Spain's troop withdrawal affects U.S. study abroad programs

---Another Ugly American hissy-fit :) ---

MISSION VIEJO, Calif. (AP) — Two community colleges have ended their study-abroad program in Spain, citing the country's troop withdrawal from Iraq.
Trustees of the South Orange County Community College District, comprising Irvine Valley College and Saddleback College, voted 5-2 last week to cancel the 14-year-old summer program.

"Spain has abandoned our fighting men and women, withdrawing their support," said trustee Tom Fuentes, a former head of the Republican Party in Orange County. "I see no reason to send students of our colleges to Spain at this moment in history."

http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2005-03-06-troop-spain_x.htm

Orange County: We're withrdawing our students!!!
Spain: And this is a problem because...?

They could even carpool.

But I guess Spain has paella. And ceceo.

But Mission Viejo has Chi Chi's, so there's no contest.

in a dark alley.

I'm a pacifist but I've never wanted to do harm to someone so much in my life as I do to the people killing our country.

We helped make Saddam. We gave him weapons. We helped make Al Quaeda. we gave them weapons.

All in the name of fightin' them rotten' commies.

:eyes:

We caused our own problems and then project them onto everyone else because, we, of course, can't ever do wrong.

Such arrogance on the repukes'/corporate america's part is infuriating.

n/t

with the "Freedom" moniker:

Freedom omelet, Freedom paella, Freedom wine, Freedom tapas, etc...

Freedom fly?

Or the David Mamet movie: "The Freedom Prisoner."

Ha!

:-)

is that they're two enchiladas short of a combination plate.

Says it all. Fuck 'em. I am sure Spain is happy to hear this, because one thing that great nation does not need is more college repuke assholes fouling up the Iberian landscape.

:eyes: Heaven forbid they rub elbows with brown-skinned furriners ... except for the pool boy, that is.

Conservo-freaks do not travel much outside our borders.

They won't be missing anything.

and embarrassing the rest of us with the "ugly American" attitude.

A few years back, while in traveling in Spain, one asshole frat-boy we met at some bar said: "I'm surprised to come here to Spain and I can't see any spics. Where are all the Mexicans?"

For real.

And he said those words out loud too.

Apparently our pasty and chubby Nebraskan friend missed somewhere along the way the idea that Spain is a European country. He was really expecting mariachis with big sombreros and pan flutes. The behavior of this guy was crass. He was living up to the infamous idea of the "ugly American" that many tourists leave in Europe.

I couldn't believe how little he knew about that country he was visiting. Basically nothing. And he didn't care much either.

Yup. Spain can live with fewer community college exchanges if it means less idiots like that guy trashing their beautiful country.

cultures. I lived in this place in the early 80's, I've been back to visit, my uncle is rather influential in a not so good way or maybe that it is all in how one looks at what he does and has done, (he has made lots of money, problem, he gives it all away to those he deems in need).

These people need help (The RW, Fundamentalist, NutJobs).

"Spain has abandoned our fighting men and women, withdrawing their support," said trustee Tom Fuentes, a former head of the Republican Party in Orange County. "I see no reason to send students of our colleges to Spain at this moment in history."


Especially, Tom Fuentes!

Just one more "shock and awe" and from a "Republican" at that.

I'd love to go back to Orange Co and use my uncle's influence to finally end the corruption in this ugly little RICH county.

How stupid is this?

http://www.embusa.es/emba/ambargyrosen.html

snip

Until his appointment, Ambassador Argyros was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Arnel & Affiliates, a prominent US West Coast diversified investment company, with corporate offices located in Costa Mesa, California. He was also a General Partner in Westar Capital, a private investment company. From 1981-1987, he was co-owner of AirCal and from 1981-1989 he was owner of the Seattle Mariners Baseball Club of the American League for nine full seasons.

Prior to his appointment, Mr. Argyros was a member of the Board of Directors for Rockwell International Corporation (NYSE); First American Corporation (NYSE); DST Systems, Inc. (NYSE); The Newhall Land and Farming Company (NYSE); Tecstar; Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Harper Leather Goods, Inc., and Verteq, Inc.

Ambassador Argyros formerly served as a member of the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations for the U.S. Trade Ambassador, resigning that position in 1990, when President Bush appointed him to the board of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FreddieMac). He completed his term on the FreddieMac Board in March 1993.

From 1976 to 2001 he served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Chapman University, one of the West's finest private universities. He continues to serve as a board member at Chapman. Ambassador Argyros is a member of the Board of Trustees for the California Institute of Technology (CalTech), where he formerly served as Chairman of the Investment Committee.

Ambassador Argyros is Chairman of the Board of Directors for The Beckman Foundation; former Chairman and current Treasurer of the Horatio Alger Association; former Chairman of the Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace Foundation; Founding Chairman for the Nixon Center in Washington D.C.; former Chairman and board member of the Orange County Council Boy Scouts of America.

Born in Detroit, Michigan and raised in Pasadena, California, Ambassador Argyros graduated from Chapman University in 1959 with a major in Business and Economics. He is a recognized business leader in the community, with involvement in numerous civic and community activities. He and his wife of 40 years, Julia, have three grown children and six grandchildren.

emphasis mine - don't disregard the other organizations he has been involved with

Have recruiters not bombarded the Mission Viejo campus yet?