[Peace-discuss] [Peace] UIUC UGL promoting administration war propaganda

[E.Wayne Johnson]

The word in the field is that the emissary was actually from the Aminal 
Sciences Dept., but it is not yet clear whether the message took shape at 
the Horse farm or flatly reached its grounding at the Bull barn.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "C. G. Estabrook" <galliher at illinois.edu>
To: "Karen Medina" <kmedina67 at gmail.com>
Cc: "Peace-discuss List" <Peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 10:36 AM
Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] [Peace] UIUC UGL promoting administration war 
propaganda


>  Look at their FB page. A hoax perhaps, but I think not.
>
> http://www.facebook.com/pages/Urbana-IL/Undergraduate-Library-UIUC/6148508508?v=app_2373072738&ref=ts#!/pages/Urbana-IL/Undergraduate-Library-UIUC/6148508508?v=wall&ref=ts
>
> On 8/30/10 9:27 PM, Karen Medina wrote:
>> Carl,
>>
>> The Undergraduate Library sent you this message????? What was the
>> actual email address? If it was the staff at the library, I think it
>> is time for the librarians of greater CU to do something. But I really
>> cannot fathom it being from the library.
>>
>> -karen medina
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 9:14 PM, C. G. Estabrook<galliher at illinois.edu> 
>> wrote:
>>> The Undergraduate Library @ UIUC announces the following:
>>>
>>> "Witness history! Tomorrow (August 31) marks the end of the War in Iraq
>>> (sic). Join us at UGL to watch a live broadcast of President Obama's
>>> declaration of the end of the combat mission, and stay for a discussion
>>> afterward."
>>>
>>> I sent them a note ("That's an outrageous acquiescence to the
>>> administration's propaganda. The war is nowhere near over. Obama 
>>> continues
>>> to order mass murder in the Middle East in pursuit of America's 
>>> neo-colonial
>>> project in the region. I hope you will have someone to point that out in 
>>> the
>>> discussion afterward..."), to which they (?) replied
>>>
>>> "Carl, come to the broadcast! I'm hoping the President's address will be
>>> followed by a vibrant discussion of *all* the issues. For the record, I
>>> don't disagree with you at all -- but it is still a historic moment, and 
>>> a
>>> fantastically rich opportunity to talk about dozens of different 
>>> things."
>>>
>>> I suppose AWARE - perhaps particularly AWARE's new undergraduate 
>>> members -
>>> should show up.
>>>
>>> And I suppose we geezers have to go for moral support...  --CGE
>>>
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>>
>>
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