Word for the day; "synecdoche" !

What does it mean -- hell - Ole Pecoz has looked it up in the dictionary , Googled it, and read it a half dozen times in reference to the wussy administration of Columbia University's invite to the flamin' jihadist, beheader, kidnapper of American hostages, Ahmadinejad, and I still don't understand it!

Here's what the dictionary says: : a figure of speech by which a part is put for the whole (as fifty sail for fifty ships), the whole for a part (as society for high society), the species for the genus (as cutthroat for assassin), the genus for the species (as a creature for a man), or the name of the material for the thing made (as boards for stage)

And here's what ole Bill Kristol,editor of The Weekly Standard, says:

"Actually, this is a liberal university president at his stupidest. As Powerline's Scott Johnson put it, "Columbia's prattle about free speech may be a tale told by an idiot, but it signifies something. And President Bollinger is a fool who is not excused from the dishonor he brings to his institution and his fellow citizens by the fact that he doesn't know what he is doing."Meanwhile: As Columbia welcomes Ahmadinejad to campus, Columbia students who want to serve their country cannot enroll in the Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) at Columbia. Columbia students who want to enroll in ROTC must travel to other universities to fulfill their obligations. ROTC has been banned from the Columbia campus since 1969. In 2003, a majority of polled Columbia students supported reinstating ROTC on campus. But in 2005, when the Columbia faculty senate debated the issue, President Bollinger joined the opponents in defeating the effort to invite ROTC back on campus.A perfect synecdoche for too much of American higher education: they are friendlier to Ahmadinejad than to the U.S. military."

The Columbia Dean says: If Adolph Hitler came here and wanted a platform -- we would give him one......

So once again, I 'fess up that I am clueless! But it sure does sound like a typical IVY league school once again show'n their ass to the the Citizens of these here United States and their hearts to our enemies... go figure!

Just for the heck of it, why don't you e-mail your congressman or senator and ask how many American tax dollars go to to Columbia U. in New York City each year? Then come back here and comment and share that number.....