Crunch Time

It took a while for me to figure out just how to do it, but I am finally registered for classes next semester. Most of the process was self explanatory, but of course I needed a little help from my new advisor, Chad Okrusch. The part of the process that was especially irritating was trying to figure out what classes are available. The web interface for browsing classes is counter-intuitive to say the least! Seems like that may be a good project for TC - Solutions, who I now am doing some part time work for. I am pretty excited about that, it seems like since I've arrived here in Butte all I've been doing is working on web pages and videos.

Speaking of videos, if anyone is going to be at the screening of G.I Joe on Thursday, I believe they will get a chance to preview the video that Adam Hawks and I produced for the Montana Tech Youtube contest. Our video took first prize, the proceeds of which I will be using to buy Christmas presents for my loved ones back home in Connecticut. I may have to revisit this thought once finals are over, but as of right now I am considering this first semester a great success.

And now to a topic that is a little more somber and serious that doesn't get enough attention.

Obama sends 30,000 to Afghanistan

What happened to the anti-war movement? War is a constant drain on our economic well being, and when Bush was in office, there was a large contingent of people actively protesting that fact. It seems that once one of the "teams" get their guy in office, they balk on criticizing his actions. The military budget is spiraling out of control, and we don't have any money to pay for it. We end up borrowing quite a bit to finance this war, and we will get nothing for it in return. It would make me very happy to see the military-industrial complex finally take a back seat instead of running our country into the ground. I don't know if Obama is going to have the courage it takes to say no to his military advisors, he certainly hasn't done much to shut down the war machine up to this point. In 1961, Eisenhower warned the country what would happen if we couldn't control the military industrial complex, it seems that no one important paid any attention.