tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post3710842537280324118..comments2024-02-24T05:19:10.949-05:00Comments on Durham-in-Wonderland: DCU: "We're Listening"kcjohnson9http://www.blogger.com/profile/09625813296986996867noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-3790977472948935042007-05-27T23:27:00.000-04:002007-05-27T23:27:00.000-04:00People need to make posters. PROFESSOR [Name][pho...People need to make posters. <BR/><BR/>PROFESSOR [Name]<BR/>[photo of professor]<BR/>UNAPOLOGETIC SUPPORTER<BR/>OF LYNCH LAW<BR/><BR/>Post 'em on campus billboards, post 'em on campus walls, stick 'em under the wipers of parked cars. Blanket Durham in them. Shame them; or, if they're impervious to shame, at least make them notorious.<BR/><BR/>And pray, just pray, some of them try to sue for libel. Because when the court rules that it <I>isn't</I> libel, <BR/><BR/>"SHOT DOWN IN COURT WHEN HE CLAIMED THIS POSTER WAS LIBEL"<BR/><BR/>will make a great addendum to the poster.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-33423015856180928852007-05-26T21:14:00.000-04:002007-05-26T21:14:00.000-04:00I was never a supporter of Jesse Helms. Mostly bec...I was never a supporter of Jesse Helms. Mostly because of the way he was demonized in the media. I believed the leftist evaluation of him.<BR/>Then I talked to a very prominent guy who works on Wall Street and who is also black. He told me how efficient Helms' office was run in Washington.<BR/>Even those who did not share his political views sang his praises for being able to get things done and for his professionalism.<BR/>When you need to get something done ideology takes a back seat I guess.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-1613648572414873702007-05-26T18:33:00.000-04:002007-05-26T18:33:00.000-04:00Jesse HELMS was acting in his role as US senator a...Jesse HELMS was acting in his role as US senator and vice chair of the Foreign Relations committee.<BR/><BR/>Part of the Foreign Service's duty involves looking out for US citizens' welfare when outside the US.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-54143704002098866152007-05-26T15:59:00.000-04:002007-05-26T15:59:00.000-04:00In my view, the whole Durham thing is an outgrowth...In my view, the whole Durham thing is an outgrowth of modern liberal thought.<BR/><BR/>The endorsement of multiculturalism, except if your culture happens to be white Christian, the continued viewing of all issues through racial colored lenses, and the stoking of racial sensitivities all appear to me to be characteristics of the left.<BR/><BR/>Another characteristic of the left is a lower standard when applied to assertions deemed in support of minority claims.<BR/><BR/>Another characteristic of the left is the high degree of self-righteous anger they allow themselves. Think Howard Dean, Hillary Clinton, Group of 88.<BR/><BR/>In my view, denying these characteristics as liberal characteristics is ridiculous.<BR/><BR/>That's not to say all liberals are behind these facets of the liberal movement, just the same as not all conservatives endorse the latest pandering attempts by conservatives.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-67587919750395085062007-05-26T10:34:00.000-04:002007-05-26T10:34:00.000-04:00Anonymous 11:48"a State Dept employee showed up. N...Anonymous 11:48<BR/><BR/><I>"a State Dept employee showed up. None of her letters had reached home, and Jesse had dispatched an assistant ambassador to check on her well-being."</I><BR/><BR/>So Jesse intervened in State Dept affairs, and essentially confiscated an assistant ambassador for a day to send him to and from a backwater village to check up on one of Jesse's supporters? Wow, interesting! Can you elaborate... <BR/><BR/>How much did Jesse pay in compensation to the U.S. taxpayers for hijacking their employee from his duties and creating travel expenses and obligations?<BR/><BR/>In what elected capacity was Jesse serving when he inserted himself into State Dept affairs to reprioritize their work and hijack their employees? <BR/><BR/>Also, how many potentially sexually-available women were involved whom Jesse may or may not have been impregnanting at the time?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-26816616462893885732007-05-25T23:48:00.000-04:002007-05-25T23:48:00.000-04:00I knew an African American grad student who told m...I knew an African American grad student who told me his family always voted for Jesse. <BR/><BR/>Why?<BR/><BR/>His grandmother had been in a common-law marriage, and until Jesse's staff intervened, could not collect social security survivor benefits.<BR/><BR/>I knew a sociology graduate student whose family always voted for Jesse.<BR/><BR/>Why?<BR/><BR/>She had been in Egypt with her husband over the summer, spending time in his back-water family village when a State Dept employee showed up. None of her letters had reached home, and Jesse had dispatched an assistant ambassador to check on her well-being.<BR/><BR/>Sometimes constituent service trumps ideology.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-62376437999768299162007-05-25T23:35:00.000-04:002007-05-25T23:35:00.000-04:00Anon 9:41 bloviated...Being innocent of a crime do...Anon 9:41 bloviated...<BR/><BR/><I>Being innocent of a crime doesn't make you a good person.</I> <BR/><BR/>Showing grace under pressure when you've been falsely accused sure does. Adversity doesn't build character, it reveals it.<BR/><BR/>~Duke '91Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-16442091901540449322007-05-25T16:18:00.000-04:002007-05-25T16:18:00.000-04:00"Being innocent of a crime doesn't make you a good..."Being innocent of a crime doesn't make you a good person."<BR/><BR/>Uh huh. Does falsely accusing someone of a crime make one a good person?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-42861268914472938302007-05-25T12:58:00.000-04:002007-05-25T12:58:00.000-04:00Anonymous said... Being innocent of a crime doesn'...Anonymous said... <BR/>Being innocent of a crime doesn't make you a good person. <BR/><BR/>May 25, 2007 9:41:00 AM <BR/><BR/>How inciting!<BR/><BR/>My question for 9:41:00 AM:<BR/><BR/>Does being charged with a crime make you a criminal?<BR/><BR/>To quote the incontinent old G88er: "DEPENDS!!! (Oh, oh: I'm out of them)"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-91771675800554795212007-05-25T12:10:00.000-04:002007-05-25T12:10:00.000-04:00Prior to this case I would have thought that not a...Prior to this case I would have thought that not arresting someone without creditable evidence was more of a common sense issue as opposed to a political issue. <BR/><BR/>Additionally I thought that not commenting on a situation till enough evidence surfaced so that you could speak intelligently and back-up your opinions was again a common sense issue not a political one.<BR/><BR/>Live and learn.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-57561349065236334682007-05-25T10:12:00.000-04:002007-05-25T10:12:00.000-04:00"Is their social agenda so all consuming that not ..."Is their social agenda so all consuming that not even the truth matters?"<BR/><BR/>Yes. Welcome to the modern "elite" university.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-49321119646686200192007-05-25T10:10:00.000-04:002007-05-25T10:10:00.000-04:00"I just hope my generation did not accidentally un..."I just hope my generation did not accidentally unleash these extremists on you guys."<BR/><BR/>Sorry, but it did.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-62861781185938943772007-05-25T10:06:00.000-04:002007-05-25T10:06:00.000-04:00anonymous 9:41 apparently thinks politically motiv...anonymous 9:41 apparently thinks politically motivated false prosecutions used to inflame racial tensions are ok, just as long as they are directed at someone who is not a "good person". <BR/><BR/>what a douchebag.<BR/><BR/>Jack StrawAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-30472211058435687572007-05-25T10:03:00.000-04:002007-05-25T10:03:00.000-04:00"Left strew ... were ... the trust placed in the D..."Left strew ... were ... the trust placed in the Duke faculty by the student body...."<BR/><BR/>This trust was clearly misplaced and undeserved. And until the "silent majority" of faculty begins to *actively* demand accountability for wrongs done, it remains unworthy of trust.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-45893698820271557942007-05-25T09:41:00.000-04:002007-05-25T09:41:00.000-04:00Being innocent of a crime doesn't make you a good ...Being innocent of a crime doesn't make you a good person.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-36535054366897267362007-05-25T06:58:00.001-04:002007-05-25T06:58:00.001-04:00Surely the answer to the question must come in the...<I>Surely the answer to the question must come in the form of <B>immediate dismissals</B> of those principally responsible for the horrors of this spring moment at Duke. Coaches of the lacrosse team, the team itself and it's players</I>(now all exonerated), <I>and any other <B>agents who silenced or lied about the real nature of events at 610 Buchanan on the evening of March 13, 2006.</B></I>- Houston Baker.<BR/><BR/>Houston got himself out of the firing line but many agents remain.Greg Allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04345502997844244773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-36334162922699824612007-05-25T06:58:00.000-04:002007-05-25T06:58:00.000-04:00Notice that the statementsays something about "peo...Notice that the statement<BR/>says something about "people<BR/>around the world who love<BR/>and care about Duke University."<BR/>Hmmm.<BR/>Not too long ago, there were<BR/>people posting who asked<BR/>why anyone should want to <BR/>save Duke.<BR/>The ad - though parts of it<BR/>are tongue in cheek - says it<BR/>all. Fix it: don't burn it.machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14248016116043347912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-29228909187221933542007-05-25T02:56:00.000-04:002007-05-25T02:56:00.000-04:00If you are a liberal and condemn Nifong, Gang of 8...If you are a liberal and condemn Nifong, Gang of 88 et al, good for you. Well done. That's what liberals SHOULD do. Indeed, you can't be a REAL liberal and fail to do so. So take out an ad like the DCU and say so, but don't whine about the "conservative bloggers" bit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-74322869780030539142007-05-25T02:33:00.000-04:002007-05-25T02:33:00.000-04:00I don't care for the 'conservative bloggers' part ...I don't care for the 'conservative bloggers' part either, as it definitely does not come off as a parody. If you wanted to push the parody envelope, you should have said the ad was endorsed by official student groups of the psycholgy department, art & art history department, classical studies department etc. <BR/><BR/>Reaction to 'oficial' endorsement stated (when not actually given) would have shown the hypocrisy in teh university.<BR/>--MichaelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-17841730864337426672007-05-25T02:20:00.000-04:002007-05-25T02:20:00.000-04:00Where are the 88 professors deploring the culture ...Where are the 88 professors deploring the culture of prostitution in Durham? Where are the 88 professors expressing their anger that the Durham Police Department and DA were intent on framing three innocent students? If they were black students, the 88 would be screaming mad fighting such false prosecution. Where are the 88 professors showing personal responsibility? Wasn't one of the 88 affected by the AG's statement of innocence? It is almost too fantastical to believe that none of them has proclaimed their error. Is there not one among them able to do the right thing. Is their social agenda so all consuming that not even the truth matters?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-18767699131193412232007-05-25T01:56:00.000-04:002007-05-25T01:56:00.000-04:00Carolyn says:The DCU and the lacrosse teams are pr...Carolyn says:<BR/><BR/>The DCU and the lacrosse teams are proof that some decent, intelligent people still populate the campus of Duke.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-1980346453805940472007-05-25T01:35:00.000-04:002007-05-25T01:35:00.000-04:00The DCU deserves to be commended for their ad. It...The DCU deserves to be commended for their ad. It is churlish and prickly to fuss about "conservative bloggers". Who cares? I don't see a "Duke Liberal Union" placing a similar ad parodying the Gang of 88...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-6565531810570826952007-05-25T01:01:00.000-04:002007-05-25T01:01:00.000-04:0010:31 Inre: Jessee Helms. I lived in NC for severa...10:31 Inre: Jessee Helms. I lived in NC for several years and was always amazed how many people were quite vocal about their distaste for him, yet he won in landslides. Every time, in spite of a vicious press. <BR/><BR/>At first I thought it was a national balance issue. A conservative Senator to counter leftists like Wellstone and Kennedy.<BR/><BR/>Then I grew older, and realized he was right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-9325998101160589632007-05-24T22:31:00.000-04:002007-05-24T22:31:00.000-04:00This is the state that was (mis)represented by Jes...This is the state that was (mis)represented by Jesse Helms for years. Jesse had few peers when it came to race-baiting, just on the other side.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-43136619873938068012007-05-24T21:59:00.000-04:002007-05-24T21:59:00.000-04:00Let's see...A Democrat politician in campaign mode...Let's see...<BR/><BR/>A Democrat politician in campaign mode blatantly plays the race card in order to inflame and mobilize black voters...<BR/><BR/>Par for the course. <BR/>Standard Operating Procedure.<BR/><BR/>For those who say this case is not about Right vs Left...<BR/>Keep dreaming.TruthHurts001https://www.blogger.com/profile/01183674558757778892noreply@blogger.com