Order in the Court

Myself, along with a few other colleges went to the discussion on the Supreme Court. The speech was called "United States Supreme Court as a Cultural Tribunal and was given by Dr. John Domino. He talked about the court has evolved to cultural issues since the 1950ish. He also said that on multiple occasions it has been refered to as a cultural kempf or cultural struggle. he said that some of the major issues facing the supreme court today are the talks to religion and religious influences, ethnic culture, homosexuals, race, and freedom of speech. As assumed, most of these issues are not easily ended and will continue to cause contrivery as long as people are able to make decisions. The court is also notorious for making split decisions. Dr. Domino said tha the court is REACTIVE.It was an intresting lecture and I enjoyed everythign that I learned about during the time spent.~Philomena

What's going down?

So far... for m y project the most I have are Internet sites.. I know we are not supposed to have those or use many of them, but I am meeting with Sandy on the 22ed to help find more sources. I also have a CD with TONS of pictures on it that have been collected thought the years. I am also working on trying to get an interview with one of the rodeo clowns who helped in the rodeos. My project should start getting good after my meeting with Sandy when I am able to knock out some solid sources and get this bull going. (ha ha i thought the pun was funny)


~Philomena

Enola Gay...Here to Stay

This is a picture of the USS Indianapolis which took the Uranuim to the island to be used to make them bombs dropped by the Enola Gay. Had she been sunk 4 days prior, this would be a whole diffrent discussion. Ony 317 survived.. Read "In Harm's Way"






Alright, while i realize this a conversely topic.. which I will hear more about in class tomorrow, here are my pre-class thoughts.

First, I don't see a major reason why this is such a big controversy. It is a part of history, yes, the repercussions of the U.S. dropping the atom bomb are still felt. The pilot was just doing what he was told to do. The bomb was a MAJOR part our history, making the plane so. Yes many of thousands of people were killed (which is tragic) but to not put it up because it offends people? SO WHAT! In today's age people are offended but someone wearing the wrong color of shirt. We need to remember our history, there may be some sore subjects that we are not proud of and don't like to talk about, but that does not merit us and the people at the Smithsonian to not talk about it because it may offend someone.


~Philomena

Ok.. so after class i came away thinking I OBVIOUSLY did not get what the articles were trying to say.. It happens. Based on class discusion I think that they way they were going to show it was a better idea. It was a segway into the Cold War, atomic mtesting had NEVER been used on such a large scale before, and as said in class the firebombing was killing more people than the bombs took out. When they were dropped it opened up a whole new horizion for the world to realize what power was capaple of human beings. I think that showing it was a exibit starting from December 6th was infact disrespectful to the vets who fought. It was not a direct retaliation against the Pearl Harbor bombings, but a warning o what was possible and what could happen with theses weapons.

~Philomena