Cheat Seeking Missiles

Posted by: Laer at 06:34 pm

ou’ve probably heard by now all about the unfortunate adventures of Bill Ayres as he tried to attack the pliable minds of the Great Frozen North with this revolution-building teaching techniques. If not:

An American education professor, one of the founders of a radical 1960s group known as the Weather Underground, which was responsible for a number of bombings in the United States in the early 1970s, was turned back at the Canadian border last night.

Dr. William Ayers, a professor of education at the University of Illinois-Chicago and a leader in educational reform, was scheduled to speak at the Centre for Urban Schooling at University of Toronto’s Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. But that appearance has now been temporarily cancelled.

“I don’t know why I was turned back,” Ayers said in an interview this morning from Chicago. “I got off the plane like everyone else and I was asked to come over to the other side. The border guards reviewed some stuff and said I wasn’t going to be allowed into Canada. To me it seems quite bureaucratic and not at all interesting … If it were me I would have let me in. I couldn’t possibly be a threat to Canada.” (source)

You have to give him a point for guffaw-making with that “If it were me I would have let me in” line. If it had been up to Mohammed al-Qahtani, he would have let himself into the U.S. so he could join in the 9/11 mayhem, too.

As for the threat he poses Canada … well, yeah, no threat at all. Unless you consider poisoning the minds of a generation of teachers so they can poison the minds of several generations of school children a threat.

And never mind if it’s not a wee bit rational to think, “Once a guy who’s intent on blowing things up and killing people, always a guy who’s intent on blowing things up and killing people.” It’s not like Ayres has apologized or anything.

But the best laughs come from what Ayres’ would-be host has to say:

Jeffrey Kugler, executive director of the Centre for Urban Schooling, is deeply disappointed in the turn of events. For him it’s a question of academic freedom. “It’s kind of ironic the day before Barack Obama is going to become president this is what the Canadian border security has done,” said Kugler.

Yes, it is juicily ironic, but Kugler misses the irony entirely. What’s ironic is that the day before Barack Obama is going to become president, someone in authority finally saw Ayres for what he is - something that never happened during the campaign.

A hat-tip to Michelle Malkin, who adds:

I’m thinking [the Canadian border guards] should moonlight as security guards at the Obama inaugural prayer service. They’d make sure jihadi apologists don’t penetrate the premises.

Next, they should freelance as security guards at American campuses — and start protecting the free speech rights of those who wish to criticize Ayers.

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