OCinBuffalo Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 (edited) Of course we know about the incoherent speech given by Obama to the Coast Guard(of all the services) in which he declares Global Warming to be their biggest enemy...as if their real enemies, drug/weapons smugglers, terrorists, hurricanes...aren't the actual enemies they will be facing next month. I heard that, and I figured "That's par for that idiot's course". Then, I had the wonderful experience of attending RIT's Convocation this past Friday. I got to see old friends, and see my cousin graduate, so 99% of this was great. However, the 1% that was not: the keynote speaker was the head of Nasa. He gave a mostly wonderful speech. However, it included a contextually awkward reference to Global Warming, in that it required every student, of every major, at an engineering school, to "solve Global Warmning" Later, it morphed for 2 minutes into a weird race thing, that tried to conflate the struggles of the deaf with the struggles of race, and of course included a story about something somebody did to him that was racist...back in 1960-something. And, after each, it was right back to positive, approaching Tony Robbins, material. It seemed to me that both sections were very awkwardly inserted into his speech, since both threw off his rythm, and sorta cut against the positive and uplifting grain. He was able to ad-lib off of some things the RIT president and others had said just before him, so it's not like the guy is a bad speaker. Thus, I can't help but wonder: did the WH put out "speeching points" to this guy and demanded he include these things at the last minute? Did anybody else attend a graduation where a high-level Obama Admin. person spoke, and did you hear the same weirdness I did? I don't believe in coincidence. And, while 2 is not a pattern, 3 is. Edited May 25, 2015 by OCinBuffalo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unbillievable Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 (edited) I attended a medical school graduation where it started and ended with prayer including a key-note speaker about how the graduates are going out to do God's work, (with reading of scripture); which was surprising since I didn't know it was a religious school. (my graduation sure didn't include either). No mention of Obamacare, or any other liberal policies like global warming. I would suspect that it has more to do with the University's philosophy than some Obama edict. Edited May 25, 2015 by unbillievable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TH3 Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 I attended a medical school graduation where it started and ended with prayer including a key-note speaker about how the graduates are going out to do God's work, (with reading of scripture); which was surprising since I didn't know it was a religious school. (my graduation sure didn't include either). No mention of Obamacare, or any other liberal policies like global warming. I would suspect that it has more to do with the University's philosophy than some Obama edict. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyst Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 When I grow up, I'm going to bovine university. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rob's House Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 This is a bit OT, but the most recent graduation speech I heard was from VA AG Mark Herring. He was awful. It sounded like a campaign speech. He managed to work in some political issues that seemed completely forced and out of place and we're all about his work on those issues with no tie in to the graduating class. It was worse than the guy at my sister's convocation who gave a speech about "idle time" who illustrated how sitting on the couch watching TV leads to watching porn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDBillzFan Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 George Will gives the commencement speech most colleges will never allow. His bit about 'free speech zones' near the end is my favorite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 When I grow up, I'm going to bovine university. You're just going there to chase some tail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyst Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 You're just going there to chase some tailof all people you should have got that quoteYou're just going there to chase some tailof all people you should have got that quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 of all people you should have got that quote of all people you should have got that quote Damn I'm seeing double and I've had nothing to drink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 of all people you should have got that quote Me fail English? That's unpossible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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