President of Columbia is Criticized (for criticizing Imanutjob)

nytimes.com via instapundit.com ^ | 11/14/2007 | TAMAR LEWIN and AMANDA MILLNER-FAIRBANKS

[shove_it]

Lee C. Bollinger, the president of Columbia University, was confronted yesterday by discontented professors who gathered more than 100 faculty signatures for a document criticizing his leadership. Their “statement of concern,” read to him at a faculty meeting, outlined a grab bag of charges, some relating to governance of the university and some concerning Middle East issues that have repeatedly troubled the campus, in particular his challenging introductory remarks when the Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, visited this fall.

[Da Coyote]

Methinks the actions of these clowns will start the concept of “tenure” slipping down to the bin of discarded ideas. I cannot believe that any institution of higher learning puts up with such idiocy. At least we in the sciences thankfully laugh flat earthers out of the room. (OK, OK, we have some work to do with the global warming nuts...but we’re working on it.)

[MoMagic]

Eliminating a few professors jobs through defunding the programs sounds like an idea worth pursuing.

[randita]

“I think for most people the Ahmadinejad incident was an occasion that brought out a lot of discomfort,” said Wayne Proudfoot, a religion professor. “It seemed clear to me that the language he used in introducing Ahmadinejad was intended to, and had the effect of, placating, appeasing and being a message to conservative critics.”

For many, there IS discomfort when they hear the truth. For many others, it is a breath of fresh air, especially when the truth is told on a university campus. Bollinger is to be commended, not reviled.

[shove_it]

Ditto!

[syriacus]

Bollinger is to be commended, not reviled.

Yes.
The Liberals said that they want us to handle terrorist leaders with words, rather than with torture.
Now we know that the liberals were lying.

[68skylark]

The left can be vicious — they’ll rip apart one of their own from time to time. Lee Bollinger might be headed down that path. It’s entertaining.

[Paladin2]

They don’t come much more liberal than Bollinger. If he is not acceptable to the faculty, they should all resign and join Antioch.

[Mind-numbed Robot]

They don’t come much more liberal than Bollinger. If he is not acceptable to the faculty, they should all resign and join Antioch.

Very similar to what the Harvard nut jobs did to Larry Summers for much less. The few control the many by being loud, arrogant and brash.

[TexGuy]

The left can be vicious — they’ll rip apart one of their own from time to time. Lee Bollinger might be headed down that path. It’s entertaining.

That brings to mind a scene I saw from a documentary on Chimpanzees where a group of them literally ripped apart another smaller monkey from a different species and ate him right in front of the camera - It was quite grotesque!

[leadhead]

Isn’t it funny that all the causes these liberals champion would be death sentences in Iran, but they support Imanutjob.

[avacado]

"said Wayne Proudfoot, a religion professor. “It seemed clear to me that the language he used in introducing Ahmadinejad was intended to, and had the effect of, placating, appeasing and being a message to conservative critics.”

Eric Foner, an American history professor who was one of the most outspoken professors at yesterday’s meeting, read aloud some of Mr. Bollinger’s remarks to Mr. Ahmadinejad, and added, “This is the language of warfare at a time when the administration of our country is trying to whip up Iran, and to my mind is completely inaccurate.”

I see! A conservative thought process is not allowed.

[King of Florida]

At first, I thought this was about Alvaro Uribe, the president of ColOmbia . . . .