Gerard
8/20/2011 5:19:00 PM
M forever wrote:
> On Aug 20, 1:09 pm, "Gerard" <ghe_no_spam_ndrik...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > M forever wrote:
> > > On Aug 20, 12:38 pm, "Gerard" <ghe_no_spam_ndrik...@hotmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > > M forever wrote:
> > > > > On Aug 20, 11:48 am, "Gerard"
> > > > > <ghe_no_spam_ndrik...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > M forever wrote:
> > > > > > > On Aug 20, 3:44 am, herman <her...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > > > > > > On 20 ao?t, 04:51, gereco <g...@gerriecollins.com>
> > > > > > > > wrote:
> >
> > > > > > > > > And if I were you, I would
> > > > > > > > > be very hesitant to reveal how very lacking your
> > > > > > > > > understanding of American educational institutions is
> > > > > > > > > when you believe the ?elite?, the so-called ?Ivory
> > > > > > > > > Tower? schools are singular in top-ranked education.
> > > > > > > > > Tell that to (selected) Universities of Michigan,
> > > > > > > > > Illinois, Texas, et al. . . . . . and Florida State,
> > > > > > > > > which had on its Science faculty the internationally
> > > > > > > > > eminent Quantum Mechanics theorist Paul Dirac, for
> > > > > > > > > the last 15- 20 years of his life. And of course
> > > > > > > > > innumerable other state but mostly ?elite? private
> > > > > > > > > institutions.
> >
> > > > > > > > You mean Ivy League?
> >
> > > > > > > > No one who says Harvard, Princeton, Stanford and Chicago
> > > > > > > > are the absolute top universities is saying the U of
> > > > > > > > Michigan isn't a top university either. The surveys show
> > > > > > > > that every year. I think Michael was referring to the
> > > > > > > > hundreds of lesser colleges and universities absorbing
> > > > > > > > the not so bright college kids.
> >
> > > > > > > Yes, especially since it's so easy to get into those
> > > > > > > schools. And some of the "better" ones as well. If your
> > > > > > > parents have enough money, if you have the right
> > > > > > > connections, you can go to even an "elite" school even if
> > > > > > > you aren't particularly bright (e.g. GW Bush).
> >
> > > > > > > But that's not really that relevant here. It's just that
> > > > > > > our friend Gereco is wildly threshing about, trying to
> > > > > > > find something - anything! - to hurl back at me in order
> > > > > > > to distract from her mega gaffes and the even bigger and
> > > > > > > sillier fuss she then made about people just pointing out
> > > > > > > that she was so very, very wrong.
> >
> > > > > > > Pretty bizarre "defense strategy", of course. So at first
> > > > > > > she outs both her feet in her mouth, then she tells us
> > > > > > > about the great American elite universities that so many
> > > > > > > foreigners come to. You can see clearly here how it's all
> > > > > > > a jingoist pissing contest for here.
> >
> > > > > > > Of course, there is no connection between those elite
> > > > > > > universities and her gaffes.
> >
> > > > > > > I have no problem acknowledging there are great
> > > > > > > universities in the US. Many of them are minutes from
> > > > > > > where I live.
> >
> > > > > > > But that still doesn't have anything to do with her and
> > > > > > > her gaffes.
> >
> > > > > > > So I acknowledge that, and then she tries to turn that
> > > > > > > around and use that against me, too. And, of course,
> > > > > > > acknowledging there are internationally renowned elite
> > > > > > > schools doesn't mean there can't be many more really good
> > > > > > > ones. However, it doesn't mean either that there can't be
> > > > > > > a lot of mediocre and bad ones.
> >
> > > > > > > But what does ANY OF THIS have to do with her and her MEGA
> > > > > > > GAFFES?
> >
> > > > > > > It does reveal her mindset though, that "this is the
> > > > > > > greatest country on earth so we are by default greater
> > > > > > > than anybody else and we have liberated everyone in WWII
> > > > > > > so they all must be grateful to us forever even though
> > > > > > > our generations were born many years after these wars" BS.
> >
> > > > > > Right. The greatest country in the world is, of course,
> > > > > > Germany, and Bei uns ist alles besser.
> >
> > > > > > > And that stupid and enormously arrogant mindset is
> >
> > > > > > .... what you always display.
> >
> > > > > > > what Gereco
> > > > > > > displayed when she talked about Zimerman and how she had
> > > > > > > to "withdraw her support" because he made some critical
> > > > > > > comments about current US politics, and because that
> > > > > > > enormously inflated rhetoric collapsed over her when it
> > > > > > > was pointed out that it was based on completely wrong
> > > > > > > statement she can't go back. So it wasn't an "isolated
> > > > > > > mistake" - it was part of a much bigger rhetorical
> > > > > > > disaster and thats why it is so difficult for her to
> > > > > > > admit that.
> >
> > > > > > > It is also telling how this personal mistake immediately
> > > > > > > leads to all that inflated jingoist blathering - as if
> > > > > > > *any* of that had *anything* to do with where she is
> > > > > > > from. Well, it does, since there are more people *that*
> > > > > > > stupid in the US than anywhere else in the western world
> > > > > > > - and she is a great example for exactly that - and for
> > > > > > > how proud people like her are of being that ignorant on
> > > > > > > top of that.
> >
> > > > > > blablablabla ....
> > > > > > anyone interested still in forever's never ending clich?s?
> >
> > > > > You are, obviously. You commented on everything I said here.
> > > > > And you will comment on this post, too.
> >
> > > > Nope. You're wrong forever.
> >
> > > You just did, you idiot! LOOOOOOOOOOL!
> >
> > Really?
> > You don't even understand what's funny about it!
> >
> >
> >
> > > That shows how much of an obsession spamming this forum is for
> > > you. You simply can't help it.
> >
> > On the contrary. Your reply was completely predictable.
>
> Four completely pointless "replies" within minutes!
We know: you cannot count.
Did you post any "reply" that was not pointless?
None.
OTOH we have to keep posting stuff, otherwise you'ld not know ho to "spend"
another 12 hours continously posting rubbish replies.
Next BS please.