politics, politics....

so just when I thought that people at SFSU were over talking about the elections, and bush, and kerry I was proved wrong. In my Small Group Discussion class we were talking about methods for decision making and we got to the "majority" method which means 51%+ wins, and then the teacher talked about how the elections were like that- really close. and that just got everyone started on how bush cheated, there are stupid people out there who voted for him, etc etc...I just hate talking about politics in class. I don't really think it is 100% appropriate at times and living in the bay area, there is a certain bias and majority of democrats and what some people say just blows my mind! Like last week, the day after the elections this girl in another class said that the rest of America is stupid and that she would be so happy if California or the west coast detached and became it's own country. (yikes!!!). I know they have opinions and are angry about the election outcome but do they even hear themselves? I mean, not EVERYONE has the same opinion, political backround, etc....for a place and school where we are supposed to celebrate diversity, people sure seem to give the impression of- I'm right, everyone else is wrong. anywho, just had to vent that. oh, one more thing- i got an email about how Bush is going to appoint Dr. Hager, who is labeled as the religious- anti-contraception freak- and I had gotten this email once before long ago. And I read it, and was ready to sign up when I thought, Research this guy, and the issue- so I did some google searching and found that this petition is like 2 years old, the guy is already on the FDA committee, not as the Chair, just as an advisor. there was all sorts of interesting info out there on him- check it out- go to google and type in "david Hager" and on the first page you will have some really interesting articles. Also, when you are done looking at those, search for "FDA Reproductive Health Drugs Advisory Committee" click on the first link, and it will show who is the chair, and advisors and how long their terms are. ok, i'm done :)