Protest at Columbia over Iranian President

[AOII_LB93]

Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

He shouldn't have been invited to speak. Free speech on AMERICAN soil doesn't apply to terrorists and known supporters of terrorism. This goes to how I feel about any noncitizen who comes here, when you're HERE you will be treated as a human being but not necessarily given the same citizenship rights as citizens receive or given a platform to speak. Just like how Americans are often treated when we go to OTHER countries, especially Americans who are accused of tormenting or encouraging the torment of the citizens of other countries.

The president of Columbia is a cowardly moron. He waits until he's introducing the speaker to make negative remarks that will appease his critics.

Iran doesn't have gay people, everyone. Announcement.

Why did it seem like almost every news analyst on Fox News an alum of Columbia University?

THANK YOU! I totally agree with everything you said...except the bit about Fox news since I don't have TV at my new house. It's amazing the things you find to do when you're not watching TV.

[DSTCHAOS]

The body language analyst on my fav show, The O'Reilly Factor, said that the president of Iran was trying to look powerful and assertive through his hand gestures. But he was rather nervous based on how much he kept licking his lips. So much for sexy LL Cool J.

It is interesting that he received laughter when he talked about gays in Iran but applause when he said something to the effect of "when we invite you to speak in Iran, we form opinions after you have spoken, not beforehand..." Basically attempting to fuel the debate on American free speech. Booooo.

[Kevin]

Well, you don't really know what firm it is and what cases we've tried. You're right in the sense that where I work doesn't really mean anything. It's that I'll have a better than average opportunity to help form the case law in this state. We do a fair amount of appellate work and if past cases are any indication of the future, I'll have plenty of opportunity to do that sort of thing.

But really.. what in the hell does this have to do with anything in this thread? All I know is that I said some stuff about protesters, then people start bringing up my job? Jesus.. if all I do is make a paycheck to take home at the end of the day, I'm doing more than 99% of the folks at the peace rallies -- 1908, you're a one-percenter

[Sugar08]

Did anyone see Ahmadinejad address the U.N. last night? It was on CSpan. He talked a lot, mostly about the U.S., without naming us. A lot of nebulous stuff about world powers who are overstepping their bounds.

Afterward, I was watching AC 360, and there was an analyst on who said that the man basically is a figurehead -- he doesn't control the military and he doesn't make policy decisions. I'm not sure how accurate that is, but I thought it was an interesting point, if it's true.

[Rudey]

Originally Posted by Sugar08

Did anyone see Ahmadinejad address the U.N. last night? It was on CSpan. He talked a lot, mostly about the U.S., without naming us. A lot of nebulous stuff about world powers who are overstepping their bounds.

Afterward, I was watching AC 360, and there was an analyst on who said that the man basically is a figurehead -- he doesn't control the military and he doesn't make policy decisions. I'm not sure how accurate that is, but I thought it was an interesting point, if it's true.

It's true. All the power technically belongs to the Ayatollah. Ahmenijad is sorta the Al Sharpton of Iran.

-Rudey

[Sugar08]

Originally Posted by Rudey

It's true. All the power technically belongs to the Ayatollah. Ahmenijad is sorta the Al Sharpton of Iran.

-Rudey

LOL.