Posted on 11/03/2011 6:54:09 AM PDT by throwback
Edited on 11/03/2011 7:36:58 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
It's nothing new, really--and it's somewhat mystifying that folks don't understand what "op" in "op/ed" actually stands for . . . .
Well said, andy. I was of that generation and I praise God that somehow I was able to disdain and side-step most of the nonsense. (God gave me a very good choice of parents!)
So yes, we should listen to and not ignore these skulls full of mush. We must do as much as we can to (re)educate them and those who are younger than them truly to reality and the more positive road this country can offer. We should pray daily for God to accomplish this, for we ourselves of ourselves have not been able to. The rats gnawing at the vitals of our educational system have done their damage, and truly it is in the hands of God (as well as us being His hands and feet to speak) if any of these ones can now be salvageable.
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So then, according to this flaming brain addled Liberal, having knowledge on the subject your are talking or demonstrating about or for is trumped by your education, your social status and your sincerity.
Limbaugh was right on when he said all those years ago the Left never thinks, it feels. There isn't an ounce of real common sense and not a shred of ability to employ cognitive thinking. They live in a world where they actually believe if we could all sit down and join hands, sing a chorus or two of Kum Bi Ya, why everything would be wonderful. They are both pathetic and dangerous.
Intelligence is what you are born with. Smart is what you become if you are able to properly utilize your God given intelligence.
The concept of “we are the 99%” is nothing more than a marketing tool designed not-very-cleverly to attract a potential 99% of the American people to their side and their ill-defined cause. It’s their actual behavior and their inarticulate expression of their ‘grievances’ though, that undoes them with the REAL 99%.
The Tea Party started finding its way 3 long years ago and
with a comprehensive, real-time appraisal of what our situation was, and is well along now in fulfilling its objectives. OWS is the Left’s half-assed answer to the Tea Party, and the people who’ve flocked to it, rather than the Tea Party three years ago, give away the game. Need I say Moore than Michael?
They are using the bailout outrage to draw in naive people to their side.
"At the core of liberalism is the spoiled child - miserable, as all spoiled children are, unsatisfied, demanding, ill-disciplined, despotic and useless. Liberalism is a philosphy of sniveling brats." -- P.J. O'Rourke
I’m not certain if you are a subscriber but the WSJ is still fairly objective in its news reporting, much more so than the NYTimes. The stories of Solyndra and the “green” jobs scam appear in depth at WSJ while barely seeing daylight in most of the MSM. What’s more, this “article” is actually commentary from the op-ed (short for opposing editorials) pages, which will often features commentary from Libs since all of the WSJ editorials are pretty conservative or libertarian.
We must soberly consider what we have allowed to happen to America and how we may still act to reverse the damage.
Because somehow, in a span of less than 75 years, we have gone from a nation of doers and thinkers to one of borrowers and beggars.
As usual, P.J. is spot on. FYI, he lives in a nice little town a few miles down the road from me.
People seem to forget that the WSJ has an op-ed page and that this is not an “article” but commentary from a guest (not regular staff as far as I know) writer. I will sometimes agree with their op-ed folks like Arthur Laffer and the president of the Dallas Fed, who voted against Quantitative Easing. Others, like Robert Reich, Ben Stein and this author), with whom I disagree also appear but that’s what open discussion and debate are about.
“Those who focus on the look and feel of the OWS movement ignore the obvious fact that, like the early protesters of the 1960s, they are mainly educated, middle-class and completely sincere.”
Total BS!!!!
Gun them down like they should have done in the 60s!!!!
“Umm...we are the 99%.”
Maybe you want to be a total horses ass but don’t try to speak for anyone else!!
People with money don’t owe you or anyone else shit!
Are we paying 100,000 for a college education that conveyed the same knowledge that a high school graduate had in the 1950's? Have our teachers unions and politicians made real progress regarding education?
Dale
Is there something you’d like to share with us besides your anger? Thorazine perhaps?
99% of the 99% are not educated. A four year degree even in a moderately serious major is a total joke. 99% of college grads don't read any classics in college. 99% of history teachers use the modern revisionist method and place nothing in perspective. 99% of classes can be passed with virtually no effort. 99% of the time you can be drunk and graduate college.
First of all, they aren't the 99% they claim to be, so why would we listen to a bunch of liars?
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