Post by ndbooster on Aug 23, 2011 10:13:33 GMT -5
So the New York Times gathered a bunch of activists, progressives, and assorted do-gooders and made them answer a third-grade essay question: "What Would You Do If You Were President?" And the answers sound like they came from third graders ... in the remedial class.
www.nytimes.com/2011/08/21/opinion/sunday/what-id-do-if-i-were-president.html?_r=3&pagewanted=all
"We would spend the time practicing saying “yes” to each other and really listening to one another’s offers. We would create stories of well-being. We would encourage thinking “inside the box.” We would look for innovative ways to use the resources at hand to solve our problems. We would make some mistakes, and we would laugh a lot."
Remember, the "we" this person is talking about happens to be CONGRESS. Normally when they say 'yes' to each other we end up paying more taxes.
Another respondent, supposedly an engineer, says to "get rid of binary right and wrong answers". For people who see grey areas in everything, they sure have no problem calling their opponents wrong. Like the astrophysicist who says he will "bring an objective reality to the electorate so it could choose the right leaders in the first place." Boy, we peoples is dumb, Mr. Scientist, and we need your objective reality so we can vote like you do.
Mr. Buckley famously said he would rather be governed by the first thousand names in the Boston phone directory than by the faculty of Harvard University; the collected thoughts of these intellectuals give me no reason to disagree. Were I President, I'd do anything in my power to make sure none of this lot ever made decisions that would affect anyone outside their own families.
www.nytimes.com/2011/08/21/opinion/sunday/what-id-do-if-i-were-president.html?_r=3&pagewanted=all
"We would spend the time practicing saying “yes” to each other and really listening to one another’s offers. We would create stories of well-being. We would encourage thinking “inside the box.” We would look for innovative ways to use the resources at hand to solve our problems. We would make some mistakes, and we would laugh a lot."
Remember, the "we" this person is talking about happens to be CONGRESS. Normally when they say 'yes' to each other we end up paying more taxes.
Another respondent, supposedly an engineer, says to "get rid of binary right and wrong answers". For people who see grey areas in everything, they sure have no problem calling their opponents wrong. Like the astrophysicist who says he will "bring an objective reality to the electorate so it could choose the right leaders in the first place." Boy, we peoples is dumb, Mr. Scientist, and we need your objective reality so we can vote like you do.
Mr. Buckley famously said he would rather be governed by the first thousand names in the Boston phone directory than by the faculty of Harvard University; the collected thoughts of these intellectuals give me no reason to disagree. Were I President, I'd do anything in my power to make sure none of this lot ever made decisions that would affect anyone outside their own families.
