Yahoo Trumpets Study Supposedly Linking Conservatism to Low IQ
By Matthew Balan | January 26, 2012 | 16:51
Yahoo! News, which recently entered into a partnership with ABC News, somehow thought it fit to use its "Destination 2012" site for the 2012 election to highlight a new study that found a purported link between conservatism and low intelligence. The headline for the story by LiveScience.com's Stephanie Pappas exclaimed, "Low IQ & Conservative Beliefs Linked to Prejudice."
Pappas wasted little time to note that apparently, "low-intelligence adults tend to gravitate toward socially conservative ideologies, the study found." She cited the study's lead researcher, Gordon Hodson of Brock University in Ontario, Canada, who claimed that "those ideologies, in turn, stress hierarchy and resistance to change, attitudes that can contribute to prejudice, Hodson wrote."
The writer buried a further explanation from Hodson 11 paragraphs later, who tried to give a more nuanced look at his findings:
Hodson was quick to note that the despite the link found between low intelligence and social conservatism, the researchers aren't implying that all liberals are brilliant and all conservatives stupid. The research is a study of averages over large groups, he said.
"There are multiple examples of very bright conservatives and not-so-bright liberals, and many examples of very principled conservatives and very intolerant liberals," Hodson said.
However, just two paragraphs later, Pappas upped the ante again with another quote from the lead researcher, and included slanted terminology in her explanation of a second study:
Nonetheless, there is reason to believe that strict right-wing ideology might appeal to those who have trouble grasping the complexity of the world.
"Socially conservative ideologies tend to offer structure and order," Hodson [picture at right] said, explaining why these beliefs might draw those with low intelligence. "Unfortunately, many of these features can also contribute to prejudice."
In another study, this one in the United States, Hodson and Busseri compared 254 people with the same amount of education but different levels of ability in abstract reasoning. They found that what applies to racism may also apply to homophobia. People who were poorer at abstract reasoning were more likely to exhibit prejudice against gays. As in the U.K. citizens, a lack of contact with gays and more acceptance of right-wing authoritarianism explained the link.
The LiveScience.com [picture at right] contributor also turned to psychologist Brian Nosek of University of Virginia, who asserted that "polling data and social and political science research do show that prejudice is more common in those who hold right-wing ideals that those of other political persuasions."
This isn't the first dubious study the liberal media has highlighted in recent days. On Monday, Reuters put out a one-sided article trumpeting the results of a study by pro-abortion researchers, which claimed that having an abortion was safer than giving birth.
[H/t: HotAir's Allahpundit on Twitter]
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Yahoo?
Submitted by almostacowboy on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 4:53pm.
Does yahoo still exist? I haven't used it since Webcrawler was around.
I am on Yahoo all the time, and it is just barely better
Submitted by Lipton on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 5:34pm.
than HuffPo.
Funny...
Submitted by unkeeaf on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 9:41pm.
The base of the Democrat Party is comprised of moron's with their hands out, yet Conservatives, who largely pay the tax bill for this country, are said to be IQ deficient. Yeah, right. Next your going to tell me that Obama didn't get his college scholarships via foreign aid.
Does Yahoo exist? I'd say so
Submitted by PaleHorse on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 11:05am.
Does Yahoo exist? I'd say so considering they've already gotten over 156 million unique visitors to their site this month. That's some serious traffic.
Compared to Newsbusters 386,000 unique visitors this month (which is a huge number), I'd say Yahoo's still a pretty big deal.
Yahoo is my default carrier
Submitted by killa37 on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 11:47am.
Yahoo is my default carrier (or whatever the word is) as well as front-page news source, so I get my dose of Liberal Media News everytime I turn on my computer - and I read a number of the articles, just to keep my little peabrain up to speed and not too locked in..................but Yahoo News is definitly a left-leaning outlet.
killa, I don't use Yahoo as a
Submitted by PaleHorse on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 11:54am.
killa, I don't use Yahoo as a search engine, but it is in my daily news loop and my league uses it for Fantasy Football. Yahoo is definitely left-leaning but that's because they get most of their content from the AP and Reuters, which are notoriously left in their analysis. If you can acknowledge and move the past the bias, at the end of the day, it's a great news aggregator.
I don't get it.
Submitted by bkeyser on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 4:58pm.
*
...get what?
Submitted by vrwc13 on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 4:58pm.
*
v
The burden of life is from ourselves, its lightness from the grace of Christ and the love of God. - William Bernard Ullanthorne
Me too.
Submitted by The Vet on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 1:26am.
Too many big words. Not enough pictures.
If a Conservative study published this
Submitted by Optionyout on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 5:00pm.
Any attempt by a conservative study to publish results mimicking this study with the opposite results would be considered the greatest racist statement this country has ever seen. Conservatives calling liberals dumber would headline every piece tv and print possible and be ripped to shreds by them as pure racism.
And the 50% high school drop out rate in Chicago....?
Submitted by NeoKong on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 5:00pm.
What party might they tend to vote with in a few years.
Show me any liberal who is not convinced that they are the smartest person in the room.
Scientific research shows
Submitted by tcm14 on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 5:00pm.
Scientific research shows that biased junk science is linked to liberals.
Roger that ...
Submitted by Bodini on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 12:35am.
Roger that ... if global warming really existed, all those intelligent liberal professors and NASA scientists wouldn't have needed to falsify the data to support their claims. Could those same intelligentsia be responsible for this BS study?
Based on this study's
Submitted by Free Stinker on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 5:05pm.
Based on this study's description of "conservatism" - rigid hierarchies, etc, it sounds more like they are talking about what we today call "Liberals"
/// Sarah Palin Fan since July 11, 2007 /// خال
⇒ Yes, we're stupid!
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 5:18pm.
We're so stupid we forgot to stand up in jubilant disbelief when the President announced Master Lock was bringing jobs back to America.
We didn't realize those 100 jobs are the salvation of our economy.
This is a HUGE announcement, and we just sat on our hands. Can you imagine? 100 Jobs?
Thank you Yahoo, for being so blunt with us. It was for our own good.
Yes, we're stupid! (Pt. 2)
Submitted by Model850 on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 5:24pm.
And we're so stupid we didn't realize that 100 jobs is so much greater than the thousands of jobs some stupid pipeline would have created.
Blessed are those who expect nothing, for they shall not be disappointed.
⇒ Got that right
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 5:33pm.
And we're too stupid to realize he started his SOTU with promises of tax loopholes for companies that bring jobs back to the US, then calls upon Congress to close all corporate loopholes.
Only us idiots would fail to understand both proposals cannot coexist in the same reality.
I wonder if this was yet another sop to GE which, if it suddenly decides not to move its X-ray division to China would benefit. Or what if GM decides not to move its electric car R&D division to China?
Only a stupid person would perceive of such underhandedness.
Do you "Yahoo"?
CA, your problem that you are
Submitted by Willis_Leon_Johnson on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 6:13pm.
CA, your problem that you are capable of forming coherent thought patterns and expressing those thoughts clearly and coherently for others to understand.
Only a truly brilliant liberulll is capable of resorting to tears before speaking incoherently before referring to every reasonably intelligent person in the area as a racist.
Does that work for you?
"The problem with Americas education system. http://gjresult.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1375
Get OUR representatives out of the sewer! http://gjresult.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1379
⇒ I stand accused, Willis
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 6:14pm.
Sniff . . . whimper . . .
look at the bright side.
Submitted by Willis_Leon_Johnson on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 6:48pm.
It is better to be intellectually HONEST and CAPABLE than to be a liberal.
In order to be labelled as "intelligent" by the liberal mob, you have to be stupid enough to fit in with their mental abilities.
As long as I can string two sentences together in a coherent, fluid manner, I can live with myself in the full knowledge that they cannot compete on an intellectual basis.
"The problem with Americas education system. http://gjresult.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1375
Get OUR representatives out of the sewer! http://gjresult.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1379
⇒ That's your downfall, Willis
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 7:13pm.
I have it on sound liberal authority that both Global Warming and Championship Wrestling are real.
Bambi was a real deer.
Submitted by Willis_Leon_Johnson on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 11:25am.
And 'fern gully' was a real place.
"The problem with Americas education system. http://gjresult.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1375
Get OUR representatives out of the sewer! http://gjresult.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1379
Liberals
Submitted by rusino on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 5:22pm.
I find most liberals to be angry, smug and intolarent.
Really? Who is really dumb here...
Submitted by vrwc13 on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 5:25pm.
...the liberals who unquestionably believe this,
or the conservatives who reasonably question it?
v
The burden of life is from ourselves, its lightness from the grace of Christ and the love of God. - William Bernard Ullanthorne
Really? Then explain Ed Schultz.
Submitted by SickofLibs on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 5:32pm.
.
given the low IQ of conservatives.........
Submitted by stehill51 on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 6:02pm.
maybe the Dems will agree to a 3 question test where getting one right would be a requirement before voting.
That would result in long lines at the polls.
Submitted by Willis_Leon_Johnson on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 6:52pm.
It would require that Conservatives, the 'slowest' of the voters to vote on Tuesday, and the liberals and democrats, both 'known to be smarter', would have to wait until Thursday to vote.
"The problem with Americas education system. http://gjresult.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1375
Get OUR representatives out of the sewer! http://gjresult.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1379
Guess what racial group has the lowest political IQ?
Submitted by bohratom on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 6:06pm.
You will never see the main stream media report this but a couple polls done during the 2010 elections confirmed that a certain racial group had the lowest knowledge of political questions during the 2010 elections. 66% could not name the politician they were going to vote for but they knew they just had to vote for the name that had democrat next to it.
Lets just say this group votes around 98% Obama no matter how bad the economy does.
The flaw in their conclusion is available for
Submitted by Willis_Leon_Johnson on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 6:07pm.
everybody to see and observe for themselves.
When a Conservative enters into a civil discourse with a liberal, the Conservative does so armed with relevant FACTS, accurate DATA, and historically accurate details.
When a liberal enters into a discourse, the civility portion disappears because they cannot relate to any of the Conservatives positions and resorts to name calling, throwing the racist label around, screaming, screeching, tears and eventually tries to claim victim status.
And all I ever wanted was to hear, in an understandable manner, the essence of their positions.
Apparently their sole position is "i need to whine a lot".
yaaa who? is symptomatic of the victimhood status due to their remarkable drop in usage by the online community.
"The problem with Americas education system. http://gjresult.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1375
Get OUR representatives out of the sewer! http://gjresult.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1379
How about trumpeting studies linking liberalism to lying? ABC
Submitted by Gary Hall on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 6:15pm.
Science has the answer to much more than that, ABC.
Liberals generally have more white matter in their brains.
White matter is the substance of fast firing communications in the brain. The more white matter - the faster the signals are bouncing around. That's not always good . . is this correct .. is this false . . what about this . . what about that . . too much going on in here - I can't decide . . so what is best for me.
What's interesting is how such brain activity translates to the thought or decision process.
Those with less white matter - thus, more gray - are apt to see things more in black and white. This works, that does not. This is right - that is wrong. Likely to be CEO types. This is not about intelligence but rather, process. Someone who is attempting to formulate a decision on an issue, that rapid fire blows thru numerous intelligent arguments out loud, is not necessarily smarter, than one who simply understands the correct answer, and sticks with it.
Those with more white matter, seem to reside in the more creative-artsy side of life; includes artists, composers, intellectuals/professors, etc.
Both make it to the political spectrum.
Interestingly, they see things in shades of gray; things aren't absolute -everything is complex -and has to be diced up and analyzed. This process happens quickly - rapid fire negotiations are going on in the brain, attempting to come to the decision the subject wants to come to. It's no longer about what is; rather, what I want it to be.
In fact - the ability to distinguish truth from fiction may suffer.
From a Los Angeles Times' column -- 2007: Getting inside their heads ... really inside
Researchers found that the liars had significantly more "white matter" - the wiring in the brain - and slightly less "gray matter", than the truthful subjects.
President Clinton's moral lapses and problems with bad judgment and excitement-seeking behavior -- indicative of problems in the prefrontal cortex.
(;~> gary
Additional Ref:
Oct 17, 2005 — Brain abnormalities linked to pathological lying NEW YORK (Reuters Health) -
Pathological liars may have structural abnormalities in their brains, a new study suggests.
Dr. Adrian Raine and Yaling Yang of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, and colleagues found that individuals who habitually lied and cheated had less gray matter and more white matter in their prefrontal cortex than normal people. They report their findings in the British Journal of Psychiatry.
Past studies have found that the prefrontal cortex shows heightened activity when normal people lie, and it is believed to be involved in both learning moral behavior and feeling remorse.
Because gray matter consists of brain cells, while white matter forms the "wiring" or connections between these cells, pathological liars may have more capacity to lie and fewer moral restraints, the authors suggest.
"They've got the equipment to lie, and they don't have the disinhibition that the rest of us have in telling the big whoppers," Raine said in a press release accompanying the study.
Liar, Liar, Your Prefrontal Cortex Is On Fire - A study appearing in the British Journal of Psychiatry
A study appearing in the British Journal of Psychiatry documents evidence of structural brain abnormalities in people who habitually lie, cheat and manipulate others.
The researchers, from the University of Southern California, built on previous research that showed there is heightened activity in the prefrontal cortex - the area of the brain that enables most people to feel remorse or learn moral behavior - when normal people lie. The new study provides evidence of structural differences in that area among pathological liars.
Prefrontal white matter in pathological liars
Study finds left-wing brain, right-wing brain
⇒ How stupid are we?
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 6:21pm.
I'll tell you how stupid we are.
We're so stupid we don't realize Obama's goal is to jack up the Capital Gains Tax in order to tap into the proceeds from all those 401k accounts about to come into play with the baby boomers.
Why seniors fail to recognize this maneuver is beyond me, as this will put a severe damper on their disposable income.
Does anyone believe Obama isn't making a Class Warfare case for the confiscation of savings?
Jeez it hasn't even been that
Submitted by nobodyspecial on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 6:38pm.
Jeez it hasn't even been that long since they did a poll showing that the average tea party participant had higher than average education. Remember before that libs screeched that tea partiers were dumb rednecks... then after that was disproven the the new theme was that they were just rich angry white men. Certain people will never admit they are just wrong.
⇒ We do have higher edu. level
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 6:45pm.
We just don't let our intellectual superiority go to our heads.
Wait a sec. That didn't come out right.
⇒ Just for grins
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 6:42pm.
Just for grins, I just clicked on Yahoo, and the headline was "Actress Stuns in Plunging Lace Dress".
Granted, Salma Hayek's spectacular form is worth more than a casual perusal . . . sheiss! now she made me forget the point I was trying to make.
"Study also finds Conservatives are easily distracted."
Submitted by SickofLibs on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 6:51pm.
;)
IQ?
Submitted by NVRAT on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 6:48pm.
I would imagine that Conservatives common since and IQ` s are probably higher than most politicians and for sure the MSM. Now Yahoo falls into the latter category with the MSM. I still find it amazing that our debt has exceeded our GDP, which means the USA government owes more ($) that it takes in taxes, sort of sounds like the problem Greece has . How many households are doing well when they owe more in monthly payments than they make in monthly income? I guess they just keep charging on the plastic until they have no more credit. So do social conservative ideas really show a lower IQ and, liberal ideas show a higher IQ? you decide. A recent poll taken by one of the leading American polling organizations showed that conservatives have a much higher IQ than the average liberal but, I did not hear anything about that poll. It was based on current events concerning money, human resources, politics, and overall health of the country. The pollsters were astonished at how well conservatives kept abreast of current events, money and the political atmosphere. I think it was a Zogby Poll.
They buried the lede
Submitted by the struggler on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 6:56pm.
Even a dumb-*ss knows more than a liberal.
What???????
Submitted by IdahoJim on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 7:05pm.
"and more acceptance of right-wing authoritarianism"
What right wing authoritarianism? Is it authoritarianism to expect the individual to take personal responsibility for themselves and their family? Is it authoritarianism to want every individual to succeed on their own terms? To keep what they earn? To think for themselves? Is it authoritarianism to leave people alone and not supervise and control every aspect of their lives?
Is it authoritarian to allow the individual to enjoy freedom and liberty?
I think not.
IdahoJim
http://idahoandy.net
"and more acceptance of right-wing authoritarianism"
Submitted by Willis_Leon_Johnson on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 11:36am.
I see it, and it is perfectly clear to me.
When a 'whacko right wing nutcase dictatorial type' uses the POWER OF GOVERNMENT to force people to be responsible for themselves and their families it's "just not fair".
How dare you to demand that non-Conservatives be required to 'think for themselves', 'succeed on their own terms, and 'keep what they earn'?
They have determined that their job in life is to suck the lifeblood out of the People that are not useless, lazy, ignorant dolts.
"The problem with Americas education system. http://gjresult.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1375
Get OUR representatives out of the sewer! http://gjresult.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1379
Finally
Submitted by Uphill on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 7:18pm.
I now realize why I drool all the time.
As they are academic psychologists, they are liberal fringe.
Submitted by drsamherman on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 7:31pm.
As I have stated multiple times, psychiatrists (who are trained and licensed physicians) have a great deal of mistrust with psychologists (who are NOT physicians) and especially with therapists and counselors (many of whom do not even hold a doctoral level degree). Our distrust emanates primarily from the uncontrolled metastasis of agenda-driven nonsense in their respective academic fields and in particular the distinct lack of clinical and scientific rigor which is glaring in useless, vapid studies of this type.
What constitutes a "conservative" or a "gay rights opponent" or any label is entirely arbitrary dependent on the ability of the social sciences researcher to concoct whatever definition is convenient to their predetermined results. The methodologies typically do not meet the more rigid standards of clinical studies which would be required at the level of FDA filings or for insurance reimbursement because of the inherent bias of the investigators.
The brain imaging studies were, for the most part, nothing more than wastes of money. We certainly could have used more brain mapping and imaging studies in serious physical and mental illnesses such as Parkinson's disease, resistant major depression and schizophrenia. Instead, we have precious money and resources wasted on garbage research printed in third-rate hack journals that no one else reads but the idiots in the press who regurgitate it, always conflating association with causality or gross misinterpretation which the investigators fail to adequately address because it advances their own personal political biases.
I don't know guys... This is
Submitted by Rusty Shackleford on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 7:40pm.
I don't know guys... This is a university study after all, and it was surely analyzed with the same thorough and stringent criteria used to study Global Warming and the effectiveness of the 2009 Stimulus package. I think I might have to broaden my emotions and begin exploring this liberalism thing. I'm embarrassed to say that I don't even know the designer of Kim Cardassian's shoes! I have so much brainy intellectualism to learn! Is Entertainment Tonight on? When are the Oscar's... or is it the Emmy's? I don't know! My education is so lacking! How will I ever catch up?
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Chris Matthews: The Joy Behar of MSNBC.
Bill Maher: The Joy Behar of HBO.
Paul Krugman: The Joy Behar of The New York Times.
Rusty...........
Submitted by QMCS on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 8:12pm.
Sigh, your lack of brainy intellectualism is showing,
"I'm embarrassed to say that I don't even know the designer of Kim Cardassian's shoes!"
It is Kim Kardassian with a "K".
Now for your education in liberal intellectualism you must watch 15 hours of MSNBC, MTV, and LIFETIME. If you haven't shoved your head in the oven after that, you will know everything about liberal intellectualism that you will ever need to know.
I just finished watching some
Submitted by Rusty Shackleford on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 8:49pm.
I just finished watching some MSNBC and MTV, but what do you mean by "hour" and how do I watch 15 of them? I don't understand. Maybe my confusion means it's working! I already feel a little more hateful and jealous!
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Chris Matthews: The Joy Behar of MSNBC.
Bill Maher: The Joy Behar of HBO.
Paul Krugman: The Joy Behar of The New York Times.
Rusty
Submitted by QMCS on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 8:56pm.
Well thats a good start, you should just watch until your brain melts and you get a nosebleed, or until you see racists everywhere you look.
QMCS
Submitted by Model850 on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 4:57pm.
Please report immediately to the nearest re-education center for a six-weeks refresher course of your liberal intellectualism.
It's Kim Kardashian. One 'S', and an 'H."
Officials with MSNBC, MTV, and LIFETIME are deeply disappointed in you....
Blessed are those who expect nothing, for they shall not be disappointed.
How stupid are we? Re-re-redux
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 8:04pm.
"This country needs an all-out, all of the above strategy that develops every available source of American energy." - President Obama 2012 SOTU
Well, there you have it! Only an intellectually challenged conservative would question the President's commitment to energy independence.
Thank you for letting me know how stupid I am, YAHOO.
And what better way to
Submitted by killa37 on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 8:14pm.
And what better way to achieve this goal than by shutting down the Gulf of Mexico, 'investing' billions of dollars in Brazilian drilling - with the promise to be their 'best customer', nixing a pipeline from Canada - thereby possibly sending that oil to China (maybe we'll owe them some MORE money by buying it back from them???), making it very very hard to do oil drilling in our own country, investing in failed and bankrupt 'green energy' schemes and scams, and forcing car companies to make useless and worthless product that don't work, and that nobody wants to buy???
Sounds like a real workable plan to me..................so maybe I don't have as low of an IQ as all you other conservatives.
⇒ That must be a lot, killa
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 8:19pm.
By the way, how much is a Brazilian in American dollars? Yahoo wouldn't tell me.
I want to know...
Submitted by TempusFugit on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 2:49am.
...what it is in the Brazilian language. They have their own language, right? Just like Austrians have their own, according to Obama
Has anyone ever attempted to defend
Submitted by Boudin on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 8:23pm.
This or other moronic policies this admin forces on it's citizens?
I want some accountability, not platitudes.
Cool-> econ 101: making stuff, selling stuff, moving it around
Submitted by vrwc13 on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 10:11am.
President Obama said at a campaign event in Las Vegas, Nevada. "I laid out a blueprint for an economy that's built to last, that has a firm foundation. Where we're making stuff and selling stuff and moving it around and UPS drivers are dropping things off everywhere."
..was he speaking to a kindergarten class?
v
The burden of life is from ourselves, its lightness from the grace of Christ and the love of God. - William Bernard Ullanthorne
Actually, I think he said
Submitted by killa37 on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 10:30am.
Actually, I think he said 'makin' stuff and sellin' stuff' and movin' it around'............which is REALLY a serious and precient economic statement!!! Kind of like using 'hope' as a campaign strategy. My grandson makes more coherent statements on a daily basis. I wonder how the State-Run Media will parse this 'economic blueprint'.............somehow it will be 'brilliant' and 'well-though out'. Jeeeeeeez............
The Aussies use the word 'stuff' in a very descriptive way, when they say 'get stuffed'. So, in the spirit of talkin' the same language as our Boy WONder - I say to Barry Soetoro Barack Hussein Obama - GET STUFFED!!!
The "Story Of Stuff"
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 10:59am.
It makes sense, as there is a Socialist project, The Story Of Stuff, that presents to schoolchildren the evils of capitalism.
Mr. Obama is using that presentation as a reference.
I'm really going to have to
Submitted by killa37 on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 11:44am.
I'm really going to have to pay attention to what my grandson is learning in school, now that he's in kindergarden. At least he's going to a private school, but I want to know about what's been 'taught' there...........so far, it's just the 3 R's, as far as I can tell, which is what it should be.
The "Story Of Stuff" = story of socialism
Submitted by vrwc13 on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 12:31pm.
... a 20 minute 'cartoon' about 'evil' Americas over-consuming. What the heck, just blame Bush or maybe Reagan too! Or maybe all those low IQ conservatives are to blame. Blame 'em all.
Just more Public School propaganda, another reason upon many why my kids don't go there.
v
The burden of life is from ourselves, its lightness from the grace of Christ and the love of God. - William Bernard Ullanthorne
Stuff! And More Stuff
Submitted by Blonde on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 12:44pm.
Obama's "Stuff" Economy:
"On Tuesday at the State of the Union, I laid out my vision for how we move forward," President Obama said at a campaign event in Las Vegas, Nevada. "I laid out a blueprint for an economy that's built to last, that has a firm foundation. Where we're making stuff and selling stuff and moving it around and UPS drivers are dropping things off everywhere."
Economic professor. Not.
[Edit: Sorry v. I didn't see your post up there that had the EXACT same thing. Alas. GMTA]
Handy Reference Guide to Obama's Gaffes and Goofs ~ Currently Numbering 138 (and Counting)
Blonde, worth repeating...
Submitted by vrwc13 on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 1:05pm.
...and they say conservatives have a low IQ... 'stuff'? Maybe he thinks in cartoons and The Story of Stuff came to mind?
...hmm, if obama was a cartoon, which one or what would he be?
v
The burden of life is from ourselves, its lightness from the grace of Christ and the love of God. - William Bernard Ullanthorne
And never forget
Submitted by Willis_Leon_Johnson on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 10:00pm.
One of his 'great accomplishments' in college was his stint as a "professor teaching Constitutional law".
At least that was the spin before it was proven that he was never a REAL professor. Not that there are any REAL professors that have the knowledge and skills to teach much of anything in colleges anymore. Least of all Constitutional Law.
"The problem with Americas education system. http://gjresult.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1375
Get OUR representatives out of the sewer! http://gjresult.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1379
nope!
Submitted by Willis_Leon_Johnson on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 11:40am.
Anything of higher intellect would have been above his paygrade.
"The problem with Americas education system. http://gjresult.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1375
Get OUR representatives out of the sewer! http://gjresult.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1379
Same tripe
Submitted by mang on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 11:26pm.
Different election cycle. They pulled this crap the last election cycle showing how red states were dumb and blue states are so smart. Blah blah blah. Whatever.
The logical flaws and
Submitted by Rusty Shackleford on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 3:23am.
The logical flaws and absurdities mentioned in this article could be discussed for weeks, but I'd like to highlight this:
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"strict right-wing ideology might appeal to those who have trouble grasping the complexity of the world"
"Socially conservative ideologies tend to offer structure and order"
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the Left routinely critique the complex and dynamic response of individuals to respond to issues in society (usually though fear-mongering) that things like capitalism supports while praising the one-size-fits-all solution of central planning that socialism promotes?
I'd love to see one of these Leftists explain why something like socialized medicine is a more complex system than private medicine. In a sense it is more complex but only for the government, but for society at large a program like that is laughly simplistic and naive compared to the complex dynamics of individuals interacting between each other to satisfy their medical needs.
Damn. There I go thinking again! I guess I need to hit The View tomorrow morning!
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Chris Matthews: The Joy Behar of MSNBC.
Bill Maher: The Joy Behar of HBO.
Paul Krugman: The Joy Behar of The New York Times.
Stupid Conservatives
Submitted by Agnostic on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 11:56am.
While I could make another incredibly boring post analyzing this joke of a study it is hardly worth anyones effort to read. However, I would like to point out this one statement from the article and what is says about the people critiquing the analysis, "...it might not be a particular ideology that is linked to stupidity, but extremist views in general."
These people see Social Conservatism as an extremist viewpoint and therefor are clearly too biased to be 'scientific' analyst or critics.
Social Conservative viewpoint - Abortion should be illegal
Extreme Social Conservative viewpoint - (without the laws changing first) All abortion doctors and the women who have them should be charged with murder and associated fathers with murder/accessory to murder.
These people can't see a difference.
intelligence
Submitted by angelann1 on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 1:40pm.
So they were saying that communism, marxism ,statism, socialism are signs of intelligence?? Hmmmm....
Low moral values and high narcissism
Submitted by ForeverOnTheRight on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 2:24pm.
This just in: "Low moral values and high narcissism linked to liberalism."
I can see how conservatism
Submitted by jbspry on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 8:05pm.
I can see how conservatism would be more appealing to people who aren't very smart; a set and unchanging view of the world would be preferable to one which constantly confronts them with new and unique challenges.
I can also see how progressivism would be preferred by schizophrenic paranoids: it is based entirely on illusions and fantasy and has no basis in reality.