Considering all the well-deserved head-busting Reagan did at Berkeley as governor of the state, NOTHING would be a more awesome middle finger into the eyes of the leftist rabble there than to rename the place after him. :)
-Dan
Posted on 06/22/2005 9:48:23 PM PDT by doug from upland
Re-Name Berkeley? UC Reagan
Astute reader Frank King goes the clamor for changing school names one better. Noting the movement to change Thomas Jefferson school in Berkeley, he suggests that Berkeley itself is suspect.
Berkeley, California is named for George Berkeley, philosopher and Anglican Bishop. He was also a slave owner and a Christian apologist for slavery.
Berkeley's Slaves
After coming to the colonies, Berkeley bought a plantation in Newport, Rhode Island-the famous "Whitehall." On October 4, 1730, Berkeley purchased "a Negro man named Philip aged Fourteen years or thereabout." A few days later he purchased "a negro man named Edward aged twenty years or thereabouts." On June 11, 1731, "Dean Berkeley baptized three of his negroes, 'Philip, Anthony, and Agnes Berkeley' " (16).
Berekley's sermons explained to the colonists why Christianity supported slavery, and hence slaves should become baptized Christians:
It would be of advantage to their [slave masters'] affairs to have slaves who should 'obey in all things their masters according to the flesh, not with eye-service as men-pleasers, but in singleness of heart, as fearing God;' that gospel liberty consists with temporal servitude; and that their slaves would only become better slaves by being Christian. (15)
They need to change the town's name to something more appropriate like "Wardchurchillia".
See our previous posts here and here.
No, it would be more fitting for the town to be named after a Californian: Reaganville. The University should be rechristened, if I may use such a term, the University of California, Reagan.
suite...must drive the liberals crazy by now.
This is good.
I like this. I mean I *really* like it!
We should lead the charge to demand they change the name of the city.
I've been thinking of doing a line of tee-shirts with University logos (UCB is at the top of the list) that say something like:
[School Crest/Logo]
UC Berkeley
School of Socialism & Anti-American Studies
Columbia and NYU would be a good ones too. Thoughts or takers?
dung.
ATTENTION JESSE JACKSON AND AL SHARPTON:
This is your golden moment for continued cultural relevance. Plus you might pick up a few bucks. Join with the FReepers as we right this terrible societal wrong.
Seriously, gentlemen, get right back to us. We need to act on this on behalf of the Greater Good.
If you can't get help us out, we'll go with Plan B, Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson....
/smirk
-Dan
Suite?
By now, the liberals are taking spelling lessons from us.
Oh, this is just too good to pass up. Let's rename it UC-Bush-Reagan Campus. The lefties will go ape-sh*t.
This isn't the first such name change in the loopy Northern California city:
Three Berkeley schools have changed their names in the last half century, according to Mr. Coplan. A middle school named after President Garfield rechristened itself in 1968 to honor the slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. And in the 1970s, Lincoln Elementary was renamed in memory of Malcolm X, although Mr. Coplan said the name change did not reflect any ill will toward the 16th president.
Most recently, after a 1989 earthquake that battered Columbus Elementary School, the district dropped the name of the Italian explorer from the school's title. "There was no real question about that, because in Berkeley, we don't even celebrate Columbus Day," Mr. Coplan said. Instead, the second Monday in October is reserved for Indigenous People's Day on the Berkeley city calendar.
Remember, these same kinds of people make fun of Christians for being dogmatic and superstitious.
SCHWEEEET (c)Cartman
OH DOUG I don't know if you know this but my cousin goes to UC Berkerly ROFL
That drive her up f*** wall rack ittt
We need bumber stickers for those of us in the area:
The UC Berkeley College Republicans will love it!! I'll bet they would even help.
NO how about this
UC Nixon-Reagan campus that drive libs up F*** wall
Come on Nixon is from California
You know what one of neighbor was one of College republican when Reagan was governor of California he remember alot when Ronnie smack down UC Berekley campus ROFL
He said that greatest smackdown he ever saw on Campus CLASSIC
Berzerkeley.
Not that it would ever happen.
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Why change the name to Reagan U.? the same sorry b**tards will be teaching there, along with the same sorry a** students. IMO this would be an insult to Ronald Reagan.
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