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‘Intellectuals’ (Thomas Sowell)
Jewish World Review ^ | November 11, 2008 | Thomas Sowell

Posted on 11/10/2008 7:47:23 PM PST by jazusamo

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1 posted on 11/10/2008 7:47:24 PM PST by jazusamo
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2 posted on 11/10/2008 7:48:30 PM PST by jazusamo (DefendOurMarines.org | DefendOurTroops.org)
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To: jazusamo

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3 posted on 11/10/2008 7:51:01 PM PST by fullchroma
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To: jazusamo

Yeah, because if President Teleprompter isn’t an ‘intellectual’ i don’t know what is... speaking of, when are we going to see O’s college transcripts and LSAT scores? still waiting...


4 posted on 11/10/2008 7:52:24 PM PST by WatchYourself (Give me Something... ANYTHING!)
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To: holly go-rightly

ping for later


5 posted on 11/10/2008 7:52:37 PM PST by holly go-rightly
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To: jazusamo

Someone called me an intellectual once and I almost punched him, which of course would have been sufficient proof that I was no such thing.


6 posted on 11/10/2008 7:55:06 PM PST by saganite (I for one welcome our new Socialist masters /s/)
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To: fullchroma

Thomas Sowell is an intellectual, too bad Obama would never tap him for anything.


7 posted on 11/10/2008 7:55:31 PM PST by Seven Minute Maniac
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To: saganite

Ha, maybe you should have and learned him something. :)


8 posted on 11/10/2008 7:58:08 PM PST by jazusamo (DefendOurMarines.org | DefendOurTroops.org)
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To: jazusamo
Dr. Sowell never disappoints. How can 2 people that share similar upbringings, Chicago roots and educations at Columbia and Harvard think so differently.
9 posted on 11/10/2008 7:58:16 PM PST by JrsyJack
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History fully vindicates the late William F. Buckley's view that he would rather be ruled by people represented by the first 100 names in the Boston phone book than by the faculty of Harvard.

Dr. Sowell has a wonderful ability to express himself, but a true reason to respect Sowell is the credit he unjealously gives to others who deserve it.

10 posted on 11/10/2008 7:58:26 PM PST by smoothsailing
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To: jazusamo

Another Sowell gem!


11 posted on 11/10/2008 7:59:14 PM PST by Cyman
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To: jazusamo

If Mr.Kristof of the New York Times thinks we don’t like intellectuals now, just wait until we’re done with Obama. Of course, wasn’t Carter supposed to be an intellectual as well?


12 posted on 11/10/2008 8:00:10 PM PST by jmcenanly
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To: Seven Minute Maniac
Thomas Sowell would have had my vote for President.
13 posted on 11/10/2008 8:02:03 PM PST by widowithfoursons
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To: smoothsailing

So true, that was a great line by Buckley and Dr. Sowell fully appreciates it.


14 posted on 11/10/2008 8:02:40 PM PST by jazusamo (DefendOurMarines.org | DefendOurTroops.org)
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To: jazusamo

“That is one of many reasons why intellectuals are not taken as seriously by others as they take themselves.”

Brings up Orwell’s famous observation...

... ‘an idea SO stupid that ONLY an intellectual would believe it’

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15 posted on 11/10/2008 8:03:44 PM PST by STE=Q ("These are the times that try men's souls." -- Thomas Paine)
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To: jazusamo
It was said that the taciturn Coolidge could be silent in five different languages.

That is an amusing line.

16 posted on 11/10/2008 8:04:16 PM PST by Abe XVI
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To: jazusamo

“Intellectual” is a word that simply confers favorable status on the person being described—as Sowell rightfully points out here. It has no other value as a characterization.


17 posted on 11/10/2008 8:06:07 PM PST by PaleoBob
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Good point about BO, he talks a good game but so far in life has done zero. I don’t remember Carter being referred to as an intellectual but he could have been, I was so ticked off at him then I might have blocked it out.


18 posted on 11/10/2008 8:06:29 PM PST by jazusamo (DefendOurMarines.org | DefendOurTroops.org)
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To: jazusamo

Symbolism/Substance = Obama


19 posted on 11/10/2008 8:09:54 PM PST by aruanan
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To: WatchYourself
Yeah, because if President Teleprompter isn’t an ‘intellectual’ i don’t know what is...

Bingo!

20 posted on 11/10/2008 8:11:11 PM PST by Mr. Silverback ("[Palin] has not even lived in the Lower 48 since 1987. Come on! Really!" --Polybius)
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