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another_liberal

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87. You do realize . . .?
Sun Feb 3, 2013, 10:08 PM
Feb 2013

You do realize my comment was meant sarcastically, right? That's why I chose the Conservatives' Saint Ronald Reagan as an example of what a liberal arts degree can do for you.

By the way, I also have "a pair" of degrees in history. My PhD is still ABD.

Higher Education Means Indoctrinating Yourself To Be A Mindless Worker Drone . . . cer7711 Feb 2013 #1
Businesses always want to out-source their costs truebluegreen Feb 2013 #17
Wow! "Sheeple." harmonicon Feb 2013 #23
I Hope You're Being As Sarcastic As I Was cer7711 Feb 2013 #49
My husband has said for years, Le Taz Hot Feb 2013 #73
Good grief. What a disgrace, nt octoberlib Feb 2013 #2
Sad countmyvote4real Feb 2013 #3
More Fascist U.S. n/t LarryNM Feb 2013 #4
Hmm, let's see: Gov. Pat McCrory > Wikipedia > Early life, education and business career > ... DRoseDARs Feb 2013 #5
french and spainish? oh my god!-theatre arts!!! madrchsod Feb 2013 #13
Ay, caramba!! Sacre bleu!! I just met a girl named Maria, and nothing's quite the same.... Manifestor_of_Light Feb 2013 #34
No doubt there were French-speaking thespians!! nt msanthrope Feb 2013 #66
One little trip w/ the google machine brings up: Botany Feb 2013 #35
Ah-ha! And there it is! freshwest Feb 2013 #70
The UCC is very liberal du_grad Feb 2013 #103
Yes, he's going after people in PUBLIC schools. In other words, the ones that can't afford private. freshwest Feb 2013 #104
McCory obviously majored in.... AlbertCat Feb 2013 #42
Ha! (as Tweety says it) ReRe Feb 2013 #6
Here's a previous discussion on this: Hissyspit Feb 2013 #7
Republicans want to create a permanent Prole class Berlum Feb 2013 #8
They want us ignorant, confused and powerless. ronnie624 Feb 2013 #102
Governor McCrory melm00se Feb 2013 #9
I always tell young people that their college education is only partly about kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #79
Yeah, State-supported trade schools are good enough for our kids. another_liberal Feb 2013 #10
MCrory himself has a degree in education and poli sci. wildeyed Feb 2013 #26
What a hoot! another_liberal Feb 2013 #32
Pity that's a bipartisan attitude... Posteritatis Feb 2013 #68
You do realize . . .? another_liberal Feb 2013 #87
Oh, I know. Posteritatis Feb 2013 #88
That would set me off as well. another_liberal Feb 2013 #91
I wonder why he said "Swahili" NWHarkness Feb 2013 #11
As someone in my Twitter feed commented, wildeyed Feb 2013 #27
there's a on-going scandal at UNC about athletes and the African-American Studies program dlwickham Feb 2013 #29
That has more to do with grade fixing for college athletes, Crowman1979 Feb 2013 #30
The post above is correct WilmywoodNCparalegal Feb 2013 #108
it's not as much incompetence as it is a double standard dlwickham Feb 2013 #115
That's what is spoken in Kenya formercia Feb 2013 #33
So mcrory=birther? alp227 Feb 2013 #37
I knew a guy who got a job in Africa. Manifestor_of_Light Feb 2013 #97
Dog Whistle cer7711 Feb 2013 #50
Bingo - Swahili = Blacks NCcoast Feb 2013 #59
Exactly. Jamastiene Feb 2013 #95
Well, I will John2 Feb 2013 #69
Why, because French and Spanish and Japanese and Russian are USEFUL, silly. kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #80
Just another losing strategy for the repugs horsedoc Feb 2013 #12
There's a "major disconnect" between Republicans and the American public. nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2013 #14
McCrory must think that Gender Studies would inhibit the R War on Women. nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2013 #15
Red Neck mtasselin Feb 2013 #16
It's going to be a rough 4 years here in NC. eom tarheelsunc Feb 2013 #18
yup obamanut2012 Feb 2013 #28
Yep... I'll be seeing ya'll in Raleigh NCcoast Feb 2013 #60
Yes, it is, especially with Art Pope as the puppetmaster for McCrory. mnhtnbb Feb 2013 #62
The 'educational elite' are the reason colleges exist, dumbass. tanyev Feb 2013 #19
The "R" in Repukelican officially stands for RETROGRADE. nt Agony Feb 2013 #20
Spoken like a true idiot: harmonicon Feb 2013 #21
McCrory is a Puppet run by Art Pope. Pope has attacked UNC Chapel Hill by any means possible Ford_Prefect Feb 2013 #22
It's going to get interesting. wildeyed Feb 2013 #25
Somehow he managed to portray that image. mwooldri Feb 2013 #39
The big problem with that is the re-distiricing that the Rs rammed through. wildeyed Feb 2013 #48
I think the moderates woke up when the first thing McCrory did was raise pay for his cabinet mnhtnbb Feb 2013 #64
McCrory will John2 Feb 2013 #71
He did not carry the Charlotte vote in 2008, also in 2012 he outspent the dem candidate almost 3:1/ okaawhatever Feb 2013 #90
He also lied about his employment as a lobbyist and refused to make his tax returns public. Ford_Prefect Feb 2013 #94
I just finished reading the new yorker article about Art Pope (who backed McCrory) and by all accoun okaawhatever Feb 2013 #96
LOL. I wrote #62 as I was reading down the thread and then came to your post! +++ mnhtnbb Feb 2013 #63
Pope has been friends of the Koch Bros for 25 yrs and now has budget job 4NC. NPR article okaawhatever Feb 2013 #92
It's really sad. wildeyed Feb 2013 #106
Are you in N Carolina? If so, please give me a link to your organization. My brother is in Raleigh okaawhatever Feb 2013 #110
Democracy NC wildeyed Feb 2013 #111
Awesome, thanks will forward. nt okaawhatever Feb 2013 #112
Please note that McCrory was a liberal arts major and Bennet has a Ph.D in philosophy. wildeyed Feb 2013 #24
Not just yer run-o-the-mill philosophy , but Political Phlosphy... pkdu Feb 2013 #54
+1 nt riderinthestorm Feb 2013 #55
"An insightful and educated citizenry is the arch-enemy of tyranny." --T. Jefferson. lastlib Feb 2013 #31
Jefferson was a polymath... awoke_in_2003 Feb 2013 #47
So, Mr. Gov. McCrory (Duke-Energy), get this over with in K-12! mwooldri Feb 2013 #36
When and where do we dotymed Feb 2013 #38
Education makes a people easy to lead, sulphurdunn Feb 2013 #40
"What are we teaching these courses for if they're not going to help get a job?" AlbertCat Feb 2013 #41
Some of my most well loved historical studies Adsos Letter Feb 2013 #98
McCrory is an asshole. blackspade Feb 2013 #43
Every politician The Wizard Feb 2013 #44
The idea of a university sulphurdunn Feb 2013 #100
There's a vast difference The Wizard Feb 2013 #45
They never blame the reckless bush presidency. Democrats_win Feb 2013 #46
I'm in the midst of re-reading Richard Hofstadter's coalition_unwilling Feb 2013 #51
It is.... Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #52
I keep having these amazing 'Past is prologue' moments while coalition_unwilling Feb 2013 #53
There has been a thread of anti-intellectualism in our society Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #65
Chris Walker, his Communications Director, is leaving. Hmmm.. factsarenotfair Feb 2013 #56
Talk about dog whistles. Goodness the hate isn't even hidden any longer. southernyankeebelle Feb 2013 #57
The Gov. can't stand that others are much smarter than he is. kiranon Feb 2013 #58
Less taxes for wealthy- business school mantra is preferable to rw wishlist Feb 2013 #61
Oh yeah, all the edumacation causes trouble. Zoeisright Feb 2013 #67
keep people ignorant, only have them do what the corporate whores demand of them JI7 Feb 2013 #72
Ugh. Jamastiene Feb 2013 #74
We tried to warn people but would they listen? Too busy hating on Bev. yardwork Feb 2013 #89
I was curious what the response to this one would be davidthegnome Feb 2013 #75
The pro-ignorance lobby is at it again. Deep13 Feb 2013 #76
The values cult doesn't know squat about the value of anything. You'd think they'd be patrice Feb 2013 #77
So, the only purpose for higher education is to train workers in how to kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #78
My asshole governor, Rick Scott, is floating the idea here okwmember Feb 2013 #81
They have the idea that a certain degree will get you a job. Wrong. Manifestor_of_Light Feb 2013 #99
HuffPo reply by a friend of my daughter... OneGrassRoot Feb 2013 #82
We have descended into a new Dark Age deutsey Feb 2013 #83
What is truly sad is DonCoquixote Feb 2013 #84
here is an example DonCoquixote Feb 2013 #85
The Chinese would agree with McCory hack89 Feb 2013 #109
But ofcourse there's a Jesse Helms connection. Also interesting to note in his election against Bev okaawhatever Feb 2013 #86
He really doesn't get the difference between education and job training treestar Feb 2013 #93
The Governor appears to be an ignorant man. nt ladjf Feb 2013 #101
as pathetic as that sounds - such attitudes are very common and have a misguided populist appeal Douglas Carpenter Feb 2013 #105
Eat the smart! A rallying cry! n/t Blandocyte Feb 2013 #107
Back to the future... libnnc Feb 2013 #113
and McCrory will never "get it" as scientific/objective thinking is not within his capabilities. hue Feb 2013 #114
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