Duck you, Oregon!

Liberal academia strikes again! 

Not only do the Oregon Ducks have the ugliest, most pitiful uniforms in college football -- but they also implement some of the ugliest partisan leftist school policies in the country.

The University of Oregon (UO) in Eugene, OR, recently penalized one of its delivery drivers for donning a "Support Our Troops" magnet on his state-issued truck.  The university forced the driver, Pete Baker, to remove the magnet, which had already been on the truck for several months.

Oregon state law prohibits personal messages on state-owned vehicles.  However, that law itself was NOT the reason the magnet was removed.  Apparently, another university employee was offended by the message because it promoted politics with which (s)he did not agree.  In immediate response to this ANONYMOUS employee's sensitivity, the university ordered all bumper stickers and magnets removed from its state-issued vehicles.

The university itself stated that it's unclear whether or not the message "Support Our Troops" was political.  UO President Dave Frohmayer said, "The excuse that some people take in events like this to question the patriotism of other Americans is frankly below the belt."

Um...no, Fro.

That a notedly liberal university like UO attaches support for our military to one political party is both comical and revealing.  This incident epitomizes liberal academia's disrespect and antagonism for military pride.  It also perfectly displays liberal academia's leftist double-standard of the First Amendment.

And most noticeably, it demonstrates the fallacy of liberal "We ALL support the troops" talking points.  WHAT A JOKE!

Anyone who considers him- or herself a liberal, but who also TRULY supports our military men and women, should and will be offended by UO's actions.  Even if one disagrees with the reasons our military fights certain battles -- that should not reflect directly on those in uniform who are placed in harm's way to protect that for which our nation stands.  The narrow minds of liberal academia simply cannot understand or accept this fact.

This merely continues the path of leftist disgust with and negligence toward our military throughout the past 40 years.  With this trend in mind, it is no surprise to hear prominent Democrats blame 9/11 and the War On Terror for why they lost big in the recent national elections.

Here are some excerpted transcripts of popular, nationally televised political shows from the past two weeks:

Hardball with Chris Matthews - Wed, Feb 9th, 2004:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6947799/

[Host] MATTHEWS:  Why did [John Kerry] lose [the election]? 

[Former Democratic National Committee Chair Terry] MCAULIFFE:  National security.  I think when those buildings—those planes went into those two buildings on 9/11, I think the die was cast.  I think people, when they went and voted, thought that George Bush would keep them safer than John Kerry.  We should have done a more effective job of delinking Iraq from the war on terror.  But it came down to national security.

[Gee, and I wonder why people would find the liberal candidate to be weak on national security when liberal activists and universities, who endorse Democratic candidates, despise our military!]

NBC NEWS' MEET THE PRESS, 1-30-05
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6886726/

[Moderator TIM] RUSSERT: At the Clinton Library dedication on November 18, a few weeks after the election, you were quoted as saying, "It was the Osama bin Laden tape.  It scared the voters," the tape that appeared just a day before the election here.  Do you believe that tape is the reason you lost the race?

SEN. JOHN KERRY:  "I believe that 9/11 was the central deciding issue in this race. And the tape--we were rising in the polls up until the last day when the tape appeared.  We flat-lined the day the tape appeared and went down on Monday.  I think it had an impact.

[Yeah right!  That was a pre-wrapped gift placed right in your lap to show the incompetence and ineffectiveness of the Bush Doctrine in not capturing our targeted terrorists worldwide, and for losing focus on UBL to go after Saddam!  Remember?  John Kerry, even after the election, you're still flip-flopping!]

"But 9/11, you know, it's a very difficult hurdle when a country is at war.  I applauded the president's leadership in the days immediately afterwards.  I thought he did a good job in that, and he obviously connected to the American people in those immediate days. 

"When a country is at war and in the wake of 9/11, it's very difficult to shift horses in midstream.  I think it's remarkable we came as close as we did as a campaign. Many Republicans say we beat their models by four or five points as to what they thought we could achieve.

"I am proud of the campaign, Tim.  If you take half the people at an Ohio State football game on Saturday afternoon and they were to have voted the other way, you and I would be having a discussion today about my State of the Union speech."

[FYI: Bush lost the state of Oregon by a mere 6,000 votes, which was much closer than Democrats expected, and far less than half a crowd of an Ohio State, or Oregon Ducks, football game.]

While leftist kooks infest and infect colleges and universities nationwide, their nonsense should NOT control or intimidate anyone, especially those outside their classrooms.

Exercise your First Amendment right to tell University of Oregon President Dave Frohnmayer how you feel:
E-MAIL: pres@oregon.uoregon.edu
PHONE: 541-346-3036

In closing, a patriotic message to the WOOOOSS university employee who anonymously complained:

You had enough cowardice to whine about support for those who protect your voice.  Now have enough dignity to identify yourself and take responsibility for your actions.

CLICK THESE LINKS FOR MORE:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1327221/posts  (succinct and on-point blog - first one on the page)

http://michellemalkin.com/archives/001320.htm (excellent analysis and first-hand accounts)