Hello, all! I’m in Franklin today! You know something? *whispers* They have good internet here!!!
You know something else? I’m remembering how much I love Pandora! I haven’t been able to use it since we moved, and boy, have I missed it! I’ve decided that the variety of music I have on my “Quick mix” ensures a much better frame of mind while I study. (Oh, yeah, I did bring my War, Peace, and International Politics book that I’m starting to read. Can’t stop studying; test’s in just over 2 weeks!)
Have I ever mentioned that I love the High Kings??? Here’s one that just came up, and I absolutely love it (got a lot of “loves” in this post; hey, better than my last one!):
and another one (just imagine my joy at being able to use YouTube again!!!):
and ANOTHER one!
Now I better stop YouTube, or I’ll not get much studying done…
Well, here’s a question I once again conjured up during the bit of study I got done before they let me on the internet 
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The terms “conservative” and “liberal” gradually change their meaning over time. From what I can tell, “liberal” almost always becomes more liberal, and “conservative” moves into the recently vacated old “liberal” position (probably with slightly different catch phrases and whatnot). My question is: Does “liberal” ever become so liberal that it is essentially what was, many, many years ago, one of the first positions of “conservative”?
Also, does anyone know where I might be able to find maps of eastern Europe that shows the transformation of Germany from a confederation of states, to a unified nation, to the split after WWII, to the reunification? I googled and didn’t really come up with anything. Somewhat along those lines, when and why did Austria and Prussia become confederated as a part of “Germany” (as it was before Bismarck)? Or has it always been that way? … I should probably know that by now…
I’m also thinking about looking for some sort of flowchart that shows the growth, stagnation, decline, growth, etc, of the industrialized world’s economy over the past 200 or so years. I haven’t started looking for that yet. I’m wondering if there some sort of correlation between 1) the rising of industrialization, 2) rapid industrialization, 3) industrial stagnation, and, finally, 4) industrial decline (and therefore economic decline) and an increase in tensions, conflicts, and wars globally. I have a feeling that the answer would probably be yes, there is a correlation, at least between points 1, 3, and 4, but what about rapid industrialization? I think that would still be a yes, though the conflicts would probably more internal than state against state. Anyway, that was just a thought.
