Nation magazine sports editor Dave Zirin appeared on MSNBC’s News Live on Tuesday to discuss college football and ended up trashing Sarah Palin. Talking with host David Shuster about a new SEC regulation stopping fans from using social networking sites at games, Zirin frothed that odd sports rules are like "Sarah Palin considering herself a college graduate. Just ‘cause you call yourself that, doesn't mean it means anything."
Is there no subject too unrelated for MSNBC or one of its guests to use to slam the former Alaska governor? Perhaps it’s not surprising that the left-leaning cable network would feature a man who covers sports for the very liberal Nation. But, couldn’t they find someone from Sports Illustrated, ESPN or any non-partisan sports outlet?
Shuster didn’t even identify the partisan publication that Zirin works for until the very end of the segment. After asking and being told that Zirin writes for the Nation, Shuster enthused, "The Nation. All right. Well, you should be writing for everyone else as well. Great stuff."
A transcript of the August 18 exchange, which aired at 4:30pm EDT, follows:
DAVID SHUSTER: Monica, the competition that’s on so many people's minds right now, college football. It starts in a couple weeks, but social technology has apparently been sacked by college football's Southeast Conference. The conference that includes the top ranked Florida Gators has created an uproar by banning the use of social media services at its games. That means no Twittering, Facebooking, blogging, vlogging or YouTubing at games. And that’s because authorized media coverage rights belong to CBS and ESPN under a 15 year deal that’s reportedly worth $3billion.
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SHUSTER: And they're angering, as you pointed out, their fan base. And the S.E.C already has a reputation of being, shall we say, a little bit loose when it comes to grades for student athletes. This is just going to go right to the reputation that the S.E.C. is only concerned about money.
DAVID ZIRIN: And that's why student athletes should be paid. You're talking about $3 billion contracts. The NCAA still considers itself a non-profit, which is like, I don't know, Sarah Palin considering herself a college graduate. Just ‘cause you call yourself that, doesn't mean it means anything.
SHUSTER: Dave Zirin, who writes for- Salon?
ZIRIN: The Nation. Same thing.
SHUSTER: The Nation. All right. Well, you should be writing for everyone else as well. Great stuff.
—Scott Whitlock is a news analyst for the Media Research Center.
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Can't they come up with ANYTHING new over at that cesspool?
Tue, 08/18/2009 - 17:07 ET by SickofLibsThe Despicable Orange Cone already did a Palin/football slur almost a year ago.
Cmon, Shyster, you should challenge and demand better of your "guests" if you want to remain at the bottom of the heap.
Cocktail Party Invite
Tue, 08/18/2009 - 19:14 ET by sawing battaThey arent about the viewers (and they have the ratings to prove it) These clowns just want to be invited to the next lefty cocktail party. This makes them look good to the Upper West Side elitists.
"Kinda like calling
Tue, 08/18/2009 - 17:07 ET by ckc1227"Kinda like calling yourself a community organizing Harvard grad....or a journalist for msnbc doesn't mean anything.
I don't think the Oscar
Tue, 08/18/2009 - 17:22 ET by RR GOPI don't think the Oscar Madisons out there are in any position to lecture society on the finer points of higher learning and what constitutes solid erudition.
Perhaps they should just focus on their jobs which mostly consists of them interviewing over-priced jocks that can barely communicate verbally.
One of the 34% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 86% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory.
could this be...
Tue, 08/18/2009 - 17:28 ET by NDanielsoncould this be why their ratings suck a$$? it can't all be maddow's fault, can it?
Maddow
Tue, 08/18/2009 - 17:29 ET by NDanielsonthe Rhodes scholar, Maddow?
The uber left! What college graduate counts?
Tue, 08/18/2009 - 17:34 ET by acaiguanaSo, now we have it.
Well, it turns out that the Uber Left has defined which college one must graduate in order to 'count'.
OKay....
That would leave Fordham, Harvard, Standford, Cotty College (??).
These elite snobs (sin nobles in Latin - without nobility) have ursurped the education of most American college graduates. Of course, they have also watered down college to the point that if one spews out the Liberal Mantra of Class Warfare and Community Organizing, it's all good.
Obama has two tricks (hat tip to un-remembered Economist on FOX today). One is to pontificate from the pulpit of the Presidency (has anyone noticed we are being subjected to the Gospel of the Obama) and the other is to release the attack dogs of war on average people, going to the extent of terrorist threats.
When the prosecutors of this country actually decide to prosecute the evil hatred as terrorist threat on this nation's people, then I will start to believe in my government.
Until then, I think they have elevated Hubris to a degree that is beyond belief.
ACA
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Quoted from: 'Acaiguana notes from the Underground' (Soon to be at theaters near you)
This should automatically
Tue, 08/18/2009 - 17:36 ET by lsudolemiteThis should automatically discredit anything said in this segment about college football:
And the S.E.C
already has a reputation of being, shall we say, a little bit loose
when it comes to grades for student athletes.
This canard has been brought up numerous times, most recently by the Big 10 president whining about how SEC teams have destroyed Ohio State with superior athletes that they can't get because of their "high standards." Only the statistics showed SEC admissions requirements to be more strict on average than Big 10 schools.
I also didn't hear anybody whining about loose Big 12 standards when an LSU baseball recruit who didn't qualify academically, somehow miraculously qualified upon his transfer to Oklahoma.
inane criticisms of decent people
Tue, 08/18/2009 - 17:39 ET by wotsiznamewotsizname I don't know or wish to know who this Zirin person is, but I do know that Sarah Palin worked her way through college and was graduated from the University Of Idaho, one of the finest universities in the West. If this guy went out the front door of a university, I'd guess it wasn't as good a one, or his grades weren't as good , or he cribbed, or someone else paid his way. Sarah made it on her own work and some scholarships. Denigration, detraction and slander of innocent victims who have done us no harm are considered by normal citizens to be moral, social and often legal offenses. At least it tells us what kind of people do this.
Which is like..I don't know, MSNBC calling itself a news network
Tue, 08/18/2009 - 17:44 ET by superconJust ‘cause you call yourself that, doesn't mean it means anything.
" if Republicans are able to stop Barack Obama on health care, 'it will be his Waterloo, it will break him...." -Sen. Jim DeMint
What is amazing is that
Tue, 08/18/2009 - 17:51 ET by Dan The Man 2What is amazing is that Sarah Palin is still considered a threat to the Dems in 2012. I see it because of all the slams and putdowns of Palin. They are scared.
My thoughts exactly, Dan,
Tue, 08/18/2009 - 18:36 ET by Indiana JoeWhy else would they still be taking pot-shots at her? Maybe because she seems to be the only Republican "conservative" that's relevant anymore? All the Reps in Congress seem to be keeping their heads down.
I also like how... I don't know, the other worthless b*stard... says, on the basis of 4 sentences and a Palin-slam, that this moron "should be writing for everyone." Yeah, he's a real artiste, all right.
And "Salon...The Nation... same thing." That's an interesting admission, don'cha think?
"Of those men who have overturned the liberties of republics, the greatest number have begun their career by paying an obsequious court to the people, commencing demagogues and ending tyrants." - Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 1
And yet, this "dumb broad"
Tue, 08/18/2009 - 17:52 ET by Gary P JacksonAnd yet, this "dumb broad" writes two words on Facebook and Barry is postponing vacations, and travelling the country with a bunch of phony baloney townhalls trying to pick up the pieces!
Simply amazing!
Yes, be afraid, MSNBC....
Tue, 08/18/2009 - 19:42 ET by BarkerBe very afraid.
Nowadays, Sarah Palin can destroy you with a single 'tweet'.
Lovin' it.....
Yes Sarah..
Wed, 08/19/2009 - 12:51 ET by kengieOf course we all know that before she turned to politic's, Sarah was a very good pole dancer, and that is why I voted McCain/Palin.
Sure you did troll!
Wed, 08/19/2009 - 18:26 ET by RukusTurtle, turtle!
Gary
A liberal's generosity is limited only by your income.
R the 2 Words" DEATH PANEL?"
Tue, 08/18/2009 - 20:00 ET by NortoShe will get my vote again in '12, see my lawn sign at my account. That was put up 11.16/08
They are afraid
Tue, 08/18/2009 - 17:56 ET by notonmywatchThey are afraid of this woman.
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Wed, 08/19/2009 - 02:00 ET by DoktorFrankenI Hope It Works!
I have a stock comment I use
Tue, 08/18/2009 - 18:09 ET by the strugglerIhave a stock comment I use on Schuster threads...seems to work every time.
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Stick With The Lie
Tue, 08/18/2009 - 18:25 ET by flyingmonkeyAnd they're boycotting Glenn Beck!?!?
Palin / Beck 2012
Tue, 08/18/2009 - 18:56 ET by TjexciteWatch heads blow up and then we would see whose heads are truly empty
re Zirin
Tue, 08/18/2009 - 18:59 ET by philipjamesComment I sent to Zirin at edgeofsports@gmail.com....
I guess that your sports guy, Zirin, has an Obama flag up his ass, because his comment about Palin was not called for.
He must be one of those pea brained and cocktail sausage sized males out there who have wet dreams about Palin and then feel a little ashamed when they wake up and have to clean up. Don't blame her.
I suggest he dream of Sotomayer or Hilary or Boxer... that way he will wake up and have a chance to get it up for his wife or girlfriend.... unless, of course, he is gay, in which case he can dream of his buddy Danny Douche... but, then he would have to take the Obama flag out first.
re reply from Zirin
Tue, 08/18/2009 - 19:29 ET by philipjamesMaybe this guy is not such a Palin basher as it seems...
here is his reply to my earlier email...
Honestly, sometimes on TV, the mouth moves faster than the mind. It
was an attempt at a joke. I'm sorry if if offended.
Not Off-The-Cuff
Tue, 08/18/2009 - 20:15 ET by Intellectual HonestyHonestly, sometimes on TV, the mouth moves faster than the mind. It was an attempt at a joke. I'm sorry if if offended.
Oh, please. This guy had that "joke" festering in his mind since who knows when. This guy writes for The Nation for God's sake. Sorry, I don't care how supposively smart this guy thinks he is but that was not an improvised line.
re Zirin
Tue, 08/18/2009 - 20:59 ET by philipjamesYou are probably right... I don't know the guy, never heard of him before and will probably never hear of him again. Look he could have blown me off or not even replied to me... anyway, just thought I would post his reply to my email to him giving him sht.
That's a non-apology apology.
Wed, 08/19/2009 - 01:18 ET by Mike BrattonNot "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said that," but "I'm sorry if it offended." Passive voice, devoid of responsibility.
I'd have preferred a more honest answer, like "Hey, if Olbermann can make the jump from sports, I'm hoping I can, too."
--Mike
www.thebrattonreport.com
Sometimes when a persons
Tue, 08/18/2009 - 22:28 ET by Dan The Man 2Sometimes when a persons guard is down like his was in the interview we see a persons true character and thoughts.
David's e-mail address
Tue, 08/18/2009 - 19:33 ET by BlueCat57Please let David Zirin know what you think of him. His e-mail address is:
edgeofsports@gmail.com
I'm sure he'd like to hear from all his NB fans. He's such a smart guy.
Selective Service
Tue, 08/18/2009 - 20:11 ET by Intellectual HonestySo this guy, in putting down the NCAA and Palin, essentially pooh-poohed not just college graduates in general, but also his supposed beloved minority studnets also. He would never say this about a minority graduate even if it was at a junior college. Is he saying that every time we are told of the wonders of a minority (no asians need apply) being the first to graduate from a college is now not something to celebrate. And as others mentioned many minority students that are playing sports are given breaks just to get in the door and too often have a relaxed grading accorded them.
It's funny to hear a guy who
Tue, 08/18/2009 - 20:20 ET by danebramageIt's funny to hear a guy who apparently buys into the most simpleminded, intellectually vacuous worldview around--"leftism," the generic, more agreeable name for hardcore, tyrannical Marxism, grounded in absurd, rank materialism and the silly historical dialecticism of Hegel--accuse others of having degrees that don't "mean anything." If this idiot's degree had any value, he wouldn't be a leftist, because almost by definition leftists are not educated. They are trained and produced.
In order to be a leftist, one must be starved of most of the intellectual patrimony of the West, for no one who is acquainted with the best that has been thought could ever assent to the ridiculous assumptions upon which leftist doctrine is built. And since it is--or was--the mission of the University to make said patrimony available to the wondering student, any university that fails in that mission is handing out essentially worthless degrees.
In fairness, this effectively describes 99% of modern universities, including Palin's, which have collectively and for the most part rejected and abandoned their historical mission. But at least Palin has had the good judgment to cling to the evidence of her own eyes and the wisdom of her forebears rather than slavishly adopt nonsensical doctrines urged upon her by subversive tyrants seeking to to trick her into prostituting her liberties for thirty pieces of silver. This Zirin character cannot make the same claim.
MSNBC "sports analyst" Zirin?
Tue, 08/18/2009 - 21:07 ET by sbourgThat's almost an oxymoron. Was Palin's undergraduate degree less intellectual than Zirin's? She at least ended up with ALOT of common-sense. He.....none.
It only takes 10 seconds to find a 2004 editorial by Zirin....where he vehemently defends Barry Bonds as NEVER using steroids, using the most vacuous of reasoning "skills". What a Leftist/Sportsjunkie/Weirdo.
Dave Zirin apologized to me for his comments.
Tue, 08/18/2009 - 21:12 ET by koorangkooThe following email exchange took place between Dave Zirin and me about his Sarah Palin comments:
On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 7:31 PM, <czal47@comcast.net> wrote:
Dear Dave:
I read about your Sarah Palin comment. Just wanted to let you know that when you gratutiously insult someone as greatly admired as Sarah Palin is, all you do is make people like me realize that your books and columns are not worth reading.
Thanks for the heads up.
Sincerely,
>>
Cyrus Zal
From: "Dave Zirin" <edgeofsports@gmail.com>
> To: czal47@comcast.net
> Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 4:46:09 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
> Subject: Re: Your Sarah Palin comment on MSNBC
>
> I'm sorry to hear that Cyrus. It was a joke, meant to reference the silliness around the Barack Obama birth certificate "controversy". I am sorry it fell flat and that you were offended.
> All the best
> Dave Zirin
On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 8:41 PM, <czal47@comcast.net> wrote:
Dear Dave:
I appreciate the apology and your thoughts. It takes someone with character to apologize. I reconsidered and read your recent columns on Michael Vick and boxing. I thought both were insightful and well written.
You have a new fan.
Sincerely,
Cyrus Zal
From: "Dave Zirin" <edgeofsports@gmail.com>
To: czal47@comcast.net
Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 5:43:19 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
Subject: Re: Your Sarah Palin comment on MSNBC
Thank you Cyrus. It also, in this overheated political atmosphere,
takes character to accept an apology.
All the best
Dave Zirin
(End of email exchange)
Mr. Zirin has apologized and I think we should cut him some slack. He probably did not realize how popular and loved Sarah Palin is among us conservatives.
Footbal Analogy.
Wed, 08/19/2009 - 00:09 ET by blazermaniacSince this an awful attempt at college football humor, let me make this comparison. Sarah Palin = Florida. David Zinn = Notre Dame. In 2009, David Zinn has as much a chance of beating Sarah Palin in a debate, as Notre Dame does of beating Tim Tebow and the Gators. ZERO!
Well at least the guy
Wed, 08/19/2009 - 09:10 ET by gmaniac1Well at least the guy apologized. It does take a lot to apologize but the political climate is only like it is because of the hateful rhetoric coming from the far left. Even many of my liberal friends are beginning to take notice. And a lot of them love Sean Hannity. Rush on the other hand, not so much. Oh well, I think they both are great!
When the people fear the government it's called tyranny, when the government fears the people it's called liberty!
Unwatchable News and now Sports
Tue, 08/18/2009 - 23:59 ET by ptsonWhere does NBC find these jerks. First the news became unwatchable, then they destroyed Sunday night football with a political hack. Now this jerk! Where do they find these flaming metrosexuals anyway? Arrogant idiots with a low upbringing!
Zeebe deserves no slack because he is a hypocrit
Wed, 08/19/2009 - 00:58 ET by callmeinsaneivotewithmybrainI don't hate Sarah Palin. Not at all. She keeps things interesting.
But proof of her degree would be nice. And not a copy of it either,
but a real first edition degree. Education is overrated anyway.
And I like Zeebe. I may use it.
On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 7:36 PM, <Scott763@aol.com> wrote:
> LOL. Read your own post there Zeebe. You HATE a woman that you have never
> met and apparently is more educated then you and 90% of Libby's all because
> she doesn't know her place as you Libbys like to put women in their place.
> Typical Liberal. Funny you pick one word, "SUCKS" which your MSHUSSEIN pals
> use daily including "GOD DAMN" Chrissy Matthews used today and "SUCKS" so
> I'm sure you will NEVER again appear on ANY MSHUSSEIN SHOW. You know you
> don't want me getting into Olbermann and his Cow College "degree." Now what
> are your University credential's to question anyone's education or are you
> going to go Obama and just say you went but show NO proof you did or your
> grades.
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My MSNBC Solution
Wed, 08/19/2009 - 01:56 ET by DoktorFrankenI say we take off, and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
The alienation
Wed, 08/19/2009 - 12:50 ET by Jack Bauer***kin' A, Ripley.
A similar insertion of a Palin slam occurred earlier this week
Wed, 08/19/2009 - 04:03 ET by Rush Fanon a Los Angeles television talk show called Good Day L.A.
The Good Day L.A. hosts were interviewing Los Angeles Chief of Police William Bratton, who is resigning his position before his term is up.
Dorothy Lucey, the entertainment reporter who describes herself as a "liberal Christian" was talking to Chief Bratton when out of the clear blue she injected a question to him that went something like this:
Chief Bratton, a known liberal, proceeded to make a a few disparaging comments about Sarah Palin, which made both of them laugh.
Lucey's question came as no surprise. I lost count of the number of times during the presidential campaign while scanning through the channels, I overheard Lucey bashing Gov. Palin.
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Two things
Thu, 08/20/2009 - 13:37 ET by Mike Bratton1) I have yet to hear someone truthfully explain the possibility of being a "liberal Christian."
2) The rest of us don't claim Chief William.
--Mike
www.thebrattonreport.com
Radical sports writer? Isn't that special.
Wed, 08/19/2009 - 08:46 ET by ThalpyRadical sports writer? Isn't that special. Does he write about sports or leftist pieces like leveling the playing field, why we shouldn't keep score, and assorted drivel.
Radical sports writer
Wed, 08/19/2009 - 13:35 ET by StarAZIsn't this how what's his name--glasses, rabid look--got started?
I'm a college graduate, but
Wed, 08/19/2009 - 09:58 ET by mattmI'm a college graduate, but I'll tell you, sometimes I believe the main purpose of college is to make money for education professionals and bureaucrats and to complicate things far beyond necessity. (Other than highly technical areas of study like engineering or medicine, etc.)
BTW - I wonder what would have happened if he had said: "...which is like, I don't know, Barack Obama considering himself an American."
Just say....
Wed, 08/19/2009 - 12:07 ET by kengieIn Sarah Palin's defense, she should just keep her mouth shut and keep comments to herself, others will stop raggin on her.
Really? This is her fault?
Wed, 08/19/2009 - 12:24 ET by StarAZSarah is a big girl--she can take it. But I wonder if these "men" see how much more they say about their fearful-of-women, misogynistic selves than they do about Palin? Yick--I would never date any of them. I saw some shiny-faced dude say Sarah would end up dating Flava-Flave...I guess that was supposed to be a big insult--and it was just stupid.
First off, you're not defending Sarah with that comment
Wed, 08/19/2009 - 12:52 ET by Lord ErondYou defend her by telling her to shut up?
Second, Zirin e-mailed me back saying it was a joke gone wrong (where have we heard that before?).
Third, expressing serious, well thought out opinions does not validate base mockery and stupidity in the public forum. That's called immature.
"Let him who would move the world, first move himself." -Socrates
"We sit together, the mountain and I, until only the mountain remains." -Li Po
A joke you say???
Wed, 08/19/2009 - 14:24 ET by kengieI agree 100% ..." she was a joke gone wrong (where have we heard that before?). She will be fine as long as she does not talk/think!
~She's not allowed to think?
Wed, 08/19/2009 - 14:27 ET by choselife3xI can understand why the concept of her speaking sends you under the table sucking your thumb, but you say she shouldn't think? Why don't you start thinking before you start typing?
Dissent: It's not just for liberals anymore.-kudzupolitics, USA Today
don't pick on the guy
Wed, 08/19/2009 - 15:41 ET by katainkenthe's only on page one of the Troll Manual. Its a process.
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They don't give the Troll Manuals to the day laborers.
Wed, 08/19/2009 - 15:48 ET by SickofLibsThey don't give the Troll Manuals to the day laborers... only the legitimate apprentices get those.
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Sportsdick slams Palin college. Bio doesn't mention his college
Wed, 08/19/2009 - 12:44 ET by Jack BauerOkay, despite my best efforts on line, I can find no reference to where Zirin went to college.
He doesn't mention it in his official biography on his own website. No mention in imdbPro.
Now you just know that had he attended an Ivy League school, that would likely be blared out.
So I just emailed him at: dave@edgeofsports.com
well..
Wed, 08/19/2009 - 12:49 ET by katainkentif this is the same Dave Zirin - He went to MacAlester College. (noted as alumnus)
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"The tax imposed under this section shall not be treated as tax" - HR 3200 (Health Care Bill) Pg. 203. Ln 14 & 15
Ha ha. I'm not slamming any
Wed, 08/19/2009 - 13:00 ET by Jack BauerHa ha. I'm not slamming any college.
But adopting the Zirin Snide Index, you have to say we are talking NOT-Ivy League.
Get a load of the right-on modern curriculum which is a half joke academically. All the suspect usual leftist garbage is here, including my favorite degree in GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP.
so it is him?
Wed, 08/19/2009 - 13:02 ET by katainkentI am not a follower of sports so I am not well equiped in the "who's who"
with that in mind then - in his words from The Progressive
"Some people go to college and become a Wildcat, a Blue Devil, or a Seminole. I was a Fightin’ Scot. No semi-pro sports factory for me. I attended Macalester College, a small liberal arts school in St. Paul, Minnesota, with 1,750 students, back in the mid-1990s. It fit me like a well-oiled baseball glove: no frats, lots of fiery debates, and a sports program that was at times regarded as a rumor. The military regimentation that marks big-time college sports programs just wasn’t an easy fit for a school that offered a course called Physics for Poets. Students were always more likely to cheer on a building takeover than a touchdown.
We were an institution of iconoclasts and outsiders. Sports had to fit into that general mosaic. It was high school turned on its head"
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"The tax imposed under this section shall not be treated as tax" - HR 3200 (Health Care Bill) Pg. 203. Ln 14 & 15
I just checked to courses,
Wed, 08/19/2009 - 13:15 ET by Jack BauerI just checked to courses, not whether it's him.
It's as I suspected.... nothing to write home about, and it doesn't put him in ANY position to mock someone else's college given the risibility of his alma mater.
I've always HATED any creep who gets collegier than thou. It's a nasty immature character flaw. But exactly the level I expect from the likes of him.
Yee ha!
Wed, 08/19/2009 - 18:33 ET by RukusBloody well said brother! : )
Gary
A liberal's generosity is limited only by your income.
Die Hardly
Thu, 08/20/2009 - 12:01 ET by Jack BauerRukus -- I see your Yee Ha and go all in with
Too funny
Wed, 08/19/2009 - 13:46 ET by callmeinsaneivotewithmybrainZeebe has refused 3 times to state what college or University he has graduated from. As in my post above he stated "education is overrated." To me that means he never attended anything or like his Messaih attended but the grades were to horrible to want to show the public. Zeebe you are as dumb as an Obama rock in the middle of a growing glasier in the death throes of global warming. Did you understand that over educated Libby?
Too funny
Wed, 08/19/2009 - 13:48 ET by callmeinsaneivotewithmybrainsorry double post.
Double...
Wed, 08/19/2009 - 18:34 ET by RukusDon't let it happen again! : )
Gary
A liberal's generosity is limited only by your income.
Why, yes. I thought
Wed, 08/19/2009 - 17:45 ET by AlanaWhy, yes. I thought everyone knew that just because you graduate from college doesn't mean you get to consider yourself as having graduated from college.
In fact, graduating from college doesn't mean anything. And particularly, it doesn't mean you've actually graduated from college, just because you've graduated from college.
Apparently whether or not you can consider yourself a college graduate depends not on the fact that you have graduated from college, but on the personal opinion of RAVING IDIOTS LIKE THIS.
The great Bill Cosby Record - follows here ACA
Thu, 08/20/2009 - 13:48 ET by acaiguanaThis is from my Fireside Chat days (Fireside Theater) of the Peter, Paul and Mary Folk Music days;
Daughter to Cosby: (this is from memory only) "Why don't you go to school, Daddy?"
Cosby: "I did, I graduated!"
Daughter: "Why don't you go to school, Daddy?"
Cosby: "I graduated!"
Daughter, "Why didn't you go to school, Daddy?"
Cosby: "I graduated!" (ad nausium)
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Quoted from: 'Acaiguana notes from the Underground' (Soon to be at theaters near you)