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"Xomicron" |
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01 Jun 2004 01:52:12 PM |
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Worst commencement speakers of 2004 |
At the 50 highest-ranked undergraduate universities (according to U.S.
News & World Report), liberals overwhelmingly dominate the list of
graduation speakers. Conservatives are at a decided disadvantage at
commencements. Not only are prestigious American liberals bestowed
honorary degrees and open microphones. Radical international liberals and
groovy airhead liberals get the bully pulpit, too. People like Rush
Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Tony Snow and Bill O'Reilly are not scheduled to
speak anywhere. The complete domination of leftist commencement speakers
is more a symptom than a disease. Liberals dominate the faculties,
administration and student body at virtually every major university in the
United States.
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/benshapiro/bs20040526.shtml
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Surely, they overwhelmingly dominate hell, the prisons and the psych wards.
Remember their mottos - their way of life:
1) Character does not matter;
2) The end justifies the means.
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| User: "MrD" |
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| Title: Re: Worst commencement speakers of 2004 |
02 Jun 2004 09:55:40 AM |
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"Xomicron" <xomicron@wp.pl> wrote in message
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Remember their mottos - their way of life:
1) Character does not matter;
2) The end justifies the means.
Wasn't this part of Jesus' supposed teachings?
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| User: "Holly the Heretic" |
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02 Jun 2004 07:37:02 AM |
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On Tue, 01 Jun 2004 18:52:12 GMT, Xomicron <xomicron@wp.pl> wrote:
At the 50 highest-ranked undergraduate universities (according to U.S.
News & World Report), liberals overwhelmingly dominate the list of
graduation speakers. Conservatives are at a decided disadvantage at
commencements. Not only are prestigious American liberals bestowed
honorary degrees and open microphones. Radical international liberals and
groovy airhead liberals get the bully pulpit, too. People like Rush
Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Tony Snow and Bill O'Reilly are not scheduled to
speak anywhere. The complete domination of leftist commencement speakers
is more a symptom than a disease. Liberals dominate the faculties,
administration and student body at virtually every major university in the
United States.
LOL! If you want the right to be better represented in acadaemia,
perhaps you should offer up someone a little more impressive than Rush
Limbaugh! The man's an absolute muppet.
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02 Jun 2004 08:42:10 PM |
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"Holly the Heretic" <nowhere@nowhere.org> wrote in message
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Xomicron
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| User: "Xomicron" |
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| Title: Re: Worst commencement speakers of 2004 |
02 Jun 2004 07:51:04 AM |
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Holly the Heretic <nowhere@nowhere.org> wrote in
news:ofirb0db41o3o3tui0buqn41smnkalgufr@4ax.com:
On Tue, 01 Jun 2004 18:52:12 GMT, Xomicron <xomicron@wp.pl> wrote:
At the 50 highest-ranked undergraduate universities (according to U.S.
News & World Report), liberals overwhelmingly dominate the list of
graduation speakers. Conservatives are at a decided disadvantage at
commencements. Not only are prestigious American liberals bestowed
honorary degrees and open microphones. Radical international liberals
and groovy airhead liberals get the bully pulpit, too. People like Rush
Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Tony Snow and Bill O'Reilly are not scheduled
to speak anywhere. The complete domination of leftist commencement
speakers is more a symptom than a disease. Liberals dominate the
faculties, administration and student body at virtually every major
university in the United States.
LOL! If you want the right to be better represented in acadaemia,
perhaps you should offer up someone a little more impressive than Rush
Limbaugh! The man's an absolute muppet.
You mean like idiot Bono, of U2 at the University of Pennsylvania?
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| User: "Holly the Heretic" |
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02 Jun 2004 02:33:15 PM |
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On 2 Jun 2004 12:51:04 GMT, Xomicron <xomicron@wp.pl> wrote:
Holly the Heretic <nowhere@nowhere.org> wrote in
news:ofirb0db41o3o3tui0buqn41smnkalgufr@4ax.com:
On Tue, 01 Jun 2004 18:52:12 GMT, Xomicron <xomicron@wp.pl> wrote:
At the 50 highest-ranked undergraduate universities (according to U.S.
News & World Report), liberals overwhelmingly dominate the list of
graduation speakers. Conservatives are at a decided disadvantage at
commencements. Not only are prestigious American liberals bestowed
honorary degrees and open microphones. Radical international liberals
and groovy airhead liberals get the bully pulpit, too. People like Rush
Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Tony Snow and Bill O'Reilly are not scheduled
to speak anywhere. The complete domination of leftist commencement
speakers is more a symptom than a disease. Liberals dominate the
faculties, administration and student body at virtually every major
university in the United States.
LOL! If you want the right to be better represented in acadaemia,
perhaps you should offer up someone a little more impressive than Rush
Limbaugh! The man's an absolute muppet.
You mean like idiot Bono, of U2 at the University of Pennsylvania?
What makes you say that Bono is an idiot? Do you want to compare
someone of Bono's most idiotic quotes to some of the stuff Limbaugh
has come out with?
Thought not.
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| User: "Fear gan dia" |
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01 Jun 2004 02:13:14 PM |
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Verily verily I say unto you, it is written by Xomicron <xomicron@wp.pl>
in <wf4vc.4383$1L4.3779@okepread02>:
At the 50 highest-ranked undergraduate universities (according to U.S.
News & World Report), liberals overwhelmingly dominate the list of
graduation speakers. Conservatives are at a decided disadvantage at
commencements. Not only are prestigious American liberals bestowed
honorary degrees and open microphones. Radical international liberals and
groovy airhead liberals get the bully pulpit, too. People like Rush
Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Tony Snow and Bill O'Reilly are not scheduled to
speak anywhere. The complete domination of leftist commencement speakers
is more a symptom than a disease. Liberals dominate the faculties,
administration and student body at virtually every major university in the
United States.
Boo fucking hoo. The complete domination of the media by
extreme lunatic-right religious reactionaries *is* a disease.
Surely, they overwhelmingly dominate hell, the prisons and the psych wards.
There is no hell, but it is well established that xoid
fundamentalists dominate prisons and looney bins.
Remember their mottos - their way of life:
1) Character does not matter;
I'm sure Newt Gingrich, Gary Condit, Bob Barr etc. etc. etc.
would agree with that.
2) The end justifies the means.
You mean like, lying about phony WMS's to get us into
an unjustified war against Iraq so we can slaughter
10,000 innocent civilians and sacrifice 800+ US troops,
all for the greater glory of Halliburton?
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"If Bush was a doctor he'd use the 'get well soon' card
to diagnose the illness." - Get Your War On
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01 Jun 2004 11:04:07 PM |
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Xomicron <xomicron@wp.pl> wrote:
Surely, they overwhelmingly dominate hell, the prisons and the psych wards.
Remember their mottos - their way of life:
1) Character does not matter;
2) The end justifies the means.
That coming from someone who advocates killing millions of people and
exterminating all muslims.
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Ray Fischer
rfischer@sonic.net
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| User: "Hypatia Kosh" |
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02 Jun 2004 03:31:14 PM |
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Xomicron <xomicron@wp.pl> wrote in message news:<wf4vc.4383$1L4.3779@okepread02>...
Surely, they overwhelmingly dominate hell, the prisons and the psych wards.
Remember their mottos - their way of life:
1) Character does not matter;
That's why a man who laughed and smirked at state-sponsored murder is
president now.
2) The end justifies the means.
That's why we're in Afghanistan and Iraq. That's why hundreds of
prisoners are in Guantanamo Bay. That's why our civil liberties were
gleefully abridged by the Attorney General of the United States and a
"Homeland Security" department was created, out of fear of terrorism.
That's why male immigrants from certain countries are harrassed, and
the FBI is pursuing "total information awareness."
Seems like you've got the neo-cons down perfectly.
-Hypatia Kosh
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02 Jun 2004 05:29:01 PM |
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(Hypatia Kosh) wrote in
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Xomicron <xomicron@wp.pl> wrote in message
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Surely, they overwhelmingly dominate hell, the prisons and the psych
wards. Remember their mottos - their way of life:
1) Character does not matter;
That's why a man who laughed and smirked at state-sponsored murder is
president now.
No, President Bush doesn't support abortion.
2) The end justifies the means.
That's why we're in Afghanistan and Iraq.
We are there because they harbor terrorists.
That's why hundreds of prisoners are in Guantanamo Bay.
Maybe they shouldn't have attacked US troops or joined a terrorist
organization.
That's why our civil liberties were
gleefully abridged by the Attorney General of the United States
What civil liberties have you lost?
and a "Homeland Security" department was created, out of fear of
terrorism.
Perhaps you would prefer the old way where the FBI had no idea what was
going on in the CIA.
That's why male immigrants from certain countries are harrassed,
Define harrassed and post proof.
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| User: "Ray Fischer" |
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02 Jun 2004 09:24:09 PM |
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Xomicron <xomicron@wp.pl> wrote:
berli@lycos.com (Hypatia Kosh) wrote in
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Xomicron <xomicron@wp.pl> wrote in message
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Surely, they overwhelmingly dominate hell, the prisons and the psych
wards. Remember their mottos - their way of life:
1) Character does not matter;
That's why a man who laughed and smirked at state-sponsored murder is
president now.
No, President Bush doesn't support abortion.
He kills them by the thousands AFTER they're born.
2) The end justifies the means.
That's why we're in Afghanistan and Iraq.
We are there because they harbor terrorists.
That's been proven to be a lie.
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Ray Fischer
rfischer@sonic.net
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| User: "Kadaitcha Man" |
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02 Jun 2004 09:37:21 PM |
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"Ray Fischer" <rfischer@bolt.sonic.net> wrote in message
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Xomicron
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| User: "Mel" |
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03 Jun 2004 08:30:54 AM |
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On Thu, 03 Jun 2004 02:24:09 GMT, (Ray Fischer)
wrote in message <c9m248$646$1@bolt.sonic.net>:
That's why we're in Afghanistan and Iraq.
We are there because they harbor terrorists.
That's been proven to be a lie.
not quite. both countries have terrorists.
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| User: "Eric Bohlman" |
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03 Jun 2004 08:44:05 AM |
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"Mel" <mel@atj.faq.com> wrote in
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On Thu, 03 Jun 2004 02:24:09 GMT, (Ray Fischer)
wrote in message <c9m248$646$1@bolt.sonic.net>:
That's why we're in Afghanistan and Iraq.
We are there because they harbor terrorists.
That's been proven to be a lie.
not quite. both countries have terrorists.
Note, though, that there are far more terrorists in Iraq now than there
were before the war. For all his evil, Saddam Hussein wasn't allied with
Islamic militants; they were part of his *opposition*. With him gone,
their influence has *increased*. A classic case of "the enemy of my enemy
is *not*, in general, my friend."
IIRC, the coalition that fought the 1991 war deliberately decided *not* to
try to remove Saddam, for precisely this reason.
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| User: "Zoogar, ruler of the Zerg" |
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03 Jun 2004 10:18:11 AM |
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Eric Bohlman wrote:
"Mel" <mel@atj.faq.com> wrote in
On Thu, 03 Jun 2004 02:24:09 GMT, (Ray Fischer)
That's why we're in Afghanistan and Iraq.
We are there because they harbor terrorists.
That's been proven to be a lie.
not quite. both countries have terrorists.
Note, though, that there are far more terrorists in Iraq now than there
were before the war. For all his evil, Saddam Hussein wasn't allied with
Islamic militants; they were part of his *opposition*. With him gone,
their influence has *increased*. A classic case of "the enemy of my enemy
is *not*, in general, my friend."
IIRC, the coalition that fought the 1991 war deliberately decided *not* to
try to remove Saddam, for precisely this reason.
George Bush Snr. did not get the world's support for occupying Iraq. Russia
in particular was opposed.
George W. Bush doesn't give a ***** what other countries think. He just tells
them to ***** (in diplomatic language).
Okay, but enough about his good points.
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03 Jun 2004 10:54:18 AM |
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On 3 Jun 2004 13:44:05 GMT, Eric Bohlman <ebohlman@omsdev.com> wrote in
message <Xns94FD598CB8175ebohlmanomsdevcom@130.133.1.4>:
"Mel" <mel@atj.faq.com> wrote in
On Thu, 03 Jun 2004 02:24:09 GMT, (Ray Fischer)
That's why we're in Afghanistan and Iraq.
We are there because they harbor terrorists.
That's been proven to be a lie.
not quite. both countries have terrorists.
Note, though, that there are far more terrorists in Iraq now than there
were before the war. For all his evil, Saddam Hussein wasn't allied with
Islamic militants; they were part of his *opposition*. With him gone,
their influence has *increased*. A classic case of "the enemy of my enemy
is *not*, in general, my friend."
IIRC, the coalition that fought the 1991 war deliberately decided *not* to
try to remove Saddam, for precisely this reason.
the upside of more terrorists is that there are more people to kill.
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01 Jun 2004 06:03:56 PM |
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Xomicron <xomicron@wp.pl> wrote in message news:<wf4vc.4383$1L4.3779@okepread02>...
<snipped. ignorant and irrelevant>
People like Rush
Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Tony Snow and Bill O'Reilly are not scheduled to
speak anywhere.
That is because Sean Hannity cannot coherently speak without having
Republican talking points inserted into his *****.
Rush Limbaugh? Ha, ha, ha....
How's the hillbilly heroin Rush?
Bill O'Reilly? I thought he was an independent "just lookin out for
the folks"?
Tony Snow? Failed Liberal?
Liberals dominate the faculties,
administration and student body at virtually every major university in the
United States.
Save that for your "liberal bias in the media" rant.
The three most commercially viable forms of entertainment are
pornography, violence and right-wing talk radio.
Remeber this neo-cons. You're in good company.
Alan C.
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01 Jun 2004 06:54:04 PM |
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(Alan) wrote in
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The three most commercially viable forms of entertainment are
pornography, violence and right-wing talk radio.
Actually, that's not true at all.
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02 Jun 2004 07:10:08 AM |
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Xomicron <xomicron@wp.pl> wrote in message news:<wG8vc.960$mz5.472@news01.roc.ny>...
mlmr11@yahoo.com (Alan) wrote in
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The three most commercially viable forms of entertainment are
pornography, violence and right-wing talk radio.
Actually, that's not true at all.
What is then numb nuts?
A.C.
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| User: "Kadaitcha Man" |
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02 Jun 2004 08:42:29 PM |
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"Alan" <mlmr11@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Xomicron
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02 Jun 2004 07:38:25 AM |
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(Alan) wrote in
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Xomicron <xomicron@wp.pl> wrote in message
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(Alan) wrote in
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The three most commercially viable forms of entertainment are
pornography, violence and right-wing talk radio.
Actually, that's not true at all.
What is then numb nuts?
Children's movies almost always do better than violent movies.
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02 Jun 2004 01:16:04 PM |
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"Xomicron" <xomicron@wp.pl> wrote in message
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Ya can understand the kiddies flicks.... eh stoopid
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02 Jun 2004 02:08:09 PM |
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"ur_droll" <who.gives@*****.co> wrote in
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Ya can understand the kiddies flicks.... eh stoopid
Obviously more than you can.
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03 Jun 2004 03:08:59 AM |
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"Xomicron" <xomicron@wp.pl> wrote in message
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: Obviously more than you can.
That's most likely because I have no interest in watching filthy
paedophiles like you, sticking yer pathetic little wieners into children.
eh.... stoopid
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03 Jun 2004 03:25:22 AM |
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ur_droll wrote:
"Xomicron"
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03 Jun 2004 02:57:58 AM |
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Alan wrote:
Xomicron <xomicron@wp.pl> wrote in message news:<wG8vc.960$mz5.472@news01.roc.ny>...
mlmr11@yahoo.com (Alan) wrote in
news:12664237.0406011503.52ac5a9f@posting.google.com:
The three most commercially viable forms of entertainment are
pornography, violence and right-wing talk radio.
Actually, that's not true at all.
What is then numb nuts?
Churches, are a form of entertainment.
But I guess they could also be political groups.
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Religion = tyranny.
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03 Jun 2004 12:01:43 PM |
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Xomicron <xomicron@wp.pl> wrote in message news:<wf4vc.4383$1L4.3779@okepread02>...
At the 50 highest-ranked undergraduate universities (according to U.S.
News & World Report), liberals overwhelmingly dominate the list of
graduation speakers. Conservatives are at a decided disadvantage at
commencements. Not only are prestigious American liberals bestowed
honorary degrees and open microphones. Radical international liberals and
groovy airhead liberals get the bully pulpit, too. People like Rush
Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Tony Snow and Bill O'Reilly are not scheduled to
speak anywhere. The complete domination of leftist commencement speakers
is more a symptom than a disease. Liberals dominate the faculties,
administration and student body at virtually every major university in the
United States.
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/benshapiro/bs20040526.shtml
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Surely, they overwhelmingly dominate hell, the prisons and the psych wards.
Remember their mottos - their way of life:
1) Character does not matter;
2) The end justifies the means.
My intention is not to flame here so don't get me wrong, but what is
the conclusion of your post here? Why do you feel this is the case
(liberal domination of colleges in the USA)?
I've found that with age, conservatism grows within each and every one
of us. As our kids grow up and face the wacky world, our sence of
wanting to protect them from what each of us has had to go through
causes us to lean more towards the 'safe' view of things...the
conservative view.
My feeling is that liberal thinking will come from the youth as
they've been taught, especially in college, to think for oneself and
if possible, outside of the box, or away from the norm...this practice
is the opposite of conservatism. So my take on it is that during a
process of mental growth, one is more inclined to give credence to
ideas that ten years from now they'd simply discard by referring to
the opinion they've stuck with for years. I found this to be most
evident in my own experiences...as age catches up with me, my opinions
and feelings on certain subjects tend to be come more and more
conservative - - - that is until i catch the two by four across the
face in an op-ed piece written somewhere which causes me to completely
rethink my position. I'm thankful for the ability to break out of the
shell if necessary...but what sucks about most of the conservative
talk show people is that they're inclined to stay in their shells
regardless of anything alternative to their viewpoint that's been
brought to the table. Those who fill their ears with this day in and
day out will not be as able to break the chains should an enlightening
idea or point of view come through, and that's the exact opposite of
what you want an individual to be able to do during their years of
education.
So my conclusion is that liberals are typically more open-minded than
conservatives and in college, being open minded is crucial to assuring
that one experiences the type of mental growth they'd expect for what
they paid for.
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| User: "Kadaitcha Man" |
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| Title: Re: Worst commencement speakers of 2004 |
03 Jun 2004 07:55:29 PM |
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chris wrote:
Xomicron
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| User: "ExMachina" |
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02 Jun 2004 04:13:39 PM |
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Xomicron <xomicron@wp.pl> wrote in message news:<wf4vc.4383$1L4.3779@okepread02>...
At the 50 highest-ranked undergraduate universities (according to U.S.
News & World Report), liberals overwhelmingly dominate the list of
graduation speakers. Conservatives are at a decided disadvantage at
commencements. Not only are prestigious American liberals bestowed
honorary degrees and open microphones. Radical international liberals and
groovy airhead liberals get the bully pulpit, too. People like Rush
Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Tony Snow and Bill O'Reilly are not scheduled to
speak anywhere. The complete domination of leftist commencement speakers
is more a symptom than a disease. Liberals dominate the faculties,
administration and student body at virtually every major university in the
United States.
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/benshapiro/bs20040526.shtml
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Surely, they overwhelmingly dominate hell, the prisons and the psych wards.
Remember their mottos - their way of life:
Actually, the worst commencement speaker this year was probably Tom
Ridge... his entire speech was a propaganda speil for the Bush
campaign. Boring AND inappropriate.
-Exmachina
1) Character does not matter;
2) The end justifies the means.
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| User: "Matty" |
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02 Jun 2004 01:05:50 AM |
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Xomicron wrote:
At the 50 highest-ranked undergraduate universities (according to U.S.
News & World Report), liberals overwhelmingly dominate the list of
graduation speakers. Conservatives are at a decided disadvantage at
commencements. Not only are prestigious American liberals bestowed
honorary degrees and open microphones. Radical international liberals and
groovy airhead liberals get the bully pulpit, too. People like Rush
Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Tony Snow and Bill O'Reilly are not scheduled to
speak anywhere. The complete domination of leftist commencement speakers
is more a symptom than a disease. Liberals dominate the faculties,
administration and student body at virtually every major university in the
United States.
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/benshapiro/bs20040526.shtml
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Surely, they overwhelmingly dominate hell, the prisons and the psych wards.
Remember their mottos - their way of life:
1) Character does not matter;
2) The end justifies the means.
How does one define a liberal? it seems that one mans conservative is another
mans liberal.
It seems that everytime you disagree with something you scream "liberal" as if
there is a grand conspiracy theory, along the lines of "little green men" and
"the jews control the media".
Matty
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dead?" - Norman; The Great Australian Bleeder
"You don't have to live next to me, Just give me my
equality" - Nina Simone (Mississippi *****)
"Science without religion is lame, religion without
science is blind." - Albert Einstein
"You don't need to be 'straight' to fight and die
for your country. You just need to
shoot straight." - Barry Goldwater, (Ret. AF general)
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| User: "Dionisio" |
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| Title: Re: Worst commencement speakers of 2004 |
01 Jun 2004 09:14:50 PM |
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Xomicron wrote:
People like Rush
Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Tony Snow and Bill O'Reilly are not scheduled to
speak anywhere.
Sheesh, why pay rich men to speak when you can hear them for free on the
radio or TV? Money's tight in educational circles. Are you decrying
these financial decisions simply because the use of those funds isn't to
make the rich richer?
Really, if the folks above wanted to speak to graduates, they could
craft an entire show to that very purpose and address 50, maybe 5,000
times the number of graduates at the average commencement. Hmm, guess
they'd rather not bother. And if they're not willing to bother, why pay
them to pretend to care?
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The danger for what the press derisively calls the 'Religious Right' is that they are making the same mistakes the religious left made. To solve the moral problems of the nation they are looking to government rather than the Creator of their faith and His strategies.
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