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	<title>Comments on: Professor Teaching Class on &#8220;Obama Phenomenon&#8221; Threatened to Kill Ted Cruz Supporting Students</title>
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		<title>By: nomoretraitors</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2014 19:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Riot control: Shoot to kill]]></description>
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		<title>By: Brent Sherman</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brent Sherman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2014 11:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I contacted ariel.bournes@police.ucsb.edu at the UC Santa Barbara Police Department, with the following request.

Hello Officer Bournes,

We are seeking public comment from you regarding the allegation that three of UC Santa Barbara&#039;s students received racial death threats from UC Santa Barbara&#039;s Professor Madison.

Specifically, we would like to know if the UC Santa Cruz police department has been contacted to ensure the safety of the students and faculty of the school from Professor Madison.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I contacted <a href="mailto:ariel.bournes@police.ucsb.edu">ariel.bournes@police.ucsb.edu</a> at the UC Santa Barbara Police Department, with the following request.</p>
<p>Hello Officer Bournes,</p>
<p>We are seeking public comment from you regarding the allegation that three of UC Santa Barbara&#8217;s students received racial death threats from UC Santa Barbara&#8217;s Professor Madison.</p>
<p>Specifically, we would like to know if the UC Santa Cruz police department has been contacted to ensure the safety of the students and faculty of the school from Professor Madison.</p>
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		<title>By: Wolfthatknowsall</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2014 04:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You&#039;re quite correct.  I know the Clintons, personally, and Hitlery is one of the most destructive ... and possibly murderous ... people in America.  Make no mistake about it.  She hates the Constitution, she hates conservatives, and she will move against us, if she gets the chance.

By the way, this woman decided that she should be President when she was in high school.  In Wellesley College, she was President of the College Republicans, but her senior thesis was a &lt;i&gt;paean&lt;/i&gt; to Saul Alinsky.  After law school, she worked for a law firm headed by communists, and defended Black Panthers.

America might very well disappear, during a 3rd Clinton Presidency, and this must be stopped, at all costs.  A RINO would be infinitely preferable to this spiteful woman.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You&#8217;re quite correct.  I know the Clintons, personally, and Hitlery is one of the most destructive &#8230; and possibly murderous &#8230; people in America.  Make no mistake about it.  She hates the Constitution, she hates conservatives, and she will move against us, if she gets the chance.</p>
<p>By the way, this woman decided that she should be President when she was in high school.  In Wellesley College, she was President of the College Republicans, but her senior thesis was a <i>paean</i> to Saul Alinsky.  After law school, she worked for a law firm headed by communists, and defended Black Panthers.</p>
<p>America might very well disappear, during a 3rd Clinton Presidency, and this must be stopped, at all costs.  A RINO would be infinitely preferable to this spiteful woman.</p>
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		<title>By: Cindy Kay</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cindy Kay]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2014 00:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Obama has been the most destructive liar to date, but Slick Willie runs a close second, and Hillarbilly, should she become POTUS, will beat them both in the lying and destructive categories.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Obama has been the most destructive liar to date, but Slick Willie runs a close second, and Hillarbilly, should she become POTUS, will beat them both in the lying and destructive categories.</p>
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		<title>By: SCREW SOCIALISM</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[SCREW SOCIALISM]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2014 18:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KellyAKBAR!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>KellyAKBAR!</p>
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		<title>By: Want a conversation</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Want a conversation]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2014 17:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anyone taking black studies classes deserves what they get. A degree in black studies is right up there with....., well nothing actually.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Anyone taking black studies classes deserves what they get. A degree in black studies is right up there with&#8230;.., well nothing actually.</p>
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		<title>By: Phil Ossiferz Stone</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Phil Ossiferz Stone]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2014 17:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[/rereads twice


That&#039;s... fairly nonsensical. I&#039;m talking self defense here. And nothing beats a good rifle when the mob comes calling. Ask the Koreans in Los Angeles.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>/rereads twice</p>
<p>That&#8217;s&#8230; fairly nonsensical. I&#8217;m talking self defense here. And nothing beats a good rifle when the mob comes calling. Ask the Koreans in Los Angeles.</p>
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		<title>By: rangerider</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[rangerider]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2014 17:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[:-) Black privilege:-)]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> <img src="http://cdn.frontpagemag.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":-)" class="wp-smiley" />  Black privilege:-)</p>
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		<title>By: rangerider</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[rangerider]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2014 17:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[:-) Ya!  But he seems to fall under the black privilege law:-)  This law seems to be I can do what i want since my people were once slaves and you owe me:-)]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> <img src="http://cdn.frontpagemag.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":-)" class="wp-smiley" />  Ya!  But he seems to fall under the black privilege law:-)  This law seems to be I can do what i want since my people were once slaves and you owe me:-)</p>
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		<title>By: deejayaz</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[deejayaz]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2014 16:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your tax dollars at work.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Your tax dollars at work.</p>
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		<title>By: spunknik</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[spunknik]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2014 15:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I guess I just figured that if you have full-time professor salary and you&#039;ve amassed a lifetime of savings, that you might own a modest home instead of sleeping under the overpass and drinking out of a paper bag.


My bad.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I guess I just figured that if you have full-time professor salary and you&#8217;ve amassed a lifetime of savings, that you might own a modest home instead of sleeping under the overpass and drinking out of a paper bag.</p>
<p>My bad.</p>
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		<title>By: Wolfthatknowsall</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Wolfthatknowsall]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2014 15:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Consider the case of William Jefferson Clinton.  You know, &quot;I did not have se x with that woman ... Ms. Lewinski&quot;.  Most of us would immediately be able to identify their primary activity, together, as sexual activity.  It&#039;s a given.

But Mr. Clinton is one of those unusual people who uses what he has learned in philosophy classes ... of which he took several ... to avoid the perils of actual life.

In the Lewisnsky case, and when he testified in court, some time later, he used to great advantage the Philosophy of Language posited by Dr. Thomas Vernon, of the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.

Dr. Vernon would say that words have absolutely no meaning, except what the people using them mean in the existential moment.  This is opposed to Rush Limbaugh&#039;s oft-quoted maxim that words DO have meaning.

If Bill Clinton says that he never has se x ... never had intercourse ... with Monica Lewinsky, he means it, and has probably convinced himself of that fact.  It&#039;s why he asks for a definition of the word, &quot;Is&quot;.

I would lay your odds that if someone gave him a polygraph, asking the question, &quot;Did you have se x with Monica Lewinsky&quot;, he would reply in the negative, and the polygraph would confirm his &quot;truthfulness&quot;.

Many of the worst criminals in history are quite convincing, because they have employed words in this manner.

Daedalus, yes.  Unfortunately, the Olympian gods do not exist to punish those who use language in that way.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Consider the case of William Jefferson Clinton.  You know, &#8220;I did not have se x with that woman &#8230; Ms. Lewinski&#8221;.  Most of us would immediately be able to identify their primary activity, together, as sexual activity.  It&#8217;s a given.</p>
<p>But Mr. Clinton is one of those unusual people who uses what he has learned in philosophy classes &#8230; of which he took several &#8230; to avoid the perils of actual life.</p>
<p>In the Lewisnsky case, and when he testified in court, some time later, he used to great advantage the Philosophy of Language posited by Dr. Thomas Vernon, of the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.</p>
<p>Dr. Vernon would say that words have absolutely no meaning, except what the people using them mean in the existential moment.  This is opposed to Rush Limbaugh&#8217;s oft-quoted maxim that words DO have meaning.</p>
<p>If Bill Clinton says that he never has se x &#8230; never had intercourse &#8230; with Monica Lewinsky, he means it, and has probably convinced himself of that fact.  It&#8217;s why he asks for a definition of the word, &#8220;Is&#8221;.</p>
<p>I would lay your odds that if someone gave him a polygraph, asking the question, &#8220;Did you have se x with Monica Lewinsky&#8221;, he would reply in the negative, and the polygraph would confirm his &#8220;truthfulness&#8221;.</p>
<p>Many of the worst criminals in history are quite convincing, because they have employed words in this manner.</p>
<p>Daedalus, yes.  Unfortunately, the Olympian gods do not exist to punish those who use language in that way.</p>
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		<title>By: Wolfthatknowsall</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Wolfthatknowsall]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2014 15:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Probably not ...]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Probably not &#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: jukin</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[jukin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2014 14:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The fascists of Germany in the 1930s have nothing on the progressive fascists in the democrat party of today.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The fascists of Germany in the 1930s have nothing on the progressive fascists in the democrat party of today.</p>
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		<title>By: Common Sense</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Common Sense]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2014 14:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If the homeless men are good enough for the job, why not?

Or should everyone have a home to gain money?

Certainly hypocritical, considering you would have no home if you have no money.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If the homeless men are good enough for the job, why not?</p>
<p>Or should everyone have a home to gain money?</p>
<p>Certainly hypocritical, considering you would have no home if you have no money.</p>
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		<title>By: Common Sense</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Common Sense]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2014 14:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations for mentioning the only thing worth mentioning in this article.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Congratulations for mentioning the only thing worth mentioning in this article.</p>
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		<title>By: Jim Sweet</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Sweet]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2014 12:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This guy belongs in a mental ward, so maybe a Black Studies professorship has an actually qualified occupant.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This guy belongs in a mental ward, so maybe a Black Studies professorship has an actually qualified occupant.</p>
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		<title>By: HenDanK</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[HenDanK]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2014 12:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why are classes like these being offered and why do students sign up for them?  It can&#039;t be because it&#039;s an easy A.  It would seem if no one signed up for these courses the universities would have to discontinue them.  Baffling.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why are classes like these being offered and why do students sign up for them?  It can&#8217;t be because it&#8217;s an easy A.  It would seem if no one signed up for these courses the universities would have to discontinue them.  Baffling.</p>
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		<title>By: Drakken</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Drakken]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2014 07:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If the riots ever reach a white neighborhood, its all over, no amount of martial law will stop what happens next.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If the riots ever reach a white neighborhood, its all over, no amount of martial law will stop what happens next.</p>
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		<title>By: truebearing</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[truebearing]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2014 07:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is my response to your comment above on Phenomenology. Disqus was messing with me, so I posted it here.


Fascinating. And congratulations on deriving useful practical theory, therefore application, from philosophical theory. It is accomplishing somethiong that is inherently good. That isn&#039;t something that all philosophers can say they&#039;ve accomplished.

I was partially joking about all philosophy being on the road to solipsism. First of all, it would be supremely arrogant to reduce everything to one rule, but your example of the practical benefits of philosophy is a perfect refutation of my generalization. On the other hand, there is an immense amount of philosophical effort that is not only useless, but sometimes dangerous. Karl Marx being the best example.

I think the problem of philosophy for many who participate is the over-intellectualization of reality. I call it &quot;The Daedalus Complex,&quot; after the classical Greek inventor whose brilliance ended up getting him trapped in an inescapable labyrinth of his own design. Yes, he did finally escape, but his sin of using his intellect to design a way for Pasiphae to have intercourse with a bull --a divine gift to King Minos -- ultimately cost him the life of Icarus, his beloved son. He abused his gift.

When people lose themselves in labyrinthine systems of thought, the trap of extreme subjectivity and delusion is fairly probable. I would say Sartre was guilty of creating the world he lived in.

I see the intellect as a tool, not the entirety of reality. I see intelligence as a situation, not a virtue. One can lose one&#039;s humanity very quickly once trapped in their uniquely and inescapable Daedalus Complex. The threat a practiced philosopher, or other intellectual, is insignificant compared to the disaster that can result when followers decide to enter the labyrinth and willingly follow what has become an ideology. Again, Marx and his legion of followers being the perfect example.

So much for my fragments on philosophy. I would enjoy reading your response.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is my response to your comment above on Phenomenology. Disqus was messing with me, so I posted it here.</p>
<p>Fascinating. And congratulations on deriving useful practical theory, therefore application, from philosophical theory. It is accomplishing somethiong that is inherently good. That isn&#8217;t something that all philosophers can say they&#8217;ve accomplished.</p>
<p>I was partially joking about all philosophy being on the road to solipsism. First of all, it would be supremely arrogant to reduce everything to one rule, but your example of the practical benefits of philosophy is a perfect refutation of my generalization. On the other hand, there is an immense amount of philosophical effort that is not only useless, but sometimes dangerous. Karl Marx being the best example.</p>
<p>I think the problem of philosophy for many who participate is the over-intellectualization of reality. I call it &#8220;The Daedalus Complex,&#8221; after the classical Greek inventor whose brilliance ended up getting him trapped in an inescapable labyrinth of his own design. Yes, he did finally escape, but his sin of using his intellect to design a way for Pasiphae to have intercourse with a bull &#8211;a divine gift to King Minos &#8212; ultimately cost him the life of Icarus, his beloved son. He abused his gift.</p>
<p>When people lose themselves in labyrinthine systems of thought, the trap of extreme subjectivity and delusion is fairly probable. I would say Sartre was guilty of creating the world he lived in.</p>
<p>I see the intellect as a tool, not the entirety of reality. I see intelligence as a situation, not a virtue. One can lose one&#8217;s humanity very quickly once trapped in their uniquely and inescapable Daedalus Complex. The threat a practiced philosopher, or other intellectual, is insignificant compared to the disaster that can result when followers decide to enter the labyrinth and willingly follow what has become an ideology. Again, Marx and his legion of followers being the perfect example.</p>
<p>So much for my fragments on philosophy. I would enjoy reading your response.</p>
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