How monumentally stupid do you have to be to get tenure and teach at a university? I ask this because one of the few professors who has evidently either not met the Dark Lord or is immune to the corruption of the Dark Lord, Penelope Blake encountered a new level of academic mental illness and galactic stupidity at a conference entitled "History and Commemoration: The Legacies of the Pacific War." where she encountered scholars who had gems of knowledge to drop on the attendees like: The U.S. military and its veterans constitute an imperialistic, oppressive force which has created and perpetuated its own mythology of liberation and heroism, insisting on a "pristine collective memory" of the war. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor should be seen from the perspective of Japan being a victim of western oppression War memorials, such as the Punchbowl National Memorial Cemetery (where many WWII dead are buried, including those executed by the Japanese on Wake Island and the beloved American journalist Ernie Pyle), are symbols of military aggression and brutality "that pacify death, sanitize war and enable future wars to be fought" Evidently, Professor Blake's Father served in the last Great War and she felt a wee bit slighted by what was presented at this taxpayer supported conference, and good for her she decided to do something about it. Big Hat Tip to Powerline BTW, for continuing to track this abuse of our money. Now that you have had your morning dose of rage over your waffles, the whole unfolding saga of what she did, how it affected her and what the updates are to this story (because it is huge enough to not suck up all the bandwidth here) can be found here, here and here. And if you would like to, and have a little time, Jim Leach, the Chairman who is running the show over there at the National Endowment for the Humanities can be reached at jleach@neh.gov You can bet I will be pressing SEND on a peach of an e-mail later today.....
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Nov 10 2010, 07:03 AM
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