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New Times article on FIU's lit mag.
New Times article on FIU's lit mag.
I've been teaching here for 19 years and never before have I gotten an email from the Republican powers that be that political proaganda on campus is verboten. All the years the GOP was in charge and the Bushes were in office, it was okay to wear your political persuasion on your linen sleeve apparently. Here's an email from the admin: "Political propaganda on campus buildings Please note below the limitation on printed materials dealing with political advocacy on public buildings or use of state university resources for political campaigns/ballot issues. MDS Mark D. Szuchman Department of History FIU University Park Miami, FL . . . Forwarded message ---------- From: Douglas Wartzok < mailto:wartzok@fiu.edu wartzok@fiu.edu > Date: Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 9:46 PM Subject: FW: Political propaganda on campus buildings To: Provost-Deans < mailto:Provost-Deans@fiu.edu Provost-Deans@fiu.edu >, Provost-G-51 < mailto:Provost-G-51@fiu.edu Provost-G-51@fiu.edu > Cc: Provost-Deans Assistants < mailto:Provost-DeansAssistants@fiu.edu Provost-DeansAssistants@fiu.edu > Please remind your faculty that not only are posters and other political propaganda not allowed in public buildings, university resources, e.g., e-mail, cannot be used to campaign for or against any ballot item or individual. Thanks." You're welcome. We can't post an Obama poster on our office door but El Jefe President Maidique and friends can host a John McCain rally--this Friday. They're worried about a traffic jam at school--they shouldn't be. All the sad little soldiers in the administration won't get their way this time.
Sarah Palin booed by the sweetest fans in Hockeyland.
Rosanne Cash makes the case for hew own vice-presidential credentials.
John McSame figures lying is okay if you're about to go under.
(read the rest at Wonkette)
Anyone who is considering voting for McSame because he thinks John McCain is a gentleman, a maverick, a statesman, a patriot, or a hero ought to read this piece in Rolling Stone.
"The News": my favorite pop song since Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy." Mick Jones from the best rock group ever, The Clash, and Tony James from Generation X. (thanks to Mollie in Austin for turning me on to these guys)
Pretty scary!
John Lennon would have been sixty-eight today.
Wade Williams wants to keep that "n*****" out of office. Mr. Williams lived in a retirement community just a stone's throw from the Palms Motel where Billy Wayne and Earlene were married.
. . . goes to J.M.G. Le Clezio. I just ordered a copy of Wandering Star.
"I apologize if I sound like a broken record. But once again, Obama won the debate according to essentially every objective metric."
To Live and Die in Dixie wins "Best Thriller Feature" Award at the Illinois International Film Festival.