tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163532025872493429.post2777773286650551383..comments2023-09-26T03:26:39.178-05:00Comments on Paul Hornschemeier's Forlorn Funnies | News and Headlice: On Associates and JudgmentPaul Hornschemeierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01161065572339555774noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163532025872493429.post-82132476425347946712008-10-14T23:02:00.000-05:002008-10-14T23:02:00.000-05:00You had heard of him because you're involved in su...You had heard of him because you're involved in supporting education? Mary, why do you hate <I>freedom</I>?Paul Hornschemeierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01161065572339555774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163532025872493429.post-44904043973066952682008-10-14T11:40:00.000-05:002008-10-14T11:40:00.000-05:00I'm a little late on this, but I'm one of the hand...I'm a little late on this, but I'm one of the handful of Chicago folks who HAD heard of Bill Ayers before this whole mess: because he's a local author on education reform and he's one of the dissertation advisers for a friend of mine at the UIC school of education. I knew he was very left-leaning, but so are a lot of scholars in his (my?) field. The life he's been leading for the last couple of decades might be threatening to the neocons because he's an advocate of good public education, but that's about as scary as he gets. <BR/><BR/>When I first heard that Ayers and Obama had some kind of small local connection, I took that as just another point in Obama's favor. I still do. And I'm glad the terrorist thing seems to (for the most part) hold no water.Schmeihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943194042883662169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163532025872493429.post-28010614604564035952008-10-10T01:33:00.000-05:002008-10-10T01:33:00.000-05:00Chris, in response to your comment: exactly. No on...Chris, in response to your comment: exactly. No one in the general populace would readily recall Ayers, at least not in any sort of numbers that would matter.<BR/><BR/>But that gets at my above comment about this being a sort of non-message: "Ayers" is just a placeholder in the sentence, and only serves as a way to get the word "terrorist" closer to the name "Obama." Did Obama support Ayers activities then? No, Obama was a child, around age eight. Did Obama support Ayers actions later in life, since entering public service? No, Obama has explicitly denounced Ayers' resorting to violence. Did Obama accept Ayers minuscule donation and meet Democrat friends of Ayers? Yes. Did Obama serve with Ayers to help improve schools? Yes.<BR/><BR/>What an incendiary, terrorizing relationship these two have! Glad to hear we're all aware of it now.Paul Hornschemeierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01161065572339555774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163532025872493429.post-47261393773193598112008-10-10T01:22:00.000-05:002008-10-10T01:22:00.000-05:00Ah, yes... well then you'll love this gem:http://w...Ah, yes... well then you'll love this gem:<BR/><BR/>http://www.boingboing.net/2008/10/09/alaskan-independence.html<BR/><BR/>What's interesting in these attacks is that in every speech I watch or transcript I hear, the McCain/Palin camp is not even attempting to give any sort of evidence that Obama has done anything wrong or in any way actively supported anyone in any wrongdoing. And yet audiences angrily devour the empty message (a non-message really, that simply juxtaposes inflammatory terminology and concepts with Obama's name, despite lack of empirical backing). It's disturbing, to say the least.Paul Hornschemeierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01161065572339555774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163532025872493429.post-33923225007948552802008-10-10T01:15:00.001-05:002008-10-10T01:15:00.001-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17833575913792903086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163532025872493429.post-39000131843948626382008-10-10T01:15:00.000-05:002008-10-10T01:15:00.000-05:00I heard McCain's people mention a connection betwe...I heard McCain's people mention a connection between Ayers but I am going to be honest, I had no idea who he was or why they were calling him a terrorist. I tried to google his name up to find out why they were calling a terrorist but miss spelled his name. All that came was a used car dealership.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17833575913792903086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163532025872493429.post-22598130452097955772008-10-09T13:24:00.000-05:002008-10-09T13:24:00.000-05:00Another thing to add to that consideration is with...Another thing to add to that consideration is within Palin's own family...her husband's association with the Alaska independence movement...try and tell me they were any better than the Weather Underground...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com