Former PM to become a teacher
Posted on 03/08/2008 1:28:28 PM PST by Kaslin
The former Prime Minister, who converted to Roman Catholicism in December, will pass on his wisdom about "faith and globalisation".
A statement from the university said: "Yale University is pleased to announce the appointment of Prime Minister Tony Blair as the Howland Distinguished Fellow for the next academic year.
"Mr Blair will lead a seminar at Yale and participate in a number of events around the campus."
Academics at Yale School of Management and Divinity are working with Mr Blair to finalise details of the course.
The initiative is linked to the work of the Tony Blair Faith Foundation, which is due to be launched later this year.
A source close to the ex-PM said he was "delighted" to be taking on the new challenge.
It is thought Mr Blair will only receive a nominal fee for holding the post and it has yet to be decided how much time he will dedicate to it.
The Connecticut-based university's president, Richard C Levin, said they were "honoured" Mr Blair would be joining them.
"As the world continues to become increasingly inter-dependent, it is essential that we explore how religious values can be channelled toward reconciliation rather than polarisation," he said.
"Mr Blair has demonstrated outstanding leadership in these areas and is especially qualified to bring his perspective to bear."
Since stepping down as prime minister last June, Mr Blair has taken up several new jobs including Middle East envoy and adviser to financial companies Zurich and JP Morgan.
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When Tony Blair was laughing it up with Bill Clinton, I thought he must be a really empty suit, but, then, when he stood tall with George W., in the battles against AlQaeda and other Islamic murders, I changed my mind about him.
He will soft soap Islam....just you wait
imagine yale letting an Catholic teach there.
This is purely an ornamental post. They offer these positions all the time.
Sometimes those that fill them show up and do things around campus, other times they just use them as mental masturbation.
Think “Dr Bill Cosby.”
Looks like every other post to me...
No no no.. his teaching post at Yale. Not my post at FR.
He won’t have to report to work and teach kids for a paycheck.
“Faith and globalization” sounds very NWOish. Prof. Blair should start his class by teaching the encroaching danger Sharia Law and thought pose to freedom and liberty in the Western world, starting with England. I won’t hold my breath.
Most of the course will most likely be composed of politically correct filler and nonsense, otherwise, Yale and Blair would be targeted by CAIR and other radical Muslim organizations. Tony Blair wants the Presidency of the EU, I don’t think he wants bad press. He must at least appear neutral towards Islam because of his Quartet post.
You're a conservative. Wanna know how I know?
what have I set myself up for?
I know because you have a keen and quick sense of humor - something totally absent from the DNA of libs -
Another test: When libs talk, the don't "talk", the SHOUT. They point their fingers. They talk over people. (Think Stalin, Hitler, Castro, Hitlery, Reedy, peeelosi. Michelle O.)
When conservatives talk, they calmly state their case and hand gestures are slow, easy and open palmed.
You can tell more about a person by HOW they say something, often better than by WHAT they say.
And humor is a trait, is seems, only present in conservatives. It may be that bile cancels humor?
Thanks, but I have to conclude you haven't read too many of my posts!
“Said a chimp as he swung by his tale
To his offspring both female and male:
Don’t worry my dears,
In a few thousand years,
You’ll be teaching the students at Yale.”
—From a book of limericks my mom has
Look up the root س ل م or שלם & you'll see that it means wholeness, peacefulness, safety. All words - in all Semitic languages - from that root, have one or more of those meanings, even if sometimes it's not immediately apparent.
I don't want to seem like I'm giving obnoxious Arabic lessons here, so if you feel like having me explain it in detail, freepmail me. :)
lol, I'm no liberal, but I am Middle Eastern. Yelling, getting emotional, banging fists on tables, & making wild hand gestures is how we conduct normal everyday conversations, let alone political ones. ;)
LOL
You guys need a talking stick...
Islam means submit to Islam and there will be peace. Their kind of peace
Don't submit and there will be war. Their kind of war which is Jihad
Jihad is eternal until the entire world is Muslim meaning until the entire world has submitted to their f******* bullshit and their false prophet and their f****** Sharia law
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