and legacy of one.
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Thoughts?
Jamie Schrumpf jaNOSPAMschru...@yahoo.com
Tonawanda Kardex amazed everyone in rec.sport.football.college by posting: Sam Kinneson in "Back To School" comes to mind...
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James Schrumpf http://users.adelphia.net/~jaschrumpf
"Jefferson N Glapski" jngWE...@PENNSTATElogic.bm
He writes like a journalist.
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Jefferson N. Glapski http://www.bermudaflagfootball.com They put on college football's most distinctive uniforms, thinking about those before them. The walk-ons, the All-Americans, the Legends who made sure to uphold the tradition... They are the black shoes, white helmets and plain uniforms of one of America's most successful programs. They are heroes, they are winners....they are Penn State football.
"marty mcmahone" mmcmaho...@hot.rr.com
He's been ripping off some of the people in this newsgroup?
Marty
"GregoryD" ha...@hotmail.com
Unless this was Leftist Fringe Column Writing 101, flunk his ***. I've seen more convincing arguments for the purchase of fries and a drink from the drive-thru cashier at a Burger King.
GregoryD
Clockwork Orange orangejusttheco...@rsfckers.com
Who lives in a pineapple under the sea, "GregoryD" <ha...@hotmail.com>?
IAWTP. Very little journalism being committed in that "article."
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Cheers,
--Jeff Let's Go Orange!
orange @ at @ rsfckers @ dot @ com Read the FAQ. It was wrote for idots like yew.
http://www.rsfckers.com/faq.htm
Daniel Seriff my.crow's.toen...@can.of.creamed.corn
On Wed, 12 Feb 2003 19:36:43 -0600, Jefferson N Glapski wrote (in message <3e4af6b1$0$9229$4c410...@reader0.ash.ops.us.uu.net>): And he obviously hasn't been to a college campus in 30 years.
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Daniel Seriff Torah! Torah! Torah!
- War cry of the kamikaze Rabbis
Tonawanda Kardex sooperkar...@attbi.com
On 2/12/03 5:36 PM, in article 3e4af6b1$0$9229$4c410...@reader0.ash.ops.us.uu.net, "Jefferson N Glapski" <jngWE...@PENNSTATElogic.bm> will be enveloped in shadow and flame for saying: I won't mention the grade I gave him.
Tonawanda Kardex sooperkar...@attbi.com
On 2/12/03 6:20 PM, in article LhD2a.41755$yn1.1802...@twister.austin.rr.com, "marty mcmahone" <mmcmaho...@hot.rr.com> will be enveloped in shadow and flame for saying: No idea. I don't read the Iraq threads. I just start them.
Tonawanda Kardex sooperkar...@attbi.com
On 2/12/03 7:05 PM, in article _XD2a.91637$be.68039@rwcrnsc53, "GregoryD" <ha...@hotmail.com> will be enveloped in shadow and flame for saying: I really do hate the psychobabble analyses of W.
Tom O'Brien mrtobr...@ameritech.networth
Having missed the original post, let me say 3 things after reading your response, and the included article you respond to: 1: this kid is a pussy.
2: this kid don't know how to write.
3: And what's wrong with Sam Kinneson's character in Back to school?
The man spoketh the truth about Vietnam.
TO (and it would help this kid to discuss the cold war if he had been born significantly before it was over.)
woodr ...@ms-online.com (Trent Woodruff)
MI3K's in your cl***?
Trent There are 10 types of people in the world. Those that understand binary and those that don't.
a ...@mindspring.com (a)
1. This student writes near an eighth grade level.
2. Where is the journalism? Or, is this an entry for an editorial cl***?
3. The student makes no compelling argument, unless repeating everything he has heard from his bong-buddies is a compelling argument.
4. Where are the examples and/or incidents detailing the history of college uprising, Bush's hard-on for Sadaam, etc.?
My 10 grade comp teacher wouldn't have even given me an "F" on this shite. She would have handed it back with the comment, "Worth neither reading nor grading".
a.
a.
"Jefferson N Glapski" jngWE...@PENNSTATElogic.bm
I disagree. "Not for America." may not be a sentence in English cl***, but in journalism, it is. Not only is it a sentence for journalists, but it pays homage to the history of journalism. The student obviously made a concentrated effort to do this, given the repeated occurrences.
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Jefferson N. Glapski http://www.bermudaflagfootball.com They put on college football's most distinctive uniforms, thinking about those before them. The walk-ons, the All-Americans, the Legends who made sure to uphold the tradition... They are the black shoes, white helmets and plain uniforms of one of America's most successful programs. They are heroes, they are winners....they are Penn State football.
"Jefferson N Glapski" jngWE...@PENNSTATElogic.bm
How did he p*** TOEFL?
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Jefferson N. Glapski http://www.bermudaflagfootball.com They put on college football's most distinctive uniforms, thinking about those before them. The walk-ons, the All-Americans, the Legends who made sure to uphold the tradition... They are the black shoes, white helmets and plain uniforms of one of America's most successful programs. They are heroes, they are winners....they are Penn State football.
Clockwork Orange orangejusttheco...@rsfckers.com
Who lives in a pineapple under the sea, "Jefferson N Glapski" <jngWE...@PENNSTATElogic.bm>?
Yes, that's fine, but consider the following: "Open your eyes. Our very intelligence is being insulted. How?
It's this simple: any rational person would be against invading Iraq." Journalism's job is to uncover the truth and present it to the public. The journalist should do so with no bias and avoid expressing his opinion, unless he is writing an opinion column.
Even then, if you express your opinion you do so in the form of an argument, not a rant. You make a proposal and then you prove your case.
Kardex referred to it as an "article." In journalism lexicon, that means it was not an opinion piece, but a straight news story, and as such, this "article" was severely lacking. Whether you or I agree or disagree with the opinion expressed therein (or even appreciate its intent) is irrelevent. See?
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Cheers,
--Jeff Let's Go Orange!
orange @ at @ rsfckers @ dot @ com Read the FAQ. It was wrote for idots like yew.
http://www.rsfckers.com/faq.htm
Carl Banks imbo...@aerojockey.com
Clockwork Orange, exactly what drugs were you under the influence of when you wrote: Tindall, He's using the kid to make fun of journalism, not the other way around. Holy shit.
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CARL BANKS http://www.aerojockey.com
Doug Sorensen dougNOSPAMsoren...@earthlink.net
A remedial English course seems appropriate.
Explain to the idot that taking quotes out of context and disregarding contrary and far more important testimony (WMDs delivered through terror) is extremely bad journalism.
It's my understanding the unsupported ***ertions are generally frowned upon in journalism.
HTH Doug
Tonawanda Kardex sooperkar...@attbi.com
Fukkin' flunkin', too.
Tonawanda Kardex sooperkar...@attbi.com
On 2/13/03 5:36 AM, in article 22f88190.0302130536.1285f...@posting.google.com, "a" <a...@mindspring.com> will be enveloped in shadow and flame for saying: It was submitted as a column. So it can be full of opinion.
High schools now only teach regurgitation.
Yowza!
Tonawanda Kardex sooperkar...@attbi.com
On 2/13/03 8:57 AM, in article 3e4bce8a$0$14890$4c410...@reader0.ash.ops.us.uu.net, "Jefferson N Glapski" <jngWE...@PENNSTATElogic.bm> will be enveloped in shadow and flame for saying: Dood, it's California. You can be a ****in' mar00n, but in the name of diversity, they'll p*** you through most English cl***es. Heck, one "college" I've taught in the S.F. Bay Area, the fukkin' English instructors can't even speak English. After all, it's considered "right" to flunk an athlete for being audacious, but it's "wrong" to flunk a FOB student because it inhibits diversity.
[Don't these people know that being an athlete is being diverse?! That's the true definition of diversity: whoever we want it to be.]
Tonawanda Kardex sooperkar...@attbi.com
Always a good way to convince the undecided you're correct. Insult them!
Bingo. This is a rant, not a well-written opinion column.
Article can be interpreted many ways: news article, feature article, opinion article, editorial article, et al. The kid submitted it as an opinion column.
Tonawanda Kardex sooperkar...@attbi.com
You have never deceited anyone?
We could tell this to half the White House news corp, though, as well. See what great examples we have for the "student" to follow?
Even if it's an opinion piece, yes.
WDIEPTAH?
Doug Sorensen dougNOSPAMsoren...@earthlink.net
It seems that I could use a remedial proofreading cl***.
??
Doug
"Jefferson N Glapski" jngWE...@PENNSTATElogic.bm
You journalists sure have sore lips.
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Jefferson N. Glapski http://www.bermudaflagfootball.com They put on college football's most distinctive uniforms, thinking about those before them. The walk-ons, the All-Americans, the Legends who made sure to uphold the tradition... They are the black shoes, white helmets and plain uniforms of one of America's most successful programs. They are heroes, they are winners....they are Penn State football.
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