NEH at it again.

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RickN

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This is just wrong.

In July 2010 the NEH sponsored a workshop for college professors at the East-West Center, University of Hawaii. The title of the conference was "History and Commemoration: The Legacies of the Pacific War." As one of the 25 American scholars chosen to attend the workshop, Professor Penelope Blake anticipated an opportunity to visit hallowed sites such as Pearl Harbor, the Arizona Memorial and the Punchbowl Cemetery and engage with scholars who share her interest in studying this often neglected part of World War II history.

Instead, Professor Blake was treated to the most disturbing experience of her academic career, a conference which she found to be driven by an overt political bias and a blatant anti-American agenda. Professor Blake has forwarded to us the following letter dated September 12, 2010, to Illinois Rep. Donald Manzullo, her congressman, documenting examples of what transpired at the conference. Copies of the letter were also sent to members of the NEH Council and to Leach. Professor Blake writes (all emphases are in the original):

Read the whole thing here,

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2010/11/027580.php
 

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Well, that just pissed me off! If people hate this country so much, i have only one thing to say, "LEAVE! DO NOT SPIT AND S@#t ON THE GRAVES AND MEMORIES OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES WHICH ENABLE YOU TO DO SO! GO LIVE SOMEWHERE ELSE AND SEE HOW GOOD WE ACTUALLY HAVE IT HERE!" :angry3:
 

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