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I listen to some of supposed intellectuals talk and I am unimpressed random thoughts Send a noteboard - 02/09/2012 02:53:21 PM
We do have some good intellectuals but there are way too many small mind morons walking around with PHDs and teaching at major universities for my comfort. Staying in school for ten years doesn’t make an intellectual and being well read doesn’t make you smart.

You don’t need a PHD to have a political opinion but that doesn’t mean it is a good idea to go trolling crack houses on voter registration drives.
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Anybody here ever studied the founding fathers of America? Dark Knight - 30/08/2012 07:34:28 PM 846 Views
Slave-owning, mysoginist, wig-wearing members of the landed elite? Bored - 30/08/2012 07:51:33 PM 586 Views
Ha! Yeah, all personal faults aside Dark Knight - 30/08/2012 07:54:13 PM 521 Views
Not John Adams or Alexander Hamilton.....fool! *NM* Anonymous2000 - 31/08/2012 05:18:05 AM 310 Views
No, never, not even briefly. Joel - 30/08/2012 07:57:39 PM 604 Views
What? Nooooo way Dark Knight - 30/08/2012 08:06:30 PM 606 Views
My US history class was an hour long and I always got distracted by a butterfly or something. Joel - 30/08/2012 08:50:39 PM 541 Views
Did you just kinda compare yourself to the founding fathers? nossy - 30/08/2012 08:08:40 PM 643 Views
Not positively, but I have often thought they were a bad influence on me. Joel - 30/08/2012 08:21:48 PM 626 Views
Funny, my reaction to sentences like those is nearly the opposite. Legolas - 30/08/2012 08:11:34 PM 579 Views
Fair point; it is revealing that none of the Bill of Rights amendments have multiple sections. Joel - 30/08/2012 08:39:24 PM 618 Views
You're projecting. *NM* Ghavrel - 31/08/2012 12:48:12 AM 274 Views
I am aspiring. Joel - 31/08/2012 01:09:40 AM 732 Views
As a personal aside ... Nate - 31/08/2012 01:43:45 AM 661 Views
Yes. nossy - 31/08/2012 01:49:41 AM 674 Views
Like I say, maybe I invest too much in online posting. Joel - 31/08/2012 02:02:58 AM 701 Views
Re: Nate - 31/08/2012 02:27:00 AM 679 Views
Re: Re: Joel - 31/08/2012 02:37:35 AM 684 Views
Well nossy - 31/08/2012 02:54:25 AM 694 Views
It does get repetitive too often. Joel - 31/08/2012 05:07:41 AM 694 Views
Doesn't really matter. You're gonna keep doing it. nossy - 31/08/2012 05:16:23 AM 641 Views
Maybe.... Joel - 31/08/2012 05:03:11 PM 687 Views
Re: Maybe.... nossy - 31/08/2012 05:15:52 PM 501 Views
Re: Maybe.... Joel - 31/08/2012 06:18:32 PM 646 Views
You aren't Plato, Burke, or Madison. Ghavrel - 31/08/2012 10:34:22 AM 601 Views
That is why it is aspiration rather than equivalence. Joel - 31/08/2012 05:01:20 PM 569 Views
I'm not so sure you're entirely right. nossy - 30/08/2012 11:06:39 PM 727 Views
I did. They smelled of mahogany and death. They looked scabby and skeletal. TaskmasterJack - 31/08/2012 12:35:44 AM 631 Views
Sounds like you have a job to do. Joel - 31/08/2012 01:11:10 AM 633 Views
Don't forget Hamilton! The creator of the American economy..... *NM* Anonymous2000 - 31/08/2012 05:19:50 AM 322 Views
... and big government. Joel - 01/09/2012 01:54:20 PM 521 Views
I don't really buy that..... Anonymous2000 - 01/09/2012 08:33:28 PM 570 Views
Hamilton loudly and often advocated a central bank, national debt and active federal government. Joel - 01/09/2012 08:41:50 PM 767 Views
I think the entire Age of Enlightenment is fascinating random thoughts - 31/08/2012 06:32:23 PM 549 Views
You realize you just made a great argument for intelligentsia rule, right? Joel - 01/09/2012 01:48:58 PM 640 Views
I would want better intelligenstia first random thoughts - 01/09/2012 02:48:28 PM 709 Views
Ah, the old uneducated>miseducated argument. Joel - 01/09/2012 03:39:07 PM 657 Views
*wonders if we could test* Burr - 02/09/2012 02:45:10 PM 543 Views
no there is a better reason why it wouldn't work random thoughts - 02/09/2012 02:58:18 PM 676 Views
No,no, I was wondering if -we- could test it. Burr - 03/09/2012 04:17:11 PM 581 Views
yeah I am a bit of a cynic *NM* random thoughts - 04/09/2012 03:01:28 PM 281 Views
I expect the rankings would be too subjective for credibility. Joel - 02/09/2012 04:27:32 PM 664 Views
I listen to some of supposed intellectuals talk and I am unimpressed random thoughts - 02/09/2012 02:53:21 PM 576 Views
Being well read does not make one smart, but does facilitate it to a great degree. Joel - 02/09/2012 04:32:05 PM 526 Views
I like the Starship Trooper approach random thoughts - 02/09/2012 05:04:17 PM 634 Views
I run very hot and cold on that one. Joel - 02/09/2012 06:28:44 PM 730 Views
The problem I'd have with that draft for votes idea... Burr - 03/09/2012 04:28:34 PM 646 Views
I am not so sure it would. Joel - 03/09/2012 05:45:39 PM 670 Views
What was that again about "you have a right to your own opinion, not your own facts"? Legolas - 03/09/2012 06:39:01 PM 695 Views
Ah, right; I had forgotten our previous discussion of conscriptions termination in the '90s and '00s Joel - 03/09/2012 06:48:28 PM 625 Views
If you worked with more engineers you might change your opinion on the science degree part random thoughts - 04/09/2012 03:00:16 PM 571 Views
Maybe; I would likely just conclude horse sense is uncommon everywhere, but less so in engineers. Joel - 05/09/2012 12:11:58 AM 487 Views
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