From World Net Daily(not the tabloid site World News Daily), with h/t to Green Hell Blog, something that if proven is quite disturbing. Yet given the kind of treatment I’ve recently received at the hands of an eco-zealot who can’t tolerate my views on climate, I’m not surprised.
Some people have no scruples and no shame. – Anthony
Democrats attack Republican candidate’s children
By Art Robinson
In an effort to do my part in rescuing our country from the out-of-control Obama administration, last year I ran for Congress in Oregon’s 4th District against 12-term incumbent, far-left Democrat Peter DeFazio, co-founder of the House Progressive Caucus.
Although I won the nominations of the Republican, Independent and Constitution Parties and the endorsement of the Libertarian Party, a massive media smear campaign by DeFazio, paid for with money raised by MoveOn.org and from special interests favored by DeFazio in Washington, resulted in a 54.5 percent to 43.6 percent victory for DeFazio in a race that was expected to be much closer.
Although I had never run for public office before, I immediately announced my candidacy for Congress again in 2012.
However, when you take a stand for what’s right, sometimes there is retribution.On Nov. 4, 2010, as soon as the election results were in and they were sure their candidate had won, faculty administrators at Oregon State University gave new meaning to the term “political payback.”
They initiated an attack on my three children – Joshua, Bethany and Matthew – for the purpose of throwing them all out of the OSU graduate school, despite their outstanding academic and research accomplishments. OSU is a liberal socialist Democrat stronghold in Oregon that received a reported $27 million in earmark funding from my opponent, Peter DeFazio, and his Democrat colleagues during the last legislative session.
Read full story here: Democrats attack Republican candidate’s children
UPDATE: I decided to pull the direct link to the website that hurled unspeakable insults to me by an eco-zealot, they don’t deserve the traffic WUWT will generate for them. Such things are best handled by other means. So, I used WebCite to permanently log the website, and you can view it here, scroll all the way to the bottom and note “corrections”: http://www.webcitation.org/5x0pgZdgl
UPDATE2: OSU has posted a statement which you can read here
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Speechless… I just can’t process the level of hatred and ignorance it took to make such remarks. Its actually scary what some people believe in.
The OSU response at:
http://oregonstate.edu/ua/ncs/archives/2011/mar/statement-regarding-recent-internet-postings-art-robinson Is VERY long. But the only meat in it is one sentence:
“OSU will not comment on other allegations made in the Robinson posts other than to say the claims made therein are baseless and without merit.”
I can’t tell if that means “no comment” or “so sue me.”
The repeated statements stating the wrong time for the CRU emails and overlooking the recent demise of Stephen Schneider bespeak of yet another CAGW PR effort.
They really man it when they say “by any means necessary”. We should not be surprised.
Smokey says:
I suppose your definition of a straight shooter is someone whose ideology and worldview is as extreme as yours? Robinson was involved in an episode that a REAL straight shooter, Bob Park called “a dark episode in the annals of scientific discourse” ( http://bobpark.physics.umd.edu/WN03/wn080803.html ). And, as opposed to you, I use the term “straight shooter” because Park will go after people liberal or conservative if he thinks they are acting against scientific interests; for example, on several occasions, he criticized liberal Senator Tom Harkin for his role in creating the NIH Office of Alternative Medicine.
I’m going to need some real evidence before I believe that OSU did something as stupid, immature and, frankly, counterproductive (since they would alienate many of those like myself who are no friends of Robinson) as he claims they did.
[And, by the way, why would Dems be so out to get Robinson anyway? I would think that, given that Fazio’s district is “only marginally Democratic on paper; it narrowly voted for George W. Bush in 2000 and John Kerry in 2004” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_DeFazio) , they would be happier to have an extremist like Robinson on the Republican ticket than someone who could actually win. He lost by 11% in such a district in a year with such an anti-Democratic tide that Harry Reid came much closer to losing to a pretty nutty extremist.]
Ron House,
Bravo! Well said!
I watch with interest as the facts slowly appear. As time passes our preconceptions, (which we all have and many (including myself) make quite obvious in their comments,) will give way to deeper understanding of what actually happened at this school.
However the really important thing is to have this occur out in the open. If it were not for sites like this one, who would even know about the travails of this father and his three children? Would not they merely be margainalized, and basically told to go away and dry up?
Freedom Of Speech involves a place to be heard.
DCC writes,
“But the only meat in it is one sentence:”
No, it’s in two sentences and you missed them:
“Federal law prohibits institutions of higher education from discussing matters concerning our students with anyone other than the student himself or herself without the express consent of the student involved. Given that, OSU will not comment on any allegation regarding the Robinson students or share any personal information concerning them other than the limited “directory information” allowed by law to be shared.”
Molon Labe @ur momisugly 6:01. “That is threatening language.” What you said.
Ian H, you might want to check in with your masters on the current rhetorical frame. It has something to do with the deplorable lack of civil discourse of which, apparently, all but the Progs are guilty. Please try to keep up.
@Ian H
“Indeed I hate to tell you this, but outside of the US, most people regard the current crop of US republican politicians as borderline insane. They seem in complete denial of reality. In particular they fervently deny that failure to regulate financial markets in the Bush years lead to the global financial meltdown, which is the accepted reality in the rest of the world.”
I’m outside of the US and I disagree with you. The Republicans in particular have been more civil and respectful than the Democrats, something plain to see if you don’t rely on the liberally biased mainstream media for your news.
In particular I am aware the failure to regulate loans backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were by far the largest contributor to the global financial crisis, and I have seen evidence that Democrats blocked many attempts by Republicans to regulate these institutions. It is not hard to understand that if you mandate that mortgages should be made available to high risk borrowers and then back those mortgages with a government guarantee, then the government is going to have a lot of defaulted loans on their books. It was then a Democrat president that handed hundreds of billions of TARP dollars to the same institutions that had propagated this financial folly, rather than let them collapse and let the market correct itself. That Democrat president has behaved no differently than any previous Republican president.
“Instead they are apparently embarked on a campaign to blame … Unions … ???”
Specifically they wish to limit the collective bargaining rights of PUBLIC sector unions. Why? Well if you have a collective that can strong-arm their private sector employer to pay higher salaries, medical and pension benefits, then the private sector employer has ultimate recourse to close down the business if the demands are too onerous.
In the public sector the tax-payer is the employer, and the taxpayer doesn’t have this ultimate recourse. To keep health, education, sanitation, power, water, emergency services the taxpayer has little choice but to accede to the demands of the collective.
This is the crux of the argument. Essentially the ability for public sector unions to collectively bargain transfers the power to halt the essential function of government to unelected parties. It is against the principles of democracy.
Roosevelt said in 1937:
“Meticulous attention should be paid to the special relations and obligations of public servants to the public itself and to the Government….The process of collective bargaining, as usually understood, cannot be transplanted into the public service.”
FDR believed that “[a] strike of public employees manifests nothing less than an intent on their part to obstruct the operations of government until their demands are satisfied. Such action looking toward the paralysis of government by those who have sworn to support it is unthinkable and intolerable.”
/rant
Elliot Ness is going after Al Capone’s money and wealth. Did the “Untouchables” really think Al Capone would go down without a fight?
Of course, Al Capone in this instance represent the left-wing communists, anarchists, or environmentalists. (This does not include all left-wing people.) Al Capone’s organization has power and money and is able to bribe many people who would otherwise be indifferent or opposed. Al Capone is popular in the media and essentially they are in Capone’s back pocket. These things were true until Al Capone was sentenced for tax evasion as they are true for the figurative Al Capone in my parallel. Elliot Ness and the Untouchables is anyone who disagrees with the figurative Al Capone. I really can’t help but think of the parallels between AGW true believers and organized crime.
Expect more causalities in the battle between truth and power.
Ian H
I am having a huge problem figuring out any way to relate your comments to the situation being discussed.
While I do think Scotty OWalker here in Wisconsin has done more for Obama’s re-election chances than George Soros ever could, I just don’t see how it relates to OSU attacking innocent students because they don’t tow the party line. This is an absolutely horrible abuse of power, one that I suspect is every bit as dishonest and unethical as it sounds.
Some of you are asking why not just pick up and go elsewhere? The cost. You have to start over. A former undergrad student of mine was forced out of one PhD program because she wouldn’t sleep with her “advisor”. Starting over elsewhere cost her an extra 4 years.
Ian Murphy: You are not smart. And you’re a coward. And not smart.
Ian: I had a special ed student (2nd grader) sent to me once on an in-house suspension. She started the day well, but something set her off mid-morning. (Never did figure out what it was.) She threw an absolute fit, throwing things and winding up under a table berating me with every insult she could think of. Wound up her tirade with, “…and you’re ugly!” At which point the rest of the class (3rd graders) burst out laughing. Since you seem to need some new material, you have my permission to quote her tag line.
Sincerely,
John the Teacher
Joel Shore says:
“I suppose your definition of a straight shooter is someone whose ideology and worldview is as extreme as yours?”
Joel supposes wrong, as usual. My “ideology” [nice commie word, there] is exactly in line with the original Constitution and Bill of Rights. I am a Constitutional originalist. You can’t be more normal than that.
Joel Shore, on the other hand, is on the wacko far Left eco-fringe – while I am solidly in line with the original Constitution, and a scientific skeptic with an open mind: if evidence of global damage caused by CO2 is verified, I will change my mind. But Joel Shore’s mind is made up and closed tight. He is a True Believer.
Does anyone else find it disturbing we still don’t know why his kids are being expelled?
We don’t even know if Robinson’s claims are even true…
Usually when you face expulsion at Universities, you go through some sort of public arbitration process, usually through a student disciplinary body. Where are the records for this?
How come he won’t tell us why Oregon State is suspending his kids… its a conspiracy is not good enough explanation, unless if you belong to the tea party/tin foil hat crowd.
Show us the bacon. Right now this story is almost pure conjecture.
On the subject of government employee unions brought up earlier by non-American Ian H posting:
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…at 6:40 PM on 7 March, TimM had written:
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To further this discussion, I would like to recommend the 23 February opinion piece authored by economist Thomas J. DiLorenzo on “The Political Economy of Government Employee Unions,” from which I quote:
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A more pungent observation was published by columnist Ann Coulter on 23 February, “Look for the Union Fable,” in which she wrote:
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It is extremely unlikely that these aspects of the government employee unions’ effects upon American politics and the national economy will ever be reported responsibly by the mainstream media in this country, just as the MSM is committed cement-headedly to the anthropogenic global arming fraud.
But it is possible to access informed opinion contrary to the duplicitous “accepted wisdom” nonetheless.
As we like to say around here, Algore really regrets having invented the Internet.
Ian H says: (March 7, 2011 at 4:40 pm)
“Indeed I hate to tell you this, but outside of the US, most people regard the current crop of US republican politicians as borderline insane.”
I love to tell you this: most people inside the US don’t give a rat’s ass about what people outside the US think.
Your comments about Wisconsin show you have no idea what the reality is.
Some real news from OSU:
http://oregonstate.edu/ua/ncs/archives/2011/feb/climate-change-causing-demise-lodgepole-pine-western-north-america
http://oregonstate.edu/ua/ncs/archives/2011/feb/osu-study-farming-methods-curb-adapt-climate-change
Ian H says:
March 7, 2011 at 4:40 pm
Then go somewhere else.
So, is that supposed to mean something?
Really now? Reality? I think reality is that you clearly do not have a clue regarding basic economics. Quite honestly, most people that fail to understand how and why the meltdown occurred are precisely the reason the US is the economic powerhouse it is (and has been for over a century.) Perhaps if people like you actually understood economics (basics) your countries would not have falle so far behind. Granted, your disease has affected the political elite in the US, and noticeably, we are beginning to wane as a result.
Unions served their purpose at a time they were needed. They are no longer needed. Indeed, unions are the reason our manufacturing capability is now in China and Mexico, places where there are no unions demanding $40/hour for menial tasks a monkey could perform. I’ve been in two unions (OCAW and Teamsters,) and can say from experience, they are a benefit to nobody.
Mark
Anthony, sorry that you are being savaged by these clowns….however, the louder they squeal, the more we can be certain that things are changing, and not in the direction they want.
Keep up the good fight and good work!
Gneiss said:
That’s not meat, it’s boilerplate. Meat would be to add “If the students involved will give us permission to disclose the circumstances, we will do so.”
I am still having trouble believing Robinson’s version of events. Robinson’s versions of events only makes sense if you believe in conspiracies and stereotypes about academia. The fact that Robinson posted his diatribe on World Net Daily, a site known for its conspiratorial nature and shoddy journalism, does not allay these fears.
And typically when you accuse someone of something, you at least attempt to present their side of the story. We still don’t know why Robinson’s kids all suddenly face expulsion. We don’t even know if this is even true.
And typically when you face expulsion in academia (even at the undergraduate level), it is presided over by students and professors, and deans. It is a deliberative and evidence-based procedure, it is not automatic or instantaneous.
See WND followup:
University denies attack on GOP candidate’s children
Prof says colleagues sacking 3 grad students at bidding of Democrats
http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=272269#ixzz1FyYdgSGx
eadler wrote: “Read Dr. Robinson’s article from SPPI a little over a year ago and then ask yourself if there isn’t sufficient motivation to attack his family”
I’m speechless. What are you? What is wrong with you. Are you so filled with hate that you can’t reason?
This is seriously damaging to OSU. I sincerely hope folks will pull the plug on funding the school. No money, no classes, no enrollment…bye bye problem makers.
That is exactly it. It is part of the process of “shut up”. If you are outspoken in opposition to their positions on things, they “make an example” out of you to prevent others speaking out. I see it all the time. The reason why they so instantly go off on anything Sarah Palin says, for example. The message is to other women that if you hold views against the “progressive” line, shut up or you will get similar treatment.
There is a video on YouTube, it is “Klaven on the Culture” episode entitled “Shut Up” that explains it pretty well. Only progressives are allowed to make their views known in public. Anyone else must be attacked and attacked very personally and it must include even their children as a deterrent to others that they are next if they speak their mind. It is quite sick, actually. An example is Kathy Griffin saying that it was her New Year’s resolution to destroy the life of Palin’s 16 year old daughter. This is the sort of people we are dealing with. Absolutely sick.
It doesn’t matter if you agree with her or not, to engage in that sort of tactic is sick. To applaud that sort of tactic makes one just as sick.