The Occasional Observer

Wow. Just when Fredo thought he'd seen the worst temper tantrum of the week out of his 3 year old son, the boys over at Fumare went all Zinedine Zidane on themselves. These guys, who once seemed like interesting young chaps, have instead become the most egocentric and narcissistic little jokers I've seen in some time. This new post actually split my gut so hard I fell off the chair laughing.

FUMARE'S MAGNANIMITY RE: FALVEY REPORT

We understand that Office of the Dean at Ave Maria School of Law has habitual communications problems--be they with faculty, students or alumni. Thus, we at FUMARE wish to facilitate the dissemination of necessary documents and important information vital to the success, stability and, yes, the existence of our law school. And we have!! Indeed on certain occasions embarrassing the administration itself. I wouldn't be surprised to learn if the faculty read FUMARE to learn what is going on at their own law school. (Admin: Objection, Your Honor, Calls for speculation! ABA: Overruled.)

Bwwaaahaaahaahaa! You've got to be kidding me. Of course AMSOL folks read Fumare all the time. The same way they'd look at an auto accident: it's a disaster but you can't help yourself.

Do these guys think anyone in the whole wide world can't guess how A.M. and his merry band are getting all this "inside information" (if the Falvey report can really be termed "information"-- guess we'll find out when the "magnanimous ones" release it)? If someone wanted to get a report written by Joe Falvey where would they go? I can't figure it out. They could have gotten it from anyone. Anyone I tell you.

Thus, affirming the grand tradition that is our learned Dean's, we will offer him the opportunity to release the Falvey Report via email by 5:00pm Friday, as is his custom and wont to do with other important communiques. Our magnanimity requires us to hold on to our copy and allow the Dean to mitigate the damage so grievously inflicted upon his credibility and those he represents--and so grievously made visible by the ticker above.

Oh boy, I don't know the saddest part of this train wreck. Could it be the fact that they know the Board was to decide on releasing the report within weeks, but the foomees' patience was overcome by the narcissistic need to be at the center of their own self-created hostage-clock hype? This process has been going on for years, but I guess the boys at Foomair felt these next few weeks are make or break! Or could it be the fact that they've actually deluded themselves into thinking they are anything other than the press secretaries for a couple of aggravated employees on the losing side of a pointless power struggle. Sad, sad Foomees. They really jumped the shark on this one. Think my days of reading that blog are officially over.

Despite my disapproval of the tactics that have been employed by the anti-Florida crowd all along, I never took a position on whether Florida or Michigan would be better for the law school. I figured the BOG actually had the responsibility and ability to make an intelligent decision. Thanks to Foomair, I now have a dog in the fight: I can't wait for the Board to announce the move to Florida, and all the foomee angst that will follow. The clenched fists. The empty threats. The puffed-up pronoucements of reprisal. The begging and crying to the ABA (yes, the same guys who deep six pro-life judges) to save them.

And when the law school starts classes in Florida, and forgets about all the bad apples they left behind, I'll be laughing my rear off. Meanwhile, an intransigent handful of insurgent faculty will be starting their MI law school without the evil capitalist around. Financing will be tough, but hey, they'll have the Falvey Plan! If that doesn't work out, they can always seek alternative means to raise funds. As the state lottery says in my homestate, all you need is a "dollar and a dream."