This is showing up on a lot of right wing blogs. I wonder if anyone has
better information.
Steven
> >http://www.aim.org/guest_column/4676_0_6_0_C/
> >
> >Eco-terrorism in Higher Education
> >By Malcolm A. Kline | June 29, 2006
> >
> >America's universities are both the major
> >targets as well as the incubators of a rapidly
> >growing class of criminals—eco-terrorists.
> >
> >"The Department of Justice named them the number
> >one domestic terrorist threat," Sen. James M.
> >Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, told a college-age audience
> >at the Eagle Forum's annual summit on Capitol
> >Hill in Washington, D. C. "Their direct actions
> >include bombings, stalking of individuals and
> >teaching members how to commit arson."
> >
> >"They attacked and destroyed a ski lift, an SUV
> >dealership, and an apartment complex." Four
> >hundred tenants were evacuated from that complex.
> >
> >Sen. Inhofe chairs the U. S. Senate Environment
> >and Public Works Committee. In that capacity, he
> >has discovered just how radical
> >environmentalists can be.
> >
> >"The killing of an animal and the killing of a
> >human are morally equal," Dr. Jerry Vlasak of
> >Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC) told Sen.
> >Inhofe in a hearing. "At American University, he
> >tried to show college students how to commit
> >arson," Sen. Inhofe remembers. Dr. Vlasak has
> >called such acts "a morally justifiable solution
> >to the problem" of alleged animal abuse.
> >
> >He has also said, "A mouse is the moral equivalent of a child."
> >
> >Two other groups—the Animal Liberation Front and
> >the Earth Liberation Front—are responsible for
> >1,200 acts of violence and $200 million in
> >damages, Sen. Inhofe notes. He points out that
> >they have attacked the labs at:
> >
> >• The University of Iowa
> >
> >• The University of Michigan
> >
> >• Louisiana State University
> >
> >• The University of Wisconsin
> >
> >On the other hand, as noted earlier,
> >universities can serve as a breeding ground for
> >eco-terrorists as well, frequently sponsoring
> >talks by the likes of Dr. Vlasak. "Yes, I
> >believe they do enable the eco-terrorists," Sen.
> >Inhofe said. "At Oklahoma University people who
> >advocate the overthrow of the government are
> >brought in as speakers."
> >
> >And their nurturing stance towards such groups
> >has a real world impact that goes even beyond
> >the university labs such groups repeatedly
> >target. "Employees of GlaxoSmithKline were
> >stalked," Sen. Inhofe recounts. "The New York
> >Stock Exchange refused to list them because of
> >terrorist threats."
> >
> >In his effort to bring such information front
> >and center in congressional hearings, Sen.
> >Inhofe can rarely count on bipartisan support.
> >"Democratic Party funding comes from such
> >groups," Sen. Inhofe says. "The Democrats were
> >funded by organized labor until about 15 years
> >ago, then by the American Trial Lawyers
> >Association, which conspicuously exempted itself
> >from Campaign Finance Reform."
> >
> >"Now, far left environmental groups provide most of their funding."
> >
> >Sen. Infhofe's committee oversees 17
> >bureaucracies. "It is poetic justice that I head
> >this committee," Sen. Inhofe told the Eagle
> >Forum Collegians. "I spent 30 years in the
> >private sector."
> >
> >"I built buildings," he remembered. "My greatest
> >obstacle was the federal government." "I tried
> >to get a permit in Texas and had to go through
> >28 offices."
> >
> >Malcolm A. Kline is the executive director of Accuracy in Academia.
> >
> >
> >"Rise like Lions after slumber
> >In unvanquishable number -
> >Shake your chains to earth like dew
> >Which in sleep had fallen on you -
> >Ye are many - they are few."
> >
> >- Shelley (Percy B... not me)
> >
> >
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