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Vol. 4 - Issue 3 December, 2007

Is The American Dream Dead?

What’s A Purdue Professor Claims It Is.
Inside: By Naomi Whittaker misery for others. The hardest obstacles
college students face include dealing
Holiday events at Purdue “The American Dream does not ex- with picky roommates, ending a long
ist.” This statement was made recently term relationship, or taking a final exam.
University by a professor here Fortunately, we
....Page 4 at Purdue Uni- don’t have to
versity. This pro- worry about be-
Are labor unions good fessor (who shall ing tortured by
remain unnamed) the government or
for America and for our attempted to con- being imprisoned
Economy? vince students in for speaking our
....Page 4 her class that they personal opinions.
cannot attain the It is difficult, if
fictional “Ameri- not impossible, to
Top 10 things to get your can Dream.” Un- fully comprehend
favorite conservative for fortunately, these the blessings of
Christmas words, taught in this great country
....Page 4 a classroom, are a without experi- Just a little something to
reflection of self- encing oppres-
ishness, taking the sion; however, it keep you going during
Drew Carey is a Celebrity privilege of living is easy to wake up
the last two weeks of the
and a conservative. Who in the greatest na- each day grateful
knew? tion in history for to be a citizen of semester, from The Pur-
granted. An infi- the United States,
....Page 5 nite number of people around the world, and let me remind you why. due Review.
past and present, would give anything for The American Dream is not a fairy
New rules for the Co-Rec a taste of freedom. tale notion. Dreams are the heartbeat of
Why do they call it dead
....Page 5 It is a shame that some, blinded by America, the land of the free. It all be-
this relatively easy life, can only create week???
See “Dream...” - pg. 3
Letters from liberals...to
liberals
....Page 5 The 2008 Presidential Primary in a Nutshell
2008 Presidential Primary By Scott Sowers their primaries forward. The Iowa caucus- your time to know that I have officially en-
es will take place on January 3rd, followed dorsed Rudy Giuliani for President. This
Fantasy Politics If you haven’t been living under a rock by the Wisconsin Republican convention doesn’t mean, however, that I am positive
....Page 7 or in the basement computer labs of Beer- on January 5th and the New Hampshire he will win the nomination or that I dislike
ing and the math building, then you’ve primary on January 8th. There are a hand- the other candidates. I just think he is the
probably noticed that a US presidential ful of primaries held shortly after the first most qualified and is best suited to bring
The debate from hell election is approaching. Based on cover- three, but 21 states will hold Republican about the changes so many conservatives
....Page 7 age by all media that covers politics, you primaries on February 5th, or Super Tues- desire. I’ll save the more detailed reasons
might believe that this election is tomor- for my endorsement for a later issue.
row. In the minds of many democrats and It is also worth noting that Democrat
Would Thanksgiving be pessimistic republicans, Senator Hillary politics are not my forte, and therefore I
different if the pilgrims had Clinton has already won the presidential will not be covering the Democrat presi-
election by a large margin (something her dential candidates in nearly as much de-
been Italian? husband never achieved). tail as I will be covering the Republican
....Page 8 Fortunately for conservatives, and even candidates. I have watched several of the
many liberals, the general election is still Democrat debates (I have watched all 458
11 months away and Hillary Clinton has of the Republican ones) and maintain a
Were the pilgrims socialists not actually won yet. This is not to say she healthy knowledge of their campaigns, but
or capitalists? won’t win, that is certainly possible, but to I am no Democrat strategist. More Repub-
....Page 8 declare a winner of a presidential election licans would win if that were the case.
a year out is about as absurd as declaring day (22 states will hold Democrat prima- With all this being said, it is time to
the winner of the World Series before the ries on this day). move on to the analysis of the presiden-
Sudokus, crosswords, end of spring training. Given that the first primaries are less tial candidates and their standings in this
comics and more! Because of the sense of urgency by the than a month away and that the next issue rushed primary race. Candidates will be
media and both political parties to elect a of the Purdue Review will not come out listed in alphabetical order by their last
....Page 8 new president, states are in a race to hold until after those first and crucial primaries, names and only the top three Democrat
the first primary elections of 2008. The I will provide an extensive analysis of the candidates will be covered (I know very
state party officials seem to believe that candidates and how they are likely to per- little about the remaining five).
ThePurdueReview@aol.com they will have more impact on their par- form.
ty nomination for president if they move To start off, it would probably be worth See “Primaries...” - pg. 6
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Letters to the Editor

Asher,
Although I partly agree with your ar-
ticle in the October Purdue Review that
the mass text messaging and E-mails are
not a sufficient increase in security mea-
sures, I do feel your position on allowing
students to carry handguns is far out of
line.
I myself am an NRA member, have a
concealed carry permit, and do carry a
concealed weapon in my vehicle on occa-
sion. However, allowing an entire campus
to carry a concealed weapon is not only a
ridiculous proposition, but it unwarrant-
ed. It is radical thinkers/believers such as
yourself that give gun owners a bad repu-
tation in today’s society when you try and
force your beliefs onto a society.
Carrying a concealed weapon in one’s
car is one thing, in that you are not infring-
ing on the beliefs of others. Notice that I
said beliefs and not rights. All rights have
restrictions as well, and not carrying on
campuses is just one of them. However,
if weapons were allowed on this campus,
you would have to think about the masses
of people that would be uncomfortable
and even scared to attend class.
As for the airlines allowing pilots to
carry weapons... notice that they did not
let the PASSENGERS carry weapons. In
fact they have cracked down on security
to make sure nothing close to a weapon is
allowed to be boarded onto the plane.
Allowing students to carry weapons
is like giving the passengers weapons, it
will end up a disaster.
Mark D. Petersmann
Asher,
Great article about the bullets. I com-
pletely agree. I was just wondering
though is there anyway possible to get the
administration to realize what I did when
the massacre at VT happened ?Thanks for
voicing you opinion. I completely agree.
- Chris
Asher,
I have never picked up one of the Pur-
due student papers before and today I
picked up the October 2007 issue of the
Review (mainly because it had a gun on
the front of it and I wanted to know how
liberal the writer was [I like to check how
much farther America has fallen from
time to time]).
I want to say how pleasantly surprised I
was when I read the article. I am amazed
the administration hasn’t shut you guys
down; but then again most of the people
on this campus are probably too weak/
liberal to realize how right you are.
I have always ranted to friends and
family something to the effect of: if one
person had a .22 during (occasion when
people were shot) it would have turned
into another beautiful excerpt from “The
Armed Citizen” in American Rifleman.
That about wraps it up; and thank you
again for making my day.
- Jerad Thompson
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Dream... Ronald Reagan on The

FROM PAGE 1

gan when our founding fathers had their
dream of America and of their futures.
Today, that dream is manifested in the
capitalist market. Any American can start
his or her own business, no matter how
farfetched. In order to succeed, one only
needs a passion and determination to
try, try again. Your math professor, your
parents, and even George W. Bush can-
not stop you from
achieving your
goals. You are the
only one capable “The American
of preventing your
American Dream Dream is not a
from becoming a
reality. fairy tale notion.
Don’t believe
me? Well, it is true Dreams are the
that the majority
of people have not heartbeat of
been physically
handed the means America…”
to accomplish their
dreams. However,
in this nation, the lack of money and ed-
ucation is not a valid excuse. Take Ray
Kroc, the founder of McDonalds, as an
example. He did not graduate from high
school. Those who succeed literally make
their ideas into reality through hard work.
A great misconception is that the working
people of America, due to their success,
owe services via government programs
to those who do not pursue success. Be-
cause the foundation of America was not
constructed in this way, governmental
handouts only serve to weaken the struc-
ture of the system (i.e. the economy), and
thus, harm all citizens. With welfare, for
example, we enable dependency and thus
limit the potential of each human being,
whether their dream is to be a friendly
Walmart greeter or a renowned NASA
American Dream
scientist. It boils down to the simple con-
cept that genuine happiness is attained
from earning, not taking.
The greatness of America does
not fundamentally lie in her beautiful
landscape, strong economy, or techno-
logical advancements. These are evi-
dence of human potential, which result
from the privilege
of living in a soci-
ety which endorses
freedom of speech,
religion, self-reli-
ance, and educa-
tion. It is the result
of what can happen
in a land of oppor-
tunity. Foreigners
risk their lives and
leave their families
behind to reach this
land in order to
seek the freedom to
be whom they as-
pire. My parents were once those people,
escaping as empty pocketed, political
refugees from the constraints of Commu-
nist oppression in Poland in 1984. They
yearned for the freedom of individuality
and opportunity. My parents pursued
their vision so that future generations “It is time for us to realize that we’re too great a nation to limit
would be able to achieve their potential. ourselves to small dreams. We’re not, as some would have us believe,
Now, I am privileged to be able to live
my own American Dream.
doomed to an inevitable decline. I do not believe in a fate that will
fall on us no matter what we do. I do believe in a fate that will
Contact Naomi at nsasin@purdue.edu fall on us if we do nothing. So, with all the creative energy at our
command, let us begin an era of national renewal. Let us renew our
determination, our courage, and our strength. And let us renew our
faith and our hope. We have every right to dream heroic dreams.
Those who say that we’re in a time when there are no heroes, they
just don’t know where to look.”
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There’s No Place like Purdue for the Holidays
By Amanda Thayer
For most people, the weeks leading up
to Christmas are packed with fun-filled
holiday traditions. In my family that in-
cluded seeing the lighting of the Christmas
tree downtown; decorating; cookie baking
days; my mom forcing me to listen to the
Partridge Family Christmas album repeat-
edly; watching classic holiday movies like
White Christmas, A Christmas Story, and
A Charlie Brown Christmas; going to see
the Nutcracker Ballet; and about a dozen
other traditions. It is a holiday for family
and friends. Like the song says, it should
be “the most wonderful time of the year”.
Unfortunately, for most college students
this is one of the more stressful times of
year, with finals quickly approaching.
This can overshadow the joy and magic of
the holiday spirit. However, Purdue does
its best to keep this holiday spirit in the
air through the month of December. Pur-
due has many Christmas traditions of its
own that students, faculty, and community
members look forward to each year.
As you may know, the “Holidays at the
Union”, which is organized by the Pur-
due Student Union Board, kicked off this
week. It began Monday, with the arrival
of the Great Hall Christmas Tree. This
Christmas tree, located in the great hall of
the Union, is one of Indiana’s largest in-
door Christmas trees. The tree (and life-
size gingerbread house beside it) is one
A Case for At-Will Employment
By Josh Teasdale
As the Presidential primary season
heats up, the various candidates in both
parties are crisscrossing the country trying
to build support in the most fluid presiden-
tial race in decades. In addition to the pub-
lic stomping for support in speeches, meet
and greets, town hall questions, and the
like, candidates from both parties are ea-
ger to receive the endorsement of various
special interest groups. Indeed, it is during
the primary season when various groups
show their real power to affect government
and public policy. On the Democrat side,
labor unions have enormous influence.
The endorsement of the American Federa-
tion of Labor and Congress of Industrial
Organizations (AFL-CIO), among others,
often has the ability to propel a candidate
into top tier status. But at a time when the
country is facing increasing competition
from other countries’ cheap labor, unions
do far more harm to our country and econ-
omy and shouldn’t have nearly as much
influence as they do.
The labor movement has evolved over
the years from a Marxist view of econom-
ics that values workers’ quality of life over
economic efficiency. While improving the
quality of life is a noble goal, the means by
which organized labor seeks to accomplish
this goal overlook the effect of introduc-
ing inefficiency into an economy that must
compete with other nations. This being the
case, there should be little involvement of
the government in regulating union acti-
vates. The right to gather and associate
December, 2007
Purdue Memorial Union Christmas Tree
Purdue’s main attractions during the holi-
day season. Tuesday through Friday lo-
cal school groups and choirs will provide
music around the tree.
Another main event of the week is
the celebration of “Holidays Around the
World”, which is taking place today from
1 to 6 p.m. in the North Ballroom of the
Union. This program is intended to honor
and educate about holidays from all differ-
ent cultures. There will be booths, dem-
onstrations, and refreshments representing
all the continents of the world. This fun
week will come to a close with the annual
Breakfast with Santa.
with others, and form an association is
clearly, and rightfully so, enshrined in the
First Amendment of our constitution.
The problem is that the government has
sought to regulate and protect unions for
years, giving them more power than they
would otherwise have in a true at-will em-
ployment system. Instead of allowing a
free market system, where organized labor
and employers compete with their own
natural influence, laws favor unions by
prohibiting employers from taking many
actions against labor. An employer has
little choice in whether to run a business
that uses organized labor or not, as it is not
legal to base hiring and firing choices on
membership in a union. By forcing em-
ployers to accept unions, they are forced
to pay their employees’ wages and give
benefits that hurt the business and make it
harder to compete internationally.
The evidence of this is obvious. Both
the car industry and education system
in the United States have been severely
damaged by being forced to accept orga-
nized labor, which demands benefits that
can’t be accommodated without damage.
Teacher tenure, which has been a consis-
tent demand of teachers’ unions, prevents
schools from firing poor teachers and
thus takes away the motivation for teach-
ers to compete among themselves for the
best performance. The car industry in the
United States has been suffering for years
and hasn’t been nearly as competitive as
it could have been had the various com-
See “Employment...” - pg. 12
That is only the beginning of the Christ-
mas fun here at Purdue. Purdue Musical
Organizations will be holding their 74th
annual Christmas show “Christmas from
the Heart” on December 7 – 9. Audi-
ences of all ages enjoy this show every
year, with its glitz, dancing, and favorite
holiday tunes. “The performances will of-
fer something for everyone, and we look
forward to the audience members head-
ing home with a feeling of Christmas in
their hearts,” said Brian Breed, director of
PMO. “The show will feature music rang-
ing from highly staged and choreographed
tunes like ‘It’s Beginning to Look a Lot
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Like Christmas’ and ‘Jingle Bells’ to holi-
day favorites such as ‘Joy to the World’
and the ‘Hallelujah Chorus.’”
If none of these holiday treats spark
your interest, maybe enjoying a cup of
hot cocoa and listening to your favorite
Christmas song would be enough to beat
your Christmas blues. Some of our avid
readers weighed in on their favorite Christ-
mas song. Molly McKenna, a junior in
the Theater department, said her favorite
holiday tune is “Chestnuts Roasting on an
Open Fire because it’s a feel good, Christ-
mas cheer song.” Winter Wonderland is
a favorite for Jennie Huss, a junior in the
school of Liberal Arts. “It’s a classic, but
still fun and cute,” she said. Others had
trouble deciding what their favorite would
be. Jon Nolting, a junior in Building Con-
struction Management is one of those peo-
ple. “I don’t have a favorite; I like them
all!” he claimed. You will be able to enjoy
some of these classic Christmas tunes as
you walk on campus the next few weeks.
The bell tower will be playing Christmas
carols in between classes instead of its
usual Purdue fight song.
Whatever your favorite holiday tradi-
tions are, I hope you can overcome the
stress of finals and the end of the semester
and enjoy the season. We, here at the Pur-
due Review, wish you a very Merry Christ-
mas and a Happy Holidays.
Contact Amanda at athayer@purdue.edu
(10 cards per box)
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Right-Leaning Celebrity Alert!

Watch the comedian Drew Carey
a short-lived NBC program. The experi- hotter temperatures were necessarily a
By John J. Miller The 49-year-old Carey was born and ence taught him the art of the 22-minute bad thing. He also lampooned the Hard
raised in Cleveland, and joined the Ma- sitcom. In 1995, The Drew Carey Show Rock Cafe’s do-gooder slogan, “Save the
On the September 18 broadcast of rine Corps after attending Kent State. He premiered on ABC. At the height of its Planet.” In the pilot episode of his sitcom,
Power of 10, a new game show on CBS, credits his time nine-year run, Carey’s character denounced a nosy bar
host Drew Carey asked contestant D. J. in the military the program patron as a “safety Nazi.”
Burgduff this question: What percentage with turning attracted 17 His book includes plenty of the lewd
of Americans are willing to pay higher his life around: million view- content for which he is well-known —
taxes for the government to provide “The things I ers. Carey also Carey is no social conservative — as well
universal health care? While Burgduff learned in the performed in as a fair amount of political material. His
thought it over, Carey performed a comic Marine Corps Whose Line Is targets are bipartisan, though it’s obvious
riff: “Personally, I can’t wait for universal have stayed It Anyway?, that he enjoys telling Kennedy jokes. Car-
health care.” Then, in a mocking voice: with me to this an improvisa- ey’s critique of Bill Clinton could warm
“From the folks that brought you FEMA, day,” he wrote tional comedy the heart of any free-market wonk: “You
the TSA, the DMV, the IRS, comes uni- in his 1997 show. “Drew is even sent your daughter to an exclusive
versal health care! It’s going to be fantas- book, Dirty a really sweet private rich-kid school. Nice going, espe-
tic, to have the government in charge of Jokes and Beer. guy,” says cially since you’re so vigorously opposed
our health!” “I hate being Penn Jillette, to school vouchers which would let the av-
Nobody who watched the program late, I’m very part of the erage Joe provide the same opportunities
could have mistaken Carey’s opinion of organized, and Penn & Teller to his daughter that you gave to yours.”
socialized medicine: He thinks it’s a stu- I’m not afraid comic duo. Carey’s appreciation for military cul-
pendously bad idea. Yet Power of 10 isn’t to take respon- “He’s the kind ture shines through, too, especially when
a talking-heads program on a cable chan- sibility for my of person you he mounts a politically incorrect defense
nel — it’s a quiz show on a mainstream own actions.” would want to of the Navy over the Tailhook sex-harass-
network with millions of viewers. Carey The Marines sit next to on ment scandal: “I don’t want a navy full of
nevertheless has turned it into an occa- left a visible a plane, even fighter pilots who’ve been to a sensitivity
sional platform for his right-of-center impression on if you didn’t seminar. I want mad-dog, rabid killers go-
libertarianism. It’s not his only platform. him as well: know him.” ing to battle for me and mine.” In 2003,
On October 15, when Carey succeeds Bob He kept his Drew Carey, Comedian - Drawing by Darren Gygi Political hu- Carey led a team of comedians to Iraq to
Barker as host of The Price Is Right, the crew cut. Com- mor was never entertain U.S. soldiers. “We just came here
Reason Foundation, a libertarian think bined with his horn-rimmed glasses and a central part of Carey’s act — if it had to tell you that we appreciate you and that
tank in Los Angeles, will debut the first suit-and-tie wardrobe, it gave him one of been, he might not have had his chance at we support you completely,” he said from
in a series of public-policy videos starring the most distinctive looks in comedy. He’s fame. “A lot of the gatekeepers in show a stage in front of what had been Saddam
Carey. At the end of the month, Carey like an anti-hippy. business are liberal,” says Tim Slagle, a Hussein’s palace in Tikrit.
will attend his first meeting as a member Carey caught his big break in 1991, comedian who has performed at conser- During the second season of The Drew
of Reason’s board of trustees. Following when he performed a six-minute routine on vative confabs. Yet Carey didn’t steer to- Carey Show, Reason magazine invited
years of success in stand-up comedy and The Tonight Show. Johnny Carson loved it tally clear of politics, either. As far back subscribers in the Los Angeles area to
on sitcoms, Carey is on the brink of be- and Carey was launched. Two years later, as the early 1990s, he cracked jokes about attend a meet-the-editors mixer. Carey
coming one of the Right’s most visible he starred in a Showtime comedy special. global warming. Having suffered through
celebrities. After that, he earned a supporting role in long winters in Cleveland, he didn’t think See “Carey...” - pg. 9

From One Liberal to Another
By Brian Whittaker
I have no intention of explaining how
this correspondence I now offer fell into
my hands.
One must note that there are two
types of liberals. First there are the
Elite, who run the liberal agenda be-
hind the scenes, viewing themselves as
superior and more sophisticated. Sec-
ond there are disciple liberals, who are
manipulated by the Elite through the
deceptions of liberalism. This letter is
from one Elite to another, instructing
how liberalism should be employed by
his disciples.
From one Liberal to another,
People no longer think of their be-
liefs as “true” or “false”, but as “con-
ventional” or “progressive”, “academic”
or “practical”. Jargon, not logical argu-
ment is our best ally in keeping people
from the Right. Don’t waste time try-
ing to make them think that liberalism
is correct! Instead, convince them that
liberalism is the philosophy of the future
– that it is bold, and courageous.
By the very act of arguing, you awak-
en a person’s reason, causing them to
ponder universal issues and taking their
attention away from immediate sensual
experiences. Our role as the Elites is to
fix their attention only on themselves
and their emotions.
Thanks to the messages we tell them
in their times of trouble, they will find
it all but impossible to believe in suc-
cess and happiness while they struggle
in everyday life.
Above all, do not attempt to use logic
or science (I mean, real science) as a
defense against Conservatism. If they
must dabble in science, focus them on
consensus and sociology as those sci-
ences don’t lead to definitive outcomes;
don’t let them look beyond themselves.
Give them the grand idea that they know
it all.
Be sure to remember that our
job is to befuddle them. By the way
some young Elites talk, one might sup-
pose it was our job to actually teach.
-Your Experienced Friend
Contact Brian at bwhittak@purdue.
edu
Neal’s Unofficial Rules for the RSC
By Neal Evans
I have formulated a list of rules that
I believe anyone who uses the Co-Rec
(RSC) should follow; if you don’t fol-
low them then you are uncouth. Why
am I qualified to make this list? Be-
cause I’m not rude, at least not all of
the time.
1. DON’T CURL IN THE SQUAT
RACK
This should be obvious, but clearly
it’s not. I see it every time I’m there.
You don’t need a 7’ tall heavy-duty
metal structure to do bicep curls, and
you probably aren’t as strong as you
think you are (not that a barbell curl is
any indicator of strength anyway, even
if you’re using your whole body to get
it up). I don’t care if you want to use
a barbell, but there is a section of the
weight room dedicated to people who
have curl-based workouts (in the back
by the leg press) and there are only 3
squat racks. Leave them to people who
want to move some serious weight.
2. IF YOU AREN’T GOING THERE,
DON’T PARK THERE
The first time I went to the Co-Rec
this year it was about 1:00 in the after-
noon and I almost didn’t find a parking
spot. I was thinking, with dread, of how
ridiculously crowded the place must
be to have the entire parking lot filled
to the point where I had to park in the
grass by the baseball diamonds. So I go
in, prepared to wait in line for every-
thing and…almost no one was there.
I was baffled. A hundred people must
have overtaken the parking lot with a
specific purpose for their negligible
convenience. There are numerous C lots
around campus that aren’t connected to
buildings. The south campus and Ross-
Ade lots have a bus service if it’s really
too far to walk (looking at GoogleEarth,
the south and Ross-Ade lots are about
the same distance from campus as the
Co-Rec).
Ok, so I only have two rules. I’m
probably not qualified to make this list,
but I think I’m not the only one who
feels this way. I could go on about how
so many people are doing their workouts
all wrong, but that doesn’t really bother
me as long as it doesn’t affect my work-
out (if you do want to learn something
though, I can direct you to a very useful
website, my email is below). So please,
all I ask is that you have some consider-
ation for your fellow students.
Contact Neal at ndevans@purdue.edu
 THE PURDUE REVIEW
Primaries
FROM PAGE 1
Hillary Clinton (D) – The Senator
from New York and former first lady is the
Democrat to beat in this primary season.
She leads the other Democrat candidates
by large margins in the national polls and
in many of the early primary states. Is her
nomination inevitable? No, but it’s highly
likely. Bill Clinton, I believe, is still very
much in control of his party and the Clin-
ton political machine is unrivaled. She has
a few major downfalls though: she has
unprecedented disapproval ratings in the
polls, and she has been known to change
her position on issues frequently. Her op-
ponents, Democrats included, have noted
that she even changed her opinions on the
war in Iraq and illegal immigration several
times just in the last two debates.
John Edwards (D) – This man baffles
me. He’s a one term Senator from North
Carolina and was so unpopular in that
state that he didn’t even bother running for
re-election. In 2004, he purchased 10 acres
of land in Orange County, NC (across the
street from a mobile home park, no less)
and constructed a 28,000 square feet man-
sion. He then launched his campaign on the
basis that he is the presidential candidate
for the poor (the “other America”). Sena-
tor Edwards is such a blatant phony, but
yet he’s virtually tied in the polls in Iowa
with Senators Clinton and Obama. Given
that he failed the Democrats miserably in
2004, I think it’s unlikely he’ll capture the
nomination for either the presidency or
the vice presidency. But again, Edwards is
one of the primary reasons I don’t pretend
to understand Democrat strategy. Perhaps
people just think he’s attractive.
Rudy Giuliani (R) – The former mayor
of New York City is the candidate to beat
on the Republican side, though his lead
is not nearly as wide as Senator Clinton’s
on the Democrat side. Eight months ago,
Washington insiders were predicting a
Romney/McCain battle in the primaries;
Giuliani was too “liberal” and had too
many skeletons in the closet to win, yet
he’s still in the race and is leading in the
national polls and in many of the primary
states. Mayor Giuliani has large leads in
many of the Super Tuesday primary states,
but his poll numbers in many of the earlier
primary states are not so good. Currently,
he’s behind by more than 10 points in the
polls in Iowa and New Hampshire and is
virtually tied in Michigan and South Caro-
lina. He was also the undeniable loser of
the Romney/Giuliani feud over immigra-
tion in the last Debate. However, Giuliani
has continued to defy conventional politi-
cal logic and has a secret weapon which
I’ll mention later. Don’t be surprised if he
wins the Republican nomination.
Mike Huckabee (R) – I have been tell-
ing people since August to not count the
former Governor of Arkansas out of the
race just yet. Governor Huckabee is elo-
quent, passionate, and has the same appeal
that another person from Hope, AK—Bill
Clinton—had. Huckabee has seen a surge
in both national and state polls in the last
month. He is now leading Mitt Romney in
Iowa by a small margin (basically a sta-
tistical tie), and a recent Rasmussen poll
showed him only five points behind Giu-
liani in the national polls (second place).
December, 2007
He has been getting out his message, and
people are responding. Is he the authentic
conservative Republicans have been look-
ing for? He claims so, but many feel that
is up to debate. Regardless, he has shown
an incredible amount of momentum in the
last several weeks and is, coincidently,
Rudy’s secret weapon to which I eluded
above. If Governor Huckabee manages
a win in Iowa, or comes in a very close
second place, he will likely grab most of
the media attention. Mitt Romney would
not gain the momentum needed to snow-
ball through to the end and McCain and
Thompson’s campaigns would probably
stop dead in their tracks. Due to the quick-
2008 Presidential Candidates
ened pace of the primary season, I think
it’s unlikely that he could gather the re-
sources and support necessary in order to
win the states needed to grab the nomina-
tion. In summary: a vote for Huckabee is
a vote for Rudy. I wouldn’t be shocked to
see Huckabee on the Republican ticket for
Vice President.
Duncan Hunter (R) – I’m not certain
why the Congressman from California is
still running. Though he is probably one
of the most conservative candidates run-
ning and always has excellent responses
during the debates, he has made very
little headway. He has neither the money
nor the name recognition to pull this off.
But, he did build that fence in San Diego
to deter illegal immigrants. Hunter is also
probably on the other candidates’ lists of
possible running mates.
John McCain (R) – The more I listen to
the Senator from Arizona, the more I like
him. He has fairly conservative credentials
(despite the McCain-Feingold Campaign
Reform act) and has the passion that Sena-
tor Thompson lacks—probably too much
of it. McCain is so passionate that he of-
ten seems frustrated and angry. He saw a
slight resurgence in poll numbers after a
fantastic debate earlier this year (I think it
was debate number 349), but hasn’t seen
any forward momentum since. I wouldn’t
count him out of the race yet, but don’t get
your hopes up. McCain is also likely on
the lists of possible running mates, but I
have a feeling he won’t take the second
spot. I think McCain’s “time” was in 2000,
but he missed the train.
Barack Obama (D) – The Senator
from Illinois is everything a Democrat
could want in a presidential candidate:
he’s young, energetic, articulate, passion-
ate, and liberal. Obama is the modern JFK
without a family history of bootlegging and
enormous wealth. Many thought he was
on his way to greatness after a speech he
gave at the 2004 Democrat National Con-
vention, and they may be right. Though he
trails Senator Clinton in numerous polls,
he is now leading or tying for first in Iowa.
His grassroots campaign is huge, and he
has enormous support from youth, minori-
ties, and Oprah. Can he win Iowa and beat
the Clinton machine in the rest of the pri-
maries? It’s surely an uphill battle, but it’s
not impossible.
Ron Paul (R) – The Congressman from
Texas is more of a libertarian than a con-
servative and is probably more against
the war in Iraq than many Democrats. His
grassroots campaign is rivaled only by
that of Obama’s. Though his support is
still small compared to the major contend-
ers, you wouldn’t know it. His supporters
spam web sites, message boards, and text
message polls like they have nothing bet-
ter to do. Paul would also like to abol-
ish the IRS, which many citizens would
applaud, and the FBI and the CIA which
doesn’t seem likely to gain him support.
Ron Paul even managed to raise $4.2 mil-
lion in one night, making it the largest
one-day online fund-raising event ever.
Paul and his supporters have called the
campaign the “Ron Paul Revolution,” but
the “money bomb” they received on Guy
Fawkes Night might leave many wonder-
ing just what kind of revolution they are
planning. Congressman Paul has failed to
gain substantial showing in any respected
poll, and it is highly unlikely that he will
be the Republican nominee.
Mitt Romney (R) – The former Gov-
ernor of Massachusetts is really the other
guy to beat on the Republican side. Rom-
ney was a successful governor in an ex-
tremely liberal state and is no stranger to
6
presidential races; his father, George Rom-
ney, sought the presidential nomination
for the Republican Party in 1968. Romney
was one of two candidates I heard speak
at a convention in Indianapolis this past
summer. He is insanely smart, an excel-
lent speaker, and he just looks presiden-
tial. Romney consistently comes in sec-
ond in the national polls and maintained
large leads in Iowa and New Hampshire,
until recently. Though he still has double
digit leads in the Granite State, he is now
tied with Mike Huckabee in Iowa. Gover-
nor Romney certainly has the money and
has slowly gained the name recognition
needed to win his party’s nomination, but
Huckabee may steal his glory. He is as
likely to win the nomination as Giuliani,
but things aren’t as bright as they were a
few weeks ago. Even his campaign has
started using language like, “If he finishes
in the top two, he’ll be fine.”
Tom Tancredo (R) – The Congressman
from Colorado is the Immigration Man in
this race. This is his number one issue,
and he’s against it—legal and illegal. This
stance makes him seem a bit over-the-top
in the eyes of many people and has failed
to garner significant support. He’s certain-
ly conservative, but like Duncan Hunter,
he doesn’t have the money or the name
recognition to really compete. I have a
feeling that he might be running just to ex-
pose what he, and many others, believe is
a serious issue that needs to be confronted.
I think it’s safe to say he won’t be the Re-
publican nominee for president and I think
vice president is equally unlikely.
Fred Thompson (R) – The former
Senator from Tennessee was the other
candidate I saw in Indianapolis this past
August, and I was not terribly impressed.
Thompson was heralded as the next Ron-
ald Reagan, but is more likely the next
Jack Kemp. There was much hype sur-
rounding his unannounced candidacy this
summer—probably too much hype. When
he did announce, he saw very little in-
crease in support and has continued to fall
like a dead bird in the national polls. Of
the major contenders, he is probably the
closest to a “Reagan Conservative,” but it
appears to have made little difference. It
often seems that he’s only running because
so many others encouraged/force him to
do so, and not because he actually wanted
to. My guess: after losing most of the early
primary states, he’ll drop out of the race
and endorse either Rudy Giuliani or John
McCain. It’s unlikely we’ll see him on the
ticket at all, but like Jack Kemp, he may
win some votes from unhappy convention
delegates in September.
It’s important to keep in mind that A
LOT can change in a matter of weeks when
it comes to politics. Just a month ago, it
was looking like Hillary Clinton and Mitt
Romney would win Iowa without any trou-
ble. That certainly isn’t the case today, and
it may not be tomorrow. Though I am fairly
convinced that I “know” how things will
play out, I also understand that the race can
change in an instant and I could be entirely
wrong. One thing is for certain, this will
probably be one of the most exciting and
unusual elections in history.
Contact Scott at ssowers@purdue.edu
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The Candidates of Destiny: 2008 Fantasy Politics

By Gene Marshall
As we introduced in our last issue,
this year staff members of the Re-
view are going to be participating in a
fantasy presidential draft. At our last
meeting, four participants made their
selections from the top 16 candidates,
eight from each party. Initial draft or-
der was established on a random ba-
sis, and draft order was reversed every
round to promote equity. Points will be
awarded based on the percentage of the
vote each candidate receives in each
primary. The teams are as follows: Obama, Huckabee, and even Kucinich
One of the biggest factors that in-
fluenced the draft decisions include
the accelerated primary schedule with
states fighting for more influence on
the general election. Michigan and
Florida have moved their primaries
earlier than most states. Democratic
candidates will not even be participat-
ing in these two primaries due to party
rules against holding primaries so early.
This could work out well for teams that
drafted more Republican candidates on
their team because they will have more
primaries to earn points. Although the
Democrats have more candidates, the
national polls are dominated by Clin-
ton, Obama, and to a lesser extent Ed-
Round Jay Wood Brian Whittaker
1 Giuliani (R) Clinton (D)
2 Edwards (R) Paul (R)
3 Richardson (D) Hunter (R)
4 Gravel (D) Dodd (D)
wards. As the primaries draw closer
and the race gets tighter in Iowa and
New Hampshire, it will be interest-
ing to see if the current leaders stay
strong throughout the primaries and
what sleeper pick comes from behind.
Below is an analysis and handicap of
each team up to this point.
Jay’s Team
Frankly, taking Giuliani as the first
pick in the draft was a little surprising.
The primary race on the Republican
side is still wide open between the top
four to five; consequently Giuliani will
garner significantly less points than
Clinton who only has to fight off two
legitimate contenders. Edwards was
Dave Siukola Amanda Thayer
Romney (R) Obama (D)
Thompson ( R) Huckabee (R)
McCain (R) Biden ( D)
Tancredo (R) Kucinich (D)
a real steal as an eighth pick, and the
final two picks were about as good as
you could expect.
Brian’s Team
With the second choice overall, Bri-
an must have felt like the New Orleans
Saints when Reggie Bush was still on
the board after the first pick in the 2005
NFL Draft. Clinton is by far the most
popular candidate in the race, and will
accumulate an almost insurmountable
number of points in the first few pri-
maries. Although Paul has an unrivaled
grassroots effort, his inability to score
in legitimate polls makes him a ques-
tionable second round pick, especially
considering Edwards and McCain were
still on the table.
Dave’s Team
At this point Romney is second in
national polls among Republicans, but
he has important leads in early primary
states including Iowa, Michigan, and
New Hampshire. Should Romney pre-
serve his lead in these states, it’s very
possible he could snowball his early
success all the way to the nomination.
Despite the fact McCain’s campaign is
running on borrowed money, he was
by far the best third round selection in
the draft. Dave will also benefit from
the Republican’s participating in more
primaries than the Democrats. If I were
a betting man, this would probably be
my team.
Amanda’s Team
This is the dark horse team because
are surging in both national and early
primary polls. Amanda did a good job
picking candidates who are quickly ac-
cumulating momentum. While none
of these candidates are likely to run
away with an early primary, Obama
and Huckabee will garner enough sup-
port to stay alive late into the primary
cycle. Obama will especially rake in
points because of the consolidation
among the Democrats.
By our next issue Iowa, Wyoming,
New Hampshire, Michigan, Nevada,
and South Carolina will have held their
primaries and caucuses. Should any
candidate manage to gain momentum
and snowball through these early states,
it’s possible we could have a much
smaller primary field. Be sure to pick
up the next issue of the Purdue Review
to follow up with the Candidates of
Destiny!
Contact Gene at gene@thepurduer-
eview.com

The Debate that Wasn’t

By Gene Marshall
You may think that the latest CNN/You-
Tube debate, with the highest ratings of the
season is a healthy thing for democracy,
but that couldn’t be more wrong. If you
can get beyond the fact Anderson Cooper
is without question the worst debate mod-
erator of the season, the CNN/YouTube
debate format was an abomination. It got
off to a bad start when the debate opened
with some guy who wrote a song about
the candidates, and it just got worse from
there. We learned nothing new about the
candidates due to the ridiculous format,
which was a blatant ratings grab by CNN.
In the television industry, nothing drives
ratings like normal people, but you can’t
use normal people for everything.
Just because you own a webcam does
not make you a qualified debate panelist.
Anyone who has ever participated in a de-
bate can tell you that questions should be
chosen that highlight broad issues. When
thousands of individuals are responsible
for submitting the questions, the questions
are inevitably going to be very personal in
nature.
Our politicians cannot, and should not,
try to take the time to concern themselves
with individual’s problems. When politi-
cians begin to act in this way, it invites tions down the candidate’s throats as pos- tions, they would have screened the ques-
corruption into the government. Out of the sible. The simple reason behind this was tions for people who had already declared
thousands of questions submitted, surely ask people as many questions as possible, their support for a Democrat candidate.
CNN could have selected questions that with the higher likelihood that someone There were four questions that made the
allowed the candidates to speak about is- might slip up. Consequently there wasn’t debate that were planted by Democrats
sues, and not address any time for discussion who had already declared their support
people’s pet peeves. even when candidates for candidates for Edwards, Obama, and
Instead, CNN actually managed to Clinton. One of the questions was even
chose to select ques- engage in debate, de- submitted by someone who was on one of
tions that were pre- spite the pathetic pro- Clinton’s advisory committee.
produced and made testations by Mr. Coo- Primary debates are intended
for good television. per. for people who are still undecided about
The questions at- However, the which candidate they will support. The
tacked specific can- worst part of the debate people who planted questions did not even
didates, and then the was the planted ques- attempt to hide their affiliation; it was on
other candidates were tions. Even if we give their YouTube profiles. CNN’s failure to
not even forced to CNN the benefit of investigate the people they chose can only
respond to the same the doubt say that they be described as abject negligence. Had
awkward questions. didn’t know the ques- these questions been posed by an actual
With question after tions were planted, the moderator, any person off the street would
question addressed best case is that CNN have identified the bias.
to the top candidates, did nothing to screen This format just enabled CNN to ob-
how could we possi- the questions. To keep scure their biases with these supposedly
bly know if there is the candidates from ac- impartial participants. While the ratings
someone better out Anderson Cooper - worst moderator ever tually engaging in de- ensure that this format will be used again,
there? bate (and taking time), future participants and voters alike should
CNN wasn’t interested in equal oppor- Anderson Cooper repeatedly emphasized insist on careful regulation.
tunity for the candidates on stage; they how hard people had worked to submit
were interested in the prospect of having their YouTube questions.
sole coverage of a major slip-up. CNN If CNN really cared about how hard Contact Gene at gene@thepurduereview.
wanted to shove as many unrelated ques- people had worked to submit their ques- com
 THE PURDUE REVIEW
If Only the Pilgrims Had Been Italian
Why aren’t we having lobster for Thanksgiving?
By Thomas J. Craughwell
I WOULD BE WILLING TO BET se-
rious money that right now in your kitchen
you have olive oil, garlic, pasta, parme-
san cheese, and dried basil (maybe even
fresh basil!). Nothing exotic there, right?
They’re ingredients we take for granted.
But their appearance in our kitchens is a
relatively recent phenomenon. Believe
me, those big-flavor items did not come
over on the Mayflower. It took genera-
tions, even centuries, for Americans to ex-
pand their culinary horizons to the point
where just about everybody cooks Italian
and orders Chinese take-out. Heck, the su-
permarket in my little Connecticut home-
town even has a sushi bar.
Alas! It was not always thus. American
cuisine, like the settlements at Jamestown
and Plymouth, got off to a rocky start.
Blame it on our English and Scotch-Irish
ancestors. As a people they possessed
many admirable qualities; they were
tough, they were independent, some of
them could read. Yet the original settlers
of the American colonies were not famous
for their discerning palate. Let me give
you an example.
When the Pilgrims arrived in Massachu-
setts in 1620, lobsters were so common all
you had to do was stroll down to the near-
est tidal pool and pluck them out by the
bushel. But the Pilgrims wanted meat, not
fish—not even fish as succulent as lobster.
Very quickly familiarity bred contempt:
The Rest of the Story
By Jay Wood
In grade school, we learned about the
Pilgrims coming to America, surviving the
first winter with help from the natives, and
giving thanks for the bountiful harvest.
What many of us were not taught, howev-
er, was that the experience of the Pilgrims
isn’t just a tale of sur-
vival, it’s an early capi-
talism success story.
When the
Pilgrims landed, they
found, according to
William Bradford's
journal, “a cold, barren,
desolate wilderness”.
During their first win-
ter, half of the Pilgrims
died of starvation, dis-
ease, hypothermia,
or any combination
thereof. The following
spring, Squanto and
other tribesmen taught
the settlers how to plant
corn, fish for cod, and
skin beavers for coats.
Life improved for the
Pilgrims, but they did not yet prosper.
The Pilgrims had agreed to a con-
tract with their British merchant-sponsors
that called for all produce to go into a
community collection - each citizen being
entitled an equal share. Nobody owned
anything. All acquired property belonged
to the community at large. Laborers had
no motivation to work any harder than
December, 2007 8
three cows and a bull—did not arrive in the newcomers English and Scotch-Irish
The better class of colonists scorned the Massachusetts until 1624. In other words, cooks added some German recipes to their
crustacean as suitable only for the poor. during their first four years in America repertoire, but by and large they clung to
In his journal for the year 1622, William the Pilgrims were without butter, cheese, their classic overcooked, under-seasoned,
Bradford, governor of the Plymouth col- milk, and cream. Their neighbors to the overly sweetened fare. YANKEES ARE
ony, recorded the landing of a boatload south, the Dutch on the island of Manhat- OFTEN DERIDED FOR BOILING PER-
of new colonists from England. Their ar- tan, moved much more quickly to bring FECTLY GOOD MEAT. I wish I could
rival was a thrilling diary products to dismiss this as slander, but I am afraid that
event, yet Bradford America. Barely a our ancestors did indeed boil everything
confessed that year after the Dutch from loins of beef to the turkeys that were
he and his fellow established the New served at the first Thanksgiving. But they
Plymouth residents Amsterdam colony, had their reasons. Roasting meat over an
were humiliated the first huddled open fire took hours, requiring someone to
that they had noth- mass of Holsteins stand there and turn the spit. Adults were
ing better to offer came ashore at too busy to do the job, and it was hard to
the newcomers what is now New dragoon the children into spending three
than lobster. (How York City’s Battery monotonous hours sweltering over a hot
times change. Park. fire. The simplest solution was to plunk the
These days, the The culinary meat in the boiling pot and walk away.
only thing that situation in colonial This sad desecration hung on among
could make a Yan- America improved Americans of British and Irish descent well
kee recoil from lob- somewhat when into the 20th century. I knew a Michigan
ster is the price.) the first German woman who shortly after her wedding day
In fact, the Eng- colonists arrived in in the late 1940s invited her in-laws over
lish settlers looked 1683. If there isn’t for dinner. She bought a loin of beef and
upon virtually all a commemorative prepared it the way her Irish-born mother
fish (sturgeon and plaque at the site always had—by boiling it until it was well
oysters being the exceptions) with scorn— of that little settlement at Germantown, done. While helping with the dishes after
and this in a land where the shoreline and Pennsylvania, there ought to be. Here the meal was done, the new homemaker’s
coastal rivers were teeming with salmon, was the birthplace of the first sauerbra- mother-in-law confided, “When I was first
cod, flounder, shad, haddock, and sea bass. ten in America; the cradle of cole slaw; married I boiled beef, too. But trust me,
As for clams and mussels, the Pilgrims the spot where for the first time boiled dear, beef is much tastier if you roast it.
fed them to their pigs. As if this prejudice potatoes were tossed in a warm, savory Especially if you take it out of the oven
against seafood weren’t enough, early dressing of fried bacon, white vinegar, and when it’s medium rare.”
Yankee cuisine suffered from a severe mustard. It is not going too far to say that Then there are vegetables: Yankees
disadvantage: The Pilgrims had brought food that tasted good arrived in America
no livestock with them. The first cattle— with the Germans. Under the influence of See “Italian...” - pg. 12
anyone else, because everyone received
an equal yield.
Bradford saw that this form of
collectivism was devastating. In response,
he assigned each family a plot of land to
work and manage, thus turning loose the
power of the free market. “This had very
good success”, wrote
Bradford, “for it made
all hands industrious,
so as much more corn
was planted than other-
wise would have been.”
When the Pilgrims re-
placed socialism with
capitalism, they pro-
duced more than they
could possibly con-
sume. To celebrate,
they invited the Indians
to dinner and voila:
Thanksgiving.
Many Ameri-
can schoolchildren
aren’t taught the glories
of capitalism and about
how the Pilgrims might
not have survived if
William Bradford hadn’t unleashed the
free market. Our Thanksgiving instruction
was cut short, but (in the words of Paul
Harvey), “Now you know the rest of the
story.”
Contact Jay at woodja@purdue.edu
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Carey
FROM PAGE 5
showed up. “Before Drew, says editor
Nick Gillespie, “I think the biggest celeb-
rity we’d seen was Curtis Armstrong, the
guy who played Booger in Revenge of the
Nerds.”
Before long, Carey fell into the Rea-
son Foundation’s orbit. He sat down for
a Q&A with the magazine. “You should
never depend on the government for your
retirement, your financial security, for
anything. If you do, you’re screwed,” he
said in the interview. He wore a Reason
T-shirt on his sitcom. When Reason senior
editor Jacob Sullum’s anti-anti-smoking
book For Your Own Good came out, Car-
ey proposed a publicity stunt: They held
a “smoke-in” at a local restaurant to pro-
test anti-smoking laws. “The whole thing
was his idea,” says Sullum. “We thought
it would get local attention, but it got na-
tional attention.” The public interest, of
course, came from the fact that Carey,
a non-smoker, was willing to leverage
his fame to score a point against hyper-
regulationist ordinances. “Sacramento
shouldn’t tell you what to do,” he told
a Los Angeles Times columnist. “They
think they’re your nanny. Pretty soon
they’ll be telling you how to dress, what
time to be in bed.”
Around a year ago, Carey approached
the Reason Foundation about collaborat-
ing on a video-journalism project. “He
told us that he wanted to do the kind of
December, 2007
Drew Carey hosting the Price is Right
thing Michael Moore was doing, but
about freedom,” says David Nott, Rea-
son’s president. “It took us about two sec-
onds to decide to collaborate.” The result
is Reason.tv, which will feature a series of
ten-minute documentaries starring Carey.
They focus on public-policy topics from
a libertarian perspective. The first episode
looks at traffic congestion, filtering the
proposals of Reason transportation guru
Robert Poole through Carey’s populism.
Future topics will include eminent-do-
main abuse, medical marijuana, and char-
ter schools. Reason has raised funds to re-
cord about two dozen. Carey takes no fee
and has personally invested in the project.
“I hope through my gift of argument to
influence policy decisions,” he said in a
Time.com podcast in August.
Carey has shied away from overt parti-
sanship, seeming more comfortable with
ideas than candidates. Yet he’s been a
longtime supporter of George Voinovich,
the Republican senator from Carey’s na-
tive Ohio. “When I was running for re-
election in 2004, he did an event for me
— one of the most successful fundraisers
I’ve ever held,” says Voinovich, whose
daughter is a California screenwriter.
Shortly before the 2000 elections, Carey
appeared on Fox News and railed against
Democrats. “Every time somebody’s suc-
cessful, the Democrats want to demon-
ize you,” he said. “If you want to make
money, you want to get rich, you want to
get ahead, all of a sudden you’re a demon,
you’re a devil.” He complained about
death taxes (“I just don’t think it’s fair”),
the old luxury tax (“blue-collar guys all
got put out of work”), and the war on pov-
If you had a gun held to your head, for whom
would you vote in the 2008 Primary Election?
Asher Dimitroff: Rudy Giuliani
Neal Evans: Ron Paul
Matt Lunsford: John McCain
Gene Marshall: Mitt Romney
Dirk Schmidt: Mike Huckabee
Dave Siukola: Fred Thompson
Scott Sowers: Rudy Giuliani
Josh Teasdale: Mike Huckabee
Amanda Thayer: Mitt Romney
Brian Whittaker: Fred Thompson
Naomi Whittaker: Fred Thompson
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erty (“how long has [it] been going on?”).
He also took aim at Hillary Clinton: “It
doesn’t take a village to raise a child,” he
insisted.
On Power of 10, Carey is much more
subtle. It’s a game show in the new style,
with exuberant guests, pulsating music,
audience participation, and the potential
for big-money prizes. Questions are based
on surveys, and contestants have to guess
at everything from what percentage of
women have changed a flat tire (50 per-
cent) to what percentage of Americans are
afraid of circus clowns (9 percent). They
win rounds by coming within a certain
range of the correct answer. Carey doesn’t
know the answers until they’re revealed
to everybody, and he often tries to help
guests. On the August 22 show, he asked
Julie Foehr what percentage thinks there
should be a mandatory cut-off age for
elderly drivers. As Foehr mulled it over,
Carey commented: “So far on our show,
the polls show that Americans don’t like
the government telling them what to
do, even if it’s good for them, even it if
makes sense. They don’t like the govern-
ment butting in.” A moment later, Foehr
guessed that between 62 to 72 percent
supported a cut-off age. She should have
listened closer to Carey: The answer was
38 percent, and she was booted from the
program.
Since Power of 10 started in August,
Carey has made wisecracks about the
IRS, feminists, and gun control. From
this unexpected perch, he may yet nudge
public opinion on a variety of topics in a
conservative or libertarian direction. But
he clearly has a lot of work to do. Re-
member that September 18 question to
D. J. Burgduff about how many Ameri-
cans would pay higher taxes for universal
health care? The answer was 51 percent.
Sounds like a good subject for Carey to
tackle on Reason.tv.
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Major Headlines: November 1st, 2007 - November 30th, 2007
November 1 - Massive flooding hits
the Mexican state of Tabasco, with the
governor estimating that 80% of its
25,000 km surface area is under water.
November 2 - Stocks across Asia drop
sharply with the Hang Seng Index in
Hong Kong losing 3.25%, which is the
biggest loss of any Asian market.
November 3 - President Pervez Mush-
arraf declares a period of emergency
rule amid rising militant violence in
Pakistan.
November 4 - Antonio Cromartie of
the San Diego Chargers breaks the re-
cord for the longest play in NFL his-
tory with a 109 yard missed field goal
return.
November 5 - Members of the Writ-
ers Guild of America asks 12,000 of its
members to join a Hollywood screen-
writers strike.
November 6 - Scores of students are
injured and arrested ahead of protests
in Venezuela. The demonstrations are
to demand a delay to a referendum
aimed at expanding the powers of
Hugo Chávez.
November 7 - At least eight people are
killed and several injured in a school
shooting in Tuusula, north of Helsinki,
Finland.
November 8 - The United States Con-
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gress overrides President George W.
Bush’s veto of the $23 billion Water
Resource Bill.
November 9 - Protests break out in
Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India,
over the caricatures of Grand Ayatollah
Ali Khamenei in a local newspaper.
November 10 - Peruvian archaeologist
Walter Alva uncovers a 4,000-year-
old temple in the Ventarron site in the
Lambayeque Region of Peru.
November 11 - A majority of French
citizens would support a union with
the French-speaking Belgian region of
Wallonia if Belgium were to cease to
exist, according to a survey.
November 13 - Russian President
Vladimir Putin said that an overwhelm-
ing victory for United Russia in the
legislative elections would give him
the “moral right” to maintain a strong
influence in the country.
November 14 - German train driv-
ers start a 62-hour train strike against
Deutsche Bahn, asking for a 31% pay
increase.
November 15 - Major League Base-
ball player Barry Bonds is indicted by
a federal grand jury in San Francisco
for perjury and obstruction of justice,
having allegedly lied under
oath about his use of steroids.
November 16 - U.S. Senator John
Kerry accepts T. Boone Pickens’ one-
million-dollar Swift Boat challenge.
November 18 - Japan resumes whal-
ing of humpbacks for the first time in
40 years. Greenpeace and other envi-
ronmentalist groups condemn the deci-
sion.
November 19 - Israel releases 450 Pal-
estinian prisoners ahead of the 2007
Mideast peace conference with the Pal-
estinian Authority.
November 20 - The United Nations re-
duces its estimate of how many people
are infected with HIV in 2007 from
nearly 40 million to 33 million.
November 21 - Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice says the White
House wants to broker a permanent
deal between Israel and the Palestinian
Authority before President George W.
Bush leaves office.
November 22 - Hundreds of thousands
of immigrants may not be able to vote
in the 2008 presidential election be-
cause of backlog at the Citizenship and
Immigration Services agency.
November 23 - MS Explorer, a cruise
liner carrying 154 people, sinks in the
Antarctic Ocean south of Argentina
after hitting an iceberg near the South
Shetland Islands.
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ister John Howard calls the leader of the
Australian Labor Party, Kevin Rudd,
on the phone and concedes defeat.
November 25 - Garry Kasparov is
jailed for 5 days after a protest rally in
Moscow and opposition leaders are de-
tained.
November 26 - The People’s Republic
of China signs a deal to buy 160 Airbus
aircraft in a deal worth $17 billion dur-
ing a visit by the President of France
Nicolas Sarkozy.
November 27 - The Annapolis Confer-
ence, a peace conference trying to end
the Arab-Israeli conflict, is held in An-
napolis, Maryland.
November 28 - The President of Paki-
stan Pervez Musharraf stands down as
the head of the Pakistan Army.
November 29 - Gillian Gibbons is
found guilty of inciting religious ha-
tred and sentenced to 15 days in prison
and deportation from Sudan, after she
let pupils name a teddy bear “Muham-
mad”.
November 30 - An armed man takes
hostages at Hillary Clinton’s campaign
office in Rochester, New Hampshire.
He has a package strapped to his chest.
The siege ends at 6pm with the arrest
of a suspect
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Italian
FROM PAGE 8
didn’t like them. The Yankee idea of a
fine meal was several varieties of meat, a
heaping basket of wheat bread, followed
by lots of sweets for dessert. If vegetables
appeared on the table, they were boiled be-
yond recognition. It was the Shakers who
first taught American cooks to undercook
vegetables. Shaker chefs also discovered
that a cup or two of vegetable stock went
a long way to enriching the flavor of gravy
and sauces.
The American Revolution was a hope-
filled era, and not just in terms of poli-
tics. When our French allies arrived in
America to support our Revolution, they
brought their flair for cuisine with them.
They took to roasting American turkey, al-
though they added truffles to the stuffing.
They even adopted that American staple,
corn mush sweetened with molasses, but
they improved on the American recipe by
adding a shot of cognac and topping the
mush with whipped cream. It sounds like
a promising beginning, but sad to say the
French alliance had no lasting impact on
Yankee cuisine. As late as 1796, when the
first American cookbook was published in
Hartford, Connecticut, author Amelia Sim-
mons declared, “Garlicks, tho’ used by the
French, are better adapted to the uses of
medicine than cookery.” One reads such a
statement and sighs heavily.
Although George Washington employed
A Woman’s Right To Choose
By Theresa Akre
The abortion industry is always telling
us they are fighting for women and for
women’s rights; everything that they are
doing is for the better of the women. But I
think it’s time we stopped letting the abor-
tion industry look out for us and we started
looking out for ourselves. This month’s ar-
ticle is going to give you the basics on the
abortion industry.
The abortion industry may tell you they
are doing what they do for you, but all
they really want is your money. Before
you get annoyed and stop reading this ar-
Political Cartoon by Brian Whittaker
December, 2007
a French chef and Thomas Jefferson en-
joyed French recipes he had collected in
Paris, they were the exception; the upper
classes in America held fast to the British
Isles style of cooking. In fact, all classes
of Americans were suspicious—even hos-
tile—when confronted
with fancified food. It
was not until the late
19th century, when the
new American million-
aires began importing
French chefs to serve
in their kitchens, that
French cuisine gained
some ground in the
United States.
By the 1830s, a large
majority of Americans
had begun to see their
plain food as a virtue.
Cookbooks empha-
sized simplicity and
frugality, not meals that brought a suc-
cession of interesting flavors to the table.
Plain cuisine even became an issue in the
presidential campaign of 1836. William
Henry Harrison’s supporters managed to
convince voters that their man was just or-
dinary folks, content to live in a log cabin,
eat his corn mush, and wash it down with
old-fashioned hard cider. Martin Van Bu-
ren, on the other hand, was portrayed as
a foppish, Frenchified, un-American snob
who sipped champagne from a silver gob-
ticle, please take a look at the facts. The
average abortion costs $372, bringing into
the abortion industry more $400 million a
year. And if the cost of an abortion wasn’t
enough, Planned Parenthood, one the
country’s largest abortion providers, re-
ceives over 300 million of your tax dollars
every year, cashing out at the end of the
year with a $55 million profit. The indus-
try is so profitable, most clinics run in
chains. So next time you think about abor-
tion, remember the price you are putting
on life, even your own, is $372.
Contact Theresa at takre@purdue.edu
let and liked to begin his meals with con-
sommé. The smear worked, and the gour-
mandizing Van Buren lost the election.
I don’t mean to overstate my case.
For all the hide-bound conservatism of
Yankee cooks, they did manage to whip
up some pretty tasty
dishes. New England
clam chowder may not
sound as sophisticated
as bouillabaisse, but it
is delicious nonethe-
less. And then there is
Boston baked beans,
a Yankee staple that
marks the only occa-
sion in American his-
tory when the Puritans
actually improved upon
an existing recipe. The
first settlers learned
how to bake beans
from the New England
Indian tribes who mixed beans with maple
syrup in an earthenware pot, added a large
piece of fatty bear meat, then set the pot
in a pit lined with hot stones to bake for
several hours.
The colonists preferred molasses as a
sweetener, and replaced the strong, nasty
tasting bear meat with salt pork. The result
was a New England classic that is espe-
cially associated with Boston. Food folk-
lore tells us that throughout the 18th and
19th centuries, Saturday night was baked
Employment
FROM PAGE 4
panies been more efficient by paying em-
ployees at a rate set by the international
market.
Labor movements also can have a di-
rect affect on employees by demanding
benefits that can’t be met. Here at Purdue,
POLE, the Purdue Organization for Labor
Equality has been campaigning for some
time to force Purdue to require employ-
ment standards
of companies
that produce
Purdue apparel.
Employers who
couldn’t comply
with these stan-
dards would not
be allowed to
produce apparel
for Purdue, and
their employ-
ees would, sub-
sequently, lose
their jobs. While
“sweatshops” may not be ideal, they are
certainly better than no jobs at all.
The large scale effect of the economic
inefficiency brought by powerful labor
movement can be seen in France whose
new president is trying to enact a freer
market system. France has a relatively
high unemployment rate of 8.7%, and its
economy grew at the low rate of 2% in
2006. President Sarkozy has met much re-
sistance in his attempt to bring economic
reform. Labor strikes have paralyzed such
attempts before when President Chirac
attempted to deregulate labor by making
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beans night in Boston. It’s impossible to
say whether the story is 100 percent ac-
curate, but it is true that baked beans ap-
pear in the oldest Yankee cookbooks. UL-
TIMATELY, IT WAS IMMIGRATION
THAT PROVED to be the making of con-
temporary Yankee cuisine. The Italians
brought us the good stuff I mentioned at
the start of this article. From the Dutch we
learned how to make waffles and donuts.
Thanks to the Hungarians paprika appears
in the spice rack of every Yankee kitchen.
From Eastern Europe, Jewish immigrants
brought us the bagel, cheesecake, and
world-class chicken soup. The Chinese
gave us stir-fry, sticky rice, and dim sum.
The Japanese taught us to love sushi,
sashimi, and tempura. And via our friends
the Turks and the Armenians, come sum-
mer, shish kebab is as likely to appear on a
Yankee grill as hot dogs.
It’s commonplace to say that the United
States is a nation of immigrants, and each
group that came to America brought its
own gifts. Yankee self-sufficiency may
have come ashore at Plymouth Rock, but
tasty food arrived by way of Ellis Island.
Thomas J. Craughwell writes and cooks in
Bethel, Connecticut.
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the permission of The American Spectator.
© December, 2007 www.spectator.org
it easier for employers to fire employees
under 26.
The Democrat Party often complains
that people don’t vote in their own self in-
terest. The party assumes that the addition
of everyone’s personal self interests will
be what is best for the country and the
people as a whole. However, this is sim-
ple-minded and inaccurate. The goals of
progressives and liberals often are noble,
to improve the quality of life for everyone,
but their meth-
ods are faulty.
By directly man-
dating changes
in the way em-
ployers and em-
ployees come to
employment
contracts, politi-
cians have taken
us too far away
from a free mar-
ket system,
which is proven
time and time
again to be the most efficient way to pro-
duce goods and compete internationally.
Individual self interest may be served by
voting for candidates who embrace such
policies, but in the long term, everyone is
hurt as our economy suffers. In order to
reverse our economy’s decline in the inter-
national system, we must get back to a free
market system, and laws which extend un-
due protection to labor unions must be the
first to go.
Contact Josh at josh@thepurduereview.
com