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brittany
Sep 6 2008, 12:02 PM
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Sep 6 2008, 12:00 PM
That is a great video of Biden saying he has a much higher IQ I love it!!
Educated beyond his intelligence?
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Peter Principle???
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brittany
Sep 6 2008, 11:46 AM
Duke 84
Sep 6 2008, 11:41 AM
brittany
Sep 6 2008, 11:33 AM
Do you know Palin's academic record? Do you think someone is better because they graduated from Duke rather than a state school? One would also want to know the accomplishments of them AFTER graduation.
What I am saying is that I had a better academic record than three of the four candidates. If I had a better professional record, I wouldn't be here arguing with you on Saturday morning.
#1 Prove it

#2. Thanks. Just as I thought. What matters is what you do with your life.
AB, Duke - in four years, in Chemistry, Biology and History.

MS, Hopkins - in Cell and Molecular Biology

MS, Hopkins - in Biomedical Engineering

What would Sarah Palin do if she was asked to handle, isolate and sequence DNA from a blood sample flown across the ocean from an AIDS patient who reported to a health clinic in Africa and died before they could even fill the cooler? Wet herself? Get pregnant again? There are different sorts of courage, and different sorts of career paths. I'm happy with mine. It was paved by hard work, a quality education, and yes, some courage.
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AB, Duke - in four years, in Chemistry, Biology and History.

MS, Hopkins - in Cell and Molecular Biology

MS, Hopkins - in Biomedical Engineering


I mean this seriously.That is quite an accomplishment,

BTW, How are your people skills?

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brittany
Sep 6 2008, 12:10 PM
AB, Duke - in four years, in Chemistry, Biology and History.

MS, Hopkins - in Cell and Molecular Biology

MS, Hopkins - in Biomedical Engineering


I mean this seriously.That is quite an accomplishment,

BTW, How are your people skills?

You mean, away from the keyboard?

Pretty good. I actually was a little pissed when my high school voted me nicest senior instead of most likely to succeed, but they seemed to get that one right in retrospect. After I was announced as valedictorian, half my class invited me to a kegger or offered me a joint behind the stadium, because they just didn't know - then they wanted to party. I was always a little under the radar there.
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There are obvious differing fundamental issues between the two parties. In a nutshell, one believes in personal responsibility and doing for oneself, the other believes the country owes them something, and everything bad that happens to them, is someone else's fault. (Please let me know if I am simplifying this too much.)

My great grandparents on both sides, came from different countries. Neither sets spoke English well. My maternal grandfather made it into law school before he married and had a child, and thus was unable to continue (no scholarships for him.) He went on to be come an electrician, with four children, whose wife stayed at home. When he died in February, he was nearly 90 years old, had plenty of money to live on, and leave to his children, and some real estate. No one gave him anything...he worked very hard, and was very intelligent. The man spoke fluently in three languages, including Latin, yet he was very blue collar, and down to earth. He also taught his children, and grandchildren, that you reap what you sow.

My paternal grandfather worked labor as well. He's very wealthy, although I've only met him once. My step-grandfather worked on cars all his life. My paternal grandmother was a teacher. Neither had anything given to them, no "special treatment," no complaining that life dealt them a crappy deal.

Neither set of great-grandparents complained that city documents weren't in their native tongue. Nor did they complain that schools didn't teach them in their native tongue. All were grateful that they were able to come to America, LEGALLY, and worked toward their goals. So many in this country have lost sight of what this country is about, of what this country's founding principles were about.

If all I do as a parent, is instill personal responsibility to my children, then I think I've accomplished a lot. My kids will NEVER have me supporting a "you owe me" attitude. I believe that we SHOULD help our neighbor....and I do that. But I don't think having the government involved in that helping, is productive or wise. I believe the private sector has always been much better prepared, and capable, of helping, financially and otherwise. All you have to do is take a look at what happened after Katrina - where did the most funds come from?

I don't owe the generations of former slaves, anything. I have never thought slavery was acceptable, and just because two of my ancestors were white (the other two were Mexican and Lebanese), none of my ancestors were here when slavery was legal. I'm not ashamed of them, or myself. And I don't do well with guilt being thrown at me. It doesn't work on me, and it's counter-productive.
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Duke 84
Sep 6 2008, 12:09 PM

What would Sarah Palin do if she was asked to handle, isolate and sequence DNA from a blood sample flown across the ocean from an AIDS patient who reported to a health clinic in Africa and died before they could even fill the cooler? Wet herself? Get pregnant again? There are different sorts of courage, and different sorts of career paths. I'm happy with mine. It was paved by hard work, a quality education, and yes, some courage.
Get pregnant again? Wow...really? Well, there you go.....
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brittany
Sep 6 2008, 12:10 PM
AB, Duke - in four years, in Chemistry, Biology and History.

MS, Hopkins - in Cell and Molecular Biology

MS, Hopkins - in Biomedical Engineering


I mean this seriously.That is quite an accomplishment,

BTW, How are your people skills?

Brittany,
I dearly love my oldest, his IQ is up there scary, he is well on his way to his PHD, undergrad in bio-chemistry and bio-physics - but to be truthful often he can't walk and chew gum at the same time, common sense is sometimes MIA. His people skills are finally improving with age, he is generous and fair but frequently oblivious to social cues.

It is these 'foibles' that are the most endearing, not his sheepskin. :biggrin:
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If you have a Down Syndrome baby at 44, it's time to shut down the factory, IMO. Sorry if that sounds harsh, but that the biologist in me talking.

Like I said, there are all sorts of brands of courage out there. I think all four top of the ticket candidates have shown some. I'm not going to rate them.
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Duke 84, You watched what happened in Durham. You seemed to be as appalled as we were. Below is one of my fears of the Left. The second is the Sneer Factor that always seems to be directed at folks you don't agree with. It's easier perhaps to dismiss being a POW for four years is a "scitick" and Say that your educational superiority means you may dismiss anything you say...but I'd rather you use those people skills and that great mind..to, in a civil fashion, answer without insult or sneer, some concerns we have...

The Left controls the MSM. Who, after the Duke Frame and the Palin family scourging denies that? They cannot be trusted to not enable a State run by their Leftist comrades in arms. They cannot be counted on to bring Truth to power if the power is the Leftist model they are pushing.

So there would be no MSM to challenge a leftist Obama government.

They have already talked about pushing through the Fairness Doctrine. How far will they take this? Radio, yes. Okay, another avenue of dissention falls.

No MSM, no radio.

What about the Internet? Can an Obama Congress redefine "hate speech" to include the objections we have raised here to say, the NCNAACP "Case Description?" Why not?

Do you doubt if they might have silenced the blogs during the Dan Rather fiasco or the Duke Frame...do you think REALLY they would NOT have?

A commentator asks questions about the Obama/Ayers connection and the Campaign wants the Justice Dept invoved?

This does not trouble you?

Biden is quoted as saying there may well be trials for the Bush administration. Like some banana repiblic, we will begin jailing oppositional leaders...till citizens fear opposing the Ruling Faction at all. Do you hate Bush enough to start that as a model in the U.S.?
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I thought the Republican Convention was much harder on the Dems than the other way around. The Dems seemed to be more of Karl Rove's lambs to the slaughter.
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Duke 84
Sep 6 2008, 12:27 PM
If you have a Down Syndrome baby at 44, it's time to shut down the factory, IMO. Sorry if that sounds harsh, but that the biologist in me talking.

Like I said, there are all sorts of brands of courage out there. I think all four top of the ticket candidates have shown some. I'm not going to rate them.
That's a personal family matter between her, her husband, and her own faith and convictions. I think what rankles the Left here..is that this is an example of a woman taking the difficult road that the Faith she professes..required. If she had aborted, you would call her a hypocrite. She "bore her burdens" and you sneer at her. She can't win.

This is a turn off quality of the Elite Left that has made Palin someone many of us can relate to.

It's if her genuine embrace of the values she professed, no matter how difficult, made her a threat to those who don't want to take on anything difficult.
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Duke 84
Sep 6 2008, 12:27 PM
If you have a Down Syndrome baby at 44, it's time to shut down the factory, IMO. Sorry if that sounds harsh, but that the biologist in me talking.

Like I said, there are all sorts of brands of courage out there. I think all four top of the ticket candidates have shown some. I'm not going to rate them.
Actually, I agree with you concerning the age of giving birth. I don't agree, and I'm sure you aren't suggesting, that only mothers over 40 have children with Down's Syndrome.

I was at our Parent's meeting Thursday night. One of my son's friend's mother is pregnant again....with her 5th. She is in her 30s, I believe, but God Bless her, because her oldest child is 7. Not for me, definitely. Another mother thought they were finished, with three. They were going back and fourth, and decided that yes, they were finished. Two weeks later she found out she was pregnant with her 4th. My last child was an ....uh, do we want another, I don't think so, oops. Don't regret one second of his life. My cousin became pregnant with her third and last child on the sponge. My girlfriend had her one and only child while on the pill. Some things aren't exactly planned, yet are accepted and even praised when they happen. JMO.

And forgive me, but I thought your comment about Sarah Palin getting pregnant with another had more to do with HER biological makeup, than your being a biologist.

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What would Sarah Palin do if she was asked to handle, isolate and sequence DNA from a blood sample flown across the ocean from an AIDS patient who reported to a health clinic in Africa and died before they could even fill the cooler? Wet herself? Get pregnant again?
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Duke 84
Sep 6 2008, 12:31 PM
I thought the Republican Convention was much harder on the Dems than the other way around. The Dems seemed to be more of Karl Rove's lambs to the slaughter.
THAT was an answer? To get the grades you did, my friend, you must know you need to rebut each issue. One liners usually mean you have no good answer...so you want to blow off the topic. :bunn:
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Sep 6 2008, 12:35 PM
Duke 84
Sep 6 2008, 12:27 PM
If you have a Down Syndrome baby at 44, it's time to shut down the factory, IMO. Sorry if that sounds harsh, but that the biologist in me talking.

Like I said, there are all sorts of brands of courage out there. I think all four top of the ticket candidates have shown some. I'm not going to rate them.
That's a personal family matter between her, her husband, and her own faith and convictions. I think what rankles the Left here..is that this is an example of a woman taking the difficult road that the Faith she professes..required. If she had aborted, you would call her a hypocrite. She "bore her burdens" and you sneer at her. She can't win.

This is a turn off quality of the Elite Left that has made Palin someone many of us can relate to.

It's if her genuine embrace of the values she professed, no matter how difficult, made her a threat to those who don't want to take on anything difficult.
I'm not sneering at her at all. I'm suggesting that Todd invest in a pack of condoms. Levi too. I'm sure they have them in Alaska.
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