The art of fraud
MFOgilvie
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
The art of fraud
By Joseph Farah
© 2007
I'm going to list a few verbatim questions from a recent test my
daughter took last week in one of her courses at the Northern Virginia
Community College system. I'd like you to guess the subject matter of
the course.
Sound like fun? OK, here we go:
QUESTION: PVC, or polyvinyl chloride, which has toxic vapors when
burned and during production, is used extensively in everyday objects
such as vinyl flooring, plastic upholstery and siding.
True
False
QUESTION: The US Green Building Council (USGBC) is:
a local, non-profit organization dedicated to providing safe housing
for endangered species
a national organization whose purpose is to create safe environments
for the physically challenged
a national organization whose purpose is to integrate, lead and
educate about green design
(Column continues below)
QUESTION: The process started in 1993 by President Bill Clinton to
reduce energy use and costs was called:
The Greening of the White House
The White House Sustainability Initiative
The White House White Papers
QUESTION: __________ is defined as the practice of increasing the
efficiency with which buildings and their sites use energy, water and
materials.
Sustainability
Green building
Environmental consciousness
QUESTION: Some of the known hazards of PVC include:
eye strain and hearing loss
brittle bones and mobility impairment
a variety of cancers and death
QUESTION: Which of the following contain PVC?
siding, plumbing pipes, wallcovering and flooring
wood flooring, glasses, books and magazines
cans, picture frames, art supplies
QUESTION: The production of harmful vapors produced by the curing of
building materials is called:
Material toxicity
Radiant heat
Toxic off-gassing
QUESTION: The depletion of our natural resources was not a concern for
early architects and designers such as Paolo Soleri, Victor Papanek
and Buckminster Fuller.
True
False
QUESTION: The movie "An Inconvenient Truth" is:
Al Gore's next presidential campaign
based on true scientific information that is still very controversial
is based on information gained solely from extremists and Greenpeace
QUESTION: Rachel Carson's book "Silent Spring" was instrumental in the
early "green" movement and
was a key document used in removing DDT from the market place
was a great inspiration to current proponents of sustainable
environment
continues to be used as a guide for sustainable development
QUESTION: Al Gore, in the video "An Inconvenient Truth," shares his
concern that
global warming is accelerating slowly and is resulting in minute
climate shifts
global warming is accelerating at a great rate and will cause melting
of the glaciers and ice caps and significant climate changes and
flooding
global warming is caused by the "hole in the Pole," which has been
repaired, so it is not a problem
QUESTION: A United Nations commission identified development that
"meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of
future generations to meet their own needs" as
Abnormal development
Sustainable development
Altruistic development
OK, what's your guess? What do you think the course title is? What is
the subject matter of this class?
Those of you who read my column last week on my daughter's first day
of class will, of course, have an unfair advantage. You already know
something about this four-hour class in which the Gore movie was shown
and students were assigned to view it at least two more times. You
already know that the teacher cried for 30 minutes after the movie was
shown to the class.
For those of you who didn't, you might be astonished to learn that the
questions above represented 12 of 20 in the first test given to the
art class.
That's right. I said art class.
Any subject can be politicized in American academia today - and any
subject will be.
But this is not just a case of bias. It's not just a case of petty
politics entering the classroom. It's not just a case of coercive
indoctrination subsidized by taxpayers. It's a case of consumer fraud.
It's a total ripoff of our young people who sincerely want to learn
and study in their fields of interest, but are forced to endure
proselytizing by misguided fanatics as part of the price tag.
MFOgilvie
> On 31 Jan 2007 05:51:07 -0800, "MFOgilvie"
>
> <mattogilvi...@aol.com> wrote:
> >http://www.worldnetdaily
>
> Don't you ever think for yourself?
Sure, that's why I'm a conservative. You think I would lower myself
to having something like you do my thinking for me?