That's what I say when I get snarky about the PI's "Snark Attack". Here's what had me snarking today:
P-I reader Eugene S. Mongan says, "How stupid is Bush? Mexico is invading our country. Where are the Army and National Guard? ... " It's hard to determine how stupid Bush is but we do know where the Army and National Guard are -- in Iraq, which our country invaded three long years ago.
-- Kimberly Mills
Actually, it is easy to tell how smart Bush is, at least if you read blogs regularly. Just look here, or here. Bush has an IQ of about 125, a little above John Kerry's. And Bush achieved more academically than either Al Gore, or John Kerry. (And, most likely, more than Kimberly Mills has, but there is no need to go into that.)
Where are the Army and National Guard? Mostly not in Iraq, as anyone familiar with force levels there can verify from this Wikipedia article. (Ms. Mills also seems to have forgotten the Marines — but I haven't.) And did we "invade" or liberate Iraq? If we judge by the reactions of the majority of Iraqis, it was a liberation, as I predicted just before the liberation. Polls since have shown that my rough estimate, that somewhere between 50 and 90 percent of the Iraqis would accept a war as the price of freeing them from Saddam, was reasonable. (That a majority of Iraqis saw it as a liberation does not imply that all did, of course.)
Oh, and one more thing. Bush has consistently called for increases in the budget for policing our borders. We are doing far more than we were when he took office. One can argue, as I would, that Bush should have done even more, but there is no doubt that he has been better on border security than Bill Clinton — and far better than cities such as Seattle. Ms. Mills is an experienced journalist, so I will let her do the work on this last point.
Two suggestions for Ms. Mills: Read the blogs from time to time, especially those that do not share your political views. And, next week, do a "Snark Retreat" on Bush's intelligence and the location of most of our Army and National Guard.
Posted by Jim Miller at April 08, 2006 03:56 PM | Email ThisAlso David, well said, I agree completely. The US is the land of opportunity and immigration and should always hold that title. I've got many friends from other countries and their work ethic and appreciation of the US is awe-inspiring. But making this a destination welfare state is exactly the wrong message to send, even to encourage future immigration. Becasuse to whatever degree we become a welfare nation, we inversely lower the resources and freedom that make this country such a bastion of opportunity.
Posted by: Jeff B. on April 8, 2006 05:19 PMEnlighten us gerald the "independant thinker" who regularly and consistantly spews the hard-left party line. Lay it on us gerald the disputatious little troll who has never thought an original thought, but can recite dnc garbage line for line.
Or did iban just, er, tickle your funny-bone?
Posted by: alphabet soup on April 8, 2006 06:03 PMClinton was in charge when NAFTA was passed and that was supposed to have made everything better. Over a decade later, has anything changed for the better or have mfgs' decided they can make even more money with China's and Vietnam's cheap and massive labor force?
If you want to blame anybody, blame the Mexican ruling elite and Narco-terrorists. My personal opinion is the biggest hinderance to global prosperity for the is wholesale corruption by the few in charge. Look at the countries we would consider third world; it's the same the pattern the world over.
Posted by: CandrewB on April 8, 2006 06:27 PMThe war on terrorism is something that had to be done - with misgivings about Iraq. The borders have to be secured as David Anfinrud stated, before the guest worker program is considered.
Posted by: KS on April 8, 2006 07:02 PMHuh?
I think it's funny because the post compares Bush/Gore/Kerry's IQ based upon experts who look at SAT scores and military records.
A simple Google search shows that both Kerry and Gore had higher SAT scores and that they all were average students in college.
I also thought this was funny: "that somewhere between 50 and 90 percent of the Iraqis would accept a war as the price of freeing them from Saddam"
Somewhere between 50 and 90 percent? LOL. Great stuff ;).
Posted by: Gerald on April 8, 2006 08:03 PMHospitals in the southwest are closing their emergency rooms because they cannot meet the unfunded federal mandate of providing free health care to illegal entrants. The property of Americans living on the border is routinely trashed. One would think that the Republicans would wise up. It is faint praise indeed to say that Mr. Bush is doing (slightly) better than his predecessors.
Increasing numbers of people are fed up the weasel words Republicans as well as Democrats are using as they continue failing to enforce our immigration laws. I think those people will increasingly vote only for candidates who credibly promise to control the border -- something Mr. Bush and most current Republican politicians have not come close to doing.
Tancredo in 2008.
Posted by: Boonie on April 8, 2006 08:12 PM"Bush/Gore/Kerry's IQ based upon experts who look at SAT scores and military records and . . . a simple [MINDED] Google search shows that both Kerry and Gore had higher SAT scores and that they all were average students in college.
One interesting thing about this type of silly statement about GW Bush is that I.Q. is not really important unless there is a huge discrepancy, because different people use their natural gifts in different ways to achieve positive ends or to fail. The other thing this proves once again is that liberals cannot stand on the facts about their achievements, only prevarications and innuendo about the pretend deficiencies of those who kick their a$$es.
There is no record of either Bush's or Kerry’s SAT'S so--as typical of liberals--you (or who ever you quote) are lying, and your source of info is a lemon. John Kerry has said on record that he has never revealed his scores . . . why do you suppose that is? Some people achieve, and others brag.
However, there were standardized OCS testing scores that Kerry and Bush both took where they both scored close to the same with Bush's score slightly higher than Kerry's.
Furthermore, Bush graduated with a higher GPA from a far tougher course of study than either Al Gore or John F'n Kerry and (unlike either) attained an advanced degree (Harvard MBA). John Kerry fancies himself an intellect, but has achieved nothing and liberals love him for it. Al Gore claims to be an authority on environmental science (Earth in The Balance) inventor (Internet) and raconteur, and now he roams about the world ranting like a lunatic because he has shown himself to be an embarrassing failure at everything. Nevertheless, in applying whatever gifts Bush may or may not have, he has politically beaten the dog-$hit out of both Gore and Kerry even though both of them were heavily favored to win and advantaged in their respective races.
Much as liberals hate facts, their leaders show that stupid is as stupid does . . . especially as evidenced by Gore and Kerry’s losses to ole' stupid GW Bush.
Posted by: Amused by Liberals on April 9, 2006 07:02 PMAs someone who earned both an MBA and a JD, I can tell you that the JD is much more difficult, and everyone with both degrees that I've talked to agrees. I got my degrees at the same school, Seattle Univ., so I can't compare a Harvard MBA with a JD from where ever JF'nK got his.
Al Gore did fail at both law school and divinity school.
That said, it doesn't change the fact that both Kerry and Gore are idiots.
Posted by: Obi-Wan on April 10, 2006 08:48 AM