Butch Davis wrote:
Wow, Harry! Are you really so much smarter and better educated than the rest
of us poor voters that you feel it's OK to refer to us as "Boobus
Americanus"?

There have been many studies that show conclusively that the majority of
Americans have little interest in and knowledge of history, geography,
math, science, current events, whatever.

The two most popular sports in America are events in which the viewers
hope the opponent's players are seriously injured or the drivers' cars
crash and explode while turning left.

We have as POTUS a man who is the epitome of intellectual laziness, a
man who admits to not liking to read, a man with little curiosity, a man
who can barely speak the native language, a man whose thinking abilities
are at best hampered by years of substance abuse...and half the voters
in this country think he's "the man."

Yeah, Boobus Americanus is the correct phrase.









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We today have a president of the United States who looks like he is the
son of Howdy Doody or Alfred E. Newman, who isn't smarter than either of
them, who is arrogant about his ignorance, who is reckless and
incompetent, and whose backers are turning the United States into a pariah.

What, me worry?

WaIIy wrote:
On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 09:33:00 -0400, Harry Krause
wrote:

Whether Boobus Americanus voter catches on before election day is
another matter.


One thing about liberals... eventually they reveal themselves.

This is a case of arrogance and pseudo- intellectual snobbery.

Funny thing about it is they don't even realize they do it.


Bull. Study after study has shown the low level of intellectual
awareness of the American public, and its ignorance of history,
geography, math, science, current affairs, et cetera.

Of course, that fits right into the hands of the GOP...

Ignorance is bliss, eh?

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We today have a president of the United States who looks like he is the
son of Howdy Doody or Alfred E. Newman, who isn't smarter than either of
them, who is arrogant about his ignorance, who is reckless and
incompetent, and whose backers are turning the United States into a pariah.

What, me worry?

One thing about liberals... eventually they reveal themselves.

This is a case of arrogance and pseudo- intellectual snobbery.

Funny thing about it is they don't even realize they do it.

Liberals often presume the intellectual high ground. It's a fault.

Conservatives, on the other hand, more often adopt the moral posture that they
are
completely infallible, and so righteous that God is (only) on their side. When
discovered in the midst of a mistake, it is always the fault of the nearest
liberal.

Intellectual snobbery from the more mentally adept vs. moral snubbery from the
more self righteous and judgmentally religious.

Darn, looks like nobody is without flaw.

Gould 0738 wrote:
One thing about liberals... eventually they reveal themselves.

This is a case of arrogance and pseudo- intellectual snobbery.

Funny thing about it is they don't even realize they do it.

Liberals often presume the intellectual high ground. It's a fault.

Conservatives, on the other hand, more often adopt the moral posture that they
are
completely infallible, and so righteous that God is (only) on their side. When
discovered in the midst of a mistake, it is always the fault of the nearest
liberal.

Intellectual snobbery from the more mentally adept vs. moral snubbery from the
more self righteous and judgmentally religious.

Darn, looks like nobody is without flaw.



Most conservatives one encounters here seem to populate the moral low
ground.

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We today have a president of the United States who looks like he is the
son of Howdy Doody or Alfred E. Newman, who isn't smarter than either of
them, who is arrogant about his ignorance, who is reckless and
incompetent, and whose backers are turning the United States into a pariah.

What, me worry?

Most conservatives one encounters here seem to populate the moral low
ground.

Not really.
More conservatives consider themselves
infallibly right and righteous. That's the conservative weakness.
More liberals consider themselves intellectually superior and better read.
That's the liberal weakness.

Neither stereotype proves to be absolutely true, but notice that the "Bible
belt" does tend to be red- while university professors, etc, are often
criticized by the right for being too "liberal".

Gould 0738 wrote:
Most conservatives one encounters here seem to populate the moral low
ground.

Not really.
More conservatives consider themselves
infallibly right and righteous. That's the conservative weakness.

Ahhh, thanks for alleviationg my confusion. Morality has nothing to do
with that.


More liberals consider themselves intellectually superior and better read.
That's the liberal weakness.

Is it? I would think it true.



Neither stereotype proves to be absolutely true, but notice that the "Bible
belt" does tend to be red- while university professors, etc, are often
criticized by the right for being too "liberal".

Indeed. Conservatives, of course, disdain the teaching profession.


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We today have a president of the United States who looks like he is the
son of Howdy Doody or Alfred E. Newman, who isn't smarter than either of
them, who is arrogant about his ignorance, who is reckless and
incompetent, and whose backers are turning the United States into a pariah.

What, me worry?

Harry Krause wrote in message ...
Butch Davis wrote:
Wow, Harry! Are you really so much smarter and better educated than the rest
of us poor voters that you feel it's OK to refer to us as "Boobus
Americanus"?

There have been many studies that show conclusively that the majority of
Americans have little interest in and knowledge of history, geography,
math, science, current events, whatever.

The two most popular sports in America are events in which the viewers
hope the opponent's players are seriously injured or the drivers' cars
crash and explode while turning left.

We have as POTUS a man who is the epitome of intellectual laziness, a
man who admits to not liking to read, a man with little curiosity, a man
who can barely speak the native language, a man whose thinking abilities
are at best hampered by years of substance abuse...and half the voters
in this country think he's "the man."

Yeah, Boobus Americanus is the correct phrase.

Bush, a fellow who can't properly function on his own inner strength,
resorted to excesses of cocaine and alcohol. After being threatened
with divorce by his wife (read GIRLEY MAN), he switched to religion
and thumping the bible. He still can't get it right and has only
progressed to ****ing things up on a bigger scale with worse
consequences.
Boobus Americanus is the correct phrase for believers in him, Boobus
A. being closely related to, and interchangable with,the always
popular Bufo Americanus.