Between 1975 and 1979 Cambodia was ruled by a fanatical Communist regime called the Khmer Rouge. The Khmer Rouge wanted to de-industrialize Cambodia. Pol Pot, the Khmer Rouge leader, ordered the detention of most educated Cambodian citizens. During the Khmer Rouge rule in Cambodia, 1.5 to 3 million of these citizens were tortured, worked to death or executed. This period became known as the killing fields.
US Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger, quoted at the time “The Khmer Rouge are murderous thugs, but they are at war with Vietnam, therefore we will work with their government.” One of Kissinger’s aides stated “well, I guess the enemy of my enemy is my friend.” The US went on to support the Khmer Rouge until Pol Pot was overthrown by the Vietnamese Army in 1979. Trials for former Khmer Rouge leaders continue to this very day.
Monday, March 30, 2009
Monday, March 23, 2009
Dialogue Conversation
Keith Siebler
Dr Hepworth
Lit 150
Dialogue Conversation
Noise Disturbance
"I got a MySpace message from the neighbor about us making too much noise” Max said “Well, you should not have dropped me and maybe they would have not heard anything," Susan replied. “And why in the hell did they not call or stop by and say something?” “Why a MySpace message?,” “I am not sure, if they keep bitching I am going to complain about their shity diapers all over the front of the complex. “They never seal their garbage bags and the damn dogs haul all of their garbage and diapers all over the place.” “Yeah, it’s disgusting”, Susan noted.
“I will go and talk to them tomorrow” Max said.” “It’s not like we can’t hear them as well.” “The walls are pretty thin in this place”, Susan replied jokingly, I guess we’ll have to be a little quieter. “It seems like we have had a lot of problems with neighbors in this complex,” Max said. “I don’t want this to end up like the beef we had with the last neighbor, remember?” “How could I forget,” Susan replied. “We called the cops and he got a ticket for minor in possession” “Yeah, and then he poured booze into our washing machine.” “I wanted to kill him” Max said. “Well have to work it out with these guys, we can’t afford to move right now” Susan replied.
Dr Hepworth
Lit 150
Dialogue Conversation
Noise Disturbance
"I got a MySpace message from the neighbor about us making too much noise” Max said “Well, you should not have dropped me and maybe they would have not heard anything," Susan replied. “And why in the hell did they not call or stop by and say something?” “Why a MySpace message?,” “I am not sure, if they keep bitching I am going to complain about their shity diapers all over the front of the complex. “They never seal their garbage bags and the damn dogs haul all of their garbage and diapers all over the place.” “Yeah, it’s disgusting”, Susan noted.
“I will go and talk to them tomorrow” Max said.” “It’s not like we can’t hear them as well.” “The walls are pretty thin in this place”, Susan replied jokingly, I guess we’ll have to be a little quieter. “It seems like we have had a lot of problems with neighbors in this complex,” Max said. “I don’t want this to end up like the beef we had with the last neighbor, remember?” “How could I forget,” Susan replied. “We called the cops and he got a ticket for minor in possession” “Yeah, and then he poured booze into our washing machine.” “I wanted to kill him” Max said. “Well have to work it out with these guys, we can’t afford to move right now” Susan replied.
20 Points List
Keith Siebler
Dr Hepworth
Lit 150
20 Points
0 absences
0 tar dies
Emily Dickinson/ and case study
“I stand her ironing”
“Beauty /Sure thing”
“No one’s a mystery”
“I am somebody/Gilligan’s island”
Memorize one part of poem “Soul selects her own society” group video, first posted in class and class award winner, with (Richard, Don and Masami)
Read all of Emily Dickinson and Langston Hughes, wrote a comparison
Wrote and read Haiku
Blog reading
Wrote a curse
Wrote an epigram
Wrote a sonnet
Wrote metaphor
Blog on Obama speech, read Washington and Lincoln address
Lemerich
Wrote Valentine and poem
Wrote Dialogue conversation story
Grade: A
Dr Hepworth
Lit 150
20 Points
0 absences
0 tar dies
Emily Dickinson/ and case study
“I stand her ironing”
“Beauty /Sure thing”
“No one’s a mystery”
“I am somebody/Gilligan’s island”
Memorize one part of poem “Soul selects her own society” group video, first posted in class and class award winner, with (Richard, Don and Masami)
Read all of Emily Dickinson and Langston Hughes, wrote a comparison
Wrote and read Haiku
Blog reading
Wrote a curse
Wrote an epigram
Wrote a sonnet
Wrote metaphor
Blog on Obama speech, read Washington and Lincoln address
Lemerich
Wrote Valentine and poem
Wrote Dialogue conversation story
Grade: A
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Dialogue. Overheard conversation. Noise Disturbance
Noise Disturbace
"I got a Myspace message from the neighbor about us making too much noise" Max said."Well you should not have dropped me and maybe they would have not heard anything," Susan replied. "And why in the hell did they not call or stop by and say something?" "Why a Myspace message?." "I am not sure, if they keep bitching I am going to complain about their shity diapers all over the front of the complex, they never seal their garbage bags and the damn dogs haul all of their garbage and diapers everywhere." "Yeah, its disgusting", Susan noted.
"I will go talk to them tommorow" Max said, It's not like we can't hear them as well." "The walls are pretty thin in this place, Susan replied jokingly, "I guess well have to be a little quieter."
"I got a Myspace message from the neighbor about us making too much noise" Max said."Well you should not have dropped me and maybe they would have not heard anything," Susan replied. "And why in the hell did they not call or stop by and say something?" "Why a Myspace message?." "I am not sure, if they keep bitching I am going to complain about their shity diapers all over the front of the complex, they never seal their garbage bags and the damn dogs haul all of their garbage and diapers everywhere." "Yeah, its disgusting", Susan noted.
"I will go talk to them tommorow" Max said, It's not like we can't hear them as well." "The walls are pretty thin in this place, Susan replied jokingly, "I guess well have to be a little quieter."
Monday, March 2, 2009
An Unfinished Sonnet
A man is haunted by the past
he changes focus in the light
he moves to adjust the mast
hoping by doing so his mind is right
he reads of the ventures of the last
guiding his choice by the northern light
he changes focus in the light
he moves to adjust the mast
hoping by doing so his mind is right
he reads of the ventures of the last
guiding his choice by the northern light
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Hells Canyon & The Middle Snake River Chap 8 thoughts
The Eureka Mining Company in the 19th Century was an example of explosive growth of big corporations shortly before and after the Industrial Revolution. Demand for natural resources across the country was skyrocketing. New technologies that were used such as the steamboat, proved beneficial to many people and not just the Eureka Company. However, the legacy of how we harvest and use our natural resources is one of the most prevalent debates in America today.
The Eureka Mining Company did everything it could to maximize profits from copper and minimize expenses. The environment was of little concern. Congressional representatives were pressured to rule in favor of the company. This type of thinking by big corporations is at the heart of debate today. American’s insatiable demand for oil has led to similar problems that we as a nation faced in the 19th century. In 1987, I was a young Airman stationed in Egypt. At the time, our nation was supporting a virtually unknown autocratic dictator named Saddam Hussein. Hussein was waging an eight year war against his neighbor state of Iran. The United States feared that if the Islamic Revolution in Iran spread through the Middle East our nation could lose access to our oil supplies. We looked past the brutality of Saddam Hussein, even as he gassed Iranian soldiers and his own people. Congressional representatives were pressured by oil companies who had interest in the region. Rice and grain companies pressured representatives to look past the atrocities because they were reaping profits from selling Hussein their products’ for his military campaign. It is a sad irony that only two years after the Iran-Iraq war ended, our nation fought Saddam Hussein for the same reasons we has supported him, access to natural resources. This issue is still continuing to this very day.
Our nation as a whole must look past the mistakes of the Eureka Mining Company. We must learn to conserve our nation’s resources or repeat the mistakes of our Middle East campaigns. The days of maximizing profits for natural resources without regard to consequences have come as a maximum price to our nation and its people. The price is quality of life and more important loss of life itself.
The Eureka Mining Company did everything it could to maximize profits from copper and minimize expenses. The environment was of little concern. Congressional representatives were pressured to rule in favor of the company. This type of thinking by big corporations is at the heart of debate today. American’s insatiable demand for oil has led to similar problems that we as a nation faced in the 19th century. In 1987, I was a young Airman stationed in Egypt. At the time, our nation was supporting a virtually unknown autocratic dictator named Saddam Hussein. Hussein was waging an eight year war against his neighbor state of Iran. The United States feared that if the Islamic Revolution in Iran spread through the Middle East our nation could lose access to our oil supplies. We looked past the brutality of Saddam Hussein, even as he gassed Iranian soldiers and his own people. Congressional representatives were pressured by oil companies who had interest in the region. Rice and grain companies pressured representatives to look past the atrocities because they were reaping profits from selling Hussein their products’ for his military campaign. It is a sad irony that only two years after the Iran-Iraq war ended, our nation fought Saddam Hussein for the same reasons we has supported him, access to natural resources. This issue is still continuing to this very day.
Our nation as a whole must look past the mistakes of the Eureka Mining Company. We must learn to conserve our nation’s resources or repeat the mistakes of our Middle East campaigns. The days of maximizing profits for natural resources without regard to consequences have come as a maximum price to our nation and its people. The price is quality of life and more important loss of life itself.
Hells Canyon & The Middle Snake River App C/Chap 14 thoughts
After reading Chapter 14 and Appendix C , I came to the conclusion that our nation is still struggling with conservation of national resources. Cattle and sheep grazing and how it affected the environment were issues of the 19th and 20th century. Also, debates over state and federal regulation of lands still continue to this day. Natural resources such as timber, silver, and copper along with oil are still the focal point of heated debates. Do we mine our resources? or do we continue to rely on foreign countries many of whom do not share our social values or have our best interests in mind.
One man from Idaho played a major role not only on regional decisions of resource management and conservation, but on the national and even world level as well. Senator Frank Church was that man. Whether it was from over grazing, over fishing, poor mining policies or human encroachment, our region’s environment and natural resources were threatened in the 19th and 20th centuries. Frank Church helped to establish legislation that called for protection and reasonable recreational and historical perseveration of wilderness areas from Idaho to California. Church helped to pass the 1968 National Wilderness Act. As mentioned in App C, during the 1950’s many companies had great interest in access to Idaho and Washington’s natural resources including forest land and rivers. Power companies struggled with Native Tribes over the building of damns and fishing rights. President Eisenhower presided over policy debates of rights of private enterprise to these lands or federal protection. Private enterprise gained ground in the 1950’s and expanded into the northwest. Frank Church, with his environmental protection polices helped to create a balance of resource management and conservation by not only working with regional and national leaders but world leaders as well.
Frank Church showed just as much tenacity in dealing with our nations foreign affairs issues as he did with protecting Hells Canyon and other wilderness areas. Church worked with other political figures on our nations policies in Vietnam and the Middle East. He felt that many of our nation’s policies towards these nations were for access to natural resources. This can be argued but Church was active in dealing with our national issues of resource management both nationally and globally. He succeeded in creating an environment of more openness on our nation’s foreign affairs polices, and was truly a politician ahead of his time.
Frank Church acted on many of the issues that are discussed in both chapter 14 and App C. of Resource management and conservation. These issues are still the focal point of national and even global debates. It’s ironic that Senator Frank Church specialized in Asian social and political issues. His last job was practicing law in Washington D.C. with his focus being on Asian affairs. If Senator Church was alive today he would have plenty of material to examine when it came to natural resources in Asia. Much like over grazing from cattle and sheep, and abuse by mining corporations led to environmental problems in the Northwest, poor management of water supplies has left China in desperate need of water. China is in serious political debates with its neighbors, Vietnam and Thailand over water rights. Many regional experts even predict armed conflict is possible in the region over water rights. Senator Church was ahead of his time when it came to wilderness conservation and preservation. Though debate still continues over both of these issues, the contribution of one man did make a difference not only in regional resource management but national and global as well.
One man from Idaho played a major role not only on regional decisions of resource management and conservation, but on the national and even world level as well. Senator Frank Church was that man. Whether it was from over grazing, over fishing, poor mining policies or human encroachment, our region’s environment and natural resources were threatened in the 19th and 20th centuries. Frank Church helped to establish legislation that called for protection and reasonable recreational and historical perseveration of wilderness areas from Idaho to California. Church helped to pass the 1968 National Wilderness Act. As mentioned in App C, during the 1950’s many companies had great interest in access to Idaho and Washington’s natural resources including forest land and rivers. Power companies struggled with Native Tribes over the building of damns and fishing rights. President Eisenhower presided over policy debates of rights of private enterprise to these lands or federal protection. Private enterprise gained ground in the 1950’s and expanded into the northwest. Frank Church, with his environmental protection polices helped to create a balance of resource management and conservation by not only working with regional and national leaders but world leaders as well.
Frank Church showed just as much tenacity in dealing with our nations foreign affairs issues as he did with protecting Hells Canyon and other wilderness areas. Church worked with other political figures on our nations policies in Vietnam and the Middle East. He felt that many of our nation’s policies towards these nations were for access to natural resources. This can be argued but Church was active in dealing with our national issues of resource management both nationally and globally. He succeeded in creating an environment of more openness on our nation’s foreign affairs polices, and was truly a politician ahead of his time.
Frank Church acted on many of the issues that are discussed in both chapter 14 and App C. of Resource management and conservation. These issues are still the focal point of national and even global debates. It’s ironic that Senator Frank Church specialized in Asian social and political issues. His last job was practicing law in Washington D.C. with his focus being on Asian affairs. If Senator Church was alive today he would have plenty of material to examine when it came to natural resources in Asia. Much like over grazing from cattle and sheep, and abuse by mining corporations led to environmental problems in the Northwest, poor management of water supplies has left China in desperate need of water. China is in serious political debates with its neighbors, Vietnam and Thailand over water rights. Many regional experts even predict armed conflict is possible in the region over water rights. Senator Church was ahead of his time when it came to wilderness conservation and preservation. Though debate still continues over both of these issues, the contribution of one man did make a difference not only in regional resource management but national and global as well.
Hells Canyon & the Middle Snake River by Carole-Simon Smolinksi Edited by Dr Hepworth. Capter 8 thoughts
As a young child, I would travel with my grandparents across the country during the summers. My grandfather was a tall man with a deep voice and a commanding presence. He would discuss politics and history with me as I had shown interest in it. It was at this time he talked about how many different immigrants helped to build the infrastructure of the United States. He himself was a son of German immigrants. My grandfather spent his entire life working as a railroad conductor. When I read chapter eight, I could not help but think of my grandfather and how he would talk about how Chinese immigrants built many of the modern railways, his values on immigrants from many countries, and how they contributed to the United States economy, culture and society. Today, this country is having a passionate debate about immigration and our society as a whole seems to have a short memory about how our nation was built. Increased education and a sense of history are now more important in American than ever.
The tragedy of the Chinese mining massacre at Deep Creek in 1887 was a culmination of greed and jealousy. In the post Civil War era, many settlers came to the Hells Canyon area in Idaho and Washington to seek land and economic gains from mining and other commerce. Having driven most Native Americans onto reservations, many settlers felt increased Chinese immigration came at their expense, and they were another problem that had to be resolved. They were concerned about the Chinese working for lower wages, and jealous of the financial gains some Chinese had received from very hard work. In the end, it was tolerance from local and federal authorities for such prejudice to allow the massacre to go all but unpunished.
Today we have a chance to learn from our own history. We much teach our children about the contribution of all immigrants, and our leaders need to take a close look at current immigration debates and how our nation came to this point in anti-immigration rhetoric. It is through increased education and a sense of history that these problems will be solved. Resources that are available now were not available to most when the tragedy of Deep Creek in 1887 occurred.
The tragedy of the Chinese mining massacre at Deep Creek in 1887 was a culmination of greed and jealousy. In the post Civil War era, many settlers came to the Hells Canyon area in Idaho and Washington to seek land and economic gains from mining and other commerce. Having driven most Native Americans onto reservations, many settlers felt increased Chinese immigration came at their expense, and they were another problem that had to be resolved. They were concerned about the Chinese working for lower wages, and jealous of the financial gains some Chinese had received from very hard work. In the end, it was tolerance from local and federal authorities for such prejudice to allow the massacre to go all but unpunished.
Today we have a chance to learn from our own history. We much teach our children about the contribution of all immigrants, and our leaders need to take a close look at current immigration debates and how our nation came to this point in anti-immigration rhetoric. It is through increased education and a sense of history that these problems will be solved. Resources that are available now were not available to most when the tragedy of Deep Creek in 1887 occurred.
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