How come this symbol appears in the Madison papers logo?
Posted on 11/11/2005 4:39:46 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
Protesters packed a hearing Thursday on the University of Wisconsin's investment portfolio, encouraging the Board of Regents to divest from Israel.
Many held Palestinian flags, as speaker after speaker called for the university to divest from companies that do business with the Israeli military. They argued, for example, that Caterpillar makes bulldozers that are used to knock down houses of families of suspected Palestinian terrorists. And Lockheed Martin supplies the Israeli Air Force.
"As a mother, my heart goes out to the mothers of Palestine," said Rae Vogeler, the Green Party candidate for U.S. Senate. She brought along her 8-year-old son. "Do we want to be investing in machines that kill?"
But local supporters of Israel said the effort had nothing to do with changing its military, and was instead part of a sustained campaign on American campuses to delegitimize the Jewish state.
The UW Board of Regents' Business and Finance Committee held its annual forum on trust funds at Grainger Hall, with committee members, as usual, sitting quietly at a table in front while members of the public said their piece. The event, usually a tepid and sparsely attended affair, is designed to allow people to comment on the university's investment choices. About 70 attended on Thursday.
Occasionally, the Board of Regents has taken action, such as two years ago, when it briefly divested in Tyson Foods bonds to show solidarity with striking workers at the plant in Jefferson.
Mohammed Abed of the University of Wisconsin Divest From Israel Campaign said Israel should be the board's next target. He said the Jewish peoples' history of suffering does not justify keeping the Palestinian people down.
"Is it not substantial personal injury when a person's home is demolished, and they have nowhere else to live?" Abed said. "People come along and say, why Israel? That is not the real question. The real question is, why not Israel?"
Ken Goldstein, a UW-Madison political science professor, was one of the few pro-Israel speakers to attend the event. He said everyone knows that the best solution is Israeli and Palestinian states living side by side. The Palestinians have yet to control their radical elements and take risks for peace, he said.
Referring to Vogeler, he said: "When a Palestinian mother loves her child as much as that woman loves her child, and does not encourage 14-, 15-, 16-year-olds to strap bombs onto their body and blow up Israeli -3, 4-, 5-year-olds at a pizzeria, then we'll have a two-state solution," Goldstein said.
"This terrorism is not about a two-state solution," Goldstein said. "This is about driving the Israelis into the sea."
On another topic, freshman Molly Glasgow said the university should divest from Abercrombie & Fitch because, she said, it has factories in nations where labor is treated unfairly.
The UW's current investment portfolio is at $350 million, up slightly from last year.
The United States of America should disown the University of Wisconsin.
Period.
So, if I sell my stocks or bonds to someone else, other than 'making me feel good', just what does this do to either the company or the companies customer?
Give me a rational, concrete answer to that, and I'll start divesting in companies that do business with City of San Francisco; or sell medical equipment to abortatoriums.
"As a mother, my heart goes out to the mothers of Palestine," said Rae Vogeler, the Green Party candidate for U.S. Senate.
And what about the mothers of Israel, you dumb b*tch?
The Mothers of Palestine are perfectly happy raising their little suicide bombers.
Were any of the trash that demonstrated actually students? This divestment nonsense is just the latest left-wing smear against Israel.
"Rae Vogeler, the Green Party candidate for U.S. Senate."
This idiot is the Green Party candidate for Senate? My low estimation of the Greens has just been reinforced.
How come this symbol appears in the Madison papers logo?
I have mixed feelings about this.
The UW School of Veterinary Medicine is working on a vaccine to treat canine melanoma. I had my yellow Lab Tobin on it. Unfortunately, I had to put him down on October 15.
It's unfortunate that they pull crap like this and, in essence, support terrorists.
Mohammed Abed is a pali?
My employer hires lots of UWM engineering grads. The ones I know seem to have escaped unscathed from the big political picture in MadTown.
You can say that again about UW_madison!! We can add Berkeley and few others to the list as well.
:)
From the story
****"As a mother, my heart goes out to the mothers of Palestine," said Rae Vogeler, the Green Party candidate for U.S. Senate.****
Understand now?
Maybe she should put her heart where her mouth is and volunteer her son to be a suicide bomber.
Donna Shalala heralds from U Wisconsin. Or rather, she was roosted there for quite some time.
Sorry to hear about your dog. We had to have our oldest Black Lab put down last month. My vet automatically makes a donation to the UW Vet Med hospital whenever they have to put down an animal, so then the Vet Med hospital sends me a letter asking for MORE money.
I didn't send them any; never will. I have mixed feelings about it, too. I mean, you try to do the right things in life, but it seems like it's all working against your beliefs some days. :(
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