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2009-03-05 Home Front: Culture Wars

Olbermann an Ivy Leaguer? Not so, notes Ann Coulter

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Posted by Frank G 2009-03-05 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 As a grad of Olbermann and Coulter's alma mater (Engineering). I recommend the 'burg disregard this article. It is regrettable that Ms. Coulter took our petty internecine squabbles public in this way.

For what it's worth, we had plenty of hockey players in my engineering classes. The Ag school is arguably the best in the world. Ezra Cornell specifically wanted his University to focus on the practical as well as Arts & Sciences and, as a sort of hybrid land grant college, it had military science, Ag and engineering from day 1. Coulter also fails to mention that our world class Hotel school, which is also an 'endowed' (vs. statutory) college, is not known for its SAT scores either.

As for politics, the famously anti commie former Taiwan president (Lee Teng-hui) was an Ag grad.

That said, Ag Comm was sort of a major of last resort before flunking out when I was there.

Posted by JAB 2009-03-05 01:00|| 2009-03-05 01:00|| Front Page Top

#2 Oi vey, Americans and their Alma Maters.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2009-03-05 02:39|| 2009-03-05 02:39|| Front Page Top

#3 I did graduate from an Ivy League school, but I think a Cornell Ag & Life Sciences education would have been more worthwhile. That would explain why Olby claims he attended the Ivy Cornell - he's wrong about everything.

Posted by Glenmore 2009-03-05 07:45|| 2009-03-05 07:45|| Front Page Top

#4 Maybe Olberman dreamed about taking a class titled The Growth Characteristics of Hedera and, instead of using feet and inches, decided to go nautical with his measurements?

Posted by Uncle Phester 2009-03-05 08:39|| 2009-03-05 08:39|| Front Page Top

#5 The point is not that an AG collage is any better or worse than a Ivy Education.

The point is that Olberdouch is claiming that he went to an Ivy school when he didn't. That is called Fraud. Not only that but he sneers at anyone who didn't. Didn't he sneer at Sarah Palin's creds as well?

Olbermann is a liar and a Fraud. But we already knew that.

Posted by CrazyFool 2009-03-05 08:54|| 2009-03-05 08:54|| Front Page Top

#6 Wonder what his employment application to NBC has to say about his education?

Posted by ed 2009-03-05 08:56|| 2009-03-05 08:56|| Front Page Top

#7 Olbermann could have freaking gone to the Sorbonne and still be a blithering idiot.

He is a complete waste of oxygen and electricity.

And to think at least half the Democratic National Committee watches his show for updates on public opinion. That's like Joe Stalin reading Pravda for the world news.

He's a moron.

Posted by James Carville 2009-03-05 10:50|| 2009-03-05 10:50|| Front Page Top

#8 Barry gets a pass on acedemic achievements, records, classes, grades, citizenship, etc. Citizenship, did I mention US Citizenship? If Olbermann claims on his next broadcast to have personally discovered Pennicilin, at this point why should anyone give it a second thought?

Posted by Besoeker 2009-03-05 11:01|| 2009-03-05 11:01|| Front Page Top

#9 If you actually want to pursue a career related to agriculture, there is no better school than the Cornell ag school. I have nothing but admiration for the farmers and aspiring veterinarians at the ag school. They didn't go there just to have "Cornell" on their resumes

Posted by bman 2009-03-05 11:29|| 2009-03-05 11:29|| Front Page Top

#10 If you want to learn about relevant agriculture try Kansas State, Colorado State, Iowa State, Oklahoma State, Texas A&M.

Posted by bman 2009-03-05 11:38|| 2009-03-05 11:38|| Front Page Top

#11 The dirty little secret about Kieth is that they keep him on the air only to cause controversy (i.e. be as obnoxious as possible). His education is irrelivent to his "job" (make an *ss of himself).

As far as Cornell is concerned, I always considered Sociology to be the ultimate last step before flunk out. Ag had those Food Science classes that could trip you up.

Al (Econ '73)

Posted by Frozen Al 2009-03-05 11:39|| 2009-03-05 11:39|| Front Page Top

#12 Al, I think the last stop changes from year to year. Not sure if it's still Ag Comm. As you note, everything has the potential to trip you up somehow.

Posted by JAB 2009-03-05 11:45|| 2009-03-05 11:45|| Front Page Top

#13 Lying about your credentials is a sure way to get fired from most jobs, and it's appropriate for Ann to bring it up. This is not going to change anyone's mind at the 'burg, but it's exactly the sort of factoid that sways emotional, irrational, largely uninformed swing voting types.

Posted by Iblis 2009-03-05 12:15|| 2009-03-05 12:15|| Front Page Top

#14 The Ag school seems appropriate for Olby - he mastered Bull S***.

Posted by Glenmore 2009-03-05 12:38|| 2009-03-05 12:38|| Front Page Top

#15 I used to think Ivy League degrees were impressive. Then I got to law school and met some of the people who have them.

They're all smart, in the sense of being able to succeed in school. Most are quite good at what they do in life--one of the best professors I've ever had ("The Murph," who taught contracts and employment law) was a Harvard law grad. However, more than a few are fatally handicapped by arrogance and a sense of entitlement--they went to The Best Law School On Earth and they know it and expect that the rest of us are going to genuflect to them because of it. (Our dean was the worst offender.) They also have a tendency to embrace whacked-out ideologies (e.g., Marx) and stick rigidly to them despite empirical evidence to the contrary, and to travel in cultural and political herds, adopting whatever fads and fashions (NPR, Seinfeld, Obama, Whole Foods, the Toyota Prius, Keith Olbermann, particular vintages of chardonnay) the group around them do.

I'm not the guy in my office who's charged with hiring, but if I were and a Harvard grad applied, I'd be spring-loaded not to hire him. I'd rather have a decent, smart kid from a "lesser" university than G. Percivals Fullovhimself IV from Harvard, because the kid from flyover country is probably more mature and more fun to hang out with.

Posted by Mike 2009-03-05 15:53|| 2009-03-05 15:53|| Front Page Top

#16 I graduated from Technical school, tell me, can any of you build anything they want from scratch?
I can, and have, and can do it whenever I like.

Gun laws, I can make all i want or need,
Car breakdown, I can build a workable vehicle from junk metal.
You get the idea, It's a tremendous feeling of freedom.

Posted by Redneck Jim"> Redneck Jim 2009-03-05 16:20|| 2009-03-05 16:20|| Front Page Top

#17 Metrotechnicals rule!

Posted by Besoeker 2009-03-05 16:36|| 2009-03-05 16:36|| Front Page Top

#18 Just for fun I looked it up. Harvard College does NOT offer a Communications major. Score one for Ann.

http://webdocs.registrar.fas.harvard.edu/ugrad_handbook/current/chapter3/index.html

Posted by Iblis 2009-03-05 16:45|| 2009-03-05 16:45|| Front Page Top

#19 Coulter also fails to mention that our world class Hotel school

Not worth the mention. Plus the whole area is basically a rain swamp filled with fat balding blond women.

Posted by Icerigger">Icerigger 2009-03-05 18:16|| 2009-03-05 18:16|| Front Page Top

#20 I didn't post this as a slam at Cornell Ag school, or any school. It's a slam on Edwin R. Olbermann's attempt to fluff his credentials for reasons of personal inferiority, desire for acceptance, and all-around tool-hood. He's a fake, a pretentious coward, a p*ssy, and to quote his eminence: "the worst person in the world"
*spit*

Posted by Frank G 2009-03-05 19:07|| 2009-03-05 19:07|| Front Page Top

#21 what Frank said.

I fart in Overbite's general direction.

Posted by Whineper Prince aka Broadhead6 2009-03-05 20:39|| 2009-03-05 20:39|| Front Page Top

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