Subject: Re: [LPNY DISCUSS] Re: New Scheme to Smash 1st Amendment Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 13:45:24 -0500 To: From: Bob Armstrong On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 12:17:00 -0000, Ronald J. Wieck wrote: >=A0--- In lpny_discuss@yahoogroups.com, Carol Moore in DC= >=A0[quoted]: >>=A0H.R. 3077 is innocuously worded and quite bureaucratic in its= tone, >>=A0decipherable only to those with the capacity to wade through >>=A0legislative linguistics, but essentially it would set up a= seven-member >>=A0advisory board that would have the power to recommend cutting= federal >>=A0funding for colleges and universities that are viewed as= harboring >>=A0academic critics of Israel. It ( http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d108:h.r.03077: )= is pretty indecipherable because it lists word- and phrase-wise amendments= to existing code rather than just the amended text as a whole . But I didn't find the word "Israel" in the text anywhere . None the less , it is a horrendous piece of legislation= demonstrating the standard Statist truth "those who pay the piper call the= tune" . >=A0You're saying that professors who preach the vilest, crudest= forms >=A0of anti-Semitism are victims of the new McCarthyism. How about those who preach the vilest , crudest forms of= anti-Arabism ? > Are you quite >=A0sure you know what is being taught under the guise of Middle= Eastern >=A0Studies? The academics who dominate this discipline are= tolerant of >=A0Islamic terrorism, filled with loathing for the West in= general, and >=A0implacably anti-American. For the other side--yes, there is= one--you >=A0may wish to visit David Horowitz's FrontPageMag.com. How about those tolerant of Zionist terrorism -- using our Tax= Money ? It is NOT anti-American to be anti-religious-establishment in= ANY form . On "Martin Kramer's Sandstorm: H.R. 3077: The Education of Alan Dershowitz (Title VI, Geoffrey" http://www.geocities.com/martinkramerorg/2004_03_02.htm , the implication was made , citing " there was criticism on the floor of the House and in committee proceedings which= basically said that Edward Said brainwashed a generation of academics= and students on American campuses." that such speech were the target of the legislation . The fear of Edward Said , who died last September , is of a= powerful intellect , not a rabble rouser . It is a fear of intellectual honesty and perfect example of why this bill is yet another= gaping wound in the Second Clause of US First Amendment . --=A0 =A0Bob Armstrong -- http://CoSy.com -- 212-285-1864 Libertarian Presidential Candidates =A0:= http://CoSy.com/Liberty.htm Restore our Right to Relax : =A0http://ny.lp.org/cgi-bin/petition.cgi?Against_the_Smoking_Ban =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A02004/03/19 1:08:57 PM