June 10, 2000 – Damsel and I attended the Graduation of our nephew from the University of California at Santa Cruz that day. We drove to the campus, went to the outdoor ceremonies area, and were seated, not knowing what we were about to experience.
First, the faculty head made some remarks about the proceedings. In spite of the fact that most of the attendees were English-speaking, the professor made his remarks in Spanish. I could catch every few words, but largely failed to comprehend what was being said. I thought it rude and unnecessary to speak in a language not understood by everyone. Speak English or get the hell out!
Next, the students presented a recording of their keynote speaker, Mumia Abu Jamal, a confessed cop killer.
From WikiPedia:
On the morning of December 9, 1981, Officer Daniel Faulkner was shot and killed. This occurred during a routine traffic stop of a vehicle driven by William Cook, Abu-Jamal’s younger brother.
Right: Cop-killer Mumia Abu-Jamal.
The basic facts of the case as testified to by several eyewitnesses are as follows: during the traffic stop, Cook assaulted Faulkner, who in turn attempted to subdue Cook. At this point, Abu-Jamal emerged from a nearby taxi and shot Faulkner in the back. Faulkner was able to return fire, seriously wounding Abu-Jamal. Abu-Jamal then advanced on Faulkner, and fired four additional shots at close range, killing the policeman. Abu-Jamal was unable to flee due to his own gunshot wound, and was taken into custody by other police officers, who had been summoned by Faulkner at the time of the traffic stop. Abu-Jamal was taken directly from the scene of the shooting to a hospital, and treated for his injury. While he was receiving this treatment Abu-Jamal acknowledged that he shot Daniel Faulkner, with apparent satisfaction.
And as for the nephew; the ultra-left wing indoctrination provided by UCSC makes it difficult or impossible to discuss contemporary issues with him. His mind is made up, don’t confuse him with facts. This is the typical attitude of most UCSC students. And probably that of the students that threatened violence as they demonstrated against the Military recruiters on campus the other day. UCSC, and many, if not all schools in the University of California system are still crazy after all these years.
Update: Degenerate students and sympathisers (and faculty?) from UCSC have committed the ultimate outrage – personal attacks on a reporter bringing the truth out. This is more justification to remove funding from this radical hotbed of treasonous miscreants.
From Michelle Malkin:
You know who you all are.
And if you think I’m going to stop blogging/writing/making a living because you’ve plastered my family’s private home address, phone numbers, and photos and maps of my neighborhood all over the Internet to further your manufactured outrage and pathetic coddling of a bunch of lying, anti-troops punks at UC Santa Cruz…
…you better think again.
And I blame this on the TEACHERS UNION.
And feel sorry for all the students.
They are still on drugs after all these years !
The really, really sad part of this is that all of it is supplemented by California taxpayers, and in fact all US taxpayers given Federal grants and other entitlements.