From: Jack Hollis on
On Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:03:05 -0800, Don Kirkman <donsno2(a)charter.net>
wrote:

>He couldn't find the originals when Mensa
>was making that offer of membership. Anyway he's smart enough to know
>he doesn't want to be President or a Mensan. :-)

I'm sure that ETS would have sent copies of his scores if he requested
them. However, I agree with his not wanting to join Mensa or be
President.
From: bknight on
On Sat, 06 Mar 2010 20:12:10 -0500, Jack Hollis <xsleeper(a)aol.com>
wrote:

>On Sat, 06 Mar 2010 16:28:58 -0600, bknight(a)conramp.net wrote:
>
>>>I couldn't be a Clinical Psychologist if I didn't get a doctorate from
>>>somewhere. My PhD just happened to be from Columbia University. What
>>>you believe, or don't believe, is irrelevant.
>>
>>But you really should prove it.
>>
>>BK
>
>Why is it so important to you?

It goes to credibility.

BK
From: dene on

"Carbon" <nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
news:4b919b39$0$5088$9a6e19ea(a)unlimited.newshosting.com...

> >>
> >> Karl Rove's experience in knowing Bush for 40 years contradicts your
> >> one time encounter with him.
> >>
> >> http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/35723068/ns/today-today_people/
> >
> > Rove? LOL
>
> The man is a crook, a political operative of the lowest order.

We're talking about Rove, not Rangel.

-Greg


From: John B. on
On Mar 6, 9:57 am, William Clark <wcla...(a)colnospamumbus.rr.com>
wrote:
> In article <MPG.25fb4ce6b9c36301989...(a)news.giganews.com>,
>
>
>
>  BAR <sc...(a)you.com> wrote:
> > In article <ea6c5cb0-d9a9-4c81-ae2f-b3357dbc1462
> > @g4g2000yqa.googlegroups.com>, johnb...(a)gmail.com says...
>
> > > On Mar 5, 3:37 pm, BAR <sc...(a)you.com> wrote:
> > > > In article <7bb525bb-ab48-4091-9092-8da854d01e75
> > > > @o3g2000yqb.googlegroups.com>, johnb...(a)gmail.com says...
>
> > > > > On Mar 5, 2:04 pm, "dene" <d...(a)remove.ipns.com> wrote:
> > > > > > <bkni...(a)conramp.net> wrote in message
>
> > > > > >news:mg62p59ohnij906q1qdgfegkniq37a49dn(a)4ax.com...
>
> > > > > > > >Wait till you see the debt when Obama leaves.
>
> > > > > > > Look at the deficit that he started with, and he continued on the
> > > > > > > same
> > > > > > > path as Bush. Do you think McCain would've done anything
> > > > > > > different?
>
> > > > > > > BK
>
> > > > > > Yes.
>
> > > > > > For one thing, he wouldn't be ramming another entitlement down
> > > > > > America's
> > > > > > throat.
>
> > > > > > -Greg
>
> > > > > How is it that a bill that went through the full legislative process,
> > > > > was passed by the House, then passed by the Senate with 60 votes is
> > > > > being rammed down our throats?
>
> > > > The representatives of the people in the House and the Senators are not
> > > > listening to their constituents. Support for health care reform in its
> > > > current form only has support from 25% of the people, 75% of the people
> > > > do not support health care reform in its current form. That is 3 to 1
> > > > against what the President, Nancy Pelosi, and Harry Reid are trying to
> > > > ram down our throats.- Hide quoted text -
>
> > > > - Show quoted text -
>
> > > I don't know where you got those numbers, but I doubt that more than
> > > 10% of Americans even know what the bill's "current form" is. The fact
> > > is that Obama made very clear during his campaign that major,
> > > substantive health care reform was one of his top priorities. And he
> > > was elected. Congress has been working on this legislation for a year..
> > > It has been pased by both chambers. That is how democracy works.
> > > Nobody is ramming anything down anyone's throat.
>
> > You and Clark are some of the most uninformed and laziest people I know
> > of. Neither of you keep up with current events.
>
> >http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/02/24/cnn-poll-health-care-
> > provisions-popular-but-overall-bills-unpopular/?fbid=P48GJGyJjpH
>
> > Please do shoot the messenger first. That is what you and Billy do with
> > information that contradicts your assumptions.
>
> You really are dumb, aren't you? We have already established that the
> current health care bill is unpopular, because it does not go far enough
> for those most interested in genuine health care reform.
>
> Still, it will be a start.

Meanwhile, Goldman Sachs has rated United Health and Cigna as strong
buys because of their ability to raise prices with impunity and ditch
customers they don't like because they know those customers won't be
able to turn to their competitors. Why? Because they don't have any.
Ayn Rand would be so proud.
From: Carbon on
On Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:20:29 -0800, dene wrote:
> "Carbon" <nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:4b919b39$0$5088$9a6e19ea(a)unlimited.newshosting.com...
>
>>>> Karl Rove's experience in knowing Bush for 40 years contradicts your
>>>> one time encounter with him.
>>>>
>>>> http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/35723068/ns/today-today_people/
>>>
>>> Rove? LOL
>>
>> The man is a crook, a political operative of the lowest order.
>
> We're talking about Rove, not Rangel.

I really don't know much about Rangel. I do know he wasn't the conniving
little hack involved in many of the Bush administration's numerous dirty
tricks campaigns.