From: Carbon on
On Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:52:11 -0600, Moderate wrote:

> The evidence shows that some of the Oxford PhD's are dim bulbs as well.

Compared to who? You?
From: William Clark on
In article <7u2urfF9obU1(a)mid.individual.net>,
"MNMikeW" <MNMiikkew(a)aol.com> wrote:

> "William Clark" <clark(a)nospam.matsceng.ohio-state.edu> wrote in message
> news:clark-5B0F4E.14314417022010(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu...
> > In article <7u2g5vFiqcU1(a)mid.individual.net>,
> > "MNMikeW" <MNMiikkew(a)aol.com> wrote:
> >
> >> "Carbon" <nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
> >> news:4b7b4aa8$0$5080$9a6e19ea(a)unlimited.newshosting.com...
> >> > On Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:58:43 -0600, MNMikeW wrote:
> >> >> "William Clark" <wclark2(a)colnospamumbus.rr.com> wrote in message
> >> >> news:wclark2-136058.13321416022010(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu...
> >> >>> In article
> >> >>> <426168e1-3d62-4f84-bf59-dfcfb6d47537(a)u9g2000yqb.googlegroups.com>,
> >> >>> Dinosaur_Sr <frostback2002(a)att.net> wrote:
> >> >>>> On Feb 16, 12:30 pm, "John B." <johnb...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> You seem to think that being elected to something is a monumental
> >> >>>>> achievement that outshines anything else one might accomplish. You
> >> >>>>> got a Ph.D? Big deal. Sarah Palin got elected Mayor of Wasilla, AK.
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> Obama was elected to the Illinois State Senate, the U.S. Senate and
> >> >>>>> the Presidency of the United States. You going to give him the same
> >> >>>>> credit you give Sarah?
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> Obama is not the issue. Similar record to Palin at the time of the
> >> >>>> 2008 election though.
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> It's not all that hard to get a Ph.D. More a matter of motivation.
> >> >>>> It's pretty hard to get elected US senator though.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> It's not all that hard to get elected to the US Senate. More a matter
> >> >>> of money. Pretty hard to get a PhD from a good university, though.
> >> >>
> >> >> Too bad you didnt go to one.
> >> >
> >> > Be serious. Oxford is one of the best universities in the world.
> >>
> >> Well, I only know one guy who went to Oxford. So I base my opinion on
> >> that.
> >> :-)
> >
> > Sorry, you don't "know" me at all.
>
> I know all I need to from here.

Then, as in everything else, you prefer the shadow to the substance.
From: William Clark on
In article <4b7c5a05$0$31033$9a6e19ea(a)unlimited.newshosting.com>,
Carbon <nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:52:11 -0600, Moderate wrote:
>
> > The evidence shows that some of the Oxford PhD's are dim bulbs as well.
>
> Compared to who? You?

No. No one is dim compared to ol' Moderate.
From: William Clark on
In article
<5c5cd7ff-8184-4428-b33e-abbc83da6cca(a)g19g2000yqe.googlegroups.com>,
Dinosaur_Sr <frostback2002(a)att.net> wrote:

> On Feb 17, 2:30�pm, William Clark <cl...(a)nospam.matsceng.ohio-
> state.edu> wrote:
> > In article
> > <f74dfd04-3f70-4cb2-a0fb-bce55945b...(a)d27g2000yqf.googlegroups.com>,
> >
> >
> >
> > �Dinosaur Sr <frostback2...(a)att.net> wrote:
> > > On Feb 17, 9:18�am, "John B." <johnb...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > On Feb 16, 11:56�pm, assimil...(a)borg.org wrote:
> >
> > > > > On 16-Feb-2010, William Clark <wcla...(a)colnospamumbus.rr.com> wrote:
> >
> > > > > > It's not all that hard to get elected to the US Senate. More a
> > > > > > matter of
> > > > > > money. Pretty hard to get a PhD from a good university, though.
> >
> > > > > I'm sure the US Senate welcomes fewer new members each year than
> > > > > Oxford
> > > > > hands out DPhs
> >
> > > > > --
> > > > > bill-o
> >
> > > > Yes, that makes sense given that there are only 100 Senate seats and
> > > > only about a third of them are contested every election year. The
> > > > Senate has "welcomed" some pretty dim bulbs who couldn't get an Oxford
> > > > D. Phil. if their life depended on it.
> >
> > > OTOH, Oxford has surely given graduate degrees to self absorbed twits
> > > who cannot formulate the notion that they should be of service to
> > > their communities, let alone actually be such!
> >
> > But usually they are not consumed by the anger of envy like you are.
>
> I suppose. At least you admit that Oxford gives degrees to useless,
> self absorbed twits!

You know what, your whole line of condescension is so utterly febrile, I
could care less.
From: William Clark on
In article
<41095800-307a-48e6-8aa0-8d699efe4f62(a)j31g2000yqa.googlegroups.com>,
Dinosaur_Sr <frostback2002(a)att.net> wrote:

> On Feb 17, 2:33�pm, William Clark <cl...(a)nospam.matsceng.ohio-
> state.edu> wrote:
> > In article
> > <4a71efed-20c0-48ea-badf-538fecb79...(a)w31g2000yqk.googlegroups.com>,
> >
> >
> >
> > �Dinosaur Sr <frostback2...(a)att.net> wrote:
> > > On Feb 13, 12:29�pm, William Clark <wcla...(a)colnospamumbus.rr.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > > In article
> > > > <de2e5548-0783-4608-a88a-d906c877b...(a)36g2000yqu.googlegroups.com>,
> >
> > > > �Dinosaur Sr <frostback2...(a)att.net> wrote:
> > > > > On Feb 13, 11:05�am, Carbon <nob...(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> > > > > > On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 07:18:11 -0600, Moderate wrote:
> > > > > > > "Carbon" <nob...(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
> > > > > > >news:4b7497cf$0$5110$9a6e19ea(a)unlimited.newshosting.com...
> > > > > > >> On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:19:44 -0800, dene wrote:
> > > > > > >>> <bkni...(a)conramp.net> wrote in message
> > > > > > >>>news:heu8n5t5m6bopoc55sburstujj9897ii1t(a)4ax.com...
> > > > > > >>>> On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:31:23 -0800 (PST), Dinosaur Sr
> > > > > > >>>> <frostback2...(a)att.net> wrote:
> >
> > > > > > >>>> You're kidding. �Biden wasted Palin in debate, �and he's a
> > > > > > >>>> lightweight. �She's a joke that is riding a wave of simple
> > > > > > >>>> minds.
> >
> > > > > > >>> In your dreams. �Palin did just fine with Blabben.
> >
> > > > > > >> She was drilled night and day going into the debate and managed
> > > > > > >> to
> > > > > > >> repeat a bunch of memorized sound bites, mostly without
> > > > > > >> embarrassing
> > > > > > >> herself. It's not like she did well.
> >
> > > > > > > Well I guess that qualifies her to be President. �Obama is
> > > > > > > nothing
> > > > > > > more than a talking head. �He is the Commander in Chief, yet he
> > > > > > > doesn't know what a Corpsman is.
> >
> > > > > > Watch the recent live unscripted debate between Obama and the GOP.
> >
> > > > > Debate? A debate has a form, that was one person asking a question,
> > > > > another replying and then moving on to some other question. Hardly a
> > > > > debate. In that form there is no viewpoint expressed other than that
> > > > > of the person answering the questions. A joke maybe, but no debate.
> >
> > > > Then how come SarahQuitter couldn't manage even a scripted Q&A without
> > > > scrawling notes on her palm like some 3rd grader?
> >
> > > What does anything anyone else do have to do with Obama's presentation
> > > style? It is what it is regardless. Can't you focus at all?
> >
> > "Anything anyone else DOES" please. Can't you write English at all? Tell
> > you what, scrawl on your palm so you have it for next time.
>
> English

Yes, that would be a start.