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Amid all the chirping and buzzing of late from politicians, parents, advocates and educators about the birds and the bees, there hasn't been much chatter from at least one group: Utah's religious leaders.
What do they think about sex education in schools? After all, many people's opinions on the topic are wrapped up in their beliefs about God, Scripture and marriage.
So in the wake of the passage and veto of HB363, which would have required Utah schools to either drop sex ed or teach abstinence-only, avoiding mention of contraception The Salt Lake Tribune spoke with a handful of faith leaders about whether public classrooms should teach kids about sex.
Evangelicals are a diverse group, sure to have a variety of opinions on sex ed in schools, said Greg Johnson, president of the Standing Together Ministries coalition of evangelical churches across the Wasatch Front.
But he said many evangelicals are likely to want schools to tread lightly.
"It would not be uncommon to think a good percentage of evangelicals would believe abstinence should be taught in school and morality should be taught in school," Johnson said, "but details of procreation and sex and intimacy should be taught in the environment of the home."
That includes discussions of contraception and the intricacies of sex.
Johnson, a supporter of HB363, said a concern among many evangelicals might be that schools attempt to teach sex in a values-neutral way, when evangelicals would rather their kids be taught within the context of "God's design for sex and marriage and intimacy."
Evangelicals believe sex should be reserved for marriage.
"Whenever we ⦠assume it will be discussed by teachers rather than parents, we make a mistake," Johnson said. "I think society needs to hold our families and our parents to the standard that [home] is the place where it should be discussed. I think that is where it should be done, not with some stranger who may not necessarily have the same values that I do."
Scott Trotter, a spokesman for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, declined to comment on the issue.
But the Salt Lake City-based faith's Handbook 2: Administering the Church speaks to the topic in its section of "Policies on Moral Issues."
"Parents have primary responsibility for the sex education of their children," the book says. "Teaching this subject honestly and plainly in the home will help young people avoid serious moral transgressions. To help parents teach this sensitive and important information, the church has published A Parent's Guide.
"Where schools have undertaken sex education, parents should seek to ensure that the instructions given to their children are consistent with sound moral and ethical values."
According to that same handbook, "The Lord's law of chastity is abstinence from sexual relations outside of lawful marriage and fidelity within marriage."
Members who break this law, the book adds, could lose their standing in the faith.
Many members of Cottonwood Presbyterian Church would likely say sex ed should be taught in schools, said Pastor Jeff Silliman.
"Theoretically, we should be able to get good sex education in our homes, but, practically, that happens in very few homes," Silliman said. He said even if churches provided sex education to kids, as an alternative, that still would reach only a fraction of the population as a whole.
Silliman believes it's appropriate for schools to cover topics such as contraception, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and homosexuality as part of sex ed.
"It's part of human sexuality," he said.
It can be tough, Silliman noted, for public schools to teach kids about sex because there's no universal agreement on the values that should accompany such instruction.
He said abstinence is one way of preventing teen pregnancy and STDs, but schools shouldn't be dismissive of other options, such as contraception, given people's differing values.
His church encourages abstinence before marriage, but also believes in forgiveness.
"We encourage chastity before marriage and fidelity in marriage," Silliman said, "but we don't take people out and shoot them if that's not what happens."
Utah's Catholic schools don't shy away from teaching about sex either, said Susan Cook Northway, director of religious education for the Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City.
Cook Northway said she couldn't speak to whether public schools should teach the topic, but noted that Catholic schools teach kids about relationships, respect and morality from a young age. In the diocese's three Catholic high schools, juniors and seniors learn about sex in a way that's integrated throughout the curriculum.
They learn about STDs, dating, reproduction and abstinence, among other things.
"We don't believe in pretending those things don't exist," she said. "They do, and we're concerned about people respecting their bodies and keeping healthy."
Contraception is not part of the curriculum.
"That is a matter for families, for parents as the primary educators, to make decisions about what kind of education" their kids should receive. She said parents are considered partners with the classrooms when it comes to what the schools call "family life education."
But she said all the lessons are taught within a larger context.
"It's all based upon the idea that we're made in the image and likeness of God," Cook Northway said, "and, because of that, we each have innate dignity, and relationships flow from that idea, so they always involve respect, trust and love."
She said the schools also teach teens not to make decisions based on selfish motives and believe abstinence before marriage is the ideal, though "we also are very aware that not everybody is going to be able to have that ideal operate in their lives for various reasons."
The Islamic view on sex ed in schools is simple: It shouldn't be done, said Imam Muhammed Mehtar, of the Islamic Society of Greater Salt Lake.
"There's a thing that we say, 'Out of sight, out of mind,' " Mehtar said. "The more we involve ourselves in such adulterated topics, we are going to contribute to the curiosity of a child. So we first talk about it, then the child wants to experiment with what's being talked about."
It's not that Muslims are against sex education, he said, but they generally believe it shouldn't be taught until a person is ready to marry. Therefore, he said, there's no reason to teach sex education to minors.
"If you cannot get married, why must you talk about something married people should be indulging themselves in?"
"A resounding yes" is the answer most members of St. Paul's Episcopal Church would likely give to the question of whether public schools should offer sex ed, said Father Emil Belsky, rector of the Salt Lake City church.
"To not provide sex education," Belsky said, "is to leave our young people with nothing but what they've learned on the Internet and from one another."
He said many parents are uncomfortable discussing sex with their children. The opportunity to hear a reasonable explanation of human reproduction from a respected adult, he said, is "almost an absolute must in today's society."
Belsky said most Episcopalians he knows would likely be in favor of those lessons including information on contraception as well as a definition of homosexuality. He said the Episcopal Church tends to be inclusive when it comes to such issues.
"When someone is of LGBT [lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender] persuasion, it's easy to malign them as 'the other' when you don't know about them and you have no actual relationship with them."
Belsky said most Episcopalians would likely argue abstinence before marriage should be an option. Others would maintain that premarital sex and/or living together before marriage are also reasonable.
When he works with couples before their marriages, Belsky doesn't tell them they shouldn't have premarital sex. He said that's a personal decision for them to make.
"It's a rarity in this day and age, in working with young couples, if they say that they are both virgins."
Belsky was thrilled the governor vetoed HB363.
Many progressive Jews, such as those at Park City's Temple Har Shalom, would likely also support sex ed in schools in addition to in the home and/or at religious institutions, said the synagogue's Rabbi Joshua Aaronson.
"I certainly don't believe the school should be the final word or the only place in which these issues are broached," Aaronson said, "but I think the school has a role to play, especially considering there may be homes in which these issues don't get taught and don't get discussed, and then all of us are responsible for the social consequences of teenage pregnancy."
In fact, he said the Reform synagogue teaches a curriculum to students in its upper grades that includes information about intimate relationships, contraception and STDs within the context of Jewish values. They're told that sex should be within the context of a "consensual, caring, committed relationship between two mature adults" but not necessarily that they must wait until marriage. It's an approach that, he said, acknowledges that in progressive Jewish communities, people often don't get married until after college and, in many cases, even later.
The Rev. Tom Goldsmith, of the First Unitarian Church of Salt Lake City, said the vast majority of his congregants would likely agree that sex ed should be offered in public schools.
He said the instruction is "one of the greatest gifts and educational tools" schools can provide to young people.
In fact, the Unitarian Universalist Association partnered with the United Church of Christ to create sex-ed curricula for kindergartners through adults, called "Our Whole Lives." The program includes lessons about contraception, STDs, relationships and homosexuality.
"We feel that knowledge about sexuality actually helps children and prevents them from making some horrible mistakes," Goldsmith said. "I think knowledge gives them power, gives them confidence, and they will know how to act more responsibly in whatever situation they confront.
"Denying kids access to this kind of knowledge and information," he said, "is really ignoring life's realities."
Goldsmith said he can't speak for all Unitarians, but they generally do not advocate for abstinence before marriage. He said such a stance would be impractical and unrealistic.
"I would hate to think that they were getting married just to explore their own sexuality and sensuality because that might be a great mistake."
Last Sunday, from his pulpit, Goldsmith publicly thanked Herbert for his veto. His congregation burst into applause.


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Buckcherry will release their new CD, Confessions, on February 19th marking their sixth studio album.
The CD's theme is based off the Seven Deadly Sins and brandishes groove-infested tracks, like "Greed", "Envy", "Lust", and "Sloth". The songs off Confessions go beyond the thunderous riff or the catchy hooks; each song is laced with intricate guitar fills and nuances that bring them to life.
Combine that with Josh's personally intense lyrics and you have the making of a Buckcherry punch of masterful songwriting.
On the brink of disaster in 2002, Buckcherry seemed like they dive into a black hole. Through sheer perseverance Keith Nelson and Josh Todd lifted the band up from the ashes to be better, stronger than ever before, and relevant.
I had the pleasure of speaking with guitarist and founding member, Keith Nelson, about this comeback story, the importance of chemistry between him and guitarist Steve D. and gain insights into the writing of their most powerful and honest CD to date.
Robert: Tell me about the song writing process for Confessions, as compared to 15, Black Butterfly and All Night Long?
Keith Nelson: This CD was done the way we have done all of our previous CDs. We make demos then pick the songs apart. We'd make another demo and just work the songs until we compiled a whole body of work. The songs change a lot in the process. It allowed us to step back from the body of work and really look at what we have and what we thought was missing.
Robert: How has your songwriting evolved since the band's early days?
Keith Nelson: In the early days, if we'd write a song and it wasn't happening, we'd chuck the whole song. Now if we write a song that's not happening, but we really like one part like a chorus or a verse or a great lyric, we'll hang onto it and rework it from there. It's more of a patient, methodical process, as opposed to taking the first 20 songs we write and picking the best 12 for the record.
Robert: I'm going put you on the spot and ask you how Confessions rates for you personally out of your six CDs.
Keith Nelson: You're not putting me on the spot at all. It's my favorite one so far for many reasons. There is a lot of stuff going on behind the scenes that people will never know about; personally and professionally that we're dealing with while we're recording the CD. It was a triumph for all of us working together and staying focused on the goal.
Josh chose to write lyrics about some intensely personal stuff. He tapped into it and turned it into songs. It's actually pretty fucking awesome. I'm very proud when a band plays and gels together so well; that we've been together for four CDs and played thousands of shows together.
Robert: Is there any song on this CD that you're particularly proud of?
Keith Nelson: There are a few that are like high water marks for me.
"Sloth" is about stuff Josh and I talked about but he never talked about publicly. He had the melody and a chorus and I wrote the music around that. The guitar solo was kind of a tradeoff. I'm really proud of that song.
I'm also really proud of "Pride" because it's just so different from anything we've ever done. It started off with Jimmy Ashhurst coming over to my house and strumming a few chords. We put some music together and Josh took it and ran with it. Its probably one of my favorite songs on the CD.
Robert: When you guys are working on songs, how do you and Steve D. decide who's going to take the solos?
Keith Nelson: I don't really know. You never know who's got a vibe for a solo. If I'm in an open G tuning, I'll say, "That's all you, buddy. Go for it." We've never actually sit down and say, "I have five solos and you have four." We're such good friends and we have so much fun playing together that it's pretty effortless.
Robert: Do you guys work out the leads prior to going into the recording studio or do you pretty much write them on the spot?
Keith Nelson: When were making live demos and recording there can be times when they're right off the cuff. That's usually where we start and then build that into something. We start here and want to get to the end over there so we connect the dots.
Robert: I want to talk a little bit about the chemistry between you and Steve D. It's so critical with great rock bands like Aerosmith, Guns N' Roses, and Buckcherry. Tell me about the importance of good chemistry in a two-guitar band and what you and Steve share?
Keith Nelson: It's so important and really an art within the art of rock and roll. Keith Richards called it." the ancient art of weaving". You have to listen to your band. You can't just plow straight ahead and do everything you want.
You've got to listen to what's going on around you and know when to step back or step off.
I think part of what makes playing with Stevie so much fun is that we are such good friends and there's a lot of mutual respect between the two of us.
He does things I can't do and I do some things unique to what he does. Mutual respect, I think, is the key.
Robert: When you hear Buckcherry come on the radio you instantly recognize your signature sound, even before Josh's voice kicks in. In your opinion what is that special sound that you guys have?
Keith Nelson: It's kind of a cross-section of AC/DC, Sex Pistols, with maybe some Aerosmith and Rolling Stones. It's a weird intersection where all those influences meet and kind of come out of the filter. A lot of times the musical ideas will come up first before the lyrical ideas, but not all the time.
With the writing process, I want to give Josh something that inspires him to say something really cool. The music has to inspire and make you want to move your ass a little bit or get a reaction. I think that's why our music starts out with the signature idea around it.
Robert: Besides great riffs, your songs always have an infectious groove. Two songs off Confessions that I thought were really infectious are "Water" and "Nothing But Tears". How do you balance riffs with grooves yet giving Josh what he needs?
Keith Nelson: Sometimes the songs start off as just big softball chords coupled with a great vocal melody. And we say, "We've got to make this music counterpoint and move a little bit more, in a way that works with the vocal." That's usually our goal. With the song "Gluttony", the music just came out of me and I put it down. You want to respect the vocal, but you always want to respect the song. That's the almighty that we all serve, at least in this outfit.
Robert: How many songs did you write for this CD?
Keith Nelson: We probably wrote maybe 25 to 30 songs. We always intended to make Confessions an 11-song record, but given the nature of the subject matter, limiting it to 11 songs wasn't gonna get the complete thought across. That's why we opted to put 13 songs on the record.
Robert: Do you consider Confessions to be a concept CD?
Keith Nelson: It definitely started out like that. It started out with Josh and I doing an EP about the Seven Deadly Sins. It evolved into Josh writing a story that went along with it and writing the songs from a character's perspective. That is part of it, but I wouldn't say it was a concept record because you definitely would have to get the concept to get the record. It was always our goal that if you just got the record and didn't know anything about any back-story that it would still stand on its own. I believe that we accomplished that.
Robert: I read that you were developing a documentary that would coincide with the CD?
Keith Nelson: There is a screenplay that coexists alongside the record and ties it altogether. It has not been finished yet, but we are going to work on it in the future to get it completed.
Robert: On the song "Dreaming of You", I envisioned you playing a Gretsch or a big Gibson hollow body. Was that the case?
Keith Nelson: Yeah that's right! That was a Gretsch 6120 that I've used on many records. Usually not that clean though. That's the guitar I use to get my Angus Young sound. It's my old 6120, a Tweed 310 Bandmaster with an Echoplex.
I was going for something dreamy and different. The nice thing about owning your own studio and having a big collection of guitars and amps is that you can just experiment. I'll have an idea of what I'm going for and what I think will get us there and it kind of works out that way.
Robert: Do you write and explore musical styles that you don't release because you feel they aren't right for Buckcherry fans?
Keith Nelson: No, we've never let ourselves be reigned in by that. We wrote that Christmas song, and it's a really happy, poppy song. We were like, "Fuck it. It's our song. We wrote it. Let's put it out there. Holidays are about feeling good." I think a lot of people expected a Christmas song about strippers. That's really only one facet of what we do. "Christmas is Here" is a good example of something that's completely different. "All of Me" off the Black Butterfly record, same thing.
Robert: Can you define your signature guitar tone or sound, maybe a song that best represents you from the past or currently?
Keith Nelson: That's pretty simple. A Les Paul into a Marshall. As far as the song goes, I think "Dirty Minds" or "Lit Up" and on and on. It kind of is what it is. It's pretty much the same Les Paul into a Marshall on every record. [Both laughing]
Going for more simple than intricate. It's not a high wire act. It's about keeping it simple and memorable.
Robert: Buckcherry is a great comeback story. The band broke up in 2002, came back even stronger and more successful than before. Tell me a little bit about how you pulled it together?
Keith Nelson: Sheer brute force. We just did not take no for an answer. We got turned down by every record label, every manager in the business but one, every attorney in the business but one, so we went with that attorney and that manager and released the record ourselves.
This was really about having a conviction in what we were doing and not taking no for an answer. It's really that simple.
We had no delusions of grandeur that we were gonna go out and be big pop stars. We just wanted to make our music.
Robert: I didn't have the benefit of the liner notes for the CD and was curious to know if you produced or co-produced Confessions?
Keith Nelson: Yes. I co-produced it with Marti Frederiksen. We met Marti more as a co-writer for 15. When it came time to make the Black Butterfly record, my co-producers on that record weren't available and I needed someone to be another set of eyes and ears. He was gracious enough to join us for that so we've done the last three records with him as my co-producer.
Robert: At what point did you begin to understand the term of 'producer' and why do you feel it's worth it to make that extra effort and take on the extra work to produce your CDs?
Keith Nelson: I got a chance in earlier days of the band to work with a few producers. I noticed what they did and didn't bring.
I was able to step away from the band and work in the recording studio and watch a couple of different producers work. It felt like that was something I could do. I had some very humble recording gear so I started writing songs and making demos.
When we got the band back together and there was very limited money, the idea of writing a big check for a producer to come in wasn't an option. We didn't have a budget for that.
I kind of put it to the guys to let me do two songs and if it worked, great. If it didn't work, I'd never bring it up again.
I booked a studio, managed the budget and delivered the songs. The rest is history. I'm really grateful that they had enough faith in me to allow me to do that.
Robert: When we last spoke, you had mentioned that you wanted to produce other bands, but your schedule didn't allow. Anything on the horizon?
Keith Nelson: I've worked with a couple of bands. I get calls from people to work with bands and to co-write. I've done two or three things with bands that haven't seen the light of day yet so I can't say much about them.
I co-wrote with Alice Cooper for his last record, Welcome to My Nightmare 2, and that was a lot of fun. I didn't produce it, but I did co-write with him and Bob Ezrin, which was a dream come true, because those guys are legends.
If you can get in the room with people like that, you should take the opportunity, as intimidating as it may be.
I'm always looking for something to do. But, the band definitely does take up the majority of my time.
Robert: Did you learn anything form Bob Ezrin?
Keith Nelson: Yeah, Bob has a really different approach. He has a great musical mind. I see why he and Alice work so well together. It was like a brilliant tennis match, hitting the ball back and forth. It was pretty awesome.
Robert: From a live band perspective, there's a lot of onstage camaraderie. You guys are not only working the crowd, but really interacting with each other. Tell me a little about this camaraderie and why it's important.
Keith Nelson: At this age, we've been at this so long. I don't want to be in a band with a bunch of dudes I won't talk to or hang out with. I don't think they want to either.
We all have a lot of respect for each other and we all really enjoy what we're doing. Any time you see that, it's real. We're telling jokes and fooling around because it's fun. We've got the best jobs in the world.
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Starting Sept. 10, young writers will gather weekly in the Plaza Room of the Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., to develop, share and edit each other's writing.
Members can participate with their personal writings or with monthly projects designed for the club. The club will explore different genres, including poetry, realistic fiction, journalism and screenwriting. Local authors and writers will also visit the group to give insight to the young writers.
Participants in the Sammamish Youth Writing Club, started by Skyline High School student Niyathi Chakrapani, may have their works published in The Issaquah Press, and they will be displayed at various events of which the members will receive notification.
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This is a discussion on Hillary Clinton Campaign Song within the Off Topic & Humor Discussion forums, part of the The Back Porch category; You can vote to choose her campaign song at this link! http://www.hillaryclinton.com/action/spotlight/?sc=8 A bunch of us from another forum have been writing in Soviet National ...
You can vote to choose her campaign song at this link!
A bunch of us from another forum have been writing in Soviet National Anthem. I'm sure some of you would like to help.
...He suggested that "every American citizen" should own a rifle and train with it on firing ranges "at every courthouse." -Chesty Puller
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"Won't Be Fooled Again"
I wrote in the Soviet National Anthem as well. I think that suits her just fine.
I just sent in "The Imperial March" (Darth Vader's Theme)
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Oh man, I am having fun with this...
I just wrote in "Getting Away With Murder"
How about "Tempted"
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Tempted but the truth is discovered
What's been going on
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Tempted by the fruit of another
Tempted but the truth is discovered
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My contributions:
Gold Digger, Kane West.
I'm So Sick Of You, Al Yankovic
You are so vain, Carly Simon.
Woman Goin' Crazy On Caroline Street. Jimmy Buffet.
You have to make the shot when fire is smoking, people are screaming, dogs are barking, kids are crying and sirens are coming.
Randy Cain.
Ego will kill you. Leave it at home.
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The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.
Albert Einstein
I submitted "I Hate Everything About You"
Semper Paratus (Always Ready)
"Stand By Your Man"
Blessed be the Lord my rock who trains my hands for war and my fingers for battle. Psalm 144:1
Si vis pacem, para bellum
The devil went down to Arkansas
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"Get up, Stand up" by Bob Marley
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CHAMELEON by CCR
Karma Chameleon by the culture club would work well too.
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Ozarks Technical Community College will open two new facilities next month - the OTC Table Rock Campus and the OTC Waynesville Center.
It will mark the start of new educational opportunities in those two regions and bring to a close a challenging couple of years for two OTC administrators - Vice Chancellor for Administrative Services Rob Rector and Harlan Hill, college architect.
For more than two years, the pair has spent countless hours at the construction sites.
At the same time, the college has also been working on major in-fill work at the OTC Lebanon Center, which will also be finished this summer.
Rector and Hill, combined, have driven tens of thousands of miles while going from Springfield to Hollister and Waynesville twice a week. Rector has been heading up the projects for nearly three years, and Hill has been on board for 18 months.
"It has been quite the challenge, but fortunately, the professionalism of the contractor and design team for each project has kept my job manageable," Hill said.
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China's Manifest Destiny
Recent events have demonstrated a trend that has been sweeping across China since the Spy Plane Incident of 2001. China has finally, following the traumatic events of 2008, shaken off what little awe they may have had for foreigners. This truly is the end of the Western Age and the Dawn of the Chinese century.
For a few China Watchers, the Chinese century provided the possibility of a new, perhaps Third Way in world politics that would utilize soft power and multi-lateral discussions instead of hard power and unilateral decision making, exemplified by the late Bush Administration. Alas, the truth is that China will most likely behave as most superpowers have throughout history: arrogant and self-serving, drunk on this new power — Superpower.
Three things in particular are indicative of China's increasing power, confidence and method in the years to come. The first is the sentencing of Liu Xiaobo, a co-architect of the Charter 08, published late last year as a plea to enlightened reason in the People's Republic. I mentioned the constitution last year in my blog, as I happened across a link to the charter provided by "Perry Link". At the time, I thought that such a document could be a catalyst for a nationwide soul search at best, or internal Party discussions at least. Unfortunately, all that followed was the prompt arrest of Mr. Liu and now, a year later, his sentencing to 11 years in jail.
Human rights groups, literary figures and heads of state from across the globe are protesting Mr. Liu's sentence, but China's favorite spokeswoman Jiang Yu's response that any protests are a "gross interference into China's internal affairs" is not only expected, but this time final. There will be no soul searching in China now.
In a related case, an Englishman on death row in China has one more week to live, according to Chinese law. Although his family have repeatedly asked that Akmal Shaikh be considered mentally incompetent, up untill now the CHinese have been adamant about having respected his rights and, more importantly, about his having violated Chinese law. Any CHinese national caught with 4kg of heroin would be summarily shot in the head. If China does go through with the execution, the first such in more than 50 years, then there can be no doubt that the world has changed forever, from the perspective of the West.
The second is the reported behavior of the Chinese delegation to the Copenhagen talks on climate change. As reported in the Guardian, the Chinese effectively scuttled the talks. The Europeans reacted with indignation and began pointing fingers. China remains unperturbed. The PRC has extensive national security issues riding on any agreement concerning climate change. Just as the developed nations a century ago, China relies on dirty coal and basically zero enforcement of environmental regulations to keep the economy humming. If the economy stutters, so does China's rise; if China's rise stutters, so does the Party's grip on power.
What should be blamed, if anything, in the failure of the Copenhagen talks on climate change to produce a lasting treaty is the naivete of the Western nations. Can anyone rightly blame China or India for scuttling talks that would effectively halt the onset of an Asian Century? Think back to Bush's refusal to give weight to the Kyoto Protocol — is it any wonder that the next superpower takes lessons from the last?
The third "recent event" is reported on in detail by the Asia Times' MK Bhadrakumar: China's unassailable power in Central Asia. In this article, China's successes in Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan are attributed to "15 years of patient, painstaking diplomacy" that have finally reaped rewards in the form of increased energy security for an energy starved nation. The key here is that China's energy security comes at the expense of Russia's traditional dominance and America's more recent foray into the Great Game. Most striking of all is the gross miscalculation by US strategists that Central Asian countries would be wary of China and feel safer striking deals with the US. Where they got this idea is beyond me: America and Russia have bombed Afghanistan into bits and pieces and the US is about to increase their troop presence to at least 30,000 and we are supposed to be a safer option than China?
What is more likely is the outbreak of a deeper, wider conflict in Central Asia as Obama's War drags on into failure and China's successes provoke a reactionary response from an embittered, partisan Congress.
For years Western thinkers have been predicting the coming collapse of China, and they can be forgiven such predictions given China's domestic problems: shoddy products, massive corruption, life-threatening pollution, stifling oppression. But what they did not take into account is the power of nationalism. For the nationalist, all things are tolerable in the name of progress for the nation. This, above all things, is what has kept China's drive for superpower status alive for so long: call it China's Manifest Destiny.
A Long Time Coming
Since April Fool's Day 2001, the Communist Party has actively cultivated its most potent weapon: people power. Over the years, as China's economy grew and so did America's problems at home and abroad, Chinese patriotic fervor slowly grew into a pillar of support for the government, in any form. I often heard criticism of the Party followed quickly by heartfelt support for the country, which by necessity included the Party.
Last year was the breakthrough year for China. The snowstorm followed quickly by protests in Tibet followed quickly by a devastating earthquake followed quickly by the Olympics was traumatic and emotional for all Chinese. The vital part of this story is, not only did China survive, but it flourished. The snowstorm barely put a dent in China's travel plans, the Tibetans were put in their place, the whole world admired China's response to the quake, and Chinese athletes won the most medals of any nation.
A few days ago, I sat with a respected engineer who has been working in China for more than 30 years and he lamented the recent reluctance of his Chinese partners and subordinates to listen to anything he had to say.
"Ever since the Western financial institutions collapsed, the Chinese don't believe they have anything more to learn from us," he said. "This will come back and bite them in the future, because without an open door their economy will stagnate."
He also added that he is working on a project in China of which the likes have not been seen anywhere in the world: the biggest bridges, longest tunnels, fastest construction, and most money spent ever. The problem for him was not just that the work is being done too fast, with too much corruption, and with dubious materials and safety precautions, but that no one outside of China has any access to the work being done here.
And this is the rub: Chinese are taught (and believe) that until very recently, anything of worth was already being made here in China. They are taught that in the past, China was the greatest nation on earth and needed nothing from the West. Stories about the Dutch trade representative kowtowing 24 times just to be denied an audience are not just fodder for a weak nation, but reminders of a glorious past and hints at an even more glorious future.
And until recently, Western leaders tolerated this worldview because it had not yet arrived, but recent events show that China's Manifest Destiny has indeed reached the other shore and the days when China waited in vain for an apology over the accidental downing of its plane are over.
Read more by Sascha Matuszak
- Business Over Bluster – November 10th, 2008
- A Win-Win Situation for China – October 28th, 2008
- The Security Blanket – August 5th, 2008
- The World Under Fire – July 31st, 2008
- The No-Fun Olympics – July 24th, 2008
23 Responses to "China's Manifest Destiny"
Mr. Matuszak does not see things clearly. Chinese patrioticsm was spurred by western media's lies about unrests and unjust reporting about events in China, this one included. Don't underestimate people who are billingual like most chinese are. They definitely see things more clearly than people living in a monoculture world, and they have three thousand years of recorded history to guide them.
As for western critic so far, most resort to useless nick picking of daily living pain and forget about the direction that leadership should provide for the human kind.
"Alas, the truth is that China will most likely behave as most superpowers have throughout history: arrogant and self-serving, drunk on this new power — Superpower. "
FYI: Matuszak, Eric has you mixed up with kooks from reporting for pro-war sites. Name us,just one time in the past 300 years that China has acted like the Brits, French, Spanish,Germans, Isrealies Japanese,Russians and never forget the American monsters? Or at least killed it's own and blamed others to start massive killings.Go make my day!
As William Shakespeare noted in a poem, "all the world is a stage …….and ALL men and women get an opportunity for a certain time period play a "part".
Mr. Matuszak seems to be imbued with the views of many
westerners" including incidentally by a Darwinian and incidentally even Karl Marx that ALL Asians a step below the socalled Western (wo)man.
The honorable and more human (?0) expressions are that China's Manifest Destiny will be as GOOD [sarcastically speaking or as onerous] as the preceding ones by the Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, Englishmen, and americans
Well, yes. The World's Petri dish is taking on new hues, subject to the laws of economics and the pressure of politics (as well the vagaries of environmental conditions, which I suspect will take on greater prominence) but the future is, as always, obscure. The Area Commonly Called China is not a monolithic bloc of hegemonic power and interesting modifications, not least due to the internal struggles between the party and the military, may occur. But yes, the USA better fasten their seatbelts.
I, for one, welcome future spaceships lettered in hanzi.
It's trendy to call this the Chinese or Asian century. I think it will turn out to be an international century not dominated by any so called super power.
It wasn't China that invaded Iraq. It isn't China that maintains an empire of military bases around the world. It wasn't China that launched an unprovoked 78 day bombing campaign against Serbia. It isn't China that gives Israel 3 billion dollars a year in "foreign aid". I could go on and on….
Also, dont blame china for the failure at copenhagen, blame climategate. The failure at copenhagen to sacrifice our sovereignty and more wealth towards a total hoax known as Anthropogenic Global Warming, yeh so much warming going on thats why parts of the country are being hammered harder with snow than they have been in 50+ years. If china is to "blame" for the talks getting scuttled then GOOD. CO2 is not toxic and is the lifeblood of all our trees and plants, APW is a total joke and so is its so called leader al bore.
That would be the best thing.
True. The "manmade global warming" is an institutionalized lie. More defining of the moral fall of today politicians and scientists than anything else. The average Earth temperature is at least stable in the last 10 years, but there are surveys, violently rejected by the AGW inquisition that report the average temperature is dropping in the last 6-7 years. The infamous google click action could prove to be a good start for verifying the above.
Political ecology is such a disgusting tool for trying to delay upcomers to reach the riches table and herd the western sheeple into heavier taxation and submission to the bureacratic incompetent elite.
Mr. Matuszak cops a provincial attitude, without any real facts to present, and many to be ignored. His article is more revealing of East Europe fears & tech lacunii – than of China. Ex. Against the E.U. Cop15 tricks (binding treaty favoring EU & tech status quo); & the US insidious project (spy on & penetrate everywhere – AKA "all your bases are ours"- principly for the hated Oil Dollar printing Hegemony) – China took dual action for real change: mid-Asia Gas imports to replace coal & Magnet-Driven vehicles to replace Fuel-Driven ones. These are logically correct measures – SELF-IMPOSED with no tiresome strings attached to blackmail others into compliance.
Has this site been hijacked by the neocons or have I been redirected over to the NY Times, WSJ, Washington Post, CNN, FOX, CBS, NBC, etc.?
Here's are hint y'all: going to Perry Link who's made an entire career bashing China blows Matuszak's cover wide open.
Shame on anti-war (or should this be anti-war-except-when-it-comes-to-China.com?)
The jury is still out on China. We've had totalitarian regimes in the last century which appeared momentarily omnipotent but which eventually collapsed because of their inflexibility or rash, unchecked grandiose decisions. The last 400 years, over the long term, shows that the optimal system for economic growth, technologigical innovation and and intellectual development (the categories are mutually dependent) is a free society, with all its inefficiency, tumult and lack of organization. For centuries, China rode Confucian scholarship, only to find that it stunted development. China had no interest in exploring the world in the 15th century. It was flea infested, witch burning decendants of the survivors of the Great Plague that did so, and revolutionsized the world. Not the Chinese. They're still not leaders in innovation, and won't be so until they achieve a state of freedom which does not yet exist in that country. And all the polution, corruption and official oppression may stop them before they get there. I wouldn't bet the farm on their eventual supremacy.
China was almost brought to her knees by opium.
I would put any rose colored glasses down immediately. That, in our recent life time, we haven't seen China act the same way as the so-called "western" powers doesn't mean they didn't want to. That's foolish. This is a nation that has killed off tens of millions of its own in the last century and countless millions through its wars in centuries past. There isn't a lick of difference between them and other empires. You have your ugly Americans and you can count on your ugly Chinese behaving as arrogant humans always do. It isn't about race or nationality it's something in the attitudinal DNA of all people. Nothing new. It will be interesting to see what happens in the future, that's even a Chinese curse, but I dislike and distrust any government. They're mobsters just like the ones I live with in this country/fiefdom.
Interesting thought. I've had the ironic idea that maybe what we are seeing today is Chinas revenge on the west for that sad historical fact.
The Chinese aren't so stupid as to fall this this eco-claptrap. The past two years have seen some of the coldest weather ever recorded but that fact is "conveniently" ignored by the AGW superstitionalists.
I wouldn't call the bureaucrats "incompetent" because they know damn full well what they're doing. They're fricking geniuses! It's their doe eyed FOLLOWERS and enablers that are the true idiots.
Matuszak seems to have a distorted view of both China and the U.S. Maybe these videos will help you and any others of us who think we HAVE ANY RIGHT WHATSOEVER to go around the world lecturing and hecturing about any other country's behavior. We ought to consider "leading" by example.
1) Obama and Empire
2) John Pilger – Freedom next time (indictment of professional journalism)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipYIfUQqq3Q&fe… (same speech as above with different footage.)
3) John Pilger – Breaking the Silence: Truth and Lies in the war on terror
4) John Pilger's documentary explores the historic and current relationship of Washington with countries such as Venezuela, Bolivia and Chile.
The totalitarian West seemed to do just fine economically. You may not have noticed but the countries they've bombed, installed brutal puppet regimes, and have military bases in to remind them that they better do as they're told (over 170 so far!) aren't allowed to forget!
What will be interesting to see is what a world in which a great power country does BUSINESS with other countries will look like. This is what China does – business.
Arrogant? This is a case of the pot calling the kettle black! In truth, it is Matuszak who is arrogant. His attitude is that of a white colonial master who is resentlful of his declining position while the natives are starting to take over their own destiny.
Matuszak should read some of Paul Craig Robert's excellent articles on arrogant American attitudes.
Matuszak's low-quality and racist articles don't deserve a place on an excellent site like Antiwar.com. Get rid of this asshole and bring back Bevin Chu. Henry Liu is great, too.
China is no more of a threat to America then it is to Mexico. Its not like an armada of Chinese junks are going to sail 12,000 miles across the Pacific and attack Oregon. China is only a "threat" to American global hegemony. China will eventually force America out of Asia and the far east and Asian Pacific areas. The USA shouldn't be there in the first place. I can see no justifiable reason for the continuing stationing of American servicemen in South Korea, Okinawa, Japan, Guam, etc. It's good business for the military-industrial complex and its a good place to be sent for horny young men, but its not good for America. Not good at all.
This is exactly how I feel. AW.COM is great in every way except hosting this guy . All he does is to tell people how he hates China and Chinese. His writings have no substance, just his feelings and half facts.
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Tony Paglia, 52, was appointed to Park School District's board two months ago to take over Becky Johnson's position and wants to continue to serve for the school district. Paglia served as administrator for 30 years. Paglia says he's running for office because he's retired and misses being involved with the schools. Paglia says the school district is in good shape and he doesn't see the need for any changes in the next few years.
Incumbent Todd Jirsa, 48, is currently the president of the Board of Education and has been a Park School District Board member for six years. He was treasurer of Centennial Board of Cooperative Educational Services for two years, Park School District Accountability member for two years, Park School District Elementary accountability chairman for two years, and on the district's finance committee for two years. Jirsa says that key issues are declining enrollment, erosion of school funding from the state and stagnating achievement scores. Jirsa brings 23 years of business experience and six years of school board experience to the race.
John Baudek, 67, says that the state's financial situation creates obstacles for the school district and that he will be able to assist the district during these difficult times by working with administrators, teachers, staff, parents and students in the community to find viable solutions. He has a bachelor's and master's degree in public administration and has served for four years as a Town of Estes Park as a trustee.
Although Paglia has 30 years of experience in Park School District, both Jirsa and Baudek see key issues that need to be addressed within the district, those being financial challenges, enrollment and poor test scores. Vote for Todd Jirsa and John Baudek for Park School District.


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This topic contains 4 replies, has 3 voices, and was last updated by VarSal_2012 3 years, 7 months ago.
April 15, 2012 at 12:10 pm #4942
I wish I could explain how it happens … but I myself can't understand it. How I can hurt myself the way that I do – it makes no sense to me… how can I be so strong in so many things and be so weak and stupid in this…. I know the consequences and I know how I feel after I do it – yet I continue to repeat the cycle … why do I do it?
I really don't know …
In the last 24 hours I ate a huge chocolate bar, a box of prunes, 3 bananas, a bowl of pineapple, 3 bowls of cereal, 2 sandwiches, 1 guava and then had the audacity to go out and have mexican appetizer and chimichanga…
I hurt myself so much by doing this.. I hate being fat … I hate gaining weight – it is just not who I am … this doesn't only affect me mentally but also physically … I mean the body is not meant to go through things like this! And the worst part of it all is that I know that gluttony is a sin, and my body is supposed to be a temple for God … I am supposed to take care of it.
It all starts and ends so fast … and I am so acutely aware of how wrong it is that the guilt starts eating me alive as soon as it ends. I wish I had an eraser to go back on the day and delete everything I ate … why can't I control it?
I know that this is what holds me back – this is why I am so insecure – this is what is interrupting my life.
Sometimes I wish I had some sort of a disease that would keep me skinny … or send me to the hospital so that I could be controlled …
I am so ashamed …April 15, 2012 at 1:37 pm #93125
Dear One….I always had the same wish, send me to a fat farm, that would straighten me right up! My weight would be down and I'd be back in control. Simple huh? But guess what? Our weight loss is never enough, we are never really satisfied with how our bodies look. We need to diet more, exercise more, etc.
We know how you feel regarding the aftermath of a binge, and your right, it happens in a heart beat. It just cannot be anymore depressing or desparate.
The common demoninator is dieting, exercising = binging! Plain and simple.
Release the dieting mentality and the binging will stop. Give yourself permission to eat and enjoy your food. Keep coming back and let us hear from you.April 15, 2012 at 4:39 pm #93126
Thank you so much for your response! I am so glad I found this forum!
I was bulimic and anorexic in high school and it was really bad, then i went to treatment and got a lot better but never really got all better. Back then my entire family knew about it and it was so hard on them I just don't want to put them through this again.
This time is a little bit different because I am only binging – no purging and i actually care for myself now… back then i would rather die than be fat so at least i have that "going for me" – I love myself and I want to stop.
I really want to stop the dieting cycle, I just have this deadly fear of gaining weight …
I am looking for therapy so that I can start attending, I think if I am able to fix my obsession with food I will be able to get better.
Thank you so much for your response, it feels really good to know there are others who know what this feels like and that I am not alone ..April 15, 2012 at 6:55 pm #93127
Hi VarSal. I agree completely with eemslo.
And yes! we all understand how you feel about binge eating and afterwards.
As for gaining weight, I went on my first diet at 17, that led to my first binge shortly after, and I have now dieted and binged my way from approx 112 pounds at 17 to 211 pounds now at age 50. I was actually underweight when I went on that first diet but I was afraid of getting fat…so I dieted. And look at me now…I'm obese and have spent 33 years trying to lose weight, dieting some of it off, then binge eating it all (Plus more) back.
It's not easy to let go of the dieting mentality but I really don't believe that anyone will find recovery from binge eating until they can let it go.
Nice to have you here, please keep posting.April 16, 2012 at 1:25 am #93128
Thank you both so much! I have been struggling on and off with these binges for 9 years now and it has always been led by my body image …
Do you have any advice on how to let go of the dieting mentality? I have had such a hard time … I don't know how to do it …
I am REALLYYYYY SCARED about this upcoming week… I have to travel to Punta Cana because of my job tomorrow and will be staying at an all inclusive resort for 4 days … that means all you can eat buffets 24/7 …. any advice on how to get through this week?
Thank you again – a million times thank you … I am happy to have someone to talk to about this
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