Have you ever seen stories about the morons at the Westboro Baptist Church who protest military funerals and wondered, “Where do idiots like that come from?” The answer, it appears, may be the Ivy League in general and Columbia University specifically.
The New York Post details how the classy college crowd at Columbia mocked, jeered and outright laughed at a returning Iraq War veteran.
“‘Racist!’ some students yelled at Anthony Mascheck, a Columbia freshman and former Army sergeant awarded the Purple Heart after being shot 11 times in a firefight in northern Iraq in February 2008. Others hissed and booed the veteran.”
And what had Maschek done to provoke the taunting? He spoke at a town-hall meeting to “issue an impassioned challenge to fellow students on their perceptions of the military.”
After saying “It doesn’t matter how you feel about the war, it doesn’t matter how you feel about fighting. There are bad men out there plotting to kill you,” several students laughed and jeered the Idaho native.
Apparently Columbia’s student body is up in arms – pardon our use of violent rhetoric – about the horrors of ROTC returning to their peace-loving campus.
The University had previously rejected the return of ROTC because of the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy. So now that DADT has been overturned, they’ve come up with a new excuse – the military bans transgender soldiers. According to senior Sean Udell, “Transpeople are part of the Columbia community.”
No word on why Columbia will reject the ROTC after the military begins accepting transgender recruits. Perhaps it will be the fact that they accept so few elite leftist idiots, which will no doubt keep the University in excuses for the next hundred years or so.
Source: New York Post
This post was last modified on February 21, 2011
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That lady, and the hecklers, are f-cking idiots.
I'm glad though, there are some in audience cheering him for speaking truth. This guy is all OK with me.. He is not filled with hate, but sees with clear and cold gaze. I would not condemn the entire school, and doubt he would either
I found that idiot woman's comment totally offensive....like liberals and their supposed intellectual (if it can be called that at all) thought...totally offensive. \
I, personally, would have said something to the affect of, "I don't really care what you find offensive lady.....if you have issue with reality, which is typical of you liberals, that's your problem..."....
What is with these complete and utter morons and their total lack of comprehension of reality? God help this country and the idiots and total lack of intellect coming out of our schools today....and they call this higher education?
"What is with these complete and utter morons and their total lack of comprehension of reality?"
What does anyone expect from spoiled, petulant children, with heads filled with libtard/prog nonsense and no real life experience?
What a bunch of chickenshit POS cretins.
I will bet none of those snot nosed SOB's has ever seen "The Best Years of Our Lives"...and when they come face to face with an American who has defended this country bravely, they show how sick and twisted they are.
Beyond disgusting.
DJ, I watched it last night, have seen it probably 5 times but still enjoy it, was thinking I should buy the tape so that my 30 year old daughter can watch it. Great movie.
I haven't seen it in years and I love the old classic movies...I think I'll rent it soon.
It's such a great movie, I think it should be required viewing every Memorial Day.
I gotta disagree with you DJ, The Best Years of Our Lives should be required viewing on Veterans day instead. The Sands of Iwo Jima, starring John Wayne, is more appropiate for Memorial Day.
When thinking about such things you have to remember that on Veterans Day we honor those still living and fighting the good fight. On Memorial Day we honor those who are no longer with us.
True, whiskeyriver. I thought about it later, that yes, it should be Veteran's Day.
For me, on both days, I always think about our vets and those who died fighting and during wartime, especially more so.
Liberals have no morals and live in fairytale, perhaps they should follow the yellow brick road to OZ and ask for brains !!!!!!
More like "Ask for Special Treatment or Welfare."
"I am the Great & Powerful 'O'... Pay no attention to that Soros behind the curtain!"
Please listen to the audio. There was this idiot that said she found him offensive. I thought to myself "how offensive would you find it if a terrorist decapitated you, stupid witch..." Disgusting.
I have an idea KQ! Since you jumped through all the hoops, fought your way through all the red tape, to become an American citizen you could go to these liberal instututions of learning and teach them what real poverty and depression is like!
I can see it now! A young, legal immigrant, conservative in thinking, black woman, telling these goofy students what life is really like in a not so free country! I see a career for you young lady! You can be the next Condoleezza Rice in American politics! Since she is, by far, the smartest, most intellectual, woman to ever serve in Washington that ain't a bad dream to go for.
I seriously have no desire to be in politics, but if I were I would probably be a commentator a la Ann Coulter.
I am not even going to lie... I love to destroy liberals with arguments. I could make a career out of it, but sincerely it is so annoying that I cannot see myself doing it all the time. Can you imagine debating idiots several times a week? Ugh the horror! That is if I get to debate them considering that they get so loud and rude and many times don't even want to debate just shout over the person.
However I do debate idiots every once in a while usually for my own entertainment when I am bored. I used to be part of the debate team in my school and keeps me sharp. A lot of these liberals fools don't know about the real world, so I do agree that someone has to teach them. I just need to have more patience in order to do it. My patience with fools runs dry rather quickly.
I can understand your stance, you have a life to build for the right now. But think about it from a smartass standpoint, like I do. How much fun can you have if you do nothing but study all the time?
You gotta take a break once in a while to keep your brain from freezing up! I was in my late 40's before I got a computer and started learning what fun they could be! Look at the head start you have over us old folks! Look at the information available to you that we never had! Study the history, all history of mankind, then use that information to humiliate your peers!
Just remember one thing when dealing with these liberal gumballs, you cannot dazzle them with brilliance, they get confused to quickly. You have to learn how to baffle them with bullshit. That, they understand very well. Oh, and I own every book Ann Coulter has written!
Someone told me the same thing years, that if you throw pearls before pigs they will trample over it because well they are pigs in this case of course the pigs are the liberals. So the best thing to do is to be ironic use their stupidity against them.
If G-d gives me life and breath and I am in a place where I don't think I need to be part of the rat race and can be part of the political sphere I may give it a go.
Thanks!
Or, as my Pappy used to say, "Never teach a pig to sing, it wastes your time and annoys the pig".
I have to say that I have seen some pigs that are much smarter than the average liberal.
So, Kimmy....you used a hyphen in the word GOD...why, pray tell, is that? God gave you, all of us, life...end of story...does not matter what religion, sect, or whatever lowlife shithole someone came from...... God was involved.....like it or not.....whether someone likes it our not, is totally irrelevant.
Sorry all....even with my Jewish religion...God was involved.......
God, Gold, and Guns, baby......God, Gold, and Guns.....
Uhm... please calm down if you want to know why read this:
http://judaism.about.com/od/judaismbasics/a/Why-Do-Some-Jews-Spell-God-G-D.htm
I don't even know why you went on a rampage... there is nothing in my post to go crazy about. Maybe you didn't understand it...
Sorry, kiddo....didn't mean for that to come out sounding like I was rampaging...I wasn't... I figured you were trying not to insult some yahoo that might be offended by the use of the word, GOD, though not sure why I would have thought that, about you in particular...I do know better!
Forgive me.... Not that I am overtly religious...I'm not, but I personally like annoying people that have issue with the use of the word GOD.....which is usually why I capitalize it, to show my respect!
It is all good! I figure you may have misunderstood or something else was going on. Have a great weekend.
It's also because old Hebrew written script had no vowels.
Heh, I'm both arrogant and hard-headed enough to see a career in politics as appealing... Unfortunately, young though I may be, I've made plenty of mistakes that could easily be used to derail any effort I may make to run for office, even when I DO have a couple more years under my belt. Besides...I don't have the patience to sit there and listen to somebody lie to my face repeatedly and just smile through it...seems to be a job requirement for any elected office.He
Heh, not like I could, even if I would. Hell, they were fairly successful in demonizing Bush for the things he did when he was around 20 or so. I'm in that ballpark, so all my screw ups are fair game, haha.
Whatever. Assuming I can get clear of my most recent bit of court related nonsense, I'm heading out for the USMC where I belong.
Arrogance has nothing to do with pride son, they are two different things altogether. Arrogance is merely posturing, trying to prove to the world that you, or your opinion, is important when neither is true.
Pride comes when you have lived long enough to understand you don't need anyones approval, you have tried to live an hornorable life and do not need to apologize to anyone.
I hope the Corps takes you and you follow their teachings. Even if you do not become a career Marine you will have what they teach you and can use that knowledge the rest of your life. Most of us made a few "mistakes" in our younger years but the important thing is don't make the same ones again. Learn from your mistakes instead of blaming everyone else for your problems.
Go for it GruffGadfly and Semper Fi. You can do it if you really want to.
Heh, a couple of those mistakes require waivers to allow me to enlist which, if I don't beat this current case (actually didn't do it this time, woohoo...sigh), I will not be granted. Here's hoping.
I had been planning on going Army, right up until I visited the MCRD in San Diego. Now, hoping for a chance to earn my E.G.A.
Thanks for the support.
Unfortunately, this is not something new. During the Vietnam era, airlines gave military people in uniform a half fare rate. I remember the thrill of having survived and coming back to America, only to wear civies on planes to avoid the taunts and rudeness. After that experience, I selected a Southern school to attend in order not to have to tolerate those kinds of people.
I never wore civies, I wore my uniform with pride. I don't know if it was attitude or what, but I never had any trouble in any airport when I got home. And believe me, I had attitude, and still do. I am proud to have been a sailor, proud of my country, proud of my service to our country.
I generally try to see what libs are saying on a given issue. Gotta know you're enemy, right?
CNN search for "Anthony Maschek"
no results
MSNBC search for "Anthony Maschek"
no results
Media Matters search for "Anthony Maschek"
no results
Really, the only site libs flock to that mentions this is Huffington. You've got this:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/21/anthony-maschek-wounded-w_n_825874.html
which is basically just a bare-bones breakdown of what happened, and then another entry I'm having trouble tracking down again, but basically saying that yeah the hecklers were wrong, but the important thing is not to blame CU students or to imply that they're anti military....
I could pretend to be surprised, but why bother? Columbia is simply a liberal training ground for leftist zealotry. There's no way the MSM wants this one in the spotlight.
Mr. Maschek is obviously a hero, and clearly can handle a few heckling dolts. The man clearly has balls: he came back bearing the wounds of one hostile territory, and then enrolled in another.
Liberals are liars, cowards and hypocrits that hide behind those that have the balls to do the tough stuff. The so called "men" of the left are mostly effeminate or gay and the so called "women" are, well take a look at the likes of rosie odonell etc.
Remind your congress critter that these a$$hats accept DoD and Federal funding.
Time to deny them any Federal funding.
Hey. It'll help the budget deficit and my blood pressure at the same time!
No one hates like the Left.