Joined the Navy where I was a reactor operator on a nuclear sub.
Loved to pronounce it "nuk-u-ler" just to annoy snobs.
Onto college where I graduated Summa cum Laude, and my wife graduated Magna.
Now I'm a marketing manager at a major national company. My wife runs her own company writing for national magazines.
Do the NYT Sunday puzzle in... well, more than 15 minutes, but I get it done :-)
Own a gun, but haven't used it in years.
My friends and I go to baseball games and annoy other fans by loudly discussing Kierkegaard.
Hate NASCAR, country music and opera. Love indie rock, jazz and Johnny Cash.
Vastly prefer New Mexican cuisine to French, and Argentine reds to Cote de Rhones (would rather have a nice single malt than either).
My wife and I both have homosexual family members than voted for Bush.
Lived for years with a guy from the south Phoenix barrios and another guy from the slums of southside Chicago. Just went camping with one of them last month. Both voted for Bush.
When Al Gore proudly released his IQ score, I noted than it was lower than mine and far lower than almost all of my friends' scores. I also knew that none of us were qualified to be president.
I know that intelligence and education are utterly worthless without wisdom, common sense, love for others, a sense of humor and deep humility.
The least educated person in my extended family is by far the most materially successful. He dropped out of high school and owns a yacht in Marina del Ray, and mansions in three states. Proves that hard work is more important than education too.
I'm a flawed Christian who thinks that honesty, transparency and lack of condescension are important moral values.
I'm honored to have voted for Bush.
>I know that intelligence and education are utterly worthless without wisdom, common sense, love for others, a sense of humor and deep humility.<
Well said. I think this sums up the differences between those who support President Bush, and those who look down on said supporters.