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Who's more foolish, the fool

Beetlejuice — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 02:46:31 +0000

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Who's more foolish, the fool or the fool who follows him?
Kenobi, Obi-Wan

(I believe it was originally said by the fool in King Lear)

Words of wisdom no less. Now apply it to Ron Paul and contemplate if his actions are foolish ... or ... are the people who believe what he says foolish? Keep in mind, Joseph P Martino once said ... To the foolish, every utterance of nonsense seems like wisdom.

And then there's this one by Nicholas Boileau-Despreaux ... A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him. That sums up the entire GOPer Presidential wanna-be gaggle doesn't it!

I do believe Martino hits the jackpot when he states ... A foolish person is 'quick' to condemn what they do not understand. A wise person is 'slow' to condemn what they do understand.

But Will Rogers said it best ... If stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?

In short, it's not so much about who is saying what ... it's more about who is listening and believing it. With out an audience, would they be relevant to the political discourse?

Ta-Nehisi Coates takes a look

rmrd0000 — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:58:00 +0000

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Ta-Nehisi Coates takes a look at perceptions of the Civil War and how some of them have been formed. Coates also notes some facts about Shelby Foote, one historian featured in Ken Burn's PBS series.

OMG, that is a great link AA.

tmccarthy0 — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:20:20 +0000

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OMG, that is a great link AA.

OH hahaha.. okay that is

tmccarthy0 — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:19:08 +0000

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OH hahaha.. okay that is good!

Dizzie Gillespie traced some

PeraclesPlease — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 05:42:48 +0000

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Dizzie Gillespie traced some of South Carolina's gospel singing influences to Scottish churches - google Willie Ruff as musicologist. Pretty interesting.

Born 1915. That means he

jollyroger — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 03:05:08 +0000

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Born 1915. That means he could'a heard some folks sing this song from personal experience.

It's funny how little time has passed in this country when you take into account overlapping memories and recountings.

That's pretty funny...I had

jollyroger — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 03:02:14 +0000

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That's pretty funny...I had the roots more or less right, but I was sure that it was actually from the 1850's and envisioned guant hill billies with fiddles standing around waiting for the still to heat up...

Me too, I also have a link

artappraiser — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 02:59:35 +0000

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Me too, I also have a link that's just been screaming at me to be posted on this thread!

(I must add that, mho, it's not that fair of a depiction of old George, but it's still very apropros as to some of TMac's original points)

Well, damn. You got me

DF — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 02:50:39 +0000

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Well, damn. You got me curious enough to look. Seems it was written in the style, but penned in '82 by Jay Ungar. Don't tell the Paulistas, but he's apparently Jewish.

And maybe this, too.

Elusive Trope — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 02:46:53 +0000

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And maybe this, too.