tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903235483068862940.post7697415237929564827..comments2024-03-19T15:24:48.864-07:00Comments on Green Eagle: Wingnut WrapupGreen Eaglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13477132834757467690noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903235483068862940.post-14531630252717241182017-10-31T15:03:06.862-07:002017-10-31T15:03:06.862-07:00Yeah, the usual snide remark. If you really think...Yeah, the usual snide remark. If you really think some ignorant teenager from Nebraska is a better source of information than a Harvard professor, regardless of what dorks some of them are, you are a fool. And if not, you are just an anti-intellectual reverse snob.<br /><br />I will tell you a story. There is a college at Cambridge, Magdalene College, which is legendary for admitting what they call upper class twits, or roughly the equivalent of George W. Bush. When I was a graduate student at Cambridge, I remember the master of Magdalene college being upbraided by someone for this practice. His answer was as follows: whether you like it or not, many of these wankers are going to end up running our society. We make an effort to prepare them as well as we can to have some vague conception of what their duty is; do you really think it would be better to go on to their inevitable positions of power with no one having ever made any kind of effort to temper the worst of their ignorance and irresponsibility? Bush is a perfect example of this, as is the current President, who was an abominable student at a highly regarded business school. Maybe, particularly with Trump, family background utterly blotted out the attempt to educate him, but I guess I see their point in at least making the attempt. <br /><br />Finally, I wonder how many Harvard professors you have ever known. Or are you just parroting back the usual Republican hatred of people who actually know anything?Green Eaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13477132834757467690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903235483068862940.post-4846622067318545012017-10-31T13:50:14.729-07:002017-10-31T13:50:14.729-07:00"Because they know so much more about what is..."Because they know so much more about what is going on in our country than, say, Harvard professors."<br /><br />Harvard professors gave George W. Bush an MBA. I'll take my chances with the teen farmers.Scary Jerrynoreply@blogger.com