Comments for The Maine Campus http://mainecampus.com The University of Maine student newspaper since 1875 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:21:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Former state department employee offers view on America’s ‘failure’ in Iraq by Anonymous http://mainecampus.com/2012/02/09/former-state-department-employee-offers-view-on-americas-failure-in-iraq/#comment-76122 Anonymous Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:21:00 +0000 http://mainecampus.com/?p=3742963#comment-76122 Last night, I listened on Sirius Satellite to a discussion on the topic of a parade to honor Iraq War Vets, like they had in Saint Louis, organized by veterans using Face Book. The IAVA, which has 100,000 war veteran members, wanted the ticker tape parade, but some did not. A sad war veteran called, and said he was against the parade. His military wife had been killed in Iraq, and his Sergeant had been killed in Afghanistan. He said he felt that he had done nothing to help the people in Iraq, but only made their life worse during his time in the war over there. I am 62, and have had to watch my country repeat the mistakes of Vietnam, over and over again. I wish I had some insight or wisdom, but do not. This man, Peter Van Buren, and Lieutenant Colonel DANIEL L. DAVIS, who wrote Truth, lies and Afghanistan; How military leaders have let us down in the Armed Forces Journal, remind me of deceased Colonel David H. Hackworth, and Daniel Ellsberg, who wrote similar complaints while the Vietnam War raged, and were harassed and persecuted by the Nixon Administration. Nothing new here, except now we use drones. Last night, I listened on Sirius Satellite to a discussion on the topic of a parade to honor Iraq War Vets, like they had in Saint Louis, organized by veterans using Face Book. The IAVA, which has 100,000 war veteran members, wanted the ticker tape parade, but some did not.

A sad war veteran called, and said he was against the parade. His military wife had been killed in Iraq, and his Sergeant had been killed in Afghanistan. He said he felt that he had done nothing to help the people in Iraq, but only made their life worse during his time in the war over there.

I am 62, and have had to watch my country repeat the mistakes of Vietnam, over and over again. I wish I had some insight or wisdom, but do not. This man, Peter Van Buren, and Lieutenant Colonel DANIEL L. DAVIS, who wrote

Truth, lies and Afghanistan; How military leaders have let us down

in the Armed Forces Journal, remind me of deceased Colonel David H. Hackworth, and Daniel Ellsberg, who wrote similar complaints while the Vietnam War raged, and were harassed and persecuted by the Nixon Administration. Nothing new here, except now we use drones.

]]> Comment on Political columnist: Ron Paul most genuine GOP prospect for 2012 by Dave Infinger http://mainecampus.com/2012/02/09/political-columnist-ron-paul-most-genuine-gop-prospect-for-2012/#comment-76121 Dave Infinger Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:48:00 +0000 http://mainecampus.com/?p=3742897#comment-76121 Ron Paul is the only candidate I will vote for in  this Presidential race. Vote for the man the military support, vote for Dr. Ron Paul. Many of you better pray to the Almighty God that Ron Paul gets elected or you will be as screwed as Ron Paul's supporters. You think these Banksters are going to turn this thing around and give you people a chance to get back on your feet? Silly sheeple, tricks are for rabbits, the Banksters want you to be their slaves. They want you working so much that you will not have the strength or the knowledge to fight back. Obama, Romney,Grinch, Sanorium, are all the same, only Ron Paul will try to save this Country, only Ron Paul will cut a trillion dollars out of the budget the first year, only Ron Paul will give you sound money, only Ron Paul will roll back the NDAA , and the Patriot Act, only Ron Paul will audit the Fed, only Ron Paul will see to it that the Fed stops printing money out of thin air, only Ron Paul will put power back with the States and reduce the size of Government, only Ron Paul will follow the Constitution, only Ron Paul will bring our troops back home from around the World. You want to be a slave and destroy your childrens chance of having a future, vote for anyone but Ron Paul, but if you want to have these Banksters locked up and give your children a chance to not be enslaved, you had better vote for Ron Paul. Ron Paul is the only candidate I will vote for in  this Presidential race. Vote for the man the military support, vote for Dr. Ron Paul. Many of you better pray to the Almighty God that Ron Paul gets elected or you will be as screwed as Ron Paul’s supporters.

You think these Banksters are going to turn this thing around and give you people a chance to get back on your feet? Silly sheeple, tricks are for rabbits, the Banksters want you to be their slaves. They want you working so much that you will not have the strength or the knowledge to fight back.

Obama, Romney,Grinch, Sanorium, are all the same, only Ron Paul will try to save this Country, only Ron Paul will cut a trillion dollars out of the budget the first year, only Ron Paul will give you sound money, only Ron Paul will roll back the NDAA , and the Patriot Act, only Ron Paul will audit the Fed, only Ron Paul will see to it that the Fed stops printing money out of thin air, only Ron Paul will put power back with the States and reduce the size of Government, only Ron Paul will follow the Constitution, only Ron Paul will bring our troops back home from around the World.

You want to be a slave and destroy your childrens chance of having a future, vote for anyone but Ron Paul, but if you want to have these Banksters locked up and give your children a chance to not be enslaved, you had better vote for Ron Paul.

]]> Comment on Op-ed: Termination trials: Abortion debate pits will and truth against each other by Tim J. http://mainecampus.com/2012/02/02/op-ed-termination-trials-abortion-debate-pits-will-and-truth-against-each-other/#comment-76120 Tim J. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:41:00 +0000 http://mainecampus.com/?p=3742671#comment-76120 Man, do they teach sex ed anymore? Or perhaps you majored in patronizing. Just in case, do a google search on foreplay, your future wife will thank you.I know babies don't just crawl into wombs looking for warmth, but I could leave my doors open, unlocked, and with a big neon sign bragging about my awesome TV, and I would still be within my rights to wield a post birth aborting shotgun on a person trying to take those things from me.Heck, I could have invited a person into my house for the night, and STILL be well within my rights to kick them out later on, even kill them if they threaten my or my wife's body, because guess what, it's my place and it is our bodies.Don't know why you're sorry, unless you are the one who did it and only regret it because you found out she had the kid after all. Don't be thankful to me because her choice happened to align with what you would otherwise have forced her to do, be thankful to planned parenthood and the other women's centers that helped provide the services and information she needed.  Man, do they teach sex ed anymore? Or perhaps you majored in patronizing. Just in case, do a google search on foreplay, your future wife will thank you.I know babies don’t just crawl into wombs looking for warmth, but I could leave my doors open, unlocked, and with a big neon sign bragging about my awesome TV, and I would still be within my rights to wield a post birth aborting shotgun on a person trying to take those things from me.Heck, I could have invited a person into my house for the night, and STILL be well within my rights to kick them out later on, even kill them if they threaten my or my wife’s body, because guess what, it’s my place and it is our bodies.Don’t know why you’re sorry, unless you are the one who did it and only regret it because you found out she had the kid after all. Don’t be thankful to me because her choice happened to align with what you would otherwise have forced her to do, be thankful to planned parenthood and the other women’s centers that helped provide the services and information she needed. 

]]> Comment on Op-ed: Termination trials: Abortion debate pits will and truth against each other by Matthew Z Howard http://mainecampus.com/2012/02/02/op-ed-termination-trials-abortion-debate-pits-will-and-truth-against-each-other/#comment-76119 Matthew Z Howard Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:33:00 +0000 http://mainecampus.com/?p=3742671#comment-76119 Tim,   i am gladdenned to hear about your wife's decision, and the care you both recieved.  You are right about many things, and many things that I have never experienced myself, such as the difficulries that pregnancy can bring and the stresses that it can have on a woman and couple that were not necessarrily prepared for whatever reasons.   But, I ask you the following questions, becasue I am a young, naive college senior, about to be married:   How did your wife become pregnanat?  Did her child "take her body without permission?"  I hope and pray that she wasn't raped.  If she was, there is nothing I can say.  If she wasn't, then I have to assume that certain sexual and marital acts must have occurred.  Even if contraception was used, chemical or otherwise, it is well understood that they fail to complete there purpose of preventing pregnancy a small fraction of the time.  If you and your wife were aware of this, were you open to the conception of a child that small fraction of the time?  I think most people would say, "No!", but, if someone knows that contraception fails a certain percentage of the time, and they still have sex, than their actions are saying "Yes, I am open to pregnancy that small fraction of the time."   Again, I make the claim that conception does not just happen, and babies do not crawl into women's wombs because they are hungry and need warmth.  Conception takes place beause of natural actions that have natural consequences.  The great evils of abortion, and children born into poverty, and the mental, social, economic, psychological and sometime physical pains that an unwanted pregnancy can bring are all natural causes of an unnatural view of our sexuality and an unatural use of our sexual devices.   Please do not compare pregnancy to a disease.  It is not a disease.    I wish you the best in the future, and I thank you for being a part of this discussion.  I am sorry that your wife was heckled outside of the clinic, and I am also extremely thankful that you and your wife used the necessary resourses to bring your child into this world.   Sincerely, Matthew     Tim,
 
i am gladdenned to hear about your wife’s decision, and the care you both recieved.  You are right about many things, and many things that I have never experienced myself, such as the difficulries that pregnancy can bring and the stresses that it can have on a woman and couple that were not necessarrily prepared for whatever reasons.
 
But, I ask you the following questions, becasue I am a young, naive college senior, about to be married:
 
How did your wife become pregnanat?  Did her child “take her body without permission?”  I hope and pray that she wasn’t raped.  If she was, there is nothing I can say.  If she wasn’t, then I have to assume that certain sexual and marital acts must have occurred.  Even if contraception was used, chemical or otherwise, it is well understood that they fail to complete there purpose of preventing pregnancy a small fraction of the time.  If you and your wife were aware of this, were you open to the conception of a child that small fraction of the time?  I think most people would say, “No!”, but, if someone knows that contraception fails a certain percentage of the time, and they still have sex, than their actions are saying “Yes, I am open to pregnancy that small fraction of the time.”
 
Again, I make the claim that conception does not just happen, and babies do not crawl into women’s wombs because they are hungry and need warmth.  Conception takes place beause of natural actions that have natural consequences.  The great evils of abortion, and children born into poverty, and the mental, social, economic, psychological and sometime physical pains that an unwanted pregnancy can bring are all natural causes of an unnatural view of our sexuality and an unatural use of our sexual devices.
 
Please do not compare pregnancy to a disease.  It is not a disease. 
 
I wish you the best in the future, and I thank you for being a part of this discussion.  I am sorry that your wife was heckled outside of the clinic, and I am also extremely thankful that you and your wife used the necessary resourses to bring your child into this world.
 
Sincerely,
Matthew
 
 

]]> Comment on Winter X Games welcomes additional level of extreme by Skateboard blog http://mainecampus.com/2012/02/01/winter-x-games-welcomes-additional-level-of-extreme/#comment-76118 Skateboard blog Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:08:00 +0000 http://mainecampus.com/?p=3742430#comment-76118 Good article :) You need to have a look at this video about the Redbull supernatural contest...probably the future of professional snowboarding, that will definitely be considered for the X Games Here is the video: http://www.random-blog.com/2012/02/red-bull-supernatural-2012-most-amazing.html let me know what you think ;) Good article :)
You need to have a look at this video about the Redbull supernatural contest…probably the future of professional snowboarding, that will definitely be considered for the X Games

Here is the video: http://www.random-blog.com/2012/02/red-bull-supernatural-2012-most-amazing.html

let me know what you think ;)

]]> Comment on Op-ed: Termination trials: Abortion debate pits will and truth against each other by Tim J. http://mainecampus.com/2012/02/02/op-ed-termination-trials-abortion-debate-pits-will-and-truth-against-each-other/#comment-76117 Tim J. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:47:00 +0000 http://mainecampus.com/?p=3742671#comment-76117 Dude, my wife and I don't exactly have a lot of recourses, so we went to the Mabel Wadsworth center and later the planned parenthood in her home town. They were a fantastic, supportive help during her prenatal care and helped her get medical assistance for some of her issues that we could afford. They do a lot of help, far more help and education then abortions. They provide lots of recourses and one even helped counsel a friend of mine on how to find the best adoptive family for her child. I bet they do way more to prevent abortions then your articles about 'truth and will' in a small time school paper. And they certainly do WAY more to help then the people who waste their time harassing people outside of clinics. (One of them egged my wife on they way to her prenatal check up, btw, very classy.) Yes not everyone survies even if they do get a transplant, but not every kid survies pregnancy/birth either, I don't see your point. By that argument if some pregnancy problem is putting the kid at risk we shouldn't try to help it, 'nature doesn't ask permission' right? lol  The active/passive argument you are presenting is semantics, not helping someone when you easily could and killing them yourself seem right along the same lines to me.  Hell, forget organs, if some stranger tries to get into my house (even if the guy needs to steal my tv to feed his eight children or whatever), I am well within my rights to pull out my shotgun and abort the bastard right there, to protect my big tv. I coud do the same if some homeless person was trying to get in without my permission just to get warm. Why shouldn't ladies be able to do the same to protect their own bodies?  ~Before you say 'but babies are sweet innocent angels of fluff! not like creepy homeless people', babies are innocent at that stage and have no intent to harm or do anything really, but they are still infringing on someone else's bodily property, and in a pretty drastic way.  I watched my wife go through it, and she's a healthy tough lady, so you say you know it's not easy but I' pretty sure you have no freaking clue, I know I don't. I know it was the pits for her, but she wanted it really badly so she got through, having to go through all that suffering for a kid you don't want must be akin to hell on earth. Nature also doesn't ask permission? What is your point here? That pregnancy is natural? So is disease, but we don't stand by and say 'tough noogies, nature's a b*tch!' while we through our hands up in the air, we help them as best we can.  You have skipped around my major point, which is that one person can't take another person's body without permission, even to save their own life, and the idea of the government saying you have to is frankly creepy. (Which is what you are asking for if you advocate for legal abortion bans, which I'm sure you are.) Dude, my wife and I don’t exactly have a lot of recourses, so we went to the Mabel Wadsworth center and later the planned parenthood in her home town. They were a fantastic, supportive help during her prenatal care and helped her get medical assistance for some of her issues that we could afford. They do a lot of help, far more help and education then abortions. They provide lots of recourses and one even helped counsel a friend of mine on how to find the best adoptive family for her child. I bet they do way more to prevent abortions then your articles about ‘truth and will’ in a small time school paper. And they certainly do WAY more to help then the people who waste their time harassing people outside of clinics. (One of them egged my wife on they way to her prenatal check up, btw, very classy.)

Yes not everyone survies even if they do get a transplant, but not every kid survies pregnancy/birth either, I don’t see your point. By that argument if some pregnancy problem is putting the kid at risk we shouldn’t try to help it, ‘nature doesn’t ask permission’ right? lol
 The active/passive argument you are presenting is semantics, not helping someone when you easily could and killing them yourself seem right along the same lines to me. 
Hell, forget organs, if some stranger tries to get into my house (even if the guy needs to steal my tv to feed his eight children or whatever), I am well within my rights to pull out my shotgun and abort the bastard right there, to protect my big tv. I coud do the same if some homeless person was trying to get in without my permission just to get warm. Why shouldn’t ladies be able to do the same to protect their own bodies? 
~Before you say ‘but babies are sweet innocent angels of fluff! not like creepy homeless people’, babies are innocent at that stage and have no intent to harm or do anything really, but they are still infringing on someone else’s bodily property, and in a pretty drastic way. 
I watched my wife go through it, and she’s a healthy tough lady, so you say you know it’s not easy but I’ pretty sure you have no freaking clue, I know I don’t. I know it was the pits for her, but she wanted it really badly so she got through, having to go through all that suffering for a kid you don’t want must be akin to hell on earth.

Nature also doesn’t ask permission? What is your point here? That pregnancy is natural? So is disease, but we don’t stand by and say ‘tough noogies, nature’s a b*tch!’ while we through our hands up in the air, we help them as best we can. 

You have skipped around my major point, which is that one person can’t take another person’s body without permission, even to save their own life, and the idea of the government saying you have to is frankly creepy. (Which is what you are asking for if you advocate for legal abortion bans, which I’m sure you are.)

]]> Comment on Black Bear Dining to experiment with online ordering system by Restaurant Online Ordering http://mainecampus.com/2012/02/06/black-bear-dining-to-experiment-with-online-ordering-system/#comment-76116 Restaurant Online Ordering Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:48:00 +0000 http://mainecampus.com/?p=3742811#comment-76116 Black Bear Dining seems to be very advantageous because it would save a lot of time and it would be a convenient way to have a bite. Nice article.  Black Bear Dining seems to be very advantageous because it would save a lot of time and it would be a convenient way to have a bite. Nice article. 

]]> Comment on Reel Deal: Rags to riches for Hepburn by Lkie http://mainecampus.com/2012/02/06/reel-deal-rags-to-riches-for-hepburn/#comment-76115 Lkie Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:14:00 +0000 http://mainecampus.com/?p=3742848#comment-76115 Learn more about  Audrey 's man behind bars - Yabba Dabba Doo, The Alan Reed Story  http://www.amazon.com/Yabba-Dabba-Doo-Alan-Story/dp/B0060117L4/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1328649065&sr=1-1 Learn more about 
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]]> Comment on Op-ed: Sweatshops a first step to success: Low paid work’s better than none by Andrew http://mainecampus.com/2012/02/06/op-ed-sweatshops-a-first-step-to-success-low-paid-works-better-than-none/#comment-76114 Andrew Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:39:00 +0000 http://mainecampus.com/?p=3742781#comment-76114  That's strange, because the New York Times estimates the labor cost for an iPhone as 7% of its total cost. From the same article, Apple makes 60% profit on each unit. So, uh, I gotta ask - where'd you get those statistics from, and was it some place sanitary? https://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/06/technology/06iphone.html?pagewanted=all  That’s strange, because the New York Times estimates the labor cost for an iPhone as 7% of its total cost. From the same article, Apple makes 60% profit on each unit. So, uh, I gotta ask – where’d you get those statistics from, and was it some place sanitary?

https://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/06/technology/06iphone.html?pagewanted=all

]]> Comment on Op-ed: Sweatshops a first step to success: Low paid work’s better than none by Adamsmorgan74 http://mainecampus.com/2012/02/06/op-ed-sweatshops-a-first-step-to-success-low-paid-works-better-than-none/#comment-76113 Adamsmorgan74 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:02:00 +0000 http://mainecampus.com/?p=3742781#comment-76113 Yeah, and it's every American's god-given right to have the latest consumer electronics product at a bargain basement price, so thank god for sweatshops!  (Oh wait, do Chinese laborers have a god-given right to cheap electronics products?  And if they do, how can THEY afford them on their sweatshop wages?  Wait a minute, what am I thinking.  Only Americans deserve cheap iPhones.  Silly me.) USA! USA! USA! Yeah, and it’s every American’s god-given right to have the latest consumer electronics product at a bargain basement price, so thank god for sweatshops! 

(Oh wait, do Chinese laborers have a god-given right to cheap electronics products?  And if they do, how can THEY afford them on their sweatshop wages?  Wait a minute, what am I thinking.  Only Americans deserve cheap iPhones.  Silly me.)

USA! USA! USA!

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