[brucedickinson]

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This Conversation recorded in 1971 between President Nixon and his advisor Daniel Patrick Moynihan focuses on an article read by the two men regarding IQ. Nixon was preparing to "close the gap" between high-performing and low-performing students in schools (which has cost billions) and wanted to have as much information before he made his decision.

The two men, in the recording do use the slur "eskimos" to refer to Jewish folk, but only in the sense that they say "eskimos" have a higher IQ than Caucasians, so not much of a slur.

I just love listening to recordings like this, they remind me of what must be in the Vatican Archives-- Among other treasures, the letters between monarchs and Popes through the centuries: the real history of the world.

[Snickering Hound]

Wait, what?

[BenLurkin]

Watch out where the huskies go.

[bgill]

high-performing and low-performing students

That has more to do with parental involvement and motivation than IQ.

[boop]

Nixon has to be one of the most intelligent Presidents we've had.

He knows every country, the leadership, its history, where they are successful or having a "hell of a time" governing.

Then switches to knowing what LBJ was doing, and why it failed.

Then into the sociology of the time, hints at political correctness and how it ruins everything.

He has an incredible knowledge base.

I wish I'd met him.

He must have been fascinating to talk with.

[Albion Wilde]

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[21twelve]

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1973/01/13/i-income-by-right

At the end of the conversation, Moynihan talks about a three-part article in the New Yorker about Nixon’s Family Assistance Plan (included a work element to get benefits but was never passed). Above is the first part.

[Albion Wilde]

That was fascinating on many levels; good and bad. Thanks for posting.