When Atheists Attack

For all those anti-elitist; think for a second where anti-elitism, would have landed this country in 1776. Think of a country without the likes of Hamilton, Jefferson and the super-elite Franklin--they would all be disqualified by today's electorate.. After two terms of a disastrous presidency by a "guy you like to have beer with", with little curiosity and gut decision making, should we not have a bit more faith in a person who is intelligent and smart.

Sam Harris - you nailed it right on. Sarah Palin supporters are complete dimwits...either they have really low standards or they don't think much about the United States...which may be the reason why dimwit Bush got elected for 2 terms...and why we would think Reagan was qualified. Boy, you republicans don't value real education or intelligence based on the record of candidates you put into office...and history still hasn't taught you dimwits anything. The fact that the 2 most uneducated and unqualified candidates next to Bush are where they are in the polls show that middle America is not very smart and there is a very strong racist white mentality that is running this country. I think US better finally brace itself but it will get trampled on by the rest of the world and pretty soon we will be ones asking for handouts. Sam, your next reporting should be on the Troopergate investigation...which is everything but innocent.

I think it would be easier for folks to understand the word "elite" and its connotations if we were to put it in sports terms. We send our "elite" athletes to the Olympics, not our city league, recreational team players. American voters should think of the presidency as the "Olympics" of leadership. Is it not the highest, most powerful office in the world? Yes, it is, just as the Olympics represent our highest athletic aspirations. Do we want any less than the most educated, most thoughtful, most intellectually agile person to lead our country? No, of course not. Sarah Palin might be a Good Mom or an Average Joe or a Regular Person--but she's not a gold medalist.

What a poor sap Sam is. He is a lost soul.

Replace religion with cult-like-worship and you could have written this about Barack Obama only it would've been even more relevant since he is the top of the ticket.

Liberal doublethink strikes again!

'thinking about consequences:' (with reference to your comment below): It becomes clear that your insistance upon assuming the biblical texts to hold water unequivically- without any consideration of a pragmatic perspective on morality- impedes your understanding of the real issues underpinning Mr.Harris's article. In the first place, to give some sacerdotal impunity to someone who's views on world affairs are literally limited to that which she has witnessed from standing on her back porch, simply because you agree with her assessment that god hates homosexuals and that democrats approbate the wholesale murder of babies is disturbing. The problem with your claim that it's 'not just the morons who ruins the world' might lend itself to a little credibility if your hockey-mom mascot didn't sound so much like one of those morons. It is almost as though the conservative wing of the political spectrum subscribes to the idea that the quality of intelligence (read: 'elitist') should automatically bar someone from occupying the highest office in the land.

(originally posted by "thinking about consequences" below):
Posted By: thinking about consequences @ 09/22/2008 5:42:41 PM
Comment: So I am impeding forward progress by believing in the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. How good of you to inform me of my ignorance. By the way, what is the goal I am impeding progress toward? The goal of every man doing what he thinks is right in his own eyes (a practice that the writer of the book of Judges found somewhat wanting)? How many times does human history have to teach that even the intelligent people are capable of unspeakable evil? It's not just the morons that ruin the world...

Morons. Go Sam, go.

'thinking about consequences:' (with reference to your comment below): It becomes clear that your insistance upon assuming the biblical texts to hold water unequivically- without any consideration of a pragmatic perspective on morality- impedes your understanding of the real issues underpinning Mr.Harris's article. In the first place, to give some sacerdotal impunity to someone who's views on world affairs are literally limited to that which she has witnessed from standing on her back porch, simply because you agree with her assessment that god hates homosexuals and that democrats approbate the wholesale murder of babies is disturbing. The problem with your claim that it's 'not just the morons who ruins the world' might lend itself to a little credibility if your hockey-mom mascot didn't sound so much like one of those morons. It is almost as though the conservative wing of the political spectrum subscribes to the idea that the quality of intelligence (read: 'elitist') should automatically bar someone from occupying the highest office in the land.

(originally posted by "thinking about consequences" below):
Posted By: thinking about consequences @ 09/22/2008 5:42:41 PM
Comment: So I am impeding forward progress by believing in the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. How good of you to inform me of my ignorance. By the way, what is the goal I am impeding progress toward? The goal of every man doing what he thinks is right in his own eyes (a practice that the writer of the book of Judges found somewhat wanting)? How many times does human history have to teach that even the intelligent people are capable of unspeakable evil? It's not just the morons that ruin the world...

Everyone assumes that Obama has always performed well, and we hear a lot about Obama at Harvard, but nothing much about Obama's performance at Columbia. Here's what I have been able to find:

Unlike McCain, nobody knows just how well Mr. Obama performed while at Columbia. The Obama campaign has refused to release his college transcript. Of course this was while he was using cocaine, so it would not be surprising if his college transcript reflected some problems.

Federal law limits the information that Columbia can release about Mr. Obama's time there. A spokesman for the university, Brian Connolly, confirmed that Mr. Obama spent two years at Columbia College and graduated in 1983 with a major in political science. He did not receive honors, Mr. Connolly said, though specific information on his grades is sealed. A program from the 1983 graduation ceremony lists him as a graduate."

http://www.nysun.com/new-york/obamas-years-at-columbia-are-a-mystery/85015/

Makes me wonder how he got into Harvard, and why he didn't apply to Columbia Law School, or maybe he did, but was not admitted.

Someone pulled some strings.

Palin is pro-life, even in the case of rape, and opposes same-sex marriage and favors the discussion of creationism alongside evolution in schools. But she hasn't pushed for legislative changes in any of those areas.

The Associated Press reported Sept 3: "Palin's children attend public schools and Palin has made no push to have creationism taught in them. ... It reflects a hands-off attitude toward mixing government and religion by most Alaskans."

She even vetoed a bill that would have denied benefits to employees in same-sex relationships because she said it was unconstitutional.

That says plenty. It shows she knows the limits of government, and believes that government isn't there to tell us what to do.

Obama seems more inclined to use government to control what choices we have than Palin does. Have you seen HR 800? The democrats want to do away with the secret ballot in union elections -- no more elections, just check off cards.

You wouldn't think, with all the problems Obama has explaining Rev. Wright's white hating Afrocentric theology,, that any of his supporters would suggest that judgments should be made about a candidate based on where he attended church, or what he believes (or doesn't).

this is off the subject of the article...

But Donald Trump endoursed the McCain/ Palin ticket ( talk about the elitist)..

when the really really rich endourses you then you know what side & who this ticket really helps..