@plainoldme,
plainoldme wrote:Oh, david, david, david! You know nothing of the world, do you?
Yes, I don 't; not a thing.
plainoldme wrote:First of all, I am not a "failed English professor."
Congratulations; r u a successful wine salesman?
plainoldme wrote:Until I applied for the job I currently have,
I never applied for such a post.
I have had a great many ambitions over the years,
most of which were spent as a full-time mother.
I weighed lots of ideas as most women do when trying to re-enter
the world of work after motherhood taken seriously.
Guess what? Very few succeed. We, the women that is,
all think it is because the masculine power structure hates mothers
and wishes to punish us.
We
don 't (unless there r guys with subconscious resentment toward domineering mothers).
When I was hiring for my law firm, I had nothing against hiring mothers.
plainoldme wrote:Second, I studied more or less what my mother wanted me to study as undergrad.
My brother did the same thing.
I 'm sorry to hear that, Plain. I wish personal freedom for everyone.
I was 100% free, of course; I always was.
In the free exercise of your own discretion,
what woud u have chosen to study instead of English ?
plainoldme wrote:I kept my mouth shut and let my kids do what they want and never made a suggestion.
That sounds oddly
libertarian of u.
Expressing an opinion is OK.
I learned to respect my mother 's mind
and I actively sought her wise counsel.
plainoldme wrote:That women my age would do so appalled me.
Being domineering ?
plainoldme wrote:Third, in my opinion, college should be for intellectual development and that is how I approached it.
U need to be able to support yourself, when u graduate.
That consideration shoud not be ignored.
plainoldme wrote: I loved grad school but hated undergrad school.
I should have transferred but my mother was too domineering to give me any breathing space.
Joking aside, that is sad.
In your opinion, did your mother's oppression
influence u in your values, in your philosophy or your psychology ?
plainoldme wrote:Fourth, have you any idea how many astoundingly well educated people
are ringing up your groceries and stacking jeans at The Gap?
No.
plainoldme wrote:I know a man with a doctorate from the Harvard Divinity School who is a cashier at a Stop and Shop.
Is he praying for better work ?
plainoldme wrote:There were several Harvard grads during the 1980s who read Tarot cards to pay their rent.
Were thay any good ?
plainoldme wrote:Really, if I didn't work, you and others like you would be calling me a lazy liberal.
I haven 't worked
for years, and I 'm a lazy conservative libertarian.
plainoldme wrote:Fourth, you have to be one of the least intellectual, least able to reason people I have ever encountered.
Its only that u r
too dum to understand.
(pearls before swine)
plainoldme wrote:Fifth, what is none of our business?
your anatomical rhetoric of denunciation
plainoldme wrote:That jan brewer stole government money meant for schools to use
to patrol the border when the problem is that existing border
guards and local police take bribes from Mexican drug lords and
American manufacturers of crystal meth!
Maybe she
has legal authority to
DO that; if not, she can expect to lose
litigation sounding in usurpation and in
ultra vires activity.
plainoldme wrote:Sixth, when you look at these threads honestly,
you realize that there is no such thing as being off topic.
Seventh, I can speak English. I could stand in on the same debate that brewer ran from.
I re-iterate: politicians who wanna debate are those who are
LOSING.
That 's what losers do.
plainoldme wrote:What a coward.
Its not cowardice; its common political wisdom.
plainoldme wrote:I would guess that you never admire people with strong characters
That depends on the nature of the character that is strong.
Some of the most
horrible despots
of the 20th Century had very
strong characters.
David