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"Bill Huffman" <bhuffma1@san.rr.com> wrote in message
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> "Bret Ripley" <ripley@gotsky.com> wrote in message
> news:9y9m51v0et7t$.13awdnb9wxik$.dlg@40tude.net...
> > On Sun, 13 Nov 2005 19:31:40 GMT, Bill Huffman wrote:
> >
> > > "Bret Ripley" <ripley@gotsky.net> wrote in message
> > > news:fczx4qigr560.183d6yslt4tsh$.dlg@40tude.net...
> > >> On Sat, 12 Nov 2005 19:23:19 +0000, Lemming wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 02:56:09 GMT, "Bill Huffman"
<bhuffma1@san.rr.com>
> > >>> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>"me@home.com" <jan.deinhard@googlemail.com> wrote in message
> > >>>>news:1131563304.371934.186430@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> > >>>>> Bill Huffman wrote:
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> > People claiming a degree from a real school that was never
> received
> > > is
> > >>>>> > probably more common than Derek Smart's kind of academic fraud
> where
> > > he
> > >>>>> > claims a degree that was apparently purchased from a diploma
mill.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Well, is it legal to purchase a degree in the US? I'm pretty sure
it
> > > is
> > >>>>> illegal in germany. It is real fraud here. Not just an immoral
act.
> > >>>>> Same with plagiarism.
> > >>>>
> > >>>>I don't think that it is illegal to purchase or print up a bogus
> diploma
> > >>>>anyplace in the USA. It is illegal to use a bogus degree to defraud
> > > someone
> > >>>>anywhere in the USA. However, that is covered under the general
> > > fraudulent
> > >>>>behavior laws, which are much more difficult to enforce. It is
illegal
> > > to
> > >>>>use  unaccredited  degrees in about nine states. This number is
> growing.
> > > For
> > >>>>example seven years ago it was illegal to use an unaccredited degree
> in
> > > only
> > >>>>one state, Florida. The residental state of my favorite fraud,
Derek.
> > >>>
> > >>> I'm thinking of starting a University in the USA specialising in
> > >>> Intelligent Design.  Two year course, run over two one-week
semesters
> > >>> which abler students may, if they wish, combine into one year.  I
> > >>> might even offer a correspondence version if there is enough demand.
> > >>>
> > >>> Basically the syllabus will consist of teaching thee students to say
> > >>> "Stephen J Gould believed in Intelligent Design" without laughing.
I
> > >>> think it's a winner;  all my market research suggests that the kind
of
> > >>> people who would want such a certificate are exactly the who would
be
> > >>> prepared pay for it.
> > >>
> > >> Sounds like a winner.  However, you'll probably want to avoid Dover,
> > >> Pennsylvania.
> > >>
> > >> "DOVER, Pa. - Voters came down hard Tuesday on school board members
who
> > >> backed a statement on intelligent design being read in biology class,
> > >> ousting eight Republicans and replacing them with Democrats who want
> the
> > >> concept stripped from the science curriculum."
> > >>
> > >> http://www.freenewmexican.com/news/34828.html
> > >>
> > >> I guess we're not completely beyond hope.  Yet.
> > >
> > > I'm stunned. Bret showing hope in his fellow Americans.
> >
> > Even Homer nods.
> >
> > > I must say, Bret,
> > > such an outlandish position being taken would seem to indicate that
I've
> > > misread your post. I've reread it multiple times but still can't
> understand
> > > what I'm misunderstanding?
> >
> > Understanding that you misunderstand is the essence of wisdom.
> > Misunderstanding what you understand is a registered trademark of
"Project
> > for the New American Century".
> >
> > http://www.newamericancentury.org/statementofprinciples.htm
> >
> > (If you haven't seen this before it is worth a look.  Check out the
names
> > at the bottom, keeping in mind that this was drafted in 1997.)

I'll have to reply to my own post. (Which might be the best post I ever
made.)

A very scary webpage, Bret. So these boneheads were really planning to be
the schoolyard bully of the world as a goal!! Thank goodness that public
opinion appears to finally be turning against these war mongering SOBs. It's
a good thing because otherwise the whole world will hate us and every moslem
in the world will be willing to commit suicide just to mess up a few
americans.