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| August 30, 2007
Posted on 08/30/2007 5:38:08 AM PDT by theothercheek
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To: theothercheek
The Democrat platform as long been
“If you can’t dazzle ‘em with brilliance,
baffle ‘em with bullsh!t”
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posted on
08/30/2007 5:42:49 AM PDT
by
digger48
To: theothercheek
I don’t see how reading “Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” or “Goodnight Nobody” makes me a better person.
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posted on
08/30/2007 5:43:07 AM PDT
by
Perdogg
(Cheney for President 2008)
To: theothercheek
Even if true, there are several good reasons for this, here's a couple:
1. Too many books are written by leftwing shills and aren't worth the time to read.
2. Conservatives actually do think for themselves.
Quality instead of quantity.
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posted on
08/30/2007 6:00:30 AM PDT
by
webboy45
To: theothercheek
liberals read nine books and conservatives read eight.
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Sample Liberal Reading List: 9 Oprah books of the month.
Sample Conserervative Reading List: The Bible, The Federalist Papers, Chesterton’s “Orthodoxy,” William Manchester’s “The Last Lion,” Hayek’s “The Fatal Conceit,” Benjamin Franklin’s “Autobiography,” a Tom Clancy novel read at the beach and some horrifying book assigned as reading from their child’s public school.
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posted on
08/30/2007 6:04:43 AM PDT
by
Greg F
(Duncan Hunter is a good man.)
To: theothercheek
Notes Saunders, "[a]ccording to Schroeder, as a conservative, I've got a bumper sticker for brains." Then why are most of the bumper stickers I see trite anti-Bush messages stuck all over beat-up Volvos? ;)
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posted on
08/30/2007 6:07:39 AM PDT
by
Mr. Jeeves
("Wise men don't need to debate; men who need to debate are not wise." -- Tao Te Ching)
To: theothercheek
I saw a liberal friend of mine, who considers herself brainy, reading "The DaVinci Code."
I asked her if she was enjoying it, and she said, "The story is a bit dumb, but I find the actual history in it fascinating."
I just nodded at her, like she was my kitten properly using the litterbox.
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posted on
08/30/2007 6:12:38 AM PDT
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: digger48
In that case, I’m baffled. Big Time.
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posted on
08/30/2007 6:17:23 AM PDT
by
theothercheek
("Unless we stand for something, we shall fall for anything." - U.S. Senate Chaplain Peter Marshall)
To: Perdogg
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posted on
08/30/2007 6:17:47 AM PDT
by
theothercheek
("Unless we stand for something, we shall fall for anything." - U.S. Senate Chaplain Peter Marshall)
To: Greg F
Great point - if you included all the monitoring parents did of their kids’ reading assigments, conservatives would be reading double the number of books as liberals. I don’t have kids myself, so I never would have thought of this!
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posted on
08/30/2007 6:19:12 AM PDT
by
theothercheek
("Unless we stand for something, we shall fall for anything." - U.S. Senate Chaplain Peter Marshall)
To: theothercheek
Liberal single women read a lot of romance novels.
I am SOOOO impressed!
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posted on
08/30/2007 6:20:09 AM PDT
by
Mr Rogers
(I'm agnostic on evolution, but sit ups are from Hell!)
To: Mr. Jeeves
How about all those cars that still have Kerry-Edwards stickers on them?
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posted on
08/30/2007 6:20:10 AM PDT
by
theothercheek
("Unless we stand for something, we shall fall for anything." - U.S. Senate Chaplain Peter Marshall)
To: theothercheek
If the statistics come from the numbers the people polled offered (and I don’t see how they could have verified them), it may just mean that liberals are more likely to inflate the number of books they read...or that conservatives are more honest. How many people know for sure how many books they have read in a year...unless the number is zero?
To: theothercheek
I've read eight books in the last month...
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posted on
08/30/2007 6:21:33 AM PDT
by
Corin Stormhands
(I drink coffee for your protection.)
To: Always Right
“Even if true, there are several good reasons for this, here’s a couple:
1. Too many books are written by leftwing shills and aren’t worth the time to read.
2. Conservatives actually do think for themselves.”
3. Conservatives spend more time at work.
To: dead
What I love is when these same folks see a movie like "JFK" and then go on to quote it as if it is 100% factual.
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posted on
08/30/2007 6:24:25 AM PDT
by
Volunteer
(Just so you know, I am ashamed the Dixie Chicks make records in Nashville.)
To: theothercheek
When I called Michael Gross, associate vice president of Ipsos public affairs, to find out more about the Ipsos poll, he told me the one-book difference "is within the margin of error, it's not a statistically significant difference." When I called Michael Gross, associate vice president of Ipsos public affairs, to find out more about the Ipsos poll, he told me the one-book difference "is within the margin of error, it's not a statistically significant difference."
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posted on
08/30/2007 6:26:28 AM PDT
by
listenhillary
(millions crippled by the war on poverty....but we won't pull out)
To: theothercheek
I despise those stupid Caveman commercials by GEICO. If I ever need a new car insurance company, I would avoid GEICO.
To: Perdogg
Ya....a while ago the "book to read" here in Seattle, was Middlesex. Everyone prattled on about how wonderful it was but no one seemed capable of expressing how it made them a better thinker.What's going on is that liberals who "read more" are just engaging in escapism: it's like watching 6 hours of soap operas and turning off the TV when a documentary on physics comes on - how does that sharpen your mind?
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