The Lib Schtick
10/10/2004
Event Rundown:
Monday:
Lib Dinner, 5:30
Wednesday: YPU Debate, 7:30, SSS 114, Environmentalism; last Presidential
Debate, 9 pm, M A32
Thursday: Joint Lib-Tory Debate, 7:30, Location TBA, the War on Drugs
~~Incompetent
at Life~~
It's midterm week, and the obligations just keep piling up. The coffee is losing its effect. My attention span is the length of my
thumb. I'm getting old, and I
still don't know how to play bridge.
But despite all this, I do have an unsubstantiated rumor to share with
all of you.
So as the more athletically inclined who are reading this may
know, all of the Presidential Debates were scheduled during major baseball
games. Rumor has it that this was
done on purpose. Why? Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy? No one will be watching network TV
anyway? Elitist assumptions that
the two audiences are mutually exclusive?
Brittney knows. Come to Lib
Dinner to lure the truth out of her.
--Jade
~~In
The Libs This Week~~
Monday, October 11
5:30 pm, Commons
Same food, same people, under the same portrait of HW. Come, and ask Gisele to defend
Stalinism.
Wednesday, October 13, 7:30 pm
YPU Debate, SSS 114
Guest: Paul Driessen
Resolved: American environmentalism harms developing nations.
This is a resolution so laden with evil (both the explicit
degradation of environmentalism and the implicit glorification of the status
quo capitalist/international trade system) that the debate almost has to end
early, as it will because of the event below. If, however, you are interested in speaking during the
shortened meeting, e-mail sophia.brill@yale.edu
If you haven't already, you may want to buy your YPU membership
this week. It's $15 for the year
or $40 for 4 years, and you need to have it in order to participate in the
prize debate next week and to vote at the end of the semester (which is
necessary to elect Libs to YPU office so that we get liberal guests).
Wednesday, October 13, 9 pm
Final Presidential Debate Viewing
McClellan A32
We're in the home stretch, guys. There's less than a month left until election day, and this
time around our friendly duo will be debating domestic policy. Does this mean we won't be talking
about Tora Bora?
And now, for the banner event of the week...
Thursday, October 14
Joint Lib-Tory Debate
7:30 pm, Location TBA
Resolved: End the War on Drugs.
Yes, well, drugs are fun.
Then again, maybe they harm society. You should come and talk about this issue with us on
Thursday. But that's not the only
reason you should come. You should
also come because the Tory Party will be joining us for the evening, and they
are by far the coolest right-wing party in the union. We'll eat cheese, we'll talk about Britain, and we'll get to
argue about the right v. left issues on a level more intimate than at the YPU.
~~Events
So Far In the Future I'm Not Convinced I'll Still Be Alive Then~~
Wednesday, October 20
Ortel Prize Debate, 7:30 pm, Location TBA
Resolved: Massachusetts politics is truly cursed.
First Prize: $1000
The Ortel Prize Debate will be a little different than usual YPU
debates. For one thing, you might
win money. Also, you *must* be
docketed in order to speak, and you also must submit a pre-written speech
before the meeting begins.
Additionally, you need to be a member of the YPU in order to speak, so
if you haven't bought your membership already, think about doing so soon. I'll be sending out more information
next week.
Friday, October 29
Lib NY Trip
Every semester, the Libs go to New York together to meet with
liberal thinkers, activists, etc.
This semester our guest list will include Gloria Feldt of Planned
Parenthood, Gail Collins of the NYT editorials page, and Adam Aronson of Lambda
Legal. The details are still being
ironed out, but contact yassmin@yale.edu if you're interested so that she can
get a tentative idea of how many people will be going.
Additionally, we usually do a little something extra in the
evening while we're in the city.
Past excursions have included the Guggenheim and Jason's father's
apartment. If you have any
suggestions, let Yassmin know.
~~Campaigning
Opportunites~~
From Abe Koogler, with Bush-Busters 2004:
Hey Libs!
Want to spend the last days of the election in Ohio or
Pennsylvania, working to turn out Democratic voters? We'll pay for it.
Leave Friday morning, come back Sunday night or stay until
Election Day.
This will be the adrenaline rush of a lifetime, and we'd love to
have a Libs team on the ground with us.
Teams are forming now.
Contact koogler@yale.edu for details.
From 2004forward:
CELL PHONE BANK
MONDAY, Oct. 11, 9 pm to midnight, WLH
FREE FOOD
Want to work toward a Kerry victory in Oregon?
Got some free time tomorrow night?
Got free cell minutes after 9?
We will be doing voter identification calls (ie asking registered
voters who are they going to vote for) so that Carry Oregon knows who to
persuade, who to give rides to the polls, etc. They're really simple
calls but they make a huge difference.
Come by for an hour or stay for the whole time. The only
requirement is that you bring a cell phone (your own or one you borrowed).
Call Kevin Abels at 203-843-1490 ASAP to let him know when you are
coming so he can get enough lists to keep us busy. Those who want to
start at 9 should meet outside WLH. Those coming later should call Kevin
to find out what classroom we're in.
~~Squirrel
Links, In Honor of Upcoming Events~~
Actual Things About Squirrels
www.squirrels.org
Disco Squirrels
www.discosquirrels.com
Scary Squirrel World
www.scarysquirrel.org
World o'Squirrels (check out Yale's campus rating)
www.gottschaill.com/squirrels
Killer Squirrels
www.chainreaction.com/squirrels
Squirrel Fishing (aka yet another demonstration that Harvard is
cruel)
http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~yaz/en/squirrel_fishing.html
Outwitting Squirrels Society
www.outwittingsquirrels.com
All Squirrels Must Die
www.deadsquirrel.com
Fun as this is, I have to stop now...