Research Assignment Blog: GOOD TIMES!

REMINDER: TUESDAY SEPT 27TH MEET IN THE LIBRARY AT 11AM, ROOM L317 FOR OUR RESEARCH DAY MY FELLOW BLOGGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Okay now that you are all polished parlimentary debate gurus, let's turn to research...visit
http://www.itools.com/research/ and post a response to the following resolution, YOU MUST INCLUDE a proper citation with quotation marks and a date reference, source reference, ect. Also, please try to connect to other students responses or take issue with them...this is ARGUMENTATION class in case you forgot! See my example in color as you read below. The graded debate assignment will be focused on Hurricane Katrina, so be sure to save the research you do for this blog and use it in your graded parli debate!

THB: The Federal Government should significantly improve mobilization tactics to evacuate potential victims of natural disasters.

Definined: Potential victims includes primarlily those low income and otherwise challenged folks who were left behind in Katrina's evacuation, so under my plan, an emphasis would be put on reaching the public housing districts, hospitals and other locations where people may not have access to transportation or fully understand the danger of an ensuing storm.

Research citation: A profound example of the significant harm posed by the structural flaws in the current evacuation system can be seen in the ways large groups on senior citizens drowned in rest homes and minority residents were left stranded on rooftops and swimming in sewage. FEMA claims to have granted the money congress approved to prepare New Orleans for a Hurricane evacuation over the last couple of years, but according to the Associated Press at http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/17/katrina.evacuation.ap/, "that plan was designed for traffic management, not to provide transportation or contingencies for the infirm, elderly and poor who could not get out on their own, officials said," (September 22, 2004).
Okay, your turn...BRING IT ON!--The Blogging Queen

The Exam

Sorry guys, I just turned it back on this morning...go ahead and finish Exan 1 up by Tuesday at Midnight, okay? Have a great weekend and watch for your next blog assignment, coming soon to a blogger near you. Let me know of any good arguments you encounter after President Bush's speech on the Katrina recovery plan last week.
--Sandra

He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression.-- Thomas Paine

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i KICKED THAT SPAMMER'S B*7% -- hOWEVER, YOU WILL HAVE TO POST HERE AND NOT BELOW TO RESPOND TO THE NEXT BLOG ASSIGNMENT: So click comments right below here and have at it...Amanda, Brian, Alex and Rachel: Two words: BRRRRRING IT! Great job with the first full blown debate performance...See you all Thursday:

Top Ten George W. Bush Debate Strategies
10. Ask the question, "We've never had a horse-faced president so why start now?"
9. Instead of witty retorts, have secret service wrestle Senator Kerry to the ground.
8. Use Kerry's long-winded answers to take much needed bathroom breaks.
7. Hope one of them hurricanes cancels the debate.
6. Instead of water, fill Kerry's mug with Red Bull and vodka.
5. Find time to work in joke prop--giant waffle.
4. Moving his lips to pretend microphone isn't working.
3. Handle it same way he handled national guard duty--don't show up.
2. If Kerry makes a good point, distract him with some chaw spit in the eye.
1. Point out Senator Kerry's mispronunciation of the word "nucular." Letterman Archive 2004

1st Exam on Blackboard NOW++Local Activism!!!

Take your first timed exam on Blackboard in the next week...it is open book, of course, please do your own work, though. A study guide is also available. I WILL GET THIS UP BY THURSDAY, 9-8 AND YOU WILL GET EXTRA TIME!

More importantly, here is some info on the Louisiana situation, fyi:

Donate Spare Change
Donate Now to the American Red Cross at Coinstar machinesYour Spare Change Makes a Difference!
Just by bringing your spare change to the grocery store, you can help the American Red Cross bring relief to disaster victims in your area and across the country.
Approximately 130 million Americans live within 2 miles of a Coinstar machine. If even half of those American donated just $1 in spare change to the Red Cross, it would raise more than $65 million to support American Red Cross lifesaving services in communities nationwide!
Find the Coinstar machine nearest you. (Please note that some Coinstar machines are not yet equipped with the donation option. To confirm that your grocery store can accept donations to the American Red Cross, please call 1-800-928-CASH.)
How Can $1 Make a Difference?
66 pennies: Allows us to give a child any one of 11 "after the disaster" coloring books and a box of crayons.$1: Buys one family expert safety information.$3: Buys a comfort kit with toiletries for one disaster victim.$6: Buys one blanket for a disaster shelter.Quarters: Add up to dollars and $ 30 buys a pair of shoes for a disaster victim. Dimes: Add up to dollars $ 65 buys a winter coat for a disaster victim. $10: Buys one day of groceries for a family affected by a disaster. $20: Buys a home clean-up kit for a family affected by a disaster.

Your next blog, to be posted by a different person from your group, must describe, using data, claim (with a qualifier) and a warrant, an argument about the Katrina after math and what you propose (in a proposition/resolution) to do about it, as a group or our class as a whole. Then, we will use some class time to carry out your proposition, so make it do-able, realistic and local. Will it be fact, value or policy? HInt: We need ACTION! Visit the Red Cross Website soon, at http://www.redcross.org/index.html