[avacado]

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A tenured professor of psychology at the University of New Hampshire believes an "elite" group within the federal government orchestrated the September 11th attacks on America.
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Medically... that is the first sign of mental disease.

[billorites]

The group contends that "pods" attached to the jet airliners actually steered planes into the Twin Towers and explosives planted inside the buildings were then set off.

[shankbear]

Just another Churchill. Idiot mooncricket type. Feckless crapweasel.

[mewzilla]

William Woodward is listed on this link as being a member of something called "Scholars for Truth".

And unfortunately it looks like this guy has plenty of company...

[Brett66]

His Quaker tradition, Woodward said, compels him to "speak truth to power." - or overuse cliche's.

[mkjessup]

His Quaker tradition, Woodward said, compels him to "speak truth to power."

Ohhhhh f------------k YOUUUUUU Woodward!

I am SO damn tired of these leftist crackpots whining that pathetic "speaking truth to power" crapola, they wouldn't know the truth if it showed up at the front door, rang the damn doorbell, and had a nametag that said "Hello, My Name Is Truth", and the only power they're interested in is their OWN political power, over and above everyone else.

Screw those idiots, and the donkeys ('Rat donkeys) they rode in on.

[Jim Noble]

"I believe it is inappropriate for someone at a public university which is supported with taxpayer dollars to take positions that are generally an affront to the sensibility of most all Americans," Gregg said.

This is a really, really stupid remark by a guy who's not usually that dumb.

What should be taught at a University, Senator Gregg, is what is true and good.

What is true and good has nothing to do with "the sensibility of most Americans", except insofar as they have been raised in a culture that exalts the truth and goodness.

The reason this fool should be dismissed is because he is teaching lies, not because people agree with him, or don't.

[Bernard]

Woodward, belongs to the Scholars for 9/11 Truth.

The group contends that "pods" attached to the jet airliners actually steered planes into the Twin Towers and explosives planted inside the buildings were then set off.

There's another thread about bad movies going on right now; this sounds like a plot line that only Ed Wood or Michael Moore could do justice to.

Apparently universities do not put moonbat clauses into employment contracts for tenure, so they have to find other reasons to terminate people like this.

[13Sisters76]

And I am SO sure his "dean and department chair" will provide great "guidance"...not!

It would be funny is there weren't so many nutjobs out there on the left pushing this insane "theory".

I must, once again, recommend Horowitz's excellent book "The Professors". Most don't know just how bad the academic community IS. I knew, because I am IN it- I just hope everyone else learns it too.

[muir_redwoods]

I'm not saying that governments and other groups don't undertake covert actions but the willingness to believe that grand conspiracies are ruling our lives and are responsible for all that is going on in this world is directly related to a self-assessment, accurate or not, of powerlessness.

To believe that there are groups manipulating all that occurs and it is beyond your power to control is a grand scheme to blame others for what is wrong. It is a way of escaping your own responsibility for things. It is a mindset that says there are grand forces at work and I cannot be responsible for what happens.

In other words, it is at the root of all Leftist dreams

[ApplegateRanch]

I have no problem with a professor presenting the 'theory' as something that is floating around out there, then exploring what the psychological aspects of those who feel compelled to propound such BS are.

It would even be useful for a communications or physical sciences or engineering professor to present it, then show how to deconstruct and debunk it.

It is something else, that I do have problem with, to present and promote such a "theory".

It is akin to a black professor of history I had back in the 1960's, who presented such "facts" as the West Africans discovered the Americas, and had a thriving trade with the Aztecs/Mayans; that Blacks of East Africa were the founders & rulers of Egypt; that a black man discovered radio, and Marconi "stole" the idea from him, etc, etc, etboringcetera. Guess which views on tests & papers were required to pass.

[observer5]

Read my tagline...

[Monti Cello]

I am sure this is related to the government conspiracy that tries to pass off 2 plus 2 as four. Do you think it's just a coincidence that almost everyone parrots this line? Classic neoimperialist, propaganda-driven groupthink.

There's no doubt the Pentagon is deeply involved with numbers -- thankfully there are a few brave math professors out there who know about five, and it's just a matter of time before the truth gets out.

[Paradox]

If you remove a professor such as Woodward for his controversial views on Sept 11th, he asked, "Where do you draw the line? It's a slippery slope. Somebody's going to be offended by what another scholar says

I wonder what they would think of a professor who claimed that African Americans were genetically inferior to White Americans? Or that women had different brains than men, and thus they didn't do as well in the physical sciences...

[JasonC]

Just fire the nitwit, why do we have this crazy "issues"? Are there no grown ups in American academia? If there aren't, then it is time for governors and legislators to step in and purge the screaming toddlers out of the schools.

[Paradox]

Why is it that so many whackjobs are from the psychology field?

[Donald Rumsfeld Fan]

The group contends that "pods" attached to the jet airliners actually steered planes into the Twin Towers and explosives planted inside the buildings were then set off.

..invasion of the pod people

[Red Boots]

"If a person can back that up with evidence and have a sound academic reason, that's one thing," he said. "It sounds pretty far-fetched for me."

If you can't back up your ideas with evidence and sound reason, does it reaslly belong in a university, or any other, classroom ?

[Question_Assumptions]

Which part of "al Qaeda claimed responsibility" don't they understand? I think he watched The Long Kiss Goodnight one time too many (that Geena Davis movie suggested that the first WTC bombing was a government "fund raising" plot that framed innocent Arabs).

[Tall_Texan]

His Quaker tradition, Woodward said, compels him to "speak truth idiocy to power."

There. Fixed it.