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Decisions, decisions, decisions, so the midterm elections were a referendum on the current administration. Now it’s time to see what Bush thinks about his own run at the office. With his newly released memoir, Decisions Points, George W. Bush attempts to put a human face and spin to the crucial points of his presidency. And with that, perhaps, rehabilitate his legacy. But my question is this, would you even read this Presidential memoir? And to borrow from the Daily Beast,  Has the apparent failings of the current administration put George W. Bush and his administration in a better light? Of course, memoirs reveal much about the writer than he’d like to think. And in that light, how do you feel about Bush’s reaction to Kanye West’s infamous, “Bush doesn’t care about black people?” Though more importantly, should the former president be investigated for his approval of questionable interrogatory practices such as waterboarding? What do you think?

While we’re on the subject of what was done at work, how do you feel about the case where an employee was fired for posting derogatory comments about her boss on her public Facebook page? And it seems to beg the question, should insurance companies be allowed to cancel policies or change premiums based on information on your Facebook page?

Perhaps Facebook should impose warnings when you’re trying to upload that crazy, dangerous week you had that you really don’t remember. Though I don’t think labels like, “Photos might actually be seen by future employers or insurance adjusters,” will do as well as the graphic and gruesome images to be included with every pack of cigarettes that the FDA is pushing for. Crying babies, diseased lungs will stare back at you from your pack of smokes, soon. I see that branded cigarette cases will start selling more. But do you support such warning labels?

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Bullying has been in our minds these past weeks. With the surprising suicides of several young teens as an effect of bullying due to their presumed sexual orientation, what was once considered as part of the cruelties of childhood is now considered a dangerous epidemic. In response, an MMA fighter has offered his services (sweet, but not particularly safe; bullies bleed too) and Perez Hilton after being confronted by Ellen De Generes has actually promised to dial down the celebrity snark.

The most encouraging efforts have been those of Dan Savage, the resident sex columnist of Seattle’s The Stranger. With his partner, Terry, he started a YouTube Channel called the It Get Better Project where LGBT adults direct messages of hope to the young.  This is the video that started it all:

And now even amidst a difficult and confusing fight for/against DADT, President Obama gives his time.

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US Interior Secretary Kenneth Salazar yesterday approved the nation’s first offshore wind farm — the controversial Cape Wind project first proposed nine years ago in the beloved waters of Nantucket Sound— and proclaimed the dawn of a new era of clean energy in the United States.

I think one of the more nuanced problems of alternative/clean energy is that people don’t seem ready to give up certain things for it. I understand that you may have paid a good amount of money for the view—but is that really worth more than aiding the United State ease its reliance on fossil fuels?
The damage it may do to a marine life and how it may force tribes to change their practices are things we have to compromise with. But as long as we know what truly matters then this isn’t a problem.
Except as an outsider, I don’t have that wisdom. Only to encourage genuine dialogue and hopefully an acceptable compromise for all.

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