On February 7, the student council of the University of Washington voted against a resolution honoring World War II fighter pilot Col. Gregory "Pappy" Boyington. It was a close call – the vote was actually tied, but Senate Chair Alex Kim then used his tie-breaking power to vote against the resolution. The Wall Street Journal recently pointed out some of the reasons why the UW students voted against honoring the fighter pilot.

The student senate rejected the memorial because "a Marine" is not "an example of the sort of person UW wants to produce."

"We don't need to honor any more rich white males."

Not that race should matter to these politically correct and obviously naïve students, but Boyington was neither rich nor white, but a poor American Indian who faithfully served his country in a time of war. I am ashamed public tax money goes to support these ungrateful kids, but I am thankful for modern day soldiers who protect the UW student's rights to make public idiots of themselves. I also want to be careful that we do not think all UW students are idiots. This only became news, because a UW student, Brent Ludeman, called attention to the story via emails and letters [second letter, after the letter by the clown who cast the dissenting tie-breaking vote].

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