Michigan Law School, Lets Buy Out Michigan!

Q: well im bored at work as usual... and i hapenned to be talkin to Irfan and Saqib (two MI reps) and i came across this article. i think this is why all of MI is comin to Chicago

A:It seems that this is the general trend. Rumor has it that even Irfan Bhai wants to stay in Chicago for the rest of his career (can this be confirmed?). From numerous conversations with Irfan, I believe that he is looking to stay in Chicago. I might not be able to roll this weekend. :( MCC asked me to MC their dinner on Saturday night wow. as funny as the tag for the email was, I think there's something we should all take note of, the line that says that one THIRD of Detroit lives in poverty. We have to understand, the govt "standards" for poverty are LOW. I know that these days I prolly come off as the whiny voice in the back of your heads, but something about being alone in a poor and unstable country that just makes you more aware of these things. the point I'm trying to make, (and Azam I'll give you the mic back in a sec--hehe) is that we need to seriously start thinking abt how we need to give back to the country to which we owe so much. "We have the tools--we can rebuild it." I don't know where to begin with that email, so I'll just leave it at this - as low as poverty is and will be in THIS country, the degree of poverty overseas is immeasurable! (Saud, I know you didn't mean to leave out this portion of the population, but I wanted to mention it in light of the discourse). I know it's a far reach for someone like me - who completely distinguishes between domestic and foreign issues - to call upon working on the issues of poverty overseas, but it's really that bad over there! Our system of governance, as critical as we can be of it, still contains ways for those in poverty to survive.

However overseas, such a system does not exist. You are merely left out and must fend for your survival, often leading to crime, drugs, and further violence. If you haven't done so already, go and watch "Hotel Rawanda." Although not a factual asessment of the region, you do get a glimpse of the lives, if you can call it such, that people lead there. If anything, understand that we have been very privileged to be able to live in THIS country and to enjoy it's benefits, and if there is anything that 'which we owe so much' for, it is to understand this gracious privilege and begin to find a way to rebuild the lives of others less fortunate - both here and abroad.