tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post1842868656133843862..comments2024-02-24T05:19:10.949-05:00Comments on Durham-in-Wonderland: Week in Reviewkcjohnson9http://www.blogger.com/profile/09625813296986996867noreply@blogger.comBlogger128125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-90266978610934056262007-07-28T00:03:00.000-04:002007-07-28T00:03:00.000-04:00No, KC's too hot to settle.He's a babe-magnet abou...No, KC's too hot to settle.<BR/><BR/>He's a babe-magnet about now. And once you've become a babe-magnet, the sky's the limit.<BR/><BR/>No settlin'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-51228123560501668142007-07-27T23:33:00.000-04:002007-07-27T23:33:00.000-04:009:32 PM said: "Duke settled because they did not w...9:32 PM said: "Duke settled because they did not want the real lives of people they hire like those who are a part of the Gang 88 to be exposed to the public."<BR/>Can you imagine if everyone as well as Duke alumni had people like Mark Anthony Neal, Wahneema Lubiano, and all the other hires who have no business teaching there spotlighted. We'd all get a good look at exactly what they teach and how the administration has yielded to their coarseness and their lack of scholarship."<BR/><BR/>Do you think that Duke can settle with KC before the publication date of his book?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-8032638149295591172007-07-27T21:32:00.000-04:002007-07-27T21:32:00.000-04:00Duke settled because they did not want the real li...Duke settled because they did not want the real lives of people they hire like those who are a part of the Gang 88 to be exposed to the public.<BR/>Can you imagine if everyone as well as Duke alumni had people like Mark Anthony Neal, Wahneema Lubiano, and all the other hires who have no business teaching there spotlighted. We'd all get a good look at exactly what they teach and how the administration has yielded to their coarseness and their lack of scholarship.<BR/>The alumni could just see the value of their Duke degree going right down the toilet. There are many many reasons Duke settled. None had anything to do with making things right with the lacrosse players. Brodhead and company needed to keep a lid on what goes on and what went on last year, away from public view.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-67208641737296347152007-07-27T21:24:00.000-04:002007-07-27T21:24:00.000-04:00Well put, mac! Inman, Polanski, Debrah and you are...Well put, mac! Inman, Polanski, Debrah and you are often attacked. You guys are the old guard, and the trolls really target the old guard - to your credit. <BR/><BR/>I noticed that about their senses of humor/honor, too! LOL!<BR/>_____________<BR/><BR/>To GP @ 5:57, I'm not suggesting that these 18, 19 and twenty-somethings take up an M-16 and fight in Iraq, I'm suggesting they could audit a course, ask some pointed questions, and then drop the class. <BR/><BR/>When I went to my undergraduate Constitutional Law final exam, I wore a t-shirt on which I had printed in 5-inch letters, "F$#k the Draft." There was no draft at the time; it was a parody of my liberal instructor. <BR/><BR/>The pony-tailed professor told me later that he gave me an extra half-letter grade for the creative use of the knowledge I had gained in his class, but he took the extra half-letter grade back when he noticed that, snuck in a paragraph in the middle of the second-to-last page of my third bluebook, I had written the question: "You don't really read all this crap, do you?" <BR/><BR/>I know that that is not a shining example of bravery, but, really, it isn't like the Duke students would be defending Hogwarts from Lord Voldemort, is it? Is the danger to Duke students already as bad as you suggest? <BR/>______________<BR/><BR/>I just read K.C.'s Ho blog above, and I'm so pissed. It is as if Professor Ho crafted that article with the specfic intent to piss Professor K.C. Johnson off!<BR/>______________<BR/><BR/>Every 4 years, they let K.C. Johnson compete in a "shadow" Olympic games as it would be unfair to allow him to compete against the non-bionic athletes. "The Olympic Tradition," by Howard Cosell. MOO! GregoryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-23335316301594161262007-07-27T21:16:00.000-04:002007-07-27T21:16:00.000-04:00Duke University settled because of the key-card vi...Duke University settled because of the key-card violation. Steele is probably still saying "WTF."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-33903395860581122502007-07-27T20:08:00.000-04:002007-07-27T20:08:00.000-04:0012:52 --"I think they've gotten enough money for t...12:52 --<BR/><BR/>"I think they've gotten enough money for their troubles. How much is enough, really? This is ridiculous. They didn't "earn" it, lets be honest."<BR/><BR/>How much money do you think they've gotten? Today is the first time I've read anyone claiming they know what the figure is. Bernie Reeves' claim that the settlement was $18 million might be right, or it might be wrong; the details of the settlement are not public knowledge so I wouldn't put too much trust in the figure.<BR/><BR/>As for whether they "earned" it, let me pose a question: let us say that you worked for yourself for a year as a self-employed entrepeneur and at the end of the year, after taxes and expenses, you made $40,000. Now, let's say that Hal Crowther breaks into your home one night, threatens you with a weapon to get your bank card and your PIN, and while you're recovering from the blow on the head he gave you, he's taken the card and PIN to an ATM and cleaned the $40,000 out of your accounts. (This is purely hypothetical, of course; I'm not suggesting that Hal Crowther is the kind of dubious bruiser who would do such a thing. He's merely a defaming blowhard who can't get his facts straight even when it's as simple as reading press releases.)<BR/><BR/>So, tell me. You earned $40,000. Hal Crowther stole $40,000 from you. Obviously, you'd like it if the police caught him and made him give you $40,000 -- after all, he owes you $40,000. But if we're to be totally consistent with your principles, <I>you didn't earn that $40,000</I>. Oh, sure, you earned a <I>different</I> $40,000, but Hal Crowther spent that $40K already. So what did you do to <I>earn</I> that second $40,000? If we go by your standards, merely being victimized by someone else's grossly unjust and even illegal behavior doesn't mean you've "earned" any sort of compensation.<BR/><BR/>Oh, what's that? You think things are different? What's different, the fact that it's you, or the fact that it's easier to fix a price tag on just <I>how</I> badly you were victimized by someone else's behavior? Let's give you the benefit of the doubt, that you didn't consider the players to have earned any compensation for their mistreatment because you didn't have any immediately obvious monetary figures to suggest how much compensation it would be. Well, I believe it is public knowledge that each of the players' families had to spend over a million dollars in legal fees. Why are you so confident that a settlement in the millions of dollars would be too high? We don't have, and probably never <I>will</I> have, the full and complete story on everything Duke did to perpetuate the hoax and put their own students in jeopardy, but there's considerable reason to believe it included illegal activity -- most notably, the turnover of key-card data in violation of Federal privacy protections. As well, I'd be surprised if there was no legal violation involved in the administrators advising the players <I>not</I> to tell their parents about their legal jeopardy, or in citing a completely imaginary "student-faculty privilege" to try and get damaging admissions. I am not a lawyer but I strongly suspect that in either or both of these actions, Duke administrators may have committed the unauthorized practice of law. Furthermore, it's pretty obvious that in doing so, they pretended to be looking after the students' legal interests while actually putting them in very serious legal jeopardy. If you don't think that Duke's actions victimized the lacrosse players to the tune of several million dollars, it may be only because you don't know all that Duke does about what victimization they committed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-19301543639957343532007-07-27T20:05:00.000-04:002007-07-27T20:05:00.000-04:00Debrah,I think I love you.You could melt the North...Debrah,<BR/><BR/>I think I love you.<BR/><BR/>You could melt the North pole.<BR/><BR/>Too Hot...<BR/><BR/>...the sun basks in your glow and relies upon you for its tan.<BR/><BR/>Kiss.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-57828900588358707402007-07-27T20:00:00.000-04:002007-07-27T20:00:00.000-04:00Bob H. 6:21 said... GP@6:01...I do not readily app...Bob H. 6:21 said... <BR/><BR/>GP@6:01<BR/><BR/>...I do not readily appreciate how this scorch the earth approach by KC Johnson is going to keep the kids from being hurt again. The Gang of 88 is unrepentant, on the record that no apology will be forthcoming; the Administration is not on the record about anything, about any part that Brodhead or his senior officials played in creating an atmosphere of intimidation, of failing to show support, of speaking out in defense of their own students in a time of crisis. <BR/>::<BR/>You most certainly could be right but I am sticking around just so that the G88 will know that we are watching and that is not OK to introduce the concept of 'Throw Away People' into the academy.<BR/><BR/>I do admit however that your observations about Broadhead and his senior officials is nearly a perfect summary of the truth which leaves me less than enthusiast about the future for kids on Duke's campus. <BR/><BR/>::<BR/>GPGary Packwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05177986821224068759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-31246719839168156012007-07-27T19:49:00.000-04:002007-07-27T19:49:00.000-04:005:51Bob H,The gang of 88 may be unrepentant,but th...5:51<BR/>Bob H,<BR/><BR/>The gang of 88 may be unrepentant,<BR/>but they are surely smarting<BR/>from being exposed. <BR/><BR/>And the book isn't out yet:<BR/>you think the story is over?<BR/><BR/>Students will likely give them<BR/>(the 88) some ground, but will be far<BR/>quicker to challenge 'em when<BR/>they're back to their usual bullying (see Kim Curtis: grade retaliation, eh?) <BR/><BR/>Impunity went out the window when Duke settled.<BR/><BR/>Maybe you don't think KC has had<BR/>an impact upon the administration,<BR/>upon its willingness to settle?<BR/><BR/>HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA!<BR/><BR/> <BR/>As for me: I expect to be ignored;<BR/>I suspect that I usually am,<BR/>long-winded as my posts are<BR/>(most of the time):<BR/>why would I expect anyone at Duke<BR/>to pay attention to my not-so-subtle satire? <BR/><BR/>However, there are the brilliant <BR/>examples of satire, best expressed<BR/>by MOO Gregory (today's are great BTW!)<BR/><BR/>Maybe, just maybe, because extreme lefties can't abide <BR/>in humor at their expense,<BR/>and that they have no perceivable<BR/>sense of humor - (much less honor.)<BR/><BR/>Why trolls come to DIW and<BR/>call us - (Debrah, Polansky, MOO Gregory, Inman and others) -<BR/>silly names? <BR/><BR/>Nope. I don't think we're so very important. On the other hand, <BR/>you've taken the trouble to NOT ignore us. Thanks! It's a compliment.<BR/><BR/>And I do believe that KC has enjoyed our company, even if you haven't.machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14248016116043347912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-47636516545867468552007-07-27T19:28:00.001-04:002007-07-27T19:28:00.001-04:00thanks, Debrahthanks, DebrahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-64802992418978667572007-07-27T19:28:00.000-04:002007-07-27T19:28:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-51946027697162814962007-07-27T19:25:00.000-04:002007-07-27T19:25:00.000-04:00TO Roman--Jared_TaylorDebrahTO Roman--<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.amren.com/0610issue/0610issue.html" REL="nofollow">Jared_Taylor</A><BR/><BR/>DebrahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-24990953598903701822007-07-27T19:22:00.000-04:002007-07-27T19:22:00.000-04:00haskell said 6:25: What a sad note to end on."Don...haskell said 6:25: What a sad note to end on."<BR/><BR/>Don't pack up so soon. The story is not over, it's just less dramatic and behind the scenes. We need to look at the administation and faculty over several years. What changes will have been made? Who's still there and who's not? How are the Angry Studies faring?<BR/><BR/>K.C.'s examination of individual 88'ers will serve as a usual measuring device.<BR/><BR/>The suspense remains. Will Paula McClain rise to Provost (a la Conde Rice)? Will Kim Curtis and hubby find a twofer appointment elsewhere? Will any other university hire Wahneeba, or will she be awarded a full professorship at Duke, whose press will publish her forthcoming book? Will a new Terry Sanford replace the anemic Brodhead? Will Bob Steele continue to lead the BOTS? Will the rot spread or be contained? Will the new African African-American Studies be well funded or on an economic lease. Will it hire jokes like Grant Farred or real scholars who study the complex African continent? Will Womyn's Studies demand departmental status? Will the rot that rose so visibly to the surface in the aftermath of the false accusation spread or be contained? <BR/><BR/>The epic will go on, mostly outside the press, and it will be fascinating, but who can replace KC as our investigator and chronicler once he moves on?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-19522424431442556062007-07-27T18:43:00.000-04:002007-07-27T18:43:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-34584438788569461822007-07-27T18:33:00.000-04:002007-07-27T18:33:00.000-04:00TO Gregory (6:23PM)--How clever! You are a treasu...TO Gregory (6:23PM)--<BR/><BR/>How clever! You are a treasure trove of pop culture info--old and new.<BR/><BR/>The fact that you weave it all into <I>Wonderland</I> analogies is simply orgasmic!<BR/><BR/>DebrahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-9491128641134557312007-07-27T18:25:00.000-04:002007-07-27T18:25:00.000-04:00bob h. 5:51I believe your point is very well taken...bob h. 5:51<BR/><BR/>I believe your point is very well taken. KC mentioned that he is winding down the blog, as he should. I do feel it is useful to continue to wrap up the loose ends and I for one would like to get a feel for what happens at Duke during the coming Fall semester. You can bet your last dollar that the spin by Burness and colleagues is not going to be reliable. If Duke were straight up, this blog could end tomorrow. I just don't believe that those folks are trustworthy. What a sad note to end on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-46041873815651746832007-07-27T18:23:00.000-04:002007-07-27T18:23:00.000-04:00To Debrah @ 5:03: The "Billy Mumy Postulate" is de...To Debrah @ 5:03: The "Billy Mumy Postulate" is derived from the classic episode of The Twilight Zone TV series in which normally cute child actor Billy Mumy read people's thoughts, and when they thought about him disparagingly, he killed them. In other words, there was an atmosphere of fear based upon one's expression of thought, much like in present-day non-fictional Durham.<BR/><BR/>The amount of fear is based on the NUMBER of people with the POWER to inflict damage, minus the LIKELIHOOD that someone or somebody would intercede to stop the PC facism. In the Twilight Zone episode, Billy Mumy was all-powerful and there was little likelihood he could be stopped. Therefore, the town lived in great fear. <BR/><BR/>The same has happened to Durham and Duke, except all that power has been spread around in a number of angry professors and professional protestors. The likelihood that they will be thwarted is also small, as they will call any potential thwarter a "Racist." The equation looks like this:<BR/><BR/>(N x P) - L = F/Amount of Fear<BR/><BR/>_________________<BR/><BR/>To One Spook @ 5:17: This case "put me on notice" as far as newspapers, PC academics and the whole anti-white thingy. I thought everyone just saw us as a bunch of Homer Simpsons. Fool me once, etc...<BR/>__________________<BR/><BR/>To Polanski and Ralph: I like the "Jackie O" descriptor. I had never thought about it like that, but that's it. <BR/><BR/>Ms. Rice was also the Soviet and Eastern European Affairs Advisor during the breakup of the Soviet Union and during German reunification. Last I heard, unless they are sneaking back together at night, the Soviet Union is still fragmented and Germany goes by one name and not the old "North Germany" and "South Germany." <BR/><BR/>Plus, she's hot. Brost! <BR/>_______________<BR/> <BR/>When K.C. first discovered his calling the cavemen said things like, "What the internet?" (back then, cavemen verb problems). From - European Cave Drawing. MOO! GregoryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-69510193790659334272007-07-27T18:21:00.000-04:002007-07-27T18:21:00.000-04:00GP@6:01I do not readily appreciate how this scorch...GP@6:01<BR/><BR/>I do not readily appreciate how this scorch the earth approach by KC Johnson is going to keep the kids from being hurt again. The Gang of 88 is unrepentant, on the record that no apology will be forthcoming; the Administration is not on the record about anything, about any part that Brodhead or his senior officials played in creating an atmosphere of intimidation, of failing to show support, of speaking out in defense of their own students in a time of crisis. Professor Johnson has certainly done an admirable job in highlighting their thin academic credentials, their obsession with seeing the world through the eyes of a homosexual, or a black person, or a black female lesbian, for that matter. Duke continues to rub everyone’s nose in it (at least everyone on this board, the rest of the world does not follow things quite so closely) by its awards and appointments. Durham’s new police chief is a big unknown, but given the make up of the Council and the community pressure and demands, things are not likely to change in that regard, either. So, it was a job well done, KC, but the success in vindicating the lacrosse players is probably a one off experience.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-71536364069540859992007-07-27T18:18:00.000-04:002007-07-27T18:18:00.000-04:00A luscious Diva truffle for the Wonderland crew:Op...A luscious Diva truffle for the <I>Wonderland</I> crew:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCW9POHFWQU" REL="nofollow">Opera_di_Nifong</A><BR/><BR/>DebrahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-62907638291639736842007-07-27T18:01:00.000-04:002007-07-27T18:01:00.000-04:00Bob H. 5:51 said... ...Forgive me, but at this poi...Bob H. 5:51 said... <BR/><BR/>...Forgive me, but at this point in the lacrosse disaster, I have to ask Professor Johnson: "What's the point?" <BR/>::<BR/>So the kids won't be hurt again.<BR/>::<BR/>GPGary Packwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05177986821224068759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-19587447561112532862007-07-27T18:00:00.000-04:002007-07-27T18:00:00.000-04:00ralph @ 5:10Condaleeza Rice is not a mom. But thos...ralph @ 5:10<BR/><BR/>Condaleeza Rice is not a mom. <BR/><BR/>But those boots and the black leather coat were truly awesome. She looked ready for the Matrix.<BR/><BR/>I wonder if she owns a whip?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-89024368254332819832007-07-27T17:58:00.000-04:002007-07-27T17:58:00.000-04:00Gregory:So that lesser beings would fear no longer...Gregory:<BR/><BR/>So that lesser beings would fear no longer, KC Johnson offered himself as the only clinical test case and for the first-in-man study of the now readily available antidote to kryptonite. <I>Superman</I> (volume 1) #61 (November / December 1949).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-64039927702778115662007-07-27T17:57:00.000-04:002007-07-27T17:57:00.000-04:00Anonymous 4:43 said...If I were a Duke undergradua...Anonymous 4:43 said<BR/>...If I were a Duke undergraduate, I would get a bunch of my friends to join me in signing up for Gang of 88 classes. I would spend the first week of those classes openly disparaging the professors' lame arguments in front of the other students. Then, I would spend the second week dropping those courses. Let 'em feel some political and economic pressure.<BR/>::<BR/>Really!<BR/><BR/>Have you forgotten that throughout the semester you will be communicating with the resident hall cleaning people; the cafeteria staff; the book store employees; the clerks in the registration offices and the campus parking ticket writers? The little people some might say. <BR/><BR/>The G88 snuggle up REAL close to those LITTLE people with the help of the Office of Student Affairs staff....because don't you know ....the little folks need protection from white privileged brats...who think they can bring down political and economic heat.<BR/><BR/>You mean someone would look in Reade's and Collin's waste basket? You don't think so?<BR/><BR/>You as students are going to make fools out of the G88? <BR/><BR/>I don't think so and if you do then please, you need to return to your veranda - your efforts have given you the vapors. Please fan yourself, or have others do that for you, and do not return until you are sentient. No, really...<BR/>::<BR/>GPGary Packwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05177986821224068759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-53217090411346588032007-07-27T17:51:00.000-04:002007-07-27T17:51:00.000-04:00Forgive me, but at this point in the lacrosse disa...Forgive me, but at this point in the lacrosse disaster, I have to ask Professor Johnson: "What's the point?" Nifong has been hung out to dry, exposed and punished, with more to come. The Duke administration has also been exposed, vilified, and rightly so. The Gang of 88, a collection of disgruntled, racist homophiliac faculty members is getting dissected, almost one by one. The Durham police, the media - it keeps on going. No one is apologizing; no one is going to apologize except Nifong, about whom no one cares. Not the faculty, or the administration, not the so called journalists, sports or otherwise. Duke University is going about it’s business to the dismay of the posters here, who find it incredulous that mac, Polansky, Deborah and the other acolytes are being ignored. How can it be that the Board has not appointed them to a committee to fix Duke?! It seems to me that KC Johnson’s blog is playing this out like the final scenes in the Godfather, where Michael Corleone asserts his omnipotence by violently blowing away all those he considers to be the bad people in his life. I guess he wants to go out guns blazing, but I also think that KC knows the piranhas on this board will gobble up anything he tosses into the waterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-23256435479573945622007-07-27T17:28:00.000-04:002007-07-27T17:28:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com