DUmmie FUnnies 03-19-07 ("Carnegie Mellon" NUttie Professor Backtracks ... Sort Of)

DUmmie FUnnies ^ | March 19, 2007 | Micheal D. Rectenwald, Phd. and PJ-Comix

[PJ-Comix]

Can anybody out there very for sure whether or not this clown is currently working at Carnegie Mellon University? I checked everywhere on the Carnegie Mellon site searches and couldn't find him. Not on the faculty directory or general directory. Nothing comes up. I even checked the Robotics Department specifically. Still no Rectenwald shows up.

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[PJ-Comix]

PING!

[darkwing104]

If he is a phony, you can take the credit for exposing him....

[Blue Eyes]

Top 5!!!

[chesley]

5?!!

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

Mise en place for the chef!

[PJ-Comix]

I don't know if he is a phony. His web pages with the CM link looks legit but when I actually go to the Carnegie Mellon site and do a search on his name I get NOTHING. I searched the faculty diretory, the general directory, and even the Robotics Institute directly. Nothing.

[kevkrom]

The beliefs of Nazis that Jews are vermin and do not deserve to exist is a belief that, if expressed, can lead to the deaths of Jews, as in Nazi Germany. Similarly, the speech of the KKK can and has led to the deaths and torture of Blacks in America, and should not be allowed. To allow the putative "right" of some to express such views that result in the annihilation of others, is a contradiction in itself.

The guy warms up by violating Godwin's Law?

[chesley]

This Sock Puppet, rec_report, claims that the two points about imprisoning and outlawing Republicans was, heh-heh, just tongue-in-cheek satire meant to "push the rhetorical boundaries."

Wow!! How come they never understand that Republicans can "push the rhetorical boundaries", too. For instance, do they ever cut Ann, or Rush, a break on this issue?

[ravingnutter]

He has a Personal Web Page at CMU.

However, this page says he is no longer at the Robotics Institute at CMU.

[Malsua]

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Michael+Rectenwald&btnG=Google+Search

Office Phone: 412-268-5922 returns from a CMU "carnegie Mellon University " website.

[PJ-Comix]

It sounds like he USED to work at CMU but not longer does so. However, he is making out like he is still there. To me that sounds like FRAUD.

[kevkrom]

I checked everywhere on the Carnegie Mellon site searches and couldn't find him. Not on the faculty directory or general directory. Nothing comes up. I even checked the Robotics Department specifically. Still no Rectenwald shows up.

Type the following into Google:

Rectenwald "carnegie mellon"

And you'll get plenty of hits, including press releases about courses he's taught (most of which are the typical left-wing indoctrination type of thing).

[PJ-Comix]

That google result might be out of date. A lot of web pages stay up with dated material. Although he might have a CMU web page, that might have been from the past. All I can tell you when I do a search (and I did several) DIRECTLY from CMU, nothing turns up with "Rectenwald."

[kevkrom]

It sounds like he USED to work at CMU but not longer does so. However, he is making out like he is still there. To me that sounds like FRAUD.

Actually, it looks like he just switched to working with a different department. I think you're barking up the wrong tree in believing that the guy's a fraud. Frankly, this guy is pretty tame for a college professor these days.

[PJ-Comix]

What you get from Google is DATED material. A lot of web pages stay up long after people working at CMU are no longer there. All I'm saying is try to do a search on Michael Rectenwald DIRECTLY from the CMU site. Try it. If you can find his name there then you are a better searcher than i am. I also clicked on "R" in the faculty and also the general CMU directory. Also nothing.

[PJ-Comix]

Maybe Rectenwald is now at a different CMU department but when I did a search DIRCECTLY from CMU I came up with NOTHING no matter where I searched from that site.

[kevkrom]

One of the hits refers to him as a post-doc, which means he might not show up as staff, since he's not a full or adjunct professor.

[PJ-Comix]

Okay. Let's get this clear. I am saying that Rectenwald probably USED to work at CMU but I can find NO evidence that he is CURRENTLY there. If you can find evidence that he is STILL at CMU then post here.

[kevkrom]

What you get from Google is DATED material.

The most recent I have seen is from last year (June 2006).