Article View: ak.general
Article #2080Re: Haven't we had enough
From: Ernie Englehart
Date: Wed, 06 Nov 1996 00:00
Date: Wed, 06 Nov 1996 00:00
41 lines
3820 bytes
3820 bytes
Harrison Bergeron wrote: > > Mark Weinstock, woody@interactive.net > > >You think this scares you? I was listening to Howard Stern this morning > > Actually, from what little I've seen of Howard, I think his > point a lot of times is to point these sorts of unbelievable > realities out. > > >(that's not hte part that should scare you <g>). They were "interviewing" > >someone at the Yankees parade. They asked her tough questions like... > > > >Where is Big Ben? > >Where is Munich? > >How many people in a quartet? > >How many inches in a yard? > >What day is added to the year in a leap year? > >Who fought in the Civil War? > > > >This is a native-born American citizen. She didn't know ANY of these. And > >she has the same voting power as the rest of us. This scares me. > > > I'm not that surprised, really. Try asking someone to > add 1/2 and 1/3. I mean people that made it out of > junior high. This points to the problems with our public schools. They are producing millions of stupid people every year. It scares me, too. -- |=========================================================================| | Ernest G. Englehart Voice: 602-581-4161 GO BUCKS! | | AG Communications Systems FAX: 602-582-7697 1997 Rose Bowl | | Phoenix, Arizona Email: englehae@agcs.com OSU 45, ASU 20 | | Visit us at http://www.agcs.com and "Expand the power of your network" | | | | Any opinions expressed above are strictly those of the author and are | | not to be associated in any way with AG Communication Systems. | |=========================================================================|
Technical Details
Message-ID:
<3280AE7C.C42@agcs.com>Path:
arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!unknown!not-for-mailReferences:
<54eqfm$332@news.internetmci.com> <326c2602.75398733@news.edge.net> <32752b79.3566390@news.xroads.com> <54ltas$7ie@News.IDT.NET> <3276383C.31AE@shell.liberty.com> <3276BEE7.2A2A@conknet.com> <5580t5$2boa$1@news-s01.ca.us.ibm.net> <3277CA41.3E74@agcs.com> <3277D62A.48BC@agcs.com> <3277DD88.48AF@aud.alcatel.com> <3278B28F.41DD@oxy.com> <327B694D.3A0C@tulsa.com> <327E1E62.3B43@agcs.com> <tq1fyI5Jo2DR092yn@interactive.net> <slrn57urp3.1rg.root@davids.psyberlink.net>Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10e1e4,e4506ffe12f9682a X-Google-Attributes: gid10e1e4,public X-Google-Thread: f6e0e,e4506ffe12f9682a X-Google-Attributes: gidf6e0e,public X-Google-Thread: fab07,e4506ffe12f9682a X-Google-Attributes: gidfab07,public X-Google-Thread: f7d58,e4506ffe12f9682a X-Google-Attributes: gidf7d58,public X-Google-Thread: 1083f1,e4506ffe12f9682a X-Google-Attributes: gid1083f1,public X-Google-Thread: 115d61,e4506ffe12f9682a X-Google-Attributes: gid115d61,public X-Google-Thread: 105e42,e4506ffe12f9682a X-Google-Attributes: gid105e42,public X-Google-Thread: 100eae,e4506ffe12f9682a X-Google-Attributes: gid100eae,public From: Ernie Englehart <englehae@agcs.com> Subject: Re: Haven't we had enough Date: 1996/11/06 Message-ID: <3280AE7C.C42@agcs.com> X-Deja-AN: 194895911 references: <54eqfm$332@news.internetmci.com> <326c2602.75398733@news.edge.net> <32752b79.3566390@news.xroads.com> <54ltas$7ie@News.IDT.NET> <3276383C.31AE@shell.liberty.com> <3276BEE7.2A2A@conknet.com> <5580t5$2boa$1@news-s01.ca.us.ibm.net> <3277CA41.3E74@agcs.com> <3277D62A.48BC@agcs.com> <3277DD88.48AF@aud.alcatel.com> <3278B28F.41DD@oxy.com> <327B694D.3A0C@tulsa.com> <327E1E62.3B43@agcs.com> <tq1fyI5Jo2DR092yn@interactive.net> <slrn57urp3.1rg.root@davids.psyberlink.net> content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii organization: AG Communication Systems mime-version: 1.0 newsgroups: ak.general,alabama.general,aol.neighborhood.az.phoenix.general,aol.neighborhood.il.chicago.general,aol.neighborhood.in.indianapolis.general,aol.neighborhood.ny.general,aol.neighborhood.ny.new-york.general,atl.general,austin.general,az.general,ba.general,ca.general,co.cos.general,co.fort-collins.general,co.general,compuserve.general,dc.general,delaware.general,dfw.general,fl.general,houston.general,il.general,kc.general,ky.general,la.general,lex.general,md.general,memphis.general,miami.general,m x-mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (X11; I; SunOS 5.4 sun4m)