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University (Nebraska) Cancels Speech by Ayers
Omaha World Herald ^ | Oct. 17, 2008 | HENRY J. CORDES AND KHRISTOPHER J. BROOKS

Posted on 10/17/2008 7:15:36 PM PDT by Mean Daddy

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln rescinded its speaking invitation tonight for 1960s radical-turned-educator William Ayers.

University officials cited "safety reasons" for canceling Ayers' Nov. 15 appearance.

Spokeswoman Kelly Bartling declined to elaborate on what safety concerns would keep Ayers from addressing a College of Education and Human Sciences event.

Earlier today, Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman strongly condemned the invitation and called on the NU Board of Regents and President J.B. Milliken to block it.


TOPICS: Education; Local News
KEYWORDS: academia; ayers; highereducation; ne2008
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To: ABQHispConservative
My hope is that Ayer’s gravy train will be derailed.

I hope they throw him on the tracks and let the gravy train run him over.
21 posted on 10/17/2008 7:33:16 PM PDT by Ugot2Bkidding
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To: Mean Daddy

What a fn disgrace. Notice this story leaves out some interesting information, such as, whose idea at the university it was to invite him, how much he was going to be paid, and who was bankrolling it if we are to believe it was “privately” funded. Universities, and especially the liberal arts departments, are so lacking in judgment and common sense that it is a wonder the “professors” know enough to come in out of the rain.


22 posted on 10/17/2008 7:33:27 PM PDT by 3AngelaD (They screwed up their own countries so bad they had to leave, and now they're here screwing up ours.)
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To: Brian S. Fitzgerald

Wonder if 2 star Jackman [ret.] was one of those alumni raising hell over this terrorist speaking at UofN?


23 posted on 10/17/2008 7:36:39 PM PDT by shield (A wise man's heart is at his RIGHT hand;but a fool's heart at his LEFT. Ecc 10:2)
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To: Ugot2Bkidding

Indeed.


24 posted on 10/17/2008 7:38:32 PM PDT by ABQHispConservative (Time to bring it home McCain!)
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To: anniegetyourgun
It is a safety concern. Ayers coulda gone postal and bombed the place.

He still may. LOL

25 posted on 10/17/2008 7:39:35 PM PDT by ladyjane
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To: Mean Daddy

Could be the university’s way of saving face and limiting their exposure, too.


26 posted on 10/17/2008 7:39:41 PM PDT by dr_who
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To: FightThePower!

I shan’t say more...


27 posted on 10/17/2008 7:40:47 PM PDT by Chaguito
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To: ladyjane

No, he’s waiting for his invitation to the White House.


28 posted on 10/17/2008 7:41:03 PM PDT by Brown Deer
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To: Chaguito
Mad bombers do tend to develop quite a bunch of real enemies.

The university president has to be thought to have known what he was doing. Time to boot him out of the school.

29 posted on 10/17/2008 7:42:35 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: Mean Daddy

Maybe having an unrepentant terrorist, who’s wife knows how to build bombs, speak is a bit of a safety issue.


30 posted on 10/17/2008 7:44:11 PM PDT by machogirl (alan colmes gives me a headache, and I am Joe the plumber)
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To: Mean Daddy

It’s still the right thing even if you hide behind an excuse about why you did it...

Go Huskers!


31 posted on 10/17/2008 7:45:42 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: Mean Daddy

REMEMBER that this HTEFILLD, UNREPETANT TERRORIST, WILLIAM AYERS, Has WORKED Very Closely With OSAMA OBAMA HUSSEIN FOR YEARS, INSPITE OF OBAMA’S LIES TO THE CONTRARY! Jack Cashill irtually proves beyond a shadow of doubt that Obama was incapable of writing his alleged book, “DREAMS FROM MY FATHER!” In fact, Jack proves that William Ayers most surely GHOSTWROTE “DREAMS FROM MY FATHER!” Jack has done this thru his analysis of the writing styles, languages, phraseologies, vocabularies and writing sample comparisons.
That was in/around 1995 about the time that Ayers introduced Obama to the political circles in his Living Rom Gettogether. Of interest Obama transferred to Columbia in NYC from Oxi in LA in 1981. Ayers just happened to be going to school only two blocks away in NYC at the same time. Quite possibly, Obama and Ayers and their relationship may have developed from that time on. Upon Obama’s graduation, he shortly relocated to Chicago to be a Community Organizer, the same occupation as Ayers and to live in the same neighborhoods. Later, its known that Ayers hired Obama to be the Chairman of Ayer’s new creation, the Multi-Million dollar WOODS FOUNDTION!They would work closely there for several years awarding Millions of Dollars to Endeavors acceptable to their Agendas. With all of these associations, it is EXTREMELY HARD TO BELIEVE OBAMA’S STORY THAT THEY BARELY KNEW EACH OTHER IN PASSING BEACAUSE THEIR KIDS WENT TO THE SAME SCHOOLS!( A PATENT LIE SINCE THE AYERS KIDS ARE IN THEIR TWENTIES!)!!!!!!
OBAMA HUSSEIN APPEARS TO BE TERRIBLE LIAR!!


32 posted on 10/17/2008 7:47:57 PM PDT by NOBAMA in 08 ( OBIE HUSSEIN is a Pathetic Puppet of Bill Ayers and Associates!)
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To: Mean Daddy
A 60’s radical?

Is that how we are describing unrepentant Communist Revolutionary Terrorists these days?

“Tune in turn on drop out” Timothy Leary was a 60’s radical.

William Ayers was and is a Communist revolutionary terrorist.

33 posted on 10/17/2008 7:53:11 PM PDT by allmendream (White Dog Democrat: A Democrat who will not vote for 0bama because he's black.)
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To: SoCalPol

Barak could not do it, but the Nebraskans finally did albeit we had to threaten to withhold funds.


34 posted on 10/17/2008 7:56:48 PM PDT by Goreknowshowtocheat
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To: Mean Daddy

Oh sure, they want to make it sound like threats against his life were being made, but in actuality, it was because people were threatening to withdraw funds.


35 posted on 10/17/2008 7:57:20 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: Mean Daddy
University officials cited "safety reasons" for canceling Ayers' Nov. 15 appearance.

Afraid he'll blow up the chemistry building?

36 posted on 10/17/2008 8:07:35 PM PDT by Charles Henrickson (Senator Government wants to spread your wealth around. Are you going to let him?)
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To: ABQHispConservative

“My hope is that Ayer’s gravy train will be derailed.”

My hope is that the gravy train of all these leftist groups will be derailed.


37 posted on 10/17/2008 8:13:19 PM PDT by popdonnelly (Who would you trust to fix your toilet: Joe the Plumber or Hussein the Plumber?)
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To: allmendream
Timothy Leary was a 60’s radical.

Timothy Leary was a very close friend of Jenny Dohrn, sister of domestic terrorist bomber Bernardine. They traveled to Africa together.
38 posted on 10/17/2008 8:13:37 PM PDT by Brown Deer
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To: franksolich

UNL ping!


39 posted on 10/17/2008 8:42:42 PM PDT by Charles Henrickson (Senator Government wants to spread your wealth around. Are you going to let him?)
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To: Mean Daddy

Yeah, invite a bomber/terrorist to Campus....really smart.


40 posted on 10/17/2008 8:44:51 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
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