Again with the Greed

So Friday was a bit messed up due to group pictures - we should have planned a "Gross Videos Group" and all gone together. Oh well.  I showed the Milton Friedman clip on Greed (as interviewed by 1970's/1980's Oprah - Phil Donahue).  I hope you realize that we can talk about the merits and faults of greed until we all become Navi warrior flying on creatures safer than what NASA has planned for us, but it doesn't change the fact the Greed just IS.  It exists.  To varying degrees.  The sooner you accept it, the closer you are to finding your place in our society.  It is not about good or bad - or even right vs. wrong.  Greed exists.  How will you use its existence to help yourself - and others?  And what will be the tipping point at which you may have gone too far, or not enough?  You have your whole life to play in this real game, called life.

Obama vs. GOP

Wow - this is amazing stuff.  President Obama attended a House Republican lunch on Friday and the Q&A was televised.  It's a little over 1 hour long, but worth it if you are a government and/or political junkie.  It almost approaches British Parliament levels of arguing.

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CivLib

Go through everyone's Court Case spreadsheets.  Cut and paste the best descriptions for each case, making yourself a nice, new one.  Make a new & improved one that can be shared for the matching quiz coming up in a couple of weeks.  Your 16, 4, 5 Exam will be a week from Monday.  Please read 4 & 5 this weekend.  If you want to see the SCOTUS chart I made, go here (Go ahead and add info if you want - like pictures?).  I'll race through the slides and spend more time with your Q&As regarding specific cases.  After nearly dying while tripping over the chair in 2nd period, I recovered for 3rd period and showed them what I think is better than the iPad.

What's Obscene?

I hope today's final 15 minutes got you thinking about how the Supreme Court still leaves too much left for our own interpretation.  But I did find something obscene today.  I never thought Apple would get into the Feminine Hygiene market, but they announced it today.  I don't know how much ridicule they'll get, but I believe the name is stoooooopid.  Please check out the moodle for the CH16 Slides and the wiki (on zombies) to see what the thing is able to do.  Tomorrow - vie le liberte!  Let me know what you think of Apple's new foray in the comments section.  I tried embedding the State of the Union but it didn't work.

I Am the Law!

Can anyone figure out the origin of the title (without searching)?  We started the Judicial Branch today - I know you have questions.  This unit always gets you thinking.  Combined with Social Policy and Budget prioritization, we should be able to pinpoint your political beliefs pretty soon.  So, hold your questions not directly related to the lecture(s) and ask them later.  I was a little out of sorts this AM - tech issues and a wandering mind after a meeting that concerned a possible new cell phone policy.  We'll get to that next week when we explore civil liberties.  If you're bored, read/watched The Road, I Am Legend, 28 Days/Weeks Later, The Book of Eli, 2012, or any other type of PA story, head over to the moodle and play around with the "Zombie" wiki - see if the moodle wiki is good for anything.

What do YOU Believe?

We discussed a ROMOTHINK today. Read below and submit your note card response when you come to class:

The Ancient Greeks of Sparta would "rid themselves" of weak children early and weak adults later.

Darwinism teaches us about adaptation, evolution, and survival of the fittest.

Marx warned the rich industrialists and capitalists about growing dissent and unrest among the working class, eventually leading to an uprising and class warfare - whereby the STATE would be forced to redistribute resources equally among its citizens.

What is YOUR philosophy? As always, explain.