but his efforts will squelch academic freedom. That is important. On 3/7/06, Kevin Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You're missing my point Larry, he's not a professor, my argument lies with > that. Not what some right-wing zealot is doing. You're deflecting from the > real argument here Larry, and I suspect that's because you know you can't > win. Just keep personal opinion out of the class room, is that too much to > ask? Apparently so. > > Here's some numbers that ought to make anyone at least look at it a little > differently > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8427-2005Mar28.html > > By their own description, 72 percent of those teaching at American > universities and colleges are liberal and 15 percent are conservative, says > the study being published this week. The imbalance is almost as striking in > partisan terms, with 50 percent of the faculty members surveyed identifying > themselves as Democrats and 11 percent as Republicans. > > The disparity is even more pronounced at the most elite schools, where, > according to the study, 87 percent of faculty are liberal and 13 percent are > conservative. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 2:49 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: SPAM-LOW: RE: military recruiting on college campuses > > I do not think Horowitz's pushing his Academic Freedom Act is just a > college campus talk. Or his offering bounties for left wing prof's > statements. > > Or his whitewashing of the historical record. > > larry > > On 3/7/06, Kevin Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > He's a speaker on a college campus Larry, just like when Michael Moore > makes > > appearances. He's not a professor. There's a big difference. People can > > choose to go see him or not. Many times students are required to take > > classes in order to graduate. > > > > There's a big difference here, and you know that. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 2:10 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: SPAM-LOW: RE: military recruiting on college campuses > > > > You mean like David Horowitz's little crusade and retraction of some > > of his claims. > > http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2006/01/11/retract > > > > Its also interesting some of the stuff in wikipedia about him > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Horowitz > > > > Quotations > > > > * If blacks are oppressed in America, why isn't there a black > > exodus? - from the 1999 Salon article "Guns don't kill black people, > > other blacks do" > > > > * The black middle-class in America is a prosperous community that > > is now larger in absolute terms than the black underclass. Does its > > existence not suggest that economic adversity is the result of > > failures of individual character rather than the lingering > > after-effects of racial discrimination and a slave system that ceased > > to exist well over a century ago? - From the article: Ten Reasons Why > > Reparations for Blacks is a Bad Idea for Blacks and Racist Too > > > > * Real human flesh and blood had been sacrificed on the altar of > > utopian ideals. A collusive silence had followed. - Concerning Betty > > Van Patter's murder from Jamie Glazov's introduction to "Left > > Illusions" > > > > * For the sake of the poorest peasants in this Godforsaken > > country, I can't wait for the contras to march into this town and > > liberate it from these fucking Sandinistas! - In the dining room of > > the Intercontinental Hotel in Nicaragua, during the fall of 1987 > > > > * Intelligent people who read his book will discover for > > themselves what a second-rate ideologue and empty intellectual suit he > > ( Cornel West ) is without anyone's help. - from an article in > > FrontPageMagazine.com, October 18, 2004. > > > > * Leftists think that nothing is bad but the Holocaust. - from a > > speech at Michigan State University > > > > * Leftists want to regulate everything but hard drugs and sex. - > > from a speech at Michigan State University > > > > * What about the debt blacks owe to America-to white America-for > > liberating them from slavery?- from "Ten Reasons Why Reparations for > > Blacks is a Bad Idea for Blacks-and Racist Too," an article in > > FrontPageMagazine.com, January 3, 2001. > > > > * Liberation is no longer, and can be no longer, merely a national > > concern. The dimension of the struggle, as Lenin and the Bolsheviks so > > clearly saw, is international: its road is the socialist revolution. - > > from the 1969 essay "Imperialism and Revolution" > > > > * Black Africans and Arabs were responsible for enslaving the > > ancestors of African-Americans. - from "Ten Reasons Why Reparations > > for Blacks is a Bad Idea for Blacks-and Racist Too," an article in > > FrontPageMagazine.com, January 3, 2001. > > > > * The claim for reparations is premised on the false assumption > > that only whites have benefited from slavery. If slave labor created > > wealth for Americans, then obviously it has created wealth for black > > Americans as well, including the descendants of slaves. - from "Ten > > Reasons Why Reparations for Blacks is a Bad Idea for Blacks-and Racist > > Too," an article in FrontPageMagazine.com, January 3, 2001. > > > > > > On 3/7/06, G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I'd say the same for a right-winger doing the same type of stuff. > > > > > > > > > > Good to hear!!! Remember this statement when your state board of > education > > > gets around to discussing whether ideologues should be allowed to > > > indoctrinate your children with their religious beliefs during biology > > > classes. You'll be just as vocal an opponent to this type of biased > > > philosophical tripe I trust.... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
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