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Old 09-27-2007, 12:13 AM
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Need some help selecting a topic

I need to do a 3k word paper for Humanities and its basicly.. on anything as long as it deals with Humanities .. ya know?

I have some ideas

Our current tax system and the argument of flat taxing the nation

Political Promises : What do they mean?

The media's involvement in current and past politics

Science and The Bible good or bad chemistry?

Going to war with Iran - Stupid does as stupid is.


I duno... I kinda like the one for political promises..

I got into debate with one of the wise old men from the deli on how a flat tax in such an advanced economy would not work.


so let me hear some input

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Old 09-27-2007, 01:53 AM
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Dude,

just cut and paste any number of threads here on OD. You'll have to do a little wordsmithing, but hey...
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Old 09-27-2007, 02:08 AM
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if you decide to go with your second idea you could start of the report with a picture of a honey truck.
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Old 09-27-2007, 06:33 AM
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Any of those topics will make a good paper. Plenty of stuff to work with too, I would think.

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Old 09-27-2007, 07:26 AM
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if you decide to go with your second idea you could start of the report with a picture of a honey truck.
We call'em cesspool cleaners here on L.I. and honeydippers in Virginia........
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Old 09-27-2007, 05:06 PM
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We call'em cesspool cleaners here on L.I. and honeydippers in Virginia........
Regardless of where you are or what you call 'em, the contents are still basically political promises.
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Old 09-27-2007, 05:28 PM
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Most of those read like topics for a Political Science or Econ class, except for the Science and the Bible one.
I suppose it depends on the exact Humanities class for which the paper is being written, but I'd look look for something more focused on Art, Literature or Philosophy. For instance, on the questions of taxes, I'd think about a paper focusing on the role of the tax collector in European Post-Enlightenment Art or something like that. Or on the media, I'd look at something like Political Cartoons in Post-War America.
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Old 09-27-2007, 06:21 PM
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I need to do a 3k word paper for Humanities and its basicly.. on anything as long as it deals with Humanities .. ya know?

I have some ideas

Our current tax system and the argument of flat taxing the nation

Political Promises : What do they mean?

The media's involvement in current and past politics

Science and The Bible good or bad chemistry?

Going to war with Iran - Stupid does as stupid is.


I duno... I kinda like the one for political promises..

I got into debate with one of the wise old men from the deli on how a flat tax in such an advanced economy would not work.


so let me hear some input
So what about how political promises portrayed through the sensationalistic media would negatively impact troops by creating a public bias if we were to go to war with Iran for reasons based primarily on religion? Or flat tax...my head hurts...
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Old 09-27-2007, 06:39 PM
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So what about how political promises portrayed through the sensationalistic media would negatively impact troops by creating a public bias if we were to go to war with Iran for reasons based primarily on religion?


thats like... jeeeze.. dissertation level???

I only need 3k words.. which is ... around 5 pages double spaced...
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What about something on the dynamics of online communities... You can use this madhouse as a great basis for an essay
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Old 09-27-2007, 08:10 PM
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What about something on the dynamics of online communities... You can use this madhouse as a great basis for an essay
currently typing up 3 pages on internet addiction...
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currently typing up 3 pages on internet addiction...
So what's you theory?
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thats like... jeeeze.. dissertation level???

I only need 3k words.. which is ... around 5 pages double spaced...
Isn't a double spaced page typically around 250 words?
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The role of advocacy journalism in the fall of the republic.
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