Posted on 09/11/2010 12:30:49 AM PDT by JohnHuang2
I was probably one of the last people in the world to learn about the attack on September 11, 2001.
I was deep into revising my dissertation on Walker Percy for a committee member who ultimately had to be replaced; like many faculty members he insisted I present the dominant view of the U.S. as fascist. Three other committee members thought my original version was suitable for a book. But todays graduate student will have even less of an opportunity to work with decent faculty members than I did. The sociopaths in charge have simply replaced such retiring members with their own kind.
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big big flag waving bump!!
We must mentor them to open their eyes. I am doing so now with a college intern. Be prepared, they ask so many questions and challenge you to defend your positions.
national grief...
As we found and embraced the enormity of our outrage...
And helped us find our strength and resolve
These are images that will be with me forever.
Exactly!
Obama's "community organizing" left Chicago neighborhoods in ruins.
Grim proving ground for Obama's housing policy"About 99 of the units are vacant, many rendered uninhabitable by unfixed problems, such as collapsed roofs and fire damage. Mice scamper through the halls. Battered mailboxes hang open. Sewage backs up into kitchen sinks. In 2006, federal inspectors graded the condition of the complex an 11 on a 100-point scale - a score so bad the buildings now face demolition."
“The free-speech advocates are nowhere to be found to defend a minister who wants to burn Korans in protest.”
Riiiight.
We were here together that day. My first reaction was deep outrage, and I wasn't the only one that thought that an appropriate response would have been turning Saudi Arabia into a 'glass parking lot' with three tactical nuclear weapons, one for each of the planes that Saudi terrorists high-jacked and used to kill the passengers, themselves and roughly three thousand other Americans.
I too marveled at George W. Bush's strength of character, and his ability to lead the nation.
But to this day, I am led to believe that our 'War on Terror' has been too little, far too late and far less effective than our response ought to have been.
Yes indeed, particularly when those intellectuals are conservative and have a sense of humor:
"Feminism's legacy: YouTube catfights."
I love it.
JH2, I have been a HUGE fan of your posts and on your PING list for many years. I noticed lately either you have not been posting or I got dropped off your ping list. I hope all is well, That’s my 2 cents, Dokmad
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