Lessons from Stanford A Republic or an Empire? By PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS

[MelissaB]

Lessons from Stanford
A Republic or an Empire?

By PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS

Gentle reader, did you know that in April President Bush went to Stanford University to speak to the Hoover Institution fellows at the invitation of former Secretary of State George Shultz but was not allowed on campus? The Stanford students got wind of it and blocked Bush's access to the campus. The Hoover fellows had to go to Shultz's home to hear Bush's pitch for war and more war.

A person might think that it would be national news that Stanford University students would not allow the President of the US on campus. It happened to be a day that hundreds of prospective freshmen were on campus with their parents, many of whom joined the demonstration against Bush. I did not hear or read a word about it.

Did you? I learned of it from faculty friends in June when I attended Stanford's graduation to witness a relative receive her degree. The June 16 edition of The Stanford Daily reprints its April 24 report of the episode.

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With the electronic voting machines supplied by Republican firms and programmed by Republican operatives, Bush can control election results. Don't bet very heavily that Americans will regain the constitutional protections and democratic accountability that they enjoyed in the 20th century.

Paul Craig Roberts was Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the Reagan administration. He was Associate Editor of the Wall Street Journal editorial page and Contributing Editor of National Review. He is coauthor of The Tyranny of Good Intentions.He can be reached at: [e-mail]


More: http://www.counterpunch.org/roberts07082006.html

[napi21]

1. I actually DID hear about this event! I think it was posted here on DU

and with the usual supporting link, although it didn't make it to the TV media!

I recall LMO at what I imagined Shrub to be saying inside that limo!

[MelissaB]

2. I think I read about it on DU, too.

It certainly wasn't in the newspaper.

[DemReadingDU]

5. I read about it here on DU too

[tech3149]

3. I guess PCR has more of a life than I do

I remember reading about it at the time. I didn't LMAO, but I did get a warm and fuzzy feeling that junior can't go anywhere without seeing what people really think about his misadministration.

[acmejack]

4. We had some fine pictures of it posted here!

I think the visit happened to conveniently coincide with a national day of protest.

[bobbieinok]

6. WOW .... wasn't on DU then ... as a grad student there, this is great