[PLUG-TALK] I don't like a certain change on plug...

[Darkhorse]

On Mon, 2004-11-08 at 09:31, AthlonRob wrote:
> On Sun, 2004-11-07 at 22:48 -0800, Russell Senior wrote:
> > >>>>> "AthlonRob" == AthlonRob  <AthlonRob at axpr.net> writes:
> > 
> > AthlonRob> 1) PLUG is dominated by far-left bleeding-heart liberals.
> > 
> > Also called "educated people".  People with graduate or professional
> > degrees preferred Kerry 2 to 1.  Why is that?
 
> People with graduate degrees are often very naive... they tend to have
> many common characteristics of many far-left liberals, such as never
> having really had to work for a living because things were generally
> given to them (be it via welfare or via mommy and daddy) at no cost.
> They therefore believe things should be given to everybody like that.

  Work smarter, not harder.  There has been inflation concering the 
  amount of education one needs to land a decent paying job.  This 
  is something that's going to have to be addressed at some point 
  because the school's right now aren't the greatest.
 
> Those who work in education, be it Universities or K-12 institutions
> generally lack maturity.  They work day in and day out with those much
> younger than they are, leading them to believe that's how the whole
> world is, or should be.  Life can't be like the 8th grade for everybody
> their whole lives.  They also generally never got *out* of school and in
> to the real world.  They also generally spend all day believing they are
> smarter than almost everybody they interact with, leading to a bit of a
> superiority complex.
 
  Woah, don't pick on teachers.

> I have respect for people who have mastered their fields.. but assuming
> because they have mastered some form of education that they are somehow
> better able to make decisions about what is right or wrong better than
> anybody else is just stupid in itself.  Earning a degree simply means
> you were able to play the school game.  It is not a testament to your
> intelligence, but is rather a testament to your level of knowledge in
> the area you earned the degree. 

You can be decent without being intelligent.  I don't care for people
who judge others based solely on whether or not a person is
intelligent.  Intelligence is not an indication of character.  
Certainly Kerry proved that an intelligent person can be morally
challenged.  How many people voted for Bush citing morality as 
the main reason in the exit polls?  Good job American people.

I hope the Bush bashers learn something from this election.
Though it's hard to say how many of them are too elitist to learn
anything.  Oh and by the way, considering Bush is the 
only man with a business degree that has ever been president 
it's possible that he knows quite a bit about the economy 
and how it works.  The latter of course suggests that you 
believe in education.  I'd say that experience can trump any
academic credentials, so not to worry ;-)

     --  Michael Robinson