Finally. A little bit of a paper trail on the guy.

Hello World

Damn

Open book exam.

Typical liberal.

Didn't Eddie Murphy do a nutty professor movie?

What else "Professor" Obama believes in:

62% and higher marginal tax rates.

Ouch!

On dividends the story is about as bad, with rates rising from 50.4% to 65.6%, and after-tax returns falling over 30%. Even a small response of work and investment to these lower returns means such tax rates, sooner or later, would seriously damage the economy.

On economic policy, the president proposes and Congress disposes, so presidents often wind up getting the favorite policy of powerful senators or congressmen. Thus, while Mr. Obama also proposes an alternative minimum tax (AMT) patch, he could instead wind up with the permanent abolition plan for the AMT proposed by the Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charlie Rangel (D., N.Y.) -- a 4.6% additional hike in the marginal rate with no deductibility of state income taxes. Marginal tax rates would then approach 70%, levels not seen since the 1970s and among the highest in the world. The after-tax return to work -- the take-home wage for more time or effort -- would be cut by more than 40%

damn, i go get some sunflower seeds, and here's a new thread !

Great. Let's talk reparations.

What can I do if I don't want to be a citizen of the world;just a citizen of the good old USA. When will the absurdity end?

Barack sock, no cameras no baraks

re: #4 loppyd

Some of the more difficult exams I took during my college years were open book or open note. I had a Finance professor that allowed one sheet of paper for a "cheat sheet." His exams were brutal, even with the help.

re: #5 Colonel Panik

Didn't Eddie Murphy do a nutty professor movie?

And Jerry Lewis too!

Both of which I think I could learn more from, and both actually accomplished more. And more likeable. And more humble. And more genial.

Liberals flocked to his classes, seeking refuge. After all, the professor was a progressive politician who backed child care subsidies and laws against racial profiling, and in a 1996 interview with the school newspaper sounded skeptical of President Bill Clinton’s efforts to reach across the aisle.

“On the national level, bipartisanship usually means Democrats ignore the needs of the poor and abandon the idea that government can play a role in issues of poverty, race discrimination, sex discrimination or environmental protection,” Mr. Obama said.

Shocka.

Oh, this is good stuff. Better even than his own books. Read some of the exams. They are designed to produce little automatons.

re: #11 ratherdashing

Some of the more difficult exams I took during my college years were open book or open note. I had a Finance professor that allowed one sheet of paper for a "cheat sheet." His exams were brutal, even with the help.

I'll have to ask my brother if any of his law school exams were open book...

Sweet jeebus.

Mother lode time.

Take a gander at the 1997 exam. Then take a look at the adjacent memo.

First thing that caught my eye was the name of the school in Part II.

Ujamaa.

That struck me as odd. Then, I did some digging.

He was going with what he knew and was taught at the feet of his socialist mentors:

Ujamaa was the concept that formed the basis of Julius Nyerere's social and economic development policies in Tanzania just after it gained independence from Britain in 1964. In 1967, President Nyerere published his development blueprint titled the Arusha Declaration, in which Nyerere pointed out the need for an African model of development and which formed the basis of African socialism.

could be some juicy material in there ... but don't hold your breath if you expect the Obamassaiah to get *criticized* over his teachings.

re: #16 lawhawk

Black Liberation Theology.

Agreed, we finally have a paper trail

Is it just me, or does that opening paragraph read like an undergrad wrote it? Where is goddessoftheclassroom? I would love to see that thing corrected grammatically. I would have slashed all the superfluous words, and not apologize in the FIRST sentence for my class!

Does anyone still doubt that Obama, if elected, will appoint judges from hell? His election and subsequent judicial nominations could set us back decades.

I had a class once where I couldn't use my "prior knowledge" in answering the test questions. I just figured that the prof was too f'ing stupid to know to what I was referring. I kept it simple for him.

Even his printed materials give me the creeps.

So the Final Exam in his most recent Constitutional law class consisted of two questions: One about Gay Marriage, the other Racial Quotas. After all, those are the two most pressing legal issues facing this Nation. If you are a moonbat I suppose.

Quick, is there a bus big enough for the University of Chicago? That's not the professor I knew!

re: #16 lawhawk

Makes me think of James Ujaama.

James Ujaama, the Seattle man who pleaded guilty in 2003 to aiding the Taliban, admitted to a federal judge in New York on Monday that he fled to Belize last year to avoid testifying against his alleged co-conspirators.

Ujaama, 41, also pleaded guilty Monday to three terrorism charges, including a conspiracy charge related to Ujaama's efforts to establish a jihad-training camp in Bly, Ore., in 1999.

The government had dropped the terrorism charges against Ujaama in 2003 after he agreed to cooperate with federal investigators in exchange for a two-year prison term.

Ujaama now faces up to 30 years in prison on the new charges against him. He is scheduled to be sentenced Dec. 12 in New York.

Ujaama has negotiated a new plea agreement with the government, according to federal officials, but the terms of the deal were placed under seal. A spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York declined to comment.

Ujaama's lawyer, Peter Offenbecher, did not return a call seeking comment.

The new charges are a stark turnaround for Ujaama, who pleaded guilty in 2003 to a lesser charge of conspiring to aid the outlaw Taliban government in Afghanistan in the late 1990s. Federal officials have called Ujaama's help crucial in the 2004 indictment of Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri on charges of trying to establish the training camp and providing aid to al-Qaida.

re: #21 geata

Does anyone still doubt that Obama, if elected, will appoint judges from hell? His election and subsequent judicial nominations could set us back decades.

I believe Obama explicitly said that he wanted to appoint activist (ie liberal) judges.

The damage from those sorts of appointments would long outlast the economic damage from his confiscatory taxes, or ruined foreign policy.

The syllabus didn't look too bad, but he's not committing to anything with pro and con arguments. Who knows what would actually be taught in the class.

I did get a laugh out of the reference to the "wine and brie crowd" using cocaine vs. poor blacks using crack. Which group does he think he's in?

re: #16 lawhawk

...."Arusha Declaration, in which Nyerere pointed out the need for an African model of development and which formed the basis of African socialism...."

London School of Economics/Harold Laskey empty sloganeering.

Ask the hundreds of thousands of victims of "African Socialism" (Starvation) how it worked out for them...

For those who were born yesterday and haven't figured it out yet: the guy is a radical Leftist

re: #20 Crimsonfisted

Is it just me, or does that opening paragraph read like an undergrad wrote it? Where is goddessoftheclassroom? I would love to see that thing corrected grammatically. I would have slashed all the superfluous words, and not apologize in the FIRST sentence for my class!

It is a syntax error bonanza!

re: #23 Mich-again

So the Final Exam in his most recent Constitutional law class consisted of two questions: One about Gay Marriage, the other Racial Quotas. After all, those are the two most pressing legal issues facing this Nation. If you are a moonbat I suppose.

Yeah, but how is that going to help Michelle's kids?

How long until quoting from his paper trail will we be accused of smearing him?

re: #11 ratherdashing

Some of the more difficult exams I took during my college years were open book or open note. I had a Finance professor that allowed one sheet of paper for a "cheat sheet." His exams were brutal, even with the help.

Same here. I had a Constitutional Interpretation prof who was fond of that "technique". His exams were real knee-knockers. I have to admit, though, I learned a lot from him.

re: #32 JammieWearingFool

How long until quoting from his paper trail will we be accused of smearing him?

3....2.....1

re: #32 JammieWearingFool

How long until quoting from his paper trail will we be accused of smearing him?

in 3...2.....1.......

re: #35 Crimsonfisted

GMTA! :)

re: #29 Opinionated

For those who were born yesterday and haven't figured it out yet: the guy is a radical Leftist

/Barack Obama's Stealth Socialism

re: #34 loppyd

3....2.....1

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Do NOT tell me all lizards think alike?
(or is it the clever ones?)

re: #35 Crimsonfisted

in 3...2.....1.......

You were 12 seconds slow

The comments are pretty interesting. They seem to be divided between those who claim the Obama isn't a real tenured professor (doesn't matter to the faithful and they are angry if you point it out) and those who claim that John McCain graduated at the bottom of his class, implying he isn't intelligent enough to teach, even as a mere lecturer.

re: #32 JammieWearingFool

How long until quoting from his paper trail will we be accused of smearing him?

Well, it would follow the pattern. I'm sure this is "off limits" as well.

re: #15 loppyd

I'll have to ask my brother if any of his law school exams were open book...

Some of mine were. Doesn't necessarily mean an easy exam, by any means.

re: #42 Occasional Reader

Some of mine were. Doesn't necessarily mean an easy exam, by any means.

Tru dat!

re: #42 Occasional Reader

Some of mine were. Doesn't necessarily mean an easy exam, by any means.

Ok, ok....

re: #39 geata

You were 12 seconds slow

Sometimes slow is good! Although THIS time.....

He sure talks a lot about "debates." He's just afraid of engaging in one with Johnny Mac.

3...2......1....... - now that's funny!

All I know about this "economic justice" is that it will cost me plenty. One of the big reasons my people escaped from their former communist hell was exactly that.

re: #15 loppyd

I'll have to ask my brother if any of his law school exams were open book...

I don't remember any open book exams. Maybe I just forgot.

But I see only one point to having such issues tested with an open book where case law and dictum can be looked up.

If a professor wanted some free research done on issues he planned to pursue for his own purposes.

re: #43 buzzsawmonkey

I concur. For the most part, it's boiler plate exam materials. However, you do see a slant in the exam of a socialist bent. He's writing about what he knows best.

OMG.
I read 2 final exams.
Marxism 101.

I'm tired of African-Americans building their entire career on their race. For goodness sake. Michelle did the same thing in her paper. I read the comments--astounding. I'm reminded of the Pied Piper.

I recall having both open and closed book law exams. Depends on the professors. Some wanted to see how you reacted to memorizing fact and logic patterns, while others wanted to see how well you could organize yourself for exams.

re: #45 loppyd

Ok, ok....

And don't you DARE speak ill of the Messiah again!

From his Constitutional Law Final Exam 1999:

In briefly answering this question, do not be afraid to stake out a personal position; do try, where appropriate, to bolster that position with examples of particular cases that we covered during the course.

In other words - How do you feel about this legal decision?

re: #31 loppyd

Yeah, but how is that going to help Michelle's kids?

They get to live in the White House...which will be renamed, no doubt, since its very name is RACIST.

(so how DO you turn the Sarcasm button on?)

Obama wants reparations.

“I consistently believe that when it comes to whether it’s Native Americans or African-American issues or reparations, the most important thing for the U.S. government to do is not just offer words, but offer deeds.”

And thus he sayeth unto the cheering journalists at the
Unity Conference

oh for crying out loud, the exam for 2001 is a JOKE.

He should have a shredding party.

re: #32 JammieWearingFool

Your questioning is already over-the-top.

/

I am not a lawyer, and I didn't stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.

I read Professor Obama's answer memo for the 1996 exam. I'm not qualified to answer the questions of law, but he was personally scathing of Justices Scalia and Kennedy and complimentary of the 9th Circus Court of Appeals.

The one thing he doesn't flip-flop on is being a liberal.

From the 2001 exam: (emphasis mine)

In light of the sacrifices involved in rearing a child, both Maria and Arnold agree that they should optimize their outcomes with the aid of technology.

What a sterile sentence about a birth of a baby! No wonder he calls them "punishments". We are not even human I guess.

That's not, umm, the ahh, exam I err, umm, once umm, knew umm...

re: #37 Killian Bundy

/Barack Obama's Stealth Socialism

From the link. The entire article is a must read.

A careful reading of Obama's first memoir, "Dreams From My Father," reveals that his childhood mentor up to age 18 — a man he cryptically refers to as "Frank" — was none other than the late communist Frank Marshall Davis, who fled Chicago after the FBI and Congress opened investigations into his "subversive," "un-American activities."

As Obama was preparing to head off to college, he sat at Davis' feet in his Waikiki bungalow for nightly bull sessions. Davis plied his impressionable guest with liberal doses of whiskey and advice, including: Never trust the white establishment.

"They'll train you so good," he said, "you'll start believing what they tell you about equal opportunity and the American way and all that sh**."

After college, where he palled around with Marxist professors and took in socialist conferences "for inspiration," Obama followed in Davis' footsteps, becoming a "community organizer" in Chicago.

His boss there was Gerald Kellman, whose identity Obama also tries to hide in his book. Turns out Kellman's a disciple of the late Saul "The Red" Alinsky, a hard-boiled Chicago socialist who wrote the "Rules for Radicals" and agitated for social revolution in America.

The Chicago-based Woods Fund provided Kellman with his original $25,000 to hire Obama. In turn, Obama would later serve on the Woods board with terrorist Bill Ayers of the Weather Underground. Ayers was one of Obama's early political supporters.

After three years agitating with marginal success for more welfare programs in South Side Chicago, Obama decided he would need to study law to "bring about real change" — on a large scale.

While at Harvard Law School, he still found time to hone his organizing skills. For example, he spent eight days in Los Angeles taking a national training course taught by Alinsky's Industrial Areas Foundation. With his newly minted law degree, he returned to Chicago to reapply — as well as teach — Alinsky's "agitation" tactics.

(A video-streamed bio on Obama's Web site includes a photo of him teaching in a University of Chicago classroom. If you freeze the frame and look closely at the blackboard Obama is writing on, you can make out the words "Power Analysis" and "Relationships Built on Self Interest" — terms right out of Alinsky's rule book.)

Amid all this, Obama reunited with his late father's communist tribe in Kenya, the Luo, during trips to Africa.

Can you be prevented from cloning yourself?

[Link: graphics8.nytimes.com...]

First, let me apologize for the extreme tardiness in getting this memo to you. Due to a miscue between me and my secretary in Springfield, I thought it had been faxed to the registrar and distributed over two months ago.
...
First, Dolly might argue that a decision to clone herself involves the right to procreate, a right the Court first deemed fundamental in Skinner v. Oklahoma. Skinner involved the selective sterilization of convicts, and hence was decided under the Equal Protection Clause; by definition, Futura’s outright ban on cloning involves no such classifications. Nevertheless, both the language of Skinner and a line of subsequent “right to privacy” cases decided under the Due Process Clause (Griswold, Eisenstadt, Carey, and Roe) all argue for a broad reading of the right at stake: a right to make decisions regarding childbearing free from government interference - at least absent a government showing that such interference is narrowly tailored to serve a compelling government interest. Moreover, although Griswold appeared to rest its opinion on issues of marital privacy and the sanctity of the home, Eisenstadt, Carey and Roe clearly extended the right beyond the boundaries of the home or marital intimacy.

Does cloning fall within this fundamental zone of procreation/privacy?
...

Seems mostly harmless.

The question is relevance for a presidential candidate.

re: #57 ratherdashing

From his Constitutional Law Final Exam 1999:

In other words - How do you feel about this legal decision?

Especially Constitutional Law professors put emphasis on those cases that help them sell their particular political philosophy to the students.

It would be interesting to find out which cases he emphasized.

And is he attempting by this question, asking them to cite such cases, to get feedback as to the success of his indoctrination.

Well, one thing I notice; this is supposedly a Constitutional Law class, but he seems obsessed with race. So far, every exam I've looked at has race as a major factor in at least one of the two questions.

re: #62 buzzsawmonkey

That would be fine if Prof. Obama would grade the personal opinion objectively. I guess since we haven't heard from any of his former students, we don't know if one would be punished for an answer that opposes his viewpoint.

This story means that Iowahawk will be dumpster diving soon. Hopefully.

re: #62 buzzsawmonkey

Not entirely.
Saying that one should not be afraid to take a personal position is merely a way of underscoring that one should not try and argue the position one feels will curry favor with the instructor. Not only do I have no problem with that--it is what the exam should say.

Not very good practice for an aspiring defense attorney. ;)

re: #56 Occasional Reader

And don't you DARE speak ill of the Messiah again!

I did just see a bolt of lightning.

re: #67 ciaospirit

From the link. The entire article is a must read

/currently #2 on the one day top rated links list, it's extremely frightening

re: #70 Occasional Reader

Well, one thing I notice; this is supposedly a Constitutional Law class, but he seems obsessed with race. So far, every exam I've looked at has race as a major factor in at least one of the two questions.

You don't say...

way off topic:
Hey guys, whatever happened to the spy? I've been missing in action, lately. Did Charles take it down?

re: #70 Occasional Reader

Well, one thing I notice; this is supposedly a Constitutional Law class, but he seems obsessed with race. So far, every exam I've looked at has race as a major factor in at least one of the two questions.

I agree. A career built on it.

re: #70 Occasional Reader

Not much of a surprise there either.

You'd think that the Constitution was written to reflect only on race relations.

Nothing about federalism. Nothing about the 1st Amendment; 2d Amendment; dormant commerce clause, etc.

Again, he's going with what got him there - race. He probably wasn't comfortable on those other subject areas and focused his questions on areas he knew best.

re: #4 loppyd

Open book exam.

Typical liberal.

WHAT

re: #77 katemaclaren

It's under tools and info...

This speech that Ahmadinejad made earlier should be thread-worthy:
[Link: www.jpost.com...]

re: #76 loppyd

You don't say...

Did Howie have some fun with those photos today? I couldn't log on at WRKO for whatever reason.

re: #76 loppyd

You don't say...

I guess it would be too much to ask for a 2nd Amendment question.

re: #79 lawhawk

Not much of a surprise there either.

You'd think that the Constitution was written to reflect only on race relations.

Nothing about federalism. Nothing about the 1st Amendment; 2d Amendment; dormant commerce clause, etc.

Again, he's going with what got him there - race. He probably wasn't comfortable on those other subject areas and focused his questions on areas he knew best.

We KNOW that he " don't know much 'bout his to ree."

re: #68 itellu3times

Interesting question.

re: #74 loppyd

I did just see a bolt of lightning.

Don't look back at your critical comment, or you'll turn into a pillar of salt.

Lefty teaches about getting free stuff!

/. . . or something like that . . .

re: #81 sngnsgt

It's under tools and info...

Ahhhh. Thanks!

re: #65 Crimsonfisted

From the 2001 exam: (emphasis mine)

What a sterile sentence about a birth of a baby! No wonder he calls them "punishments". We are not even human I guess.

Question one was a doozy, too--a biological terrorist attack on the US that kills 50,000, and the biological toxin kills 15 times as many blacks as whites. What are the constitutional issues in distributing the vaccine and keeping Big Pharmacy from ripping us off?

/Palandine will send John McCain $100 if he asks this question to Obama during a debate

re: #84 Occasional Reader

I guess it would be too much to ask for a 2nd Amendment question.

I'm sure they sweep that one under the rug. Every time.

re: #83 JammieWearingFool

Did Howie have some fun with those photos today? I couldn't log on at WRKO for whatever reason.

He sure did!

And guess what?

I was on his show!

And I said the word "penis" on the radio...

Thank God my mother is out of the country. LOL

Snipped from Obama's 2003 Final Exam..

Utopia's new Governor, Arnold Whatzanager.

HAHAHAHA! Who writes your jokes? Oh yer killin me!

re: #86 Killgore Trout

Well, prior to 9/11, the big quandry facing President Bush was federal funding for stem cell research. I'd say that a question on cloning suggests that he does have some vision of where technology is heading and there are important legal issues that need to be addressed.

I just don't think I would like his solutions.

re: #90 Palandine

Question one was a doozy, too--a biological terrorist attack on the US that kills 50,000, and the biological toxin kills 15 times as many blacks as whites. What are the constitutional issues in distributing the vaccine and keeping Big Pharmacy from ripping us off?

/Palandine will send John McCain $100 if he asks this question to Obama during a debate

I didn't even think of that! What a GREAT idea! Let Obama answer his own questions. He would turn himself into a pretzel.

Don't you wonder how many students laughed at these questions, and simply regurgitated back to him what he wanted to hear just to pass?

re: #89 katemaclaren

Ahhhh. Thanks!

Glad to be of assistance...

well, I now know of one of the 57 states that I wasn't aware of is Wazoo with its capitol being Wazoo City. Now I just need to find out the other 6 state names.

re: #91 Cartman

I'm sure they sweep that one under the rug. Every time.

I was reading Morris Dees' book about the militia movement--The Gathering Storm. It was written in the late 90s, and he holds forth very forcefully at the end about how it's settled constitutional law that the 2nd Amendment only applies to state National Guard units.

Mr. Dees, meet Mr. Heller

re: #92 loppyd

He sure did!

And guess what?

I was on his show!

And I said the word "penis" on the radio...

Thank God my mother is out of the country. LOL

I can't believe I missed you talking dirty!

Must have been a classic show.

re: #98 Palandine

Mr. Dees, meet Mr. Heller

Mr Dees, meet Mr Armed Heller.

(and yes I know the application was denied, just a joke)

The comments are such a hoot...moonbats on parade.

And here's why this wont matter.

Nothing sticks to Obama.

Justice Scalia's cramped approach? Is that a legal term? Methinks Baraks is making thinks up! ( Obamas 1966, comments 'students in conlaw3', pdf.) Did Scalia have to go to the hospital for that?

re: #79 lawhawk

Not much of a surprise there either.

You'd think that the Constitution was written to reflect only on race relations.

Nothing about federalism. Nothing about the 1st Amendment; 2d Amendment; dormant commerce clause, etc.

Again, he's going with what got him there - race. He probably wasn't comfortable on those other subject areas and focused his questions on areas he knew best.

Far be it for me to defend Obama but isn't the class title "Racism and the Law?" My question is why did he use 2 lesbians as an exam question?

re: #95 Crimsonfisted

and simply regurgitated back to him what he wanted to hear just to pass?

Ah, I see you've been to law school.

re: #97 Soccer Fan

well, I now know of one of the 57 states that I wasn't aware of is Wazoo with its capitol being Wazoo City. Now I just need to find out the other 6 state names.

Wasn't Wazoo the place in Alabama where Ralph Macchio & his buddy got pulled over in My Cousin Vinny?

re: #85 katemaclaren

I wonder how much (not if) Michelle contributed to the effort.

re: #95 Crimsonfisted

I was an open-minded and questioning liberal in my college days, and even I knew the only way to get by was to read between the lines and shoot the professor back whatever he wanted to hear, regardless of my personal opinion. Straight As.

"Never hint at what you really feel."
--Mike and the Mechanics "Silent Running"

re: #90 Palandine

a biological terrorist attack on the US that kills 50,000, and the biological toxin kills 15 times as many blacks as whites.

US destroyed, Minorities hit hardest [N Y Times]

re: #101 FurryOldGuyJeans

The comments are such a hoot...moonbats on parade.

moonbats on stilts on parade.

This is right up Professor Obama's alley - get ready for the legal challenges.

MA House passes repeal of 1913 marriage law

The House today voted 118 to 35 to repeal a 1913 state law that prevents gay and lesbian couples from most other states from marrying in Massachusetts.

The measure, which the Senate passed earlier this month, will head to the desk of Governor Deval Patrick, who is expected to sign it into law. The move will clear the way for out-of-state couples to marry in Massachusetts, making it the second state to allow gay and lesbian couples to marry regardless of their place of residence.

Hasten the day when this guy is relegated to the dust bin of history.

re: #28 WhiteRasta

africa is gettiing so bad i recently read were ave africans want the euro to come back.

re: #104 Soccer Fan

The exams were his con law courses. They had the syllabus and assignments for the Racism and the Law seminar:

we unearthed some of Mr. Obama’s old class materials: the syllabus and assignments for his “Racism and the Law” seminar, as well as a set of his constitutional law exams and a partial set of memos he wrote about the answers.

re: #100 Crimsonfisted

Mr Dees, meet Mr Armed Heller.

(and yes I know the application was denied, just a joke)

I was listening to a local radio show the day the Heller decision came through, and they were interviewing Ted Nugent. His classic line:

"Wow! Now that owning a gun is an individual right, I may have to go out and buy one."

:) Wango ze Tango

re: #4 loppyd

Open book exam.

Typical liberal.

Believe me, if I give you a take home, open book, physics exam, it will be brutal... It means that no amount of simple memorization could help.

re: #108 Palandine

I was an open-minded and questioning liberal in my college days, and even I knew the only way to get by was to read between the lines and shoot the professor back whatever he wanted to hear, regardless of my personal opinion.

Shit, that's how I got through college. And spewing out the lefty bile in Sociology classes was a real chore, lemme tell ya....

re: #112 Tarkus289

Hasten the day when this guy is relegated to the dust bin of history.

/the problem is, his plan is to take us all there with him

$20 prize for the first proof of plagiarism.. I'm gonna go check Ward Churchill's stuff.

re: #108 Palandine

I was an open-minded and questioning liberal in my college days, and even I knew the only way to get by was to read between the lines and shoot the professor back whatever he wanted to hear, regardless of my personal opinion. Straight As.

"Never hint at what you really feel."
--Mike and the Mechanics "Silent Running"

That explains my grades. Bs. :)

re: #116 LudwigVanQuixote

Believe me, if I give you a take home, open book, physics exam, it will be brutal... It means that no amount of simple memorization could help.

I wouldn't pass a physics exam if my life depended on it.

re: #20 Crimsonfisted

Is it just me, or does that opening paragraph read like an undergrad wrote it? Where is goddessoftheclassroom? I would love to see that thing corrected grammatically. I would have slashed all the superfluous words, and not apologize in the FIRST sentence for my class!

Are you talking about the 3 paragraphs of introduction to the reading material?

Actually, looks to me like all 3 paragraphs could be replaced with one sentence, something really simply, like:

The reading list contains the required reading as well as optional reading.

re: #90 Palandine

Question one was a doozy, too--a biological terrorist attack on the US that kills 50,000, and the biological toxin kills 15 times as many blacks as whites. What are the constitutional issues in distributing the vaccine and keeping Big Pharmacy from ripping us off?

It actually says that blacks are 15% more likely to die from the toxin than are whites, not that 15 times as many die. Slightly less catastrophic scenario.

re: #59 faraway

Obama wants reparations.

And thus he sayeth unto the cheering journalists at the
Unity Conference

A bit ironic, isn't it?
I don't know much about race relations since I live in the whitest state in the union, but reparations doesn't seem like a topic that will unite us.

re: #99 JammieWearingFool

I can't believe I missed you talking dirty!

Must have been a classic show.

He hadn't noticed the straws so I clued him in...

re: #122 reine.de.toutI meant that scanned in image with the caption
"An excerpt from the syllabus for Barack Obama’s 1994 Current Issues in Racism and the Law seminar."

To the effect "I have assigned a lot but PLEASE don't drop out! " What is that? First thing out of the gate is an apology.

A leopard doesn't change his spots. Sounds like the Victory Tower Phallic Symbol speech.

"America is not that great, I am sorry"

Speaking of law exams.. How about taking the bar in California when the quake hit.

Just think, our tax dollars are converted into loans for this type of education, and then paid back with interest.

re: #123 Opilio

It actually says that blacks are 15% more likely to die from the toxin than are whites, not that 15 times as many die. Slightly less catastrophic scenario.

Thanks. I hate reading PDFs, they give me headaches. You're right, of course.

The Kerry photos are on the local Fox news right now!

re: #120 Crimsonfisted

That explains my grades. Bs. :)

Me too. I tended to go against the grain, early on. Then I realized near the end that my accum wasn't going to be what I needed unless I played along in the PC game. And it wasn't nearly as bad then as I imagine it must be now. If I were a student today, I'd prolly get tossed out on my ear.

re: #127 lawhawk

sheesh. As if the stress level wasn't high enough!

And now Howie Carr is on the news!

re: #130 loppyd

The Kerry photos are on the local Fox news right now!

You mean these photos?

/shameless...

re: #97 Soccer Fan

well, I now know of one of the 57 states that I wasn't aware of is Wazoo with its capitol being Wazoo City. Now I just need to find out the other 6 state names.

I give you the state of absaroka

...the US state of Absaroka (pronounced ab-SOR-ka) managed to acquire quite a few trappings of statehood: a governor and capital were selected, Absarokan car license plates issued, and there even was a Miss Absaroka 1939 (the first and only one). The King of Norway also visited, apparently – although he might not have suspected that it was a state visit.

Had an instructor in college who was of the same mind as Obama -- except that she was even more extreme -- imagine that!
NO one (and I mean no one) knew what "injustice" would set her off. Thank GOD it was only a semester.
BO has his sights on 4 to 10 years.
eeeeeeeeeee!

re: #133 loppyd

And now Howie Carr is on the news!

And now loppyd's on Howie talking penis!

/uh, did that come out right?

re: #134 JammieWearingFool

You mean these photos?

/shameless...

Lame Kerry spokesman statement:

"As Sen. Kerry and two friends left dinner at the Straight Warf restaurant on Nantucket and walked down the dock, a large group on a boat recognized Senator Kerry and asked if they could have a photo taken. The group came off the boat and onto the dock, took a photo with Sen. Kerry and his friends, and then Sen. Kerry and his two friends immediately walked away. End of story."

Mmmkay.

re: #137 JammieWearingFool

And now loppyd's on Howie talking penis!

/uh, did that come out right?

My bra was doing all of the talking.

The more this guy's idiotic garbage gets out into the mainstream, the more his wife is going to be disappointed in her country (again).

This guy is no more than a two-bit race-baiting hack sheathed in make-up, fist bumps, and affirmative action programs. He hasn't had a merit-based gig without an inside track in his entire life, and isn't looking to start now.

re: #139 loppyd

Don't tase me, bra!

re: #138 loppyd

Mmmkay.

Lurch's face really looks like a cartoon, doesn't it?

re: #141 Cartman

Don't tase me, bra!

LOL - good one!

re: #126 Crimsonfisted

"America is not that great, I am sorry"

Proposed, American is not that great.

Arguing for, Michelle. Arguing against, Ronald.

Michelle: I say without prejudice, that America cannot be great. To be great it would have to be flawless, and everyone happy. QED.

Ronald: I say with great appreciation, America is great! America's greatness is above that of all other nations ever known in terms of freedom, of opportunity, of the happiness overall of the people. QED.

Barack: Well, Ronald has some very good ideas there, but I'm going to throw him under the bus, and as a citizen of the world go with Michelle's argument that we cannot be proud of America until the very worst of us, is able to run for President.

... and so it eventually transpired.

The End?

re: #142 Occasional Reader

Lurch's face really looks like a cartoon, doesn't it?

I call him Droopy Dog.

re: #132 ratherdashing

Indeed.

re: #145 loppyd

I call him Droopy Dog.

How the hell does he do that thing with his eyebrows? It looks like they were drawn on with a Sharpie.

re: #127 lawhawk

Speaking of law exams.. How about taking the bar in California when the quake hit.

Laptops? Bar exams have apparently come a long way in the last ten years.

/all I remember is that it was just about the worst two days in my life and a phrase from the fact pattern of one question, "he slipped on a piece of meat"

re: #147 Occasional Reader

How the hell does he do that thing with his eyebrows? It looks like they were drawn on with a Sharpie.

He needs a Botox boost.

"Hope" makes it's first appearance in the 1996 exam.

O/T, but on the subject of open book/closed book exams.

I took an engineering course under T. K. Sherwood at MIT, one of the great men of Chemical Engineering. He announced that there would be a quiz on Friday, and that it would be closed book. A chorus of groans went up. He looked around the room, and after a long pause, said, "Some day, it may happen that some of the best engineering you will ever do will be on the back of an old envelope while you're standing on the corner of a wind-blown piece of equipment out in the middle of nowhere. [long pause] And it will be closed book."

loppyd, I'd updated a few minutes ago with the Herald item.

He was for the photo op before he was against it.

re: #147 Occasional Reader

Maybe TFK will weigh in on that. :)

re: #138 loppyd

Mmmkay.

Get off his back Loppyd. The vaguely french-looking Kerry had a flashback (as have had all Vietnam Vets with it seared into their memory) and thought it was a patrol boat going into Cambodia.

He was going to fight for America, he was.

The problem with question 1 in the 2001 exam is that once children 13 and under and women under 50 get the vaccine, there are none left over for anyone else including all the prisoners at Gitmo.

re: #97 Soccer Fan

Now I just need to find out the other 6 state names.

There's the State of Jefferson -- [Link: en.wikipedia.org...]

re: #144 itellu3times

we cannot be proud of America until the very worst of us, is able to run for President.

Be proud.
Exhibit A - Barack Obama
I rest my case.

Lurch loves the young ladies...

This photo is aptly titled "John Kerry checking out my friend's boobs"

re: #157 Killer Tomato

Be proud.
Exhibit A - Barack Obama
I rest my case.

Jimmah Carter strongly supports Obama for president. Jimmah is tired of being the worst president ever.

Holy Talk about Current Hot Button Issue Exams Batman!

re: #154 razorbacker

Get off his back Loppyd. The vaguely french-looking Kerry had a flashback (as have had all Vietnam Vets with it seared into their memory) and thought it was a patrol boat going into Cambodia.

He was going to fight for America, he was.

Christmas Eve in July!

re: #97 Soccer Fan

In the 2003 Exam he has the "State of Nirvanna" and the "State of Utopia", so we just need four more for the complete list!

forget the kerry pics, its all about the Belding

I propose the State of Intoxication!
(three to go)

re: #151 ErnieG

O/T, but on the subject of open book/closed book exams.

I took an engineering course under T. K. Sherwood at MIT, one of the great men of Chemical Engineering. He announced that there would be a quiz on Friday, and that it would be closed book. A chorus of groans went up. He looked around the room, and after a long pause, said, "Some day, it may happen that some of the best engineering you will ever do will be on the back of an old envelope while you're standing on the corner of a wind-blown piece of equipment out in the middle of nowhere. [long pause] And it will be closed book."

Great story. I took an ME course, (Design 351?) from the dreaded Milton Koenig. Someone asked him before an exam if there was partial credit. He said when the bridge falls down you don't get partial credit.

re: #149 loppyd

He needs a Botox boost.

And some quality time in a tanning booth. I'll never forget the debates where he came out on stage and was practically orange compared to W. He looked like an Ooompa Loompa from Willie Wonkas Chocolate Factory.

re: #154 razorbacker

I think JFnK fancies himself as Martin Sheen, going in to arrest or execute Marlon Brando in Apocalypse Now.

re: #166 Truck Monkey

And some quality time in a tanning booth. I'll never forget the debates where he came out on stage and was practically orange compared to W. He looked like an Ooompa Loompa from Willie Wonkas Chocolate Factory.

Those Ooompa Looompas are so f-ing scary.

re: #40 shibumi

The comments are pretty interesting. They seem to be divided between those who claim the Obama isn't a real tenured professor (doesn't matter to the faithful and they are angry if you point it out) and those who claim that John McCain graduated at the bottom of his class, implying he isn't intelligent enough to teach, even as a mere lecturer.

Let's see Obama land a battle damaged A4 Skyhawk, on a pitching carrier deck, at night.

Who's the smart one now?

Naval Aviator vs Leftist Agitator.

No contest.

FWIW, if you're ever listening to a lecture by a military guy and he stomps his foot after making a point, take a note. It WILL be on the test.

It was David "The Hairbrush" Wade who made the ridiculous statement about the Lurch Gone Wild pics.

Good Evening Lizards! It was allergy-like in the Very Far Western Suburbs of Chicagoland today.

Has this been posted? It seems like a hoax, but is still funny.

How are you-all this evening and what are we talking about?

I propose the state of confusion

(two to go)

re: #169 Colonel Panik

Naval Aviator vs Leftist Agitator

Hero vs Zero
(somebody go make up bumperstickers if there aren't any already)

re: #168 loppyd

Those Ooompa Looompas are so f-ing scary.

And they have the strength of 10 men!

re: #173 Truck Monkey

State of delerium. One to go.

re: #177 Wilderstad

State of delerium. One to go.

State of Consciousness

Has that been suggested?

re: #172 ggt

How are you-all this evening and what are we talking about?

Commie law professors and Kerry's Kittens.

re: #173 Truck Monkey

I propose the state of confusion

(two to go)

State of Agitation?

Re: 57 States.

This should round them out. Jefferson's plans for state names.

No one seems to regret that Thomas Jefferson’s plan for the division of the Northwest Territory into ten new states was shelved.

re: #169 Colonel Panik

I don't give a crap about who can teach or fly a jet. My main concern when I go to vote this November is who can curtail the spending in the government and make sure the terrorists don't bomb the crap out of us.

I find this topic very interesting, but I see Obama's people quickly couching this as a professorial effort in open dialog.

Frankly, I find this article much more compelling as to where he stands today:

[Link: starbulletin.com...]

I would especially focus your attention to this quote:

"I consistently believe that when it comes to whether it's Native Americans or African-American issues or reparations, the most important thing for the U.S. government to do is not just offer words, but offer deeds."

It seems clear that he is saying that in regards to reparations, the government should not just talk, but rather should act. This is the most leftist view of how best to address race relations in the country.

re: #181 razorbacker

Re: 57 States.

This should round them out. Jefferson's plans for state names.

Assenisipia? What was Jefferson imbibing that night?

Question for anyone who wishes to take it.

I have been trying to get more information about Obama's trip to Pakistan the summer he transferred from Occidental to Columbia.

One of the names that comes up in the information is, Sohale Siddiqi.

From what I can tell, he had a drug problem, shared a place to live with Obama, was not a student at Columbia, and became illegal after over-staying on a tourist visa.

This would mean he had contact with this person after his trip to Pakistan.

Many sights refer to him knowing this person before arriving in New York.

Does anyone know anything else about this person?

Anything to add?

re: #175 Killer Tomato

Hero vs Zero
(somebody go make up bumperstickers if there aren't any already)

I like.

re: #32 JammieWearingFool

How long until quoting from his paper trail will we be accused of smearing him?

They haven't accused us yet?

re: #183 napjim

"I consistently believe that when it comes to whether it's Native Americans or African-American issues or reparations, the most important thing for the U.S. government to do is not just offer words, but offer deeds."

Funny, but all he does is offer words.

Wow.

These papers have convinced me that I should really go to law school, as I considered doing some 30-odd years ago.

Why? Because, if this is the state of "final exam" questions these days, I can ace these things without even halting my alcohol consumption for the duration of the tests. I mean, seriously, if this is the level of testing done in today's law schools - and I strongly suspect that Obama was hardly unique in his test formats - not only do we have too many lawyers in our society, but the vast majority of them are complete idiots.

Of course, my answers would piss off my professors, but they would also be rock-solid in terms of case law and legislation - as would have to be proven in appeal (since the "piss off" would be... um... huge, and would require such an action for me to avoid getting a failing grade).

- Inspector Callihan

This is sorta funny: At the University of Chicago, I was taking Conservative Jurisprudence from Michael McConnell at the same time he was teaching this course on Race and Law.

And I had never heard of him.

No name.

re: #172 ggt

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA! :D

Way past my bedtime.

'Night Lizard Nation...

My hardest classes:

#1 Point Set Theory -- no book; no exams; just a 45 minute lecture and 1 big stinking proof every class that you had to turn in by the next class.

#2 Mechanics -- had book (a little better); no exams -- just open book class-long pop quizzes written on the board whenever the Prof felt like it.

#3 Symbolic Logic -- no books; no exams; Prof would ask one question and not say anything until someone made an attempt at a proof. Then he "constructively criticize" during the proof. When he felt they were "spinning" he gave them the hook and waited for the next victim. All grades based on participation (meaning you had to get up there and face the man).

I still have memories of many sleepless nights.

re: #179 Cartman

ah!

re: #193 loppyd

G'nite, Loppy

re: #188 loppyd

"I consistently believe that when it comes to whether it's Native Americans or African-American issues or reparations, the most important thing for the U.S. government to do is not just offer words, but offer deeds."

Funny, but all he does is offer words.

Obama: The Pied Piper of Platitudes.

My hardest classes:

1 - Physical Chemistry as an undergrad (I used to have a bumper sticker that said "Honk if you passed P-Chem.")

2 - US Intellectual History

3 - The Theologian and the Historian.

re: #189 dirtyharry

These papers have convinced me that I should really go to law school, as I considered doing some 30-odd years ago.

If you've got a four year degree, take the LSAT, see how you do.

not only do we have too many lawyers in our society, but the vast majority of them are complete idiots.

/oh, and feel free to [expletive deleted] lick yourself

re: #189 dirtyharry

That was a great post. Ha.

re: #181 razorbacker

He only named three after a Founder? Himself, Adams and Washington.

re: #183 napjim

There is no way I will ever agree to paying reparations. None.

No one who either owes reparations, or is owed reparations, is still alive. No one is guilty of any action not their own, no matter what some professor says.

re: #198 taxfreekiller

And don't forget - he really wants to smoke that peace pipe.

re: #185 formercorpsman

interesting!

re: #203 Dianna

*claps & hoots* Rational thought! Woo-hoo!

re: #203 Dianna

There is no way I will ever agree to paying reparations. None.

No one who either owes reparations, or is owed reparations, is still alive. No one is guilty of any action not their own, no matter what some professor says.

Let me know how you opt out once it is decided that Whitey must pay will ya? I'd prefer to opt out of SSI and Medicare too (of course I would forgo any benefit upon retirement) but I don't know how to go about it.

re: #203 Dianna

There is no way I will ever agree to paying reparations. None.

We may have no choice in the matter, if the current trend continues.

re: #188 loppyd

Gee, I thought the Civil Rights Act, 3 Amendments, and a plethora of government policies were deeds.

O/T
Has the Bridge to Nowhere become the Bridge to Federal Prison Camp for soon to be ex-Senator Ted Stevens?

re: #206 taxfreekiller

Did you use a calculator or slide rule? I caught the tail end of the slide rule days and had one prof that used one in class at the chalkboard. Significant digits only.

Something I learned while trying to find something else...

*Underarm shaving becoming commonplace in the Anglosphere is generally dated back to an advert in the May 1915 edition of Harper’s Bazaar. Sleeveless dresses were in vogue at the time and Mr Gillette saw a new market.

So, you're greatgrandmother looked like a French girl.

The mind wobbles.

Erm, substitute your for you're. Carry on.

re: #16 lawhawk

There's a lot of leftist nonsense centered around that word "ujamaa". Check out this list of dorms from Cornell.

Residential Program Houses

We need to find a way to shut down the leftist brainwash machine.

re: #182 baxtrice

I don't give a crap about who can teach or fly a jet. My main concern when I go to vote this November is who can curtail the spending in the government and make sure the terrorists don't bomb the crap out of us.

And how do you think would be most likely to do that, the leftist agitator or the naval aviator?

re: #200 Killian Bundy

I agree with Killian. Some of them are not complete.

re: #213 Mich-again

I used a combination consisting of an abacus and Chisanbop.

re: #216 Colonel Panik

There's a lot of leftist nonsense centered around that word "ujamaa". Check out this list of dorms from Cornell.

Residential Program Houses

We need to find a way to shut down the leftist brainwash machine.

What's a "cello lesion" (under Jam House)?

Sounds painful.

Do they teach spelling at Cornell?

re: #213 Mich-again

Every time I watch "Apollo 13," I want find a place that still sells slide rules and learn to actually use the thing!

re: #197 StinkHammer

Obama: The Pied Piper of Platitudes.

The Fresh Prince of Hot Air.

Inside Professor Obama's Classroom

Another LGF cluster-bomb has landed and there nowhere for the Obama minions to hide. There are some lively discussions going on in that blog.

4000+ dead white men on one battlefield of Gettysburg counts as deeds also.

All we can offer is equality of opportunity and equality under the law. Separate "aristocratic" status to the posterity of the downtrodden is not an option.

I'm tired of the "sins of the father" being viable argument in an attempt to rob me and mine of King's Dream. Which, I may add, applies to all Americans. There are many, many people living that dream today. Those spewing the "racist" agenda are blind to that fact.

Frederick Douglas wrote that "slavery is as insidious to the slaveholder as it is to the slave".

I do not wish to be on either side of that equation. I plan to die Free with my soul intact.

re: #219 Cartman

I used a combination consisting of an abacus and Chisanbop.

I had an HP 41CV as of my junior year, but I did watch some Chisanbop commercials...

You've just passed the bar in the State of Nirvana?

Don't have to read another sentence. Obama's Utopia...spelled out in a 2003 exam.

re: #220 OldLineTexan

What's a "cello lesion" (under Jam House)?

Sounds painful.

Do they teach spelling at Cornell?

LOL...

You might want to ask Killgore Trout about that. He's our resident expert on sax and violins.

re: #220 OldLineTexan

sorry, "cello lession"

/I didn't go to Cornell

OT:

Sorry to keep hitting everyone up with these drive-by's, but what is the Lizard consensus on Michael J Totten as a resource/journalist?

I read some of his stuff a while back, but ever since the LGF post on his "Bin Ladens of the Balkans" I've been looking into his stuff, and he sounds pretty good. Some of what I'm reading from him flies in the face of the more pro-Serbian things I have heard/read.

I just want more opinion on whether he I can trust him (and not just in regards to the Balkans).

re: #221 Timbre

Every time I watch "Apollo 13," I want find a place that still sells slide rules and learn to actually use the thing!

I've always wanted to figure out how to use one too. My father had one. As a child I used to play with it. The tiny sequential numbers fascinated me. Still do.

re: #217 Colonel Panik

And how do you think would be most likely to do that, the leftist agitator or the naval aviator?

You got me there -- at this point, I will be voting for the naval aviator with the hopes that I don't get a "leftist agitator's" socialist agenda.

re: #199 hermeneutics

#2 & #3 -- must have been tons of dry reading and essays

600,000 Americans gave their lives to free the slaves 145 years ago.

Case closed.

Considering that two of my g.g. grandfathers fought in volunteer units of the Union army throughout the Civil War, one of them along with three of his brothers in the same company, do I get an exemption on the reparations? Or at least a discount? (Thought not.)

re: #206 taxfreekiller

tfk -- you left-brained?

re: #230 hermeneutics

My Dad the engineer used one and tried to teach me. I was too mathmatically challenged. My understanding is that is just another form of the "calculator".

Here's a law professor with some sage advice.

Why even the innocent should not talk to the police.

It's longish at 27+ minutes, but worth the time.

Those of you who say that a law can be passed ignore the left's favorite response - activist judges.

Bluntly, this one wouldn't even require an activist judge.

I'm not compensating anyone for anything I haven't done. And if we're going back to "paying compensation", then I'm going to ask why we can't go back to paying weregild.

re: #232 unclassifiable

#2 & #3 -- must have been tons of dry reading and essays

Yeah, most primary sources are dry. With time and a lot of study, they come to life. Thankfully.

re: #214 razorbacker

I always understood that armpit shaving came from the Yukon.

The "working girls" showed their shaved armpits to prove they did not have lice.

Probably an urban myth.

I must say that I do have a thing against hairy girls.....

Men are hairy. Chimps and gorillas are hairy. Women should not be hairy, in my book.

re: #65 Crimsonfisted

From the 2001 exam: (emphasis mine)

What a sterile sentence about a birth of a baby! No wonder he calls them "punishments". We are not even human I guess.

Of course not. Liberals believe we're no better than the animals, which only copulate for the sake of copulation. "If It feels good, do it.'

Wait -- any ex-slaves here in the U.S. to give those reparations to?

re: #205 ggt

I have been reading about this for some time, and instead of regurgitating links to everything I read, I want to make sure I am not just parroting.

When he travelled to Pakistan in 1981, it would have been nearing the 4th year under Martial Law.

re: #241 WhiteRasta

I always understood that armpit shaving came from the Yukon.

The "working girls" showed their shaved armpits to prove they did not have lice.

Probably an urban myth.

I must say that I do have a thing against hairy girls.....

Men are hairy. Chimps and gorillas are hairy. Women should not be hairy, in my book.

Go to Scandanavia. Or the upper midwest.

re: #230 hermeneutics

I've always wanted to figure out how to use one too. My father had one. As a child I used to play with it. The tiny sequential numbers fascinated me. Still do.

I had a chem teacher in HS that required the use of the slide rule on several tests he administered. Once I got the hang of it, I remember being totally blown away that it actually worked. ;)

re: #229 rlevitin

I like Mr. Totten and have his site bookmarked.

But I realize that he is forever in search of the moderate mussulman, and adjust accordingly.

re: #229 rlevitin

No one can be trusted all the time. However, Totten's done a good job of not being stampeded over time. There's no way I'm going to claim real expertise on the Balkans, and (bluntly) most people who do claim such expertise don't have it.

Start with reading Balkan Ghosts, and then see what you make of Totten.

re: #225 OldLineTexan

I had an HP 41CV as of my junior year, but I did watch some Chisanbop commercials...

HP-41s RULE!

re: #227 Colonel Panik
Dairenn Lombard at
re: #227 Colonel Panik

LOL...

You might want to ask Killgore Trout about that. He's our resident expert on sax and violins.

Killgore Trout is our resident expert on sex and violence? I did not pick up on that?!?
/off smiley face.re: #227 Colonel Panik

LOL...

re: #229 rlevitin

OT:

Sorry to keep hitting everyone up with these drive-by's, but what is the Lizard consensus on Michael J Totten as a resource/journalist?

I read some of his stuff a while back, but ever since the LGF post on his "Bin Ladens of the Balkans" I've been looking into his stuff, and he sounds pretty good. Some of what I'm reading from him flies in the face of the more pro-Serbian things I have heard/read.

I just want more opinion on whether he I can trust him (and not just in regards to the Balkans).

I've been reading most of his stuff for a couple of years. I find him to be a compelling writer with no agenda as far as I can tell. JMHO.

re: #234 neocon hippie

600,000 Americans gave their lives to free the slaves 145 years ago.

Case closed.

Yes! Yes!

re: #230 hermeneutics

I've always wanted to figure out how to use one too. My father had one. As a child I used to play with it. The tiny sequential numbers fascinated me. Still do.

[Link: www.sphere.bc.ca...]

Used the K&E myself way back when.

I hope one of you lizards downloaded the "Racism and the Law" syllabus, because the NYT flushed that one down the memory hole. I suppose it might contain something damaging to Obama and therefor must be disappeared. If you did save it make sure you repost it somewhere else.

re: #246 Cartman

I had a chem teacher in HS that required the use of the slide rule on several tests he administered. Once I got the hang of it, I remember being totally blown away that it actually worked. ;)

My kids are so dependent on calculators. At least I can do most calculations in my head, even though I went to college when calculators reigned. My kids, though, have a tendency to reach for their calculators. This will eventually sink them, I'm afraid.

And they want to study math/engineering/physics!

re: #250 taxfreekiller

noslide rule for us, UTA, (Arlington Texas area) home of most of the Texas Insturments Ignorance guys,so's we had big old fat calculators , must have weighed a pound,some of the Prof.'s did use the slide rule in class like in Trig. ect.

There, fixed that for ya!

/HP!

re: #249 Macker

HP-41s RULE!

Cost me over 200 bucks in 1982 or 83; I still have it and use it, although not at the job.

re: #241 WhiteRasta

I once knew a long-haired hippy chick that might make you rethink your position. But then again, given her dislike of bras she's probably able to play hackysack with her bosom by now.

re: #243 wannabuyaduck

Well, yes, but not the way these "legislators" mean it.

re: #234 neocon hippie

600,000 Americans gave their lives to free the slaves 145 years ago.

Case closed.

and hear, hear!

re: #244 formercorpsman

I think your research is compelling. I wish I felt good enough (bad, bad allergy day) to do some research of my own.

He's got too many "sugar dadies" and I'd love to know where they came from.

Does NCLB apply to Hussein's classroom?

re: #245 hermeneutics

Really? I thought armpit hair on women was for ugly leftist chicks.

re: #254 Bobibutu

[Link: www.sphere.bc.ca...]

Used the K&E myself way back when.

Oh, fun! I'm doing it now.

bbl

re: #230 hermeneutics

I've always wanted to figure out how to use one too. My father had one. As a child I used to play with it. The tiny sequential numbers fascinated me. Still do.

I had a couple as a kid (hand-me-downs from my engineer father). One of them was circular. I learned how to use them long before I understood the underlying principles (e.g. logarithms). Wish I could find them now.

re: #237 ggt

It is. This reminds me of Richard Feynman and the abacus salesman in South America (Brazil IIRC). He would sell abacuses to people by challenging them with math problems and showing how he could do them faster on an abascus ... until....

re: #255 Neo Con since 9-11

I hope one of you lizards downloaded the "Racism and the Law" syllabus, because the NYT flushed that one down the memory hole. I suppose it might contain something damaging to Obama and therefor must be disappeared. If you did save it make sure you repost it somewhere else.

? I just looked at it.

re: #256 hermeneutics

I always ask people under thirty, "What's 7 times 8?" just to watch them trying to figure the answer out.

It kills me. They didn't memorize multiplication tables, even! I was bad at it, but I finally mastered the various tables.