Canada Turns Away Obama's Old Pal, 1960s Domestic Terrorist Bill Ayers

Bill Ayers is a proud radical. Mr. Ayers admits to co-founding the Weather Underground, a group whose members set off bombs at banks, the home of a judge, the Pentagon and the U.S. Capitol building during the 1960s. In order to avoid arrest, Ayers and several of his fellow "Weathermen" had to live in hiding for over a decade. He surfaced in the 1980s with companion (and the mother of his children) Bernadine Dohrn.

Oddly enough, it was on September 11, 2001, the New York Times printed a story about Bill Ayers, quoting him about the bombings that his group orchestrated:

''I don't regret setting bombs,'' Bill Ayers said. ''I feel we didn't do enough."

Is it any wonder that Canada has turned Ayers away for the third time in recent years?

For the record, Ayers was slated to deliver the keynote address to the Worldview Conference on Media and Higher Education. The group hosting the event, Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations (OCUFA), is not very pleased with that officials turned their Keynote speaker away, but Canadian Law clearly forbids entry into the country to persons involved:

“in criminal activity, in human rights violations or in organized crime.”

The conference organizer  and President of the OCUFA, Mark Langer, delivered the best quote related to the story as he compared an admitted terrorist bomber to America's most successful Domestic Designer:

"I am disturbed by the apparent inconsistency in the enforcement of Canada's border, in the past, we have admitted Martha Stewart, a convicted felon."

As of this writing, Mr. Ayers has reportedly hired attorneys on both sides of the border between Canada and America, in hopes of breaking through the legal impasse in time to deliver tomorrow's keynote address.