Front page Archive Why Arlen? Arlen is the TV home of "King of the Hill." It's a small conservative town that is threatened with ruination on a regular basis by twig boys, enviro wackos, diversity nuts, "PC" police and other ivory tower liberals. I like to think of Arlen as a metaphor for this here great nation of ours.

Thursday, April 20, 2006 Posted 6:58 AM by Hank ITHACA PROFESSOR BLASTS AMERICAN FLAG ITHACA, NY—A professor at Ithaca College is attacking that school’s use of the American flag on its athletic uniforms. Writing in the Ithacan, Stephen D. Mosher, a Professor in the Department of Sports Management and Media, claims the use of the flag on sports uniforms violates athletes’ right to free speech: Many non-citizen athletes are expected to wear the national flag of the country where they play, yet cannot participate in its democracy. Most importantly, the process attaching the flag to uniforms during the buildup to the first Iraq War, in 1990, was almost always done without the participation of the players who wear the uniforms, thus denying them their free speech rights. The professor also mocked the people who choose to wear the flag: It is laughable to hear this action is an expression of patriotism when it is so closely associated with supporting war. This is not the first time employees at Ithaca College have attacked the flag and what it represents. In 2001, shortly after September 11, a faculty member reported being accused of “jingoism” by other employees for “simply flying the American flag.” Friday, April 07, 2006 Posted 7:08 AM by Hank COURT: NOISE LAW USED TO VIOLATE CHRISTIAN SPEECH ITHACA, NEW YORK-The free speech and religious rights of an Evangelical Christian were violated when the City of Ithaca selectively enforced its noise ordinance. According to the Ithaca Journal, a federal appeals court ruled that the city unfairly singled out preacher Kevin Deegan with its noise law in October, 1999, and threatened him with arrest if he continued to preach in public: The appeals court noted that Deegan said he had heard a singing group 200 feet away and people talking more than 25 feet from him but they were left undisturbed. It also said the decibel level of speech that would comply with the 25-foot rule was often lower than the decibel level generated by the steps of a person in high-heeled boots, conversation among several people, the opening and closing of a door, the sounds of a small child on a playground or the ring of a cell phone. Ithaca, a small college town in upstate New York, often boasts that its far-left politics make it "the most enlightened city in America." Conservatives, meanwhile, often refer to it as "the City of Evil." Monday, April 03, 2006 Posted 11:31 AM by Hank WILL HE NEXT BAN "FRUIT OF THE LOOM"? GENEVA NY--From the Finger Lakes News Network: Hobart and William Smith Colleges President Mark Gearan has sent a letter to faculty and staff decrying the use of the word "fruit" on t-shirts worn by Hobart lacrosse fans to the game against Syracuse last week at the Carrier Dome. The shirts read "at least our mascot isn't a fruit." Syracuse teams are called the Orangemen, frequently shortened to Orange. Gearan points out that the term fruit is used as a derogatory term for gays. Gearan calls the use of the word, "especially painful to many because of our commitment to diversity, equity and social justice." It would be easy to laugh at Gearan's fear of offending produce. However, maybe there is something to to this. In 2002, the Associated Press reported that Syracuse U banned the Boy Scouts from the Carrier Dome for excluding gays. So maybe the "Orangeman" actually is a little bit of a "rainbow warrior." And, damn, if that mascot doesn't look a little light in the loafers. Home