--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@> > wrote: > > > > I hazard to assume that every obscure earmark ever funded > > by the federal government had some important, lofty purpose > > to which the cause and effect did not seem apparent to the > > general public. > > It was the equivalent of deriding research on mice.
Wrong. She was referring to one particular study, and she had a point. See my next post for more. <snip> > Come on Shemp, defending Palin is a losing cause for > Republicans. They need to jettison this disaster as soon > as they can and rebuild their party without pandering to > the worst anti-intellectuals in the world, religious > fanatics. I agree. But if we want to help them recognize what they have to do, we need to make sure our criticisms are justified, because if they're ignorant--as this one is--they have no reason to listen to us.
