From: Jack Hollis on
On Sun, 14 Sep 2008 13:20:00 -0400, BAR <screw(a)you.com> wrote:

>Obama is not qualified to run a McDonalds.

I'm sure that with some experience he could do a fine job. But first
he's got to flip some burgers and learn how to run the cash register.
From: William Clark on
In article <48cd4382$0$5593$9a6e19ea(a)unlimited.newshosting.com>,
Carbon <nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote:

> On Sun, 14 Sep 2008 12:45:55 -0400, William Clark wrote:
> > In article <G7KdnXG2M7wvrlDVnZ2dnUVZ_uCdnZ2d(a)comcast.com>,
> > BAR <screw(a)you.com> wrote:
> >> annika1980 wrote:
> >> > On Sep 14, 9:44 am, BAR <sc...(a)you.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Do you know what percentage of Naval Officers of any class make
> >> >> Admiral?
> >> >
> >> > In McCain's family it's about 2-out-of-3. McCain was the dumb one.
> >>
> >> True, he couldn't keep an plane flying.
> >
> > I believe it was five planes, actually.
>
> Wow. I didn't know that. He wouldn't have gotten to fly at all if Daddy
> wasn't an Admiral. No doubt that would have been for the best.

Oh yes. Check this out, from a veterans' blog not kind to the left. It's
quite frightening.

http://www.usvetdsp.com/jan08/mccain_military_record.htm
From: William Clark on
In article <v5SdnWvH6-84plDVnZ2dnUVZ_vednZ2d(a)comcast.com>,
BAR <screw(a)you.com> wrote:

> Carbon wrote:
> > On Sun, 14 Sep 2008 01:42:41 -0400, William Clark wrote:
> >> In article <SoGdnZ1kWJWdxVHVnZ2dnUVZ_rLinZ2d(a)comcast.com>,
> >> BAR <screw(a)you.com> wrote:
> >>> Alan Baker wrote:
> >>>> In article <SoGdnWRlWJV3yVHVnZ2dnUVZ_rLinZ2d(a)comcast.com>,
> >>>> BAR <screw(a)you.com> wrote:
> >>>>> Carbon wrote:
> >>>>>> On Sat, 13 Sep 2008 15:54:41 -0400, BAR wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Where is his undergraduate transcript?
> >>>>>> Now you're being ridiculous. Palin took six years to finish a four
> >>>>>> year degree. McCain graduated 905 out of 909. I can guarantee you
> >>>>>> McCain's and Palin's handlers will be avoiding the subject of
> >>>>>> academic achievement at all costs.
> >>>>> McCain was 895 out or 899.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Where was Obama ranked in his undergraduate class?
> >>>> I don't know.
> >>>>
> >>>> But we *do* know it was good enough to get him into Harvard Law,
> >>>> right?
> >>> No we don't. All we know is that Obama attended and graduated from
> >>> Harvard Law. We do not know how or why Obama was accepted to Harvard
> >>> Law.
> >>>
> >>>> Do you supposed McCain's results would have been good enough?
> >>>>
> >>> The Navy most likely sent him to Navy PG school. Like they send most
> >>> line officers with moderate intelligence.
> >> No they did not. And remember, he only made captain as a career naval
> >> officer. Hiis father and grandfather made admiral.
> >>
> >> Pretty sad, eh?
> >
> > He only made captain because his father and grandfather made admiral.
> > Otherwise he wouldn't even have made it that far.
>
> He only graduated because his grandfather was an Admiral.

Agreed.
From: Jack Hollis on
On 14 Sep 2008 15:43:54 GMT, Carbon <nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com>
wrote:

>> Mensa does not accept SAT scores any more because of all the politics
>> surrounding the test.
>
>If SAT scores are meaningless, why do you want to see Obama's?

They were still accepted by Mensa when Obama took them. And LSAT
scores are still accepted. I'd like to see both test scores.

So far the only objective evidence I have on Obama is when he gives
speeches and he looks like a complete idiot by that standard.
From: BAR on
William Clark wrote:
> In article <48CD2B5D.4CFD5CD0(a)att.net>, The Professor <DBID(a)att.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Jack Hollis wrote:
>>
>>> On 14 Sep 2008 14:44:59 GMT, Carbon <nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>> This is all conjecture. I just would like to see Obama's SAT and LSAT
>>>>> scores. These tests are standardized and correlate highly with IQ
>>>>> tests.
>>>> You are correct. As does academic achievement.
>>> Not really. Mensa has never used GPA or having a degree as
>>> qualification to join their society. They know that those measure are
>>> purely subjective. You could an MD and a dozen Ph D's and that
>>> wouldn't get you in. However, back in Obama's days in school, a high
>>> enough SAT or LSAT score would do the trick. In fact, you could be a
>>> high school drop out and get in if your LSAT score was high enough.
>>>
>>> Mensa does not accept SAT scores any more because of all the politics
>>> surrounding the test.
>> Not that I care bout MENSA, but the SAT is not a meaningful test. The ACT
>> does better...at least it tests knowledge. I would like to see the
>> standardized test scores of people claiming to be intellectually superior to
>> others though. It's 100% telling when such people won't give you their scores
>> though. You know that if they were high they'd be wearing them!
>
> But it is to Jack and BAR. At least, until they see Obama's, at which
> time it will have to be re-interpreted.

Ok, let's see Obama's.