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2005-04-07 Arabia

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Posted by Fred 2005-04-07 00:00:00 AM|| || Front Page|| [11126 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Interesting. So are we talking about jihadis or liberals?

Posted by Bobby 2005-04-07 12:43:43 AM|| 2005-04-07 12:43:43 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 And be sure to read the whole article I posted about the students and faculty of Columbia BOTH being "semi-educated"! No tolerance and no sense of humor there!

Posted by Bobby 2005-04-07 1:27:54 AM|| 2005-04-07 1:27:54 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 "Half-educated."

Is that anything like being half-assed? ;-p

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2005-04-07 12:29:45 PM|| 2005-04-07 12:29:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Fred - Your in-line commentary reminded me of this Twain quote about raw youth vs experience & wisdom:

"When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years."

Posted by .com 2005-04-07 12:36:42 PM|| 2005-04-07 12:36:42 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 always best to try not to go into a battle of the minds only half armed

Posted by bob 2005-04-07 12:59:36 PM|| 2005-04-07 12:59:36 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Fred - Your in-line commentary reminded me of this Twain quote about raw youth vs experience & wisdom:

That's good PD but I like PJs even better:
Age and Guile beat youth, innocence, and a bad haircut.

Posted by Shipman 2005-04-07 3:40:38 PM|| 2005-04-07 3:40:38 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Hey, I call foul! O'Rourke's off limits without prior agreement!

My favorite:
âWe be bad. ... Weâre three-quarters grizzly bear and two-thirds car-wreck and descended from a stock-market crash on our motherâs side. You take your Germany, France and Spain, roll them all together, and it wouldnât give us room to park our cars. Weâre the big boys, Jack, the original giant economy-sized new and improved butt-kickers of all time.â
--PJ O'Rourke ("Holidays in Hell" - "Among the Euro-Weenies")

Posted by .com 2005-04-07 3:43:28 PM|| 2005-04-07 3:43:28 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 :) When we take a snort there's a hurricane in the Antibes.... LOL!

Yes one of my favorite passages.

hee hee

Posted by Shipman 2005-04-07 6:32:34 PM|| 2005-04-07 6:32:34 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Barbara- did you ever see the bumper sticker-
If you think education is expensive~ try ignorance!

ANdrea Jackson

Posted by not smart enough 2005-04-07 7:33:02 PM|| 2005-04-07 7:33:02 PM|| Front Page Top

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