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- Sartaj Anand
- Bangalore
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Founder, Egomonk , Melton Foundation
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Fill in the Blank - What the World needs now is __________ ?
The World is shaped by our common aspirations and it is through our everyday actions that we provide tacit approval to our reality.
Try to answer this question objectively and share your thoughts to help co-create our Future.
Jun 26 2012: A lot of people aim to change the world however in my most humble opinion the world doesn't need to change it just needs to be treated better.
Jun 26 2012: Hi Helena!!!
Nice to see you:>)
In my humble opinion....I agree...:>)
Jun 26 2012: Hi Colleen!
Long time no see. Nice to see you too. :-)Jun 27 2012: Wow that is a good thought, Helena!Jun 27 2012: Hi Helena,
In addition to some rehabilitation and therapy, yes, the world should be treated better. =)
Jun 30 2012: Hi Derek,
Yes, indeed. :-)Jun 30 2012: Wow, nicely said, and very succinctly, too. That needs to be made in an advertising catch phrase. My first thought was to make it into a bumper sticker, but that seems too cheesy and rather counter productive.
But still, well said!
And to Derek: yes, Mither Earth could do with some long sessions on the couch, she's been through amiserable couple of millenia!
Sina Elli
Jun 25 2012: To understand that we are all on the same side.
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Jun 25 2012: Awsome answer...........I am impressed by your insight.
Jun 25 2012: Dear Terry,
Thank you for your rewarding comment. Fritzie Reisner has put it in a more clear way in previous comments I see and I am not the only one with the that idea in mind.
"less US and THEM thinking".Jun 24 2012: emotional literacy and more empathy. Also, some therapy. =)Jul 9 2012: What the world needs is a history lesson. We need to look back at civilization, reflect, and advance forward.
s greco
Jun 29 2012: common sense
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The more I hear from people, and people in power, the more shocked I become. Look at this excerpt from the texas republican platform 2012.
"We oppose the teaching of Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) (values clarification), critical thinking skills and similar programs that are simply a relabeling of Outcome-Based Education (OBE) (mastery learning) which focus on behavior modification and have the purpose of challenging the student's fixed beliefs and undermining parental authority"
...are you joking me??
We need a healthy dose of common sense among voters.
Jun 29 2012: How much fun is this answer, S Greco!Jun 30 2012: WOW ! That's frightening ! It's unbelievable such words can be written in 2012, it looks like an inquisition statement of the late 12th century! I may have lost all humor, but to me such thoughts, if applied, are a crime against humanity..
I'd hate to know my government wants my daughter to be uneducated just because there is a risk she might prove I'm wrong..
Dana Halabi
Jun 29 2012: to slow down.
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Jun 29 2012: Fortunately, it will !
Because this speed is imaginary : in 2012, the value of time is linked to the value of some markers like "$ "or "gold".
When the people of earth will realize how trivial the dept issue is, and how useless 99% of human paid activities are, this people will rest, and start to live again. It is time for us to make this place confortable, for we are enough to make it real, everywhere !
Anyone knows how to, but is not allowed to, because he doesn't "own" the earth..
What the world needs now is to un-own itself ! (that would free itself)
Lee Miller
Jun 27 2012: a complete system re-format.
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It's not that democracy doesn't work, or capitalism doesn't work, or whatever else doesn't work. It's that ALL systems become inefficient and corrupt over time. Like any other machine they occasionally need to be taken apart, inspected, cleaned thoroughly, and have some of their parts replaced.
Jun 28 2012: Social systems, even if perfect working utopias and well intentioned from the start (a tall order in and of itself), breed around the controls keeping them utopias --just like diseases breed around antibiotics.
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Now what that says about mankind and utopias --and their 'controls' (which give utopias existence at all)-- is left for the reader.
Jun 29 2012: The original Utopia had slaves as a perfectly normal part of its society, because the author could not imagine a society which could function without them. What is possible that we are now failing to imagine?Jul 14 2012: @Lee Miller.
I agree. History shows how every system is overturned at some point. tribal leadership, city-kingdoms, states in one form or another. Fortunately it seems that each overturn gets less and less violent! Perhaps as a rule between reboots, we should construct the society to be as dynamic, modular and flexible as possible ?
John Dunbar
Jun 24 2012: self awareness
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Fritzie -
Jun 24 2012: Less "them and us" thinking.
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Jun 25 2012: Thank you. the thumbs up did not do justice for this beautiful answer.
Jordan White
Jul 15 2012: What the world needs now is to realize that we are all connected.
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W Chan
Jul 15 2012: Homemade Fish-Filet coated in cajun seasoning, and topped with tomatoes, spring leaves, jalapenos and a drop of Hoisin sauce
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Debra Smith
Jul 15 2012: Are we all invited?!Jul 14 2012: .
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1. ..Education.
The human brain are extremely faulty. We have 200+ biases at work all the time, we have numerous perception issues, and everybody is on autopilot 95% of our lives. This is imho the main reason we have trouble moving on. We all need to know when and why we loose rational thinking, and how to remedy that.
2. ..No money.
This sounds insane at first, but i cant find a single big problem that doesn't stem from, or are heavily influenced by our use of money or lack thereof. Money is nothing more than a basic tool to distribute what is necessary for us to have a good life. Money as is today doesn't seem to work anymore. With our current technological level, there are literally hundreds of different ways to distribute our basic nessesities, cooperate and contribute to this world. The need for money is all in our minds, ..and it must go..
3. ..To accept and embrace difference.
Laws of Chaos seem to apply to us. we are all different, will always be different, and nothing we say or do will change that. We need only a few common basic rules for how to communicate, prevent/resolve our conflicts and then lean back and marvel at the diversity. Tree-hugging thoughts? Not at all - this IS our future and it's coming to a theater near you ;-)
How wonderful it could be.. ..thanks for asking the question.. i feel all fired up now :)Jul 14 2012: What the World needs now is an awareness of an experiment we did in Biology class. The result of that experiment is the statement; "Any species in a closed environment with an unlimited supply of food will have a predictable exponential population growth and will cease to exist (mass extinction) as a result of pollution". I agree with a lot of the other world needs but for me this statement trumps everything. Japan's tragedy was and is causing extreme pollution in Japan and around the world. Contrast that with the Japanese invention of a new wind turbine that is more efficient than nuclear energy. The turbine structure is large, white and elegant. Humans are more natural than they are intelligent. HopeJul 13 2012: What the world needs now is a new political movement that is not influenced by big corporations. As long as there are political parties that are influenced by corporations that aim to make a profit by imposing their will on politicians there will be no hope, no peace, no openness and no unlimited innovation.
So what the world needs is political reform. Reform and new ideas that suit this world and its needs better.
Jul 13 2012: I totaly agree with you, but I must add the fact that emerging corporations are one of the many causes, which are pulling people out of poverty throught developing nations of ASIA.Jul 14 2012: Care to write it up for us? You're like the guy who says no to every place that is suggested to go to for dinner but doesn't offer any suggestions himself.
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Jul 14 2012: Pirate party is a good start for instance :). Open policy, transparent government, reform of the patent and copyright system which are holding back innovation.
Also why should I say "how" it should be done. The question was "what" does the world need right now. I answered his question.
Jul 16 2012: I must admit that that is a technicality that you got me on, good sir. But, I believe that with such an open-ended response that has to do with working and changing things, not just adding a certain element of humanity, I thought that a more in-depth answer was implied.
Sarah M
Jul 12 2012: Community spirit. Elderly die and are not found until months later. People are attacked and no one comes to there aid. People dont know there neighbours anymore. What happened ?
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Jinlei Li
Jul 14 2012: hi Sarah, i am in favor of your point. as we all know, the rapid development of technology like the Internet seems make people get closer to each other than before.for example, people from all over the worldl like us are able to interact with each other easily at any time, which is totally beyond our imagenation in the past. but at the same time we intend to ignore the people just around us, our neighours and even our family. i believe the friendly communications with the guys in our daily life will make us feel more comfortable and more happy. so pay more attention to community spirit is really a good way to help us deal with the increasingly pressure we face.Jul 8 2012: More economic equality. Let's not make our fortunes on the backs of the poor!
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Jul 9 2012: yes!Jul 8 2012: Less religion and more science.
Jim Anzalone
Jul 8 2012: bingo !!Jun 29 2012: To move away from Political correctness and rediscover old fashioned Community Respect Values and Ethics where neighbours looked out for each other, kids could play in the park or walk to school without fear either for the kids or parents. Where people helped each other with a smile and not walked past as if they did not exist.
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To be able to smile at stranger without thinking about it and hopefully ,without realising it make thier day
Jun 29 2012: Sending you a smile Morgan, not just because you mentioned it but because you deserve one for being a decent human being. It is harder work than it appears to be.
Oscar Osorio
Jun 26 2012: More curious people. This alone can have profound effects on not only in the progression of science and other fields, but it will lead to the increment of society's interest in the unknown. Which over the history of mankind, people have held too close the illogical fear of the unknown.
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Beste Arslan
Jun 26 2012: People who refuse to wear the false masks crafted by the society,genuine people who appreciate differences rather than reject them with blind prejudice...
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Hyun Kim
Jun 26 2012: Instead of changing the people, why not change the society itself? What the World needs now is a much better society than the crap of a one we live in currently.
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Beste Arslan
Jun 28 2012: Hyun,
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I agree about your opinions about the society today and how its run with the power of money.However as Colleen has said, the society is made up of people,whom I think we should not try to change but help become aware of their 'own' selves therefore gain more people who actually question the current society along with its norms and rules.By doing so,we will have more people who wont accept money as a weapon of enslavement,willing to change the world into a place where the top priority is the preservation and the evolution of the human race as you have expressed very truthfully in my opinion.Jun 26 2012: Well said Beste:>)
What is the society made up of......people? How can the "society itself" change without people changing?
By changing ourselves, we can change the "crap of a one we live in currently", to something more appealing for all of us. "BE" what we want to "SEE" in our world. The ability to change is not "out there" somewhere. It is in each and every one of us, and it is a choice in every moment...seize the moment:>)
Hyun Kim
Jun 26 2012: Society is made not of people, but money. We live in a monetary society today, where the most amount of money enslaves the several with small amounts of money. We are blind to what society doesn't show us, or tell us about. Since you were so apt to point out the incorrect point that I was trying to make, let me rephrase the question, so it fits yours better. What the world needs now is a society that doesn't use money, but uses resources, innovation, and everything that we currently have available to us as humans to make our lives as humans, and the world, a lot better than it currently is. What we need is a world where the top priority is the preservation and the evolution of the human race, not a world where humans are suppressed by the few at the top with the most amount of money.
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"None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free." -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Watch this if you are openminded enough to try to see what could be http://www.thevenusproject.com/
Jun 27 2012: Hyun,
I agree that money enslaves some people, and in some respects we are blind. I am all for a global society which incorporates people, nature and technology...everything that we have available to us...for the betterment of the whole world. I agree that what we need is a world where the top priority is the preservation and the evolution of people and our environment. I believe that it is people who have the ability to implement a plan such as you insightfully speak of.
Anita Sircar
Jun 26 2012: ...is for the poets and visionaries to be let loose.
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Debra Smith
Jun 26 2012: I think they need to be encouraged to jump the fences!Jun 26 2012: Everyone should give someone a hug & that will make it around the world :)
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Debra Smith
Jun 26 2012: I am starting with you, Jessica! big hug to you!
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Jun 26 2012: Thank you :) !
Jul 14 2012: Pfft.. Girls.. sigh!
No, i'm kidding - hugging is nice ;-)
Sina Elli
Jun 26 2012: UBUNTU
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It's a philosophy " I am what I am because of who we all are"
Ankur Aras
Jun 25 2012: TrustJun 24 2012: Paradigm shiftJun 24 2012: to wake up
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Nick Barry
Jul 17 2012: Understanding
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Jon Miner
Jul 17 2012: Truth.
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I was very disappointed when the US Supreme Court ruled that we have the right to lie.
Lies are so important to every evil doer. Lies should be punished. Children need to learn that truth is a very rare and important factor in their lives. Without truth all sorts of mistakes and misjudgements will be made. When a child breaks something such as a vase, and says "I am sorry. I broke it." He should be noted as being truthful and even brave, if there could be a punishment. If he says "I didn't do it." He should be punished for breaking and punished again for lying. If he says "I didn't do it. She did!" He should be punished four times: For breaking, for lying, for false witnessing, and harming another person's reputation.
So much of our world is based on lies. Big lies, bigger lies, and wholesale falsehoods.
In war, the first casualty is the truth.
The idea of incorporation, the creation of a legal body to take the responsibility, is a lie that is damaging the whole world. The people who damage the sustainability of life on the whole planet bear no personal responsibility for the damage they are doing. The politicians who say whatever it takes to get elected never take responsibility when they do not carry through with their promises.
Truth is the key ingredient that is missing from the world today.
Jul 18 2012: Thank you Jon. You are right on. We cannot make good decisions when we don't have the facts. Logical reasoning will lead us to better decisions if we can get all the relevant verifiable facts.
Paul Redling
Jul 16 2012: A 100% trustworthy media source that gets all the facts and leaves nothing out, broadcasting information and making all POVs on an issue and all details on an issue available to the public. Government and politics as well as big businesses and small ones having nothing to do with the media source, so that there's no way that the media can be influenced by companies or governments.Jul 15 2012: Open minds that are willing to take and give chances.Jul 15 2012: Gratitude
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Sarah Moran
Jul 14 2012: toleranceJul 14 2012: Love, sweet love. It's the only thing, that there's just, too little of. ;)
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Jul 14 2012: thumbs down. we all saw that coming.
Jul 14 2012: I know, I know. I suck at life.
Paul Redling
Jul 14 2012: Ill let u slide cause ur name is awesome.
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Tom Hall
Jul 12 2012: People to stop fighting over religious beliefs.
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alrasub .
Jul 12 2012: PEACE
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Ross Youngs
Jul 11 2012: Female egalitarianism
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The planet would be much better off in the future if a balance of attitudes could prevail and one way to equalize is to be inclusive.
Jul 11 2012: ..whatever it is that is the opposite of greed... maybe more generosity and peacefulness!Jul 11 2012: Objectivism
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Jul 18 2012: Not if you are referring to Ayn Rand and her "Selfishness is good" psudophilosophy.
michelle law
Jul 10 2012: a smile :)
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In the words of Mother Teresa, 'peace begins with a smile'.
Jul 11 2012: I adore the simple, practifcal wisdom of this answer, Michelle!Jul 10 2012: The world needs COMPREHENSION!!!Jul 10 2012: For people to take the positive out of everything that comes their way and that we are all human. It's not our mistakes that define us, it's the way we act after these mistakes.
Jul 10 2012: My thumbs up is not working again but I had to acknowledge particularly this last sentence!Jul 8 2012: sharing...!!!
Because, when you Share, everyone Becomes EQUAL.
Ulrika L
Jul 8 2012: Empathy
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James Cain
Jul 8 2012: What the World needs now is honesty. We are bombarded by partial truths, half truths, to outright lies. If we want to be free simply tell the truth. There is a saying "Who is the wiser, the one who speaks the truth or the one who listens?" The lie is the greatest foe to man and the World. We need to realize that what we perceive as truth may indeed be false. Our truth in 5 years will change.
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When handed the truth many refuse to eat........the truth is served alone, a solitary huge portion, on the dish of reality. Many prefer the dish of lies where there are many pretty and tasty garnishes along with a small portion of the truth.
Partial truth is easier to digest but leaves you hungry and produces more gas.
James Cain
Paulina L
Jul 8 2012: SUSTAINABLE ENERGY. Everywhere.
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There is nothing else that comes to mind.Jul 6 2012: the world needs now is me, you and every human of this world to make this world a better place ......Jul 6 2012: Compassion. We as a society are so lacking in the love and compassion that we give others, and it has far too many implications on the world. To be able to feel how others do, to connect with them, to share their experiences, is the next step in having a future that we all want to live in.
Marian Young
Jul 5 2012: better education for all.Jul 5 2012: Everyone here [most] is talking about peace and to how stop wars and such. And new ideas to create great things. But what we really need is values [morals] . If you look at the world we currently live in- this new generation, it will surprise you how we have lost the old ways, the old teachings.
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Jul 5 2012: OK Michel, which set of values and morals would you choose and why?Jul 18 2012: The old ways like in the old testament where God encourages genocides and the proper way to treat slaves? Civilization has come a long way. I agree that in some aspects we need to look back for guidance, but we can not go backward on many other issues. Morality and values evolve with our society. We learn that the majority is not always correct in their thinking. Take a look at utilitarianism and Kantian ethics and you'll see a way to move forward while strengthening morality. Peter Singer is another great place to look.Jul 5 2012: Peace and tolrerance
Tom Jackson
Jul 4 2012: to exhale followed by a very deep breath and another exhale. Then it needs to stop whining and start doing.
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Debra Smith
Jul 5 2012: i love that cleansing breathe part! YES!
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Lance Shive
Jul 2 2012: Exactly how much information is enough information to make good judgement and when is making judgement off a lack of information justifiable. The reason why ethics is important and the value of a conscious being compared to an unconscious machine or rock.
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Jul 3 2012: Mel. Robbins new talk discussed both sides of the brain and it supports your contention here. She calls one hemisphere "the brake"
xue yanqin
Jul 2 2012: peace、new energy、justiceJul 2 2012: For one thing the world needs to check on internet freedom and its sustenance and a review of Intellectual Property Rights Laws, along with saving the earth motto in each ones own small way !Jul 2 2012: What the world needs now are people who can think wildly. Steve Jobs was an amazing advocate of encouraging creative, innovative thinkers who choose to take the path less traveled. We wonder how many of those who are involved in education give their students opportunities to 'set their wild thoughts free'.
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pat gilbert
Jun 30 2012: Wow I did a search not one person said communication...
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Does society need guns for peace? How can humanity transcend violence?
In his TED Talk (attached) Peter Van Uhm argues that "sometimes only the gun can stand between good and evil… The gun may be the most important instrument of peace and stability that we have in this world."
Is his thesis sound? Does society need guns? Can we feasibly rid society of violence? Are guns and other forms of weapons necessary for an orderly society? Given recent outbreaks of violent large scale massacres and terrorists attacks how should governing authorities approach gun and weapon control?
edward long
Nov 1 2012: Bullys, tyrants, psychopaths, predators, and violent zealots do not respond readily to reason or peaceful dialog. Unless we can find a way to take away all guns we should be be very careful about whose guns we do take away. Unless you disqualify yourself, by condition or conduct, from gun ownership you must be free to choose to arm yourself for any and all legal purposes. Might is right is the mantra of criminals. If a criminal is sizing you up as a potential victim they will pay careful attention to your ability to defend against them. The only hope for most innocent, peace-loving people is for an equalizer of some sort. Enter the gun. This applies equally on the individual level and on a global level.Nov 10 2012: Never give up your rights,ever.
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Never give up your right to bear arms.
Let's see, if you listen to, trust and follow those whom you have put into power,
or those who have usurped power in the u.s., don't they tell the citizens they are
going to war to create peace?
Isn't that what they use war for and justify it in all kinds of obnoxious and ridiculous ways?
Why I believe they do, so never give up your arms and be ready to use them against those
who love to go to war. Your leaders. The only ones who want war, meaning they are lying
because they don't want peace for any reason. There is no profit in it for them.
Citizens need their guns for safety from those whom they are supposed to be able to trust,
but clearly cannot and should not.
So why are they trying to take away your guns, your right to bear arms, your weapons for self-defense
if they use them for war to make peace themselves? Isn't that also good enough for you?
Do you see something incredibly insidious, devious and evil in what they tell you?
Something that doesn't add up, make sense or have real logic to it?
Don't give up your right to bear arms.
Don't turn in your weapons.
Arm yourselves.Nov 10 2012: I would actually like to add one more strange argument to this debate. In part, it is related to an issue I take with something you and John both agree on "This seems a bit more whimsical as I doubt a personal weapon will help much against the armies of advanced societies". I just want to point out, that this became true, only very recently. Before nukes, facial recognition, and targeted missile strikes etc. a well armed militia may never have been worth fearing for an industriallized nation, but they may have made taking control, more expensive then it was worth.
I think the right to bear arms, presents a very important part of the argument that American society has lost sight of. "If you want to abuse your authority over me, I have the right to defend myself". What is important about this is it represents the way Americans used to view government. All laws, are enforced at the point of a gun, we just don't like to think about it. Behind the tax code, there are tanks if the police can't do their job.
Every single time a human being in any society means to pass a law, they should ask themselves "If someone is willing to defend their right to violate this law, to the death, do they deserve to die?". "This is a good idea, but is it a good enough idea to force on every single member of my civillization at the point of a gun". If we did that, we would take the business of government far more seriously. In the past, the right to bear arms helped facillitate this.
If everyone holds a gun on them at all times, enforcing stupid, needless, or abuse laws, may not become impossible, but it does come at a much higher risk, and financial, and human cost.
Nov 10 2012: "Every single time a human being in any society means to pass a law, they should ask themselves "If someone is willing to defend their right to violate this law, to the death, do they deserve to die?" "
No, that would be ridiculous, you have to also take into account whether a "reasonable" person would let disagreement about your law come to a fight to the death. If you don't then you can't have laws against speeding, littering or shop lifting as long as there's one idiot who announces he would go to war with the state over those laws. When you get your ass shot after you go to war with the state you don't get shot for opposing a law, you get shot for going to war with the state. It's also not just about that one person, the state doesn't inflict violence on him for his petty crime if he keeps resisting, the state inflicts violence on him because the state has to keep society together: if they let him go then they've effectively legalized the breaking of all laws and millions of people will suffer because of that.
This goes back to that thread on free speech a while ago: letting your laws depend on what you might have to do if some extremist goes to war with you over that law, essentially means giving control of the legislative process over to extremists (who can contradict each other, to make matters worse), it would basically be a heckler's veto for the entire legislative process. It's much better tobase your law based on a mix of public opinion, basic ethics, cost-effectiveness and proportionality of the penalty (the jail time, fine, etc..., not the threat of eventual death if someone goes to war against the state) vs. the offense.
"What is important about this is it represents the way Americans used to view government."
You mean white, landowning, heterosexual, monotheistic, male Americans, everyone else has been subject to a level of abuse comparable to that taking place in all those "evil" countries America was supposed to be refuge from.
Nov 10 2012: Wow... You're usually the rational one, I'm surprised that the freedom to defend yourself from tyranny is the thing that really gets under your skin... but to each their own.
You quote my first line, but not my second "This is a good idea, but is it a good enough idea to force on every single member of my civillization at the point of a gun"... because that argument is untouchable. You can choose to be ignorant if you want, but every item you vote on, is enforced at the point of a gun... Thus, every law you have voted for, which is not so important as to require a mugging of every single citizen of your society... Was immoral. Those are just facts.
People are willing to pull a gun over theft... Probably not littering or speeding. Personally, I think speeding laws are immoral, and contribute to disrespect of authority, much in the way marijuana laws do. I believe reckless driving is the only crime that someone should pull a gun on you for, because it represents a threat to human life.
"a "reasonable" person", is an impossible concept to define. Were there no reasonable people in Germany during the reign of Nazi's? Very few acted reasonably. People who disagreed with them, were imprisoned or gassed for being unreasonable... but, was disagreeing with Nazi's unreasonable? I don't think so.
If the United States decides that dissent is illegal... Is being willing to die to preserve the first ammendment unreasonable? Our founders disagree.
Your last atttack is just vitriolic emotional nonsense, and completely factually incorrect. First off monotheistic... Jefferson wasn't a theist... What are you talking about. White? It's so easy to forget that while white people were getting along in America, in Europe they all hated each other... Even white people being treated equally, at the time, was incredibly progressive. Yes gay people, women, and many races were descriminated against here, like they were everywhere else, but it has nothing to do with guns.
Nov 10 2012: "People are willing to pull a gun over theft... Probably not littering or speeding."
I wouldn't shoot someone for theft, but there you go, you assume that "people" wouldn't pull a gun for littering or speeding, so you are making a guess as to what a reasonable person would do.
"Personally, I think speeding laws are immoral, and contribute to disrespect of authority, much in the way marijuana laws do. I believe reckless driving is the only crime that someone should pull a gun on you for, because it represents a threat to human life."
Speeding = reckless driving. But you raise an excellent point here: reckless driving presents a threat to human life, but not a 100% certain threat, in fact the probability of you killing someone through reckless driving is pretty low (though high compared to other things in daily life, which is why we see it as a threat), whereas getting pounded by the military gives a 100% probability of death for you, so enforcing this at gunpoint would already be disproportional if you only believe in individual cases and not the greater effect on society. You're just gonna have to think of the bigger picture when making laws against anything but murder (then again who gets to decided that murder warrants the death penalty if we can't agree on what is reasonable?)
" "a "reasonable" person", is an impossible concept to define."
You betcha, that's why we haven't replaced judges and lawmakers by computers, c'est la vie. If you're looking for an ideology that's going to solve all the world's problems with only a few simplistic tenets you will come up empty.
"If the United States decides that dissent is illegal... Is being willing to die to preserve the first ammendment unreasonable? Our founders disagree."
I don't think that it would be unreasonable to disagree in that case, like I said, you have to take basic ethics and proportionality into account when making a law.Nov 10 2012: 'Unjust laws exist; shall we be content to obey them, or shall we endeavor to amend them, and obey them until we have succeeded, or shall we transgress them at once? Men generally, under such a government as this, think that they ought to wait until they have persuaded the majority to alter them. They think that, if they should resist, the remedy would be worse than the evil. But it is the fault of the government itself that the remedy is worse than the evil. It makes it worse. Why is it not more apt to anticipate and provide for reform? Why does it not cherish its wise minority? Why does it cry and resist before it is hurt? Why does it not encourage its citizens to be on the alert to point out its faults, and do better than it would have them?" Thoreau
Nov 10 2012: Unjust laws should be overturned, but that doesn't mean you should go to war with the state over every disagreement and no, you don't have to persuade the majority, you can have the courts test against basic ethical principles. Don't forget that when you go to war with the state and win YOU will have imposed your will on the rest of the people through violent means, what gives you the right to do this if the majority of the people does not agree with you and there are not basic human rights at stake?
P.S. you shouldn't see the forces of the state as unmoveable: soldiers will often switch sides as we've seen in Libya and Syria.
An armed government exists so the ability to use force isn't confined to the strongest members of society: it makes sure able bodied young men don't get to dictate all of society.Nov 10 2012: No where in my argument do I talk about going to war with the state... but you accuse me of it over and over. No where do I talk about "If you're looking for an ideology that's going to solve all the world's problems with only a few simplistic tenets you will come up empty." I'm explaining why gun rights used to make sense, and are a bit out dated, but still represent an important theory of governance today. Did your girlfriend break up with you are something? I don't know where all this is coming from, lol.
With the reckless driving argument, I am expressing my point relatively clearly. When human life is at risk, and society is at risk, government has the right to use guns... Going 50 in a 40 is situationally dangerous at worst, at 3 am on an empty street, it's perfectly safe. Police should be in the business of protecting life, and evaluating threats... not sitting at the bottom of the steepest hill they can find with the lowest speed limit to look "productive". The second the police are trying to hassle and control perfectly normal safe public behavior, I have a problem with it.
Bradley Manning has been in solitary confinement for 900 days, for freedom of speech. The information he "leaked", was accessible by over 4 million government contractors, and employees... It was not classified.
This may seem like a relatively harmless, or well intentioned government, but under your own definition, every person in this country has every right, to defend themselves against the tyranny of this oppressive regime... The UK plans to extradite Julian Assange, another non criminal who did nothing but speak truth to power... Europe isn't very much ahead of the curve.
I am saying, that when a man comes to your door with a gun, and imposes an unjust law on you, you have just as much right to shoot that man, as he does you. Being a representative of government does not make him right, and you wrong.Nov 2 2012: "Does society need guns for peace?"
If no one could make guns then the peace could be kept with swords and bows, in a world where people do know how to make guns the peace can be kept by a small armed minority, the bulk of the citizens don't need guns to keep peace and freedom, as many European countries have proven. The most important factors in keeping the peace are civil and economic equality: when people see that they have the same opportunities as their neighbors society tends to be peaceful, even so, some authority would still need to be armed to combat psychotic criminals and force would be cheaters (like vulture capitalists) to play fair.
Having said that, once you do give weapons to untrained citizens you let a genie out of the bottle that is very hard to put back in.
Nov 4 2012: Meritocracy is the answer. I like it! It all goes back to advancing culture and human relationships as a solution.
Not that I necessarily agree with this, but some studies have shown the rise in some violent crimes (armed robberies for example) with increased gun control in Europe. The argument is that criminals are more likely to engage in this activity if they know citizens are less likely to be armed. Thoughts?
Another common argument is that citizens should have the right to bear arms to protect themselves against their very own governing bodies. This seems a bit more whimsical as doubt a personal weapon will help much against the armies of advanced societies.
Nov 5 2012: "Not that I necessarily agree with this, but some studies have shown the rise in some violent crimes (armed robberies for example) with increased gun control in Europe. The argument is that criminals are more likely to engage in this activity if they know citizens are less likely to be armed. Thoughts?"
There has been an increase in crimes in Europe in the 1990s and early 2000s but it has been halted without giving guns to citizens and the crime rates are still lower than in the United States, also crimes are less violent than similar crimes in the US, a European burglary seldomly results in injuries and most burglars will flee rather than shoot you (the big fallacy people in the US make is that they think that just because they are armed they will automatically win a shootout with a burglar and survive unscathed). On a side note, many European countries allow citizens to keep hand guns at home but only after training (either in the military/law enforcement or on firing ranges), most Europeans could have a hand gun if they wanted to, they just have to train at a firing range first, but they choose not to, that's something you'll never hear the NRA admit.
"This seems a bit more whimsical as doubt a personal weapon will help much against the armies of advanced societies."
I agree, if people are afraid of the government they should seek to reduce the size of the military, that would be far more effective than going up against a tank with a shotgun. In any case, soldiers are not robots, they are your friends, family and neighbors, if you don't trust them not to kill you as soon as some evil dictator tells them to then you must be very paranoid and not enjoy life very much.Nov 7 2012: If you wouldn't mind answering me a dumb question... Is it actually illegal to hunt in Europe? I'm not a huge fan of this argument, but many men will tell you that actually stalking and kiling an animal connects them to a primal part of the human experience, in a way nothing else does...
What about people who live where they have to worry about bears? Are they supposed to stab bears in the face? Is there no where left in Europe that isn't a city? Actually making guns illegal, in any large nation, has always struck me as insane.
Nov 7 2012: Hunting (which can be done perfectly well using bows instead of guns) is not illegal in most European countries, just strictly regulated and there are of course species that you are not allowed to kill, just like in the US. Hunting is not very popular in Europe, but it does depend on the country and region you're in. The biggest difference between American and European authorities on the subject of hunting is that the latter won't let you buy an AK-47 under the guise of "hunting equipment".
Yes, that's a big misconception Americans have about Europe: people are allowed to own handguns and hunting rifles over here, you just have to clear a background check and prove that you can handle a weapon (training in the military or law enforcement or prolonged, 1 year in my country, membership of a shooting range). You can't carry a gun on the streets though. In any case most people simply choose not to own firearms.
Nov 7 2012: Okay, I thought that was the case, just wasn't sure. I'm not a fan of guns... but I have always thought that having a simple rifle or revolver, for dealing with animal attacks or hunting, in rural areas, just seemed like common sense. I've even thought I would want the right to own a gun, if I was more than 10 miles from a police station... It's just not a major issue for me.
Barry Palmer
Nov 2 2012: IMO.
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"Does society need guns for peace?"
Yes. Perhaps ultimately we will develop an understanding of human development and human behavior that will enable us to raise all children to become nonviolent adults. But for the next few centuries, at least, we will continue to need guns.
"How can humanity transcend violence?"
By developing cultures that understand the futility of violence. We are working on it. Give us a few more centuries.
"Can we feasibly rid society of violence?"
Yes. We are working on it.
"Are guns and other forms of weapons necessary for an orderly society?"
Yes, for now.
"Given recent outbreaks of violent large scale massacres and terrorists attacks how should governing authorities approach gun and weapon control?"
This is a very touchy subject. Before the Patriot Act I was pro gun control. Then the Patriot Act was passed, destroying all the rights that make the USA worth fighting for, by a Congress that was too scared to read the bill before voting for it. Now I don't like any form of gun control. Guns are the people's last resort to restore their rights.
Nov 4 2012: Thank you good sir. All great points. Advancing culture is likely the solution. Another question is how long will it take before the fear of violence is negligible? And what do we do in the meantime to preserve the sanctity of life as the risk of violent outbreaks increase with advanced weapon technology and increased global access to black markets?
Nov 5 2012: "what do we do in the meantime ..."
The government of the USA is already doing it. They are taking away our rights, particularly privacy, and using drones to attack the bad guys with little concern for innocents who get in the way. I do not agree with these measures, but it appears that they are effective. One day we might wake up and severely regret allowing the government to usurp our most sacred heritage. What is the right price for "security"? The automobile costs us over 30,000 dead each year, and we willingly pay.
Lejan's comment about smart weapons should be taken seriously. In just the next few years smart surveillance devices and smart weapons will be developed on a smaller scale than bombs. The government is about to permit drones to make the decision to attack a target with no human decision in the process. The notion that only good guys will have smart weapons is naive.
"how long will it take before the fear of violence is negligible?"
My guess is another two centuries, but maybe never.
Gail .
Nov 2 2012: What do we need for peace? We need to change our way of thinking. Peace is a power, and a potent power at that. I have used it on two occasions to diffuse a lethal situation. When enough of us begin to strive for inner-peace, the outer peace will appear. When there is no enemy within, there is no enemy without.
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Guns do not protect the peace. They hold that which is not peace in abeyance. Our culture appears not to know the meaning of the word peace.
In his book "1984", George Orwell placed his characters in a dystopian setting where they would chant "war is peace". We do the same thing. Thus we believe that guns create peace.
You can't force a people to be peaceful, but you can encourage them (using guns) to be afraid, and fear causes many problems. You can't force a people to be afraid either, but when people are not self-aware, it's an easy enough thing to do to them.
Nov 4 2012: Thanks for your comment. I love the idea. Simply put: guns increase tension and directly provide the fuel in conflicts. Most of violence is derived from anger or insecurity within. Thus the cure is within. But once you have this peace what do you do about the outside world that still has a gun pointed at you? With that knowledge how do we move forward and feasibly address society? Can we expect all or even the majority of society to act rationally enough to where everyone could put their guns down without fear of attack? Guns may not actually protect peace but they provide some a sense of security. Sadly security may be a short-cut to the better solution of true peace.
Lejan .
Nov 2 2012: Guns seem to get old fashion nowadays, almost anachronistic in our times of drones.
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Once autonomous drones have been developed they could be transferred into a commodity and by its economy of scale, they would become as cheap as our smartphones today.
This way we would be liberated of the weight of our clumsy guns and were elegantly protected by this new hovering iGuard devices. Realtime voice and gesture violence detection software would then do the job for us and initiate appropriate actions and counter measures according to a choosen level of defence which could be updated, also in realtime, according to a 'world violence broadcast service' based on our current GPS position.
We would just walk on as usual and the 'math' just happens for us within the drone near to us.
A wide variety of drone to drone (D2D) and drone to non-drone agressor (D2NDA) weaponry could be purchased on the market, as well as drone-jammer and stealth drone technology.
By unboxing a new ordered drone, the process of learning by the drone begins. It would be a bit like a duckling hatching its egg and the first person to see, becomes its person of main interest. To get full family protection, all members should be gathered, otherwise they would be determined as potential threat and would need another 'learning' loop to get included afterwards. Once this was set, we were ready to go, and only enemy drones of higher sophistication and better armor and weapons would be left as the only danger to us and our beloved ones.
Collateral damage due to drone malfunction and 'misinterpretation' would have to be accepted by society, but the positive effects outweighs those risks anyway. Somewhat the same as it is with guns today, I suppose ... Or am I mistaken? :o)
Barry Palmer
Nov 2 2012: Unfortunately, I think much of your scenario will come true. Smart weapons will likely make guns obsolete.
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Lejan .
Nov 2 2012: Yet i still hope we will outrun this and act at least once as we call ourselfs: Homo SapiensNov 4 2012: Thanks much for the great comment. Very interesting and pretty scary. So as technology advances are we stuck in a never ending arms race? As I mentioned to Mr. Anjorin, the risk that dangerous weapons fall into the wrong hands will likely increase with technology and globalization (easy access to information, materials, and black markets). Is there a solution outside of pushing forward an arms race under the guise of defending ourselves? I'd like to believe culture and education are better answers but advancement in technology could outpace the evolution of more rational behavior.Nov 1 2012: It is usually said that guns don't kill people, people do.
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So there is a difference between the gun in the hand of a cop and the gun in the hand of a criminally minded fellow; there is a difference between a gun in the hand of someone who got a licensed one for self defense and a gun in the hand of a street thug; now, a licensed gun in the hand of an abusive husband is a wife's nightmare.
In all, it shows that human relationships are the most important factor to be considered in our quest for a society free of violence. People have been killed with fists, stones, planks, arrows and knives. It's not as if guns are the chief evil whose removal would bring about world peace.
We should work on building quality human relationships; so that ours would be a society that values the sanctity of human life and where mutual respect and tolerance is encouraged.
No doubt there would be a few who would choose to be anti-society and would express such in extreme ways; guns in the hands of the right people could be helpful in such situations.
W. Ying
Nov 2 2012: Also,
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Pursuing INVALID happiness ==> Greed ==> Violence!.Nov 4 2012: Thanks much for your great comment. I fully agree with you but with increased technology and globalization dangerous weapons are much easier to access. An argument can be made that the risk that these weapons fall into the wrong hands will continue to increase. Education, stronger human relationships, and the spread of positive culture are key but there will likely always be the small percentage of individuals who just want to see the world burn be it for religion, nationalism, nihilism, or whatever. The more their views fall on the outskirts of popular opinion, the angrier and bolder they may become.
Technology, globalization, and education are all great but they have risks associated with them that we should be aware of. Is it possible to make the risk of dangerous weapons falling into the wrong hands negligible?
Nov 7 2012: The risk of weapons falling into wrong hands is not negligible. That is why some weapons are bad news; putting humanity at risk. Some weapons are not worth celebrating (I mean their invention). But since we have them, then we have to try as hard as we can to make sure that they don't fall into the wrong hands.Nov 1 2012: Of course we need guns. But guns alone is not enough. We need also culture.
What is culture? To have a gun and not to use it.Nov 1 2012: Yes, with guns.


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Monday, January 08, 2007
Kinkopf on Congress's War Powers
Marty Lederman
In my earlier posts, I was remiss in neglecting to link to this very fine and helpful analysis written by my friend and former OLC colleague Neil Kinkopf on Congress's power to enact a law to restrict a troop escalation, which Neil posted on Friday but which I only just now discovered. The wish-I-woulda-said-that title of Neil's post: "Congress as Surge Protector."
Yes and no. Kinkopf argues that where Congress and the President have concurrent powers, the President must abide by Congress' rules. But he doesn't make clear why the powers concur in case of a surge. This is the point where I (and Hublelawstudent, I presume) are a bit sceptical.
Quoting Kinkopf: The Supreme Court has been clear and unambiguous. When Congress, acting in the vast areas of overlapping power, tells the President "no," the President must comply. Thus, Congress may limit the scope of the present Iraq War by either of two mechanisms. First, it may directly define limits on the scope of that war—and forbid the President from exceeding these limits—such as by imposing a ceiling on the number of troops assigned to that conflict. Second, it may achieve the same objective by enacting appropriations riders that limit the use of appropriated funds. Indeed, the reason that the Constitution limits military appropriations to two years is to prevent Congress from abdicating its responsibility to oversee ongoing military engagements.
In the naval war with France, Congress had authorized the U.S. navy to intercept vessels bound to, but not from, French ports.
Most notably, in Little v. Barreme, Chief Justice Marshall held that the President's war powers are defined by statute and may not exceed statutory limits.
The Supreme Court has continued to adhere to this view of the war power. In Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer (the famous Steel Seizure case), the Supreme Court struck down President Truman's order that the nation's steel mills continue operating in order to keep the troops in the Korean War armed. Justice Jackson's famous concurring opinion (which the Supreme Court has since held to set forth the proper view of presidential power) emphasized that the Constitution does not set forth exclusive power, but overlapping or shared power. Where Congress and the President share power, as in the area of war power, the President is bound to comply with the statutes that Congress enacts.
Most recently, the Supreme Court has applied Justice Jackson's framework to resolve challenges to President Bush's assertions of commander-in-chief power. In both Hamdi v. Rumsfeld (2004) and Hamdan v. Rumsfeld (2006), the Supreme Court rejected the President's assertion of unilateral authority to conduct military operations (in those cases dealing specifically with the detention and treatment of enemy combatants), holding instead that the President must comply with applicable statutory limits as well as applicable international law.(emphasis added, selections presented out of original order.)
@anne: I do not understand the source of your skepticism. Kinkopf seems to be saying clearly that Congress can pass statutory limits. Professor Lederman's analysis still seems on point too.
"Kustice Jackson's famous concurring opinion (which the Supreme Court has since held to set forth the proper view of presidential power) emphasized that the Constitution does not set forth exclusive power, but overlapping or shared power. Where Congress and the President share power, as in the area of war power, the President is bound to comply with the statutes that Congress enacts"
It seems to me that it is overly broad to say that Congress and the President share the power on the military. I'd say Congress can set certain limits, but the president is commander in chief. The CIC decides on deployments etc. while Congress decides on budgets and outer limits of military power. In this view there is no overlap. No overlap, no Youngstown.
The Constitution grants Congress extensive war powers – so extensive, in fact, that Chief Justice John Marshall once wrote that "The whole powers of war being, by the Constitution of the United States, vested in Congress, the Acts of that body can alone be resorted to as our guides …." (Talbot v. Seeman (1801).)
When penning that statement, Marshall was deciding whether Congress had authorized naval action against French shipping. In doing so, Marshall was merely observing that the power of declaring war lay with Congress and not the President.
Marshall was most definitely not claiming that the Constitution's Article I budget or any other provisions grant Congress the power to command troop deployment levels or mandate troop objectives in a war zone.
Indeed, Congress never attempted to arrogate these command powers until nearly 200 years later during Vietnam. Perhaps, it never occurred to previous Congresses to order our troops to withdraw and surrender a battlefield to the enemy.
Bart: Perhaps, it never occurred to previous Congresses to order our troops to withdraw and surrender a battlefield to the enemy.
Indeed. It seems more than merely likely they never contemplated our troops being used for such illegal and immoral invasions and occupations, much less of former allies. Hence they failed to provide for withdrawal from such ignoble situations. But hey, it's *your* revered Elephants who put our troops in this ugly spot. Want honor for our troops? Use them honorably. Meanwhile the only honorable thing to do in Iraq is get the hell out and send lots of money to help fix what we've illegally and immorally screwed up. It'll never happen, of course, but it's the honorable choice. "You broke it, you bought it" doesn't apply to sovereign nations. You _have_ heard of sovereignty, haven't you?
What's that you say? "Islamic fascists, Islamic fascists!" What say you stick to your Ann Coulter and the rest of those black-and-white ideologues, eh?
It seems more than merely likely they never contemplated our troops being used for such illegal and immoral invasions and occupations, much less of former allies. Hence they failed to provide for withdrawal from such ignoble situations.
This can't be true. Failed wars of choice are commonplace in human history, especially Greco-Roman history, of which the Founders were quite well aware.
Bart: Perhaps, it never occurred to previous Congresses to order our troops to withdraw and surrender a battlefield to the enemy.
Mort: Failed wars of choice are commonplace in human history, especially Greco-Roman history, of which the Founders were quite well aware.
Thanks for the assist. Figure "failed wars of choice" is what we've got in Iraq, that "failed wars of choice" equates with "illegal and immoral invasions and occupations"? Nice to be on the same page for a change.
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|A tasty stew that starts with dried beans cooked all day in the slow cooker!
(Makes about 6 generous servings; recipe adapted slightly from Real Simple Magazine.)
I used my Crock-Pot 3-1/2-Quart Slow Cooker for this recipe.
1 lb. (2 cups) dried small white beans
1 onion, chopped into fairly small pieces
1 T finely minced garlic
1 tsp. dried rosemary, crushed
1/2 tsp. dried thyme, crushed
6 cups homemade chicken stock or canned chicken broth
1 can (14.5 oz.) petite dice tomatoes
14 oz. Kielbasa sausage, cut into half-moon slices (use low-fat turkey Kielbasa for South Beach Diet)
4 packed cups fresh spinach, coarsely chopped
freshly grated Parmesan cheese for serving (optional)
Pick over the beans, removing any broken ones, and add beans to the slow cooker. Chop onion, mince the garlic, and crush the spices with a mortar and pestle (or meat mallet) and add to the slow cooker. Add the chicken stock and diced tomatoes to the slow cooker and start to cook on low.
South Beach Suggestions:
Dried beans are a good low-glycemic choice for any phase of the South Beach Diet, and using low-fat turkey Kielbasa keeps this recipe South Beach Diet friendly. However dried beans are limited to 1/3 to 1/2 cup serving for Phase One, so even considering the other ingredients in this stew you should have only a small bowl for Phase One.
More Tasty Ideas with Dried White Beans:
(Recipes from other blogs not always South Beach Diet friendly; check ingredients.)
White Bean Soup with Ham and Rosemary from Kalyn's Kitchen
White Bean Salad with Tuna and Parsley from Kalyn's Kitchen
Cassoulet-Style Italian Sausages and White Beans from Steamy Kitchen
Pasta with Arugula and White Beans from This Week for Dinner
Baked White Bean Dip with Rosemary and Parmesan from Pinch My Salt
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"There has always been and always will be prejudice in this world … but if I stand up for what I believe in and fight against prejudices, I might just change a few lives. I'm going to be an ally."
Student Journal Entry
One of the most popular audio tours offered by the Missouri History Museum is "St. Louis in Black and White," which examines the racial history of the region, including the abolitionist and civil rights movements, and urban expansion. To capitalize on the tour's popularity and use museum artifacts in a unique way, museum officials teamed up with the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) to plan the "Reading Bias/Writing Tolerance: Using History's Powerful Stories" program for middle school and high school students.
In 2004, the Missouri Historical Society received a three-year, $247,280 National Leadership Grant for Museums to fund Reading Bias/Writing Tolerance. The project also received funding from the Dana Brown Charitable Trust.
"It really allowed us to dive deeper into a topic that was already of interest to the community," said Melanie Adams, the museum's director of community education and events.
A Program for Middle School and High School Students
The project's purpose was to use museum artifacts and the curriculum from ADL's A World of Difference Institute, a provider of anti-bias education and diversity training programs and resources, to help students understand bias and discrimination. The Historical Society also sought to teach students how to interpret stereotyping, deepen their awareness of history's role in understanding the present, and increase their literacy skills.
The partners began by assembling a team of people from both the Missouri Historical Society and the St. Louis Office of the ADL, as well as a literacy consultant, five teacher consultants, and one part-time administrative assistant.
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The team created the project's curriculum by linking museum artifacts and exhibition items to the ADL "A World of Difference" modules. Teacher consultants selected the artifacts and developed the lessons, which looked at historic examples of bias and discrimination involving race, gender, and class. Initially, the curriculum consisted of six classroom segments and a visit to the museum. Each segment and museum visit contained one lesson focused on a museum artifact; the entire curriculum was designed to take five to seven weeks. Artifacts included items such as iron shackles and slave bills of sale, as well as pictures of slaves, American Indians, suffragettes, Jewish families, and civil rights protesters.
The project team created a web site, www.biasandtolerance.org, designed to introduce Reading Bias/Writing Tolerance to local school administrators, teachers, and potential funders as well as to museums and ADL chapters across the nation. In October 2007, the team completed a replication guide, which was designed as a template for reproducing the content of the program. The guide is available on the web site; it spells out the timeline, processes, and procedures necessary to implement Reading Bias/Writing Tolerance.
The museum hosted a community event and reception in December 2007 to showcase the project. Students, educators, and community leaders attended the celebration, which featured students reading from the poems they had written during the project. The audience was full of praise for the students and the understanding shown in their work.
Building a Culture of Tolerance
In response to the lessons, students wrote poetry, dialogue, or journal entries to express what they had learned. These writings showed the depth of students' new understanding. One student journal entry read, "There has always been and always will be prejudice in this world … but if I stand up for what I believe in and fight against prejudices, I might just change a few lives. I'm going to be an ally."
The project also gave students the tools and language to confront peers who are discriminating or bullying others because of differences. Students wrote in the surveys that they had learned how to serve as allies to friends and peers who were being picked on.
An evaluation of the first two pilots by Philliber Research Associates found significant positive outcomes among students and teachers. The 174 students who completed surveys demonstrated more self-awareness and gained important knowledge.
They showed statistically significant increases in the extent to which they agreed that
In addition:
"We're building a culture of tolerance and acceptance versus one where kids are teased for being of a certain race, religion, or sexual orientation—but really seeing that as everyone's difference makes them richer, and how does that richness then affect the whole community," explained Adams.
Challenges and Lessons Learned
The length of the curriculum posed challenges for teachers and students.
"It's a long-term commitment for a teacher and the class to be able to have six sessions," said Adams.
She recommended shortening the program. "I think you'd be able to positively affect more kids if you were able to do it as a two- or three-week program. I think that's probably really the biggest lesson learned, because you're really struggling when you're doing six weeks and keeping everyone's attention, and just so many other things going on," she said.
Program Adaptation
"We no longer do this specific program, but we've repurposed some of the material into other things that we do," said Adams. The museum rolled some of the Reading Bias/Writing Tolerance content into the popular "St. Louis in Black & White" audio tour, and into the Teens Make History program—a theater program where teens research and write their own history.
"A lot of the plays they research and write revolve around issues of race -- everything from the East St. Louis race riots to the lunch counter sit-ins," said Adams. "We've been able to incorporate some of the artifacts and lessons learned through Reading Bias/Writing Tolerance into that, especially the literacy component, because they're writing their own plays."
Reading Bias/Writing Tolerance showed how incorporating artifacts into anti-bias and anti-discrimination lessons resonates with middle and high school students. The model worked, and the example of its success may lead other museums to try something similar. The museum is happy to share what it can with other institutions.


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Animal welfare officers called to appalling scenes at Cumbrian farm
Last updated at 09:21, Thursday, 08 November 2012
Horrified animal welfare officials found a couple sharing their filthy Cumbrian farmhouse with more than 70 dogs and 20 cats.
Police stumbled on scenes of appalling squalor when they visited the ramshackle farm near Aspatria which is the home of Robert Park, 54, and his 57-year-old wife Linda Faulder-Park.
Dozens of sheep, cattle, and pigs owned by the couple were in such poor condition they had to be destroyed.
But it was conditions inside the couple's home that most shocked vets and the team of RSPCA inspectors who were called in to investigate. They found that the farmhouse had been transformed into a foul-smelling kennel for dozens of dogs, with the walls, floors and furniture covered in dog excrement.
Living as an indoor "feral pack," the dogs – a mixture of collies and terriers – were left to fight over food, and 21 were in such poor condition that the RSPCA had to destroy them on welfare grounds.
Of the cats found in the house, two were already dead and a further 16 also had to be put to sleep.
The discovery of so many animals in the house and pigs, cattle, and sheep in dreadful conditions triggered a huge joint investigation by Cumbria Trading Standards and the RSPCA, which drafted in 10 inspectors from across the north west.
Describing the house, prosecution barrister Alison Whalley told district judge Gerald Chalk: "The conditions could only be described as appalling, and fit for neither man nor beast."
At Carlisle Magistrates' Court, the couple entered guilty pleas to animal welfare charges but the court accepted their crimes were the result of neglect, rather than a desire to cause suffering. They were given suspended 160 day jail sentences, banned from keeping any animals for life, and told to pay legal costs totalling £12,000 each.
Speaking after the case, RSPCA inspector Chris Towler told of the day in January this year when he and his fellow inspector Martyn Fletcher were called to the couple's dilapidated Bridge Farm , at Low Row, Scales, near Aspatria.
He said: "The police had visited the farm on an unrelated investigation.
"Nothing could have prepared us for what we found inside this farmhouse.
"It was one of the worst scenes I have come across in my 27 years with the RSPCA. It wasn't just the deprivation; it was the sheer number of domestic animals in there.
"There were 91 in total. As well as the 20 cats and 73 dogs, we found a duck, a cockerel, and a cockatiel.
"The conditions inside the house were appalling: Filthy and in a state of disrepair."
The dogs – which included five puppies – were living in groups in various rooms. Only one of the rooms in the house, said Mr Towler, was fit for human habitation.
The weaker of the dogs were unable to compete for the food and water the couple were putting out.
The couple were unaware two of their cats were lying dead in one room. Four dogs were found locked in a dark barn, its floor covered in what Mr Towler described as a sludge of faeces and mud.
One of the dogs had learned to clamber up a fence so that it could drink water from a lopsided gutter.
Most of the cats were being kept in what RSPCA officials said were shocking conditions in a makeshift pen, its floor soaking wet.
In court, the couple's barrister Keith Thomas explained that they had got into the habit of taking in stray dogs, some of which bred with others already in the house.
Linda Park suffered a disability and was unable to help her husband on the farm and because he worked elsewhere milking cows, had less time to care for the animals.
Mr Thomas conceded there were far too many animals for the couple to care for.
Mr Towler said he accepted that the Parks had not intentionally set out to cause suffering to their animals.
He added: "The whole situation was very sad in pure human terms.
"The house was generally filthy, and in my view not fit for habitation, for either this couple or their animals. They should have asked for help.
"Hopefully now they will get the help they need."
The couple pleaded guilty to 10 charges brought by the RSPCA – two of causing unnecessary suffering, and the remainder of failing to provide adequately for the needs of their animals.
They also admitted six animal welfare offences relating to their 35 sheep, 36 pigs, and 45 cattle, all of which had to be destroyed.
Judge Gerald Chalk described the couple's offences as "truly shocking," saying: "I'm of the view it was due to you closing your eyes to the obvious and you chose to ignore it but it was not deliberate." He added: "I don't think it safe for you to care for animals in the future."
Angela Jones, trading standards service manager with Cumbria County Council, said: "This has been a distressing case for all involved, not least Robert and Linda Park who were struggling to look after both themselves and their animals during the bitterly cold winter of 2011/12.
"It gives us no pleasure to see anyone lose the privilege to keep livestock or pets.
"But the severity of this sentence reinforces the clear duty on all owners to ensure the welfare of animals."
The couple must also observe a 9pm and 6am curfew for the next six weeks.
Robert Park will be allowed to continue working as a milker on a local farm.
First published at 09:08, Thursday, 08 November 2012
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The New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in a brief ruling Wednesday evening, rejected an appeal filed by an attorney for 48-year-old Carl Blue.
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For the 1c form for Intel and other science fairs, where your mentor writes about whether your study was part of a larger study, etc. Does it look bad if your study was part of their study, but that you completed all the experimentation by yourself? Do the judges judge you on whether the idea was your's to start with?


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Tucked inside nearly $650 million in Prince George's County transportation projects announced Monday by Gov. Martin O'Malley was $5 million for a study to examine transit options linking Waldorf and the Branch Avenue Metro station in Marlow Heights, a significant step in local officials' efforts to bring light rail to Charles County.
Though the study will look at other possibilities, local officials expect light rail to be the county's ultimate transit solution, with bus rapid transit a potential interim option.
Charles County commissioners' Vice President Rueben B. Collins II (D) said that the study represents "essentially project planning for fixed-route transit service," though he said more funding would be needed to fully meet the study's goals.
Commissioners' President Candice Quinn Kelly (D) said that the study would require a total of roughly $15 million, "so there's some work to be done, but today was just the beginning."
"What will actually come about, my guess, is that it's definitely going to be light rail," she said. "At this stage in the game, it's already been determined that there will be some kind of high-capacity transit. We're open to either."
"What is important is that we're absolutely in the queue, and I think that's something that we can't overemphasize," Collins said. "I think in the community it's sometimes viewed as a pipe dream, but we're receiving a monetary commitment from the state. For us, this is extremely important."
O'Malley (D) credited the passage of a gas tax increase — which took effect July 1 — during the 2013 legislative session of the Maryland General Assembly with providing the funding needed for the package of projects, which "will create 4,000 jobs, reduce traffic congestion and improve pedestrian safety," he said in a statement.
"I'm pleased that the O'Malley administration has invested $5 million to conduct the Southern Maryland Transit Study to examine how we can connect Charles County to the Branch Avenue Metro Station through light rail," U.S. Rep. Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md., 5th) said in a statement. "I'm hopeful that this initiative will help shorten the commutes of many Southern Marylanders, and I look forward to working with federal, state and local officials as the study gets underway in the coming months."
State Sen. Thomas "Mac" Middleton (D-Charles) called the study an example of why the Charles County delegation voted in favor of the gas tax increase, which would have passed without local support.
"People I talk to are very angry about this whole gasoline tax, but I think people will take some comfort from the fact that this gasoline tax was going to happen with or without our votes, and by voting for it, we did get a package of transportation projects that are going to benefit our residents," he said.
Middleton said in March that the delegation had reached an agreement with the administration that Charles County would support the gas tax increase in exchange for the state including several local priorities, among them funding to complete studies on the light rail initiative and a replacement Gov. Harry W. Nice Memorial Bridge.
Middleton was recently informed that the state's draft Consolidated Transportation Plan includes $6 million for preliminary engineering work on a Nice Bridge replacement.
Middleton said he anticipates the transit study to settle on light rail as the best long-term solution.
"I think ultimately it will be some type of light rail," Middleton said. "But if we can get bus rapid transit that starts the program, I'm satisfied with that so long as we're ultimately looking at some type of light rail system."
Del. Sally Y. Jameson (D-Charles) said she is expecting "an inclusive study that will look at the potential of light rail and also bus rapid transit in the interim."
"That is one of the reasons that I voted for the gasoline sales tax increase, because there were specific items in the package that would help Charles County, and it takes a lot of money and a lot of time to get those things moving, but at least now we've got some money approved in the budget to start moving forward with this," she said.
In addition to the transit study, local residents who commute daily into the Washington, D.C., metro region figure to benefit from several of the Prince George's projects, which include $100 million for an interchange at the intersection of Indian Head Highway and Kerby Hill-Livingston Road, $150 million for a new interchange at Route 4 and Suitland Parkway, and $280 million to complete right-of-way acquisition and final design for the Purple Line Metro train route, which will link Bethesda and New Carrollton.
"I think the No. 1 on the list that will really help Charles County, on the western side especially, is the Kerby Hill Road interchange," Jameson said. "That is an area that backs up for commuters every day, and I think that will be just a huge addition. If they can get that going and done, that will relieve a lot of stress from our commuters."


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Bill Bradley, contributing editorIt seems hard to divine any other purpose than clumsy misdirection. It's especially galling given that concussions are incidental to the sport of baseball whereas in football they're almost entirely the whole point.
Lastly, to the point, is there something that can be done in terms of improving catching equipment to reduce the risk of concussions?
Interestingly, David Ross recently switched back to the traditional mask and skullcap setup after having been a goalie-mask guy for a long, long time. He said he thinks the traditional mask might be better for balls coming straight back off the bat.
is there something that can be done in terms of improving catching equipment to reduce the risk of concussions?
The masks are angled in a way that deflects the baseball to the side, instead of allowing the full impact to the front of the mask.
It reduces the chance of a solid blow to the head from a foul tip.
That sounds like bad news for the umpire.
I doubt it needs to be said, but the main difference between the NFL and the MLB is that when MLB players get a concussion, their teams refuse to treat them as disposable commodities since baseball players have guaranteed contracts.
he nfl writers are so much worse than the mlb writers, just talent wise. we disagree with the mlb writers a lot, but they can write usually. they come from well-known media outlets and people have heard of them before they write for mlb. the nfl writers seem to have no pedigree or writing acumen, and i've never heard of any of them.
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