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EastKYLiberal

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29. I call people like that over-informed...

Mon Feb 25, 2013, 01:44 PM

Feb 2013

They read so many books and watch so many documentary films by quacks not cool enough to sit at the establishment table that the information in their brain merges into a deregulated information superhighway.

On the superhighway, every piece of information that enters their brain is cross-referenced with the alternate reality created for them by these quacks.

And all information that supports this quack reality is automatically stored and regurgitated in a binary "YES" or "NO," "BLACK" or "WHITE" fashion.

They shut out the real world and continue to slobber over every obscure piece of information that supports their cynical views of the world and any decent leader the world presents to them. They can't, after all, take a look from all angles after some "very smart people" in a book or documentary told them everything that's down is up.

They wouldn't have that false sense of enlightenment that entitles them to be smug around those of us who accept things for face value.

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Please allow me to introduce myself [View all] Scuba Feb 2013 OP

Yikes. nt darkangel218 Feb 2013 #1

No way! tblue Feb 2013 #2

Really? This is joke right? TheBlackAdder Feb 2013 #3

No....... not a joke n/t prairierose Feb 2013 #5

Slim Shady? snooper2 Feb 2013 #4

Sympathy For the Devil---Stones. WinkyDink Feb 2013 #11

I read the title, and that song popped in my head dbackjon Feb 2013 #32

Inspired by Professor Woland in Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita Tom Ripley Feb 2013 #66

he looks like "a man of wealth and taste"............ lastlib Feb 2013 #79

I thought of that song and Digital Underground ... ceejdre82 Feb 2013 #150

more like... Blue_Tires Feb 2013 #76

Actually, we both got it wrong- snooper2 Feb 2013 #77

OH GOD YES Blue_Tires Feb 2013 #78

yes "Allow me to re-introduce myself"!! lunasun Feb 2013 #108

I want to know why all these foxes are being asked to guard the hen houses? n/t woodsprite Feb 2013 #6

They are cheep & they work for bird food. n/t L0oniX Feb 2013 #16

It's something about "keeping your enemies close," or so we've been frequently told. AnotherMcIntosh Feb 2013 #30

Who do you think... awoke_in_2003 Feb 2013 #70

We were told it was Obama. But then it appears that he doesn't even have the power to close Gitmo. AnotherMcIntosh Feb 2013 #71

His DOJ is always working against his deeply held principles. woo me with science Feb 2013 #153

They are there to insure that corporate interests and control are protected and promoted. Zorra Feb 2013 #102

sympathy for the .... what? relayerbob Feb 2013 #7

Hope and change? Gold Metal Flake Feb 2013 #8

%$&!&# crummy workplace filters Orrex Feb 2013 #9

It should be noted One of the 99 Feb 2013 #10

Isn't American for Prosperity a non-profit? daleanime Feb 2013 #12

Taylor never worked there. nt One of the 99 Feb 2013 #21

Just pointing out that being non-profit isn't the same as ..... daleanime Feb 2013 #59

Never said it was. One of the 99 Feb 2013 #63

Why defending Taylor's appointment by referring to the non-profits unless that was your implication? AnotherMcIntosh Feb 2013 #72

Just stating the facts. One of the 99 Feb 2013 #82

Squirrels like nuts! woo me with science Feb 2013 #141

Your name + predictable corporate defense/image rehabilitation = ??? whatchamacallit Feb 2013 #15

Not defending any corporation One of the 99 Feb 2013 #19

but he's a defender of GMOs no doubt, and Obama appointed him NoMoreWarNow Feb 2013 #25

You have proof of your accusation. One of the 99 Feb 2013 #26

there's a lot on him... see post #34 for instance NoMoreWarNow Feb 2013 #85

Maybe you should read post #18 One of the 99 Feb 2013 #89

I did read that NoMoreWarNow Feb 2013 #118

Not defending Taylor One of the 99 Feb 2013 #119

Maybe that's the problem 'everything is not so black and white'. Maybe sabrina 1 Feb 2013 #145

This is just guilty until proven innocent thinking One of the 99 Feb 2013 #146

It's better than that. He has recused himself in the past from decisions involving Monsanto stevenleser Feb 2013 #18

Why bother with facts One of the 99 Feb 2013 #22

I call people like that over-informed... EastKYLiberal Feb 2013 #29

You're correct. Note the seed planted by the insert of a sneering Obama with a bow-tie in the pic. freshwest Feb 2013 #41

An inquiring mind is "over-informed" better to not inquire and to KoKo Feb 2013 #122

This message was self-deleted by its author BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2013 #39

You spoil sport. Fact-free Obama bashing is so cool, you know? freshwest Feb 2013 #42

Thanks for doing some 2naSalit Feb 2013 #74

He wasn't even an employee? treestar Feb 2013 #92

No he was a VP at Monsanto One of the 99 Feb 2013 #110

Don't confuse people with complexities: all thinking must be black/white and hero/villain alcibiades_mystery Feb 2013 #24

Knee-jerk thinking won't work otherwise. Subliminals don't allow for reflection, either. freshwest Feb 2013 #43

Working for a "non-profit" only means that he worked for a corp that does not have stockholders. AnotherMcIntosh Feb 2013 #28

I'm not implying anything One of the 99 Feb 2013 #37

Actually, what I wrote was "If you are implying that he held a non-profit intent and only worked for AnotherMcIntosh Feb 2013 #40

That's what the OP is implying One of the 99 Feb 2013 #47

You implied exactly what was said above. That's the reason why you took the energy to AnotherMcIntosh Feb 2013 #52

No you read into my statement of the facts One of the 99 Feb 2013 #62

Wrong again. AnotherMcIntosh Feb 2013 #69

I think I touched a nerve One of the 99 Feb 2013 #81

It should be minimized if it's been 13 years treestar Feb 2013 #99

Some attorneys are not evil, but it is reasonable for some people to believe that an attorney who AnotherMcIntosh Feb 2013 #121

Most of that post is dictated by a pre-decided mind treestar Feb 2013 #126

"Lawyers do not take sides ..." Too funny. AnotherMcIntosh Feb 2013 #131

Context is everything, you know treestar Feb 2013 #135

That's exactly what the OP wants you to do treestar Feb 2013 #94

I know it is sad One of the 99 Feb 2013 #111

This message was self-deleted by its author freshwest Feb 2013 #38

So what? Obama has done this many times does it really matter any more? Dawgs Feb 2013 #49

So many times? One of the 99 Feb 2013 #51

I agree. And that's how I know he's done it many, many times - in both terms. n/t Dawgs Feb 2013 #60

Examples? One of the 99 Feb 2013 #65

Start with the links at #17, below. AnotherMcIntosh Feb 2013 #73

Pretty weak One of the 99 Feb 2013 #83

Weak. Reeeeally.. woo me with science Feb 2013 #137

5 out of hundreds or thousands of appointments One of the 99 Feb 2013 #138

Oh my WORD. woo me with science Feb 2013 #139

No it illustrates One of the 99 Feb 2013 #140

And there it is. The desperate end to which all such arguments inevitably go. nt woo me with science Feb 2013 #142

Let me know when you actually make an argument. One of the 99 Feb 2013 #143

ROFL! You can't make this sort of irony up. nt woo me with science Feb 2013 #144

Obviously YOU can! One of the 99 Feb 2013 #147

Oh, my. Let's recap this subthread, shall we? woo me with science Feb 2013 #148

And the examples were weak, One of the 99 Feb 2013 #152

Yea, sure. AnotherMcIntosh Feb 2013 #154

Weak comeback! One of the 99 Feb 2013 #155

Obviously, your response at #152 was a "weak comeback!" That's not news. AnotherMcIntosh Feb 2013 #156

Yes, so weak you couldn't refute them. One of the 99 Feb 2013 #157

yes - the Groupies are supremely uninformed Skittles Feb 2013 #64

Unfortunately there are many on the left One of the 99 Feb 2013 #84

and there are many on the left who see REALITY Skittles Feb 2013 #86

Yes there are One of the 99 Feb 2013 #87

so sorry your little feelings are hurt Skittles Feb 2013 #104

No need to be sorry One of the 99 Feb 2013 #109

How did the OP really try to inform us about Taylor? treestar Feb 2013 #95

Stop, stop treestar Feb 2013 #91

"We're still alive." woo me with science Feb 2013 #113

Monsanto poisons our food treestar Feb 2013 #127

"We're still alive!" woo me with science Feb 2013 #128

Monsteranto. n/t L0oniX Feb 2013 #13

Recommended for a highly appropriate reference to a Stone's song tavalon Feb 2013 #14

Oh yeah! countryjake Feb 2013 #68

But it's ALL BECAUSE REPUBLICANS HAVE THE HOUSE! woo me with science Feb 2013 #17

Yeah, Obama is playing 3 dimensional chess GoneFishin Feb 2013 #27

Progressives? When his former chief of staff referred to liberals as being "fucking retarded," AnotherMcIntosh Feb 2013 #31

Yeah, another thing he said that pretty much told the whole story was GoneFishin Feb 2013 #35

Do they have to be confirmed by the House or Senate? treestar Feb 2013 #96

Are you being facetious? woo me with science Feb 2013 #103

how else can that bastard be defended, woo me? Skittles Feb 2013 #105

Whoa! Thank you, Skittles! woo me with science Feb 2013 #107

from wiki: Skittles Feb 2013 #114

Obama wouldn't pick him woo me with science Feb 2013 #130

Monsatan n/t geardaddy Feb 2013 #20

Sorry, Mike, you are clearly a man of wealth ... but taste? Not so much. 11 Bravo Feb 2013 #23

I was thinking the same thing. Now I have that song stuck in my head! Bake Feb 2013 #33

This man is despicable - lied about Monsanto's own studies Divernan Feb 2013 #34

But, but, dont you see? That was before Pres Obama appointed him. Now he is an angel. Just look rhett o rick Feb 2013 #58

No, no, no. The revolving door is only bad when it's "them" going through it. Egalitarian Thug Feb 2013 #61

Pleased to meet you zeemike Feb 2013 #36

Bio from Wikipedia: Jackpine Radical Feb 2013 #44

If enforcing a law, it is possible to do it treestar Feb 2013 #98

self-deleting Skittles Feb 2013 #115

Unbelievable mindless shilling... MessiahRp Feb 2013 #117

I am not even defending him treestar Feb 2013 #124

When Obama routinely picks corporate shills to head up regulatory groups... MessiahRp Feb 2013 #133

He deserves this call out only is proven treestar Feb 2013 #134

I support Obama in general and on things he's clearly doing the right thing on... MessiahRp Feb 2013 #136

It's breathtaking, isn't it. nt woo me with science Feb 2013 #132

He pushed for the law to permit higher levels of carcinogens in food. Jackpine Radical Feb 2013 #120

It might be nice if someone had information about that treestar Feb 2013 #125

he's a man of wealth and taste? RedstDem Feb 2013 #45

This message was self-deleted by its author timdog44 Feb 2013 #46

Oh, the deliciousness of such dichotomous indepat Feb 2013 #48

On a positive note, at least Jesse Jackson, Jr. wasn't appointed to the post. AnotherMcIntosh Feb 2013 #54

Why do I suddenly have "Sympathy For The Devil" stuck in my head? Initech Feb 2013 #50

Prove you're not a murderer, Michael, BRING BACK THE FAMILY FARM. I'm sure you know how patrice Feb 2013 #53

Let's ask Michael Taylor if he knows the Yoder family. nt patrice Feb 2013 #55

um what yodermon Feb 2013 #88

Relations? They're in the EWG Agricultural Subsidy database, linked below, several times over about patrice Feb 2013 #90

embarrassed to share a name. yodermon Feb 2013 #101

I'm glad you asked. I have seen you around and wondered. There are right wingers in my patrice Feb 2013 #106

Yoders in Kansas receiving AG-Subsidies: patrice Feb 2013 #97

i'm a man -- of wealth & taste.... HiPointDem Feb 2013 #56

Stole many a man's soul to waste... countryjake Feb 2013 #67

Resources > Environmental Working Group - Agricultural databases, link: patrice Feb 2013 #57

awesome cronyism. gobama. limpyhobbler Feb 2013 #75

We're all screwed!!!!! Delmette Feb 2013 #80

Calm down please. Milliesmom Feb 2013 #93

still, ugh bigtree Feb 2013 #149

I agree Milliesmom Feb 2013 #158

"... I'm a man of wealth and taste..." jazzimov Feb 2013 #100

Is this the asshole who's going to be approving Frankenfish??? Blue_In_AK Feb 2013 #112

Yes. Rex Feb 2013 #129

And they ignorantly think this system is not broken. NT Jasana Feb 2013 #116

Hail Satan (NT) The Wizard Feb 2013 #123

Obama has shown repeatedly whose side he's on. forestpath Feb 2013 #151