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FOR THE RECORD, that is not MY point. Thats my point twisted a bit. My point was just that the greatest measure of intelligence is succeeding in whatever endeavor you're in. If you choose academia, than it is being the objectively smartest. If you choose politics, its being the guy with the most votes. If you choose politics, but focus on being smartest instead of amassing the most votes, you're not very smart.

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He is ENTERTAINING important HEADS of STATE. Jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeez.

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Funny, I always think of "I Am Sam" when I read your posts. I really WANT you to do well, and be happy, and succeed, but deep down, I wonder if I'm being realistic.

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When G-3 posts something, almost everyone scrolls.

Tuesdays with the VP
 

Why are either of those irrefutable? As to (1), if I recall correctly, according to the Constitution the VP's only job is to preside over the Senate. Cheney claims to do that on "most" Tuesdays, a claim which is not actually born out by the record. WTF does he do all day?*

As to (2), see my last post.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS...ry.senate.vote/


*I recognize that Cheney is actually spending his days running the country on behalf of the puppet President. But I think the truth here hurts more than the rhetorical argument I am engaging in.

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So that's why "the left" hates the rich. Gotcha.

I didn't listen to the egghead profs much even when they actually had the power of grades hanging over me. I cannot fathom why you think the rest of us on the other side of the aisle are looking to them for leadership in our antipathy for your side. We can do that all on our own.

And wealth is a measure of success in our society, not the measure. I will go to my unmarked grave outside of debtor's prison believing that.

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Point taken. "One part of the left, specifically the intelligentsia."

Move over, then. Were I ever to submit to some religious belief, it would have to be Reverse Calvinism.

Tuesdays with the VP
 

Kerry claims that this one (1) vote was rescheduled.

a) Why would I believe him, and
b) How does this explain all the other votes, or - just as important - the missed intelligence briefings?

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You're totally correct about the leftist resentment. Its very prevalent in this industry. "But I was law review... why am I getting canned?" We're in a false meritocracy that creates a whole lotta people who are smart in some compartmentalized arena, but they lack the whole package. The left is chock full of these people - long on theory, short on action. "getting the dough" requires that extra bit of energy the left doesn't want to expend. The lefties are always the kids who'll tell you in a heartbeat that they don't want to shmooze anyone. That's "below them". They're smarter than that. But how smart is someone who doesn't recognize that perpsnal relationships are one of the most important things in one's career? The left seems to believe, because they're wrongly trained by teachers who harbor strong resnetments, that intelligence in the strictest book-derived organizational diligence form is a rare currency which ought to collect a premium. How soon they learn otherwise. Did they really think that there weren't 10 other equally smart people out there selling the same skill set? These lefties then get jaded and develop a hatred for the people who succeed by hustling or working personal networks. They deride self-promoters as showboats. They become threatened judgmental people, and as techincally smart as they may be, they are not palatable to 70% of people. No one wants them around. The left is isolated, and unless higher education starts focusing more on how to give these kids complete skill sets needed for careers, rather than mere theoretical knowledge, there are going to be a lot more of these angry people around bitching about how they have to work for people like Clinton or Bush.

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This is especially stark in the financial world -- where some dude who barely finished high school and cannot write a simple declarative sentence makes more money in one year than I will probably make in 15. Remind me why I went to college...? (I recognize that's not really a question, for those of you who are dying to point out my mistaken use of the question mark; I put it there to indicate the upward tone inflection at the end of the sentence.)

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You're sick of other people being smarter than you. We get it.

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Actually we're rich as hell, and we don't even try. It's like gravy to us. But keep striving!!

The new Florida.
 

So what you're admitting is the people who are voting for Bush are all smart enough to realize something is wrong with the ballot, and we only need worry about the Kerry voters? I think we could agree on this.

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I thought they were for Kerry.

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Doesn't count. Never having made much money at all himself, he gets a sort of honorary underachiever status.