AP: Meanwhile.... on The Flagship of Mis-Fit Toys

AgentPierceSaid:

Feb 28,’13:  I have not jumped into the “Great Unpleasantness” at UNC because..... because BobLee has done such an absolutely incredible job chronicling it from Tweet One three years ago.   When BobLee “explains it” the rest of us just say “yeah, me too”. ... Today he’s letting me in the batting cage for some swings at the latest “UNC IS  DOING WHAT?” on that Flagship of Mis-Fit Toys in Orange County.

I was “there” with BL (and those two Comparato cuties) when that old Governor delivered his:

 “Move along people.  There’s nothing to see any more.  The rat (Julius) has left the barn, aka skedaddled, and any way Julius was the only rat (oh gawd... puhleeze!).... so there’s nothing to see here any more.... and, no, we didn’t talk to Coach Williams because for four months he didn’t have a spare fifteen minutes....”

There’s usually a two-drink minimum when you see stand-up comedy that good. I mean REALLY. ...... And the old Governor’s sidekick, that Ugly Betty chick "from 100 miles away carrying a briefcase”..... what was the deal with her?

You know me.  My first thought was “DUMPLIN” Perdue.   With Dumplin’ they woulda had (1) a vacuous chick & (2) a Governor all in one.   Order one less doughnut.   More guvmint waste.  It never stops.

But I distinctly recall Governor Martin saying with great assuredness something to the effect –

“.... yeah, we had a bit of academic unpleasantness (for 10-12 years) but it was just that one African fellow and his co-hort and we can’t find them anywhere so we figure they’re long gone.... so now everything’s fine.  Can I go home now?”

And everyone said “Amen Hallelujah” and that pretty little trustee gal from Memphis asked “how’s recruiting?”..... and me and BobLee went to Panera’s and had a bowl of soup with the Comparato twins.

So whats this latest noise all about? ..... a campus-wide physical inspection that all classes are actually being held.

“They” are conducting physical classroom inspections.  ???  We don’t know who “they” are.  We never know who “they” are.  

And who/what are “they” looking for?   That African guy and his co-hort?... Jennifer The Tutor ?.... one of Butch’s Super Bowl rings ? ..... Roy’s glasses ? ..... Dumplin’s brain ?

Don’t “they” trust Governor Martin and Ugly Betty?  Has someone seen a sinister looking African guy eating a chili dog at Sutton’s?  Did someone check-in at The Siena under the name J. Nyang’oro?  How many of them can there be?

So many questions.

I’m not a tenured academic nor did I stay at The Carolina Inn Express last night, but I feel certain “most” classes at UNC are really taught.   (The twisted convoluted revised ideological crapola they teach is a subject for another day.)   But some foppish dude/dudette does stand up front and prattle on for 50 minutes while 40-50 totally disinterested post-adolescent snot-noses listen to Rihanna thru their $200 Dr Dre headphones.   Yes, I’m confident the UNC-CH classroom experience is movin’ right along.

So now we have this special ops team of classroom inspectors bursting into classrooms.... “Don’t mind me.  I’m just making sure you’re here.  Carry on.”  Are they wearing "jackboots" and carrying riot batons and flash-bangs?

Are these inspections like "bed checks" at summer camp?  Can a "prof" stuff pillows under the blanket to look like he's there and crawl out the window?  That always worked for us at camp.  

Did they hire outside inspectors for this?  Are they ugly and carrying briefcases too?  Are they using undocumented aliens for this?  Is Tami Hansbrough one of’em?  (NOTE:  She is mucho better on the eyes than Ugly Betty!)

I just heard a rumor that Dr Jim Goodnight over at SAS has offered to send over a busload of SASsys to help with the “inspections”.  They will bring their own M&Ms of course.  

So, suppose an inspector kicks in the door to a 3rd floor classroom in Bingham Hall and there’s Julius, Deborah, Jennifer, Butch, Drew, Tami, Matt, Dickie, Dumplin. Marvin, McAdoo, BOTBob, Black Santa and three homeless Viet Nam vets all named Pancho and they are in deep discussion of “What Napoleon thought about Russian Winters” ..... whats the “inspector” going to do?

Slap’em all in flex cuffs..... toss’em in the back seat of a black SUV with deeply tinted windows and drive’em to an undisclosed location where Dan Kane will browbeat’em for 72 hours without food, water or restroom privileges.

I sure hope this has all been carefully thought out.  
Hey, I’m sure it has.  This IS UNC-CH after all.

Thanks again to BobLee for letting me play with this one.

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Posted: February 26, 2013 at 8:27 AM by SaidWHATMedia | with 6 comments
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72Packer
Wonder who will end up in handcuffs before all of this is over-the Dr in Africa, Ms. Crowder, Blanchard, Mercer, Thorp?

Financial fraud will put you in jail in most states, but not sure about in NC anymore.
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AP: Julius is the perp and he's off-limits unless extradition treaties are waived; so the mob waiting for a perpwalk is likely to be disappointed.

I notice you left Swofford off your list. I think that violates a basic Wuff Law.
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3/2/2013 1:38:32 PM

barelypure
Wouldn't it have been easier and cheaper to just put webcams in each classroom? Then you set up a control room where they can flip the monitors from class to class to verify the classes are meeting. The cams could also be used for security purposes. But then maybe that's too easy.
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AP: That's a tad bit too Orwellian. But maybe Jim Goodnight could get'em a good deal on several 100 spy cams. With Mrs G-night on the BOG maybe it could happen.
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3/2/2013 10:32:38 AM

NCSU68Grad
I remember my matriculation and we would chant or countdown until the "Prof" was tardy....that meant that WE got to leave. I do NOT think that anyone ever figured out that if we cut out, then 90% of the final would be on what he intended to cover that day.

The only "field" trip class that I ever had was PE. I took "Angling"...yes it was taught and we learned how to use a flyrod and cast accurately....obviously this was the foundation for NCSU's NCAA (TWICE) Bass Fishin' Team.

But, over at Elite U, it appears that attendance or even classes are optional.

I read the article this morning and was curious if BL and his anti-ego AP had sent a case of the finest Irish Whiskey to Messrs Carter and Kane since this is the thing that makes writing a column "easier". As Mark Russell told his audience in Durham many years ago...I really feel bad about charging admission for any show that I do in NC as you guys keep voting in Jesse Helms and my life is SO much easier...
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AP: It's like never saying "that's the stoopidest thing I've ever read on the Internet". Declaring such only inspires someone to try and top it.

Somebody over "yonder" seems determined to redraw the "dumbest move yet" line every week. It keeps us all tuned in for next week.
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2/28/2013 7:52:14 PM

BB
I am a tenured academic, and this crap irritates the sh*t out of me. Not that I mind oversight, but giving me a bed check to make sure I'm in class; that is insulting. Fortunately I only graduated from UNC and do not teach there. And no, tenure does not mean totally free. UNC, and all state schools, have a post-tenure review process to prevent folks from retiring at their desks. If I hear about bogus and no-show classes any more, I think my head will explode. I teach a no-show class. It's called an on-line course, or back in the day, there were correspondence courses. It's hard sitting on the dark side sometimes.
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AP: We live in a time and culture where every occupational faction is characterized by its lowest grade of practitioner. Academia certainly suffers from that.

Lawyers share your pain. As do elected officials.

The only solution I can see if for each occupation to clean up its own low life.
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2/28/2013 6:22:25 PM

MediaMogul
Another winner AP... I did go to a few classes and have remembered a few things about gigantic mistakes and the hubris of seemingly unbridled power.

Hey, wasn't it really a retreat in winter that marked Napoleon's downfall. He invaded in the summer and Russians, in one of the few instances of Russian brilliance I can recall, (were there others) outsmarted him, as his starving troops retreated in the fall mud and froze in the winter.

We could fact check. Anyone know the Elba area code?

Gotta go. I'm a volunteer class-checker.
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AP: Winter Shminter .... Nappy lost - Ivan won!

Hey MM if you see Tami ask her if she'd like to work a bachelor party at the Creedmoor Moose Lodge next Saturday. Lots rich old guys with bad hearts and no descendants to inherit.
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2/28/2013 10:34:53 AM

JR
If I were an upstanding faculty member over at the Flagship and I had been doing my job faithfully for many years, I might be a little irritated with those who necessitated physical inspection of my class in session. In my experience, academic types aren't too big on being closely watched. That's why they're academic types in the first place...
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AP: True Dat. Actually I was never too thrilled to be "checked on" either. Who is?

Doesn't "Tenure" mean "Totally Free To Just Be Me.... and get paid $100,000".

I've flown commercially for 50+ years and never tried to smuggle on a bazooka... but they keeping checking to see if I am.
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2/28/2013 10:06:15 AM

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