“What’s Your Issue?” Meme

List two or more political problems or issues that are the most important to you. Then, for each one:

1. Give a reasonable solution, even if it would be difficult to address.
2. List three good reasons (Pros) why your solution is a good idea.
3. List two GOOD reasons (Cons) why someone would disagree with you. If you can, frame the ( Read more... )

On the twelfth day of Christmas, ( Read more... )

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From laura_collins

You.
Can.
Only.
Type.
One.
Word.

No.
Explanations.

Not as easy as you might think...( Read more... )

Gacked from mhaille:

Instructions:

1. Grab the nearest book. Don't you dare dig for that "cool" or "intellectual" book in your closet! I know you were thinking about it! Just pick up whatever is closest.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next 4 sentences on your LJ along with these instructions.
5. Tag five people.

This was the ( Read more... )

This is a neat test based on Lazarus Long's (Woodrow Wilson Smith, The Senior, etc.) statement about the resourcefulness of man in Time Enough For Love:

A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, ( Read more... )