Sunday, March 12, 2006
Weekend Accounting Update
I have managed to double-check my accounting midterm examination prior to class this week. I did find a couple of mathematical errors, which I have managed to correct. I should be ready for it to be turned in on Tuesday evening. On Thursday, I started reading "The Goal" by Eli Goldratt. Over the course of the weekend I have also managed to read a good portion of it. I have around 50 pages left to read, and I must say, this is one of the most interesting books I have ever had to read in my academic career. I think the class is worth it just for the opportunity to read this book. The information in this book is going to help me immensely, and I'm glad I am reading it. I still have to read chapters three and eleven in the main textbook. I also have to get cracking on yet another internet assignment. Plenty of time to get all those things squared away.
Sunday, March 05, 2006
US-Pakistani Alliance??
The last day or two I have heard on the news about President Bush going to Pakistan to meet with Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf. So this evening, I read on Foxnews.com an article about the President's trip in which Bush Expresses Solidarity with Pakistan, Musharraf.
This article talks about the alliance with Pakistan, and the efforts of Pakistan in the War on Terror. I have reason to question any such alliance with the Pakistanis, and, especially the sincerity of the Pakistani president, Pervez Musharraf. Why should our country trust a man who was not legitimately elected to office in a contested election? He claimed power, in 1999, in a bloodless coup, and in the aftermath of that coup stated that an election would be contested. More than six years later, no election has taken place. In fact, Musharraf recently changed his country's constitution to allow him to remain president AND to keep his uniform until 2007. This is a country, prior to September 11, that we had withdrawn our ambassador, and all foreign aid because of nuclear activity and indirectly, because of the lack of democratic elections in Pakistan. All of a sudden, after September 11th, the Pakistanis allow us access to their territory to launch an offensive against the Taliban in Afghanistan, and all of a sudden they're a valued ally? Something about this doesn't sound right. I find it awfully convenient. They also have vowed to help us round up Al Queda operatives and to assist us with our search for Osama Bin Laden.
Almost 5 years later, still no Bin Laden, but we keep on hearing the same tune from the Pakistanis.... "We'll eventually, with US help, will find Bin Laden and bring him to justice." Please... If Bin Laden is hiding in the mountainous border of Pakistan and Afghanistan, as he is rumored to, it will be difficult to find him. I truly believe that most of the Pakistani public does know the location of the US' number one wanted terrorist. The Pakistani public has no interest in helping Musharraf, nor us, find Bin Laden, as they agree with what he is fighting for, they don't like us as much as Bin Laden does. With that being said, I believe that as long as we continue to rely on the Pakistani military to help US operatives find Bin Laden, we will never find him, as the Pakistani military is most likely helping him hide.
This alliance is more of a marriage of convenience for the Pakistanis. It allows them to receive foreign aid to enable their government to better provide for its citizens, while doing very little in return. We will not find Bin Laden, and, quite frankly, I believe we are wasting our time enlisting their help.
This article talks about the alliance with Pakistan, and the efforts of Pakistan in the War on Terror. I have reason to question any such alliance with the Pakistanis, and, especially the sincerity of the Pakistani president, Pervez Musharraf. Why should our country trust a man who was not legitimately elected to office in a contested election? He claimed power, in 1999, in a bloodless coup, and in the aftermath of that coup stated that an election would be contested. More than six years later, no election has taken place. In fact, Musharraf recently changed his country's constitution to allow him to remain president AND to keep his uniform until 2007. This is a country, prior to September 11, that we had withdrawn our ambassador, and all foreign aid because of nuclear activity and indirectly, because of the lack of democratic elections in Pakistan. All of a sudden, after September 11th, the Pakistanis allow us access to their territory to launch an offensive against the Taliban in Afghanistan, and all of a sudden they're a valued ally? Something about this doesn't sound right. I find it awfully convenient. They also have vowed to help us round up Al Queda operatives and to assist us with our search for Osama Bin Laden.
Almost 5 years later, still no Bin Laden, but we keep on hearing the same tune from the Pakistanis.... "We'll eventually, with US help, will find Bin Laden and bring him to justice." Please... If Bin Laden is hiding in the mountainous border of Pakistan and Afghanistan, as he is rumored to, it will be difficult to find him. I truly believe that most of the Pakistani public does know the location of the US' number one wanted terrorist. The Pakistani public has no interest in helping Musharraf, nor us, find Bin Laden, as they agree with what he is fighting for, they don't like us as much as Bin Laden does. With that being said, I believe that as long as we continue to rely on the Pakistani military to help US operatives find Bin Laden, we will never find him, as the Pakistani military is most likely helping him hide.
This alliance is more of a marriage of convenience for the Pakistanis. It allows them to receive foreign aid to enable their government to better provide for its citizens, while doing very little in return. We will not find Bin Laden, and, quite frankly, I believe we are wasting our time enlisting their help.
Saturday, March 04, 2006
GW Men Go Undefeated in A-10 Play
Today, at the Smith Center, the Colonial's went undefeated in Atlantic-10 Conference Play by beating Charlotte by a score of 86-85 in overtime. This marks only the fourth time in conference history that a team has gone undefeated in conference play. At 26-1, GW has the best record in Division I basketball. They also have the longest winning streak at 18, and the only one loss team in the Top 25. They have also claimed a first round bye in the Atlantic-10 tournament that takes place in Cincinnati next week. I am truly happy with the season that GW has had this year, and I hope we're able to win the tournament for the second year in a row. We should get a high seed this year in the NCAA tournament, and it would be phenomenal if we could make it past the first round this year. Hail to the buff and blue!
Accounting Midterm Completed
Today, around 1pm, I packed up my accounting stuff and I made my way over to the library in Old Town Fredericksburg to work on my accounting midterm. I wanted to work on it today and get it finished so I wouldn't have to worry about it all next week. Since my sister is home until tomorrow, and she had a few things she needed to work on, I brought her with me so she could get some of her work done. I didn't find the problems to be overly difficult, but they did take the longest amount of time to complete. Some of the multiple choice questions took me off guard, and took a little bit of time to find the answers for, but four hours later, I managed to get the exam completed by hand and inputted into Microsoft Word for the completed product.
With the exam completed, I now have the week to do some other reading for class, and to start reading the book "The Goal" for class. This is a book that I would like to get read as quickly as possible. I ordered it from Amazon.com on Friday afternoon, I should have it on Monday, so it will give me tomorrow to possibly relax some before I get too much back into the swing of things for class. No class on Tuesday means a little bit of time to relax as well. I'm certainly glad I got the exam done and over with.
With the exam completed, I now have the week to do some other reading for class, and to start reading the book "The Goal" for class. This is a book that I would like to get read as quickly as possible. I ordered it from Amazon.com on Friday afternoon, I should have it on Monday, so it will give me tomorrow to possibly relax some before I get too much back into the swing of things for class. No class on Tuesday means a little bit of time to relax as well. I'm certainly glad I got the exam done and over with.
Thursday, March 02, 2006
Midterm Thoughts On Accounting
As I mentioned in my post Midterm Spring 2006, this past Tuesday was the half-way point of my accounting class. For the most part, I am reasonably happy with my performance. I received another grade on Tuesday evening, I got 40 out of 50 points on another paper. To be perfectly honest, I was a little disappointed with that grade. Granted, I shouldn't be too disappointed, as I have 20 bonus points coming to me if I make perfect attendance for the semester. So I'm still sitting on an A, but I wish I didn't have to use so many of those points just at the midterm point of the class. I'm sure I have nothing to worry about, but still, it would be nice to have that cushion going into the final half of the course.
On Tuesday, the midterm was posted on the class' website on Blackboard. It has a total of 33 questions on it, 26 multiple choice questions and 7 problems. I think I'm going to go ahead and get this thing taken care of and out of the way this weekend. I believe I will go to the library in old town on Saturday, where there won't be any wireless internet access, I'll take a seat in the study room and get myself all squared away. Mostly, I just want to get this done and overwith, so I won't have to worry about it for an entire week and a half. The exam isn't due until the 14th, but the sooner I get it out of the way, the better, and I can get cracking on that book "The Goal" that I'm required to read.
On Tuesday, the midterm was posted on the class' website on Blackboard. It has a total of 33 questions on it, 26 multiple choice questions and 7 problems. I think I'm going to go ahead and get this thing taken care of and out of the way this weekend. I believe I will go to the library in old town on Saturday, where there won't be any wireless internet access, I'll take a seat in the study room and get myself all squared away. Mostly, I just want to get this done and overwith, so I won't have to worry about it for an entire week and a half. The exam isn't due until the 14th, but the sooner I get it out of the way, the better, and I can get cracking on that book "The Goal" that I'm required to read.
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