[Rhodes22-list] Slim's comment

[lcrowther]

Slim,

I went to the University of Maine, brrr then Tufts University, E'50, on the
GI Bill.  You could go to any school - College,Trade School, Cooking School,
you name it.

Lloyd
s/v Uhuru II

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Alm" <salm@mn.rr.com>
To: "Rhodes" <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 4:49 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Slim's comment


> Sorry Wally--I meat this for Ed.
>
> As Stan says, "And now a word from the left..."
>
> Are you telling me that what I read in the paper about
> BJU is inaccurate?  School policy against interracial dating and crap like
> that?  This is not the 1950's.  Am I supposed to applaud them just because
> they ALLOW minorities to enroll?
>
> > I am more tolerant of them than they of me on the religious
> > viewpoint.
>
> Yup! Here, you're making my point for me.
>
> It's just that it's back in the news this week with this Bob Joneser,
Jerry
> Thacker who calls HIV/AIDS the "Gay Plague" when he, his wife and child
all
> have HIV themselves.  What an idiot?!  And this is the guy Bush taps for
an
> AIDS advisory panel.  Fortunately, "Thacker the Cracker" had the sense to
> step down.  Bush has really been chasing his tail lately.
>
> When I suggested a tax on companies that require a college degree, and
then
> excluded BJU, I confess plenty of sarcasm.  The flippant comment aside, I
> would only have the tax revenue go back to state colleges and universities
> and not private ones--the same as we do now for K-12.  On the other hand,
I
> think one could use the GI Bill (a great plan--wish they'd bring it back)
> money for ANY school, but I don't really know--I wasn't around back then.
> But still, I would advocate sending the money only to state-accredited
> schools, who can provide more consistent accountability in matters
including
> civil rights.
>
> Slim
>
>
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