Thursday, May 05, 2011

Ah, the integrity of professors,

The University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh has taken unspecified "corrective action" against Stephen Richards, a criminal justice professor, for encouraging students to sign a petition to recall a state senator. Not just encouraging to sign: This news item doesn’t make clear that he was accused of encouraging election fraud. “In the tape, recorded during a criminal justice class, Richards can be heard encouraging a female student to sign the recall petition even though she thinks she lives outside the district, and instructing students to sign using their campus address instead of their parents’ home address.”


Remember the mess at the Tucson school board meeting? It keeps on:
At a Tucson Unified School District school board meeting on Tuesday — which was a make-up for one canceled after students chained themselves to board-room desks on April 26 — riot police were called in to restore order after program supporters become restless during the public input section of the meeting.
Remember what this crap is all about:
...As we’ve previously reported, the district isn’t trying to ban the program outright. Instead, it wants to make a controversial history class — that calls for “death to the invaders” and was found to advocate overthrowing the U.S. government — an elective instead of allowing it to substitute for required history credits. That’s it. And the disturbing class would still be available to students.

But that’s not the rhetoric coming from the supporters. They’re trumpeting the message that the district is trying to eliminate the program altogether, a tactic used to stir up anger and action.
So a bunch of America-haters lie to try and force a class with this kind of outlook on all students; wonderful, isn't it? Gets even better; go look toward the bottom at who may be involved.


Ah, that "If you make less than $200k, you won't see a penny of your taxes go up" promise; really meant a lot, didn't it?
The Obama administration has floated a transportation authorization bill that would require the study and implementation of a plan to tax automobile drivers based on how many miles they drive.

The plan is a part of the administration's "Transportation Opportunities Act," an undated draft of which was obtained this week by Transportation Weekly.
And if you think they'll plan on taking the federal tax off gasoline since you'll be paying by the mile, I have a bridge I'd like to sell you. Not to mention the loss of privacy aspect.


What? The National Labor Relations Board lied about Boeing? Whoda thunk it?


Michelle Malkin's update on Gunwalker.


And, apparently having the energy problems and terrorism and taxes under control, Congress has a new way to waste time and pander.

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