<p>The Lincoln Club is legally a PAC....You said (with your limited knowledge of this club, which you gained soley from a webpage) that the club is ignorant. First of all if a club is ignorant this can only mean its members are aswell. Secondly, if this PAC is ignorant are all PAC'S ignorant? </p>
<p>In addition, I pay $5,500 a year to be a member of this club. I consider it a very good investment into my future. At the present time, as is discussed in the "Why I hate CC'S" thread.. it is difficult to effectivelty network while being at a CC. So not only am I able to build a good rapport with NOT EVERY CEO IN THE WORLD as you put it, but ideologicaly alike local CEO's and influential business men and women, I am also able to help a cause which I feel very strong about. Once again is this ignorant??</p>
<p>And thank you for your wishes of luck, I am sure I will need it! It would ignorant of anybody to think otherwise.</p>
<p>And just to be clear.</p>
<p>Out of High School I went to school in San Francisco, as a computer graphics major. I hated it. This is where I began to think differently about alot of things, politics in general. So I left school and worked for a prominent software company making over 6 figures, but my heart was not there. I eventually quit in 2002 and went back to school to follow my passion in life. If this is ignorant because I believe in a specific concrete of ideals, objectives and so forth, then I am guilty. Although I would say this.. Ignorant would be for me and those like me to not explore other ideas and objectives, before creating our own. I have explored them, ive thought about them, and I like what I have.</p>
<p>And to answer Nikkei.... I plan on Majoring in poli sci with emphasis on Amer Govt, Minoring in public policy, and then going to a university that offers a joint degree program like Pepperdines MPP/JD.</p>
<p>*You can make a reasonable argument for why the lincoln PAC may be ignorant. You can also make a reasonable argument for why another PAC may be ignorant. This doesn't mean the arguments are equal. It may very well be the case that the Lincoln PAC is ignorant while many other PACs are not.</p>
<p>Im over this trivial argument...bottom line is I do what I do because its what I believe in. Think it ignorant think it brilliant..it does not matter. ;)</p>
<p>Do you think being a political science major would benefit someone who is passionate about becoming a CSI (Crime scene investigator)? After watching the show "CSI" I feel that you need to be more of a biology or chemistry major than a political science major.</p>
<p>ifflexi, how do you know they even like you? Conservative old white guys hate young people, even if they are conservative too. Everyone knows that. They probably talk sh it about you behind your back and scheme against you like you know they do.</p>
<p>I used to be really passionate about politics, to the point that I applied and was accepted to Emerson under Political Communication. I'm starting to get a bit jaded, though. I'm just starting to feel that the entire practice of being a politician or working for a politician is based on... well, not deception, but covering things up. Spinning things, murking it all up, basically being misleading. I'm not as passionate about politics as I used to be, in fact, I'm growing somewhat cynical.</p>
<p>So now, unless I exit this funk sometime soon, I think I'm just going to end up majoring in History or Philosophy. Where? I dunno yet. I'm a senior now, I guess I have a bit of time to figure that out, eh?</p>
<p>I still think I'd like to go to law school, though, and concentrate in civil liberties law, if possible. I'm not eager to become a federal judge like some of the folks on this board. ACLU lawyer would be a dream for me, even though the wages would be crap compared to working for a firm.</p>
<p>EDIT: Oh, yea, as to why I'd like to be a lawyer: well, I think that being a civil liberties lawyer would be a great way to help people. Or maybe labor relations. Either way, I want to be the guy who stands up for the little guy. I think you can guess where I stand politically...</p>
<p>1) Aren't most of ACLU's lawyers volunteers?</p>
<p>2) Your first paragraph is a big "duh!" </p>
<p>I don't know what a political communications major entails, but for political science the major actually often has little to do with the politics you experience in the field. I could assume that "political communications" basically is synonymous with the study of brainwashing persuasion, so I wouldn't be surprised if you experience a lot of that working with that major.</p>
<p>I'm not sure if the ACLU's lawyers are volunteers. Looking on their site, they periodically have postings for paid attorney positions at some of their headquarters, though, so it is possible to go ACLU lawyer as a career, I guess.</p>
<p>Hmm... looks like more research is necessary. Well... what do you think the best pathway to becoming a full-time civil liberties lawyer would be?</p>
<p>And to be honest, yeah, Poli Comm is even more propaganda technique-studying than Poli Sci is. Still, I was more interested in that, I have to say. At this point, I'm a bit jaded towards politics as a whole, so I think I'll end up studying history.</p>
<p>most poly sci majors want to become an attorney as the end result, however, and this important, not everyone can be lawyers, many dont get in, many drop out, so for all the polysci majors please consider why and how determined you are REALLY to pursue this course.</p>
<p>"I hate politics. I love political science."</p>
<p>Most people do not understand why I chose to major in political science. I tell them this and it tends to confuse them even more. Except in my case, I hate politics but I love U.S. politics.</p>
<p>Political science, especially at an advanced level, is less about studying politics and more about studying institutions and players within those institutions. It's a lot more science than people know.</p>
<p>I'm taking some upper div Political Science classes right now and would very much agree about it being more of a science than most people realize.</p>
<p>UCLAri is right on in his first point about hating politics, but liking political science. That's very possible. </p>
<p>But I'm not sure that political science is more of a science than people know. Like other social sciences, it doesn't produce the results you get from natural sciences. But people should know from the title, "political science," that it is a social science and academic discipline, and therefore it isn't the same as practicing politics, etc.</p>