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To: yorkie

Right and I am sort of stuck in my conservatarian loop on this. If they university cannot cooperate with the Govt (in the Govt’s constitution duty to protect the country) the Govt should have the right to chose.

It is pretty close to a Bill of Attainder.


10 posted on 09/30/2007 12:48:09 PM PDT by Perdogg (Join the NCAA basketball thread - Freemail me)
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To: Perdogg; yorkie
> If they university cannot cooperate with the Govt (in the Govt’s constitution duty to protect the country) the Govt should have the right to chose.

I don't like federal funding for education, and I like it even less when threatened withdrawal of same is used as coercion.

I don't think Columbia's action in inviting Ahmanutjob should be seen as undercutting the Govt's duty to protect the country. He was there in NYC anyway for the UN (that's a different discussion), and using Columbia as a soapbox, while offensive, is not truly threatening to America's security, per se.

I think it was wrong and stupid to give him a place to tear down America on our own soil.

And yeah, on reflection, this probably is more or less a bill of attander, being after-the-fact retribution without hearing or trial. I doubt it'll have any real effect -- this is one of those bills that Congresscritters love to tout in their pro-America credentials list, but not much else.

11 posted on 09/30/2007 1:01:05 PM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
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