Sociology > Education > Why most people have no respect for higher education (U of W alumnus Pappy Boyington denied campus memorial by idiot Lefty Liberals)
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Sociology > Education |
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"Stan de SD" |
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18 Feb 2006 05:30:39 PM |
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Why most people have no respect for higher education (U of W alumnus Pappy Boyington denied campus memorial by idiot Lefty Liberals) |
HE FOUGHT FOR OUR COUNTRY ... BUT HE'S NOT WORTHY.
His name was Gregory Boyington. Some called him "Pappy." He served as a
combat pilot in World War II with the 1st Squadron, American Volunteer
Group. This squadron was known as the Flying Tigers of China. Boyington
later served as a combat pilot for the U.S. Marine Corps. He commanded
Marine Fighting Squadron 214. Perhaps you've heard of this squadron. It
was called the Black Sheep Squadron and was later featured in a TV series
called "Baa Baa, Black Sheep." Boyington shot down 26 Japanese aircraft
while serving in the Pacific. He was later shot down and spent 20 months in
a Japanese POW camp. For those of you who aren't up to par on World War II
history, Japanese POW camps were not happy places. Torture .. .and we mean
real torture, not stripping them naked and taking snapshots. After the war
Pappy Boyington was awarded the Navy Cross and the Medal of Honor. He died
in 1988. You can visit his grave in Arlington National Cemetery.
Education? Oh yes! Almost forgot! Pappy Boyington was a graduate of the
University of Washington. Just recently the idea of erecting a memorial to
this Medal of Honor winner at the University of Washington made its way to
the student senate. Here you have an alumnus who served in World War II.
was captured and held, and was later awarded the Medal of Honor and the Navy
Cross. Perhaps some sort of monument would be a good idea!
Well .. not to Jill Edwards. Thanks to the folks at WorldNetDaily we can
show you a copy of the minutes of a meeting of the student senate at the
University of Washington. Under old business there was a discussion of a
resolution calling for a tribute to Pappy Boyington. Student senate member
Jill Edwards immediately moved to table the resolution. She wanted other
issues to be considered. Another member said that the issue was at the top
of the agenda and should be dealt with. Jill's motion failed, but she
wasn't through. There was then some discussion on why Andrew Everett,
another student senate member, wanted the memorial. Everett responded that
Colonel Boyington "had many of the qualities the University of Washington
hoped to produce in its students." Well, I guess that might be true, if
leadership and courage are considered to be good qualities. Anyway ...
that's when Jill Edwards spoke up and showed her true colors. She
questioned whether it was appropriate to honor a person who killed other
people. Then the lovely Jill Edwards said that a member of the Marine Corps
was not an example of the sort of person the University of Washington wanted
to produce.
Shall I repeat that? Jill Edwards, a Junior in Mathematics at the
University of Washington, says that a U.S. Marine is not --- that's right,
NOT the example of the sort of person that the University of Washington
wants to produce. Let's let this sink in. To all of you men and women out
there who have served with pride in the United States Marine Corps; to those
of you who fought in World War II, Korea, Vietnam and the Middle East, Jill
Edwards, student senate member at the University of Washington, thinks that
you are unworthy to be graduates of the University of Washington. My father
was a Marine. He's buried in the National Cemetery at Ft. Sam Houston in
San Antonio, Texas beneath a grave market that reads "Neal A Boortz, Sr.
Lt. Col. USMC. World War II, Korea, Vietnam." Therefore, I think that
Jill Edwards is an ignorant fool. I would submit that Jill Edwards is am
embarrassment to the University of Washington. With her mathematics degree
and her leftist outlook on life my guess is that she'll end up being a
teacher in a government school. Oh goody.
By the way .. there's at least one more moonbat on the U of W student
senate. Her name is Ashley Miller. Ashley says that there are already
enough monuments at UW commemorating "rich white men." Well .. I guess you
have to get that wealth-envy stuff in there somewhere.
Don't you just love these young people? They're so much fun to watch during
those magic years when they know everything and when they have all of the
answers to every problem facing mankind. As I said the other day, we should
take 100 volunteer members of university student senates from across the
country --- and let's make sure Jill Edwards is one of them --- and give
them a country to run for four years. Haiti would do just fine.
http://boortz.com/nuze/200602/02152006.html
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(following courtesy of Jim Alder:)
In 2003 a sociologist from Rutgers University named Ted Goertzel
wrote a paper in which he offered some insight into the psyche
of the left. Interesting reading:
In the 1970s, Stanley Rothman and Robert Lichter
administered Thematic Apperception Tests to a large sample of
"new left" radicals (Roots of Radicalism, 1982). They found that
activists were characterized by weakened self-esteem, injured
narcissism and paranoid tendencies. They were preoccupied with
power and attracted to radical ideologies that offered clear and
unambiguous answers to their questions. . . .
The unwillingness to offer alternatives reveals a lack of
self-confidence and self-esteem. If they offered their own
policy ideas they would be vulnerable to criticism. They would
run the risk that their ideas would fail, or would not seem
persuasive to others. This is especially difficult for anti-
capitalists after the fall of the Soviet Union. It has also been
difficult in the war against terrorism because Saddam Hussein
and Osama bin Laden are such unsympathetic figures.
Psychologically, it is easier to blame America for not finding a
solution than it is to put one's own ideas on the line.
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