Ignorant University Presidents

After the country survived (I hope) the most idiotic fool of a POTUS in my lifetime, it shouldn't surprise me that university presidents might be on a par with W, but I remain shocked that someone who has risen through the ranks to run a major university might likewise be dumb as a stump.

Twice--at the University of North Florida and then again at Memphis State (isn't this forbidden by The Constitution?)--I had to suffer through the imbecility of President Tom Carpenter, a man who once read a quote (in a speech written for him) from "the great French writer Al Came-us," and who, during Elvis week, spoke of The King's "contributions to every jenree of rock and roll music."

And now we learn that, at a recent conclave, MTSU's Sidney McPhee, discussing Tennessee's budget crisis, reminded us that “we are not out of the woodwork” yet and cautioned that his alarmist approach was “not just whistling in the rose garden.”

For the record, he never promised us one either (though he has often, delusionally, claimed we are one of America's foremost universities).