A multicivilizational United States will not be the United States; it will be the United Nations.

Not many ideas are more challenging for me to think about, much less take a side on. The discussion in class and in Huntington's article about the United States and its identity were interesting and confusing.

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...Not only can a language arbitrarily choose its signifiers; it can divide up a spectrum of conceptual possibilities in any way that it likes. Moreover, and here we come to an important point, the fact that these concepts, or signifieds, are arbitrary divisions of a continuum means that they are not autonomous entities, each of which is defined by some kind of essence. They are members of a system and are defined by their relations to the other members of that system.

This quote, though fairly long, was more or less a revelation for me. After I read it, many concepts about languages suddenly made sense. For instance, in Culler's text about Saussure and also in Hudson's "The Great Issues (Grey Tissues)," the variation between any two languages was a popular and complicated topic.

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I have been tinkering a bit lately, and I think I am going to change this blog from Nucleus CMS to Movable Type. I just need to figure out how to export everything properly…

I’m very disappointed with myself this weekend - last weekend I got no homework done, but …

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Hey! This is going to be a very quickly-written entry because I’m trying to finish some straightening before I leave for work…

Last week was somewhat stressful - not because I had a TON of homework, but because the homework I did have seemed to take forever to complete! I …

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This was written by Cassie W of Hartford Union High School

Hello Fellow Myspacers,

What will you be doing in 60 days? You probably dont know. You probably dont really care. November 7th, 2006 is just another day that you have to go through. But its not. Its so much …

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Message to Joey on MySpace:

well, my view is that i’m all for anything that increases awareness - especially when it’s positive. i even like when religious protesters hold a rally - but this is even better, because many people admire him. this is an issue that I think will …

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I’m joining it.

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6:20; Wake up, change alarm to 6:35

6:35; Wake up, take shower

6:57; Call Melissa Zehner to be sure she’s up. She’s muy tired-sounding. Aww.

7:00; Sit down and figure out what classes I have and where I’m going. Look for clothes …

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College is finally here…and I’m totally not ready.

I’ve got a kitchen table, chairs, and counter completely stacked with groceries… $450 worth actually. I went home over the weekend to babysit and go to Six Flags Great America with the family… except Ben didn’t go… but …

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