"... the test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function..." (The Crack-Up, 1936)
On Sep 20, 2011, at 9:59 AM, Jordan Hayes wrote:
> C. G. Estabrook writes:
>
>> It's even funnier (if that's quite the word) that there
>> are certain soi-disant leftists who are willing to 'give
>> a pass' to Obama to continue to kill people in AfPak
>> because Ron Paul has funny ideas about the gold standard.
>
> I don't see anyone here giving a pass to Obama for his handling of
> the economy, let alone his fascination with continuing pointless,
> stupid, expensive, inhumane wars. Ron Paul should be ignored
> because he's a lunatic, even if lunatics can every once in a while
> say something you happen to agree with.
>
> It probably should be a test you have to take before joining lbo-
> talk: can you hold two separate throughts in your head at once? Or
> do you have to pick a single embodiment of all your positions
> simultaneously? It's not Obama, for sure; but Ron Paul isn't even on
> the short list.
>
> /jordan
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