{"id":18090,"date":"2013-03-22T23:33:46","date_gmt":"2013-03-23T03:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=18090"},"modified":"2013-03-22T23:33:46","modified_gmt":"2013-03-23T03:33:46","slug":"this-is-what-your-college-tuition-buys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=18090","title":{"rendered":"This Is What Your College Tuition Buys ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bizpacreview.com\/2013\/03\/21\/media-fail-stomp-jesus-fau-professor-is-a-dem-party-official-56927\">BizPac Review<\/a> posted a story yesterday about a professor at <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Florida Atlantic University\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=26.3712,-80.10166&amp;spn=0.01,0.01&amp;q=26.3712,-80.10166 (Florida%20Atlantic%20University)&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation\">Florida Atlantic University<\/a> who teaches an\u00a0intercultural communications class at the school. The professor asked the students to write &#8220;<a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Jesus\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jesus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">Jesus<\/a>&#8221; on a piece of paper, put the paper on the floor, and then stomp on the paper.<\/p>\n<p>The article reports:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>One student, a devout Mormon, was so so disturbed by the exercise that he complained to school officials, saying <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Poole\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=50.7166666667,-1.98333333333&amp;spn=0.1,0.1&amp;q=50.7166666667,-1.98333333333 (Poole)&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation\">Poole<\/a> had offended his religious convictions. The school responded by suspending the student from the class.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>While the incident has made the news, the media has failed to report a key component of Poole\u2019s resume: He is vice-chairman of the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Palm Beach County, Florida\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=26.71,-80.05&amp;spn=0.1,0.1&amp;q=26.71,-80.05 (Palm%20Beach%20County%2C%20Florida)&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation\">Palm Beach County<\/a> <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Democratic Party (United States)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.democrats.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage\">Democratic Party<\/a>. His recent actions add fire to an already-disturbing pattern of hate coming out of the local party.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Mark Siegel\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mark_Siegel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">Mark Siegel<\/a>, the former chairman of the county Democratic Party, was forced to resign in September under a barrage of criticism over an <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Anti-Christian sentiment\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anti-Christian_sentiment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">anti-Christian<\/a> tirade at the Democratic National Convention in <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Charlotte, North Carolina\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=35.2269444444,-80.8433333333&amp;spn=0.1,0.1&amp;q=35.2269444444,-80.8433333333 (Charlotte%2C%20North%20Carolina)&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation\">Charlotte, N.C.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Siegel, who is Jewish, told an interviewer at the convention that pro-Israel Christians want to see Jews \u201cslaughtered.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>\u201cOh no, the Christians just want us to be there so we can all be slaughtered and converted and bring on the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Second Coming\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_Coming\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">second coming of Jesus<\/a> Christ,\u201d he said at the time.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Does it strike anyone else as odd that the student was suspended after complaining and no action was taken against the professor? There was a time in this country when the professor would have been fired. I think it is unfortunate that we no longer stand up for the values that made this country great&#8211;America was founded as a <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Judeo-Christian\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Judeo-Christian\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">Judeo-Christian<\/a> nation. Our legal system is based on the Ten Commandments. Why are we letting professors like this pollute the minds of our young adults?<\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: none; float: right;\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/zemified_e.png?x-id=b6947b48-4a7f-4f2b-9f87-36d1490c5d8a\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BizPac Review posted a story yesterday about a professor at Florida Atlantic University who teaches an\u00a0intercultural communications class at the school. 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