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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: GOBUCKS on August 03, 2009, 08:50:12 PM
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DUmmy Orrex, a closet dittohead, has a dilemma that's fairly common at the DUmp. They want to post about something they heard on Rush's show, but it's not permissible for a DUmmy to listen to El Rushbo. So they have to use one lame explanation or another. Someone at work had the radio on at their desk, or they were in someone's car who had it on. They were nearly always forced by some freeper to listen, and hated every minute of it. In this case, DUmmy Orrex claims to have been lured into listening by a caller from his alma mater. (By the way, Penn State, like Michigan and Wisconsin, is a DUmmy school.)
Orrex (1000+ posts) Mon Aug-03-09 07:02 PM
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I accidentally listened to Limbaugh for a few minutes this afternoon.
He took a call from an 82 year old man in State College, PA who expressed his wish to live another 18 years at least.
"Then you'd better hope that Obama's healthcare plan doesn't go through," warned the rotund demagogue.
In essence, Limbaugh is accusing Obama of killing senior citizens. Not surprising, to be honest.
However...
Limbaugh then addressed the matter of Ms. Trina Thompson, and I have to say that he was curiously deferential. I would have expected him to go after her with guns blazing, but instead he seemed inclined to give her the benefit of the doubt.
I have to say that I was stunned, given what we know of him. But then I had to wonder if there's a back-story I don't know about. Any guesses?
Why would Limbaugh not take issue with Ms. Thompson, considering how gleefully he attacks the so-called "entitlement mentality" which he claims to despise.
Note that I'm not commenting on the merits of her case; I'm just baffled as to why Limbaugh didn't rip into her.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6212163
Well, DUmmy Orrex, in the first case you are right. Obamacare fatalities would not be limited to senior citizens.
In the second case, Trina Thompson is the lady who is suing a sleazy, phony college for the $70,000 she paid in tuition, a lawsuit she will almost certainly lose. But maybe Rush is just like everyone else in not defending a company whose business model is fraud. The plaintiff is so dumb she would have been fleeced by someone else if the fly-by-night college had not come along, but she may be a victim of fraud nonetheless.
jody (1000+ posts) Mon Aug-03-09 07:07 PM
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2. I understand accidentally listening to Limbaugh but for a few minutes? n/t
Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Mon Aug-03-09 07:23 PM
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12. Rush's reaction doesn't surprise me at all
The corporatist view of the lower classes going to college is to have more workers who don't ask too many questions.
They've been pushing the idea that colleges are for jobs only, to learn a skill, to find a niche.
What they're NOT pushing for is critical thinking. Anyone who has a Master's or higher is to be distrusted.
So a BA grad complaining about NOT getting an "approved" job is justified in the fat man's mind.
DUmmy Canuckistanian, who apparently has a master's degree in philosophy or recreation, is way off base here. We fully approve of DUmmies going to college for useless degrees.
They couldn't pass useful courses anyway, and their attendance makes tuition more affordable, so the children of decent and civilized people can become employable and grow up to vote Republican.
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jody (1000+ posts) Mon Aug-03-09 07:07 PM
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2. I understand accidentally listening to Limbaugh but for a few minutes? n/t
ALERT! ALERT! FREEPER TROLL.....help us $kammer, what should we do?
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What they're NOT pushing for is critical thinking. Anyone who has a Master's or higher is to be distrusted.
Really? I can think of more than a couple of handfuls of people with Masters Degrees that I'd trust completely.
But I can tell you that none of those degrees involve Womyns Studies...Black History 1945 to Present...or Social Engineering.
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Really? I can think of more than a couple of handfuls of people with Masters Degrees that I'd trust completely.
But I can tell you that none of those degrees involve Womyns Studies...Black History 1945 to Present...or Social Engineering.
Great avatar.... :rotf:
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Mon Aug-03-09 07:23 PM
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12. Rush's reaction doesn't surprise me at all
The corporatist view of the lower classes going to college is to have more workers who don't ask too many questions.
They've been pushing the idea that colleges are for jobs only, to learn a skill, to find a niche.
What they're NOT pushing for is critical thinking. Anyone who has a Master's or higher is to be distrusted.
So a BA grad complaining about NOT getting an "approved" job is justified in the fat man's mind.
WHAT???? Doesn't this moron know that 99.99999999999% of professors are liberal scumbags? They are not there to teach critical thinking, they are there to continue the indoctrination begun in K-12.
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WHAT???? Doesn't this moron know that 99.99999999999% of professors are liberal scumbags? They are not there to teach critical thinking, they are there to continue the indoctrination begun in K-12.
Remember now...this is the same group that thinks the MSM is on the payroll of the GOP.
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"I accidentally listened to Limbaugh"
Dummie admits that even though he is one of the intelligent elite, he's to stupid to operate equipment with knobs and buttons......probably will get a job shortly in one of the Obamacare hospitals.
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Mon Aug-03-09 07:23 PM
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12. Rush's reaction doesn't surprise me at all
The corporatist view of the lower classes going to college is to have more workers who don't ask too many questions.
They've been pushing the idea that colleges are for jobs only, to learn a skill, to find a niche.
What they're NOT pushing for is critical thinking. Anyone who has a Master's or higher is to be distrusted.
So a BA grad complaining about NOT getting an "approved" job is justified in the fat man's mind.
There are valid reasons to get an education beyond a BA, but yeah, college is mainly a way to get more education to make you more qualified to get a job. I'm considering going back to school, but I want to chose a Master's degree that will honestly benefit me in the work place. I would enjoy getting a Master's in history, but I don't think it would ultimately improve my chances of getting a job. An MBA, a Nursing credential, or a JD would.
I believe strongly in education, and I'm all for taking supplemental class in subjects that you are interested in, but going to college for the sake of going to college is a waste in my mind.
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Isn't that funny how to the libtards, listening to Rush is not allowed. Must not be admitted to, anyway, or else the full wrath will be hurled at you. But, we over here freely go over to their dumpster, see what idiocy they're talking about, and freely discuss it amongst ourselves.
There was a news story about this phenom a month or so ago. The analyst or whoever said that it was because conservatives are more confident.
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Isn't that funny how to the libtards, listening to Rush is not allowed. Must not be admitted to, anyway, or else the full wrath will be hurled at you. But, we over here freely go over to their dumpster, see what idiocy they're talking about, and freely discuss it amongst ourselves.
There was a news story about this phenom a month or so ago. The analyst or whoever said that it was because conservatives are more confident.
I would add more intelligent and balanced as well. Conservative moles (except for suicide runs) live in the mix of liberal filth for years. Where as liberal moles don't last longer than a few days/hours. That's just a fact.
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I would add more intelligent and balanced as well. Conservative moles (except for suicide runs) live in the mix of liberal filth for years. Where as liberal moles don't last longer than a few days/hours. That's just a fact.
I'd have to add more sane too!
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Mon Aug-03-09 07:23 PM
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12. Rush's reaction doesn't surprise me at all
The corporatist view of the lower classes going to college is to have more workers who don't ask too many questions.
They've been pushing the idea that colleges are for jobs only, to learn a skill, to find a niche.
What they're NOT pushing for is critical thinking. Anyone who has a Master's or higher is to be distrusted.
So a BA grad complaining about NOT getting an "approved" job is justified in the fat man's mind.
Um, I think that IS the intention? You are a ****ing moran.
Really?
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Mon Aug-03-09 07:23 PM
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12. Rush's reaction doesn't surprise me at all
The corporatist view of the lower classes going to college is to have more workers who don't ask too many questions.
They've been pushing the idea that colleges are for jobs only, to learn a skill, to find a niche.
What they're NOT pushing for is critical thinking. Anyone who has a Master's or higher is to be distrusted.
So a BA grad complaining about NOT getting an "approved" job is justified in the fat man's mind.
Every major requires a certain number of liberal arts or "critical thinking" classes to get a degree. How many times can one study Nietzsche (how good can one's philosophical outlook be if you have a psychotic breakdown after a lifetime of believing it) or Marx? I realize nihilism fits real well with DUmmies because it's easy to believe in nothing if your brain is empty and drug addled, but for the rest of us the world is much bigger than their narrow little mindset.
Cindie
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Every major requires a certain number of liberal arts or "critical thinking" classes to get a degree. .
Cindie
How things have changed........when I completed the requirements for my BSME in 1965, I was required to take the following "liberal arts" courses:
1 - Sociology course (3 semester hours)
1 - Psychology course (3 semester hours)
and
1 - Technical Writing course (also 3 semester hours)
doc
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Mon Aug-03-09 07:23 PM
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12. Rush's reaction doesn't surprise me at all
The corporatist view of the lower classes going to college is to have more workers who don't ask too many questions.
They've been pushing the idea that colleges are for jobs only, to learn a skill, to find a niche.
What they're NOT pushing for is critical thinking. Anyone who has a Master's or higher is to be distrusted.
So a BA grad complaining about NOT getting an "approved" job is justified in the fat man's mind.
You don't go to college to learn anything, for the most part. You go to be socialized into a larger society away from the nest. You are supposed to learn how to interact with others. If you want to 'learn' something, you do it outside the classroom and the 'teachers'.
The first two years of undergrad is a re-hash or what you should have learned in high school. the last two yeras prepares you for what ever your major is.
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How things have changed........when I completed the requirements for my BSME in 1965, I was required to take the following "liberal arts" courses:
1 - Sociology course (3 semester hours)
1 - Psychology course (3 semester hours)
and
1 - Technical Writing course (also 3 semester hours)
doc
I guess they don't have to take Mechanical Drawing anymore.
I knew guys who were sweating bullets because they couldn't draw letters exactly right.
And the horrors of the slide rule.
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I guess they don't have to take Mechanical Drawing anymore.
I knew guys who were sweating bullets because they couldn't draw letters exactly right.
And the horrors of the slide rule.
I learned how to use a slide rule in junior high. I have a friend who is in her fourth year of college, doesn't even know what a slide rule is.
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I learned how to use a slide rule in junior high. I have a friend who is in her fourth year of college, doesn't even know what a slide rule is.
That all changed when Texas Insruments developed the scientific caculator. Now you can buy one for under 50 bucks. Back in the day the cost was upwards of 2 thou! Slide rules were for us poverty stricken low-lifes. The silver spooners had calcs.
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That all changed when Texas Insruments developed the scientific caculator. Now you can buy one for under 50 bucks. Back in the day the cost was upwards of 2 thou! Slide rules were for us poverty stricken low-lifes. The silver spooners had calcs.
We were taught to use a slide rule my senior year and also learned how to use log tables and interpolation, but all that has been forgotten this past 30 years.
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Does anyone here want to go back to a slide rule?????
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Does anyone here want to go back to a slide rule?????
No. Knowledge of the slide rule is not much different from being expert with an abacus.
The only possible excuse is that a slide rule helps a student understand logarithms.
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All of what you guys said went right over my blonde head. I knew a guy once who got out of a traffic ticket by using a slide rule in court. Impressive. Maybe it went over the judge's head too?
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Does anyone here want to go back to a slide rule?????
Actually, I use mine with some regularity......it is easier for me to do a long series of chain calculations on the slide rule than a scientific calculator, since the calculator keyboards and function keys all seem to be different, from calculator to calculator, and I've never taken the time to buy a good one, and stick with it. I've bought a number of inexpensive ones, and they crap out, and the next one that I buy will have a different layout, and I'll have to learn how to use it all over again.........my slipstick is forever........
That said, I'm not doing calculations for a living anymore......
doc
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DUmmies Discuss El Rushbo
Ya know, I challenge all you lurking DUmmies to listen to Rush for one full show, then come on here and list all the lies and propoganda he spews!
Put your money where your lieing, sack of boivine excrement, mouths are!