National Communists Against Academics

 height=When the Swedes gave Henry Kissinger the Nobel Peace Prize in 1973, satirist Tom Lehrer said that he could no longer perform. “It was at that moment that satire died,” Lehrer said. “There was nothing more to say after that.”

Where am I going with this?

Well the NCAA has appointed OU athletic director Joe Castiglione as the chairman of a committee set up to study the progress of the Academic Progress Report (APR) as it relates to football.

So I now understand how Lehrer felt.

  1. kchorn04
    June 24, 2008 at 6:18 am

    “NCAA president Myles Brand appointed him to the post.”

  2. Sailor Ripley
    June 24, 2008 at 7:36 am

    Ha. Everybody graduates at OU, right?

    More funny moments in the History of Irony. Link

  3. TxTower
    June 24, 2008 at 7:38 am

    This is a step in the right direction for OU and Joe C. Pretty soon they’ll have a university that the football team can be proud of.

  4. SeeingRed
    June 24, 2008 at 9:48 am

    Unbelievable. I think I’ll smear some salt on my ass and down to the petting zoo.

  5. Sailor Ripley
    June 24, 2008 at 10:04 am

    I look for the forthcoming Snoop / Minnis Act of 2008.

  6. Elvis Presley
    June 24, 2008 at 11:10 am

    Well, I was once appointed a drug enforcement officer by Richard Nixon.

  7. Coach Greg Davis
    June 24, 2008 at 11:36 am

    What did Tom Lehrer say after the 2005 Broyles Award banquet?

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