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Unfortunately, he's correct that our Govt is becoming like the National Socialist (Nazis). I'm concerned and the liberty take aways by our Govt has made me more of a Libertarian. Our Socialists can't get the power they want without killing and intimidating the liberty loving Americans into submission as their predecessors in Nazi Germany, Soviet Union, N. Korea, Laos, etc. have done.
"From 1992 until his election to the U.S. Senate in 2004, Barack Obama served as a professor in the Law School. He was a Lecturer from 1992 to 1996. He was a Senior Lecturer from 1996 to 2004, during which time he taught three courses per year. Senior Lecturers are considered to be members of the Law School faculty and are regarded as professors, although not full-time or tenure-track. The title of Senior Lecturer is distinct from the title of Lecturer, which signifies adjunct status. Like Obama, each of the Law School's Senior Lecturers has high-demand careers in politics or public service, which prevent full-time teaching. Several times during his 12 years as a professor in the Law School, Obama was invited to join the faculty in a full-time tenure-track position, but he declined." Media Inquiries | University of Chicago Law School
From the University of Chicago Law School Alumni Magazine:
"By 1993, Obama was teaching Current Issues in Racism and the Law—a class he designed—and added Constitutional Law III in 1996.
'In Con Law III we study equal process and due process. He was incredibly charismatic, funny, really willing to listen to student viewpoints—which I thought was very special at Chicago,' says Elysia Solomon, ’99. 'There were so many diverse views in the class and people didn’t feel insecure about voicing their opinions. I thought that he did a really good job of balancing viewpoints.” From the Green Lounge to the White House | University of Chicago Law School
In 1999, only 23 percent of the students said they would repeat Obama's racism class. He
was the third-lowest-ranked lecturer at the law school that year. And in 2003, only a third of
the student evaluators recommended his classes.
His classes were small. A spring 1994 class attracted 14 out of a student body of 600; a
spring 1996 class drew 13. In 1997, he had the largest class of his tenure with 49 students.
But by then, his student rating had fallen to 7.75. Twenty-two of 40 faculty members ranked
higher than Obama.
Some former faculty colleagues today describe Obama as disengaged, doing only what was
minimally required and almost never participating in faculty activities. And, unlike others on the
Chicago Law School faculty who published numerous articles in legal journals, Obama's byline
did not appear in a single legal journal while he taught there.
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From 1992 until 2004, Obama taught three courses: "Current Issues in Racism and the
Law," "Voting Rights and the Democratic Process," and "Equal Protection and Substantive
Due Process."
Obama wasn't a professor; he was a lecturer, a position that the Chicago Law School said
in 2008 "signifies adjunct status." He was elevated to a "senior lecturer" in 1996, the year he
was first elected to the Illinois Senate in Springfield.
The new faculty status put him on par with Posner, Easterbrook and a third federal judge,
Diane Wood. As the Chicago Law School explained, senior lecturers "have high-demand
careers in politics or public service which prevent full time teaching."
Really? Under Hitler, books were incinerated, and independent thought was policed (violently — those considered a threat were murdered — this is where extreme "political correctness" ultimately leads). Social engineers deemed it necessary to get rid of "nonessential" information, and forget the past, so that society could "move forward." Does any of this ring a bell?
Today's "progressives" speak of conservatives as a dying breed, old grey haired men and women, soon to die, and no longer be a hindrance to "progress."
I think Ben Carson was right on the money. He does know history! Imagine that!
Who`s incinerating books and violently policing independent thought? Surely you can`t be talking about those nutjobs pacing the streets with their six shooters while their elected officials hold town hall meetings about healthcare. Absolutely nothing in your post rings a bell.
From your perspective, I'm sure the whole GOP are nutcases.
Grain of salt....
I think the extreme right are nutcases. There are plenty of sane conservatives but all the loudmouth nutcases are getting all the attention.
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Don't worry, they will. And it'll work just as well that stupid "We Built It!" theme they had in 2012. Assault on the rich? Assault on religion? Rewriting history? Boots on the throat of opposing voices? What kind of drugs are these people on?
Being fed a steady diet of fake stories and drummed up outrage about nothing is clearly harmful to people's mental and probably physical wellbeing.
I wonder the same in regards to the bold.
Also, I will repeat that it seems many of these nutcases have some sort of obsession with "fear." They are very paranoid. FWIW, my only real fear (outside of despising rats lol) is the fear of what these nutcases will eventually do. I feel they will be the ruination of our country. I wish there could be some sort of statistician who can give us an approximation of their numbers because we regular people (including liberals, conservatives and independents/moderates) really need to monitor these sorts of people for the benefit of society as a whole.
They are like a fearful rabid animal. A kid may be walking by but it will "look threatening" and they will attack. I fear that these people will start doing the same eventually and that is my paranoia for the day - the fear of fearful (nutcase) people.
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Really? Under Hitler, books were incinerated, and independent thought was policed (violently — those considered a threat were murdered — this is where extreme "political correctness" ultimately leads). Social engineers deemed it necessary to get rid of "nonessential" information, and forget the past, so that society could "move forward." Does any of this ring a bell?
Today's "progressives" speak of conservatives as a dying breed, old grey haired men and women, soon to die, and no longer be a hindrance to "progress."
I think Ben Carson was right on the money. He does know history! Imagine that!
Not sure what you were getting at with this post.
Are you trying to say that under Obama books are being incinerated and independent thought is being police and people are murdered for disagreeing with him? If you are on that point, Obama is REALLY crappy at murdering those who you consider having "independent thought." LOL.
None of what you are saying rings a bell with me. Nothing like what occurred in Nazi Germany is occurring here at all.
And FWIW, I do consider myself an independent progressive (I like for stuff to get done - you know, have some progress). I don't feel that conservatives are a dying breed, but as stated above, I feel that they are being silenced by the loudmouthed, nutcase, extreme right wing of their major political party.
But conservatives outnumber the nutcases. I am hoping that more and more conservatives - even progressive conservatives (because there is a history of progressive conservative in our country's past in particular) will come out against these nut cases and kick them out of the main stream back to the dark corners of society where they belong.
We have been taking nutcases way to seriously, especially since Obama has been elected. Back in the day, they and their crazy ideas wouldn't be plastered all over the place like they are now and people wouldn't be paying attention to them.
As stated earlier, I like Ben Carson, but I do feel that he is just playing into this nonsense. And that is a tad sad IMO as I have always had a good opinion of him and I feel he is doing himself a disservice by trying to garner the attention of the nutcases and joining their ranks. He is ruining his reputation by doing this.
So the University of Chicago doesn't know what Obama taught or what his rank was? You really have incredible rationalizations that keep reality from sneaking in, don't you? Really quite sad.
Unfortunately, he's correct that our Govt is becoming like the National Socialist (Nazis). I'm concerned and the liberty take aways by our Govt has made me more of a Libertarian. Our Socialists can't get the power they want without killing and intimidating the liberty loving Americans into submission as their predecessors in Nazi Germany, Soviet Union, N. Korea, Laos, etc. have done.
Who has been killed specifically for loving liberty?
I think the extreme right are nutcases. There are plenty of sane conservatives but all the loudmouth nutcases are getting all the attention.
You think Ben Carson is a loud mouth? The soft spoken Doctor?
When you start believing your own lies, the truth does cut deeper into your soul.
The bias you project, only keeps you ignorant of the truth.
You think Ben Carson is a loud mouth? The soft spoken Doctor?
When you start believing your own lies, the truth does cut deeper into your soul.
The bias you project, only keeps you ignorant of the truth.
Once you`ve compared our govt. to Nazi Germany you`ve gone beyond being a loud mouth. You`re now a looney tune deserving of all the ridicule you receive. Does the doctor want to be the black Donald Trump?
Once you`ve compared our govt. to Nazi Germany you`ve gone beyond being a loud mouth. You`re now a looney tune deserving of all the ridicule you receive. Does the doctor want to be the black Donald Trump?
I guess the best response to your post is asking to what point in the Nazi era we are comparable. In the beginning there was still individual liberty, rights under the law, gun ownership, etc. Those liberties were systematicaly and progressively removed over a very few brief years until there was absolute tyranny.
I have to repeat my earlier post that at least the Gestapo knocked on your door. They didn't bust through your door with a battering ram without warning and come in ready to kill anything that moved.
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