Hi Chris, On Apr 19, 2012, at 7:28 AM, Chris Hahn wrote:
> The Mark Twain quote that Billy posted yesterday says it all... Suppose you > were an idiot and suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself. I think Billy's quote is more accurate. Congresspeople are usually very intelligent and socially adept; but the dynamics of getting and staying elected moves them away from a focus on reality. This isn't entirely -- or even mostly -- their fault. As we discuss here on a regular basis, most of us are largely out of touch with reality on most things. The difference is that we at RC at least have a culture that places a high value on being intellectually accurate on areas where we voice an opinion. -- Ernie P. > > I think that many newly elected members of Congress head to DC with idealism, > and okay, they are not generally stupid people. But as a non-historian, I am > guessing that the cloud over Samuel Clemens’ Congress was any worse than ours. > > Chris > > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David R. Block > Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 11:08 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [RC] Democrats and Republicans and Senior Voters > > Ernie, the number is not that low. > > David > > "Free speech is meant to protect unpopular speech. Popular speech, by > definition, needs no protection."—Neal Boortz > > > On 4/18/2012 12:28 PM, Dr. Ernie Prabhakar wrote: > Hi Billy, > > On Apr 18, 2012, at 7:26 AM, [email protected] wrote: > people who generally are so out of touch with reality that their voting > decisions are based on nothing so much as all kinds of false premises. > > I think you just disqualified 92% of Congress. :-P > > -- Ernie P. > > > > > -- > Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community > <[email protected]> > Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism > Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org > -- > Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community > <[email protected]> > Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism > Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org > > -- > Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community > <[email protected]> > Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism > Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org
