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The Brainy Bunch (Thomas Sowell)
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| September 29, 2009
| Thomas Sowell
Posted on 09/28/2009 9:05:34 PM PDT by jazusamo
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posted on
09/28/2009 9:05:35 PM PDT
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jazusamo
To: abigail2; Amalie; American Quilter; arthurus; awelliott; Bahbah; bamahead; Battle Axe; ...
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posted on
09/28/2009 9:07:49 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
(But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
To: jazusamo
There is usually only a limited amount of damage that can be done by dull or stupid people. For creating a truly monumental disaster, you need people with high IQs. One of the best lines of all time.
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posted on
09/28/2009 9:13:40 PM PDT
by
Rocky
(OBAMA: Succeeding where bin Laden failed.)
To: jazusamo
Thanks for the ping jaz. Love banana’s, but not in my republic.
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posted on
09/28/2009 9:14:19 PM PDT
by
rockinqsranch
(Dems, Libs, Socialists...Call 'em What you Will, They ALL have Fairies Living In Their Trees.)
To: jazusamo
Thanks...just sent it to my email list....including a few libs.....with the note...”written by a Black man, just so you know”.
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posted on
09/28/2009 9:14:26 PM PDT
by
goodnesswins
(Democrat party has always been the party of slavery, sedition, subversion, socialism and surrender)
To: jazusamo
“There is usually only a limited amount of damage that can be done by dull or stupid people. For creating a truly monumental disaster, you need people with high IQs.”
Incredibly insightful writing!
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posted on
09/28/2009 9:14:30 PM PDT
by
Rembrandt
To: jazusamo
Bummer knows how to charm, but he doesn’t project an impressively bright image. Without the teleprompter he hems and haws a lot. I haven’t seen a single idea of his which says “wow, though this is evil, this is genius too.”
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posted on
09/28/2009 9:17:51 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(The Democrat party is a criminal enterprise.)
To: Rocky
C. S. Lewis made a similar point. The more talented or gifted an entity is, the more damage it can do.
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posted on
09/28/2009 9:18:59 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(The Democrat party is a criminal enterprise.)
To: goodnesswins
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posted on
09/28/2009 9:20:17 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
(But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
To: jazusamo
Dr. Sowell is always right on the money. He and Clarence Thomas are two (truly) black men I could happily vote for, not for color, but for their conservative principles and realistic outlooks.
Along the lines of his editorial--I wrote a paper in the 60's about the premise that the more brilliant the person, the greater the leadership. As I researched this premise, I was surprised to find that Aristotle and many of the ancient Greeks famous for their wisdom and knowledge, thought the most brilliant seldom made the best leaders--rather the more more moderately endowed did, because they were more grounded in the realities of life and worked harder. The brilliant were busy theorizing and trying to put their ideas into practice.
vaudine
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posted on
09/28/2009 9:22:55 PM PDT
by
vaudine
To: HiTech RedNeck
He’s definitely not the brilliant speaker so many were raving about in his campaign, like you say he’s hard to listen to without him reading a teleprompter.
He’s also slow to make decisions and even then a good many are wrong.
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posted on
09/28/2009 9:24:39 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
(But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
To: jazusamo
There is usually only a limited amount of damage that can be done by dull or stupid people. For creating a truly monumental disaster, you need people with high IQs....LOL
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posted on
09/28/2009 9:29:38 PM PDT
by
csense
To: jazusamo
But do we want to become the world's largest banana republic? Want it or not, that's where we're headed if the mind-numbed voters don't wake up and throw these commie-lite Congress critters out in the next election and throw Obozo out in 2012. If that doesn't happen we're probably stuck with Comrade Obozo for the next 20 years or more, and by then it will be all over except for historians writing the history of the once great nation formerly known as the USA.
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posted on
09/28/2009 9:31:31 PM PDT
by
epow
(Luke 11:21 "When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace:")
To: vaudine
Dr. Sowell is always right on the money. He and Clarence Thomas are two (truly) black men I could happily vote forAbsolutely...The wife is reading "My Grandfathers Son" by Justice Thomas right now and I can't wait to get my hands on it. She's raving about it and though I've read excerpts and heard a lot about it I'm anxious to read it.
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posted on
09/28/2009 9:31:41 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
(But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
To: epow
I’m personally hoping for Zer0’s impeachment before 2012.
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posted on
09/28/2009 9:33:36 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
(But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
To: epow
I’d expect Hillary! to keep Bummer honest about term limits...
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posted on
09/28/2009 9:34:20 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(The Democrat party is a criminal enterprise.)
To: jazusamo
It is rather interesting that Sowell (in his brilliant analysis) penned and articulated what I wished I could have shared with a friend of mine from church who supported Obama for his education pedigree (Harvard and Princeton) and oratorical skills (which we all now know are courtesy of Dear Mr. Teleprompter) during the 2008 election. She claimed Palin "stuck her foot in her mouth every time she opened it", and that McCain (whom I'm not big fan of, holding my nose in the voting booth) was morally unfit due to his divorce from his first wife.
I should probably send her the link to Dr. Sowell's piece and say "SEE, I TOLD YOU SO!!!!!!"
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posted on
09/28/2009 9:36:49 PM PDT
by
T Lady
(The MSM: Pravda West)
To: T Lady
Well, you don’t have to say “I TOLD YOU SO” but you could say you ran across an interesting article about intelligence. LOL!
Then sit back and see if she replies. :-)
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posted on
09/28/2009 9:44:14 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
(But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
To: T Lady
You really don’t even have to say “I TOLD YOU SO”....just sending the article will get the message across!!!
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posted on
09/28/2009 9:44:42 PM PDT
by
goodnesswins
(Democrat party has always been the party of slavery, sedition, subversion, socialism and surrender)
To: jazusamo
AND he could NOT write a "brilliant masterpiece" --had to have his buddy, billy, write it for him after years of not being able to finish it....
AND he doesn't release his college records...ETC., probably because they are truly mediocre. Zero is actually a fraud and probably not a very smart one either.
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