Vote, people!

On Sat, 15 May 2004 13:08:18 GMT, Jay Honeck wrote:

for sure.
but also opposed to pick your country of choice.

No doubt having a huge population means that the U.S. also has a large
number of ignoramuses.

I referred to a percentage.

People who can't find Austria on a map of the world
are common here, not only because they are ignorant, but because Austria is
irrelevant.

*hehe* you sure got a minor degree in history? how much was it?

That same huge population, however, also means that the U.S. has far more
highly educated, highly informed people than Austria has people.

also in percentage? and measured in percentage we here invented far more
than you can imagine. but check a good book on that. it might *gasp*
educate.

#m

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"Tom Sixkiller" writes:

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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But over the last thirty years or so a liberal arts "education" has
increasingly taught students to "think" only one way.

True enough. My political science professors were all proud,
card-carrying
Communists. Capitalism was the absolute bane of all existence, in their
world.

Uh huh!! And what is the foundation of Economics and Politics as taught in
academia?

Well, the two economics courses I took at Carleton College (where
Prof. Wellstone taught before he got elected to the senate) were based
on mainstream economics of the day, using one of the standard
mainstream texts (Milton Friedman, maybe?).
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"Tom Sixkiller" writes:

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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But that's why I'm a (rare) proponent of a liberal arts education. The
broader (some might say "more useless" :-) education of a liberal arts
degree goes a long way toward teaching one to think, study, and learn.


But over the last thirty years or so a liberal arts "education" has
increasingly taught students to "think" only one way.

Ah...no, they teach (roughly) that thinking is impotent, reality doesn't
exist and a slew of other noxious "ideas". And it's not the last thirty
years, but more like the 1920's and John Dewey.

Certainly not what I encountered at Carleton College in the 1970s.
Liberal arts education meant a broad base of material, and an emphasis
on critical thinking.
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Jay Honeck wrote:

(Sorry, Tom. If it make you feel any better, I screw up apostrophes all the
time, too.)

Punctuation is very important. There's a big difference between an animal that eats
shoots and leaves and one that eats, shoots, and leaves.

George Patterson
I childproofed my house, but they *still* get in.

Jay,

Didn't you intend to write "apostrophe's?" g

Jay Honeck wrote, "... I screw up apostrophes all the time, too."

"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message
...


Jay Honeck wrote:

(Sorry, Tom. If it make you feel any better, I screw up apostrophes all
the
time, too.)

Punctuation is very important. There's a big difference between an animal
that eats
shoots and leaves and one that eats, shoots, and leaves.

So that's what I was doing wrong -- leave, eat, shoot!! DAMN!!

"Jon Woellhaf" wrote in message
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Jay,

Didn't you intend to write "apostrophe's?" g

Jay Honeck wrote, "... I screw up apostrophes all the time, too."

Apostra, aposs, apro...what?

Tom Sixkiller wrote:


Was it a joke? Or is it a joke NOW that you got caught with your pants down?

You talk too much.

Cool, It's up to 1970 votes with 88% saying that security need no
improvement. I also scanned the "Talk to 2" pages and all panned the story.

I had sent them a letter the day after but my comments were not included.

According to AOPA, a smattering of these stories appeared this week because
it's sweeps week.


"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message
...
The Orlando paper has run one of the WE HAVE TO IMPROVE SECURITY articles
about light
planes. There's a button to allow you to vote on whether it's needed. Need
I say
more?

http://www.wesh.com/news/3297482/detail.html

George Patterson
I childproofed my house, but they *still* get in.