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Boston College Prof. Quits over Rice Speech
Boston Globe ^
| 05/12/06
| Steve Almond
Posted on 05/12/2006 8:34:30 AM PDT by raccoonradio
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To: raccoonradio
Someone's trying to get themself on Drudge.
To: raccoonradio
"But my dear professor Almond, she is the chief diplomat of the United States. Of course she lies! (and lies beautifully, BTW) Is that not the main function of a diplomat? After all, if diplomats told the truth, the UN General Assembly would resemble a mosh pit."
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posted on
05/12/2006 8:39:44 AM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
("Too soon to remember??? How about TOO SOON TO FORGET!" from Mr. Silverback)
To: raccoonradio
I'm sure they'll miss this guy. What an arrogant moron. Where the hell does he think our freedoms come from? Who does he think protects them? I am livid over this. But coming from Boston, no surprise.
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posted on
05/12/2006 8:40:11 AM PDT
by
mlc9852
To: Joe Brower
To: raccoonradio
Dear Mr. Almond,
Don't let the door hit your a$$ on the way out.
C'YA! Wouldn't wanna B'YA!
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posted on
05/12/2006 8:40:55 AM PDT
by
ssaftler
(Politically Correct isn't! Progressives aren't!)
To: raccoonradio
To the immediate benefit to the students.
To: raccoonradio
Funny that they've still got the same old boring (and discredited) talking points. Is this the best they can do?
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posted on
05/12/2006 8:41:13 AM PDT
by
Ramius
(Buy blades for war fighters: freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net --> 1100 knives and counting!)
To: raccoonradio
Hilarious! What a pompous ass!
To: raccoonradio
"Please" let the door hit you on the way out, arseclown!
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posted on
05/12/2006 8:41:46 AM PDT
by
in hoc signo vinces
("Houston, TX...a waiting quagmire for jihadis. American gals are worth fighting for!")
To: raccoonradio
Hope she doesn't let the door hit her rear on the way out.
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posted on
05/12/2006 8:41:58 AM PDT
by
Godzilla
(If guns are outlawed, can we use swords?)
To: cripplecreek
I love that idea. Perhaps I'll reconsider an academic career once again. As a BC alum I am proud that Condi will be accepting an honorary degree from my alma mater!!!
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posted on
05/12/2006 8:42:00 AM PDT
by
ned13
To: raccoonradio
"...adjunct professor of English..."
Wow. Such a loss for them!
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posted on
05/12/2006 8:42:35 AM PDT
by
zook
To: RexBeach
"BTW the way, Steve, Secretary Rice was provost of Stanford when you were still trying to figure out the difference between your butt and your elbow."
LOL
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posted on
05/12/2006 8:43:24 AM PDT
by
mlc9852
To: raccoonradio
Letters to the Editor of the Globe, from earlier this week:
May 8, 2006
AS A STUDENT at Boston College, I find myself with conflicting views toward the impending commencement speech and honorary degree for Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (''Invitation to Rice debated at BC," May 3.) While I support free speech and acknowledge that Rice is a good role model for women, especially African-Americans, I believe that this decision by the BC administration is not purely motivated.
This past year, many have noted the college's increased valuing of a Jesuit education and policies in line with the teachings of the Catholic Church. However, the administration has become increasingly hypocritical in terms of what groups it allows to be heard on campus. For example, most attempts by prochoice or gay-rights groups to organize in an official capacity have been shut down. Now, possibly the third most influential person in the Bush administration, which is responsible for a war denounced by the Church, is about to receive an honorary degree. This essentially condones her actions; I strongly oppose the decision and hope that BC realizes the hypocrisy.
CHRISTINA MARSHALL
Watertown
I AM GRADUATING from Boston College on May 22 with a master's degree in nursing. Condoleezza Rice is an amazing woman with a string of impressive accomplishments and skills. I wouldn't mind a seat next to her at a dinner party, but I do not want her representing me or my graduating class. For those of us who are shocked by BC's choice, we are forced to choose between attending our own party (one we have earned, paid for, and deserve) or conceding that the BC corporate machine has again disappointed us and declining official celebration. It's not right. As my mother asked when I told her who the speaker is, ''Would it be poor etiquette to be both the mother of a graduate and a protester?" Mom is coming into town for my graduation. She'll be spending the morning at the IHOP on Soldier's Field Road. Now I need to decide where I'll be.
AMY O'MEARA
Newton
THE FALLOUT resulting from Rice's selection to deliver this year's commencement speech at Boston College seems highly politicized when juxtaposed with an unopposed 2004 commencement speech at BC's law school that was delivered by Walter Dellinger, a law professor at the Duke University School of Law who served in the Clinton administration. Dellinger has championed NARAL Pro-Choice America's cause and chaired NARAL's 1992 commission to defend Roe v. Wade in direct conflict with Roman Catholic values. Are we therefore witnessing another dissenting group struggling to maintain the religious character of a Catholic institution or another virulent strain of red state-blue state discord?
MARK D. CONSTANCE
Roxbury
To: raccoonradio
Lookin' hard to see the down side here...
...
Nope. Not findin' it!
To: raccoonradio
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posted on
05/12/2006 8:44:20 AM PDT
by
theDentist
(Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
To: raccoonradio
I wish one of our talented Freepers could find the guys email addy. Would love to wish him well on his life journey into continued insignifigance.
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posted on
05/12/2006 8:45:03 AM PDT
by
AxelPaulsenJr
(Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.)
To: raccoonradio
"Many members of the faculty and student body already have voiced their objection to the invitation, arguing that Rice's actions as secretary of state are inconsistent with the broader humanistic values of the university..." The university's values are totalitarianism, brutality and socialism? No surprise there, I guess. Anyhow, that's one down!
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posted on
05/12/2006 8:45:50 AM PDT
by
Sam Cree
(Delicacy, precision, force)
To: raccoonradio
Did you hear the stain on WRKO this morning?
One of the rudest, arrogant, condescending, and hypocritical whiners I've ever heard.
This guy is a true liberal's liberal, and can only function in the safe and closed confines of academia.
He didn't have an answer when asked why he didn't resign when the Sinkmeister was playing tough guy with Bosnia.
To: raccoonradio
Egad those Liberals are sooo tolerant, aren't they?
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posted on
05/12/2006 8:46:07 AM PDT
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(I can't complain...but sometimes I still do.)
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