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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBen Ghazi is a really nice guy
Meanwhile, about 20 miles away, Benghazi was the focus of inquiry on the campus of George Mason University (about the size of UT Arlington), where a reporter for MRCTV encountered students wrapping up the spring semester.
The specific question he had for them: Why is Benghazi in the news? Knowing that many people believe weve heard enough about Benghazi, I had some expectation that replies would echo that sentiment.
That thought was quickly proven totally wrong and naive by responses from every student offering an answer.
Heres what tomorrows decision makers said: Sounds like a place to me. Its a place in Afghanistan. It has something to do with Save the Children. Its some kind of geographic region. Its somewhere in the Middle East. Its a place where theres a lot of danger.
Its something my family talks about. Its an Islamic political group. It has something to do with the PLO. It reminds me of a guy I work with at the gym.
And, my favorite: Its some guy named Ben Ghazi who has been in the news but a really nice guy, though.
The specific question he had for them: Why is Benghazi in the news? Knowing that many people believe weve heard enough about Benghazi, I had some expectation that replies would echo that sentiment.
That thought was quickly proven totally wrong and naive by responses from every student offering an answer.
Heres what tomorrows decision makers said: Sounds like a place to me. Its a place in Afghanistan. It has something to do with Save the Children. Its some kind of geographic region. Its somewhere in the Middle East. Its a place where theres a lot of danger.
Its something my family talks about. Its an Islamic political group. It has something to do with the PLO. It reminds me of a guy I work with at the gym.
And, my favorite: Its some guy named Ben Ghazi who has been in the news but a really nice guy, though.
The complete article is at http://www.star-telegram.com/2014/06/07/5880581/college-students-should-have-better.html .
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Ben Ghazi is a really nice guy (Original Post)
TexasTowelie
Jun 2014
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Leith
(7,864 posts)1. It's Like Jay Leno's "Jaywalking"
They list the wrong and stupid answers for comedy value. I'd be willing to bet that most of the students knew about it and answered intelligently. That wouldn't have made the former Bushite's agenda, though.
IronLionZion
(50,995 posts)2. I would have gotten Pharrell Williams wrong too
and I still don't know why I'm voting for Hillary, maybe because I don't know if anyone else is running this early.
And of course even in the GOP, if you ask 5 people about what is the scandal in Benghazi, you'll get 10 different answers followed by it's all Obama/Hillary's fault.
