Bufoon Right Winger Dr. Mike Adams Makes Pres. Obama's Point- but doesn't know it.... [View all]

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Read the Right Winger's story about how he got his PhD while funding himself through an assistantship and working as a musician, but did it all himself. First, he got the start up money from the death of his grandfather- an inheritance froma life insurance policy. Next, he is a graduate student on an assistantship. When I was a grad student on assistantship, also in Mississippi, not only did I get a stipend like Dr. Adams, but my entire tutition was paid for- that's right Dr. Adams and I both went to school on the tax payer dole. NExt, read the success story of this "rugged individualist" and count the people who helped him along the way, although he thinks he is making the point that he did it all on his own...no one helped him....except a singing partner, a fraternity, the guy who would rent him equiptment for cheap, a restaurant owner who took a chance, a bar owner who gave him gigs....but no....he did it on his own!!!!!

Read the article and count the number of folks who helped this conservative make it all by himself!!!!!

Dear President Obama:

I’m still reeling from your recent remarks about small business owners in America. With one sweeping generalization, you stated that those of us who have had successful businesses did not earn that success. Instead, you insist that someone else made it happen for us. I’ve written to tell you my story in the hopes that you will see the foolishness of your unproven assertions.
Back in 1989, I decided to pursue a PhD in Criminology. I was nearing the end of my Master’s program in Psychology. I had a teaching assistantship that paid a mere $345 per month. I knew that I could not live on $345 per month for the minimum of three years I would need to finish my doctorate. I also knew that my parents would not be able to extend the same financial support they had so graciously extended while I was working on my Master’s degree. So I devised a plan to start a new business with just $1000 of initial investment.
My grandfather had passed away in December of 1988. In the late spring of 1989, my grandmother mailed me a check for $1000 that had been part of a life insurance policy payout issued upon my grandfather’s death. In the late summer of 1989, I met a graduate student by the name of Shannon Ruscoe. He had been playing tennis with my roommate Harry Wilson the day I met him. I was sitting in my living room playing a song by James Taylor when Shannon started singing along. After just a few minutes of listening to Shannon sing, I knew my life would never be the same again.

http://townhall.com/columnists/mikeadams/2012/07/23/how_obama_earned_my_doctorate