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| 2003-07-15 | |||
High school teacher Kathy Eder has created a deck of cards of her own, taking a cue from the Pentagon. But instead of featuring Iraq’s must-wanted, Eder’s cards have pictures and comments critical of administration officials.
Bellarmine’s tepid response can be found at its web page under "A Message from the Principal" In Eder’s version, President George W. Bush is the ace of spades with the title, "Dictator of the World." Compare the previous affirmation - "the cards are not hateful but factual" - with this one. Yet another indication of the moral bankruptcy of the left and its departure from reality. Also see: http://www.santa-cruz.com/archive/2003/June/23/local/stories/01local.htm Eder, who teaches the class ‘‘Morality and Social Justice’’ at Bellarmine, an all-boys Catholic high school in San Jose, says the idea for the cards came to her when her students insisted the war in Iraq was justified, but they couldn’t offer facts or reasons to back up their statements. Well, someone needs to direct these kids to Rantberg and the blogosphere.
O.K. This pretty much sums up the case against Comrade Eder. All highly biased sources. Mother Jones? How can you take her seriously. Her sources are all cited on the cards. She said her cards reflect the teachings of Catholicism, that "no war is justified." That is factually and historically untrue. It was Saint Augustine who developed the "just war" doctrine. Former Santa Cruz County Supervisor and outspoken conservative Marilyn Liddicoat is not amused. "This is very unpatriotic," Liddicoat said. "I think it is very hostile to America to do this." Liddicoat, also a former chair on the Santa Cruz County Board of Education, said she thinks Eder should be fired for brainwashing students. "When I served on the board 20 years ago I could see how kids were being brainwashed by very liberal teachers," Liddicoat said. But Eder — who borrowed $8,000 from her credit card for 3,000 decks of cards — said she was simply called upon by God to tell "the truth," as she sees it. "To tell the truth as she see it." Yet another reason for me to distrust our teachers and their unions, the latter of which is becoming a de facto arm of the Democratic party. | |||
| Posted by:ColoradoConservative |
| #14 Ave Imperator! Why would the Senate and People of Rome hail any Emperor, if they didn't have to, and particularly in this context? Or, what's the Latin for "non sequitur"? |
| Posted by: Mark IV 2003-7-16 12:10:55 AM |
| #13 Well, it pleases me that she has gone into debt for this. It wastes her credit that she might use more-effectively in some other way. I suspect that most of the boys in her classes have already recognized that she's rabid and foaming at the mouth. Posted by: Tom 2003-7-15 12:25:03 PM Unfortunately there is a market among the loony left for this garbage. If she has more than 3 brain cells she could make a profit. |
| Posted by: Dexter M. Duck 2003-7-15 10:26:08 PM |
| #12 " ... she was simply called upon by God to tell "the truth," as she sees it." Does that statement strike anyone else as the kind of idiotic drivel that spews from Oral Roberts or Pat Robertson? We knew we had right-wing religious zealots and - lo and behold - here we have one residing firmly on the left. |
| Posted by: MusicMan 2003-7-15 5:05:14 PM |
#11 By the way, Rex, if you're interested in the Santa Rosa professor story, blogger Emily Jones covered it, and the professor replied in her comments! He 'splained himself at length, concluding:
And, unfortunately for him, it does. Emily replies to his comments in a separate post here. |
| Posted by: Angie Schultz 2003-7-15 4:46:51 PM |
| #10 Ave Imperator! |
| Posted by: SPQR 2755 2003-7-15 4:16:02 PM |
| #9 I found the following on the AFT's website which can be construed as a strained endorsement of the war but, God forbid, not support for the Commander-in-Chief: http://www.aft.org/press/2003/012403a.html "AFT supports the U.N. resolution with the hope that war can be avoided, but with the sober recognition that military conflict may become unavoidable as a last resort," reads the AFT resolution. It expresses the AFT’s strong preference that "military action in Iraq be taken in concert with an international coalition of allies or the United Nations," but "recognizes that the United States may at times have to act unilaterally in defense of its national security." The resolution also acknowledges the Executive Council’s concern that President Bush is pursuing a partisan domestic agenda at a time of war. "Nevertheless," the resolution states, "we know that our position on national security issues must be taken in response to security threats and not from our disagreement with the administration on other issues." |
| Posted by: ColoradoConservative 2003-7-15 3:36:05 PM |
| #8 " ... the American Federation of Teachers was supportive of the war ..." The following is from the AFT's resolution on Iraq - See: http://www.aft.org/about/resolutions/2003/iraq.html "We believe that the president has not fulfilled his responsibility to make a compelling and coherent explanation to the American people and the world as to why military action in Iraq is necessary at this time. We are also gravely concerned that the president is pursuing a deeply partisan domestic agenda at a time of prospective war. The Bush administration's use of the Iraq issue, as admitted by Republican strategists, is deplorable. The country needs leadership that rises above partisanship." Maybe in Liberhawk's mind this counts as non-partisan support for the Iraq war, but most rational people would dispute that assertion. The AFT's statement is not unlike that of Daschle's or Byrd's et al. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-7-15 3:29:57 PM |
| #7 hey wait a minute - this is a Catholic school, why are the local pols talking about it. Isnt this something for the local CATHOLIC hierarchy to resolve? Or do they have their hands full? Frankly i doubt we'd see anything like this at the public schools, at least where i live. And i would point out that the American Federation of Teachers was supportive of the war (now NEA maybe another thing - what can you expect from a group of people claiming to be a professional association instead of a union, and practicing dual unionism at that?) |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2003-7-15 2:54:07 PM |
| #6 Here are the current conditions for a just war as first defined by St Thomas Aquinas and amended by the Catholic Church. She has no idea of what she's talking about. I'm sure she could sell her left over cards for a profit to the readers of The Nation or The Progressive. |
| Posted by: 11A5S 2003-7-15 2:13:17 PM |
| #5 Well, it pleases me that she has gone into debt for this. It wastes her credit that she might use more-effectively in some other way. I suspect that most of the boys in her classes have already recognized that she's rabid and foaming at the mouth. |
| Posted by: Tom 2003-7-15 12:25:03 PM |
| #4 A Catholic School? No unions there. Real easy to can her sanctimonious ass. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2003-7-15 12:15:03 PM |
| #3 Good, good, we need all the moonbats to start barking in public - saves us the time of having to root 'em out ourselves. In case you missed it on Drudge, our local community college boasts a professor who incited his students to send emails with "..kill the president". Oh of course he defends himself by saying "...we didn't say kill George Bush". Riiiiiiiiiiiiight. Who did you mean.....Clinton? We're all so proud here in Santa Rosa. Must be. I only saw one letter to the editor on the matter. Of course, our local paper is owned by the NYT. Go figure. As maddening as it is....these stories are encouraging - not to mention entertaining at times. The loons are panicking...and they're getting more and more desperate.However, this Eder broad is simply full moon loony. Somebody get her some meds! |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2003-7-15 12:10:59 PM |
| #2 The more I ponder this, the more upset I become. She said her cards reflect the teachings of Catholicism, that "no war is justified." Given that Ms. Eder is a teacher of social justice at a Catholic school - and in the Jesuit "seek the truth" tradition - what does it tell you about her agenda in that she completely ignores the almost 1,600 year "just war" philosophy first propounded by St. Augustine? It is one thing to advance your agenda, it is quite another to disavow your chosen profession of teaching truth. See: "A Fact Sheet on Just War": http://www.breakpoint.org/Breakpoint/ChannelRoot/Home/A+Fact+Sheet+on+Just+War+Theory.htm |
| Posted by: ColoradoConservative 2003-7-15 12:09:27 PM |
| #1 Hope that credit card has a 19% interest rate. |
| Posted by: seafarious 2003-7-15 12:06:02 PM |