Colleges are not the same... Schools and Colleges across the country are different. Yes, a 'A' in some schools may be a 'D' in other schools as to which is which I do not have an opinion. I do know Harvard to be a tought School as well as MIT.
Anyway... In my opinoin Larry saying "what do you expect from someone who cannot say nuclear." Is a personal attack on Bush. So what if he dismisses a warning... if you can say you know how to pronounce every word and spell every word correctly has anything to do with Bush dismissing the warning? > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 1:41 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Bush dismisses warning > > > I respectfully disagree, strongly. > > I have a Master's Degree from the University of > California, Berkeley - one of the highest-rated graduate > schools in the country, with one of the highest ratios > of Nobel laureates. > > I achieved a 3.5 GPA, both as an undergrad and a grad > student. > > Are you telling me that a "C" average at Yale or Harvard > is equivalent to that? > > Ha. > > And re: pronunciation of words - it might not matter for > the typical person on the street, but for the President > of the United States, it would be worth the effort to > learn how pronounce important words like that correctly, > IMHO. > > > > A C average at Yale as an Undergrad and Harvard for a Masters would > > rival an A average just about anywhere else. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Larry Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 1:25 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: Bush dismisses warning > > > > Then again a C average in college is pretty indicative. > > > > In general its not his language, but his bald faced > hypocrisy. I alluded > > to > > one several days ago, when I discussed working on an > education project > > in > > Houston. There was supposed to be a promised increase in funding for > > capital > > improvements for schools in the general Houston area. The > funding was > > there > > and approved by the state legislature. Governor GW Bush > vetoed the bill > > and > > then went on to claim that he supported increased in educational > > funding. > > > > -- > > Larry C. Lyons > > ColdFusion/Web Developer > > Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer > > EBStor.com > > 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 > > Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 > > tel: (703) 393-7930 > > fax: (703) 393-2659 > > Web: http://www.ebstor.com > > http://www.pacel.com > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. > > -- > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 2:17 PM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: RE: Bush dismisses warning > > > > > > > > > I have a hard time pronouncing words like that as well. It is > > > all about > > > dialect not intelligence. > > > > > > Some people associate a different dialect with poor intelligence. > > > > > > Just like saying Warsh, which I do a lot. And sometime I > say nucular > > > when I mean nuclear, it isn't saying that I am stupid, it > is just the > > > way people around me spoke when I was growing up, I still > know how to > > > spell the word, and what it means. > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > > > > > > > what do you expect from someone who cannot say nuclear. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Larry C. Lyons > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
