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  • #226
    Originally posted by DanS


    Just play along. As a self-identified intellectual (in Buckeye country), it's part of Guy's persecution complex.
    Wrong, DanS. My persecution complex comes from being a Wolverine in Buckeye country.

    I never claimed to be an intellectual. I'm nowhere near smart enough to be President, which is why I'm so "bitter" about the last seven years.
    "My nation is the world, and my religion is to do good." --Thomas Paine
    "The subject of onanism is inexhaustable." --Sigmund Freud

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    • #227
      Originally posted by Guynemer
      "Does he know it too well?" What the hell is that supposed to mean?
      Indonesia. Hussein.
      I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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      • #228
        Originally posted by DanS
        KrazyHorse for president.
        I would get kicked off the debates as soon as I started to speculate whether my opponents would be intellectually better suited for the job of rodeo clown.

        12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
        Stadtluft Macht Frei
        Killing it is the new killing it
        Ultima Ratio Regum

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        • #229
          Originally posted by Guynemer
          I'm not ****ting anyone.

          "Does he know it too well?" What the hell is that supposed to mean? How on Earth can a Presidental candidate know the world "too well"?
          Did it get you to read the article? If not I can't fathom what the author is getting at. Suffice it to say though they have crowned him a world politics guru despite the fact that he is anything but.
          "Just puttin on the foil" - Jeff Hanson

          “In a democracy, I realize you don’t need to talk to the top leader to know how the country feels. When I go to a dictatorship, I only have to talk to one person and that’s the dictator, because he speaks for all the people.” - Jimmy Carter

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          • #230
            Originally posted by Guynemer


            I don't, but Galnemer does.

            and only have two or three American flags.


            Nary a one. But I do have Canadian flag boxers.
            Well then you're just a goddamn homosexual too!
            "The French caused the war [Persian Gulf war, 1991]" - Ned
            "you people who bash Bush have no appreciation for one of the great presidents in our history." - Ned
            "I wish I had gay sex in the boy scouts" - Dissident

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            • #231
              Originally posted by Ogie Oglethorpe

              Hard to say where it started but my money is on the populist movement with Andrew Jackson (Dem).
              Where it started is purely an academic matter. What is important is that anti-intellectualism is a destructive force in our country, and will continue to be so until intellectuals grow some ****ing balls.
              "My nation is the world, and my religion is to do good." --Thomas Paine
              "The subject of onanism is inexhaustable." --Sigmund Freud

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              • #232
                Originally posted by Guynemer


                Where it started is purely an academic matter. What is important is that anti-intellectualism is a destructive force in our country, and will continue to be so until intellectuals get some practical experience.
                Fixed
                "Just puttin on the foil" - Jeff Hanson

                “In a democracy, I realize you don’t need to talk to the top leader to know how the country feels. When I go to a dictatorship, I only have to talk to one person and that’s the dictator, because he speaks for all the people.” - Jimmy Carter

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                • #233
                  Originally posted by Ogie Oglethorpe

                  Hard to say where it started but my money is on the populist movement with Andrew Jackson (Dem).
                  It frustrates me deeply. Not because all intellectuals (self-identifying or not) are right about everything, but because willful, defiant ignorance is not something to be valued.

                  -Arrian
                  grog want tank...Grog Want Tank... GROG WANT TANK!

                  The trick isn't to break some eggs to make an omelette, it's convincing the eggs to break themselves in order to aspire to omelettehood.

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                  • #234
                    Originally posted by DanS


                    Indonesia. Hussein.
                    Perhaps. Most people will never read the article, but those who see the title may have those thoughts which may not be anti-intellectual, but certainly are anti-Obama.
                    "My nation is the world, and my religion is to do good." --Thomas Paine
                    "The subject of onanism is inexhaustable." --Sigmund Freud

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                    • #235
                      The real problem is that the so-called "intellectuals" in politics are not particularly bright, yet because they're smarter than their cohort they think they have all the answers.
                      12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
                      Stadtluft Macht Frei
                      Killing it is the new killing it
                      Ultima Ratio Regum

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                      • #236
                        Originally posted by Arrian
                        willful, defiant ignorance is not something to be valued.
                        QFT
                        "My nation is the world, and my religion is to do good." --Thomas Paine
                        "The subject of onanism is inexhaustable." --Sigmund Freud

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                        • #237
                          Originally posted by Guynemer
                          Where it started is purely an academic matter. What is important is that anti-intellectualism is a destructive force in our country, and will continue to be so until intellectuals grow some ****ing balls.
                          Just think about this... The guy who said "Who am I? Why am I here?" during a debate was by far the most qualified man on the stage to be Vice President.
                          I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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                          • #238
                            Originally posted by Ogie Oglethorpe


                            Did it get you to read the article? If not I can't fathom what the author is getting at. Suffice it to say though they have crowned him a world politics guru despite the fact that he is anything but.
                            I did read the article. I'd hardly say they crowned him a world politics guru, but I don't think it is unreasonable to suggest that his experiences growing up and traveling overseas give him a certain kind of world perspective that is lacking in Clinton. (The comparasions with McCain's world politics experience are considerably different, of course.)
                            "My nation is the world, and my religion is to do good." --Thomas Paine
                            "The subject of onanism is inexhaustable." --Sigmund Freud

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                            • #239
                              Originally posted by DanS


                              Just think about this... The guy who said "Who am I? Why am I here?" during a debate was by far the most qualified man on the stage to be Vice President.


                              To be fair, the only true qualifications for VP are being a born US citizen of at least 35 years of age, and a pulse.
                              "My nation is the world, and my religion is to do good." --Thomas Paine
                              "The subject of onanism is inexhaustable." --Sigmund Freud

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                              • #240
                                And to be from a key swing state...

                                -Arrian
                                grog want tank...Grog Want Tank... GROG WANT TANK!

                                The trick isn't to break some eggs to make an omelette, it's convincing the eggs to break themselves in order to aspire to omelettehood.

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