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| Q&A: finally answers to brent's questions |
| 08.26.06 (10:16 pm) [edit] |
1. I often question the point of allying oneself with a political party. Under
what circumstances would you vote for a Democrat for president?
short answer: never.
long answer: the democratic party stands for beliefs that I oppose, and
correspondlingly the republican party stands for beliefs quite similar to
mine. I would never vote for someone who doesnt believe the same things I
believe in reference to how a government should be run.
there is a common list of what the republican party believes and is called "i
am a republican because...":
I BELIEVE the strength of our nation lies with the individual and that
each person’s dignity, freedom, ability and responsibility must be honored.
I BELIEVE in equal rights, equal justice and equal opportunity for all,
regardless of race, creed, sex, age or disability.
I BELIEVE free enterprise and encouraging individual initiative have
brought this nation opportunity, economic growth and prosperity.
I BELIEVE government must practice fiscal responsibility and allow
individuals to keep more of the money they earn.
I BELIEVE the proper role of government is to provide for the people only
those critical functions that cannot be performed by individuals or private
organizations, and that the best government is that which governs least.
I BELIEVE the most effective, responsible and responsive government is
government closest to the people.
I BELIEVE Americans must retain the principles that have made us strong
while developing new and innovative ideas to meet the challenges of changing
times.
I BELIEVE Americans value and should preserve our national strength and
pride while working to extend peace, freedom and human rights throughout the
world.
FINALLY, I BELIEVE the Republican Party is the best vehicle for
translating these ideals into positive and successful principles of
government.
I agree with them all and strong like the way the party stands on social
programs and self initiatives and i like that the party believes on small
national government which is fiscially responsible.
2. What did you do during most of your free time freshman year? I barely
remember seeing you unless I went straight into your room.
likewise. well the first half of the year i actually was rarely at rose. the
whole hometown girlfriend kept me away. then later i started hanging out with
other people like dave, nate, and danna.
3. Do you think your life would be different if not for the "cow incident"? I
know you take medication, but besides migraines, what else do you think would
be different?
i actually first took my life seriously lying in the hospital. hearing a
doctor tell you that there is no medical reason why i should be alive really
made me think how lucky i am and how fragile life is. cliche i know. mostly,
i started appreciating my friends more. i realized that life is short and
loving your friends is what its all about. i also started looking for answers
to the god question and found my beliefs. i started to be more relaxed and
have fun, taking the van wilder approach. "you shouldn't take life so
seriously, you'll never get out alive." additionally, i realized that i have
my one life to live and i should live it by giving to others. we're all in
this life together. i beleive in hand-ups not hand-outs. so i find myself
doing things now where i help people, especially to learn and build a better
life for themselves. thats when i first wanted to go into peace corps, which
i am still planning on doing.
4. There are two times in your life when I'm sure you were scared: the cow
thing, and the migraine attack during Greek Conference two springs ago.
Besides these, at what point in your life were you the most scared, and how do
these two events I mentioned rank relative to this one?
well, probably most reciently has been this whole 'what do i want to do with
my life career' deal. its scary to do something for three years, then finally
admit to my denial and realize that i don't want to do engineering forever.
and tell my parents! so finding out what i want to do and mostly carrying
through with it is a bit frightening...
5. Are you planning on hanging out with the Purdue Pikes on any kind of
regular basis? Why or why not?
that is the current question on my mind. you have heard from others just as i
have before i came here the personality of the beta phi chapter. and from
what i've heard from the students here, it's true. when i meet someone new
here and i happen to have a PiKA shirt on they always question it. when i tell
them that, no i was a pike at rose they tell me not to be one here. i
actually had dinner with ben fucking leonard tonight and asked him about it.
he has not talked to them either. he said when he first got here he thought
about it, but didn't want to and knew he would have no time to commit to the
chapter. as for me, currently i want to tell them that i am here. i think i
will offer to help with initiation. as for a stronger involvement, i don't
think that these guys stand for the reasonse why i joined pike-rose. i
realize that i should as a good alumni...(DO IT)...and i have quite a while to
feel out the situation. its just a shame that the chapter here is not up to
par...especially on the G. you should just be proud of iota delta and how
awesome we are--don't let it go to crap. remember the reasons why it was
founded, and don't forget to have fun and phi phi kappa alpha.
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post date: 03.03.08 (12:31 am)
Hi boys!
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post date: 03.10.08 (1:47 pm)
Thanks boys
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