Mich. school yanks Helen Thomas diversity award

[Confederate Kahanist]

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/dec/4/mich-school-yanks-helen-thomas-diversity-award/

DETROIT (AP) — Wayne State University says it'll no longer offer the Helen Thomas Spirit of Diversity Award, citing recent comments made by the longtime journalist.

In a statement Friday, the Detroit school says it "encourages free speech and open dialogue," but strongly condemns what it says are "anti-Semitic remarks" made by Thomas on Thursday.

According to The Detroit News and the Detroit Free Press, the Wayne State alumna said during a speech in Dearborn that Congress, the White House, Hollywood and Wall Street are owned by "Zionists."

Thomas resigned in June as a Hearst Newspaper columnist over comments she made calling on Israelis to get "out of Palestine."

Thomas was born to Lebanese immigrants in Kentucky and raised in Detroit. She worked much of her career as a United Press International reporter.

[muman613]

Thank Heaven that some institutions realize what an evil witch Helen Thomas (HT) is. Imagine getting the HT award!? What normal human being would not throw it back in the face of the one giving it...

[muman613]

Helen Thomas (Yemach Shemo Vezichro!}
posing next to HT Ugly Award trophy

Imagine that ugly trophy on your mantle...

[cjd]

Helen Thomas (Yemach Shemo Vezichro!}
posing next to HT Ugly Award trophy

Imagine that ugly trophy on your mantle...

No, I honestly can't.

[TruthSpreader]

Helen Thomas (Yemach Shemo Vezichro!}
posing next to HT Ugly Award trophy

Imagine that ugly trophy on your mantle...

Something that ugly shouldn't be on a mantle!

[Lewinsky Stinks, Dr. Brennan Rocks]

The statue looks better than she does, if that creature qualifies as a "she".

[cjd]

The statue looks better than she does, if that creature qualifies as a "she".

That's the way it (she) looked back when JFK was in office 

[JTFenthusiast2]

I agree, that statue is MUCH better looking than that old hateful bag

[Lewinsky Stinks, Dr. Brennan Rocks]

That's the way it (she) looked back when JFK was in office 

You mean, that's the way it looked back when James Madison was in office.

[Ithaca-37]

It would have been perfectly fitting for Wayne State to have given Helen Thomas that award anyway.  And let me be clear what I mean:  It would have been a fitting statement about the twisted state of higher education.

If you doubt that, note that the decision to withhold that award came only after Helen Thomas' most recent blast.  Apparently, they were all prepared to give her a pass on that one from several months ago.

By the way, if you're not aware, Wayne State University is in southeastern Michigan, and the region has a HUGE Arab population.

37

[cjd]

That's the way it (she) looked back when JFK was in office 

You mean, that's the way it looked back when James Madison was in office.

Now, Now lets not make it worse then it actually is...  Let's be fair here... She was only a young girl starting out when Madison was in office the bust shows her at a much older age... It had to be JFK   

[JTFenthusiast2]

Helen Thomas (Yemach Shemo Vezichro!}
posing next to HT Ugly Award trophy

Imagine that ugly trophy on your mantle...

No, I honestly can't.

They gave that bust a serious face lift, notice how the right side of her face is totally slack when compared to the left.  The bust made them parity, making her slightly less hideous

[Meerkat]

That's the way it (she) looked back when JFK was in office 

You mean, that's the way it looked back when James Madison was in office.

not quite, that statue is what she looked liked then Caesar Augustus was emperor

[angryChineseKahanist]

Wow! What a beauty!
That's the nicest looking scare-crow!

[briann]

She reminded me of those dried apple dolls.

[Rubystars]

She reminded me of those dried apple dolls.

I can imagine roaches or rats eating that head.

[Meerkat]

She is probably old enough to settle the evolution vs. creation debate.