College Educated - not "real Americans"? (layman, Bush, carry)

[LaoTzuMindFu]

Originally Posted by Ironclad

Nope, anti skid = military aviation, pay attention.

You are both right. Anti skid technology was indeed invented for military aeronautical use. The ASCU (anti skid control unit) which is one of many developments was developed for the military by scientists/engineers at military contractor (similar to Lockheed, Hughes Aircraft, Skunkworks, etc.) and it has since been adopted for use in automobiles.

[Tennis702]

Originally Posted by Ultor

And yet, time and time again on these boards, I read that so-and-so is not a "real" Democrat - interesting?

Originally Posted by Tennis702

Being a Democrat is a philosophical/political issue.

Are you implying that being a "real American" should be a philosophical/political standard?

Originally Posted by Ultor

But, to answer your question, the very idea of citizenship has its roots in philosophy and politics - just ask Aristotle.

But you did not answer my simple question:

Do you think that being a "real American" should be a philosophical/political standard?

Historical example --- in Nazi Germany: Jews, Gypsies, left-leaning socialists, and non-Aryans were not "real Germans".

[Repubocrat]

No offense, but any person with an average IQ would think NASCAR is pretty lame, left turn, left turn, left turn, lap #345..left turn left turn left
turn, lap #480, left turn, left turn, left turn. Have not met many Ph'Ds who are NASCAR fans

[BigJon3475]

Originally Posted by Tennis702

But you did not answer my simple question:

Do you think that being a "real American" should be a philosophical/political standard?

Historical example: in Nazi Germany, Jews and socialists were not "real Germans".

Nuremberg Laws : Nazi Germany

[BigJon3475]

NASCAR Goes High-Tech - Popular Mechanics (http://www.popularmechanics.com/automotive/motorsports/1336277.html?page=1 - broken link)

[Katarina Witt]

Originally Posted by Repubocrat

No offense, but any person with an average IQ would think NASCAR is pretty lame, left turn, left turn, left turn, lap #345..left turn left turn left
turn, lap #480, left turn, left turn, left turn. Have not met many Ph'Ds who are NASCAR fans

My husband is both. Not that he goes out of his way to watch that stuff, but a couple times a year he watches races on TV. His PhD is in physics.

[ucfjtm]

Originally Posted by LordBalfor

That's because the GOP long ago decided to go after the "lowest common denominator" dumbing down it's target audience and labeling anyone with any real intelligence as an "elite" - as if "elite" was a bad thing!!!!! What the Heck kind of logic is that?

Elite means "cream of the crop" people.

Still, the tactic has worked pretty well for the GOP up until now.
All that is about to change though.

Ken

Sigh. Another forum member who doesn't know the difference between "elite" and "elitist" - please, go grab a dictionary.

[ucfjtm]

Originally Posted by Repubocrat

No offense, but any person with an average IQ would think NASCAR is pretty lame, left turn, left turn, left turn, lap #345..left turn left turn left
turn, lap #480, left turn, left turn, left turn. Have not met many Ph'Ds who are NASCAR fans

By your rationale, drag racers must be even dumber. Gas, shift, gas, shift, gas, shift, gas.... hopefully go 1/4 a mile 0.01 second faster than before.

Get with the program.. there are plenty of intelligent people who think the futility of improving one's golf game is for the insane.

There are plenty of reasons one likes their sport, which is exactly why every sports has plenty of very intelligent people interested and involved. I'm not a NASCAR fan, but I do like some forms of racing. At least I'm not of the kind that put down another sport because I find nothing interesting about it.

[Ironclad]

Originally Posted by DaBeez

You are both right. Anti skid technology was indeed invented for military aeronautical use. The ASCU (anti skid control unit) which is one of many developments was developed for the military by scientists/engineers at military contractor (similar to Lockheed, Hughes Aircraft, Skunkworks, etc.) and it has since been adopted for use in automobiles.

I don't know who you mean by "both" but whatever. I remember both "counters" and "boss boxes" and when the mighty 2800's ruled the skies. 9 blades both mags to "on" position.

[Tennis702]

Originally Posted by Ironclad

I remember both "counters" and "boss boxes" and when the mighty 2800's ruled the skies. 9 blades both mags to "on" position.

We're certainly wandering far off topic ...

Maybe you NASCAR/aviation junkies ("not that there's anything wrong with that") should find a room somewhere.