Wednesday, March 7, 2007

Bill Clinton earned $31million speaking fees in five years

I remebered one day in the class we talked about the ex-presidents' life after their presidency. One question is how much they earned for their speeches. One article in Washington Post did a fantastic job on this. The reporter not only found the number- Bill Clinton earned $31 million speaking fees from 2001 to 2005, but he also mapped where he gave those speeches. So you can have an idea how much Bill Clinton charged for each speech in different places.
http://projects.washingtonpost.com/2007/clinton-speeches/

Yes, I am here!

Hello Politicos,

You guys are great! I am a little concerned that you are trying to do too much on these projects. That is why I hope you will try to do as much as possible before Spring Break so that I can help you.

Your ideas are great! Just now they need to be manageable.

Take care, BHW

Sunday, March 4, 2007

Especially for social constructivists :-)

Beautiful article! Beautiful!

http://www.centerforbookculture.org/context/no10/hall.html
When I was an undergrad, I wrote a paper on the Soviet press coverage of the West during the Cold war. In Soviet newspapers of 50-s, there was a special genre of ‘anti-bourgeois’ caricatures. There are two of them for you ))) I found them online. Unfortunately, there were no name of the newspaper and the year when these pictures were published.
Picture # 1
- Where is your salary?
- I gave all my money to pay for the apartment.

In FRG, as well as in other capitalist countries, the apartment rent is incredibly high. 20% increase is expected in this year.

Picture # 2
The worker shows the note: "Must work!"
Below: "Common market."

According to day-to-day reports of information agencies, unemployment grows inevitably. It is the real disaster for working people of the West. In the countries of “common market,” 10.2 millions or 9% of employable population do not have jobs.