Follow Up

The good things I failed to mention about my Tuesday (5/15).

Something that myself and several colleagues have been working towards all year finally came to fruition. The President of my University, Pace University, David A. Caputo, resigned. This was a true victory in the hearts, eyes, and minds of students and professors at our struggling institution. No doubt there will be a positive outcome to the fall of the bureaucratic Goliath.

And yet something even greater, someone ever more absurd floundered as well. The one and only, Jerry Falwell, leader of the Moral Majority and radical Christian Right voice died. Hopefully the fucker is burning in the hell he so often describes. I have not been happier since Strom Thurmond died in 2003. Falwell was 73 and was found unconscious in his office. For those of you who don’t know who Jerry is, quite simply I think these two quotes sums him up:

“AIDS is not just God's punishment for homosexuals; it is God's punishment for the society that tolerates homosexuals.”

And,

“I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People For the American Way -- all of them who have tried to secularize America -- I point the finger in their face and say "you helped this happen."”
Referring to the terrorist attacks of 9/11.

So cheers to a fallen president and a dead right radical. My hope is that Falwell is getting fucked by the Devil right now and will be forever burning in the hell he created through his speeches for so many years. And as for the Captain, President Caputo…well, good luck and good riddens, and hopefully the door hits you on the way out.