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2007-10-18 Home Front: Culture Wars

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Posted by Mike 2007-10-18 07:04|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ] Top

#1 dividing up americans as smart and stupid is kind of over simplifying the argument, I lnow plenty of smart people in the military or that were in the military and are now in the private sector. The populations "intellegence" runs along a standard bell curve, most everyone is " in the middle " there are some very smart people at the high end of the curve and some not so smart peopel at the bottom end. pretty standard.........
Whining and speculating about the "smart" people running you ( the stupid people ) is false, they run the stupid people and the middle people. It would probably be more accurate in the USA to denote the VERY rich people withe the normal income people and the "poor". The very very rich people run this country, always have... including you favorit,George W. he aint poor.

Posted by viking ryyken 2007-10-18 16:39|| 2007-10-18 16:39|| Front Page Top

#2 The Bushes are old money, viking ryyken. As is Barbara (Mrs. Herbert Walker Bush), but I've no idea about Laura (Mrs. George W.).

Posted by trailing wife 2007-10-18 16:52|| 2007-10-18 16:52|| Front Page Top

#3 Viking: if you read the whole thing, you'll see that OSC is using "Smart People" as a synonym for "educated liberal power elite" and "Stupid People" for everyone else because that is how the educated liberal power elite thinks: they think they're "smarter" than the rest of us. They're not, and OSC is mocking them for believing otherwise.

Posted by Mike 2007-10-18 17:24|| 2007-10-18 17:24|| Front Page Top

#4 IIRC, Laura Bush grew up middle class.

Posted by Mike 2007-10-18 17:25|| 2007-10-18 17:25|| Front Page Top

#5 old money IS who runs the place, I mean is there any doubt? And those kids go to college, George W. went to the best the land has to offer. Argueing that this will change is nearly akin to beating your head against a brick wall.

Posted by viking ryyken 2007-10-18 19:08|| 2007-10-18 19:08|| Front Page Top

#6 old money IS who runs the place, I mean is there any doubt? And those kids go to college, George W. went to the best the land has to offer. Argueing that this will change is nearly akin to beating your head against a brick wall.

Bill Clinton is old money? Who knew.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2007-10-18 19:17|| 2007-10-18 19:17|| Front Page Top

#7 Clintons handlers are old money as are GW's

Posted by viking ryyken 2007-10-18 20:17|| 2007-10-18 20:17|| Front Page Top

#8 Do you recommend Alcoa or Reynolds?

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2007-10-18 20:21|| 2007-10-18 20:21|| Front Page Top

#9 yep, Ark and TX are "old money" to strangers in America. Viking ain't from here

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2007-10-18 20:37|| 2007-10-18 20:37|| Front Page Top

#10 So if "old money" puts kids through college, and they grow up to rule the world, who's funding all the dirty hippies that are studying liberal arts in Berkley? Must be those damn Pell Grants, by agreeing you enter into a contract with the NWO, and become a David Iche-like lizard man.

Posted by KenAnglan">KenAnglan 2007-10-18 23:12|| 2007-10-18 23:12|| Front Page Top

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