Wis. Lawmakers Want Univ. Instructor Fired

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More than 60 state lawmakers are urging the University of Wisconsin-Madison to fire an instructor who has argued that the U.S. government orchestrated the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

A letter sent Thursday and signed by 52 Assembly representatives and nine state senators condemns a decision to let Kevin Barrett teach an introductory class on Islam this fall.

UW-Madison Provost Pat Farrell launched a review after Barrett spoke last month on a talk show about his views that the terrorist attacks were the result of a government conspiracy to spark war in the Middle East. After the review, Farrell said Barrett was a qualified instructor who can present his views as one perspective on the attacks.

``I still have every expectation this will be a very positive educational experience for our students,'' Farrell said Thursday. ``Some are upset about Mr. Barrett's viewpoints on 9/11 and don't want to pay much attention to what makes for a quality educational experience.''

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-5966110,00.html

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1. Repugs jump at every chance to thrash the 'liberal' University!

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2. They would want to fire me to

Mr Barrett is too damn close to the truth. bush kicked back in vacation mode just waiting for the day he would be proclaimed a war president. And if the Wisconsin lawmakers haven't noticed, there is war in the middle east.

If Clinton, Gore or Kerry had been president on September 11th, there would not have been a terrorist attack because those intelligent statesmen did not need a terrorist attack.