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University Professor Rips Military, College Republicans in Letter

Iowa State University University Professor Rips Military, College Republicans in Letter | Thomas Walker

Iowa State University English lecturer Thomas Walker ignited a firestorm with a letter he wrote to the student newspaper Monday, slamming the military and the school's College Republicans. (Image source: iastate.edu)

A lecturer at Iowa State University sparked controversy this week when he slammed both the military and the school’s College Republicans in a letter to the Iowa State Daily student newspaper.

“Why do Republicans care so much about the military? Because the military-industrial complex is dear to their simplistic laissez-faire fantasies: a bottom-line patriotism that excludes the people at the bottom,” Thomas Walker wrote.

“Soldiers are to Republicans as fetuses are to them: prized. But once out of the womb-like army, Republican solicitude for hapless veterans goes where extracted zygotes go,” he said.

Walker, who teaches English, was mocking a recent drive by the College Republicans to collect items to send to U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan for holiday care packages. He slammed those efforts, writing: “Donating toiletries, boxed and canned foods, socks and beanies to U.S. soldiers who can already deodorize themselves, who eat better than the poorest Americans and who are gallantly garbed, is an eleemosynary travesty.”

Instead, he said, “Necessities should be doled out to people who really need them and who might get them if not for the hundreds of billions of dollars being funneled to the Pentagon in the greatest squandering of money on the planet.”

Walker’s letter, published Monday, triggered a flurry of outrage on campus, as well as a series of responses in the student newspaper. The university’s board of regents termed it “fairly offensive” in addressing the matter Thursday.

“I, along with many Iowans, was offended and disgusted by the unfortunate and highly inappropriate remarks made against our soldiers in uniform,” Regent President Pro-Tem Bruce Rastetter said, according to the Iowa Gazette. “Not only did Mr. Walker insult our sons and daughters in uniform — he also questioned the kind and humanitarian efforts made by our students to ensure that our soldiers know we care about them and are exceedingly grateful for their service.”

Kyle Bitterman, a senior and a member of the Army ROTC, told the regents that as a veteran of both Iraq and Afghanistan, he knows how much care packages like the ones the College Republicans were sending can mean to soldiers overseas. He said ROTC members were shocked by the letter, but know the rest of the university does not share Walker’s opinion.

“We have a great amount of support here from the university as a whole,” he said.

Bitterman added that ROTC members would not support any disciplinary action against Walker for expressing his views.

Iowa State president Gregory Geoffroy said he was very disappointed Walker chose to write such a letter, and that the views expressed in no way represent the school.

Iowa State University hosted a GOP presidential debate in August ahead of the closely-watched Ames Iowa Straw Poll.

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  • AmericanStrega
    Posted on December 10, 2011 at 3:48pm

    This man has the right to spew his hatred only because our military upholds our constitutional freedoms. If it wasn’t for our military, who has fought and died for America and her constitution, this man wouldn’t have the right to Free Speech. I wonder if he’s ever considered that.
    GOD BLESS OUR MILITARY and GOD BLESS AMERICA!

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    • harv1961
      Posted on December 10, 2011 at 3:59pm

      These people think they are so wise but true wisdom comes from the Lord. Mr. Thomas Walker is an educated fool. We are so fortunate we have young men and women serving to perserve all our rights.

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    • smackdown33
      Posted on December 10, 2011 at 4:02pm

      Let’s see, Wilson was the president who got us into WWI. Wilson was not Republican. FDR was the president who got us into WWII. FDR was not a Republican. Truman is the one who got us into, our first not allowed to win, Korean War. Truman was not a Republican. Kennedy was the first to send combat troops into, our second not allowed to win, Vietnam War. Neither Kennedy and the man who escalated that war not to win, Johnson, were Republicans.
      Seems to me that Democrats love the military industrial complex, no?

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    • SheriS
      Posted on December 10, 2011 at 4:02pm

      This professor, if you can even call him that, is so out of touch with reality but not a surprise since most academics are as far left as you can go. Why do you think we have a bunch of useful idiots who have graduated from colleges and universities who still don’t know history of anything but have been indoctrinated in “leftist theology”—sit down and talk with a college student and you will be shocked how totally illiterat they truly are, but they have a degree—guess we could call it a degree in “unreality”!

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    • THE TRUTH SHALL MAKE YOU FREE
      Posted on December 10, 2011 at 4:07pm

      This man is right…think about it.If republicans really cared about our soldiers would they have them dying in endless wars? Oh i know nazicons…your quick to say that they ate dying for freedom..sorry to tell you the truth about it..THEY ARE DYING FOR CORPORATIONS…But you have the right to believe the gov propaganda..Secondly if they really care about our veterans ( my dad is a vietnam vet) why dont they really honor them once they come home? Our dear veterans are all but forgotten in our country…it is disgusting and sick..This is what i believe All VETERANS DESERVE! Free healthcare that is not substandard, they should get the same kind our worthless politicians have given themselves, their income should be tax free period! They should get loans for houses at 0% interest, they should get FREE college tuition with no strings attached and their Social Security should be doubled! That would be a good start to really honoring them…yet these corrupt politicians pat themselves on the back like they are the heroes, just like when the stupid media said “ gabrielle giffords took a bullet for her country” …What a stinking joke! That saying is reserved for our dear soldiers!

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    • netmail
      Posted on December 10, 2011 at 4:23pm

      I don‘t think he’s a very happy guy either.

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    • smackdown33
      Posted on December 10, 2011 at 4:32pm

      THE TRUTH SHALL MAKE YOU FREE, most Republican politicians are not conservatives. It is about endless wars, and in the case of the Middle East, endless wars for Israel.
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfowitz_Doctrine

      http://www.haaretz.com/news/features/white-man-s-burden-1.14110

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    • TXPilot
      Posted on December 10, 2011 at 4:32pm

      People that feel the need to attack and smear the most basic of things that make America what it is, should have their citizenship taken away and dumped across the Mexican border.

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    • biohazard23
      Posted on December 10, 2011 at 4:37pm

      What a sad, pathetic little person…..

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    • Stoic one
      Posted on December 10, 2011 at 4:40pm

      TTSSYF

      I agree that our returning vets are not taken care of as they should be. Perhaps we should cut the welfare programs by say 50% and allocate this money for our vets; abolish the department of education and this money also for our vets. After our vets have been taken care of the money left over should be used to pay down our debt.
      Of course our (ahem) educators will have to take a pay cut or get a better job in the private sector as so many of them boast they can easily do. Our deserving folks on welfare will have to forgo the large screen tv’s and new cars and all of the expensive junk food thrown in their grocery carts.
      I am sure we can find some money elsewhere to further fund the care-taking of our HERO’S .

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    • Pigpen
      Posted on December 10, 2011 at 4:50pm

      “This man has the right to spew his hatred only because our military upholds our constitutional freedoms.”

      NO, this man DOES NOT have the right to spew this hatred! Yes, you ARE RIGHT that he should not be arrested by the government or the military and be put in prison for what he has printed, but that professor has no right to spew this ALIEN set of ideas upon us hoping to make some of it stick on the unsuspecting and/or gullible and simultaneously win some celebrity for himself as a “free thinker”. Why do these sorts of “men” keep getting approved for PhDs? Why do these sorts of “men” keep getting tenure? Give these “men” some CONSEQUENCES! Regardless if he has tenure or not, he does make his living from GOVERNMENT GRANTS! Cut those OFF! Cut ALL funding off to Iowa State until they either SHUT HIM UP or SHIP HIM OUT! This America hating “man” has tenure at Iowa, but the people of Iowa or even YOU people can make sure that the next time tenure is given, it won’t be to a “man” like this one! How? Well the PROFESSORS all have tenure, but the University President DOES NOT! He or she is appointed by the State Legislature, and YOU CAN control them by SPEAKING UP! And by speaking up, I DON’T mean waxing philosophical about this hateful, little “man’s” RIGHT to say ANYTHING he wishes! Please, SPEAK UP, ACT OUT, and WAKE UP! Tell Iowa State’s President and Iowa’s Legislature and YOUR Congressman that there will be no FUNDING for this kind of anti-American h

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    • Pigpen
      Posted on December 10, 2011 at 4:56pm

      *hatefulness!

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    • smackdown33
      Posted on December 10, 2011 at 4:57pm

      They did not grant Norman Finkelstein tenure at the politically correct institution of DePaul University for far less. He dared to challenge the conventional wisdom, propaganda, regarding Israel.

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    • Walkabout
      Posted on December 10, 2011 at 5:17pm

      Smackdown

      FDR starting rearming America around 1939, 2 years before our entry into the WWII.

      If Hitler had not been given daily injections of drugs & been a little sounder of mind, would he have declared war on the U.S. after Pearl Harbor?

      If Hitler had not declared war would pacifist like Charles Lindberg have carried the day? Would Congress have voted to go to war ion Europe.

      If it had taken another 6 to 12 months to declare war on Germany, would Britain have survived?

      If Germany had another few years to digest France, Norway & other countries & then Britain would the U.S. have had enough power to stop the NAZIs?

      A person who forgoes pre-emption at all costs is a fool. what would Sun Tzu do?

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    • certified ethical hacker
      Posted on December 10, 2011 at 5:26pm

      The guy is a total Moran and idiot . The problem with people like this is they have a college audience that has no idea of how life is in other nations or how our military live. I was in the gulf war (retired military) and I know the sacrifices made by military people on deployment. We do not always live a life of luxury overseas because many items that Americans Cherish are not available to the troops. Some of the troops have to eat MREs. When I was in a helo squad in Bahrain we received hundreds of packages marked for the ships at sea , that was the folks back home way of supporting us and lettin us know they were behind us and thinking of us. It is a huge moral booster for troops overseas to get these packages from back home in the states. something this jack a## fails to understand. I guess he had rather they take care of the welfare hoes that live off the government by spreadin legs all day and popin out babies for the rest of us to support? while they spend the money on drugs and booze, or I guess he wants us to collect food to send to the homes that the taxpayer is forced to upkeep for the poor people that will never ever find a job

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    • Pigpen
      Posted on December 10, 2011 at 5:44pm

      Hey, WALKABOUT, how about you get your head in the game? The article is about a POS English professor at Iowa State University who used the thesis that Republicans love and create wars as an excuse to bad mouth us Republicans as “warmongers” as the lowest of the low. SMACKDOWN33 made the salient point that more Democrats have gotten us into wars than Republicans. What is your point? Is the hippy professor right? AND the Haaretz article that SMACKDOWN33 posted is REQUIRED READING. Very enlightening and “straight from the horse’s mouth” so to speak.

      http://www.haaretz.com/news/features/white-man-s-burden-1.14110

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    • banjarmon
      Posted on December 10, 2011 at 7:06pm

      @ AmericanStrega

      WELL SAID SIR!!!!

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    • PKama
      Posted on December 10, 2011 at 7:14pm

      That is what is great about this country…even idiots can express their views in public. That is what our military men and women fight to protect. God bless our young people in the military.

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    • Walkabout
      Posted on December 10, 2011 at 8:04pm

      Pigpen

      Smackdown had a link to Wolfowitz, who served during the Bush I. Wolfowitz doctrine includes preemption. I believe in preemption. You don;t always wait for your enemies to gain strength before preparing or striking. You don’t always wait for your enemies to declare war on you 1st. if you always give your enemies the initiative, one day you will come out on the short end of the stick.

      I gave an example of FDR preparing for WWII. I think that is valid.

      Another example is the 1967 Arab-Israeli War. Israel preemptively struck. Would Israel have suffered more or even won if they had waited for artillery shells to cross the international border?

      Preemption is not a dirty word to me. You just have to make sure they are your enemy & you have a plan. Some enemies are undefeatable when they have their ducks all in a row & their resources have snowballed thru conquest or alliances.

      & sometimes when you are being bullied by a group, you don’t always start with the biggest bully.

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    • Puppy
      Posted on December 10, 2011 at 10:00pm

      This guy surely never ate the same Army chow that I did while in Iraq…MMMM…MRE’s! 3/4 of our poorest in this country are over weight and he says they are starving…what a dweeb!

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    • The10thAmendment
      Posted on December 10, 2011 at 11:37pm

      He’s an “A”Typical brain dead progressive professor.

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    • Free2speakRN
      Posted on December 11, 2011 at 12:01am

      THE TRUTH SHALL MAKE YOU FREE,

      I don‘t know if you saw ’The Five’ on FOX. Greg Gutfeld(sp?) read more of what this clown wrote. “What are the Military doing for Us?!“ ”They are hurting us more than anything.” etc, etc.
      It was horrid. And Greg was elegant in putting him in his place.
      This is the SAME BS, that the SDS started back in the 60′s. Getting people to hold the was against the SOLDIERS. Un******believable. I could never understand why they put down the soldiers. “There but for the grace of God go I.”
      It’s the Same Thing with people like this loser. And they were all Leftists.
      I admire your dad to the very fullest!!! They are All heros in my book. Tell your dad this.
      And I believe the vets ‘deserve everything you said’. And more! I do not lie. They put their asses on the line and more. Thank your dad for me. And I am not the only one who feels this way. His reward may have to wait until heaven, but if we are there, I will surely be looking up to him, as well as the others like him.
      Don’t blame the conservative. Look at the difference between Beck’s 8-24 Restoration of Honor vs. the 10-1

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    • Free2speakRN
      Posted on December 11, 2011 at 12:27am

      THE TRUTH SHALL MAKE YOU FREE,
      This clown who wrote this letter is the same time of person that the SDS was in the 60′s. They put down the military SOLDIERS for the war!!! Un******believable. I could never understand it. “There but for the grace of God go I.”
      To me your dad and all the military were and are Heros. I Mean it! This jerk, was putting down the troops saying, “What are they doing for US.“ ” There are doing more harm than good.” etc, etc.
      It’s this Leftist BS that is going on now as well as then. Tell your dad he is apprieciated, honored, loved, for his service. The vets deserve everything you said, And More!! They are the blood of the country and God knows they suffered. I bow to them. I’m being totally honest with you.
      Look at Beck’s 8-28 Restoration of Honor vs. The Socialist, anarchist, Communist, Progressive, Union thugs, Anti-American Radical’s 10-12 Project a month later. With Beck’s thing the military was indeed honored. In the other, these ungrateful lowlives left the WW2 Memorial with garbage of every kind! No appreciation for the ‘fallen’.
      Tell your dad I think he and the others back then got screwed, but good!
      It’s not only the corporations, it’s the government that finally calls the shots. Aim some of the sadness and contempt at these Progressive know-it-alls. They destroy honor. This ‘teacher’ doesn‘t deserve to shine your old man’s boots. I am conservative and you have a friend in me.
      God Bless America. Thanks to Dad.

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    • ILUVJESUS
      Posted on December 11, 2011 at 2:40am

      You are so right!

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    • lukerw
      Posted on December 11, 2011 at 6:42am

      Bring back… the Dueling Code!

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    • apollo18
      Posted on December 11, 2011 at 7:26am

      Thomas Walker: Active phrase…… “In a letter”… has no intention to say anything in person. Coward of the highest order. Hides behind a stamp. Nice. At least Jane Fonda showed her face on the anti-aircraft gun. Benedict Arnold packed his trash and moved out of the country. Get busy, professor.

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    • StonyBurk
      Posted on December 11, 2011 at 7:35am

      He has a right to say–or to believe,or to publish whatever he desires. But I could NEVER take any class from someone I cannot consider a rational,nor reasonable,American educator. And as a father,and grandfather I could not pay that college ,or any like it to teach such HATE-at such expense.Even academic freedom ought have rational limits applied….and this bozo like that phony educator here in Colorado that spoke of the people murdered by Islamic Terrorists on 9-11-01 as “little Eichmans” crossed the line.

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    • VerySeniorCitizen
      Posted on December 11, 2011 at 9:52am

      GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS – AND GOD BLESS AMERICA! I’m an Atheist but I will not argue the point. My objection comes is over the Republican love of the Military Industrial Complex and NOT the lack of respect for the men and women serving in our military. Over the last ten years the cost to the taxpayer for the Pentagon – it’s suppliers and manufacturers of military hardware – has MORE THAN DOUBLED – even while we haven’t paid for one penny of either of our current wars. “Disarmament, with mutual honor and confidence, is a continuing imperative” said President (General – Allied Supreme Commander during WW11) Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) and that “Disarmament, with mutual honor and confidence, is a continuing imperative”. He also reminded us that “Every gun that is made, every warship that is launched, signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed and those who are cold and are not clothed.” Here was a man who followed the teachings of Jesus – and would NOT allow himself to be bought by lobbyists.

      President Eisenhower WOULD NEVER have sent our troops to fight and die in a war of CHOICE. If we REALLY want to honor our troops we would reinstate the draft so that NOBODY could avoid service – and our government would think very seriously before sending our boys and girls to die in far away places simply because our leaders were promoting the wealth of the Military Industrial Complex!

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    • Joshua7
      Posted on December 11, 2011 at 11:36am

      The man should be fired for that crap but he won’t. No, we can’t have Military-hating, American-hating, marxist teachers by fired! No! Of coruse not! They must stay in the colleges getting paid outragious saleries to teach the youth about collectivism and tell them how great a one world government would be! And then of course they get to ‘retire’ at the age of 50 and get paid outragious pensions so they can ride on a floatilla to aid poor oppressed Gazans and Hama-I-I mean…their government, the government of Gaza which has nothing to do with Hamas, that is what I said…

      Yes, that is what must happen.

      /spookydude

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    • Clara88
      Posted on December 11, 2011 at 8:43pm

      Please support Gov Rick Perry for President…a conservative AND a veteran..GOD BLESS
      http://www.rickperry.org/

      Gov. Rick Perry…

      “The idea this president now, with Iran getting one of our predator drones in their possession, and he had opportunities — he had two choices. Actually, he had three. He chose the worse. And those two opportunities he had was to either retrieve that drone or to destroy it. And he did the worst of the three. And he did absolutely nothing. And the Russians and the Chinese will have our highly technical equipment now. This president IS the problem,” Perry said at the ABC News debate in Des Moines, Iowa

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    • Clara88
      Posted on December 11, 2011 at 9:20pm

      Veterans are supporting a VETERAN….Gov Rick Perry
      Our military deserves a Commander In Chief they can be PROUD of and RESPECT
      GOD BLESS OUR BRAVE MILITARY AND OUR BELOVED BRAVE VETERANS
      http://www.rickperry.org/veterans/

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    • patriot308
      Posted on December 11, 2011 at 9:27pm

      First: tenure should not exist. Second: when someone says, “I’m sorry to tell you this;” they are not worth two cents worth of tenure….. I mean manure.

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    • The Sergeant Major
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 11:25am

      Mr. Thomas Walker, YOU are welcome! It’s refreshing to me to see you exercising your First Amendment rights of free speech and your ability to pontificate your thoughts on paper.
      With free speech there are responsibilities to the people you effect or offend.
      So with my 33 years of military service it’s encouraging to see Mr. Walker thank me with his actions, so once again You are Welcome Mr. Walker!

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    • watashbuddyfriend
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 9:25pm

      Thank you AmericanStrega for your comment! On target, I say. Seems to me however that the Progressive republicians, and democrates are the ones who push for strong military, start wars, so they can profit!

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  • skippy6
    Posted on December 10, 2011 at 3:46pm

    Get rid of tenure, it’s an outdated and useless tool for fools!!!!

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    • NOBAMA201258
      Posted on December 10, 2011 at 11:44pm

      Tenure is the enemy of our “educational” system just like the lack of term limits in congress is the enemy of our way of life

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    • Joshua7
      Posted on December 11, 2011 at 11:36am

      Agreed!

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  • drhunt
    Posted on December 10, 2011 at 3:46pm

    Liberals have grown increasingly suspicious of the military…probably since the days of JFK. Why else do you think that Billy-Bob Clinton would have the firing mechanisms pulled from the weapons held by the troops before he ever did his review? I’m sure that BO acts the same way. They view the military much like they do the second amendment. Here’s a 14 minute discussion of the 2nd amendment by Gingrich in front of the NRA…worthwhile to watch…

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWsE9jvwjLA

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  • Kinnison
    Posted on December 10, 2011 at 3:45pm

    So, in words that any university English lecturer should understand let me quote the great British poet Rudyard Kipling’s “Tommy”: …”Makin’ fun of uniforms/That guard you while you sleep/Is cheaper than them uniforms/And they’re starvation cheap”… You, Mr. Walker, are a pathetic little man, and not fit to stand in the shadows of the men and women in uniform who put their lives on the line daily to guarantee your right to mock them.

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  • TRONINTHEMORNING
    Posted on December 10, 2011 at 3:42pm

    What colossal ignorance on this dweeb professor’s part. And there are soooo many of them out there!

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  • golfputter1
    Posted on December 10, 2011 at 3:42pm

    I wonder if he feels the same way about the 15 trillion spent on the war on poverty that has failed miserably. Or is he just as offended by the lefts policies of putting an entire race of people enslaved to the Government for the sure purpose of gaining their votes. Or has he condemned the slaughter of 100′s of millions of people in Eastern Europe and the rest of the World simply because they dared to speak out against the worst kind of zealots called progressives. Probably not. They are always blinded by their belief that man is progressive and those who they feel are not smart enough or capable of, should be eliminated. Welcome to the Affordable Health Care Act. The lefts way of saving social security.

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  • drago
    Posted on December 10, 2011 at 3:41pm

    A professor huh? Guess he professes to the fact hes an idiot slimebag commie……Just another carbon footprint that needs to be removed…..

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  • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
    Posted on December 10, 2011 at 3:38pm

    Even reading just the second paragraph of this is enough for me; take that progressive excuse for a tail with brains and dump him in the middle of Afghanistan where the Taliban is and tell them he is an infidel who does not believe in God and says Allah and Mohammad are the names of his dogs and they eat pork of a Kosher cut.

    Then lets see how long he will scream for soldiers to come and save him.

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    • NoRoomForSocialismHere
      Posted on December 10, 2011 at 3:44pm

      I like it cat

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    • plastinoid
      Posted on December 10, 2011 at 3:49pm

      I would suggest when they “drop” him in Afghanistan, they do it from 30,000 feet.

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    • AmericanStrega
      Posted on December 10, 2011 at 4:31pm

      PERFECT SNOWLEOPARD! These pukes need to get a dose of reality. It just pee’s me off that they can spew their b.s. as is their First Amendment Right, but they never consider how they got that right to begin with!

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  • Santa Cruz Kid
    Posted on December 10, 2011 at 3:38pm

    Where is my post?

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  • DirtyDeeds
    Posted on December 10, 2011 at 3:37pm

    Glenn is right it is better to give a hand-up than a hand-out. As a former military member who received many, many care packages from family, churches and friends. We all share the care packages with our crews and even strangers. Being remembered by other like-hearted Americans motivates you and improves morale for all. To say “thank you,” I flew about a half dozen flags over Iraq on Sept. 11, 2007 and gave them to the groups and individuals who were at home, but a part of the fight that we brought to our enemies. To me these good students are providing a hand-up to the best Americans we know, who are in the struggle of their lives. To the professor, I hope he enjoys his Prius, his Birkenstocks and his cushy tenure in academia.

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    • DirtyDeeds
      Posted on December 10, 2011 at 3:45pm

      Sorry, poor post. I dislike laptops with a touch pad. What I meant to say was that the people who cared enough to send us a package provided us with morale, emotional support and hope that we could come back to the greatest place on Earth…the United States of America. Sorry, somehow my computer deleted a large portion of my post. (My last portion of that post wasn’t in so many words.)

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    • Elena2010
      Posted on December 10, 2011 at 3:45pm

      Amen — and you forgot — a bad comb-over LOL

      As a retired Navy officer, I sent out many care packages and got rave reviews. It made me feel good that I could say “Thank you” to the guys at the pointy end of the spear while I sat home in climate control, not having to worry abt if the chow wagon was going to pull up or eat a “bag nasty.”

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    • Walkabout
      Posted on December 10, 2011 at 4:00pm

      At a large base with a PX, care packages are not necessary.

      But in the 1st week in country they are a huge morale boost, especially when the Senator Leader (Reid) is saying the war is lost..

      After the 1st week, they are still boost morale & are always appreciated.

      Part of the strength of an army is morale. But what he know about morale or combat effectiveness, he is a bigot. He can only see through his narrow English professor glasses.

      People studying military science study morale. They study how many casualties a unit, even an elite, can take before breaking. There are many other aspects to morale.

      Of course dweeb professor has some inkling of what he says. It is why he says it. He is trying to break morale.

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  • Santa Cruz Kid
    Posted on December 10, 2011 at 3:36pm

    One should pity and pray for the deceived.

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  • HKS
    Posted on December 10, 2011 at 3:35pm

    When this guy grows up and gets a job that has to produce something and make money doing it, maybe he would be qualified to speak on public issues.

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  • bonniegal
    Posted on December 10, 2011 at 3:34pm

    I love that the professor elucidates so well and has an expert command of punctuation, spelling and oratory. Beyond that—-he is a pompous ass. Gimme a break, buddy! Eleemosynary? Okay, you knows bigger words than we do….but we understand altruistic….but you just had to show you were smarter than us. Point made, you pompous, clueless person. And no, we do not forget our “zygotes” or veterans as our track records well point out. As Allen West aptly puts it…the only reason we are getting flack is because we are over the target! And speaking of abortion….that is exactly what you and your ilk are doing to the minds of our youth. We would like to kick your ass, Professor, but instead…and this will really tick you off…..we will pray for you!

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    • DirtyDeeds
      Posted on December 10, 2011 at 3:39pm

      Clap…Clap…Clap! I saw the clouds part and heard the angels sing when I read this. Nicely done!

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    • Ohevi
      Posted on December 10, 2011 at 3:59pm

      It‘s really a shame that we can’t figure out a way to determine if a fetus is liberal or conservative, cause that would stop most problems before they even start. Too bad this price of crap wasn’t aborted. World would be infinitely better. I hope this guy gets rolled in some dark back ally someday, hope I’m there to kick him in his teeth, and crush his skull, man I’m sorry, liberalism makes me insane (sic). Natural assurance, that’s why our college students are so stupid also, Lina like this, have infiltrated schools across America, remove the teachers unions, unions should be outlawed, domestic terrorism! To he’ll with college professors! After they get what they deserve!!!!!

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  • Elena2010
    Posted on December 10, 2011 at 3:33pm

    As we say down here on the border — what a pendajo!

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  • SPOT_OF_TEA
    Posted on December 10, 2011 at 3:32pm

    A professor rips the military and republicans and its news?

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  • Ralphbp
    Posted on December 10, 2011 at 3:26pm

    One wonders a about this professor. What qualifies him to make statements as he has? Who is he exactly. He teaches English. not Political Science, not Humanities, not military history, nothing that has to do with his statements. So people are taking his personal opinions to heart. My mother, in her wisdom has told me often, “Consider the source and let the water run” Might I suggest that his statement applies to this know-nothing professor.

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    • HKS
      Posted on December 10, 2011 at 3:33pm

      Professors are merely professional students, never had a real job, been sucking from the public trough all their life. Like Obama.

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    • NOBAMA201258
      Posted on December 10, 2011 at 11:50pm

      Yes but it would be sweet to pummel this ******* nonetheless,wouldn’t it?

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  • Conservative Punk
    Posted on December 10, 2011 at 3:25pm

    Today I learned the meaning of the word eleemosynary. Thanks commie pig professor!

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  • usmc1063
    Posted on December 10, 2011 at 3:25pm

    Once again another talking head appears from the so called collegiate elite to mock the very souls of those who protect him. I hope Mr. Walker is sleeping well in his bed because he has invoke a firestorm of epic proportions.

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  • Look4DBigPicture
    Posted on December 10, 2011 at 3:25pm

    What a hateful misguided man, who hides in a corner with his university elites. If God forbid we were attacked by our enemy, I‘m sure he would be the first to scream out for our military’s protection. What a spineless wimp!

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  • RedneckJim
    Posted on December 10, 2011 at 3:20pm

    I think ISU needs to start a new outreach program teaching English to Afghan villagers in remote locations, and I have the perfect professor in mind for the job.

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  • maroon67
    Posted on December 10, 2011 at 3:13pm

    Typical Prof.

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  • BonnieBlueFlag
    Posted on December 10, 2011 at 3:10pm

    You know, as tacky and distasteful as it would be, I would love to see the Left’s tactics used against them. I would love to see 1,000 patriotic Republicans camped on outside this loser’s house shouting “Traitors get out! Haters get out!” or some such theatre.

    Our sense of decency and good manners will not serve us well forever. Someday we will have to get dirty down in the trenches.

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    • chazman
      Posted on December 10, 2011 at 3:18pm

      @BONNIE

      … that‘s hittin’ the nail on the head, darlin’! This ‘professor’ is nothing but an obvious liberal marxist!

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    • NoRoomForSocialismHere
      Posted on December 10, 2011 at 3:53pm

      I am ready BonnieBLue

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    • Greatnesslostislegend
      Posted on December 10, 2011 at 4:58pm

      What a great idea. Maybe its about time. Leftists should reap what the sew. Not only that, but we could claim a violent act will be conducted during the protest, have all the media showing up, and give him a big sweet pinko cake.

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  • Robert-CA
    Posted on December 10, 2011 at 3:09pm

    Professor loon on the loose .

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  • discus02
    Posted on December 10, 2011 at 3:06pm

    I wonder how much this professor donates to the needy. Put up or shut up dumb ass.

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  • J_Ind_Boston
    Posted on December 10, 2011 at 3:05pm

    Intellectual asshat

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