Bush derangement syndrome strikes again, this time in Indianapolis, Indiana where the Indianapolis Star reports that students of the U of Indiana's Dentistry class have been caught in a massive cheating scandal. Naturally, it's all Bush's fault according to one of the so-called experts the paper interviewed for their article.
Apparently 16 students were suspended because they hacked their school computer system to get passwords that would open electronic teaching materials that contained the answers to upcoming tests. An additional 21 were given letters of reprimand for knowing of the cheating and not saying anything to school officials, a breach of the school's code of professional conduct.
So how is this all Bush's fault?
Because there's no WMDs in Iraq says Dr. Anne Koerber, an associate professor of dentistry at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
"When you have persons in high places who clearly lie about what's happening with weapons of mass destruction, or CEOs who lie about where the money is going, I think the general public gets the idea that anything that makes money is what's right."
Again with the canard, so easily and often dispelled, that Bush "lied" about WMDs in Iraq. Even media darling, George Tenet, dispelled that as a lie itself.
And why is she an "expert" on this issue? Well, because she has "written about the ethics of dental education", that's why.
She seems to be an "expert" on dentistry ethics the way Karl Marx was an "expert" on economics! They've both "written" on their subject of interest, apparently, which was seemingly the important requirement.
Now, there is a matter of reporting an incident where all relevant quotes, even stupid ones, should be included in a story for publication. If one of the students had made such a statement to explain away their immorality, perhaps such a quote would be somewhat relevant to the story. But, for the Indy Star to go out of their way to include this irrelevant gem of stupidity in their story borders on a political statement and an agenda as opposed to reporting. Unfortunately, this is something that has become woefully common in the fallen field of journalism today.
I do have some questions for the good Doctor, however. Did our resident "expert" on dental ethics feel the same way about lies in high places when Bill Clinton was assuring us that he "didn't have sexual relations with that woman, Monica"? Were the lies in high places bothersome to her then? How about when a certain wife of that highly placed individual amazingly "found" a stack of missing -- and subpoenaed -- Rose Law Firm documents just lying around the residence of the President? Did that bother Mz. Koerber? Was Doc Koerber disgusted over a lapse in ethics when Vice President Al Gore was caught taking illicit campaign contributions from "nuns" from a California Buddhist Temple?
Did any of THOSE lies bother her? Or did she just come to find "lies" in the White House only recently?
Just curious.
In any case, the Indy Star can't tell the difference between reporting and advocacy. But their poor example of journalistic ethics (is that an oxymoron?) is not much different than that of any other MSM source of misinformation.
I also wonder if Mz. Koerber ever gets upset over the lies in the MSM? Or is she a "truther" who's all for the cause despite the cost?
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OMFG what a great compariso
May 10, 2007 - 03:44 ET by CCCPOMFG what a great comparison...hey thats why Cho shot up VT because the Army in Iraq is killing innocent civilians or why the education in America is so low because president bush is an imbecile. I love the left especially the far left
“The people who cast the votes don't decide an election, the people who count the votes do.” - Comrade Josef StalinIt wasn't Bush's fault, we al
May 10, 2007 - 04:04 ET by Ryeguy5049It wasn't Bush's fault, we all know everything is Global Warming!! The students wanted to take the test fast so they could go out and enjoy the unseasonable warm weather!! I have now written about this so I am an expert, therefore everything I say is correct.
On a more serious note, this is the left passing the blame and never taking responsibility for anything. It couldn't be that the students were lazy and wanted to cheat through life, no it is the President's fault. Could you imagine your dentist being one that cheated through school!!!
Oh yes it is! ! ! Global Wa
May 10, 2007 - 08:06 ET by Sua SponteOh yes it is! ! ! Global Warming IS Bush's fault.
Goofy, simply goofy... and sh
May 10, 2007 - 04:01 ET by Andrew H.Goofy, simply goofy... and she teaches? Of course she does and at the college level.
Liberalism is a convenient lie.
How do you decide? Did the st
May 10, 2007 - 05:14 ET by USA4freedomHow do you decide? Did the students cheat because of global warming or George Bush? I know, it was George Bush lying… about Global warming…
These are the boys of Pointe du Hoc.
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...the liars like this profes
May 10, 2007 - 11:15 ET by TruthMonger...the liars like this professor lying about Bush and WMD's are the real culprits promoting all this lying...
Or is it all the Democrat cheating in our past elections that promotes all this cheating...?
What will happen to all the l
May 10, 2007 - 05:19 ET by zfWhat will happen to all the lefties once Bush leaves office and they can no longer blame him for everything that's wrong with the world?
zf, don't you know that whe
May 10, 2007 - 05:57 ET by motherbeltzf, don't you know that when Bush leaves office, everything will be right with the world?????
I'll tell you exactly how the
May 10, 2007 - 08:10 ET by BeowulfI'll tell you exactly how the left will answer for their problems when Bush is gone - It will STILL be his fault. Don't you know, his incompetance will ripple down for years to come. All the problems the Dems will screw up, or run away from will have been inherited from Bush...
The Closed Mind Erects Strong Barriers
Another fine example
May 10, 2007 - 06:37 ET by oldmanobanAs a proud Hoosier and FORMER IndyStar subsriber, I have long put up with this farce of a "news"paper. Indiana is a fairly conservative state with the exception of near Chicago and the IndyStar. They have a slew of left leaning columnists and never fail to provide an editorial page flush with Dem talking points.
I do enjoy reading about the Colts and Notre Dame football when Kravitz is not complaining about paying Payton too much!
Go here for a pic and more in
May 10, 2007 - 06:43 ET by Tony SGo here for a pic and more info about the wonderful Dr. Koerber: http://dentistry.uic.edu/research/faculty_research.htm
There is a deeper issue here, although I risk being flamed for sexism. The issue is that a lot of women who make it in the academic world are of the very liberal persuasion and often the products of womyn's studies courses. So if you have to patronize their businesses (be they dentists or whatever) and you are a man, it's often rough sledding. They approach men with as political entities, not as individuals. This goes for teachers too, which is probably one reason boys are falling behind in school.
It should not surprise anyone
May 10, 2007 - 07:02 ET by ArchConservativeIt should not surprise anyone that a member of the "esteemed" academia that we send our kids' (and our money) to, is a complete and utter moron. This person is actually a doctor??? I bet she knew some of these cheaters and is trying to protect them. Or she truly believes that no one is to blame for anything....except if you're a conservative or Republican. She is one reason why there should be no tenure. Well, I will check to see if my dentist graduated from her college, if so I will change. This airhead needs to be fired.
"Every nation, in every region, now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists."
- President George W Bush September 2001 speech to a joint session of Congress.
The Runocrats never cease to
May 10, 2007 - 07:40 ET by ahusserThe Runocrats never cease to amaze. On the one hand they have all but deified President Bush by claiming that he is all powerful, ever present and all knowing and on the other hand believe he is incompetent, evil and inept.
"A mind is a terrible thing." - A comic I forgot the name of.
I don't know about you, but I
May 10, 2007 - 08:00 ET by old croI don't know about you, but I will never patronize these individuals for any dental work I may be needing in the future. I will, however, give them my complete confidence and money if I hire them to fix any computer problems I may have!
"If you think your boss is stupid remember; you wouldn't have a job if he was smarter."
Albert Grant
When you have people in high
May 10, 2007 - 08:14 ET by rimskyWhen you have people in high places who clearly lie..
She means like Clinton, right?
I'm sorry, but these U of I brats need to suffer the consequences. They made the decision all on their own to cheat. There wasn't some Bush voice, or even a Clinton voice, in their pea brains telling them it is alright to do this.
I don't know what to think of Mz. Koerber, 'cept that she's a moonbat. I mean, look at her area of so called expertise
Dentist-patient communications, dentist-patient relationship, compliance, health behavior, patient education, dentists' stress, dental students' stress, stress and gender, disparities in oral health in minority groups and low in come groups, access to care
What a load!
If Dr. Koerber is looking for
May 10, 2007 - 08:35 ET by GalvanicIf Dr. Koerber is looking for examples roots of lying in high places, she needn't look any further than academia. We regularly read of
- Universities that fabricate grades in order to maintain the playing eligibility of star athletes (many of whom fail to meet the educational standards to graduate from junior high school)
- College deans and athletic departments who cover for the criminal behavior of student athletes
- College researchers who fabricate work or findings
- Federal research grants that are misued or spent on things like redecorating the university president's residence
- Univerities that accept Federal funds for weapons-related research, while they promote their 'anti-war credentials' by banning ROTC programs and military recruiters from campus.
- Professors found guilty of plagerism
- Faculty and administrators who falsify resumes in order to get hired
- and students who take out Federally-guaranteed education loans with no intention of ever paying them back.
None of these began in the Bush Administration. They go waaaaay back.
Today's no accountability gen
May 10, 2007 - 09:22 ET by Senior ChiefToday's no accountability generation of "me first" learned all these behavior from our lefty academia- from middle school to college. Students don't like to be scolded, nor to be told to change or shape up. Some men and women who work under me (enlisted), and next to me (junior O's), don't like to hear what experienced Sailors had to say. They think they know all the answers, until they fall flat on their faces. Guess who they blame...everyone, except themselves.
Let's have Ms. Koerber pract
May 10, 2007 - 09:01 ET by Senior ChiefLet's have Ms. Koerber practice her actual profession- not a teacher, but a Dentist. If ever she commit a malpractice, will she blame Bush for her inefficiencies...I would bet my meager military paycheck that she will blame Bush, or anyone and everyone except herself. That's who leftoids are. They are always "victims", and they're good at it!
After returning from the Sout
May 10, 2007 - 09:05 ET by ahusserAfter returning from the Southeast Asia conflict in '72 I went to the local community college to get "edjamicated". I was enrolled in an Ancient History class (taught by a lapsed or defrocked Jesuit priest) who declared in class that the present anti-war folks were akin to the wonderful Athenians (artists, peace loving peoples who were cultured and civilized) and that anyone in the military were akin to the evil Spartans (war-mongering slaughterers of babies, children and women). Moonbatism is a constant in the lefty/liberal bastions of academia unfortunately many of the youths in that class couldn't tell the difference.
Holy Smokes, this broad naile
May 10, 2007 - 09:11 ET by midnight cowboyHoly Smokes, this broad nailed it. I never would have figured it out that collegiate exam cheating and computer hacking all began in April 2003. What foresight the writers of the movies "Animal House", "War Games" to name a couple to show a technique that was decades ahead of its time. Because this was not even heard of until Bush took office. Let's not forget good 'ol Teddy Kennedy was expelled from Harvard for cheating on an exam.
ps. after looking at that creature on the school website, I'd let all my teeth rot out of my skull before I let that thing (looks like it could be a man or a woman) put a finger near my mouth.
How sad--Dr. Anne Koerber,
May 10, 2007 - 10:18 ET by Richard RomanoHow sad--Dr. Anne Koerber, you are a joke; someone needs to change her position from ethics to fantasy.
What kind of Climate of Fea
May 10, 2007 - 10:35 ET by MilesDWhat kind of Climate of Fear creates fanatics who send death threats to people who write things that might cause Dr Glore some intestinal distress?
I wonder how W is responsible for creating the acceptability of this.
I haven't heard any voices from the Left, speaking out to say THIS IS AN OUTRAGE
Warner, I hope you don't mind
May 10, 2007 - 10:38 ET by FastEdWarner, I hope you don't mind, but I paraphrased your questions and sent them to the good doctor, and if she were to reply I pass along her response.
There is no sense in being stupid, if you can't prove it! - my dad V
No problem. I have to say tha
May 10, 2007 - 10:47 ET by Warner Todd HustonNo problem. I have to say that I doubt you'll hear from her.... unless it is to ask you who the HECK you think you are to question her! Ha, ha.
Must then be that Clinton lied about WMD's
May 10, 2007 - 11:06 ET by Gary HallWarner. "Again with the canard, so easily and often dispelled, that Bush "lied" about WMDs in Iraq. Even media darling, George Tenet, dispelled that as a lie itself."
Absolutely true - And of course to continue here: Former President Bill Clinton, VP AL Gore, Sec. of State Albright, Sec. of Defense Cohen, Sen Edwards, and on and on, have come out in 2002, 2003, 2004, and Edwards again in 2007 to make the public statement that the Bill Clinton administration shared the same view of WMD's and the threat as did President Bush - In fact, they passd the information along to the Bush administration.
Prime example
May 10, 2007 - 12:24 ET by iveseenitallThis story is a prime example of what has happened in our liberal educational system for more than three decades. No accountabily, just excuses. Blame everyone and anyone--parents, society, conservatives--- on and on it goes. And what has all this wrought?--- mentally, morally, and physically undisciplined young people who are America's future dentists, doctors, lawyers, teachers, etc. Our educational system is broken because of lefties like professor Koerber. Unfortunately, she represents the thousands of socialists/liberals who have infiltrated our schools and ruined our kids. Sad.
NEVER,NEVER trust a liberal
I guess it didn't dawn on aca
May 10, 2007 - 16:10 ET by dscottI guess it didn't dawn on academia that computer security is their responsibility. The long celebrated history of some students who feel cheating is the only way to pass is conveniently forgotten. It guess it was Bush's fault as well when high school students break into their personal files and alter them.
Let's sing the song, "It's all Bush's fault"
Karl Rove's weather machine,
Katrina flooding New Orleans,
Mayor Ray Naygin's incompetence
is all Bush's fault.
Warmongering Dick Cheney,
Clinton's CIA Chief got it wrong,
Didn't find enough WMD,
is all Bush's fault.
Karl Rove's Weather Machine,
Greenberg Kansas gets mowed down,
Dem Gov. Sebelius says,
it's all Bush's fault.
Bill Clinton's incompetence,
ABLE DANGER warns before hand,
911 kills 3,000 people,
it's all Bush's fault.
“The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.” – Marcus Aurelius