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How is anything this guy said any different than the same old tired anti-Obama crap we've been hearing ad-nauseum of late?
I was gonna say... this same stuff, with the same wording, is posted over and over again on here every day. He certainly doesn't get points for originality.
I know this young man personally. He attends the University of Georgia, has been a guest in my home several times.
By the way, he is also the grand nephew of ex President Jimmy Carter.
----Original Message----- From: "William Usry"
Sent: Thursday, November 6, 2008 9:30pm I know it's long but hear me out... feel free to forward. -Luke To My Peers:
I know you were all excited last night and will continue to celebrate this morning (afternoon) when you wake up. I hope you savor the emotional high that will surround our future president from now until his inauguration (that's when he'll be sworn in on January 20th…he's not the president yet nor can he walk on water) because after that, the honeymoon will be over. And you have no idea who you just married.
I won't bother going through everything that you would have known about Barack Obama had you done your own research instead of following the ignorant majority (I'll get to that later). It's too late now anyway and as soon as the media turns on him you'll hear things that will make you wonder what happened to the charming, articulate, change-driven man you voted for. Just wait.
In the meantime, here is some advice I humbly offer to help you avoid making the same mistake twice.
1. Recognize that Hollywood, as entertaining and glamorous as it may be, is populated by a large group of people who think that talent equals intelligence and fame inherently causes one to understand our economy and the way the world works. This is not true. Most of them barely graduated from high school and are morons. The same goes for musicians.
2. Know that public speaking ability does not in any way make a person qualified to lead anything nor should it be used to indicate the validity of what that person is saying. Eloquent oration is a skill that is useful to a president but without being paired with adequate experience and wisdom it is completely useless.
3. Learn not to tie emotion to politics. Period. It makes you susceptible to hollow rhetoric (don't try to tell me you didn't just think about "Hope"
and "Change"). We're all guilty of making emotional decisions once in awhile but allowing our feelings to trump our logic on something as important as choosing our next president is like changing your major after downing a twelve pack of Keystone. Translation: it's a really bad idea.
4. Don't be a sheep! This piggybacks off of numbers two and three but not thinking clearly and not doing your own research is dangerous. Know what you're talking about lest you end up baaaaing your way into an ideology that's like a pasture made of Astroturf…it looks pretty and green but is completely fake and useless. Think about it.
5. Realize that most (and notice I said most…not all) college professors, outside of their little academic niche, are completely retarded. They have no perception of the way the world works off campus and are often too busy staring at themselves in the mirror or listening to themselves talk to care. Don't listen to them. If it's not going to be on the test just assume it's Communistic hate-speech about Republicans and listen to your Ipod.
6. Think.
Just some things to consider. Good luck explaining to your parents how you just voted away a lot of their assets along with their nation's security and moral fiber. In the mean time please keep the above in mind for four years from now. Maybe by then you'll have a job and will understand where money comes from and won't be so enthusiastic about giving away other people's.
-Luke
Gives me hope that there is still a few independent thinking young people.
Sounds like Luke is an other sore loser... "I must be right, therefore everyone else must be wrong, therefore, here's how they all must have been tricked/duped into voting opposite how I did (since I was right)".
It's a great sign of maturity and paramount to your own growth to understand that there always exists the possibility that you are simply wrong, no matter how right you think you are. Whether Luke is right or not, it sounds like this is a lesson he hasn't yet managed to learn...
Gives me hope that there is still a few independent thinking young people.
Because everyone that voted McCain did so because they chose to (I'm independant, er... unique, just like everyone else?), and no one merely listened to and followed what they saw on Fox News? I am an independant, as I assume many others are, who voted for Obama, McCain, or a 3rd party, but did so of thier own accord, and not because their friends/parents/etc did so, and not because they were "brainwashed" into doing so or were "independant" like all the other 48M+ "independant thinking" McCain voters (I assume that's what you're inferring).
Sounds like you should also try learning what Luke hasn't managed to yet.
Sometimes you have to use the same language as the person you are trying to speak with, to get your point across.
Calling people "moron" and "retarded" is a common occurrence among people in college. There is no reason not to use the same type of language in his letter, as it was addressed to his peers.
My kids are in college and they have been taught, by me, that calling people "retarded" is disrespectful. I've never heard them say that around me.
How do we know this letter is for real? Funny that the people who wanted to see Obama's original birth certificate, signed in ink, believe this letter is the genuine article.
1. Recognize that Hollywood, as entertaining and glamorous as it may be, is populated by a large group of people who think that talent equals intelligence and fame inherently causes one to understand our economy and the way the world works. This is not true. Most of them barely graduated from high school and are morons. The same goes for musicians.
Okay? So, in essence, they are "Joe the Plumbers".
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2. Know that public speaking ability does not in any way make a person qualified to lead anything nor should it be used to indicate the validity of what that person is saying. Eloquent oration is a skill that is useful to a president but without being paired with adequate experience and wisdom it is completely useless.
I think most of us know this. And those of us who know this AND thought Obama had better ideas/more wisdom ... voted for Obama.
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3. Learn not to tie emotion to politics. Period. It makes you susceptible to hollow rhetoric (don't try to tell me you didn't just think about "Hope"
and "Change"). We're all guilty of making emotional decisions once in awhile but allowing our feelings to trump our logic on something as important as choosing our next president is like changing your major after downing a twelve pack of Keystone. Translation: it's a really bad idea.
So what if logic led you to vote for Obama? What if some McCain supporters voted out of their emotion? The world, and politics, is not so generalized or black and white ... as to assume that one party votes out of logic while the other one votes by emotion. It's a mixed bag on both sides.
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4. Don't be a sheep! This piggybacks off of numbers two and three but not thinking clearly and not doing your own research is dangerous. Know what you're talking about lest you end up baaaaing your way into an ideology that's like a pasture made of Astroturf…it looks pretty and green but is completely fake and useless. Think about it.
Again, the world is not so black and white. There are the same amount of "sheep" and "non-sheep" in both parties. If someone disagrees with you, that does not make them sheep. This is such a teenager thing anyway. Culture A thinks Culture B are the follower/sheep type, while Culture B thinks Culture A are. Maybe we all are?
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5. Realize that most (and notice I said most…not all) college professors, outside of their little academic niche, are completely retarded. They have no perception of the way the world works off campus and are often too busy staring at themselves in the mirror or listening to themselves talk to care. Don't listen to them. If it's not going to be on the test just assume it's Communistic hate-speech about Republicans and listen to your Ipod.
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6. Think.
I believe most of us do. Because someone disagrees with you - does not mean they are not thinking. It means they see things differently than you. Just as in this whole "letter". I believe you are thinking. I, however, disagree with the results of your thinking.
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Just some things to consider. Good luck explaining to your parents how you just voted away a lot of their assets along with their nation's security and moral fiber. In the mean time please keep the above in mind for four years from now. Maybe by then you'll have a job and will understand where money comes from and won't be so enthusiastic about giving away other people's.
Thanks for your thoughts "Luke". I hope you (as I do also continually) come to see how the world is more "grey" than black & white (metaphorical speak - not literal).
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