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[lvdkeyes]

I resent your implication that I am on drugs.

[Bob]

Wino, on 26 January 2010 - 05:04 AM, said:

Entrance to an ivy league school may be influenced by family and wealth, but each teacher and professor would have to be paid off in order for an idiot to graduate with an MBA from Havard. Not very likely.

You over-estimate the integrity of some programs. There are some uppity colleges and programs that simply don't flunk out many students. Somewhat like the "honors" program you might have experienced in high school - once you're in, it's a different (and often easier) world and they simply don't flunk out the participants absent some really exaggerated behaviour (like never showing up for class or not taking the exams.

We also might be mistaking the ability to take a test for actual intelligence. Generally I'd agree that's true but I've also seen great test takers that wouldn't know enough to come in out of the rain.

If you look at the schools GW went to and the degrees he obtained, it'd be pretty hard to argue that he's uneducated or undereducated. But, if you look at his speech patterns and his logic at times, you might guess he flunked out of the 7th grade. Whether he always appeared to be this dumb (and almost illiterate at times), I don't know. Maybe he acted smarter when he was younger and drugs/alcohol did some damage later. Regardless, it was awfully hard not to cringe almost every time he spoke without a script during his presidency.

[lvdkeyes]

I recall taking a high school chemistry exam when I had not studied at all. I was so nervous that none of the questions were making any sense to me. Finally, in desperation, I just randomly marked answers at the last minute. I was shocked when I got a "B" on the exam. I knew nothing about what was on the test.

[Wino]

lvdkeyes, on 26 January 2010 - 06:23 AM, said:

I resent your implication that I am on drugs.

Don't get your nose all out of joint, your highness. The remark is not a personal attack. It is an indication of how ludicrous your statement is.

[lvdkeyes]

It is a personal attack and so is your fucking "your highness" bull shit.