booboo bear April 1

“Can you Google that for me please?” Dr. Casey

I think this quote by Dr. Casey is postmodernism at its best. Dr. Casey was asking Dr. Tillman in class to search for a website. He used the word Google as a verb. Google is a search engine website, so 5 years ago the question would be asked, “Can you search that on Google for me?” We have become so familiar with the word and its meaning that Google can be used as a verb. This is a bit off topic but I thought it was appropriate.


In class we talked about Obama’s Pastor and his recent controversy. I think this is absolutely ridiculous. Obama’s Pastor is not Obama. Why do we have such an obsession with this man when he has nothing to do with Obama’s presidential run? This is ridiculous! By no means am I a supporter of Obama but I find it extremely unfair to use this man to bring Obama down. I almost feel like people couldn’t find anything else negative to say about this man, so they went looking for people he is linked to. The crazy thing is, Obama wasn’t even in attendance that day.

Since we are on the topic of politics, I wanted to raise a couple issues I have problems with. First of all, why can’t we form an unbiased news source that presents each candidate’s plans and allow the people to make the decisions for themselves. As a person who knows nothing about any of the candidate’s policies, I want to know about each candidate and what they are going to do to improve our country (not what their preacher thinks). This brings back the quote from Lawton Chiles that Dr. Rog mentioned, “if you got to explain it, you aint gonna win.” I want it to be explained to me. If not my vote will be based on whoever my dad tells me to vote for. Which brings me to my next point, why is everyone allowed to vote? I know this is against our philosophy of a democratic society but honestly, we are in a world where we have a bunch of people who will not vote for someone because of superficial ideas. For example, some people won’t vote for Obama because of his pastor and some people might not vote for Hillary because they might think, if she cant control her husband (Lewinsky ordeal) how can she control this country (Yes, I have heard this). I think we should have to pass a test to be allowed to vote. Otherwise, the fate of our country is in the hands of ignorant people.

Before I get bashed for my last comments, I think it is ridiculous that I am allowed to vote. I know absolutely nothing about any of the candidates but my vote counts just as much as someone who might devote their entire lives to breaking down the pros and cons of every candidate.