Comments on: Yale’s worst nightmare (not your father’s “John Fundraiser”) http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2006/04/03/yales-worst-nightmare-not-your-fathers-john-fundraiser/ Just another Pajamasmedia.com weblog Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:00:43 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Rick Ballard http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2006/04/03/yales-worst-nightmare-not-your-fathers-john-fundraiser/#comment-76620 Rick Ballard Tue, 04 Apr 2006 21:13:56 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2006/04/03/yales-worst-nightmare-not-your-fathers-john-fundraiser/#comment-76620 <i>"Boy, did I ever not deserve it!"</i> Not so. I didn't know you had a fellowship but now I can start a list of 'Things Yale did right." If measurable intelligence existed among studio heads you would be working on a pro-American 'How to Thump the Mullahs' script right now. What a collection of pitiful jackasses. “Boy, did I ever not deserve it!”

Not so. I didn’t know you had a fellowship but now I can start a list of ‘Things Yale did right.”

If measurable intelligence existed among studio heads you would be working on a pro-American ‘How to Thump the Mullahs’ script right now.

What a collection of pitiful jackasses.

]]> By: PJ http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2006/04/03/yales-worst-nightmare-not-your-fathers-john-fundraiser/#comment-76619 PJ Tue, 04 Apr 2006 16:28:48 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2006/04/03/yales-worst-nightmare-not-your-fathers-john-fundraiser/#comment-76619 Yale proves that Tom Wolfe's "Radical Chic and Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers" is unfortunately as spot on today as ever. Yale proves that Tom Wolfe’s “Radical Chic and Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers” is unfortunately as spot on today as ever.

]]> By: Roger http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2006/04/03/yales-worst-nightmare-not-your-fathers-john-fundraiser/#comment-76618 Roger Tue, 04 Apr 2006 06:40:00 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2006/04/03/yales-worst-nightmare-not-your-fathers-john-fundraiser/#comment-76618 "Roger - can you get your (or your folks) money back?" Actually, Rick, I was on a fellowship - something called the John Golden Fellowship in Playwriting. (Boy, did I ever not deserve it!) So Yale would be getting its own money back, for the most part. Of course, there was a bit of my parents' and a bit of my own as well - from teaching English Comp at night at Bridgeport Engineering College. “Roger – can you get your (or your folks) money back?”

Actually, Rick, I was on a fellowship – something called the John Golden Fellowship in Playwriting. (Boy, did I ever not deserve it!) So Yale would be getting its own money back, for the most part. Of course, there was a bit of my parents’ and a bit of my own as well – from teaching English Comp at night at Bridgeport Engineering College.

]]> By: Rudersdorf http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2006/04/03/yales-worst-nightmare-not-your-fathers-john-fundraiser/#comment-76617 Rudersdorf Mon, 03 Apr 2006 21:30:56 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2006/04/03/yales-worst-nightmare-not-your-fathers-john-fundraiser/#comment-76617 This sounds like a bad case of "radical chic" (a quick re-read of Tom Wolf is worth it). Yale is showing itself to be remarkably clueless as to what they have done, or how to extricate themselves. Cf. the Ward Churchill fiasco... This sounds like a bad case of “radical chic” (a quick re-read of Tom Wolf is worth it). Yale is showing itself to be remarkably clueless as to what they have done, or how to extricate themselves. Cf. the Ward Churchill fiasco…

]]> By: JenLArt http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2006/04/03/yales-worst-nightmare-not-your-fathers-john-fundraiser/#comment-76616 JenLArt Mon, 03 Apr 2006 20:11:10 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2006/04/03/yales-worst-nightmare-not-your-fathers-john-fundraiser/#comment-76616 You don't suppose there's also big Saudi money behind this, do you? That's presupposing they give as many petro dollars to Yale as they do to Harvard and its Bin Laden Institute of Islamic Studies. And yes the Saudi Wahhabs were behind the Taliban as much as they're behind OBL and Al Queda. In fact, the road to ultimate peace and victory lead to Riyahd, someday...somehow. You don’t suppose there’s also big Saudi money behind this, do you?
That’s presupposing they give as many petro dollars to Yale as they do to Harvard and its Bin Laden Institute of Islamic Studies.
And yes the Saudi Wahhabs were behind the Taliban as much as they’re behind OBL and Al Queda.
In fact, the road to ultimate peace and victory lead to Riyahd, someday…somehow.

]]> By: Larry J http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2006/04/03/yales-worst-nightmare-not-your-fathers-john-fundraiser/#comment-76615 Larry J Mon, 03 Apr 2006 19:45:11 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2006/04/03/yales-worst-nightmare-not-your-fathers-john-fundraiser/#comment-76615 It's hard to tell if Yale is simply being hypocritical or simply lacks intellectual inconsistency, but the pretensions of the self-proclaimed academic "elite" frequently amuses me. For example, many "elite" universities don't like having military recruiters on campus because they're actually obeying the law (passed by a Democratically-controlled Congress and signed by Bill Clinton in 1993) by enforcing the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy. On the other hand, Yale admits a representative of an organization that executed homosexuals. In the US military, women ably perform almost all jobs performed by men (with a decreasing number of exceptions). By contrast, the Taliban reportedly ripped off the fingernails of women who wore nail polish and executed women on a regular basis. But you can count on the ìelitesî supporting someone who hates America. It seems theyíre very consistent in that regard. It’s hard to tell if Yale is simply being hypocritical or simply lacks intellectual inconsistency, but the pretensions of the self-proclaimed academic “elite” frequently amuses me. For example, many “elite” universities don’t like having military recruiters on campus because they’re actually obeying the law (passed by a Democratically-controlled Congress and signed by Bill Clinton in 1993) by enforcing the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy. On the other hand, Yale admits a representative of an organization that executed homosexuals. In the US military, women ably perform almost all jobs performed by men (with a decreasing number of exceptions). By contrast, the Taliban reportedly ripped off the fingernails of women who wore nail polish and executed women on a regular basis.

But you can count on the ìelitesî supporting someone who hates America. It seems theyíre very consistent in that regard.

]]> By: Rick Ballard http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2006/04/03/yales-worst-nightmare-not-your-fathers-john-fundraiser/#comment-76614 Rick Ballard Mon, 03 Apr 2006 19:25:45 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2006/04/03/yales-worst-nightmare-not-your-fathers-john-fundraiser/#comment-76614 The main thing is that they admitted a guy with a fourth grade education who doesn't speak English very well. How much does that Yale degree cost, again? Go Texas A & M! Roger - can you get your (or your folks) money back? The main thing is that they admitted a guy with a fourth grade education who doesn’t speak English very well.

How much does that Yale degree cost, again?

Go Texas A & M!

Roger – can you get your (or your folks) money back?

]]> By: Kevin Peters http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2006/04/03/yales-worst-nightmare-not-your-fathers-john-fundraiser/#comment-76613 Kevin Peters Mon, 03 Apr 2006 19:17:09 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2006/04/03/yales-worst-nightmare-not-your-fathers-john-fundraiser/#comment-76613 Roger: Yale is probably a little uncomfortable with the Taliban's sub-human treatment of women but this was trumped by this thugs "America is the root of all evil" worldview. He will get tenure in the History dept. because with just a little tweaking and turning a blind eye to his hatred of women he fits right in. He won't be able to teach women's studies but he fits in perfectly with the rest of the social science's departments pre-reqs. The Ivy league can't be sullied with the prescence of Harvard's Summers but ex-Taliban propaganda ministers will find a "welcome" doormat. Roger:

Yale is probably a little uncomfortable with the Taliban’s sub-human treatment of women but this was trumped by this thugs “America is the root of all evil” worldview. He will get tenure in the History dept. because with just a little tweaking and turning a blind eye to his hatred of women he fits right in. He won’t be able to teach women’s studies but he fits in perfectly with the rest of the social science’s departments pre-reqs. The Ivy league can’t be sullied with the prescence of Harvard’s Summers but ex-Taliban propaganda ministers will find a “welcome” doormat.

]]> By: ic http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2006/04/03/yales-worst-nightmare-not-your-fathers-john-fundraiser/#comment-76612 ic Mon, 03 Apr 2006 17:06:33 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2006/04/03/yales-worst-nightmare-not-your-fathers-john-fundraiser/#comment-76612 Yale believes that 911 happened because 'we asked for it' for being insensitive to the head choppers. For them it's wrong to attack Afghanistan and dislodged the Talibans. It's only right for Yale to right a wrong that our President inflicted upon the noble savages. It's Yale's responsibility as a higher education instituition, the arbitor of right-and-wrong to show 'moral courage' not to knuckle under to Bush's Nazi regime. You don't expect Yale to abandon its moral superiority, do you? Yale believes that 911 happened because ‘we asked for it’ for being insensitive to the head choppers. For them it’s wrong to attack Afghanistan and dislodged the Talibans. It’s only right for Yale to right a wrong that our President inflicted upon the noble savages. It’s Yale’s responsibility as a higher education instituition, the arbitor of right-and-wrong to show ‘moral courage’ not to knuckle under to Bush’s Nazi regime. You don’t expect Yale to abandon its moral superiority, do you?

]]> By: beautifulatrocities http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2006/04/03/yales-worst-nightmare-not-your-fathers-john-fundraiser/#comment-76611 beautifulatrocities Mon, 03 Apr 2006 16:18:28 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2006/04/03/yales-worst-nightmare-not-your-fathers-john-fundraiser/#comment-76611 How about 'politically unctuous'? How about ‘politically unctuous’?

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