Tuesday, July 23rd, 8.25...I was present! 5 minutes later we were joking about that Mrs. Makeyeva wouldn't come...10 minutes later we were seriously wondering...was the train late again? 15 minutes later....we all decided to leave...wow, that's what I call working coherence ;)
I could have slept in! I really needed this extra hour of sleep;) but don't worry Mrs. Makeyeva, it could have happened to anyone of us...how often have students been late...uncountable times!
Again, don't worry :)
Sebastian
Montag, 29. Juni 2009
Minute on the US Voting System
Good afternoon, readers!
Yeeeeah, it's America's birthday again this week...1776 - 2009. Wow, 233 years of ''liberty and justice for all''. Indeed, liberty and justice are foundation plliars of democrazy! But how come America dares to speak of democrazy if they do not even have a voting system that is entirely democratic??? My point simply is the following: The candidate with the majority of votes does not necessarily become the US President. This is due to the electors or electoral college. I do not have to go further into detail because you all know what I am talking about since we dealt with this topic in class. In 2004 G.W.B. did not get the majority of votes but still became President. This anew brought up the question whether America has an entirely democratic voting system or not because according to the definition and Greek heritage of the word ''democrazy'' it's the PEOPLE who decide about the president! Ain't it more ''demo - CRAZY'' ???
Well, let me know what you think about it?
Don't hesitate to leave a comment.
Cheerio,
Sebastian
Yeeeeah, it's America's birthday again this week...1776 - 2009. Wow, 233 years of ''liberty and justice for all''. Indeed, liberty and justice are foundation plliars of democrazy! But how come America dares to speak of democrazy if they do not even have a voting system that is entirely democratic??? My point simply is the following: The candidate with the majority of votes does not necessarily become the US President. This is due to the electors or electoral college. I do not have to go further into detail because you all know what I am talking about since we dealt with this topic in class. In 2004 G.W.B. did not get the majority of votes but still became President. This anew brought up the question whether America has an entirely democratic voting system or not because according to the definition and Greek heritage of the word ''democrazy'' it's the PEOPLE who decide about the president! Ain't it more ''demo - CRAZY'' ???
Well, let me know what you think about it?
Don't hesitate to leave a comment.
Cheerio,
Sebastian
Montag, 22. Juni 2009
Moment of Zen - McCain on Obama
Surfing through the internet I found an interesting article...well, the content was not really interersting but the headline caught my attention: ''McCain compliments Obama on his administration of the first 5 months''. McCain says that Obama did a good job in terms of legislative initiatives. Since he used to be his opponent he, of course, not only said good stuff about him and his policy. Thus he critiques his Guantanamo policy. But nevertheless, when reading this article I was wondering WHY McCain openly spoke positively about Obama. I did not really get it. What did McCain try to intent with that? Was it meant honestly or did he like the majority of politicians just say it in order to gain positive PR - just to put himself back in the focus of the press? The question I asked myself is if high ranked politicians CAN be truthful at all or do they just think about themselves and their career when making positive statements about their political opponents...? Do they really think about the people's good anymore or are they so power - obsessed that they totally forgot about WHY they once decided to become politicians...the will and desire to improve things..well, at least that should be the reason for becoming a politician...
Think about it guys and post your opinion.
Later,
Sebastian
source: www.yahoo.de
Think about it guys and post your opinion.
Later,
Sebastian
source: www.yahoo.de
Importance of social networks
Hey guys,
this blog entry will be about the importance of social networks. In order to emphasise the significance of social networks I would like to bring up the current situation in Iran. The Irani government is prohibiting any Western news coverage because it does not want the truth about the elections to be revealed. Therefore many young Iranis are filming the demonstrations against the election result in order to have a proof for the enourmously high number of people participating and to show the riots which are also part of the demonstrations. These videos are uploaded on Facebook, Twitter or other social networks. This way the videos are spreading all over the world and other countries see what is really going on in Iran. Iran has a very young population with an age average of 25.8 years. 70 % are under 30. This is an indicator for the high usage of the internet and the mentioned social networks. These networks help a lot and may hopefully soon play a very important role for a political recommencement in Iran!
Check out this vid to get an impression of what I was just talking about:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaWqf6Upd78
Catch you all later,
Sebastian
--> in case of having already read this blog entry I am providing you with some new material that I just found on the internet....it's an article about a shocking video illustrating the resistance of the Iranians...http://de.news.yahoo.com/26/20090622/tpl-neda-gibt-widerstand-im-iran-traurig-4860fce.html
source:
www.rtl2.de
this blog entry will be about the importance of social networks. In order to emphasise the significance of social networks I would like to bring up the current situation in Iran. The Irani government is prohibiting any Western news coverage because it does not want the truth about the elections to be revealed. Therefore many young Iranis are filming the demonstrations against the election result in order to have a proof for the enourmously high number of people participating and to show the riots which are also part of the demonstrations. These videos are uploaded on Facebook, Twitter or other social networks. This way the videos are spreading all over the world and other countries see what is really going on in Iran. Iran has a very young population with an age average of 25.8 years. 70 % are under 30. This is an indicator for the high usage of the internet and the mentioned social networks. These networks help a lot and may hopefully soon play a very important role for a political recommencement in Iran!
Check out this vid to get an impression of what I was just talking about:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaWqf6Upd78
Catch you all later,
Sebastian
--> in case of having already read this blog entry I am providing you with some new material that I just found on the internet....it's an article about a shocking video illustrating the resistance of the Iranians...http://de.news.yahoo.com/26/20090622/tpl-neda-gibt-widerstand-im-iran-traurig-4860fce.html
source:
www.rtl2.de
Montag, 15. Juni 2009
''You can see Russia from Alaska''
Hey mates,
I just got back from playing tennis and I again hurt my back...it hurts sooo badly...anyways, I wanna share something about Sarah ''The Hockeymom'' Palin with you guys. I ellaborated a little bit on her appearance on www.youtube.com and talked to an American citizen about her reputation in the ''land of the free and the home of the brave''. Not that I didn't already know but Palin is very very unpopular in the States. She is considered as dumb by many American citizens. They do not think that she is/was the right person for the job of the Vice President of the most powerful and only remaining super - power in the world! People actually feared the fact that she could have become President one day because John McCain, no offense, is not a spring chicken anymore. A few weeks before the elections actor Matt Damon said in an interview that ''she would have the nuclear codes''. Right, opinions of actors towards politics can be seen in various ways, but nevertheless he representatively spoke for the majority of the Americans. His opinion is reflected and confirmed in the pole - numbers. Another indicator for Miss ''You can see Russia from Alaska'' 's bad reputation is that most of the search results on youtube when searching for ''Sarah Palin'' were either parodies or comedians and showmasters making fun of her. She is actually one main reason why John McCain and the Republicans lost the elections.
Post your opinion on Sarah Palin and let me know what you think about her.
Check out the following link to see Matt Damon roasting Sarah Palin:
...nope, I'm sorry folks but I cannot give you the link for this vid because youtube is down for maintenance at the moment...actually the first time I am told :D...well, just type in ''Matt Damon Sarah Palin'' and you will find the video :)
Have a good night,
Sebastian
I just got back from playing tennis and I again hurt my back...it hurts sooo badly...anyways, I wanna share something about Sarah ''The Hockeymom'' Palin with you guys. I ellaborated a little bit on her appearance on www.youtube.com and talked to an American citizen about her reputation in the ''land of the free and the home of the brave''. Not that I didn't already know but Palin is very very unpopular in the States. She is considered as dumb by many American citizens. They do not think that she is/was the right person for the job of the Vice President of the most powerful and only remaining super - power in the world! People actually feared the fact that she could have become President one day because John McCain, no offense, is not a spring chicken anymore. A few weeks before the elections actor Matt Damon said in an interview that ''she would have the nuclear codes''. Right, opinions of actors towards politics can be seen in various ways, but nevertheless he representatively spoke for the majority of the Americans. His opinion is reflected and confirmed in the pole - numbers. Another indicator for Miss ''You can see Russia from Alaska'' 's bad reputation is that most of the search results on youtube when searching for ''Sarah Palin'' were either parodies or comedians and showmasters making fun of her. She is actually one main reason why John McCain and the Republicans lost the elections.
Post your opinion on Sarah Palin and let me know what you think about her.
Check out the following link to see Matt Damon roasting Sarah Palin:
...nope, I'm sorry folks but I cannot give you the link for this vid because youtube is down for maintenance at the moment...actually the first time I am told :D...well, just type in ''Matt Damon Sarah Palin'' and you will find the video :)
Have a good night,
Sebastian
Montag, 8. Juni 2009
Can the American - Iranian relations be appeased with some hotdogs?
When the diplomatic relations between the US and Iran broke up back in 1980 Iranian diplomats were no longer invited to the anual embassy greetings taking place on 4th of July. Now, that Barack Obama gave an overwhelming speech in Egypt ''winning the hearts of the majority of the Muslims'', the US Foreign Office decided to renew the relations by putting Irani diplomats back on the greeting list for the anual ''hotdog - parties''. Whereas political topics are discussed with diplomats from other countries, the US government calls out the order NOT to become politically with their Iranian colleagues. The US Foreign Office speaker, Robert Wood, said that this is a ''symbolic step'' and that it ''corresponds to their ( American ) policy to seek exchange with the Iranian government''.
I was wondering whether this will improve the American - Irani relations....because what made the relations break up back in 1980 was extremely severe. After radical Muslims brought back Ayatholla from his exile in France in1979 Iran became a Muslim theocracy under his governance. Ayatholla followed a very anti - Western and especially anti - American policy. This policy reached its peak in 1980 when radical Iranians occupied the US embassy in Teheran and kept hostages. This changed the relations strongly.
My question to you is: Do you think that an invitation to a ''hotdog party'' can appease the US - Irani relations?
Feel free to comment on this entry posting your opinion.
Sebastian
Sources:
http://de.news.yahoo.com/2/20090602/tpl-usa-locken-iran-mit-hotdog-diplomati-ee974b3.html
http://www.weltpolitik.net/Regionen/Naher%20u.%20Mittlerer%20Osten/Iran/Grundlagen/Die%20Beziehungen%20der%20USA%20zum%20Iran.html
I was wondering whether this will improve the American - Irani relations....because what made the relations break up back in 1980 was extremely severe. After radical Muslims brought back Ayatholla from his exile in France in1979 Iran became a Muslim theocracy under his governance. Ayatholla followed a very anti - Western and especially anti - American policy. This policy reached its peak in 1980 when radical Iranians occupied the US embassy in Teheran and kept hostages. This changed the relations strongly.
My question to you is: Do you think that an invitation to a ''hotdog party'' can appease the US - Irani relations?
Feel free to comment on this entry posting your opinion.
Sebastian
Sources:
http://de.news.yahoo.com/2/20090602/tpl-usa-locken-iran-mit-hotdog-diplomati-ee974b3.html
http://www.weltpolitik.net/Regionen/Naher%20u.%20Mittlerer%20Osten/Iran/Grundlagen/Die%20Beziehungen%20der%20USA%20zum%20Iran.html
Montag, 1. Juni 2009
Abortionist killed in church
Dear Readers,
I am not going to write down any details about the title of this blog - entry because I accidentally deleted my almost finished entry :( . But I can tell you that I was very shocked when I had to find out what happened in America yesterday. I also see a big paradoxy in it, i.e. killing a human being although one is against someone who, according to anti-abortionists, kills human beings. If you feel like reading the latest news just click on the following links:
http://de.news.yahoo.com/2/20090601/tts-prominenter-abtreibungsarzt-tiller-i-c1b2fc3.html
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090601/ap_on_re_us/us_tiller_shooting
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Tiller
My question to you is: In how far is vigilantism acceptable?
Let me put a quote by Obama at the end of this entry that I totally agree with:
"Ganz gleich wie groß die Differenzen der Amerikaner bei so schwierigen Themen wie Abtreibungen sein mögen, sie können nicht durch abscheuliche Gewalttaten gelöst werden."
Sebastian
I am not going to write down any details about the title of this blog - entry because I accidentally deleted my almost finished entry :( . But I can tell you that I was very shocked when I had to find out what happened in America yesterday. I also see a big paradoxy in it, i.e. killing a human being although one is against someone who, according to anti-abortionists, kills human beings. If you feel like reading the latest news just click on the following links:
http://de.news.yahoo.com/2/20090601/tts-prominenter-abtreibungsarzt-tiller-i-c1b2fc3.html
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090601/ap_on_re_us/us_tiller_shooting
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Tiller
My question to you is: In how far is vigilantism acceptable?
Let me put a quote by Obama at the end of this entry that I totally agree with:
"Ganz gleich wie groß die Differenzen der Amerikaner bei so schwierigen Themen wie Abtreibungen sein mögen, sie können nicht durch abscheuliche Gewalttaten gelöst werden."
Sebastian
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