Archive for August 2009
New Rule: Smart President ≠ Smart Country
You sound a bit jaded to me–perhaps this is mostly because I very much dislike blanket statements, but also because there are many young folks in this country doing great humanitarian and political work (you might recall many young folks were driving forces in grass-roots Obama, Nader, and Ron Paul campaign groups).
I work in K-12 schools and am fairly scared by the behavior of many students and their lack of desire to learn. However, there are many intelligent individuals in my age range (the 20-40 you speak of), who wonder how so many of our elders could be stupid enough to believe conservative radio show talking heads about the future of the health care; this strikes many of us as especially salient given that this same demographic is reaping record Medicare benefits.
More on Bill Maher
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Ahmadinejad Is ‘Elected Leader’ Of Iran: White House
How shameful that the White House is willing to declare Ahmadinejad the “elected” leader of Iran. Would it have pained them greatly to choose to say “appointed” instead of insinuating that the protesters in Iran and out have no valid argument or concern?
How silly the President and his advisers must be if they really think this pandering will fool Ahmadinejad into coming to the table for Nuclear talks.
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