So, if Bill Ayers has taught at U of Chicago for years and has contributed

[chelsea0011]

to public education in the Chicago area for many years shouldn't there be a lot of people, including Republicans, guilt by association? And what about all those libraries that carry his books? Should we shut them down? And maybe we should get a list of all the people who bought his book(s).

[Overseas]

1. Let's cooperate with Republican plans and start lots of new threads about Ayers !! //nt

[MBS]

2. he's at U Illinois Chicago n/t

[chelsea0011]

10. Sorry. Got that one wrong.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

3. He taught at U of Illinois in Chicago. VERY VERY different from the esteemed UChicago.

UChicago is a private college founded by a Rockefeller, completely separate from the UIllinois system.

[Peregrine Took]

5. Don't forget, though, that U of C was the home of the noxious "Chicago boys"

who caused so much harm to 3rd world countries years ago, i.e. Chile and Africa.

Of course, that was the Business School which has always been very conservative.

U of I is a great public university.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

9. That was the UChicago School of Economics, which is extreme free-market.

The other UChicago schools of thought--sociology, mathematics, etc.--are nowhere near as noxious or odious as the SoE; indeed, I think they are quite progressive. The institution as a whole is very, very respectable for both undergrad and grad work.

[seabeyond]

4. i am saying, there are a lot of people pallin with terrorists in chicago. n/t

[Mz Pip]

6. Uh, oh.

I went to the University of IL at Chicago for a year. I must be guilty of something,

[Blomst]

7. I was thinking the same thing.

Where is the logic in accusing Obama of "palling" with terrorists when, with that logic, everyone who has any association with Ayers, would be a co-terrorist? That means friends, neighbors, colleagues, acquaintances, co-board members, students, employers and relatives of William Ayers.

[vaberella]

8. See, you're assuming that idiots think logically. Logic doesn't exist in their world. n/t

[cali]

11. and don't forget, his books and texts are widely used in ed departments

in colleges across the county