The Great Whar, in pieces

By JOE BENNETT - The Dominion Post
OPINION: Hello, students. Welcome to the advanced level NCEA assessment module in Social Studies.

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How to Beg More in London?

Parvinder and Habib are beggars in UK. They beg in different areas of London.

Habib begs just as long as Parvinder, but only collects £2 to £3 every day. Parvinder brings home a suitcase FULL of £10 notes, drives a Mercedes, lives in a mortgage-free house and has a lot of money to spend.

One day Habib said to Parvinder - "I work just as long and hard as you do but how do you
bring home a suitcase full of £10 notes every day? How come?"
Parvinder says, Look at your sign, what does it say?" Habib's sign read - "I have no work. I have a wife and 6 kids to support." Parvinder said - "No wonder you only get £2- £3." Habib said - "So what does your sign say?" Parvinder showed his sign.... It read, "I only need another £100 to move back to Paakistaan."

Terrorism in 1776

George Washington and a band of rebel patriots
are called terrorists when they fight for their freedom
against the tyrannical King George
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R21 with parental guidance
some language will offend.

King George the Third’s response to the Declaration of Independence

The Court of King George III London, England
July 10, 1776
Mr. Thomas Jefferson
c/o The Continental Congress Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dear Mr. Jefferson,
We have read your “Declaration of Independence” with great interest. Certainly, it represents a considerable undertaking, and many of your statements do merit serious consideration. Unfortunately, the Declaration as a whole fails to meet recently adopted specifications for proposals to the Crown, so we must return the document to you for further refinement. The questions which follow might assist you in your process of revision:
1. In your opening paragraph you use the phrase the “Laws of Nature and Nature’s God.” What are these laws? In what way are they the criteria on which you base your central arguments? Please document with citations from the recent literature.
2. In the same paragraph you refer to the “opinions of mankind.” Whose polling data are you using? Without specific evidence, it seems to us the “opinions of mankind” are a matter of opinion.
3. You hold truths to be “self-evident” . Could you please elaborate. If they are as evident as you claim then it should not be difficult for you to locate the appropriate supporting statistics.
4. “Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” seem to be the goals of your proposal. These are not measurable goals. If you were to say that among these is the ability to sustain an average life expectancy in six of the 13 colonies of at last 55 years, and to enable newspapers in the colonies to print news without outside interference, and to raise the average income of the colonists by 10 percent in the next 10 years, these could be measurable goals. Please clarify.
5. You state that “Whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute a new Government….” Have you weighed this assertion against all the alternatives? What are the trade-off considerations?
6. Your description of the existing situation is quite extensive. Such a long list of grievances should precede the statement of goals, not follow it. Your problem statement needs improvement.
7. Your strategy for achieving your goal is not developed at all. You state that the colonies ought to be Free and Independent States, and that they are “Absolved from All Allegiance to the British Crown.” Who or what must change to achieve this objective? In what way must they change? What specific steps will you take to overcome the resistance? How long will it take? We have found that a little foresight in these areas helps to prevent careless errors later on. How cost-effective are your strategies?
8. Who among the list of signatories will be responsible for implementing your strategy? Who conceived it? Who provided the theoretical research? Who will constitute the advisory committee? Please submit an organization chart and vitas of the principal investigators.
9. You must include an evaluation design. We have been requiring this since Queen Anne’s War.
10. What impact will your problem have? .Your failure to include any assessment of this inspires little confidence in the long-range prospects of your undertaking.
11. Please submit a PERT diagram, an activity chart, itemized budget, and manpower utilization matrix.
We hope that these comments prove useful in revising your “Declaration of Independence.” We welcome the submission of your revised proposal. Our due date for unsolicited proposals is July 31, 1776. Ten copies with original signatures will be required.
Sincerely,
Management Analyst to the British Crown
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Oxymorons related to ~ Government and Politics

Anti-Missile Missile
Arms Limitation
Army Intelligence
Bureaucratic Efficiency
Christian Militia
Citizen Soldier
Civil Servants
Civil War
Communist Leader
Communist Party
Compassionate Conservative
Conditional Surrender
Congressional Deliberation
Constitutional Monarchy
Continuing Resolution
Defensive Strike
Deficit Spending
Democratic Dictator
Diplomatic Offensive (Condoleeza Rice on Talks with Syria & Iran)
Disaster Relief
Elected King
Fair War
Fighting for Peace
Former President-For-Life (Haiti)
Freedom is Slavery (George Orwell)
Friendly Fire (From own military side)
Good War
Government Intelligence
Great Depression
Humane War
Income Tax
Internal Exile
Internal Revenue Service (Tax Authority)
Just War
Lieutenant Colonel
Lieutenant General
Limited Freedom
Limited Nuclear War
Major General
Media Integrity
Middle East Peace
Military Intelligence
Military Justice
Mini Revolution
Minor Crisis
Minor Disaster
Neo Conservative (New Conservative)
Partial Cease-Fire
Peace Force
Peace War
Peaceful Liberation (China military occupation of Tibet)
Peaceful Protests
Peacekeeper Missile
Peacekeeping Force
Poor King
Poor Prince
Pro Contra
Public Secretary
Quiet Riot
Radical Center
Rebel without a Cause (Movie title)
Responsible Government
Rising Deficits
Rules of War
Secret FBI Files
Sergeant Major
Sincere Phoney (Book title, James H. Boren)
Tax Refund
Tax Return
Tolerant Liberal
United Nations
United States
War is Peace (George Orwell)
Weapons of Peace
Zero Deficit

• A person who doesn't vote votes for the winner!
• A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen. - Winston Churchill
• A unified, neutral Germany? Given that nation's heritage, such a phrase may prove to be the oxymoron of the decade. - Kevin M. Matarese, Fulda, West Germany; as seen in 'Letters', Time magazine, March 5, 1990, page 5
• An abstention is a vote for the winner!
• As famous as the unknown soldier.
• Don't worry about the war. It's all over but the shooting. - Samuel Goldwyn
• If Roosevelt was alive, he'd turn over in his grave. - Samuel Goldwyn
• It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried. - Winston Churchill
• The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries. - Winston Churchill
• The only new thing in this world, is the history you did not know. - Harry Truman

Lakota Nation Secedes Due to New World Order

History of NZ - Gifts

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