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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (3018)	1/10/2006 10:59:28 PM
From: paret	Respond to of 71588

It is the standard lefty spitting at religion--while they worship at the feet of their own lefty "religion"--psychiatry.

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (3018)	1/10/2006 11:02:24 PM
From: paret	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

UCLAProfs.com Exposes UCLA's Most Radical Professors UCLAProfs.com ^ \| January 10, 2006 \| Andrew Jones uclaprofs.com UCLAProfs.com Website Exposes UCLA’s Most Radical Professors January 10, 2006, Culver City, California – The Bruin Alumni Association announced today the launch of UCLAProfs.com, a professor profile website which already features over thirty long-form examinations of UCLA’s most radical professors, including: - “Philosophy of Education” professor Douglas Kellner, who speaks seriously of a “Bush Reich” and Bush Family/Nazi connections. - Preeminent Marxist “critical pedagogy” theorist Peter McLaren, who proudly instructs future Education Ph.D.’s in “the intrinsically exploitative nature of capitalist society.” - Former labor union attorney turned academic Kent Wong, who denounces the Republican Party’s “pro-corporate and anti-worker agenda” and claims that President Bush benefited from affirmative action “for the wealthy white elite.” - The anti-Israel, anti-Zionist, and anti-Semitic troika of Gabriel Piterberg, Sondra Hale and (the late Edward Said’s nephew) Saree Makdisi. - And recently “resigned” Assistant Vice Provost Adolfo Bermeo, whose relationship with a young female student didn’t “miss statutory rape by much” (according to Chancellor Albert Carnesale). Bermeo’s own son Robert served a lengthy prison term for stealing over $1 million in valuable items while an employee of the UCLA Library’s Special Collections department. As the website expands, UCLAProfs will present bi-monthly updates to a “Dirty Thirty” ranking of extremist UCLA academics. The professor who finishes the year with the most weeks at the top spot (currently occupied by Peter McLaren) will win an “Indoctrinator of the Year” prize and will be invited to a special award ceremony. Bruin Alumni Association President Andrew Jones stated, “UCLAProfs has uncovered a widespread problem of indoctrination and one-sided teaching. We call on outgoing UCLA Chancellor Albert Carnesale to dedicate his last year to addressing this critical problem.”

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (3018)	1/11/2006 12:20:30 AM
From: paret	Respond to of 71588

Airline bans Bibles to avoid offending Muslims WorldNet Daily ^ \| January 9, 2006 Carrier to Saudi Arabia also precluding crucifixes, teddy bears © 2006 WorldNetDaily.com A British airline banned its staff from taking Bibles and wearing crucifixes or St. Christopher medals on flights to Saudi Arabia to avoid offend the country's Muslims. British Midland International also has told female flight attendants they must walk two paces behind male colleagues and cover themselves from head to foot in a headscarf and robe known as an abaya, the Mirror newspaper of London reported. Teddy bears or other cuddly toys also are not allowed. Airline officials, who have sparked outrage, the paper says, explain the Islamic kingdom's strict laws – enforced by religious police – prohibit public practice of Christianity and figures of animals. BMI spokesman Phil Shepherd said: "In providing air services people want, demand and use, we have an obligation to respect the customs of the destination country." An airline employee who asked not to be named told the Mirror: "It's outrageous that we must respect their beliefs but they're not prepared to respect ours." The employee said his grandmother gave him a crucifix shortly before she died that he wears at all times. "It's got massive sentimental value and I don't see why I have to remove it," he said. The airline's staff handbook says: "Prior to disembarking the aircraft all female crew will be required to put on their company issued abaya. It will be issued with the headscarf which must be worn." The employees' union wants staff members to be able to opt out of the flights, but the airline says the only option is to transfer from overseas staff to domestic flights, which could mean a loss of about $30,000 a year in wages. About 40 staff members have filed complaints since the route began in September. Some of the male members who are homosexual have called in sick, because they are afraid of traveling to Saudi Arabia, where homosexual activity is punishable by flogging, jail or death.