Comments on: President Obama to CU: “We’ve got to make college affordable for you” http://cuindependent.com/2012/04/25/president-obama-to-cu-weve-got-to-make-college-affordable-for-you/ University of Colorado Daily Student News Tue, 01 Mar 2016 19:05:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5 By: mishal http://cuindependent.com/2012/04/25/president-obama-to-cu-weve-got-to-make-college-affordable-for-you/#comment-1846 Fri, 14 Sep 2012 14:12:02 +0000 http://www.cuindependent.com/?p=34148#comment-1846 speech on education is best investment

]]> By: Kathleen http://cuindependent.com/2012/04/25/president-obama-to-cu-weve-got-to-make-college-affordable-for-you/#comment-1343 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:59:22 +0000 http://www.cuindependent.com/?p=34148#comment-1343 Last night President Obama came to Boulder where I am visiting family and friends. Did not try to get a ticket have had the good fortune of seeing and hearing him speak many times. Thought I would leave a ticket for someone else. Anyway Occupy Boulder, a pro Romney group, anti Obama group, a save Utah wild lands and others including me with my “Stop U.S aid to Israel ” protested in what Univ of Colorado has now designated “free speech zones” which essentially are NO free speech zones. They stick protesters in a stall of metal barn yard cages (used now at most protest) but in an area where there was little to no traffic and of course they said Obama would be driving by in his motorcades but as I expected did not. So the Univ of Colorado makes sure that the thousands of people attending the Obama talk as well as Obama and team do not see or hear the protesters. Basically castrating any protest effort.

I walked along side the long line of folks going into the Coors Event stadium with my sign “Stop U.S. aid to Israel” Reactions went from total shock, silence, several young fellows telling me to not stand near them. I asked “are you threatening me?” They shut up right away. To others giving me a thumbs up, to young women saying to me “I was born in Israel” I responded “great” so tell me what you think about the continued expansion of illegal settlements in the West Bank, illegal housing in E Jerusalem and the abusive treatment of Palestinians. She knew very little to nothing as well as her male friends who said they had been to Israel as if a visit to Israel or citizenship is absolution from the human rights crimes being committed in that conflict. I have noticed this before that somehow some think a trip to Israel makes one know more about the conflict which we all know is not generally the case.

Talked with a good 30 or so folks who I was able to hand “If Americans Knew” http://www.ifamericansknew.org/brochures as I was headed to the Univ of Colorado’s “free speech zone” where the university had made sure that the thousands in line for President Obama’s speech as well as others would not hear or see the protesters from different groups from around the region. So much for free speech on the Univ. of Colorado’s campus..

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