“The Dark Ages
Early scholars gave the name “Dark Ages” to the period in Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire. During this period, barbarian Goths, Vandals, and Huns swept down on Europe from the north and east. They destroyed many fine buildings and works of art that had existed during Roman times. During the Dark Ages, knowledge survived only in monasteries, and there were very few schools. Many of the old arts and crafts were lost. This is why the time was called the “Dark Ages.”
http://mr_sedivy.tripod.com/med_hist.html

“Truly, Horowitz’s latest endeavor is a sight to behold—an exercise in massive right-wing paranoia and vindictiveness”

http://www.pressaction.com/news/weblog/full_article/nimmo02152005/

Florida Governor Jeb Bush has called him a “fighter for freedom.”

Not only has David Horowitz garnered significant financial support from a host of conservative foundations (see the list of 137 grants totaling more than $13 million the Center has received since 1989, including nearly $1 million in 2003 http://www.mediatransparency.org/recipientgrants.php?recipientID=63 ), he has also received intellectual support from conservative critics funded by the same philanthropies.

In the immediate aftermath of 9/11, with questions surfacing about the nature of the terrorist attacks, Horowitz went back to the campuses and launched a preemptive strike against dissent. His new advertisements warned students “not to join an ‘antiwar’ effort against America’s coming battle with international terrorism,” suggesting that they “think again” before making such a move

http://www.mediatransparency.org/story.php?storyID=69

On the March 2 edition of MSNBC’s Scarborough Country, right-wing activist David Horowitz claimed that “[t]here are 50,000 professors” who are “anti-American” and “identify with the terrorists.” Horowitz, the president of Students for Academic Freedom and a proponent of an “Academic Bill of Rights” for American universities, is the author of The Professors: The 101 Most Dangerous Academics in America (Regnery, January 2006).

(see full interview): http://mediamatters.org/items/200603030013

Robertson is likely referring to University of Arizona psychology professor Robert Bechtel who confessed to his students last year during a class that he had murdered a classmate while attending Swarthmore College in 1955. He was arrested, found incurably insane, then released from the asylum, tried for the murder, then acquitted. He went on to finish school, work on Biosphere, etc. etc.

Technically, yes, he is a “killer” and a “professor.” So in this case, Robertson is factually correct (if Bechtel is the prof he is referring to).

Google up “robert bechtel” and “confession” and you’ll find articles about this.

Naah, it’s “Chuck,” the mascot of the FreeBSD operating system:

http://www.osnews.com/img/chuck2.jpg

Can’t you just smell the evil?

Not only stupid, but proud of it.

How Robertson can smile and damn near giggle while telling Americans that God will punish them is pure evil. I’m not into organized religion so it doesn’t affect me. I do wonder how some can be swayed by someone so obviously NOT a missionary of anything Godlike or good in any way. Then I remember Jim Jones and am once again mortified.

For the religious, I don’t think it’s God talking to them through Pat. I think it’s the guy in the red suit with horns and a pitchfork. Doesn’t he have a gotee too? Or is that the guy on the deviled ham can? I get them confused.

…he doesn’t look well…

…guess he’s packing his bags…

…they’re holding that reservation for him…

…in hell…

THAT’S PAT ROBERTSON. HE’S SATAN.

Feminism encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians.
Pat Robertson

In Berlin, Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels gave a speech to the students, stating…

“…The era of extreme Jewish intellectualism is now at an end. The breakthrough of the German revolution has again cleared the way on the German path…The future German man will not just be a man of books, but a man of character. It is to this end that we want to educate you. As a young person, to already have the courage to face the pitiless glare, to overcome the fear of death, and to regain respect for death – this is the task of this young generation. And thus you do well in this midnight hour to commit to the flames the evil spirit of the past. This is a strong, great and symbolic deed – a deed which should document the following for the world to know – Here the intellectual foundation of the November (Democratic) Republic is sinking to the ground, but from this wreckage the phoenix of a new spirit will triumphantly rise…”

The speech and book burning were accompanied by the singing of Nazi songs and anthems.

Over a hundred years earlier, the German-Jewish poet, Heinrich Heine, had stated, “Where books are burned, human beings are destined to be burned too.”
http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/bookburn.htm

On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland and World War II began. Within weeks, the Polish army was defeated, and the Nazis began their campaign to destroy Polish culture and enslave the Polish people, whom they viewed as “subhuman.” Killing Polish leaders was the first step: German soldiers carried out the massacres of university professors, artists, writers, politicians, and many Catholic priests.

http://www.myjewishlearning.com/history_community/Modern/Overview_The_Story_19141948/The_Holocaust/193945.htm

Revolutionary Worker #1268, February 20, 2005, posted at rwor.org

“There is a growing sense of siege on university campuses around the country.”

Joan Wallach Scott, professor of social science, Institute for Advanced Study; speaking at a panel discussion,
“Defending Academic Freedom in an Atmosphere of Terror,” Feb. 9, 2005

Assault on Dissent and Critical Thinking
Right-wing moves against intellectuals are not confined solely to universities. Scientists and others are being forced—under the threat of withholding of federal funding or investigation/audit by the state—to censor their work and even cease the kind of work they need to do. And this goes hand-in-hand with the whole assault on questioning, critical thinking, and dissent throughout the nation. (See the article in this issue of the RW about the attacks on Ward Churchill, a professor at University of Colorado.)

Dark Ages in the U.S.
“To me, these are Dark Ages. This is not the United States I moved into in 1976. I don’t recognize it. I’m in sort of moral shock.”

Columbia Professor Hamid Dabashi, New York Times , Jan. 18, 2005

http://rwor.org/a/1268/columbia-university-right-wing.htm

“…as part of his platform as a presidential candidate in 2008, Newt Gingrich has proposed eliminating tenure for university professors, and making their continued employment contingent upon support for Bush Administration policies. That’s right – Gingrich is encouraging Congress to pass a law to fire professors for being “anti-American”. No, I’m not making this up. It comes straight from the mouth of Gingrich, who has proposed a bill that tells professors “proof that you’re anti-American is grounds for dismissal.”

http://www.irregulartimes.com/gingrichperfessers.html