Add a pair of Beretta 93's as accessories and wow!
Posted on 05/20/2006 11:27:01 PM PDT by raccoonradio
More than 200 faculty members have signed a letter of opposition to her. Scores of students plan to protest. And dozens of other demonstrators are expected to attend.
All of this and more await Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at Boston College tomorrow, when she is due to receive an honorary doctor of laws degree and give what is shaping up to be this year’s most controversial commencement address.
But anyone expecting Rice to be shouted down may be disappointed.
“I think people have a right to demonstrate as long as they do it in a respectful way,” said senior Amanda Sindel-Keswick, 22.
Students who plan to stand in protest during Rice’s speech plan to sit together so as not to block other people’s views, according to the college’s newspaper. And those who don’t want to draw attention to themselves by standing plan to wear armbands reading “No honorary degree” or “Not in my name.”
“I don’t agree with what she’s done with her power,” said senior Suzanne Dupre, 21. “I just wouldn’t want to see anything happen that would dampen the day.”
Not everyone is upset to have the world’s most powerful woman speaking at their school.
“Whether you agree with her political decisions or not, you have to recognize this is a coup for BC, bringing in someone this high-profile,” said senior Roger Nani, 21. “This is a good PR move.”
Racists.
>>the world’s most powerful woman
"I thought that was ME!"--Hillary
It must be wonderful to be 21 and know absolutely everything.
How would the reaction be if she were Secy. of State to a President Kerry? (Not that Lurch would be smart enough to appoint someone like her...)
This is what happened when they decided to call a spanking 'Child Abuse'.
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http://www.goodolddogs3.com/HonorOurVets.html
Ahh, same'ol same'ol.
If the speaker were Al Franken, would the conservative professors and students at B.C. (I know, I know; not too many in number if at all) act this way?
What, only 200? Pff, I figured' the entire college would oppose her! Must be an ultra right-wing college if all they can get is about 200 protestors. Any decent East Coast college worthy of the title "Liberal Stronghold" would turn out with torches and pitchforks.
What I don't get is why would Condi even bother going? Did they send out the invite to her on April 1st?
If these KIDS at this school knew anything about this woman, they would be looking up to her. Their actions just prove that they are being taught the wrong message.
from last week: _adjunct_ BC prof quits (drama queen, er,
king, er...) over Rice speech:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1631126/posts
Because she has class and courage. Two items lacking in liberals
letters to the Boston Globe, pro and Con, about the prof quitting BC:
AN OPEN response to Steve Almond (''Condoleezza Rice at Boston College? I quit," op-ed, May 12):
I would like to thank you for your recent resignation as an adjunct professor at BC. I am sure that many alumni, like myself, appreciate your decision because we can once again confidently contribute to the school's development funds. It sickened me to think that my hard-earned dollars were being used to support professors with such ignorant beliefs. If you have such an issue with liars, it is a wonder you didn't resign when Michael Moore spoke. This recent scene at Boston College, and the nationwide negative publicity, embarrasses me. I hope that you can inspire the hundreds of professors at my alma mater who share your opinions and may follow your lead and resign. As a former student of yours, I thank you for urging me to ''exercise my First Amendment rights" to write this farewell e-mail to you.
DANA PANZARINO
Valley Stream, N.Y.
from last week: _adjunct_ BC prof quits (drama queen, er,
king, er...) over Rice speech:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1631126/posts
I guess that explains why these KIDS feel this way, they listen to someone that is blind to the truth.
Thank you for that moving tribute. What a great way to end Armed Forces Day!
No mater how high they rise, they will not reach her stature.
When Condi Rice speaks at Boston College, she'll be the smartest person there.
Anti American liberal kooks is more like it. If they brought in a black speaker spewing "america stinks" rhetoric, there would be no problem.
How wonderful to have spent all that money and have been taught nothing.
No, but I'd bail at the earliest polite moment; would you condemn and vilify me for leaving?
Exactly. I work with high school aged kids and it's amazing how they just KNOW everything about America's horrible past. When I asked questions about their positions, they just shake their head, shrug, or say "That's not true."
And they all read Michael Moore and Al Franken books.
Ah, yes, the lovely years from about 18 to 21 where so many think they know it all when they really know nothing.
I was kind of like that in my late teens.
"We can too feed the whole world!"
"We really need to reduce these nuclear arms. They're very dangerous."
Then I grew up real fast when the Iran hostage event happened and voted for Reagan.
What a pack of foaming-at-the-mouth racists they have at Boston College!
Wow. It's 2006 and these racist cretins act like it's 1850.
More stupid than racist.
The leftist whiners are just intellectually vacant edu-pirates in a leaky rowboat throwing mud at an incoming super aircraft carrier.
I think Condi should go on a speaking tour at universities. All across the country. If these people keep quitting in protest, we can make some headway on improving college education.
Add a pair of Beretta 93's as accessories and wow!
Aw, yes, I remember how intelligent I was then and how empowering it felt. I've just forgotten SOOOO MUCH in the ensuing 37 years.......(sarcasm)
As my grandfather used to say: "It's all in what you're used to."
First of all, Allegra, I respect and honor your committment to the mission. You see first hand the difficult but undeniably worthwhile birth of freedom. Nuff said, my prayers are with you.
But 18 to 21? Shucks, I was 19 when I was drafted in 1966.
Looking back now, in a way it was wonderful, I believe I'm a better man today because of it.
You take care, and keep on watching out for our troops. Old fogies like me don't forget the good you do. If it wasn't for my lovely bride of 23 years now, I'd still have a crush on a "donut dolly" I met back then! (In a sense I suppose she was a civilian contractor- the USO).
A wonderful girl she was, and me and the other guys looked forward to seeing her now and then. In the best effort that scruffy gentlemen could muster, we always treated her as a lady, and we would have gone through hell and back to protect her honor.
Bless you, Allegra. You have many friends here.
Thank you for your very kind words. {blush!}
I'm off to safe and pleasent dreams, but didn't want to miss an opportunity to say hello.
All the best!
G'Night!
I assume you're dropping the race card as a joke?
They deserve Ward Churchill, not Condi.
I thought Boston College was a conservative Catholic school. No?
Understand that Liberals Are Racist. Their first shot at Rice will be that's she not competent for the job. They did that with the cartoon of her as a parrot with big lips and them as the maid from "Gone With The Wind" in a rocking chair with a nuke as a baby saying, "I don't know nuttin' 'bout birthin' no WMDs..."
Racist liberals demand that minorities vote Democrat because they believe that minorities can't handle their own affairs. They MUST follow the advice of the betters, liberal whites.
It's not a race card as much as a True Bill of Indictment against liberal racism.
How immature.
If these people keep quitting in protest, we can make some headway on improving college education.
Good Idea
Yep. She's uppity. And takes jobs adjuncts want.
Kerry's a BC-law grad. He got admitted under some peculiar circumstances
Definitely. These folks at Boston U all from Southie or what?
I wonder how many bonus points the students earn if they protest.
Is an Adjunct Professor an untenured faculty even lower in the pecking order than an Assistant Professor? If that is the case the resignation would imply that the guy was job hunting and hoped to use the resignation to pad his resume.
They should grow up and realize that you learn when you're willing to listen. The alternative is learning the hard way.
BC==> allegedly Roman Catholic school
BU==> "private" university
BU's near Fenway Park. BC is further out.
Tis true! Hey there Allegra. Long time no "see"
I was on vacation. I escaped The Gulag for two and a half glorious weeks of freedom. Just got back about four days ago.
It's waaaay too early to start counting down to my next escape, but it will be a longer one. Close to a month in September. ;-)
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