Mark & Juanita wrote:
On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 06:36:01 -0500, Bud Frawley
wrote:

I guess younever heard of al gore? think real hard!he's the only one
which was elected president in 2k not shrub! I guess you think
getting elected by the will of the people mean's your not prominent!
LLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!! you know where al gore went
to before he got in politic's? it's a little place called C-O-L-L-E-
G-E!

World of difference between going *to* college and attending college. Al
did the former, for a while. Flunked out of both law school and divinity
school. His grades as an undergrad weren't all that great either. Somehow,
I don't think he spent a lot of time in science classes.

You know, I've heard this repeatedly (and would love some proof by
citation), but ... it makes absolutely no difference even if entirely
true. The electorate hasn't the attention span to dissect even a mildly
complex issue, nor does it have even the basic science skills to spot
exaggeration on Gore's scale. The simple fact is that the media twits
have won the battle for the voting "mind". Substance is essentially
irrelevant and "presence" is all one needs. Coupled with the feverish
moaning of the Hollyweirdos, Western politics is steadily going the same
direction of the "news": It is becoming "Reality" TV, which is neither
real nor true.

It is instructive that what people "believe" about GW (as if belief
mattered at all) divides itself almost exactly along left-right
political lines. Facts, analysis, peer review, and reason itself are now
the red-headed step children of politics - the ultimate form of
"entertainment" fiction.

Meanwhile in China, India, and the former Eastern Bloc nations, children
are learning math, science, and engineering. Their counterparts here in the
West are largely learning to drink excessively, complain about how
little they have, and demand that government do "more" for them in
response to their plight. The politicians respond in one of two ways:
The political Right remains mostly stupid and the political Left is
flatly dangerous. Do the math (those of you who still can) and guess
where this takes us in just a few decades.

The West was built upon the pillars of reason, individual liberty, and
personal responsibility. That took a good 1000 years or so. Sadly, the West is
being destroyed in just a generation or two by the very beneficiaries of
those ideas. We have seen the enemy and he is us.


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