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Bucky

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2. Life of priviledge can make a person careless.

Reply to Firebirds01 (Original post)

Wed Oct 17, 2012, 09:09 PM

Oct 2012

Once someone gets to the top of the heap in their chosen profession, it's easy to live a professional life in which you're never really challenged on your assertions. Not just power, but professional seniority can corrupt too.

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Did Gretchen Carlson really go to Stanford and Oxford?!?! [View all] Firebirds01 Oct 2012 OP

John Birchers did start in California realFedUp Oct 2012 #1

Life of priviledge can make a person careless. Bucky Oct 2012 #2

Is Gretchen Carlson someone on your tv? DURHAM D Oct 2012 #3

Daily Show Firebirds01 Oct 2012 #4

I've gone to Hawaii, Las Vegas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana ... zbdent Oct 2012 #5

She's no angel LyndaG Oct 2012 #6

Who's Gretchen Carlson? Auntie Bush Oct 2012 #7

Fox and friends co-anchor. hrmjustin Oct 2012 #8

Fox? The small dog-like critter? upi402 Oct 2012 #10

The bleach blonde on Fox who looks like she chased a parked car and caught it. gkhouston Oct 2012 #9

Bush went to Yale. Enough said. JaneyVee Oct 2012 #11

And Harvard too! mazzarro Oct 2012 #13

She played a mean violin when younger Angry Dragon Oct 2012 #12

She studied at Oxford University in some form muriel_volestrangler Oct 2012 #14