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"I don't vaccinate my child"...Mason wrote:Agreed. Until "I'm not good at math" and "I don't eat vegetables" cease to be badges of honor we're obiesely dumb fucked.
I live in a college town that's occupied by an Ivy League university, a local community college and another private collegeFrontSight wrote:So I think liberals need to focus EVERYTHING on education.
As they say in The South, "Americans are just eat up with the dumb ass".
We have a populous that's just plain dumb, and we're never going to get anywhere on any meaningful issue until the general populous is better educated.
Ted Cruz is both well educated and intelligent. He says the ridiculously ignorant things he says because it has worked for him politically.wifesbane wrote:How do you account for all the occurrences of well educated people who are still dumb asses, like those who choose to ignore facts because they don't like the consequences of the facts? Ted Cruz, after all, is well educated...
Or maybe...just maybe...he is RIGHT.modernhamlet wrote:Ted Cruz is both well educated and intelligent. He says the ridiculously ignorant things he says because it has worked for him politically.wifesbane wrote:How do you account for all the occurrences of well educated people who are still dumb asses, like those who choose to ignore facts because they don't like the consequences of the facts? Ted Cruz, after all, is well educated...
He may be right, but he's not correct in this case. It's true he says ridiculously ignorant things, which is part and parcel of how one much say crap to stay in office.tc556guy wrote:Or maybe...just maybe...he is RIGHT.modernhamlet wrote:Ted Cruz is both well educated and intelligent. He says the ridiculously ignorant things he says because it has worked for him politically.wifesbane wrote:How do you account for all the occurrences of well educated people who are still dumb asses, like those who choose to ignore facts because they don't like the consequences of the facts? Ted Cruz, after all, is well educated...
Diane Feinstein, Barbara Boxer, Chuckie Schumer and the rest of the lefty gun grabbers say plenty of ridiculous things.CDFingers wrote:He may be right, but he's not correct in this case. It's true he says ridiculously ignorant things, which is part and parcel of how one much say crap to stay in office.tc556guy wrote:Or maybe...just maybe...he is RIGHT.modernhamlet wrote:Ted Cruz is both well educated and intelligent. He says the ridiculously ignorant things he says because it has worked for him politically.wifesbane wrote:How do you account for all the occurrences of well educated people who are still dumb asses, like those who choose to ignore facts because they don't like the consequences of the facts? Ted Cruz, after all, is well educated...
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Interesting hypothesis. The same candidate that believes the following:tc556guy wrote: Or maybe...just maybe...he is RIGHT.
https://ourfuture.org/20150323/ted-cruz ... e-believesTed Cruz launched his fake filibuster against Obamacare by claiming that failing to fight the implementation of Obamacare was akin to appeasing Adolf Hitler, and anyone who didn’t support his plans to stop health care reform were like Neville Chamberlain.
Cruz once told a group of conservatives, “You no longer have a president,” because Barack Obama had implemented health care reform in a “lawless” way.
Cruz told ABC’s Jonathan Karl that he believed the GOP could repeal Obamacare with Obama still in office.
When he was running for the Senate, Cruz said that Texas should let the uninsured get health care from emergency rooms.
Cruz promised to “uphold the sacrament of marriage” as president.
Cruz claimed that court rulings in favor of same-sex marriage are “a real threat to our liberty.”
Cruz claimed that Houston pastors may soon be “hauled off to jail for a hate crime,” due to the city’s anti-discrimination ordinance.
Cruz’ father, Rafael Cruz, may be as much of an asset to his son’s campaign as a thorn in its side. The senior Cruz has a record of staying things so outrageous that Ted Cruz at one time denied his father spoke for him, even was his aide was booking dad’s gigs.
Cruz claimed that legislation to protect access to abortion services is “a manifestation of the war on women.”
Cruz said the Democrats seeking to amend the constitution to give Congress the power to regulate campaign financing were really out to “expressly repeal the free-speech protections of the First Amendment.”
Cruz also derided “Farenheit 451 Democrats,” claiming that a proposed campaign finance amendment shows that liberals wanted to ban and burn books.
Cruz claimed the amendment to get money out of politics would “censor” Saturday Night Live, and “Lorne Michaels (of Saturday Night Live) could be put in jail under this amendment for making fun of any politician.”
Cruz also claimed that the amendment to repeal Citizens United would “muzzle” pastors.
Cruz called the standoff between the Bureau of Land Management and supporters of scofflaw and racist rancher Cliven Bundy, the “unfortunate and tragic culmination of the path that President Obama has set the federal government upon.”
Cruz claimed that the United Nations/George Soros “Agenda 21” would “abolish ‘unsustainable’ environments, including golf courses, grazing pastures, and paved roads.”
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http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/ ... autologin="We will carpet bomb them into oblivion. I don’t know if sand can glow in the dark, but we’re going to find out," Cruz said at the Rising Tide Summit in Cedar Rapids.
I agree, although I suspect we would take different routes to get there.FrontSight wrote:So I think liberals need to focus EVERYTHING on education.
As they say in The South, "Americans are just eat up with the dumb ass".
We have a populous that's just plain dumb, and we're never going to get anywhere on any meaningful issue until the general populous is better educated.
I will disagree. We have seen what happens with the private charter schools. Not any better than the public school counterpart. Cost more per pupil especially with high administration cost. The lack of accountability in financial matters. Cherry picking students to attend. Denying students of need including special needs students. Paying teachers less salary while skimming funds. Not keeping agreements or meeting contracts. Closing schools leaving students without an education and teachers without pay.Coach wrote:I agree, although I suspect we would take different routes to get there.FrontSight wrote:So I think liberals need to focus EVERYTHING on education.
As they say in The South, "Americans are just eat up with the dumb ass".
We have a populous that's just plain dumb, and we're never going to get anywhere on any meaningful issue until the general populous is better educated.
I would privatize the whole industry and allow the Invisible Hand to work its magic.
I don't think we can fix education by throwing more extorted tax money at it. If we could, we would have an educational system that would be the envy of the world. We currently spend more per pupil than any country except Switzerland.
I'm in DFW, too.TrueTexan wrote:There are good private schools. I know some in the DFW area but they are ether church supported, Jesuit, or having a large endowed and a high price tag to attend, Trinity Valley, Country Day. Just remember Coach if the schools were privatized as you wish you would not have a job, especially one that pays as well as you have now.
senorgrand wrote:I think arrogance is at least a big a problem as education. I know plenty of well-educated people who are ignorant when it comes to one topic or another. The problem is they think they're an expert at everything because they're knowledgeable in one specific area.
Call it the Ben Carson effect.
I'm so confused. Why is a Ted Cruz supporter on this forum if not to troll?tc556guy wrote:Or maybe...just maybe...he is RIGHT.modernhamlet wrote:Ted Cruz is both well educated and intelligent. He says the ridiculously ignorant things he says because it has worked for him politically.wifesbane wrote:How do you account for all the occurrences of well educated people who are still dumb asses, like those who choose to ignore facts because they don't like the consequences of the facts? Ted Cruz, after all, is well educated...
To seek enlightenment in the ways of real knowledge.Wurble wrote:I'm so confused. Why is a Ted Cruz supporter on this forum if not to troll?tc556guy wrote:Or maybe...just maybe...he is RIGHT.modernhamlet wrote:Ted Cruz is both well educated and intelligent. He says the ridiculously ignorant things he says because it has worked for him politically.wifesbane wrote:How do you account for all the occurrences of well educated people who are still dumb asses, like those who choose to ignore facts because they don't like the consequences of the facts? Ted Cruz, after all, is well educated...
So you would prefer this Forum just be an echo chamber, like so many others?Mason wrote:He's a troll. He just hasn't *actually* violated TOS yet.
He will.
I'd prefer we didn't have trolls endorsing trolls for president.rascally wrote:So you would prefer this Forum just be an echo chamber, like so many others?Mason wrote:He's a troll. He just hasn't *actually* violated TOS yet.
He will.
Aren't we supposed to be better than that?
Echo chambers really suck but I think we are far from that. However, there is an expectation of offering supporting evidence to motivate informed discussions. Simply saying that Cruz, Paul, Bernie or the Dalai Lama is "RIGHT" does not pass the smell test around here.rascally wrote:So you would prefer this Forum just be an echo chamber, like so many others?Mason wrote:He's a troll. He just hasn't *actually* violated TOS yet.
He will.
Aren't we supposed to be better than that?
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