Thursday, May 17, 2007

Corruption, Confusion, Mayhem. It’s everywhere.
Just when I thought things would calm down for the week, controversy started running rampant. Let’s start with MSU’s appalling display of idiotic statements and falsehoods. Even my liberal friends are amazed at the accusations leveled at the state of Israel. Finally, my friends and I have united on a controversial issue. Accusing Israel of genocide, bringing Ward Churchill to U.C. Irvine, bringing Jimmy Carter to U.C. Irvine, all mistakes, completely disingenuous. Nothing good can come of lying about Israel except perhaps me feeling a new kinship with friends that might not agree with me on most issues. At least they know how to recognize a Holocaust when they see one and a lie when it’s slapped in front of them every time they try to get to class.

Moving on to Greensburg, Kansas. After the devastating tornado, Governor Kathleen Sebelius got on the news to say that the Iraq war had taken all of her supplies and troops away. In truth, she had more National Guard at her disposal than was necessary to clean up after the disaster. But you know liberals, any opportunity to politicize something and blame the President while simultaneously damaging the war effort? They can’t resist. It’s completely inexorable. After telling this little beauty of a lie, she denied that she had in fact been doing the bidding of Howard Dean and the Democratic National Committee, while receiving direction from Senator Dick Durbin. Senator Brownback of Kansas(R), interested in running for the Presidency in 2008, covered up this appalling display, perhaps hoping that there was an endorsement in there for him. Of course, Governor Sebelius denies that there was any cover up and went so far as to viciously attack the people that first broke the story on Sean Hannity’s show. Ah yes, you shall obey or we will pursue legal action with our… …TEN THOUSAND LAWYERS! You will confess! You will retract! Naturally Conservative Radio gave her and her lawyers what was coming and did not retract, or change their story but instead said they’d be happy to start the depositions. Chances are this story will die down, until of course Senator Brownback decides he wants to run for President and it’ll all come pouring out again.

Another thing, how is it that ASUCI manages to ever get anything done, when it’s run the way it is? The elections being a complete screw up and the number of people kicked off the list because of failing to accurately record their spending and turn in their reports? A nightmare. I found myself accosted at every turn by people with clipboards wanting to re open the deliberation over the people who lost their positions. Granted, I signed away, if only to get them to leave me alone. And according to a source within the College Republicans, corruption can be found within the local conservative club just as you’ll find it in any bureaucracy. It’s like a nepotism, only the leadership isn’t related. So maybe the College Republican leadership is more like one big happy oligarchy. Every person that was previously in the leadership was elected unanimously again. Nothing has changed, and membership within the club appears to have come to a standstill, with nobody really interested in joining, and nothing happening in the way of successful recruitment either. The club has not sponsored any major events, nor anything to attract attention outside of a very small Affirmative Action Bake Sale last quarter that raked in a grand total of $3.00. Amazing isn’t it? Another event involved a “debate” between Young Democrats and College Republicans. Naturally it turned into a boring event with perhaps three topics total and poor moderation. There was no strong leadership taken on the part of President Brock Hill, or even anything worth mentioning that happened within the debate itself except some Republicans re-discovering the complete insanity of liberals on campus. I’m dismayed at the stagnancy of the College Republicans as well as disappointed in the leadership’s inability to take action. Perhaps something will change. But so far, this past year has been one big nightmare of corruption, confusion, lies, cover-ups, and mistakes.
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