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Title: Professor ousted after tearing down McCain yard signs
Post by: bijou on November 04, 2008, 10:21:51 AM
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The St. Olaf (Minn.) professor who recounted tearing down McCain campaign signs in a well-read Huffington Post item has resigned.

Per the Northfield News, it appears that Philip Busse was forced out the St. Olaf College professor who admitted to stealing campaign signs in a national political blog read by millions, has resigned. ...
link (http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/1108/Professor_ousted_after_tearing_down_McCain_yard_signs.html)
Title: Re: Professor ousted after tearing down McCain yard signs
Post by: Miss Mia on November 04, 2008, 10:24:38 AM
Good, no one that does that sort of juvenile and stupid action should be teaching. 
Title: Re: Professor ousted after tearing down McCain yard signs
Post by: jinxmchue on November 04, 2008, 10:25:45 AM
I'm ashamed for my state, but I'm glad he was stupid enough to brag about it.
Title: Re: Professor ousted after tearing down McCain yard signs
Post by: jinxmchue on November 04, 2008, 11:05:57 AM
Here's the asshole's post at Huff-N-Puff:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/phil-busse/confessions-of-a-lawn-sig_b_139179.html

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Highway 19 is a busy six-mile stretch of meandering road that links to main interstate artery in southeast Minnesota. More interestingly, the road connects rural, and often conservative, Minnesota to the liberal college town of Northfield. Rolling through pumpkin patches and apple orchids, the highway is postcard beautiful. This summer and autumn it was speckled with McCain signs, their cobalt blue squarely set against the gold and red of fall foliage.

By early October, however, there were no McCain-Palin campaign signs on the eastbound stretch of Highway 19. It wasn't because loyalties had switched, but because I pulled them out.

And that goes for the oversized 4 x 8 foot mini-billboard in front of the ranch-style farm house. It barely fit in the back of my Subaru. But I carted it away with seven other lawn signs that, like a ninja under the cover of cloudy Minnesota night, I "removed."

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Sure, I understand that stealing a sign will not change anyone's mind, and, most likely, will only embolden McCain supporters' disdain for liberals. Even so, yanking out the signs and running like a scared rabbit back to my idling car was one of the single-most exhilarating and empowering political acts that I have ever done.

Geez, dude.  Get a frickin' life.
Title: Re: Professor ousted after tearing down McCain yard signs
Post by: Splashdown on November 04, 2008, 11:08:14 AM
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Even so, yanking out the signs and running like a scared rabbit back to my idling car was one of the single-most exhilarating and empowering political acts that I have ever done.


Wow. This guy is a real loser. If that's empowering and exhilirating, I suggest he stay away from loud noises.   
Title: Re: Professor ousted after tearing down McCain yard signs
Post by: Thor on November 04, 2008, 11:27:08 AM
That's pretty typical of that area. Northfield is a pimple on the ass of Minnesota. Too many idiots like this "Professor" inhabit that state.
Title: Re: Professor ousted after tearing down McCain yard signs
Post by: jinxmchue on November 04, 2008, 11:31:08 AM
That's pretty typical of that area. Northfield is a pimple on the ass of Minnesota. Too many idiots like this "Professor" inhabit that state.

*cough*PZ Myers*cough*
Title: Re: Professor ousted after tearing down McCain yard signs
Post by: RightCoast on November 04, 2008, 05:07:01 PM
Love the stupid!
Title: Re: Professor ousted after tearing down McCain yard signs
Post by: Chris_ on November 04, 2008, 05:14:44 PM
If Columbia will employ a terrorist they will employ this asshat.

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