Did someone mention a nutty professor?
Posted on 01/11/2005 12:21:17 AM PST by Mike10542
Liberals have often left me teetering on the brink of insanity after hearing them speak, but after watching the repeat of Hannity and Colmes I am beyond words (well I am really not because I am writing this now). They had this professor on from the University of Texas named Robert Jansen who said he hopes our country loses the Iraq War. Now, I don't know if simply rooting for your country to lose (or in other words rooting for the enemy and death of our brave soldiers) in a war is criminal (maybe some law freepers can help me on that one), but as a teacher, this guy left me with no doubt that he should not be aloud to be in a classroom indoctrinating young people to his sick views. In fact if he preaches what he was saying on the show in his class, I am postive what he is doing is some form of treason (no way, liberal and treason in the same sentece?!?!). I am going to email The University of Texas and everyone on here should do so too and demand that they fire him for his treachorous acts (hopefully, they will at least watch him and ensure he does not preach his evil to his students or maybe we can just get all students there to drop his class, at least the ones who don't hate America). The various contact info is:
Robert Jensen (send him the most emails) Associate Professor 512-471-1990 rjensen@uts.cc.utexas.edu
Lorraine Branham Director of School of Journalism, G.B. Dealey Regents Professor 512-471-1845 lbranham@mail.utexas.edu
Larry R. Faulkner President president@po.utexas.edu
Office of Public Affairs Phone 512-471-3151 utopa@www.utexas.edu
Office of the Vice President for Community and School Relations Phone 512.471.9882 vpcsr@www.utexas.edu
Lay it to them hard my fellow freepers!!!!!!!!1
But I did not claim to be a teacher.
Psssttt....."derision".
http://www.commondreams.org/views03/0203-06.htm
Published on Monday, February 3, 2003 by Common Dreams.org
The Message from Porto Alegre to the United States: Restrain the Empire
Text of speech to the "Get Up, Stand Up" Rally
Austin, Texas, February 2, 2003
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Published on Monday, February 3, 2003 by Common Dreams.org
The Message from Porto Alegre to the United States: Restrain the Empire
Text of speech to the "Get Up, Stand Up" Rally
Austin, Texas, February 2, 2003
by Robert Jensen
Last week at the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil, I talked with dozens of people from around the world. I learned a lot about the struggles for justice in their countries, but the most important lesson I brought home was about my own country.
The question I thought people at the Forum would ask me is, "Why does the U.S. government follow such brutal policies of economic and military domination around the world?" I thought they would want me to explain the United States to them. But they didn't -- because, I came to realize, they already knew the answer to the question.
In one session I listened to a man who works with the MST, the landless movement in Brazil that is widely considered to be the biggest and most important social movement in the world today. He told us that the people he works with often are lucky if they get a fourth-grade education; many are illiterate. "But I don't have to tell them about imperialism," he said. That they understand. They live with it.
The question that people in Porto Alegre did ask me was simple: What are people of conscience in the United States -- what am I -- doing to stop the U.S. government, especially in its mad drive to war in Iraq?
Those of us organizing in the United States are in a strange situation. Our task is to work to educate the people of our own privileged and affluent culture about what the rest of the world already knows: The United States is an empire, and -- as has been the case throughout history -- empires are a threat to peace and life and justice in the world. There is no such thing as a benevolent empire.
It is crucial that we in the United States who have so much unearned privilege that comes with living in the empire face their question: What are we willing to do to stop our government? What are those of us in the heart of the beast doing to tame that beast?
The United States is preparing for a war in Iraq that virtually the entire world opposes. No matter how brutal the regime of Saddam Hussein, the world understands that even more threatening is the empire unleashed and unrestrained.
The cynical among us say that it is clear that Bush and his boys want this war, and that the war will come. That may be true; there's no way to see the future. But I know that no matter what will come, our task is clear:
We are the first citizens of the empire. In the past, empires had subjects. But we are truly citizens, with freedom of expression and rights of political participation that aren't perfect but are real. With those freedoms comes a responsibility, to use them to stop our government from pursuing a war that will kill and destroy innocents while further entrenching U.S. power in the Middle East and U.S. control over the strategically crucial oil resources there.
We have a choice. We can hide from our responsibility. Or we can stand up, speak up, organize, and join the people of the world in movements to challenge the powerful, to resist the empire.
It may seem safer to avoid that choice, to hide from that responsibility. But I learned one other thing in Porto Alegre: The people of the world do not accept the American empire. All over the world there are movements for social justice that are strengthening, gathering support and challenging power. They are the future. History is not on the side of the empire.
To take the side of the empire is to give into our fear, to cast our lot with the past. To resist the empire is to grab onto hope, to cast our lot with the future. It is literally a choice of empire and death, or resistance and life. This is not about liberals v. conservatives or Republicans and Democrats; both parties are on the wrong side of this struggle right now. This is about a far more fundamental choice.
There is much work to be done on many fronts. One thing we can all do is come out on Saturday, Feb. 15, when people in New York City, Austin and around the world will rally to oppose the U.S. drive to war. Information is available at http://www.unitedforpeace.org/
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If you doubt the importance of this, think back to September 11, 2001. On that day, we got a glimpse of what it will look like if the empire is dismantled from the outside, if the empire continues to ignore the world. But we have a choice. We, the first citizens of the empire, can commit to dismantling the empire from within, peacefully and non-violently, in solidarity with those around the world struggling for justice.
Let me leave you with one image from Porto Alegre, from the floor of the arena in which the closing ceremonies took place. As the conveners of the World Social Forum delivered a final declaration and stood on stage, the sounds of John Lennon's "Imagine" came over the loudspeakers, and the 15,000 people in the arena stood, held hands, moved with the music and sang of a world with no countries, a world living life in peace, a world without possessions and greed.
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Well..This is our little Marxist,Jensen
Yeah, yeah. I screwed up.
"This will get your blood pressure up."
As a resident of TX I hate to think some of my money supports this idiot. I think he was suppose to be at an Ivy League school and lost his way?
Did someone mention a nutty professor?
Austin is loaded with lefties..He is more Marxist..He wants to dismantle"the empire"(US) from within.
He fell over the brink.
We could always bring up the complete lack of capitalization.
It is obvious you are comparing todays teachers to those of 40-50 years ago.
Huge mistake, that.
I used to think that too but, I now think that the more this guy speaks nationally, the more people will call for his resignation. I have Emailed everyone on the list and even got to Little Bobby once in his office. By the way, in addition to being an anti-war activist, he is also a proud member of long standing in The Socialist Workers Party and a Homosexual Activist.That's right, Little Bobby does the bone dance. AND HE teaches at my University. This guy has got to go.
See #83..Sounds Marxist...
He is a card carrying Communist and will gladly tell you that.
It is series to not aloud someone to speak their mind without critique.
And its' a hugh misteak to loose you're sinse of humour about these things. Seriesly.
I can't stand the thought of someone reaping the benefits of this great Land rooting against her Sons/Daughters in a fight for our way of life. I have nothing to say directly to him. I won't dignify that A$$hole with a response to his stupidity.
Don't worry. The guys criticizing you aren't too swift on grammar either.
Carolyn
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