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So firstly I would just like to introduce myself for all you native Chicago'ans who don't know me. My name is Jeff, I went to Tufts with E-Diz as we call him and am damn good at the Alto Sax. Well, the last part wasn't true but it's always been a desire of mine to either be good at the sax or drums.

Now that that's over with, I wanted to comment on Ethan's post. I don't know if it was my background in Chemistry or just my lack of understanding of the topic but much of that post flew right over my head. I did want to say, though, in response to the possibility of us going to Iran is that it seems in times of war the country just follows the President much more than the President ever follows the will of the country. The people's will, which does fluctuate a lot, is a product of what we see on the news, hear on the radio and talk about in our homes and to our friends/family. That is all based off of the small amount of information that we get, much of which is most likely edited or at least filtered in some way by the government. So when the President says the American people want to go to Iran and so he will go, I believe it's because of a prior decision he has made to go to Iran. And how much can the President really follow the will of the people? What do we know? Not much, it seems, and I bet so many decisions are made for reasons that we have no idea about and circumstances/deals that will never come to light. So how much do I trust my own decision about whether or not to enter Iran, besides the little I can relate it to history (Iraq) and the little common sense that I have?

Secondly, I wanted to respond to the post about McCain. I don't understand why we should trust McCain over everyone else. In fact, if the Republican nomination was about trust, it feels to me that more American's trust Huckabee and Walker Texas Ranger than McCain. I feel like people would vote for McCain because of his experience and global leadership.

I also love seeing ya'll's youtube links, so here's a video that blends the old school with the new skool: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KU3N5c2Kxnw. I don't know how to link the video to the blog so you'll just have to cut and paste like back in the day.