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Columbia prof calls anti-tax
Republicans ‘seditious’
and ‘treasonous’
Daily Caller, by Eric Owens
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Posted By:KarenJ1, 12/3/2012 1:31:36 PM
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| A professor of Indo-Tibetan studies at Columbia University in New York City, Robert A. Thurman, is hopping mad that Republicans are refusing to raise taxes. Last Tuesday, he decided to make a video about it. In the conspiracy-minded video, Thurman equates Grover Norquist’s no-tax pledge with the oath of office. He then charges that members of Congress who have promised not to support tax increases have a conflict of interest that prevents them from serving as elected officials. The oath of office that all members of Congress take, Thurman notes, states that officeholders will do their jobs
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Comments:
He obviously has gotten the parties confused that are seditious and treasonous. Isn´t it wonderful we have individuals like him in our universities who teach such tolerance. s/o
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
phx4546, 12/3/2012 1:34:06 PM (No. 9046228)
Indo-Tibetan studies at Columbia University? That will give you a good understanding of life in America.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Scottyboy, 12/3/2012 1:35:12 PM (No. 9046229)
It never ceases to amaze me that the left has been so sucessful in cultivating such a a dumbed down constituency that would actually advocate for raising their own taxes.
The mind boggles.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Tucker, 12/3/2012 1:36:14 PM (No. 9046230)
Not much credibility .... start off with a Columbia professor and go from there. I wonder if he even knows what seditious and treasonous mean cause he needs to look at the president and his treasonous party.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Coy860, 12/3/2012 1:40:01 PM (No. 9046238)
Now you know where Obama´s ideas come from.
Jerks like this pollute academia.
Students and parents go into debt to sit and listen to this garbage. What a country!
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
John21, 12/3/2012 1:41:51 PM (No. 9046242)
He is a liberal academian which means he doesn’t have to function in the real world just in his little bubble of possibilities.
Why would anyone care what a cloistered eunuch with limited skills and intelligence have to say, he teaches only because he does not have the ability to function outside academia. With a degree in Indo-Tibetan the only work he would qualify for in the real world would involve asking if you want fries with your order.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Northern Redman, 12/3/2012 1:43:55 PM (No. 9046248)
Indo-Tibetan studies??? I guess that prepares someone to be an Occupy Wall-Streeter and sit around complaining that they can´t find a job to pay their $100k student loan for going to Columbia. Why doesn´t he just move to Tibet and live there under Chinese rule, since it´s obviously such a focal point of his life.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
LudicrousSextus, 12/3/2012 1:45:51 PM (No. 9046255)
He could always use his Indo-Tibetan acumen and demonstrate his outrage with the time honored Indo-Tibetan pastime of self-immolation...
We promise to applaud!
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
bobn.t, 12/3/2012 1:46:37 PM (No. 9046256)
Nothing is preventing the professor from paying more tax than is required. He should send the gov´t a nice paycheck.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
NYbob, 12/3/2012 1:52:12 PM (No. 9046266)
I think his plan is, first be block captain then his brilliance will put him in a position with the ruling cabal where he can determine exactly who qualifies as having enough ´patriotism´ in the New America. These are the kind of insane, angry, zealots who show up every time a draconian dictator pops up. Nice job on the curious intellectual front, Columbia.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
zoidberg, 12/3/2012 2:03:43 PM (No. 9046293)
I believe this French-for-shower bag is Uma Thurman´s father.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
whyyeseyec, 12/3/2012 2:04:01 PM (No. 9046294)
Every crazy lib from all walks of life are now crawling out of the woodwork screaming for higher taxes - with no response from the GOP!
This is why they lose elections. Fight back or die, fools.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
William1, 12/3/2012 2:17:54 PM (No. 9046323)
Great. Now we´ve lost the Indo-Tibetan Studies voters. Is there no end to the catastrophe we suffered in November?
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
King of all trolls, 12/3/2012 2:22:09 PM (No. 9046329)
Seditious? Treasonous? I believe that´s how they referred to the Founding Fathers. There is no doubt that our modern "progressive" communists would have sided with the Red Coats.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
King of all trolls, 12/3/2012 2:27:47 PM (No. 9046349)
#8, hang in there. They´ve run for two election cycles on W, straw men, and skin pigmentation. I believe that one day Democraps will feel shame at the mention of the name "Barack Milhouse O´Dearleader"... Tbc
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
paulfromTexas, 12/3/2012 2:28:22 PM (No. 9046350)
Since "Tibet" as a culture no longer exists, and mostly chinese folks live there, ...he must have plenty of time to enrich his understanding of America....maybe in the afternoons?
What a moron.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
King of all trolls, 12/3/2012 2:29:13 PM (No. 9046354)
Err, #4 rather
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
4Justice, 12/3/2012 2:38:50 PM (No. 9046378)
Hey dingbat! Our country was FOUNDED on rejecting taxes!!!!
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Rafter, 12/3/2012 2:39:47 PM (No. 9046384)
Let´s deport him.
Mebbe he kin gain a first-hand appreciation of suppression of expression in his fave lands...
how about mebbe in China?
That´s close enough to Indo-Tibet...
See ya later!
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
mickturn, 12/3/2012 3:06:12 PM (No. 9046449)
WOW, we have a Lib full court press on the fiscal cliff issue. At least we will learn ´who´ all the Libs are for later reference!
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
Bad Dog, 12/3/2012 3:09:49 PM (No. 9046458)
Things seem to be escalating very rapidly.
Dark mist descending.......
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
jdmii, 12/3/2012 3:22:24 PM (No. 9046489)
I have never seen a help wanted ad for someone with a degree in Indo-Tibetan studies.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
GringoinQuito, 12/3/2012 3:48:37 PM (No. 9046534)
Yes, #10, he is UmaThurman´s father.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
Nevadadad46, 12/3/2012 4:00:13 PM (No. 9046556)
Quick, call names! Curse, Villify the American body politic! Never mind about real suggestions for solutions to the problems!
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
heartlandconservative, 12/3/2012 4:04:51 PM (No. 9046562)
Educated beyond mental competence. And this guy is just one of hundreds of thousands who influence the children!!
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
Conservativegirl, 12/3/2012 4:15:35 PM (No. 9046588)
This idiocy is beyond comment.
Girl´s Hubby
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
LAW428, 12/3/2012 5:49:45 PM (No. 9046731)
University professors are overwhelmingly Marxist. This perspective should be no surprise.
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
enemyofthestate, 12/3/2012 6:01:26 PM (No. 9046748)
Folks, don´t forget that Geithner has a degree in Asian studies.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
toddh, 12/4/2012 12:53:25 PM (No. 9048111)
His translation of the Bardo Thosgrol offers no advantages over the classic by Lama Dawa-Samdup and W.Y. Evans-Wentz. Moderns can (and should) giggle at Evans-Wentz´s theosophy, but they could be led astray by Thurman´s unique translations. I very much distrust unique translations!
We should feel sorry for Professor Thurman. He is too stupid to understand that Socialism genocided Tibet. Bless his heart.
I am ever more convinced that the Fifteenth Dalai Lama will be an American Objectivist.
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