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[twyacht]

"If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed."
Mark Twain



Ever wonder where academics got that "elitist" reputation?

 

[1911 Junkie]

11/12

Couldn't remember where the underwear bomber was from.

[fightingquaker13]

"If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed."
Mark Twain



Ever wonder where academics got that "elitist" reputation?

 

I beg to differ TW. There is nothing more "elitist" about saying you need to keep abreast of current events, than there is saying you need to register for the draft, pay your taxes and show up for jury duty. Its a basic requirement of citizenship. We own this country. Bitch about Congress all you want, but we're the ones that put them there. If you don't know what you're voting for or against, you get what you deserve. To me, being informed is to getting good government, as getting a job is to financial security.
FQ13 who thinks this is just a home truth not elitism.
PS when the hell did being elite become a bad thing? What sort of socialist/rightwing crap is this? Is Peyton Manning an elitist? Is Warren Buffet? Is Jimmy Buffet for that matter? When did we start denigrating talent rather than emulating it? This is how civilizations fall, when the elite emulate the common, rather than the common the elite. One is an aspiration upward, the other, downward. When it comes to carpentry I want to be more like TAB. Machinery, I want to beTom, Music? Jaybet. Not saying anyone should want to be me, but the point is, when society gets to a point where we say "Oh, that guy has a degree and a decade of experience, he's an elitist, ignore him". We have a problem. We ignore excellence and encourage mediocrity and we wake up in the old USSR. I've probably been thinking about the Atlas shrugged thread too much, sorry about the rant.

[Ichiban]

Couple of points.
- The lame stream media is just a little bit biased, ya know?  The information they provide is suspect in its intent.
- Being elite is great.  Being an elitist (especially an unqualified one) is not great.

[fightingquaker13]

Couple of points.
- The lame stream media is just a little bit biased, ya know?  The information they provide is suspect in its intent.
- Being elite is great.  Being an elitist (especially an unqualified one) is not great.

Agreed. I just have a problem with populism. Usually its a left wing thing (lets get the rich SOBs). Lately however, its beome a right wing thing (Sarah and W. being exhibits A and C) . The point is that when you start a political movement based on "I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night" or "the rich obviously stole their wealth from the poor" you set up a dangerous dynamic. It invites demagogues, class warfare and replaces debates with the Jerry Springer show. None of these are healthy for a republic. I'm probably not making this as clear as I should. Its just that I have issues (regardless of agenda) with folks who say that "Everything you need to know you learned in kindergarten".
Fq13

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[Ulmus]

I got 11 right. 

"Here's Your Score: You correctly answered 11 out of the 12 possible questions, which means you did better on the quiz than 92% of the general public."

Just goes to show I know more useless info than the average person who commits to memory thing that are quicker to affect their lives. 

[philw]

Here's Your Score: You correctly answered 6 out of the 12 possible questions, which means you did better on the quiz than 58% of the general public.

[Dakotaranger]

I got the unemployment rate wrong.  I was thinking actual.  Somehow forgot about Sodamoyer. My excuse on that one is she isn't qualified so I don't count her .  And I misread the oil imporation question.  Oh well.

[Walter45Auto]

I got 6.

[tombogan03884]

 I got 9.  I picked 15% for unemployment, but they only admit to 10%, I couldn't remember I BOTH the other women on SCOTUS had retired so I only count Sotomayor, and I had to take a wild guess on the stock market, It was TO wild  

FQ, Ichiban is right, If your crap doesn't stink, it's a good thing, you are Elite. If you THINK your crap doesn't stink, it's a bad thing and you are an Elitist.
But you won't believe any of those little people that tell you so