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| Spurned by 9/11 filmmaker, UC Irvine hosts trio of right-wing scumbags |
| 2004-12-13 |
| Via Lucianne: Every year, UC Irvine hosts what it proudly calls the Chancellor's Distinguished Fellows Lecture Series. Faculty and administration officials nominate these "distinguished fellows" through a popular vote, with Chancellor Ralph Cicerone making the final selection. This year, one of the school's top nominees was Michael Moore, famed director of Bowling for Columbine and Fahrenheit 9/11. But Moore's flacks flaked, failing to contact UCI for a full two months, leaving the university with no choice but to invite a trio of speakers that is actually more controversial than Moore—but for all the wrong reasons. Speaker No. 1 is former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar, who pushed his country into Iraq despite polls showing that more than 90 percent of Spaniards opposed the war. Spaniards despise Aznar for blaming the horrific March 11 Madrid train bombings, which killed 191, on Basque separatists before it was confirmed that Islamic terrorists were behind the act. His attempt to divert attention from Spain's role in Iraq led directly to his party losing the elections three days after the bombings and Spain's withdrawal from President Bush's ever-shrinking Coalition of the Willing. In selecting distinguished fellows to speak on campus, UCI generally tries to find people who have never appeared anywhere else in Orange County. But in May, Chapman University presented Aznar with its Global Citizen Medal. A black-tie dinner honoring Aznar on May 15 raised more than a million dollars for the university, but organizer/GOP operative Mark Chapin Johnson told The Orange County Register, "The main reason to do this is to show support for a major ally." -SNIP- heheheheheheheHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! All Hail the Holy Grail of "Diversity!" Diversity for Me but not for Thee! |
| Posted by:anonymous2U |
| #7 OCWeekly is a free newspaper, that tells you all you need to know... Yes, the kind of rag where the article was likely wedged between a bank of ads for freelance-escorts and the "Tattoo and Piercing Services" feature |
| Posted by: Pappy 2004-12-13 7:38:45 PM |
| #6 Could've been worse. They could've invited Bibi. |
| Posted by: gromgorru 2004-12-13 4:03:50 PM |
| #5 ZF - I'm in San Diego, and IMHO most would associate LA with greater Los Angeles City.... OCWeekly is a free newspaper, that tells you all you need to know... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-12-13 3:50:15 PM |
| #4 2b: zf...are you kidding? It's LA. OK - now I'm confused. Isn't LA otherwise known as LA County? |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2004-12-13 3:47:49 PM |
| #3 OCWeekly = "ORANGE COUNTY'S ALTERNATIVE NEWSWEEKLY" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-12-13 3:46:08 PM |
| #2 zf...are you kidding? It's LA. |
| Posted by: 2b 2004-12-13 3:42:25 PM |
| #1 This is the Orange County weekly? Isn't Orange County supposed to be conservative? |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2004-12-13 3:40:37 PM |