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Skriven 2006-10-11 19:25:57 av Sean Dennis (1:18/200.0)
Ärende: Good old public "education"
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Hello, All.

You all have seen my thoughts on public "education".  This waste of human DNA
just proves it...

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Instructor who doubts 9/11 compares Bush to Hitler
BY CARRIE ANTLFINGER
Associated Press

MILWAUKEE - A University of Wisconsin-Madison instructor who has come under
scrutiny for saying that the U.S. government orchestrated the Sept. 11 attacks
compares President Bush to Adolf Hitler in an essay that his students are being
required to buy.

The essay, "Interpreting the Unspeakable: The Myth of 9/11," is part of a $20
book of essays from 15 authors called "9/11 and American Empire: Muslims, Jews,
and Christians Speak Out," according to an unedited copy first obtained by
WKOW-TV in Madison and later by the Associated Press.

The book is on the syllabus for the twice-a-week course, "Islam: Religion and
Culture," being taught by part-time instructor Kevin Barrett, but only three of
the essays are required reading, not including Barrett's essay.

Barrett is active in a group called Scholars for 9/11 Truth, whose members say
U.S. officials, not al-Qaida terrorists, were behind the attacks on the World
Trade Center and the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001.

"Like Bush and the neocons, Hitler and the Nazis inaugurated their new era by
destroying an architectural monument and blaming its destruction on their
designated enemies," he wrote.

Barrett said Tuesday he was comparing the attacks to the burning of the German
parliament building, the Reichstag, in 1933, a key event in the establishment
of the Nazi dictatorship.

"That's not comparing them as people, that's comparing the Reichstag fire to
the demolition of the World Trade Center, and that's an accurate comparison
that I would stand by," he said.

But he did say in an interview: "Hitler had a good 20 to 30 IQ points on Bush
so comparing Bush to Hitler would in many ways be an insult to Hitler."

Moira Megargee, publicity director for the Northampton, Mass., publisher
Interlink, said the book is due out at the end of November, and the editing
isn't finished.

"It is not final, and for all we know, that essay may not be in the book or may
be edited," she said.

The UW's decision to allow Barrett to teach the course touched off a firestorm
of controversy over the summer once his views became widely known.

Sixty-one state legislators denounced the move, and one county board cut its
funding for the UW-Extension by $8,247 - the amount Barrett will earn for
teaching the course u in a symbolic protest, even though the course has nothing
to do with that branch of the UW System.

The two major-party gubernatorial candidates said Tuesday they still believe he
should have been fired.

"The governor feels this is crazy, offensive and shouldn't be in the
classroom," said Matt Canter, spokesman for Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle.

In a statement, Republican Mark Green said: "Kevin Barrett continues to make a
complete mockery of the University of Wisconsin and our great state."

One essay Barrett is requiring is entitled: "A Clash Between Justice and
Greed," about how conflicts between Islam and the western world were made up
after the "collapse of the Soviet Union to justify U.S. 'defense' spending, and
to provide a pretext of controlling the world's resources."

"The Remaking of Islam in the Post 911 Era" is about the assault of Islamic
people by the Rand Corporation.

The author of "Interpreting Terrorism: Muslim Problem or Covert Operations
Nightmare?" contends some Western intelligence agencies are doing acts of
terrorism to make it look like radical Islamics.

UW-Madison Provost Patrick Farrell decided to retain Barrett for the course
after reviewing his plans and qualifications. He said Barrett could present his
ideas during one week of the course as long as students were allowed to
challenge them.

He later warned Barrett to stop seeking publicity for his personal political
views.

Farrell said Tuesday that he hasn't seen the essay but faculty can assign
readings that may not be popular to everyone.

"I think part of the role of any challenging course here is going to encourage
students to think of things from a variety of perspectives," he said.

Farrell said it's common for instructors or professors to require books they
have written or contributed to.

"For many faculty a book represents their best thinking on how an issue should
be presented, so why not use that 'best thinking' for the students they teach?"
he said in an e-mail.

In the essay, Barrett restates many of his controversial views of the terrorist
attacks.

Barrett said required class reading will also represent mainstream views on the
Sept. 11 attacks.
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For those of you who have children in school: would you want your tax dollars
and your child's mind warped by this pure, unadulterated crap?  I sure wouldn't
and that's why I think that if I don't use the public "education" system, I
shouldn't have to pay for this.

This kind of crap makes me sick, plain and simple.  Typical liberal.

Later,
Sean

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