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Re: UN human rights chief calls for end to Israeli blockade of Gaza Strip

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From: Mike Smith
Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2008 10:47
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On Thu, 4 Dec 2008 05:38:04 +0000 (UTC), Lars Eighner
<usenet@larseighner.com> wrote:

>In our last episode, <10kej41gmg7imh67eqkkh34t6tj6ou38p1@4ax.com>, the
>lovely and talented Mike Smith broadcast on austin.general:
>
>> On Wed, 3 Dec 2008 12:40:36 +0000 (UTC), Lars Eighner
>><usenet@larseighner.com> wrote:
>
>>>In our last episode, <k6ucj4dinkniilh8s2hprj0sk6te417h3n@4ax.com>, the
>>>lovely and talented Mike Smith broadcast on austin.general:
>>>
>>>> Of course you're right. You are a liberal. You could  not possibly
>>>> know GWB has a BA from Yale and an MBA from Harvard..
>>>
>>>Does the word 'legacy' mean anything to you?
>
>> OK Lars, having a "legacy" automatically gets GWB a "C" average?
>
>In a school like Yale, a "C" is an invitation to drop dead --- and to get a
>"C" average at least half his grades had to be "C" or worse.  A student with
>a "C" average is not consider grad school material, even at lesser
>institutions than Harvard, unless the student's dad is Vice President.
>
>

So you cannot answer my question. 
OK, I expected you could not.

The correct answer was "No, a legacy gets you into college, it does
not automatically give you a passing grade". You had to earn your
grade back in the 1970's.

Mike Smith
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From: Mike Smith <mws@wt.net>
Newsgroups: phl.media,soc.culture.israel,soc.culture.jewish,soc.culture.palestine,austin.general,soc.retirement
Subject: Re: UN human rights chief calls for end to Israeli blockade of Gaza Strip
Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2008 04:47:10 -0600
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