Professor Bogen: Time For a Timeout
Early this morning, a friend forwarded an email to me. The contents of the forwarded email are repulsive at minimum. Disgusting and disturbing would both be accurate, though they’d both be understatement. Frankly, the man who wrote this email needs a timeout to settle down. Here’s the content of the forwarded email:
Absolutely unbelievable. Jim Lehrer introduced the heroes of the Iraqi war: those men and women who were killed in Bush’s evil war. It is indeed the war of this evil man and not the war of the people of our country or those in the national guard units who were forced to give up their jobs to do the bidding of the “devil” and psychopath GW. Such nonsense on the part of Lehrer to try to create something positive about our sons and daughters and loved ones being killed in this conflagration orchestrated by the “idiot” in the White House. We absolutely must impeach this most base human person and an international tribunal should be assembled to try him for high crimes and misdemeanors and for using torture (ignoring the Geneva Accords) on the captured victims of the war. Is this America???? No, this is Nazi Germany circa 1941. GW can be crowned as the neo-spirit of Adolph Hitler.
Before I disclose the person’s name that wrote this email, let me first say that this is the type of blind hatred that should scare every thinking individual in America, regardless of political party.
I can’t say that the collection of irrational and unsubstantiated statements is unusual for the most extreme elements of the far left. I wish I could. That isn’t what’s most disturbing, though.
First, the man’s name is Iver Bogen. As is my habit, I didn’t just leave it at that. I googled Iver’s name. Here’s what I found:
Iver Bogen is a professor emeritus in the Psychology Department at the University of Minnesota-Duluth. Here’s one of Dictionary.com’s definitions for psychology:
the science of the mind or of mental states and processes.
It’s bad enough, though not particularly unusual, to find out that he’s a college professor. It’s appalling to think that he’s supposed to teach students how to think things through and to analyze thought patterns. This man seems incapable of rational thought. In fact, I defy anyone to pick out a rational sentence in Prof. Bogen’s email.
Frankly, if not for the seriousness of his allegations, I couldn’t take this person seriously. Calling President Bush the modern incarnation of Hitler is irrational at best. What’s worse is that he doesn’t even offer any verifiable facts to substantiate his beliefs.
At least we don’t have to worry if he could define Bush Derangement Syndrome. Instead, he’s the embodiment of BDS.
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Cross-posted at LetFreedomRingBlog
August 15th, 2007 at 12:52 am
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August 15th, 2007 at 7:48 am
Minnesota. Higher Education. Perfect place for the likes of Bogen or Churchill for that matter. The college system is dismal at best with rogue professors like these.
August 15th, 2007 at 9:11 pm
I would not compare Bush to Hitler; I would compare him with Lincoln .
August 16th, 2007 at 8:18 am
This so called prfessor is a real prize, along the lines of ward churchill.
This is what he sent me.
—–Original Message—–
From: ibogen@d.umn.edu [mailto:ibogen@d.umn.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 7:29 PM
To: george
Cc: ibogen@d.umn.edu
Subject: bernie1@cpinternet.com bjgoldish@aol.com Re: LSF Bonus - Birds of a feather
George: thanks for the contrasts between der Fuhrer (Deutschland) and USA , GW. It was helpful in establishing some similarities. Iver –On Wednesday, August 15, 2007 8:43 PM -0500 george wrote:
>
>
> “I BELIEVE that God wants me to be president.” George W. Bush
>
> “I would like to thank Providence and the Almighty for choosing me of
> all people to be allowed to wage this battle for Germany,” Hitler -
> Berlin March, 1936
>
> God is not on the side of any nation, yet we know He is on the side of
> justice. Our finest moments [as a nation] have come when we faithfully
> served the cause of justice for our own citizens, and for the people
> of other lands.: George W. Bush
>
> If we pursue this way, if we are decent, industrious, and honest, if
> we so loyally and truly fulfill our duty, then it is my conviction
> that in the future as in the past the Lord God will always help us:
> Adolf Hitler, at the Harvest Thanksgiving Festival on the Buckeburg
> held on 3 Oct. 1937
>
> “freedom and fear, justice and cruelty have always been at war, and we
> know that God is not neutral between them.” George W. Bush
>
> Never in these long years have we offered any other prayer but this:
> Lord, grant to our people peace at home, and grant and preserve to
> them peace from the foreign foe!” : Hitler - Nuremberg Sept. 13, 1936.
>
______________________
Iver Bogen
616 N. 18th Ave. E.
Duluth, MN 55812
218-728-3987
August 16th, 2007 at 11:21 am
In other words, a politician who mentions or expresses a belief in God, or Providence, or any divine presence is hiding a ruthless genocidal maniac.
And this is an example of who is teaching our next generation of psychiatrists and educators?
I wonder what else he thinks.
August 16th, 2007 at 1:30 pm
Lordy, help us! The Founding Fathers, almost to a man, had to have been such megalomaniacs, then!
August 17th, 2007 at 8:06 am
“I would not compare Bush to Hitler; I would compare him with Lincoln.”
Lincoln is a figure one either likes or dispises with a passion as DiLorenzo apparently does.
Was he heavy handed? Without a doubt.
Was he at best duplicitous about slavery?Over the course of his career, I think thats a pretty fair assumption.
The Civil War was a brutal and terrible coming of age for a cocky young country undergoing the change from an agrarian economy to an industrial, and from an judicial era when property rights trumped civil rights to the opposite, and from the age of true federalism to one of nationalsm.
Judging hstorical figures on present day standards is chicanery at best.
One would think those who advocate increased government involvement and control over everything we do would find Lincolns propensities for expanded national governemnt attractive ad more comparable to Castro or Chavez.
August 17th, 2007 at 5:06 pm
Adddendum:
Aregent at U-Minn just informed me that Professor Bogen is/has retired.
At least I can sleep a bit better knowing this person isnt twisting young minds any longer.
August 18th, 2007 at 3:30 pm
In answer to T.A. Gray’s comment, “And this is an example of who is teaching our next generation of psychiatrists and educators?”
I’d say, all to often. I spent over a decade on one college or university or another, and Dr.Demento of Duluth’s views are quite common. Back when I was entangled in ‘higher education,’ GWB wasn’t on the radar. But the belief system was there.
Sad, yes. Dangerous, possibly. Universally held on campus? No, not quite.
July 21st, 2008 at 3:24 pm
Seroquel xr….
Seroquel xr….