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Sounds like... yallerdawg May 2014 #1
It will work just as well as it does in economics. riqster May 2014 #8
charter schoold and charities... where have i heard these new, groudbreaking ideas before... dionysus May 2014 #2
Yup. AMFYOYO is their MO. riqster May 2014 #7
The arrogance of the so-called "great and the good" is breathtaking. dawg May 2014 #3
Nope. They are the elite because they are the best and the brightest, and thus are always right. riqster May 2014 #4
'Neurotically Democratic' ? octoberlib May 2014 #5
Well, of course the elite have contempt for we lesser beings. riqster May 2014 #6
In other words, as much white supremacy at the local level as local "elites" can manage without factsarenotfair May 2014 #9
I'd say Brooks is a product of the elitist milieu that spawned him. riqster May 2014 #10
Brooks is a shallow moron. Watch him talk sometime. nt bemildred May 2014 #11
I have heard him on entirely too many occasions. You are quite correct. riqster May 2014 #12
We have lots of people just like him, or even more ignorant, who like to pontificate bemildred May 2014 #13
S'truth. riqster May 2014 #14
It pays very well. nt bemildred May 2014 #15
For a while, yeah. riqster May 2014 #16
Well, like I said, shallow. nt bemildred May 2014 #17
Rec'd because I think it important we know what this dipstick is advocating. n/t hootinholler May 2014 #18
An "elite Simpson-Bowles-type commissions"? Hmmm. Like the PNAC? Yavin4 May 2014 #19
The definition is quite illuminating: riqster May 2014 #20
let's just have the neocons run everything Enrique May 2014 #21
Pretty much what Brooks said, just edited. riqster May 2014 #22
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