Sunday, January 22, 2012

Utt the Nut gets Patch job


     I noticed this morning that the Mission Viejo Patch has run with our story about James B. Utt (they do credit us):

Saddleback Library Namesake No Fan of the Beatles (Mission Viejo Patch)

     Peter Schelden (MVP editor) mentions Utt’s curious slam of the Beatles and his appearance on “Dr. Burpo’s” evangelical radio show, in which he connects a sex education advocacy group to communism and pornography.
     Oddly, Schelden doesn’t mention Utt’s unfortunate remarks about “barefooted Africans.” Nor does he mention Saddleback College Academic Senate's November 2011 "resolution" sent to the BOT, recommending a new name for the Library, given especially Utt's curious anti-Civil Rights voting record and racial remarks.
     Schelden ends by asking, “What do you think the new library should be named?” Gosh, maybe you should inform this fella.

4 comments:

Unknown said...

James Utt was no gentleman. In 1963 I was with my dad at the steak sandwich place on west chapman in Orange. Utt said in a loud voice, Is that a boy or a girl? As an androgynous 15 yr old dressed as a boy, I was stunned that a sitting congressman could say some thing like that in front of my dad, one of the most prominent businessmen in the community and contributor to the a--hole's campaigns. My dad said, "Ignor him. He's drunk most of the time.". Utt was sharing a pitcher of beer with two colleagues who snickered at the comments directed at me. Hell, I wasn't even gay and had no idea how sexually ambiguous I was, though I suspect even Utt should have been able to pick up on the clues offered by my clothes.

Bob said...

From Wikipedia: "Utt voted against the Civil Rights Acts of 1960,[1] 1964,[2] and 1968,[3] and the Voting Rights Act of 1965,[4] but did not vote on the Civil Rights Act of 1957 and abstained from voting on the 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.[5][6]

In 1963, he claimed that "a large contingent of barefooted Africans" might be training in Georgia as part of a United Nations military exercise to take over the United States. In 1963, he also claimed that African Americans might be training in Cuba to invade the United States.[7]"

Bob Cosgrove said...

Roy, why are my comments repeated deleted. Am I entering information incorrectly?

Bob Cosgrove

Rebel Girl said...

Hi Bob! Sorry for any issues with comments. We're just trying to moderate them due to a persistent troll. Post away.

Roy's obituary in LA Times and Register: "we were lucky to have you while we did"

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