GOP fundraiser for 'Adopt a Sniper' shut down at college

[Robbien]

MILWAUKEE -- Marquette University administrators shut down a table set up by the school's College Republicans this week to take orders for bracelets and other trinkets so money could be raised to buy special equipment for American snipers in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Brandon Henak, the group's chairman and a Marquette junior, said the College Republicans chose to promote the "Adopt a Sniper" program based in Pulaski after their request for setting up a general "support the troops" table at the school's Alumni Memorial Union had been approved.

. . .

But Marquette leaders were unhappy they had not been told of the exact nature of the College Republicans' efforts, and the wording on some of the signs and the merchandise was bothersome, the statement said.

The university said one slogan was "1 Shot, 1 Kill, No Remorse, I Decide."

"In the context of the university's Jesuit, Catholic mission, we could not allow fund raising in the student union for a group whose rhetoric regarding 'snipers' could be widely misinterpreted as having a cavalier attitude toward the taking of a human life," the statement said. "In this case the display of the materials that promote the use of violence without appropriate background information was unacceptable."

http://www.southflorida.com/news/sfl-23adoptasniper,0,18418.story?coll=sfe-guide-headlines2

[louis-t]

2. "Yes, but, Repubs are s-o-o-o compassionate!"

bleh.

[ClintonTyree]

57. And they love Jesus................

and God almighty. And of course Jesus, God, etal. WANT these Snipers to have the best equipment available, correct? :puke:

The Republican Party has completely lost it's soul, if indeed they had one to begin with.

I can't begin to tell you how MUCH this disgusts me. :mad:

[Ganja Ninja]

3. Adopt a sniper!!!

Good God now I've heard everything! Why adopt one? Why not buy your own gear and go volunteer for the military? Fuckin Chickenhawks!

[Conservativesux]

65. When you cant get laid, pick up a gun an become a sniper!

Anal-retentive @$$holes !!!

[Zhade]

4. At first, i thought they wanted to adopt liberal-targeting snipers.

Why do I not feel much better after reading past the headline?

[davidinalameda]

8. don't give them any ideas

[Zhade]

13. Like they haven't thought of that before!

NT!

[AuntiBush]

90. Or Bombing all those Abortion Clinics

and killing doctors years back. Sicko's! I'd like to see them walk through one of my old neighborhoods. Freekin-Freepers. Oh, but it would be in the name of "their" almighty.

:puke:

[calimary]

47. Don't assume one of the folks in that lovely group hadn't thought of it

already. It wouldn't surprise me a bit. Just a short putt, as one of the TV commentators I've watched lately might say. And considering this mentality, I'd be surprised if something like that hadn't been brought up at one of their meetings. Maybe in jest. At first. MAYBE.

BTW, please disregard the sig line. I'm not sure, yet, how to delete it, but alas, the toll free number has been disconnected.

[KansDem]

5. "misinterpreted as a cavalier attitude toward the taking of a human life,"

You mean like dropping 2,000-lb bombs on Iraqi neighborhoods?

The Jolan and Askali neighborhoods seemed particularly hard hit, with more than half of the houses destroyed. Dead bodies were scattered on the streets and narrow alleys of Jolan, one of Fallujah's oldest neighborhoods. Blood and flesh were splattered on the walls of some of the houses, witnesses said, and the streets were full of holes.

Some of the heaviest damage apparently was incurred Monday night from air and artillery attacks that coincided with the entry of ground troops into the city. U.S. warplanes dropped eight 2,000-pound bombs on the city overnight, and artillery boomed throughout the night and into the morning.

"Usually we keep the gloves on," said Army Capt. Erik Krivda, of Gaithersburg, the senior officer in charge of the 1st Infantry Division's Task Force 2-2 tactical operations command center. "For this operation, we took the gloves off."

Some artillery guns fired white phosphorous rounds that create a screen of fire that cannot be extinguished with water. Insurgents reported being attacked with a substance that melted their skin, a reaction consistent with white phosphorous burns.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A35979-2004Nov9?language=printer

We sure don't want to be misinterpreted as having a cavalier attitude toward the taking of a human life when we do somthing like this...

They're all f*cking crazy...

[Occulus]

37. There was no misinterpretation.

They do have a cavalier attitude toward the taking of a human life.

[murielm99]

6. Isn't that where Joe McCarthy went to school?

I know they have his papers.

[postulater]

27. Yup, didn't know that

<http://us.history.wisc.edu/hist102/bios/31.html>

[democrank]

7. Yes, Junior Republicans, killing is so much fun.

Just ask some of the soldiers returning from Iraq with PTSD. Our country is becoming more and more whacked as the Bush days roll on. If you work for peace you`re a liberal nutcase but if you adopt a killer sniper you`re a true patriot. It`s beyond sickening.

[calimary]

48. Well, don't you remember the general, a few days ago, who was

quoted as saying it was fun to shoot people? Or maybe it was a colonel. Olbermann had a report on it just last night. The guy's commandant issued an apology for it, and the general/colonel/whoever also issued a retraction, saying he regretted his unfortunate choice of words.

Great mentality we've got running amok in this country, isn't it?

[rooboy]

9. I guess that screws their plans for a "kick women on the ground" table. nt

[Dr Fate]

10. How about joining up and BECOMING a sniper?

Or are the College Republicans too cowardly for that?

[Anakin Skywalker]

54. Not Gonna Happen.

College/Young Rethugicans are generally too uppity rich to sacrifice for this country. They all have their sights set on those prestigious MBAs so they can figure out how to screw and exploit the masses and workers.

[yorkiemommie1]

11. how do people even 'get' so vicious???????

where does all of this hatred and bile come from??

[onenote]

20. from their tiny leetle penises...

[Conservativesux]

66. Thats why they turn to big, bad guns. Women laugh at their other "gun".

[flyarm]

89. from their bible thumping parents!! n/t

[cosmicdot]

12. sick minds

a cancer on society

Marquette leaders were
'unhappy' and, found it
'bothersome'

that's putting it mildy as far as what "1 Shot, 1 Kill, No Remorse, I Decide." represents ... what will they teach their children?
heck, who taught them? any sociologists have a handle on what is producing this mindset in America?

[Zynx]

15. Marquette Leadership is Jesuit - They don't use strong words

"Unhappy" and "bothersome" are pretty strong by their standards.

[Corkey Mineola]

14. One for the Catholics

Go Team Go!

[Tweed]

64. Okay, way to not know anything

1. These kids aren't necessarily Catholic. They just happen to go to a Catholic University.

2. The thing was shut down by a Catholic administration.

So yeah, Go Catholics Go, they made the right decision on this one.

The anti-Catholicism on DU makes me sick sometimes.

[oneighty]

16. Oh how we Americans

hated the cowardly Japanese Snipers in WW2.(I remember) There was just something wrong with the Japanese having snipers. It did not seem fair somehow that one individual could decide who to kill and who not to kill.

But it was so cool for Americans to have snipers and it still is.

Are American snipers allowed to kill civilians? Would anybody know if they did kill innocent men women and children? Does killing from a safe distance become a fun thing to do? Is it a turkey shoot? Do snipers ever grow ashamed of themselves?

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[Redstone]

40. Well, 180, I know someone

who knows someone whose cousin knew someone who talked to somebody once who had actually done that...it was many years ago, but things probably haven't changed:

Are American snipers allowed to kill civilians?
Sometimes allowed to. Sometimes ordered to. 99.9999999 percent of the time, only specific ones, not at random.

Would anybody know if they did kill innocent men women and children?
Sometimes, but not necessarily.

Does killing from a safe distance become a fun thing to do?
For the psychopaths in the group, yes. For the others, see last answer below.

Is it a turkey shoot?
Sorry to be repetitive, but the answer here is "sometimes" as well. Can be a turkey shoot, can be damn dangerous. Depends on the situation.

Do snipers ever grow ashamed of themselves?
Some of the ones with a conscience do. And have nightmares. Some see it as having been their job, and are OK with the memories, though they tend not to want to talk about it. Only the psychopaths will boast about it in a bar.

These are generalities, and just my opinion. Differing opinions are fine with me.

Redstone

[oneighty]

41. So in your opinion

snipers are a cool necessary thing to have. I equate them with secretly blowing things up with explosives from a safe distance with which i have experience. A cowardly thing.

PS. Down at the local VFW hang out our resident sniper often brags about having been an Army Sniper in Korea 51-52. His close friends say he is bullshitting.

But that is as close as I have ever been to a sniper that I am aware of.

History channel had several hours of Sniper history on the other night. Did you watch it? I could not.

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[ThorsHammer]

42. IMO, they're necessary for war

I don't necessarily agree with the language used in the bake sale, but don't have a problem with raising money to help the soliders get equipment. Their job is brutal and not 'nice', but might be necessary in times of war (I did watch the History Channel thing; whether the war is legit is a whole different discussion....). They're putting their lives on the line, and deserve the equipment necessary to do their job. Post #31 had a link to their site, which is much more reasonable than the College Republicans. I'd love to see these young Republicans go over and fight instead of just stirring stuff up, but don't think their intent here is anything bad.

[oneighty]

43. Well

I am a pacifist from experience. I do not believe in war and I do not believe in killing.

I will make a donation to bring our kids home and stop the killings. Oh wait I already have done that.

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[ThorsHammer]

44. Agreed

I'd much rather not have the war in the first place. However, once they are there, in harm's way, I'd like to have them have the best equipment. I can see where you're coming from, and respect your opinion.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

49. Shhhh. Someone here wants to kill 'em all and let Bob sort 'em out.

Ahhhh. The glory of war....


It was a time of great and exalting excitement. The country was up in arms, the war was on, in every breast burned the holy fire of patriotism; the drums were beating, the bands playing, the toy pistols popping, the bunched firecrackers hissing and spluttering; on every hand and far down the receding and fading spread of roofs and balconies a fluttering wilderness of flags flashed in the sun; daily the young volunteers marched down the wide avenue gay and fine in their new uniforms, the proud fathers and mothers and sisters and sweethearts cheering them with voices choked with happy emotion as they swung by; nightly the packed mass meetings listened, panting, to patriot oratory which stirred the deepest deeps of their hearts, and which they interrupted at briefest intervals with cyclones of applause, the tears running down their cheeks the while; in the churches the pastors preached devotion to flag and country, and invoked the God of Battles beseeching His aid in our good cause in outpourings of fervid eloquence which moved every listener. It was indeed a glad and gracious time, and the half dozen rash spirits that ventured to disapprove of the war and cast a doubt upon its righteousness straightway got such a stern and angry warning that for their personal safety's sake they quickly shrank out of sight and offended no more in that way.

Sunday morning came -- next day the battalions would leave for the front; the church was filled; the volunteers were there, their young faces alight with martial dreams -- visions of the stern advance, the gathering momentum, the rushing charge, the flashing sabers, the flight of the foe, the tumult, the enveloping smoke, the fierce pursuit, the surrender! Then home from the war, bronzed heroes, welcomed, adored, submerged in golden seas of glory! With the volunteers sat their dear ones, proud, happy, and envied by the neighbors and friends who had no sons and brothers to send forth to the field of honor, there to win for the flag, or, failing, die the noblest of noble deaths. The service proceeded; a war chapter from the Old Testament was read; the first prayer was said; it was followed by an organ burst that shook the building, and with one impulse the house rose, with glowing eyes and beating hearts, and poured out that tremendous invocation

*God the all-terrible! Thou who ordainest! Thunder thy clarion and lightning thy sword!*

Then came the "long" prayer. None could remember the like of it for passionate pleading and moving and beautiful language. The burden of its supplication was, that an ever-merciful and benignant Father of us all would watch over our noble young soldiers, and aid, comfort, and encourage them in their patriotic work; bless them, shield them in the day of battle and the hour of peril, bear them in His mighty hand, make them strong and confident, invincible in the bloody onset; help them to crush the foe, grant to them and to their flag and country imperishable honor and glory --

An aged stranger entered and moved with slow and noiseless step up the main aisle, his eyes fixed upon the minister, his long body clothed in a robe that reached to his feet, his head bare, his white hair descending in a frothy cataract to his shoulders, his seamy face unnaturally pale, pale even to ghastliness. With all eyes following him and wondering, he made his silent way; without pausing, he ascended to the preacher's side and stood there waiting. With shut lids the preacher, unconscious of his presence, continued with his moving prayer, and at last finished it with the words, uttered in fervent appeal, "Bless our arms, grant us the victory, O Lord our God, Father and Protector of our land and flag!"

The stranger touched his arm, motioned him to step aside -- which the startled minister did -- and took his place. During some moments he surveyed the spellbound audience with solemn eyes, in which burned an uncanny light; then in a deep voice he said:

"I come from the Throne -- bearing a message from Almighty God!" The words smote the house with a shock; if the stranger perceived it he gave no attention. "He has heard the prayer of His servant your shepherd, and will grant it if such shall be your desire after I, His messenger, shall have explained to you its import -- that is to say, its full import. For it is like unto many of the prayers of men, in that it asks for more than he who utters it is aware of -- except he pause and think.

"God's servant and yours has prayed his prayer. Has he paused and taken thought? Is it one prayer? No, it is two -- one uttered, the other not. Both have reached the ear of Him Who heareth all supplications, the spoken and the unspoken. Ponder this -- keep it in mind. If you would beseech a blessing upon yourself, beware! lest without intent you invoke a curse upon a neighbor at the same time. If you pray for the blessing of rain upon your crop which needs it, by that act you are possibly praying for a curse upon some neighbor's crop which may not need rain and can be injured by it.

"You have heard your servant's prayer -- the uttered part of it. I am commissioned of God to put into words the other part of it -- that part which the pastor -- and also you in your hearts -- fervently prayed silently. And ignorantly and unthinkingly? God grant that it was so! You heard these words: 'Grant us the victory, O Lord our God!' That is sufficient. the *whole* of the uttered prayer is compact into those pregnant words. Elaborations were not necessary. When you have prayed for victory you have prayed for many unmentioned results which follow victory--*must* follow it, cannot help but follow it. Upon the listening spirit of God fell also the unspoken part of the prayer. He commandeth me to put it into words. Listen!

"O Lord our Father, our young patriots, idols of our hearts, go forth to battle -- be Thou near them! With them -- in spirit -- we also go forth from the sweet peace of our beloved firesides to smite the foe. O Lord our God, help us to tear their soldiers to bloody shreds with our shells; help us to cover their smiling fields with the pale forms of their patriot dead; help us to drown the thunder of the guns with the shrieks of their wounded, writhing in pain; help us to lay waste their humble homes with a hurricane of fire; help us to wring the hearts of their unoffending widows with unavailing grief; help us to turn them out roofless with little children to wander unfriended the wastes of their desolated land in rags and hunger and thirst, sports of the sun flames of summer and the icy winds of winter, broken in spirit, worn with travail, imploring Thee for the refuge of the grave and denied it -- for our sakes who adore Thee, Lord, blast their hopes, blight their lives, protract their bitter pilgrimage, make heavy their steps, water their way with their tears, stain the white snow with the blood of their wounded feet! We ask it, in the spirit of love, of Him Who is the Source of Love, and Who is the ever-faithful refuge and friend of all that are sore beset and seek His aid with humble and contrite hearts. Amen.

(*After a pause.*) "Ye have prayed it; if ye still desire it, speak! The messenger of the Most High waits!"

It was believed afterward that the man was a lunatic, because there was no sense in what he said.

Twain apparently dictated it around 1904-05; it was rejected by his publisher, and was found after his death among his unpublished manuscripts. It was first published in 1923 in Albert Bigelow Paine's anthology, Europe and Elsewhere.

(Sorry for the length, but it had to be said)

[Redstone]

50. Damn it, I didn't say that!

I was just trying to answer your goddamn questions! I thought one of the ideas of these forums was so people could help other people understand things when they ask questions, but I guess I was mistaken. Christ, next time I'll keep my mouth shut and not try to do anyone any favors.

snipers are a cool necessary thing to have
I never said that. There's nothing cool about killing people.

Down at the local VFW hang out our resident sniper often brags about having been an Army Sniper in Korea 51-52. His close friends say he is bullshitting.
Refer to my last answer in the prior post. I offered my opinion that the only ones who boast at the bar are the psychopaths (or liars). Didn't you read that part?

Screw this. I'm outta here.

Redstone

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

58. And therein lies the problem...

"I thought one of the ideas of these forums was so people could help other people understand..."

I think that most people here have thier own ideas fairly well evolved just as you do.

"Screw this. I'm outta here."

Sorry you feel that way. Cya!

[Zynx]

17. The Marquette College Republicans are frat assclowns

They had an "animal rights barbeque" last year. No joke. They tend to do inflammatory, obnoxious stuff just for its own sake.

[skippythwndrdog]

35. That is actually pretty damn funny. Animal rights barbeque!

[Anakin Skywalker]

55. I Hate Their Cowardly A$$es.

They have such small minds that even in college, they think and behave like juveniles. One of the traits of that is offending just for the sake of offending. How perfect it is then, that their beloved holy leader G.W. Bush has a frat boy mentality despite his age.

[Borgnine]

18. I hate these College Republican groups.

It's scary... college Republicans seem to be even more disgusting than the generation in power now. It frightens me if this is what we're going to have to be dealing with in ten to twenty years.

[genieroze]

19. Maybe these future Chickenhawks should have a recruiter sitting there.

These piss-ants should put their money where their big fat mouths are.

[noamnety]

21. "No Remorse, I Decide"

Now, see, I did not know the college republicans were a pro-choice group.

[Anakin Skywalker]

56. Hah Hah Hah! Good One!

Yes. The assclowns didn't seem to have realized that they were supporting CHOICE. :)

[jdj]

22. Stories like this highlight the life we dems could lead if the media was

non-partisan. I mean, we wouldn't have to do ANYTHING, ever. We could just kick back, sip a cool beverage and win election after election while these scum-sucking vermin are the subjects of story after story just like this.

[TygrBright]

23. Wow! I nominate this for...

...tackiest college fundraiser of 2005.

No, wait, I take that back.

Some idiots would feel obligated to get even tackier.

cautiously,
Bright

[Redleg]

24. Give those fuckers some enlistment papers and send 'em to Iraq.

Ignorant fuckfaces.

[Magleetis]

25. These people

have the nerve to call themselves pro-life.

[ausiedownunderground]

26. Well we'd better adopt them fast before they become extinct!

Todays OZ news reporting that the US Army sniper corp took a heavy hit at the town of AL Qaim, after what our mainstream media said was a multiple car bomb attack and what our independent media reported as a missile attack on a "US Sniper nest" in this town. Reports on US Sniper deaths ranged from several to up to 14!!The building that they were using was completely demolished. OUCH thats got hurt! If the guerrillas start using missiles to take out US sniper positions then a change in "job description" might become neccessary!

[dryan]

28. In November, 1992....

just before Thanksgiving (this was after the election) the UCF College Republicans held a turkey shoot to raise money. They took photos of President-Elect Clinton and glued them to the targets. The local Secret Service office shut the whole operation down and threatened to have the group arrested enmasse.

[Redstone]

29. "widely misinterpreted?"

How the fuck can "1 Shot, 1 Kill, No Remorse, I Decide." be "misinterpreted" as anything but "having a cavalier attitude toward the taking of a human life?"

That seems like a pretty clear, unambiguous statement to me. But what the hell do I know?

How fucking stupid do these people think we are?

Never mind, that was a really dumb question for me to ask.

Redstone

[Sabriel]

30. I'm holding out for "Adopt a Torturer"!

Now, that's when the REAL money will roll in.... (Someone PLEASE beam me out of this life!!!!!)

[Kimber Scott]

31. So, killing's o.k. as long as you're not cavalier about it.

I get it.

[Stella_Artois]

32. Here is the site in question

http://americansnipers.org/

[skippythwndrdog]

36. The actual adopt a sniper group seems pretty good.

The College Republicans seem to have besmirched the name of a fine organization.

[HoosierClarkie]

33. Everyday they still succeed in

shocking me! This is unbelievable!

[go west young man]

34. They have no scruples......

its idiots like these that perpetuate war and hate and killing. Thats what Bush has taught kids. That killing is fun! These fools have no idea what its like because they haven't been there. The best thing to tell them is to go fight in the fucking war if they support it so much. America has yet to realize the effects of these soldiers who are returning having killed people. Some of them are scared for life. Some of them will continue killing here. Some of them will kill themselves. That is war. Its the worst thing ever and spoiled little frat boys are cheerleading for it. Thats the sickening path this country has gone down. Can we spiral any lower? Each time I ask myself that question it seems Bush manages to upstage himself in bad decision making. Sad days indeed.

[Hobarticus]

38. Jesus H. Christ....

Are you kidding me?!?

[Davion]

39. Miss Betty Bowers put it best

http://www.bettybowers.com

[enki23]

45. impress the little bastards. as in, press into service in iraq.

.

[Colorado Blue]

46. I'm wondering when they'll decide that nukes are OK.

They seem to be setting up Iran - this makes me absolutely ill.

Is this part of some delusional "holy war"? Just grabbing oil doesn't seem to explain this craziness. Grabbing oil might be unethical but it's at least comprehensible.

A group I support, Peace Now, says that Rumsfeld/Bush Co are looking into battlefield nukes. Among other things this would toast our own guys.

Swell.

[Bouncy Ball]

51. What wimps.

A university here in Texas had their College repuke group do an "Adopt a Klansman" week. That was a hoot.

/sarcasm off

[Ellie of Amherst]

52. Sick degenerate republican youth

The school should expel them. These kids do not need to be in college--they need to get their rich fat asses to Iraq. Just when you think you've heard the most sick, degenerate ideas come from these sociopaths, along comes another group with something even worse.

[tinnyguy1777]

53. Sniper dot org-----------

Or whatever the f--- it is. Did you see what these GI'S need to complete their missions??? It's f-ckin laughable. Send these poor dopes over to get their assess shot off, and dont give them the equipment they need. It's just like those dick-head Republicans, to wage a war half-assed, and hope to come out on top. What a joke.

[Chipper Chat]

67. War is a business.

And Dubya is into business.

[tickmeister]

59. Snipers

Sniping is probably the most humane of all possible methods to attack an enemy force, since it is almost totally selective. Taking out leaders of an opposing force makes a lot more sense that randomly bombing and killing anything and everything. And I don't care how totally anyone is consumed with love for fellow beings, those who totally reject war are in effect embracing slavery.

Sniping is a very difficult thing and can only be mastered by very exceptional people. 1 good sniper is worth 100 or more average soldiers. I can almost guarantee that anybody who brags about it is lying about having ever done it.

My opinion is that the right and proper way to conduct war is to assasinate opposing leaders. Makes a lot more sense than killing folks who are just taking orders. The argument against it is that it will lead to enemies trying to assasinate our leaders, I say that is a chance worth taking to reduce the massive volume of bloodshed in modern war. Anyone who wants to be POTUS should accept the risk with the territory.

[tickmeister]

60. "assasination"

Make that "assassinate. I'd do better, but I went to school in Missisippi.

[Lorien]

61. "no remorse"?

These children know nothing. I had a friend who was a sniper in Vietnam; he suffered from all consuming remorse. Eventually, he became a nurse in an ER; we was trying to save as many lives as he had taken. He will never forgive himself. Ever.

[leesa]

62. Why aren't these violent pigs in Iraq??

[DemonFighterLives]

63. They are devolving at an ever inc reasing rate

There is no hope for them.
God help us all.

[Moderator]

68. kick

[Tinoire]

69. Jesuit University Shuts Down Student GOP Fund-Raiser for Sniper Group

Jesuit University Shuts Down Student GOP Fund-Raiser for Sniper Group

MILWAUKEE Marquette University has shut down a fund-raiser by Republican students for a group of police and military sharpshooters raising money for their U-S counterparts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The Jesuit school in Milwaukee says the wording on some of the signs and merchandise for sale at the "Adopt a Sniper" booth was bothersome, particularly the slogan, "One Shot, One Kill, No Remorse, I Decide."

A statement says that's not in keeping with the university's Jesuit, Catholic mission because it could be -- quote -- "widely misinterpreted as having a cavalier attitude toward the taking of a human life."

(snip)

http://www.kpho.com/Global/story.asp?S=2901295

[buddysmellgood]

PETA is so ridiculous with the way they choose to grab attention. I have

been completely turned off by them.
I saw your note about Iams and realized that our dog is eating that now. I clicked on the link.
Our dog eats Newmans Own tomorrow.
Thank you.

[Tinoire]

Thank you.

I feel a little bit better about this world everytime someone watches and says that. Thank you. I didn't know about Newman's Own (have been buying Dick Van Patten's line) but it looks great! Your dog will be happier for that better diet too!

I really liked what I read about what he's doing with the profits too. Thanks for spreading that info.

http://www.newmansownorganics.com/pet/charity/

[Erika]

OK, you're worried about pet food

and try to deflect and distract from www.icasualties.org. Ok.

[Tinoire]

All those broken lives

Very good site. I'd forgotten all about that particular one. I like that they're keeping track of the contractors killed too. What a mess...

:time passing head in hand on desk: What I wouldn't give to live in a world that valued people and animals- all life. The obscenity of this war is so mind-boggling that I think every little bit of humanity we reignite counts for us- even pet food- as if our entire future hinges on the balance of good and evil.

[buddysmellgood]

87. Yeah. It's true. That's my motive. The object is to get everyone so

focused on their pets, that they can't possibly be concerned about anything else. So far, it's working great.

[Erika]

Christ's Golden Rule applies

and Bush said "no, thank you". Let the GOP bury themselves in their own cesspool. View www.icasualties.org Our kids dying and maimed daily.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

70. Those great Liberal Jesuits truely understand Christ!

:kick:

[mark414]

73. heh...not at marquette

the place is flooded with suburban chicago trust fund kids...going to this expensive ass university on daddy's money...blowing their trust funds on booze...

haha i try to stay away from THAT particular part of town

[PROGRESSIVE1]

74. The Jesuits are the liberals!!! not the trust fund bimbos!

:eyes:

[nolabels]

76. Dang it, there goes that chance to make a cool poster for the hypocrisy

[Swamp Rat]

78. LOL!

:D

[biftonnorton]

82. First, Jesus Would Carry A Beretta

I think what's wrong with the picture is that to feel a closer link to Vatican City, He would have an Italian-made Beretta instead of a 1911. More importantly, He's not carrying the rifle very safely, AND He has His finger inside the triggerguard of the 1911, which is also violates safety rules, especially with the single action trigger.

[RPM]

71. wow - the catholic church gets it

once every 500 years isn't such a bad record...

[Tweed]

What an ignorant post

The anti-Catholicism on DU makes me sick. Here's an idea, do some research on Jesuit Universities. They are some of the most liberal groups in the world. Till then, be happy living in your ignorance! :hi:

[cubschicago]

I completely agree

I graduated from a Jesuit University myself. And from my own experience I could have guessed the result of this behavior myself. It would have been treated in the same manner regardless of which University it ended up happening at. And I am also Catholic, and to make general comments about Catholics finally getting it does not make any sense at all!

[Disturbed]

72. Yes, killing in the name of Jesus does seem to be..

contradictory to the msg. of Jesus. Duh.

[JohnLocke]

75. Excellent!

A Jesuit education is probably the best education you can get (excepting Jewish education, of course ;)).

[DBoon]

77. You could do both!

Twice the guilt!

[JohnLocke]

79. LOL (nt).

[Hardrada]

1. Glad I went to a Lutheran school

"Sin boldly that Grace may abound!"

Allegedly Luther said that. Anyway we hoped so.

[WindRavenX]

80. word

I love me some Jesuit edumication.
Actually, the Jesuit monks on campus are cool- I talked to one of them and he listens to Eminem....

[rodeodance]

81. it is the mentality of this group of GOP students--not the Univ. itself

is the issue. The Univ shut it down when the Group revealed its true self!! Good for them.

[paineinthearse]

83. Marquette "College Republicans" are freepers...follow the threads

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1334039/posts

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Marquette Administration Suppresses CR ''Support Our Troops'' Table
Marquette University College Republicans ^ | 1/31/05 | Brandon Henak, Daniel Suhr


Posted on 02/01/2005 9:23:40 PM PST by MUCollegeRepublican1


January 31, 2005 For Immediate Release Contact: Brandon Henak, Chair, 414-243-9558

Once again the Marquette University Administration has taken its ultra-liberal inclinations to the extreme, violating its own commitment to academic freedom and ideological diversity. Yesterday afternoon, a University official abruptly suspended an approved “Support our Troops” table the College Republicans at Marquette University (CRs) set up to benefit Adopt a Sniper, a 501c(3) organization helping our troops in the Middle East. Today, the University Administration issued a memo canceling the table for the rest of the week.

Students were volunteering at an Office of Student Development (OSD)-approved “Support Our Troops” table in the Alumni Memorial Union this afternoon, selling Adopt a Sniper trinkets modeled after the Lance Armstrong “Livestrong” bands. During a transition between volunteers, OSD staff canceled the table, confiscating the signs and supplies.

Today, OSD Dean Mark McCarthy issued a memorandum stating “this fundraising activity does not comport to the University’s mission.” He said the Adopt a Sniper program was “clearly provocative” and ran contrary to Catholic values.

CRs chairman Brandon Henak decried the Administration’s suppression tactics. “Our group saw this table as an opportunity for our fellow students to support our troops by making peace possible through victory,” Henak said. “This program directly benefits the men on the front lines, who use this material to eliminate terrorists and protect the lives of other American troops and innocent Iraqi civilians.”

“It is an absolute shame that this Administration is so blinded by its liberal bent that they refuse to recognize that the success of our servicemen and women in Iraq and Afghanistan is crucial to building a safe, free, and ultimately more peaceful world,” Henak said. He pointed out that the Catholic Church has long upheld the tenets of Just War Theory as a legitimate way for governments to achieve long-term peace through military action.

Henak also noted the proud American foreign policy tradition of “Peace through Strength,” stretching from Teddy Roosevelt to John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan.

He concluded by saying, “If Marquette is serious about its Catholic values, perhaps they can start by ending the scandal of granting University honors to pro-abortion, pro-gay marriage politicians and dissident theologians who directly perpetuate heresies to our student body.”

Adopt a Sniper, the group chosen by CRs as the beneficiary of their efforts, has garnered press coverage from Fox News, Reuters, The New York Times, and Stars and Stripes for its innovative program. Donations taken at the CR table are sent to the foundation, which is run by US-based law enforcement and retired military. These officers buy highly-specialized sniper equipment, including unique body armor, flashlights, and tactical gear that military procurement does not always provide. For more information, please visit: http://americansnipers.org/faq.html.

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Please learn more at http://www.murepublicans.com. Help us in our effort by contacting Marquette University at 414-243-7448.

1 posted on 02/01/2005 9:23:40 PM PST by MUCollegeRepublican1
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84. Marquette University Republicans

http://www.murepublicans.com/

Welcome to the Marquette University College Republicans Website

Welcome to the online center for operations of the Marquette University College Republicans. This site is designed to facilitate an active online community for MUCRs to voice their opinions as well as remain current with events and information surrounding the Republican agenda.

Please register as soon as possible by clicking the register link to your left below the categories list.

Check back as often as possible for this site will remain an up-to-date source of everything conservative.

<snip>

Brandon Henak
Chair, Marquette University College Republicans

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Upcoming Events

Unfortunately the Adopt A Sniper booth has been shut down by the university this week. Thank you to everyone who signed up to help us this week. Please continue to submit viewpoints to the Tribune and contact the administration about this.

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It goes on with many blog entries, all by Brandon Henak. What a piece of work.

Hey Brandon, have you considered leaving your sheltered life of privilege and volunteering to be an "army of one"?

[paineinthearse]

85. 3 Marquette Republicans Club Blog Entries

http://www.murepublicans.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=166

Marquette Administration vs Supporting the Troops

The MUCRs have consistently butted heads with the university in regards to expressing anything they deem "not Catholic" or "in line with their mission" as a “Catholic University” such as our Animal Right BBQ to protest animal rights extremists such as PETA or, most recently, our Support the Troops, Adopt a Sniper campaign. This week is the school's mission week themed, “Constructing Peace”. Our group merely wanted to present the opportunity for fellow students to construct peace through supporting the troops through AdoptASniper.org. AdoptASniper.org provides snipers with the specialized supplies they need to stop terrorists before they do damage to innocent Iraqi or US Citizens.

However, as of today, the university has confiscated our signs and supplies deeming them contrary to the values of mission week and stated that the Adopt A Sniper program is not an acceptable way of supporting the troops and cannot be promoted on campus. We are working to overturn the universities decision on this however, I would ask that you convey your discontent with the university by calling Pam Peters at 414-288-0588 and stating that the university needs to allow students to construct peace in many diverse ways including directly supporting troops. Time is limited so please act as soon as possible.

Thank you for your time,
Brandon Henak
Chairman, MU Republicans


Posted on Monday, January 31 @ 16:05:29 CST by brandonhenak

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MU Administration Suppresses CR ''Support Our Troops'' Table

January 31, 2005
For Immediate Release
Contact: Brandon Henak, Chair, 414-243-9558

Once again the Marquette University Administration has taken its ultra-liberal inclinations to the extreme, violating its own commitment to academic freedom and ideological diversity. Yesterday afternoon, a University official abruptly suspended an approved “Support our Troops” table the College Republicans at Marquette University (CRs) set up to benefit Adopt a Sniper, a 501c(3) organization helping our troops in the Middle East. Today, the University Administration issued a memo canceling the table for the rest of the week.

Students were volunteering at an Office of Student Development (OSD)-approved “Support Our Troops” table in the Alumni Memorial Union this afternoon, selling Adopt a Sniper trinkets modeled after the Lance Armstrong “Livestrong” bands. During a transition between volunteers, OSD staff canceled the table, confiscating the signs and supplies.

Today, OSD Dean Mark McCarthy issued a memorandum stating “this fundraising activity does not comport to the University’s mission.” He said the Adopt a Sniper program was “clearly provocative” and ran contrary to Catholic values.

CRs chairman Brandon Henak decried the Administration’s suppression tactics. “Our group saw this table as an opportunity for our fellow students to support our troops by making peace possible through victory,” Henak said. “This program directly benefits the men on the front lines, who use this material to eliminate terrorists and protect the lives of other American troops and innocent Iraqi civilians.”

“It is an absolute shame that this Administration is so blinded by its liberal bent that they refuse to recognize that the success of our servicemen and women in Iraq and Afghanistan is crucial to building a safe, free, and ultimately more peaceful world,” Henak said. He pointed out that the Catholic Church has long upheld the tenets of Just War Theory as a legitimate way for governments to achieve long-term peace through military action.

Henak also noted the proud American foreign policy tradition of “Peace through Strength,” stretching from Teddy Roosevelt to John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan.

He concluded by saying, “If Marquette is serious about its Catholic values, perhaps they can start by ending the scandal of granting University honors to pro-abortion, pro-gay marriage politicians and dissident theologians who directly perpetuate heresies to our student body.”

Adopt a Sniper, the group chosen by CRs as the beneficiary of their efforts, has garnered press coverage from Fox News, Reuters, The New York Times, and Stars and Stripes for its innovative program. Donations taken at the CR table are sent to the foundation, which is run by US-based law enforcement and retired military. These officers buy highly-specialized sniper equipment, including unique body armor, flashlights, and tactical gear that military procurement does not always provide. For more information, please visit: http://americansnipers.org/faq.html.

Please donate or purchase the Adopt A Sniper items at :
www.adoptasniper.org.

Voice your opinion to the following administrators:
McCarthy, Dr. Mark D.
[phone]
Assistant Vice President/Dean
Office of Student Development
Alumni Memorial Union 329
[e-mail]

Wild S.J., Rev. Robert A.
[phone]
President
Office of the President
Professor; Theology
O'Hara Hall 101
[e-mail]

Posted on Tuesday, February 01 @ 19:09:38 CST by brandonhenak
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Who wants to bet Brandon Henak's email address is [e-mail]

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Journal Sentinel embarrases itself ... again

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, still bitter about their losing horse in this past November's race, cowardly throws tomatoes at the Marquette University College Republicans for their fundraiser for snipers fighting to protect their freedom to write in Iraq:

What you need is a presiding commitment to the proposition that taking a human life, while sometimes justifiable and even necessary, is always a solemn act. Because it is so heavily laden with moral questions, the subject of killing people, even in war, should never be treated in an offhanded way, at least not on the university campus.

We are thoroughly humored by the fact that the Journal Sentinel believes itself to be in the capacity to lecture American fighting men and women about the solemnity of war. American soldiers, and their supporters such as the College Republicans of Marquette, understand the gravity of the war in Iraq.

What I find most entertaining, however, is that the Journal Sentinel has to write a blind Editorial. Are they really so terrified of the Marquette University College Republicans and the supporters of the Adopt a Sniper program that they must insist upon anonymity?

Such courage, MJS!

Update: Here is Charlie Syke's reaction to the Journal Sentinel. Check out his other commentary too.

Posted on Friday, February 04 @ 10:11:03 CST by briancollar

[paineinthearse]

86. Continuing to follow the links......view the Faux video & sniper movie.

http://americansnipers.org/

View the Fox News Interview - 21 Nov 2004
Med Res - Real Media - 14.2 Mb
http://americansnipers.org/videos/Adopt-a-Sniper-Fox-News.rm

View the Adopt A Sniper Flash Movie
http://americansnipers.org/themovie.htm

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91. Marquette Professor Ridicules AdoptASniper.org and MU College Republicans

Latest blog entries - http://www.murepublicans.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=169



During today's Mechanical Engineering 060 class, Professor Dr. William Brower began by sharing a joke about the current sniper situtation. He then lifted up his arm and revealed a yellow, Lance Armstrong-style bracelet. He read what he had written onto the bracelet - Adopt A Nazi - to the class.

Two different students in the class confirm this story.

So, in the name of not offending members of the Marquette community, Marquette confiscates our CR supplies and table. Then a professor tosses aside all political correctness and basic standards of human decency to say and show this in a class!?!?

Posted on Friday, February 04 @ 22:23:51 CST by brandonhenak

[flyarm]

88. ohh yeah ..the young republicans...

they are like all the rest of the repug chicken hawk pigs...give em the guns..but don't put your own rear end on the line...send those kids to iraq..now!! let em see up front and personal who much fun war is!! since they like to mouth it ..let em fight it!

fly..i can't stand those little snots!

[paineinthearse]

92. How large is Marquette Republicans Forum????

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