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“So the ‘council’ has spoken, and I’m to be bounced from my truthiness podium for what these Eurocentric pricks are calling ‘deliberate’ acts of academic misconduct. How ironic, huh? For years we’ve been arguing that ‘race’ is a social construct, but then when somebody like me puts those theories to the real world test, the university freakin’ caves, man. Like the cowardly white racist bigots that they’ve always secretly been.”* | |
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“I hear you. It’s getting to the point where a fake Indian can’t even buy a measure of reflected glory these days.
“On the bright side, nobody can take away your years of opening young minds to the idea that people like ‘you’ have been systemically persecuted by an imperialist hegemon, and that they are to blame—whether consciously or not. In fact, only you can take away that guilt by admitting your true heritage. And how likely is that? Besides, to give them the gift of self-loathing only to take it back as part of some weak mea culpa? No. If there’s one thing Ward Churchill is not, it’s, well…an Indian giver…”* |
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See also, Callimachus, Pirate Ballerina, Allah, and Malkin.
Dammit, Jeff, you owe me a new Powerbook.
Besides, to give them the gift of self-loathing only to take it back as part of some weak mea culpa?
Agreed!
Hell, it would take all the fun out of vigorous handwringing while perched on the sharp edge of an unmade futon wearing an especially tight pair macrame jockey shorts.
“Two other members of the panel said that they did not believe that the violations were serious enough to merit dismissal. They recommend a suspension of two years without pay and say that they fear dismissal would “have an adverse effect on other scholars’ ability to conduct their research with due freedom.â€Â
“adverse effect..[on]… due freedom”?
What?
Lying, plagiarizing, wholesale fabrication, misrepresentation of his own identity… plus he’s a general all around jackass.
The key?
They are saying Ward Churchill is one of us and we cannot rigorously pursue our version of truth without people like Ward.
Why?
Because his big lies make theirs look so minor… his brand of scholarship makes a degree as a Womyns Studies major look so scholarly in comparison.
I can’t believe we pay these ass****** to spout that sorta nonsense.
The left of course is nodding in sage agreement because their version of truth and Churchill’s are the same.
(rimshot)
– Just maybe the pendulum is beginning to swing, and not a day too soon. Really the Lefts battle cry is wearing so thin. Its time we restock the pond with an upwelling of Libertarian movements, or possible a rebirth of Naders Raiders. Anything thats not Hitler driven for a change.
– Maybe Arrianna could gin up a new party like “Womyns of the Sarengetty” or something.
And this, ladies and gentlemen, is why I love protein wisdom!
Just tuned in to pw to see if Goldstein would pounce on the flaming Churchill soiree.
Oh…that’s so gotta leave a mark. Top form, Jeff. Priceless.
tw: trouble
That’s GUILTY! GUILTY! GUILTY!
Looks like now’s not a bad time to revisit some of the classics. With that in mind, here’s Iowahawk’s take on Ward:
Chutch!
I question the timing.
/moonbat off
Extremely funny stuff, Jeff. Billy Jack is my kind of wiseass.
Hmmmm.
Ok Jeff I’ve got to know:
What is Billy Jack’s viewpoint of the new remake of the Poseidon Adventure?
I don’t know why I was surprised at some of the comments on the first post Jeff linked.
“Its a witch hunt” “These are troubled times for academic freedom” “why did they only investigate after 9-11”
Fortunately there were some reasonable voices pointing out that this guy was a fraud and a thief and unqualified – not the type to go to the wall for…
DoctorMister Churchill’s 15 minutes were up a long time ago. There’s nothing he has to say which is interesting (and what he said in the past was interesting only for its shock value), and all that you are doing now is giving him a sixteenth minute. Don’t waste the bandwidth.Shorty committee:
“We found that Ward Churchill is unqualified and a fraud, but its half CU’s fault because they knew when they hired him that he was unqualified.”
“Indian giver”??@*! You take that back!
Nice picture. Che-Churchill?
If only we could get a committee to look at the scholarship of this guy: http://www.michaelparenti.org/
Parenti is so far out there he attacked Chomsky from the left. He’s a frequent speaker on American and European campuses. His books are assigned reading in 100 level poli-sci classes across the US. And his references and chapter endnotes have the same problem the UC commision found in Churchill’s work.
A nice, but fairly minor, victory. Most of the things I actually care about (stuff like spending cuts, tort reform, European civilization) are looking more and more like lost causes, so I’m thinking about trying to ignore politics in favor of more personal issues like wrecking Ward Churchill’s career. That, and telling those damn kids to stay the hell off of my lawn.
I heard that Churchill’s real name was Quizling.
Hired as A Professor without a PHD, huh?
But he did have it piled higher and deeper that any of the other candidates…
– His credentials were that hes an “authentic non-indian indian”. Very small select group to find good teachers from, and the school was happy to get him. (It just took awhile until they “got” him and then got him.)
TW: The enslavement of non-indian indians by the insidious “others”, and their Eichmann like minions, for over 200+ years of North American history, is just wrong.
Mao Maoing the flak catchers. A good career choice, usually.
Overheard in a dusty arroyo in the badlands of New Mexico
Lone Ranger: ….My gawd Tonto….look at that…we’re completely surrounded by screaming Apaches, hell bent on getting our scalps….what are we going to do?
Tonto: …Well first off Kemosave, forget the silver bullets, and let me do all the talking….Maybe I can get us out of this…Oh and take off the damn mask or they’re liable to think you’re a raccoon or something and skin you anyway….
Lone Ranger: ….Ahh man….I’m so damn lucky to have such a good faithful indian sidekick….
Tonto: …Indian….Heh, I’m no indian….I’ve been trying to tell you for months I’m with the Hickock Wild West show Extravaganza…I’m a body double for Chief Sitting Bull….
Lone Ranger:
Tonto:
Tonto: ….Hey….But I did stay at a Holiday in last night….
TW: Out on the range at night you can hear the quiet snores of the hard working Wild West action figures and their faithful non-indian sidekicks.
As Chuck Norris wipes the blood from his arm and picks out pieces of Billie Jack’s teeth from his knuckles, he gazed down at the now-unconcious has-been.
“Damn, that was easier than I thought it would be,” he said to himself, with a chuckle. “Now for the fun part.”
He turned to see the much-taller man quivering in the corner. Ward Churchill’s lips tremble as Norris approaches….
REMEMBER ‘WOUNDED KNEE’!!!!
Liberals have redefined the word “authentic”.
The words “truth” and “lie” are casualties as well.
Bush lied… but Howard Dean: “spoke his own version of the truth”.
I wonder if it is OK for me to have my own version of the truth too…. but sadly for me I think that sort of thing cannot be earned, nope… it is bestowed. The media and the left bestow a redefinition of the word truth upon their heroes like Ward Churchill because of his rage against America… and well, because nothing Churchill says is actually truthful… and that used to be a problem. The left loves this addiction to rage so much it’s easier just to change a few definitions than to go without due to trifles like truth and honesty.
Problem solved.
See…. the Democrats do have a clear agenda for America.
Another great one was a two-faced Howard Dean telling the 700 Club that the Democrats don’t support a gay marriage platform… then the next day does an about face to appease the gays in his party. What… like no one would notice a bold faced lie preserved on tape… oh no, that isn’t a lie, the truth is relative to the audience.
I’m actually not opposed to politicians lying… Clinton claimed the Chinese Embassy was bombed by “mistake”… which was a lie. I’m totally fine with that sort of lie and I think those types of lies should be told more often. As in:
“Ooooops, someone blew up Iran’s top nuclear scientist…”
“gosh I heard the ship carrying F-16’s from Venezuela to Iran hit an iceberg or something right near the equator… maybe that global warming thing is real..”
Oh, I blogged that twice in as many nanoseconds.
Did Pacifism as Pathology survive this review? I like that one.