Posted on 07/30/2007 4:46:28 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
IT'S said that a "picture is worth a thousand words." For more than 25 years, conservative writers have been telling anyone who would listen that our higher education system was broken - that indoctrination was trumping education and our kids were throwing away their tuition dollars propping up vicious relics of the '60s and supporting universities that were increasingly repressive. These words, coming from such luminaries as Allan Bloom, Dinesh D'Souza, Alan Charles Kors and David Horowitz, persuaded much of the conservative chattering class that something was wrong. But mainstream Americans seemed unconcerned, with their own (often fond) college memories drowning out even the most eloquent cries for reform.
Enter Ward Churchill. One could not paint a more perfect picture of a spiteful, out-of-control leftist academic. Certainly his words were shocking - comparing the civilian victims of 9/11 to a Nazi leader was not only shockingly vicious, it was shockingly stupid.
But if the case were a matter of words only, we would've already forgotten his name. Who, after all, remembers the Columbia professor who called for a "million Mogadishus?" Or the University of New Mexico professor who said, "Anybody who can blow up the Pentagon gets my vote?" Or the Xavier University professor who called an Air Force Academy cadet a "disgrace" and condemned his "aggressive baby-killing tactics?" For in Churchill's case, there was much more at stake.
The more we learned about Ward Churchill, the greater the disbelief.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
If he were Japanese, he’d have hibachi’d himself already. As A leftist, anti-American...he’ll live till he’s 100+, pity.
Awesome line.
Churchill was a true charlatan. What a sorry situation. Pretty poor commentary on the competence of the university persons who gave him his tenured, elevated position. Doesn’t anyone check these fakes out?
Wonder why you never see this little tidbit alongside the leftist's rants?
” That will be Ward Churchill’s lasting legacy. He was the tipping point.”
Famous last words, AKA enumerating unhatched chickens.
Amazing how fast and how far you can progress in the liberal world based on what liberal notions you believe - and not based on your merits...reminds me of the communists.
Several years ago there was a study, IIRC, that said that at CU-Boulder 98% of the Profs checked Democrat when polled. This was out of 100 Profs. Turned out that one of the two that checked Republican was really just joking. We need much more diversity of teachers at the University level!
Churchill kept his job because he said he was an Indian, and no one wanted to “criticize” a poor downtrodded Indian — that trumped everything even when it was shown to be totally untrue. When real Indians complained about this liar, Churchill arrogantly dismissed them all saying that there never would have been an Ethnic Studies program at Colorado U if it weren’t for him — more documentation of racism & white supremacy from a Leftie. When Churchill was exposed for his plagiarism and other academic misconduct, that could not be ignored. He is a hard-core Leftist who hates his country. I am watching to see which college picks him up. Too bad for Churchill that Antioch finally closed its doors due to a lack of interest.
If he can't find work in academia, he would certainly be employable by CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, or anywhere in the written media where political orientation trumps talent.
Now only if they could master that bit about purging themselves.
“In a recent Zogby poll, 58 percent of Americans reported that they now believe that political bias of professors is a “serious problem.””
So how long before the universities themselves do something about it?
*crickets*
This is one small step for man, but not a giant step for mankind. It’s not a turning point, in my opinion. Now, if the Gang of 88 at Duke University were drummed out of academia, that would be a turning point.
You are missing the point.
In order to serve "diversity", i.e., making white people believe that they did NOT create civilization and spread it to the rest of the earth, fakes are as good as the real thing.
In fact, since the real thing is exceedingly rare, and all of them are at Harvard, what can the CU-Boulders of the world have except fakes?
Get with the program.
I seriously question his Masters degree in communications, quite likely it was plagarized in some way also.
In my opinion the guy is also very dangerous.........
Any one who tries... 
- Dennis Miller
Antioch (Yellow Springs, Ohio) just closed.
He was extremely aggressive and even abusive. He got in anybody’s face who disputed him. He shouted and even hit.
He had only one response to any criticism or demand for clarification -— attack.
Sometimes I think that’s why he lasted so long.
I think it is really possible that the academic can’t-we-all-get-along crowd were frightened of him.
Heck, I’m just enjoying the knownledge that those who ‘rallied’ around this dime store fraud indian look ridiculous today.
Its very pleasurable, when you consider what ‘they’ wrote about this turd.
The only thing I wonder about is why he lasted this long?? I understand tenure...but this is way beyond that.
Probity is taken for granted in Academia. They find Reagan’s advice too adversarial. You know the one, “Trust, but verify.”
Yes, and I imagine they don’t want to hurt his feelings by checking to see if he is the real thing. It might damage his self esteem and godforbid such anyone would question his integrity. They would have also done well to have a psyche evaluation. This guy is crackers.
You nailed it. Four time right in one short post.
If I remember correctly, he was granted tenure after only 5 years, not the normal 10 years...and that based on fraudulent work!
Hey...I got a job for him...
I was thinking of starting up one of those businesses that vacumns out port-a-potty’s and septic tanks...
I would pay him whatever the minimum wage ends up being at that time...
I could save a lot money on a suction pump using him...
Perfect!!!
“He was extremely aggressive and even abusive. He got in anybody’s face who disputed him. He shouted and even hit.”
Yes, officer...I was in fear for my life...Just look how big and smelly he is laying there all full of holes...Peeeee UUUUUUU!!!
Yeah, if anybody could give a sucktion pump a run for it’s money, WC would fit the bill.
Wonder if he’ll get into politics?....try to steal Tancredo’s seat.
Fahhahhaahhaaahhaaaaaatttttttt chance there bucko!
Of course it would be interesting, but the more exposed the Ward Churchills’ are in this country the better, because they cannot hide from their true nature...
It doesn’t take much to get one up on tubs of crap like this doofus...
He’s a pretty big boy though, but I have crawled over bigger shmucks to get into fights in my yute, and stiull gotten my butt handed to me...And those I fought with because some of my best friends...
Ward Churchill is a shmuck from here to Christmas...We’d be in a long line of distinguished and very qualified people to take a crack at him...
I’m very confident that there would not be much left of him by the time we did get a chance to take him down a notch...
If he would pose as an illegal instead of an Indian, he might get more support.
I can guarantee you he don’t habla...
Nor would he with enough time to make a difference...
UC is to be commended for firing this despicable man. However, as the article points out, Churchill is not singular or an anomaly. Nor is he the disease, but merely the symptom, of a system that is foundationaly broken in its soul. Our lower AND higher education establishment is simply what it has been trying to become since Dewey- socialist. And here is where it will continue to be a cancer in our culture until the people wake up. I am afraid that it will then be too late. These children that we spend billions “educating” are profoundly ignorant (but with GREAT self-esteem!) and pushed into college where their NON-education continues under professors like Churchill. We will reap the whirlwind.
The article also suggests that this is the last we will hear from Churchill. I sincerely doubt it. I predict he will be scooped by some other radical university, like UC Berkely or NYC. Universities still love useless non-academics like this. As I understand, Angela Davis is still employed, and aren’t Cornel West and Chomsky still “teaching”? What of that racist moron in NY who hates white people so much? Still working...?
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