Stupidity

A PERFECT case of “Bad decision? You own the bad consequence(s)”

April 28, 2013

For years, I have thought and said that one of the most pernicious new values of our rapidly becoming a secular Progressive Society is that of socializing negative consequences of bad decisions by individuals (“nobody can suffer the consequences of their decisions – we are ALL at fault so we must ALL suffer for him”).   [ Read more ]

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Williams – Sonoma: the Dick’s Sporting Goods of the kitchen set?

April 25, 2013

Updated & Bumped: This is when you get caught being stupid.  From CNSNews: Williams-Sonoma Releases Statement Apologizing for Pulling Pressure Cookers “Pressure cookers are available at all our stores nationwide. “In the days immediately following the tragic bombings in Boston a local decision was made to remove pressure cookers from the sales floor of the [ Read more ]

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Money for nuthin….

March 29, 2013

So let me get this straight, some 250 folks were trusting (nay, let’s be honest, greedy and stupid) enough to loan money to a Ponzi scheme in the hopes of making astonishing returns on those loans and when the scumbag operating it finally ran out of suckers and money and the game collapsed, these 250 [ Read more ]

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Yes, we MUST be critical of their thinking (or what passes for it)

February 3, 2013

Political correctness, CYA, a lack of blame-shifting / “not my fault and not my responsibility” and a total lack of “critical judgment” – what a combination we see.  And the Educational-Industrial at work (School Board Associations, Administrator Associations, and Public Teachers Unions at these Government schools purport to be all about “public education” and how [ Read more ]

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“I’m with Stupid”

November 14, 2012

  (H/T: Lucianne.com)

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Yay for Gridlock! The word “compromise” is not bad, but “compromising principles” is a bad phrase. Throw in “social contract” and there’s a big problem.

December 18, 2011

Social Contract: an actual or hypothetical agreement among the members of an organized society or between a community and its ruler that defines and limits the rights and duties of each I have been noodling on the phrase “social contract” for quite some time ever since Elizabeth Warren had her misbegotten rant denigrating capitalism and [ Read more ]

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The Shrill Kathy And The Birthers

November 29, 2011

“We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.” —Benjamin Franklin Kathy Sullivan is not only dishonest, but she is also a rank charlatan. The Shrill Kathy is the epitome of moral bankruptcy when it comes to New Hampshire politics.  In the UL today she quips, Why does Speaker O’Brien not [ Read more ]

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