News Why Are Universities Dominated by the Left?

[russ_watters]

Wow...I'm just asking questions here. I never expressed a "don't trust anyone under 25" point of view. I was just trying to figure out whether the minimum voting age was established on the basis of capability to comprehend politics or other issues like draft eligibility and taxation without representation.

And though I said youngsters (at 29, I'm old enough to use that word) are more liberal than older people (I'm not there yet), I never said they shouldn't vote. Quite the contrary - as a former enlistee, I think its pretty important that they should be able to vote. And while we're at it - someone who is old enough to die for their country should be allowed to calm his nerves with a shot of Jack too.

On who should be allowed to vote, I think the test we have works fine: people are too apathetic to vote shouldn't vote - and they don't!

But it is entertaining to be pigeonholed...

best of all, the Simpson's used as experimental evidence (Russ, I'm shocked! ).

All of life's important lessons can be learned from The Simpsons.

 

[Smurf]

It's called a technocracy. A System where the Intellectuals/Scientists of a society are the ruling class.

 

[BobG]

Wow...I'm just asking questions here. I never expressed a "don't trust anyone under 25" point of view. I was just trying to figure out whether the minimum voting age was established on the basis of capability to comprehend politics or other issues like draft eligibility and taxation without representation.

Can't we have a little discussion without people blowing their tops ?

And I thought Abby Smith was some lady who was a national level athlete at the age of 3, or some such thing.

I was being facetious in my comments about the posts. But, I was serious that this is an entertaining thread.

Who the heck is Abby Smith? Is she that girl swimmer in Breakfast of Champions?

 

[Gokul43201]

This group also does some off the wall surveys. Turns out that people who watch late night comedy shows know more about current politics than those who don't watch late night comedy shows. Daily Show viewers are more savvy about current politics than Jay Leno or David Letterman viewers.

Some Daily Show folks are being interviewed on MSNBC right now. I didn't know about this before now, but apparently Bill O' Reilly said some not-especially-flattering words about the Daily Show and its audience.

A Pew poll showed that while 74% of Daily Show viewers were likely to have been through a 4 yr college education, only 28% of O' Reilly viewers share that credential.

 

[Gokul43201]

I was being facetious in my comments about the posts. But, I was serious that this is an entertaining thread.

Who the heck is Abby Smith? Is she that girl swimmer in Breakfast of Champions?

I'm not sure where the 'Smith' came from...slippy fingers, I guess.

I did mean Abby Hoffman.

 

[BobG]

Some Daily Show folks are being interviewed on MSNBC right now. I didn't know about this before now, but apparently Bill O' Reilly said some not-especially-flattering words about the Daily Show and its audience.

A Pew poll showed that while 74% of Daily Show viewers were likely to have been through a 4 yr college education, only 28% of O' Reilly viewers share that credential.

Seriously, I was only kidding about that "Don't trust anyone under 25" comment.

Did you have to post this only 22 minutes after I posted a quote from the O'Reilly show? You must really be upset with me. Honest, I only watch him when Keith Olberman isn't on the Countdown show.

And, yes, O'Reilly made some comments about the Daily Show, but it's all for good entertainment. I think O'Reilly's supposed to return the favor by visiting Jon Stewart on his home turf.

 

[Gokul43201]

Seriously, I was only kidding about that "Don't trust anyone under 25" comment.

Did you have to post this only 22 minutes after I posted a quote from the O'Reilly show? You must really be upset with me.

Yes, I hate you ! I hate you , you vile slanderer !

Honest, I only watch him when Keith Olberman isn't on the Countdown show.

Oh okay...then you're alright. Can you explain the strange and intricate relationship between Keith and William Hung ? That little thing somehow baffles me...

And, yes, O'Reilly made some comments about the Daily Show, but it's all for good entertainment. I think O'Reilly's supposed to return the favor by visiting Jon Stewart on his home turf.

Jon Stewart was on O' Reilly ?? How did I miss that ?

 

[BobG]

What?! William Hung is proof that left-wing free-sex hippies don't dominate universities - not even UCal-Berkeley. He's a junior in college and still a virgin.

This guy is great! Just watch "She Bangs" (3rd video down).

http://www.williamhung.net/video.cfm

 

[Smurf]

Theres lots of Juniors in college that are virgins, what does that proove?

 

[Gokul43201]

He's a junior in college

...and he's Hung, ...

and still a virgin.