"The Paradise Syndrome"

"I'm so HAPPY"

Survivor Guatemala: The Mayan Empire, debuts this Thursday Night on CBS.

I now have the topic for each of my term papers (all three of them) for my classes. In my Brit-Lit class my topic is: The Decline of Feudalism and the rise of a three-class society in England: when, why, economic and political effects, contemporary documents which comment on the shift.

I will be honest, I am worrying about that one the most.

My topic for WW2 is: The Allied Meditterranean campaign contributed little to the overall effort to defeat Hitler and was a major factor is the postponement of the Cross-Channel invasion till June, 1944.

This was supposed to be done as a paper, choosing a side (pro or con) and also debating your choice against another person in class who has the same topic. I however got stuck the odd man out. I have no partner. I can argue pro or con. Or I can just present the facts. I am going to argue that it WAS NECESSARY to do so.

Finally, my US History 2 topic: Woodrow Wilson, Henry Cabot Lodge & Americas Place Amond Nations.

This one is to also be done with a partner as a presentation, on top of the term paper yourself has to right. It is based on articles in our textbook: "Clashes of Will".

Any help anyone has will be greatly appreciated.

NOTES NOTES NOTES:

Here is a sampling of my WORLD WAR 2 notes.

Rhineland<-----Key to French Domination over Germany-resource rich- dmz- Dawes Plan failed w/ Great depression. Hitler. Prussians Kaiser

Appeasment- restore balance of power. create a buffer between britian and russia.

intro: the most destructive war in history until WW2. first "total war". defining event of 20th century- ww1 haunts ww2. diplomacy tactics military strategy. origins of the war, totality of war, opening moves

origins; russo-japanesse war 1905 . breakdown of bismarckian diplomacy . naval arms race. the balkans . the schlieffen plan

Nipo-modernization. Shogun era, isolation. "most favourite nation" treaty

China weak - euro-sphers of influence. industrialized, built modern navy. China, Manchuria, Korea.

Balkans, cremian war- port arthur- surprise attacked the russians. nips killed reds.

turmoil in russia. bolsheveik stress----> looked back at balkans. -Panslavism- multi-ethnic empire. OTTO VON BISMARCK

thats enough. you see my scatterbrained noted taking. now you know why my mind works the way it does.

that does it for me. lets let the real hosts of this column take you home

Inignot: Hello, Carl, I am Inignot and this is Err.

Err: I am Err.

Inignot: We are Mooninites from the inner core of the moon.

Err: You said it right.

Inignot: Our race is hundred of years beyond yours.

Err: Man, you hear what he's saying?

Inignot: Some would say that the Earth is our moon.

Err: We're the moon.

Inignot: But that would belittle the name of our moon, which is: The Moon.

Err: Point is: we're at the center, not you.

Carl: No, the real point is: I don't give a damn.

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Meatwad: Hey you guys, did you say that it would be easy to get whatever I want, like a ten speed, because that's what I really want.

Inignot: Getting it is easy. Filling it with illegal substances and sending it across the border is not.

Err: Yeah, see, those dogs, they can smell ANYTHING. So you gotta kick 'em in the throat.

Meatwad: Well hey now, guys, look. I do not want to do anything illegal here... but I would kill somebody... in front of their own mama... to get a ten speed. And if any witnesses testify against me, I'll gouge their eyes out.

~Oz