| | A painfully glorious day of the protest
At the second anniversary of Black Friday, the painfully glorious turning point of the tides for the Unity for Gallaudet protest, we see much clearer. We know so much more now about he causes of the misery and suffering that was inflicted on Gallaudet in 2006 and the years before. It was not only the previous, disgraced president of the school who failed to maintain academic quality, and thus badly betrayed the community. There was another person of power involved there. This person also wanted to play presidential games, actually on a much higher level: Senator John McCain who failed against president Bush in the year 2000 election.
John McCain and his women of power
He never gave up the hope to become president of the United States though. Meantime, until the next presidential contest, he decided to come and sit on the Board of Trustees of Gallaudet University. We know there must have been serious reasons the Senator was unable to win the support of voters: and this is his personal flaws. Just look at the current presidential campaign: he surprised everybody to pick an unknown lady, Sarah Palin as vice president candidate. Has he checked her background? Her troubles? Her arrogance? I have serious doubts about it. It looks like John McCain is a fool of women of power. When he meets some of them, he looses his political instincts and abandons common sense. Now, he is stuck with a vice presidential candidate, who does not talk very smart, and looks under-prepared for the job.
Just think back to the years between 2001 and 2006, probably the darkest 5 years in Gallaudet history ever. John McCain as Board member met the provost then, another woman of power, but also of dubious intellectual abilities paired with numbing arrogance in dealing with academic and community matters. Now we know that John McCain fell for the provost, and he saw in her the future of Gallaudet University. In exchange, the provost exhibited some disastrous academic policies for the school that led Gallaudet University to the brink of losing accreditation. She also exhibited arrogance and oppression. She appointed a dean to the largest college of the University who became the epitome of violating academic freedom and overriding academic integrity of the faculty. Of course this dean was another woman, a friend of the provost, who got involved in the power games of the Senator. Their power run uninterrupted all around the campus -- up until the days of the year 2006 Unity for Gallaudet Protest.
The day of the truth
The storm that broke out against these cronies of a powerful man swept aside the provost, the dean and eventually the Senator as well. Nobody should shed any tear for them. This is a day of recollection and truth now. What made Gallaudet suffer during the years of the Board membership of Senator McCain and his cronies, is encroaching now into the presidential politics of the nation. The Senator's personal flaws show again in the bright light and attention of 300 million citizens. We must let our message be heard: based on our experience with him, this person may not be the best choice for president of the United States! Let him and his women of power leave in peace. And please, don't come back again!
As we remember tonight to the brave heroes of the protest, 133 of our finest young people, who endured arrest for the sake of victory, we have to recall that the sacrifices of many were not in vain: it is possible to live in a better world if we keep fighting for it every day. Just as in the days of 2 years ago. Peace be with our heroes. I salute to everyone of them!
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| | Posted 10/13/2008 10:02 AM - 192 views - 0 comments
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