Another "Peace and Conflict Studies" grad ...
Posted on 08/03/2009 1:39:51 PM PDT by tonyome
Bauer is a freelance journalist and photographer based in the Middle East who has reported from Iraq, Syria, Sudan's Darfur region and Yemen, according to his Web site. He grew up in Minnesota and graduated from the University of California-Berkeley with a degree in Peace and Conflict Studies, the site said.
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No doubt he expected the Iranians to love him cause he hates Bush,,,
We could stand to lose a few more of those degreed students.
he’ll get to practice some 1st person conflict resolution.
If he survives, the libtard will have had the best education experience of his life.
And he got lost hiking?
That degree will come in real handy when dealing with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.
Poor SOB, he has been indoctrinated with totally useless information. If he survives he should sue his University.
Now’s a good time to put those college skills to work. Peace and conflict... good luck. Too bad he didn’t take any common sense (how to have some and how to use it) classes. What a fool.
"He's a very thoughtful, caring person, soft-spoken, smart, bright. Has lots of travel experience and is someone that I would expect to be an experienced camper," Tiffany said.
Oh yes! As we all can see!
So he went over there thinking that they would embrace him and treat him kindly because he was reporting their side of the story. Hey, I'm sorry for the mom, but the reporters that go there thinking they are for some reason immune get a rude awakening. As much as it has happened they continue to keep making the same mistake.
Is either an idiot or Agency.
“Peace and Conflict Studies”, eh?
No doubt he’s getting a lesson in how the REAL world operates. But too bad he did not instead find out with his first paycheck- “Like, dude, where did all my MONEY go?”...
“...graduated from the University of California-Berkeley with a degree in Peace and Conflict Studies...”
Means he’s a dumbass.
If he gets out of Iran alive he should then volunteer to work a liquor store on Chelsea Avenue in Memphis so he can completely effect his change from flaming liberal to conservative.
It is hard to be sympathetic to these Al Franken Minnesota types who despised Bush and were certain he was wrong. These people really believed that going hiking in Iran was a risk that was overblown by some corporate type in the evil Bush CIA. And now thy will pay for that naivete
Oh, brother. Well, it will give him an opportunity to see what happens when two sides with different narratives attempt to come together. His is "I'm on your side, I hate Bush too." Theirs is "So are you worth more to us as a hiker with a BS degree, a hostage, or a corpse?"
In this particular conflict of viewpoints it is important to deconstruct the two meta-narrative texts and reveal the underlying motivations, coming to the synthetic position that the fellers with the guns win. That'd be the way to bet, anyway.
Didn’t they have a GPS in those cell phones?
he’ll get to practice some 1st person conflict resolution.”
How much of the school he attended gets State and Federal funding??? No student’s tuition pays the whole cost of going to school. There is always additional funding from other sources.
What kind of “education” and “degree in conflict resolution” gets you a job doing what??? Playground supervisor for 2-8 year olds???? Who sets the curiculum for that school??? Maybe this jerk could get a job in the near future telling us old folks why we have to die under Nobamacare...
Sure would be absolutely beyond tickled to have had a job applicant tell me that they had a degree in such a topic and that I should hire them.
I haven’t had to hire and fire since the mid-80’s, but I would still be laughing.
most can’t find their ass with both hands...
From Minnesota - well that explains it. Average IQ there is >70.”
Did the Somali’s raise it up some??
I hope they are OK. It is possible that Iran will let them go because they are peace lovers; it’s good PR.
Please remember Jesse Ventura was a one term governor and Al Franken lost to Norm Coleman 3 times before the final fix was arranged.
(The problem is mostly with the Norwegians. The Germans and the Finns are fairly conservative... And, of course, there is that whole big ugly bunch in Minneapolis!)
Now he’s learning how “you just need to talk to them” FAILS in the real world, outside of liberal academia.
After experiencing this little trip, he might come back as a conservative voter. (IF he comes back)
“Peace and Conflict Studies”? Does this mean cower and whimper?
sounds like a simple, old fashioned defection - he went to Iraq “hiking” and crossed over to Iran? Maybe a bunch of other like minded rats could personally do the same to look for him? I’d chip in some of the money for the costs to getting there!
***No doubt he expected the Iranians to love him cause he hates Bush,,,***
Now be serious! He probably has the Revolutionary guard sitting around in circles singing Kumbya by now and having hug-ins! He’s degreed!
A degree in peace and conflict studies?
ROFL.
In other words he gets a lot of practice saying “Would you like fires with that?”
It is too bad our education system leads people down such horrible paths.
This kid, through no fault of his own, has been fed a bunch of fantastic lies and horrible misconceptions concerning the hard, timeless realities of the human condition. His idiotic, jackoff, self-hating professors — not him — should be in his current predicament. If his blood is shed it will be due to the leftist scumbags who, for at least four years, poured their poison into his head. I hope to God he gets out alive, and undamaged.
I have to wonder if Iran will pamper these babies and then return them so they can proclaim to CNN that IRAN is a wonderful place.
“degree in Peace and Conflict Studies”
Rodney King should get an honorary PHD.
“Can’t we all just get along?”
I'll bet they decided to have a little adventure by pow-wowing with the Iranians, smoking a little crack.....oops........peace pipe and settling all middle eastern conflicts by the power of their personalities and Berkeley tutorials.
No doubt they carried letters of introduction from Gov. Jesse Ventura and Sen. Al Franken.
Leni
I'll bet they decided to have a little adventure by pow-wowing with the Iranians, smoking a little crack.....oops........peace pipe and settling all middle eastern conflicts by the power of their personalities and Berkeley tutorials.
No doubt they carried letters of introduction from Gov. Jesse Ventura and Sen. Al Franken.
Leni
Or, "And I for one, welcome our new Muslim overlords."
Guess that worked out well for him. I think I am sorry for the mom ( not quite sure)
Cake
It sounds like the young man with a peace studies degree is now getting a real education. Who knows, but after some first hand experience of Iran’s thuggish behavior, he may come back talking like John Bolton.
Another "Peace and Conflict Studies" grad ...
Peace and Conflict studies? WTF? Only in California could a university come up with such a laughable discipline.
Uh, what's so unusual about that? The average IQ is greater than 70 everywhere, even in a place that would send Al Franken to the Senate.
Believe it or not.
Don’t the Marines offer Peace and Conflict degrees? The use of conflict to create peace? Pimps also use conflict to protect their piece.
What a joke!
I'm terribly sorry this woman's son is missing, but damn! What was she thinking paying for a degree in that BS from Berkeley? Whatever happened to getting a degree in Civil engineering from Texas A&M followed by a stint in the Army? Or even a degree in International Relations from UConn followed by a tour as a Surface Warfare officer in the Navy?
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