 Alberto Gonzales, Hired to teach Poli Sci at Tech |
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| Alberto Gonzales, Hired to teach Poli Sci at Tech |
 Jul 10 2009, 03:57 PM
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 Do they ignore parts of reality? Group: Moderators Posts: 2,935 Joined: 23-February 06 From: South Overton!!! Member No.: 46  |
-------------------- A psychotic world we live in. The madmen are in power. How long have we known this? Faced this? And--how many of us do know it? Perhaps if you know you are insane then you are not insane. Or you are becoming sane, finally. Waking up. I suppose only a few are aware of all this. Isolated persons here and there. But the broad masses... what do they think? All these hundreds of thousands in this city, here. Do they imagine that they live in a sane world? Or do they guess, glimpse, the truth...?
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Jul 10 2009, 08:00 PM
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 New son Donovan Charles Mummert born July 17, 2008 Group: Members Posts: 8,635 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Port Wentworth, GA Member No.: 15 |
I can't believe this is just barely being posted here. It was on the CNN homepage like 4 days ago.
I don't care what others say on the matter. I think it would be an awesome awesome experience to have him as a teacher in a class. Obviously he knows a lot about how corrupt government can be. I can't imagine what kind of interesting perspectives and experiences he has. Almost makes me want to go back to Tech and major in poli sci just so I can take his Contemporary Issues in the Executive Branch course. ARGH I'M SO JEALOUS!!!! |
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Jul 10 2009, 08:49 PM
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Do they ignore parts of reality? Group: Moderators Posts: 2,935 Joined: 23-February 06 From: South Overton!!! Member No.: 46 |
I hope that's sarcasm.
Then again, you know you've fallen far when you go from Attorney General to Professor at Tech. This post has been edited by The Fanatic: Jul 10 2009, 08:50 PM -------------------- A psychotic world we live in. The madmen are in power. How long have we known this? Faced this? And--how many of us do know it? Perhaps if you know you are insane then you are not insane. Or you are becoming sane, finally. Waking up. I suppose only a few are aware of all this. Isolated persons here and there. But the broad masses... what do they think? All these hundreds of thousands in this city, here. Do they imagine that they live in a sane world? Or do they guess, glimpse, the truth...?
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Jul 10 2009, 08:52 PM
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New son Donovan Charles Mummert born July 17, 2008 Group: Members Posts: 8,635 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Port Wentworth, GA Member No.: 15 |
nope, I really do think it would be neat to hear the man speak in a small setting.
Plus, he was just a scapegoat for a lot of people. Not many people will have as much knowledge on corruption as he does. Now whether or not he shares that information... that's to be determined. |
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Jul 10 2009, 10:15 PM
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I have a feeling he won't be doing much teaching.
-------------------- "There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: that of the fashionable non-conformist." |
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Jul 11 2009, 03:04 AM
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i agree with jessica. i mean, this guy was the attorney general of the us and now he's a professor at tech? yeah bad for him maybe, but pretty cool for students at tech. i'd wanna take his class too.
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Jul 11 2009, 01:33 PM
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i think Tech loses a bit of credibility by hiring him.
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Jul 11 2009, 09:37 PM
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New son Donovan Charles Mummert born July 17, 2008 Group: Members Posts: 8,635 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Port Wentworth, GA Member No.: 15 |
QUOTE (cmac @ Jul 11 2009, 01:33 PM)  i think Tech loses a bit of credibility by hiring him. good thing no one cares what you think |
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Jul 11 2009, 09:46 PM
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Group: Moderators Posts: 1,591 Joined: 23-February 06 Member No.: 31 |
lol
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Jul 11 2009, 10:03 PM
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Group: Moderators Posts: 2,558 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Seoul, South Korea Member No.: 28 |
QUOTE (cmac @ Jul 11 2009, 02:33 PM) i think Tech loses a bit of credibility by hiring him. i disagree. we don't have that much credibility to begin with..do we? i mean on a national level. i think hiring controversial people like bob knight or alberto gonzales is a good thing. it puts us more in the spotlight. and no matter what he did, having someone who was that high up teaching at tech is pretty cool. -------------------- |
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Jul 11 2009, 10:04 PM
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Do they ignore parts of reality? Group: Moderators Posts: 2,935 Joined: 23-February 06 From: South Overton!!! Member No.: 46 |
QUOTE (Mommy @ Jul 11 2009, 10:37 PM) good thing no one cares what you think I don't think he's the only one to think that. Then again, Tech doesn't have much credibility to lose either. -------------------- A psychotic world we live in. The madmen are in power. How long have we known this? Faced this? And--how many of us do know it? Perhaps if you know you are insane then you are not insane. Or you are becoming sane, finally. Waking up. I suppose only a few are aware of all this. Isolated persons here and there. But the broad masses... what do they think? All these hundreds of thousands in this city, here. Do they imagine that they live in a sane world? Or do they guess, glimpse, the truth...?
-Philip K. Dick |
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Jul 11 2009, 10:11 PM
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Group: Moderators Posts: 1,591 Joined: 23-February 06 Member No.: 31 |
QUOTE (jonathan83 @ Jul 11 2009, 09:03 PM) i disagree. we don't have that much credibility to begin with..do we? i mean on a national level. i think hiring controversial people like bob knight or alberto gonzales is a good thing. it puts us more in the spotlight. and no matter what he did, having someone who was that high up teaching at tech is pretty cool. fame and credibility are two different things though. of course tech will get noticed. and one might say that any publicity is good publicity, but that doesn't mean they can't lose credibility too. and yeah, probably not much to begin with, but i got two degrees from there so i have to say they have a little. 
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Jul 12 2009, 11:20 AM
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New son Donovan Charles Mummert born July 17, 2008 Group: Members Posts: 8,635 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Port Wentworth, GA Member No.: 15 |
Again, the guy was a scapegoat for a lot of people. He knows a lot. Learning is all about life experiences. He can bring what he learned to the students of Texas Tech. I don't see how hiring someone who is controversial is a bad thing. The best teachers are those with lots of life experiences. One of the coolest teachers I ever had was the press secretary for Ted Kennedy during his run for presidency. He was a professor of mine at Texas State. The guy had so many stories to tell. He was staunch democrat, but knew so much about government it was insane. In fact, he even spoke quite a bit about the whole Alberto Gonzales thing because that was going on when we had the class. He spoke of Gonzales pretty nicely actually. Said he knew the guy and he was very interesting. For my professor being a democrat, that speaks a lot of Gonzales. My prof said he felt pretty badly for Gonzales because a lot more people were getting out of trouble just because he was being thrown under the bus. That's pretty much the way it always works in government.
Another thing is Gonzales is also going to be like the head of recruitment for minorities or something at Tech. |
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Jul 12 2009, 10:03 PM
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 DEATH TO ....something? Group: Members Posts: 5,618 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Parker, CO Member No.: 55 |
QUOTE (cmac @ Jul 11 2009, 01:33 PM) i think Tech loses a bit of credibility by hiring him. Why, because he's not a whack-job liberal save-the-world type? 
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Jul 12 2009, 11:02 PM
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QUOTE (Dogmeat @ Jul 12 2009, 09:03 PM) Why, because he's not a whack-job liberal save-the-world type? nah. some of these things: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto_Gonzales#Controversies you might have seen them mentioned on some cable news channels. in between weather and sports. -------------------- Don't sweat the petty, pet the sweaty.
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