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Talented young singer
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Comment by booklover on September 1, 2012 at 5:58pm -
Love the bear picture Patricia! ~ Melinda
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Comment by Patricia on September 1, 2012 at 4:57pm -
I arr hyddin'
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Comment by sk8eycat on September 1, 2012 at 8:10am -
Snopes says it's an urban legend from 2009:
http://www.snopes.com/college/exam/socialism.asp
But it goes back farther than that...may have originated at a buybull college around 1994. (No surprise there...they ALL confuse socialism with communism.)
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Comment by Ian Mason on September 1, 2012 at 12:56am -
Very well put, Ruth.
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Comment by Derek Bly on September 1, 2012 at 12:46am -
The original story also confuses communism with socialism. There is a big difference, though many people aren't aware of that.
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Comment by Ruth Anthony-Gardner on September 1, 2012 at 12:39am -
No, Particia, that doesn't sound like genius to me. I've read this story before and have since come to wonder if it's not an urban legend or right wing propaganda. I see it as a humorous vehicle for Ayan Rand like ideology.
How could someone manage to reach the level of professor in a college without having ever failed a student? Professor is a tenured position suggesting many years of teaching.
It's possible that an entire class might have not one student who is actually there to learn, as opposed to merely getting a grade. Such an individual would still study, because he/she enjoyed learning.
The #1 point of the story is to justify not taxing the wealthy. Points #2 and #3 frame government services as giving to the lazy by taking away from the hard working. #4 frames the use of tax money as "failure to multiply wealth" which is clearly not true, inasmuch as provision of safety, infrastructure, public education, water in dry states, etc. is a foundation for wealth. When public employees are paid, they put the money right back into their community's banks and businesses. #5 is a straw man argument. The government doesn't take all of anybody's income, that's warlords and criminals. No country has half of its citizens dependent on unearned disability or welfare income. While oversimplifying to the point of ridicule, the joke/propaganda piece presents a patina of reasoning. I see it as quite twisted. It promotes divisiveness and a manipulative view of human beings, lacking empathy.
So yes, I can think of reasons to not share it.
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Comment by Patricia on August 31, 2012 at 8:45pm
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Comment by Steph S. on August 31, 2012 at 7:47pm -
Hey Melinda have a great Labor Day with your family!
Everyone have a restful Labor Day weekend!
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Comment by booklover on August 31, 2012 at 5:02pm
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Just sharing that my beautiful daughter is home from college for the long weekend with us, and I am one HAPPY Mommy!!! <3 Have a great Labor Day Weekend my friends!~ Melinda
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Comment by Ian Mason on August 31, 2012 at 12:31pm
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Indeed. Those moments graced with a sense of wonder and joy are an important part of what makes life worth living.
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