Blogging Around: 10-12

I posted on Kyle's blog because he very much addressed multiple levels of Weapons Manufactoring. I just came back from a debate tournament, which included intense debates over Hegemony and massive weapons and philosophy, and felt that the last 2 debates I watched applied quite nicely.

"Kyle,This post is really interesting in the fact that you address it on a multidude of levels. I really enjoyed it because it reminds me of a debate argument I heard today and yesterday. Hegemony, sumed up in two words, is American prodominence. It can be good because Hegemony is argued to be stabalizing; we keep a check on countries and keep conflicts to a minimum. Hegemony can also be problematic in the fact that other countries also strive to be global leaders, and thus, inevitable wars would break out due to fighting to be the world's great power. What is an important debate in itself connected to this issue is is hegemony inevitable? That's where I felt that you made a uniquely compelling argument. Are weapon manufactoring going to continue inevitably? Could all the nations just stop? It's a great argument that swings both sides in debate, so bravo. :D_Alyssa "

Another argument that was buzzing in and out of my ears this weekend was the elections; who was going to win and why. I personally think Palin is a horrible VP choice, but Mitch's blog atleast made me consider why she hasn't had as negetive effect on her party's success as I would have predicted.

"Mitch -
I think you did a good job talking about the different opinions knowing your personal bias, but I felt you could still have brought more of your opinion into it. Explain how you typically felt beforehand and what was your end imprssion after doing the 360? I guess I'm still a little dumbfounded that people like Palin as a vice presidential candidate, you're points do help me in that retrospec. How this never took true weight on the Elections DA astounds me too._Alyssa"