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Screw changing policies and protocols...
2007-10-01 05:30:00
Dr. John Kevorkian's visit to the campus has been rescheduled to January 15th at 8 pm. According to UF President Machen:In order to allow ample time for changing policies or protocols in light of the incident following Sen. John Kerry’s town hall forum two weeks ago, I have asked the ACCENT Speaker’s Bureau to reschedule the Oct. 11 appearance of Dr. Jack Kevorkian to a later date this academic year. The event, and a subsequent panel discussion on assisted suicide by several faculty members in law, medicine and philosophy, now will be held at 8 p.m. on January 15 in the Stephen C. O’Connell Center.It is our responsibility as an academic institution to provide a safe environment where everyone feels free to express their views, no matter what they are. Like other universities, UF is a special place where free expression and the lively exchange of ideas remain vital to our educational mission.Speakers appearing on our campus in recent years have spoken against the death penalty...
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Tis a shame stupidity is not a crime...
2007-09-30 19:45:00
Anonymous writes in response to my post about the freak fair in San Francisco:Wow! Nothing in your blog about the catholic church molesting children? That's what I call an "alternative" lifestyle. Why do you even care about the folsom st. fair? You live in redneck fla. Maybe sex with children down there in the south is "normal"?You know it never ceases to amaze me that when a person has the opportunity to offer an intellectual, well-thought, thought provoking response to something he disagrees with, especially when it is so public, this is the best he can come up with.Perhaps he's just another misguided product of an underfunded F-rated public school system.
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Life as I know it is over...
2007-09-28 02:16:00
Oh why does it have to be so difficult?Here I am just a few days from turning 38 and I wonder how it all came to this. I'm intelligent and capable of doing just about anything I put my mind to or at least I thought so till now. For the most part I think I'm quite likeable, I have a great sense of humor, I work hard, I'm a decent person. I am kind to elderly people, animals, children and the mentally ill. I donate to charity on a regular basis, and not so long ago I was kinda cute.I thought my life was life headed in the right direction. Although I can be a pain in the ass at times I think I've been a pretty decent daughter, granddaughter, friend, sister, wife, student, and employee. I try to help my family and friends when I can. I care about my students at work, the guys I work with, my job, I put a lot into it. My mom brags to her friends about me, my dad thinks I'm a great kid, my closest friends Deb, Susan, Jennifer, KY, Jeanette think I am wonderful and have been so suppor...
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Folsom Street Fair a disgrace to San Francisco...
2007-09-27 03:48:00
I try to be an open-minded person and for the most part I think I am. But my open-mind closes at something as disgusting as the annual Folsom Street Fair in San Francisco . This year's fair is September 30th. What is the fair?Folsom Street Events is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization serving the adult San Francisco alternative communities. Through the production of street fairs, Folsom Street Events promotes diversity within the leather/alternative lifestyle, highlighting entertainment, service and vendors. Proceeds from the production of the fairs are distributed to organizations which promote a sense of community, diversity, cooperation, health and human services. Our mission is to create world-class volunteer driven leather events, providing the adult alternative lifestyle community safe venues for self-expression, emphasizing freedom, fun and frolic, while raising money to benefit San Francisco charities. I checked it out folks, believe me, what it really is--is the world's la...
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Welcome to Romper Room...
2007-09-25 11:13:00
It's no wonder I didn't sleep a wink and Peepers and Pebbles are zonked out cold this morning!Pebbles has this thing about jumping on the bed at night, running around on it and walking all over me, waking me up, then sprinting off and into the living room only to be chased back into the bedroom by the one and only Peepers who has slept all day just so she could be up all night chasing Pebbles.It's like a McDonald's playplace on a Saturday afternoon only this one has kitty kats!!
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Looks like Columbia lost this one...
2007-09-25 06:00:00
tstill think that Columbia University was wrong to invite a terrorist dictator to speak to their faculty and students. I still believe that President Lee Bollinger is a hypocrite for allowing this terrorist to speak while at the same time backing the cancellation of a scheduled speech by Minuteman founder Jim Gilchrist which was to take place next month.I believe University Presidents should set an example for the students and faculty they govern. I believe a University President is the ultimate representative of his/her institution and should do nothing to cast a shadow upon the institution. And so it really shocked me that President Bollinger, instead of conducting himself in the manner befitting an esteemed University president, chose such disgraceful behavior at the forum with Ahmadinejad.I've got no love for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a man who is a known supporter of terrorism and is clearly outspoken in his feelings about wanting to annihilate Israel and the U.S. However I find it...
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Oh shut up McCollum!
2007-09-24 01:52:00
Recently Attorney General Bill McCollum uttered this fine mess of a statement:"Every single day police and and sheriff's deputies in our state put their life on the line for us and we should be aware that by far and aware most of these officers are extraordinarily careful in what they do ... On the other hand, the day before yesterday, when this instance occurred, I think most of us think that presumably this was excessive force and it needs to be investigated. Free speech is important in our country."WTF?You'd think as the states's top law enforcement officer McCollum would know to reserve judgment till the investigation is over.Ok Mr. McCollum maybe you don't get it, but many of us do. Andrew "Don't Tase Me, Bro" Meyer's first amendment rights were not violated. The forum was over, he forced his way to the podium and demanded he be heard, the Senator said ok, then Meyer proceeded on a God-knows-how-long-it-would-have-been-if- nobody-had-turned-off-his-microphone diatribe unti...
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