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  • Waiting for an apology - WestConn protester says speech shouldn't have been political [graduation]

    05/24/2006 5:44:52 PM PDT · by LurkedLongEnough · 34 replies · 1,572+ views
    THE NEWS-TIMES ^ | May 24, 2006 | Heather Barr
    DANBURY — Western Connecticut State University graduate Krista M. Lindstedt wants an apology from commencement speaker Catherine Crier, who turned Sunday's graduation ceremony into "more of a political rally than a commencement speech that should be positive, motivational and happy." "Overall she offended a lot of people," said Lindstedt, 33, of Crier's speech, which lasted at least 20 minutes. "It was completely, completely inappropriate. It was a slap in the face to veterans" — and soldiers like herself. An Air Force staff sergeant, Lindstedt is a medical services "craftsman," doing everything a civilian nurse does, although she cannot give intravenous...
  • Colbert Dings Crier Over Separation of Church and State on Colbert Report

    11/09/2005 5:09:17 AM PST · by Danno · 74 replies · 5,234+ views
    The Cobert Report - Comedy Central | 11/09/2005
    On the Tuesday evening edition (11/08/2005) of the Colbert Report I was surprised to see a normally super-liberal and irreverent Stephen Colbert seriously challenge Catherine Crier when she lamented that our country would soon start to 'revert' to prayer in school, public display of nativity scenes and menorahs, etc...because of the likes of the Tom Delays and others on the Christian right. There is not transcript available but Colbert slammed her and Crier was really caught off guard. He basically stated that it was foolish to abandon our moral conscious for the 'public good' and what was wrong with a...
  • Since I haven't contributed

    09/11/2002 10:35:40 AM PDT · by 2timothy3.16 · 627 replies · 3,315+ views
    9-11-2002 | self
    Since I am approaching my one year anniversary of being a "freeper" and since I have never contributed a dime to FR, jim or the republican party, I am going to beat the powers to be at FR and voluntarily leave, rather than have them come up with one of the cock and bull stories to ban me. Been fun,Bye