"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."
Yes all hail George W. Bush. On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 12:13 PM, GMoney <gm0n3...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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:362117 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
