Comments on: Intellect

By: Silence Dogood

Silence Dogood — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:45:25 +0000

By: stodgie

stodgie — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:57:31 +0000

silence dogood, you do have a way with words. smile

By: momule

momule — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:47:25 +0000

‘nothing is simple’ – Exactly. Which is why, if Pakistan and its present government are the hammer, I would expect less smashing victory and more smashed thumbs on the anvil side.

By: FLDemFem

FLDemFem — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:38:37 +0000

This is why I want to see his records..

I believe it is very possible that Obama registered as a foreign student at one or all of his colleges in order to receive financial aid and preferential admission.

If he did that, then he had to sign an affidavit to the effect that he was NOT an American citizen. So he either committed perjury, fraud and grand theft by applying for and accepting the expensive scholarships, or he isn’t an American citizen. I personally think he is an American citizen by virtue of being born in Hawaii, and even if he wasn’t, by virtue of his American mother. I also think that he concealed his school records so the voters wouldn’t find out that their “hope and change” candidate was a felon.

By: Silence Dogood

Silence Dogood — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:58:49 +0000

You forgot fruitless, pointless, spinning your wheels, etc.

By: andrew

andrew — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:55:00 +0000

I don’t believe a continuing presence here necessarily equates with stupidity, but I suppose opinions vary.

By: Silence Dogood

Silence Dogood — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:46:33 +0000

Age does bot necessarily equate to wisdom, as proven by your presence here.

By: Silence Dogood

Silence Dogood — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:44:31 +0000

That’s one way of putting it. I tend to think there are different kinds of intellect. The things we attribute to the heart for example: love, compassion, understanding, kindness — just another form of intellect, since the heart is just a muscle.

By: elizabethrc

elizabethrc — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:23:27 +0000

It’s a mistake to get hung up on intellect. A wise old man, some thirty years ago told me that intellect alone means nothing. He cited the fact that the lowest IQ on Hitler’s cabinet was around 140, and he said that there was no heart, no empathy, no compassion, no understanding, no allowance for the mistakes humans make. He said that without the combination, you have an individual who is capable of great harm.
So right he was!

By: andrew

andrew — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:16:55 +0000

I’m old enough to have clear memories of President Eisenhower and to have seen one long-past war up close and personal. If I’ve learned anything, it’s that nothing is simple.

By: Silence Dogood

Silence Dogood — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:14:15 +0000

Speaking of PC: “African-American” is a denigrating term designed to compartmentalize people into groups so their pockets can be picked and brains !@#$ed. Screw that PC felgercarb! And the right wing has its own share of terms used for profit and power over others.

Wolves / sheep’s clothing axiom apples.

By: Silence Dogood

Silence Dogood — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:07:15 +0000

You can’t build utopia with wood from the devil’s lumberyard!

When you grow up you will understand.

By: Onofre's arm

Onofre's arm — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:05:51 +0000

Don’t you recall that Obama claimed that he didn’t like the word “Victory” because it reminded him of Emperor Hirohito coming down from Mt. Fuji to sign the surrender documents? Of course, none of that actually happened, and his statement reminded me of Bluto’s “Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?” remark in “Animal House”. It’s fascinating to witness the history scrubbing and political correctness of our new administration in their transparent efforts to morph our language into “Newspeak”.

By: andrew

andrew — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:00:27 +0000

I think the partisan view is far too simplistic, whichever side of it one takes. You only see a partisan ideologue. What I am is a pragmatist, ideologically conservative on some issues and progressive on others. To me, blanket condemnation suggests rigidity of thinking.

By: Silence Dogood

Silence Dogood — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:55:02 +0000

Eldear Jhane is wrong in another regard: Spock was a Commander, and second in command; fully trained and qualified to take command if Kirk was disabled or off the ship. And that happened fairly often. And I’m the “retard?”