The great thing about America is also one of it's weaknesses: You can be a complete idiot, and still be very successful, in America.
Means everyone has a chance...which is great....also means a lot of morons succeed....which can have some not-so-great consequences. On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 11:09 AM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com>wrote: > > Thank you Jerry, you managed to remind me of this classic Isaac Asimov > quote: > > "Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way > through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion > that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your > knowledge.'" > > -- Isaac Asimov > > On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 11:25 AM, Jerry Barnes <critic...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > "Sure do love the magic of statistics" > > > > Here are some nice quotes on stats: > > > > A single death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic. > > Any statistics can be extrapolated to the point where they show disaster. > > Facts are stubborn, but statistics are more pliable. > > He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts--for support rather > than > > illumination. > > statistics are like a bikini bathing suit: what they reveal is > interesting; > > what they conceal is vital. > > Statistics: The only science that enables different experts using the > same > > figures to draw different conclusions. > > There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics. > > [Like people] if you torture statistics long enough, they'll tell you > > anything you want to hear. > > > > J > > > > - > > > > Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad > reputation. > > - Henry Kissinger > > > > Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, > > go out and buy some more tunnel. - John Quinton > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:362114 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
