So the EPA sucks.

Apparently, even though the EPA has monumental supporting evidence, we still lost because the Petitioners gave a rousing rebuttal that swayed half the court. That sucked. Anyway, I was appointed by my peers as the Chairman of the Democratic Party for the Mock Congress. Our commitee will listen and vote on the caucus' for removing porn from cable and satelite televsion, wire-tapping phones, and a causus on something else. 8/

And in the morning we go to a "Meet the Press" Breakfast. So, that should be interesting.

Got my letter

Sorry I'm not Nancy Pelosi this week. I got my letter and they "regretfully informed" me that I did not advance to the next round. You guys didn't pray hard enough. :)

Yes, they all have speech impidements.

Today we were spoken to by Jonathan Felts. (Google him) This man also has a speech impediment in which he clears his throat every sentence, about half way through it. Just thought you'd like to know.

This was him. He was far away and so he's blurry.

When you switch states...the time changes too.

I set the alarm on my computer and my computer is supposed to know where it is. Like, when I change time zones. So, I set the alarm for 6:30 (breakfast was at 7) and I went to sleep. My roommate and I wake up at 7:30 and missed breakfast because my computer didn't update times with the microsoft server. :( We did make it to the bus though. We visited the "Big 3" today. The Korean War memorial, The Vietnam War memorial(this letter was left by a soldiers friend at the bottom of his name), and the Lincoln memorial. We could also see the Washington Monument. After, we went and ate at this really awesome pizza place. (For those back home it was like Loopy's) The weird thing was they supplied us a map that listed like 15 really fancy resturaunts and the map was outdated. Which meant part of the resturaunts didn't even exist anymore. So, 50-100 starving teenagers converged on this pizza place that serves pizza slices larger than the size of your face; Yes, we measured. And the size of the room is like 7 feet wide by 15 feet long and we're all suffocating because we're wearing button-ups, blazers, ties, etc... and the room was like 89-92 degrees because of the ovens. It was called Goody's and its in Dupont Circle.

Well, we go to get back on the bus and there are two girls in our seats. So, we're like you took our seats and they're like they took our seats. So, I have no where to sit and the leader starts head count and is then like Sit Down! and I look at her like where in the world am i gonna sit? in her lap? and she's like, "Oh, who has an empty seat beside them?" and it was the seat in the very front of the bus, but i get to sit by our leaders and they're as crazy as I am. So, we have great conversations.

Aside from all that, Tomorrow I represent the EPA in a Supreme Court Case and We go to Capitol Hill where I get to meet my states Representsatives in the US House and my Congressmen. I was also chosen as one of 13 candidates out of 300 students to run as Speaker of the House, the highest honor at NYLC, in the mock Congress being held Saturday afternoon. It has so far invlolved an interview process with all 13 candidates and tomorrow we will be given a card telling whether or not we advance to the 2nd candidate round. This round has only 5 candidates remaining. Yay, pray for me.

Hey Thanks for reading!

OK, so.. I got here today and have been going non-stop since then. I have been assigned my role in the "If I Were President" Simulation. I will be playing the part of the Speaker of the House in a situation between China and Taiwan; in which, Taiwan wishes to secede from China and China refuses. China then fires 2 warning missiles into the waters off the coast of Taiwan and warn of "real problems" if the Taiwanese proceed with there referendum. I don't have alot of time during the day so I'll probably be posting at night.
-Justin

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We also had the leader from a Zionists Group come and when he started his speech he started making this honking noise. We all thought he was laughing, even though he hadn't told a joke, and then he was like, "I need to tell you all something. I have tourettes syndrome and it causes me to force air out of my throat. Sometimes making odd noises and accompanied by facial ticks." So, everyone stopped laughing and felt like they had just opened their mouth and inserted both of their feet into it. But, he continued making these noises, sometimes, for 15 seconds or more, and noone could focus on his speech.
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NYLC

Ok, so, I got nominated to go to the National Young Leaders Conference in Washington D.C. and $1500.00 later I'm going. Anyway, this is where you'll be able to read all about my trip and follow me along on my journey. Plus I'll post all the funny, stupid, and just plain cool stuff, etc... Including pics, vids, and whatever else.
-Justin