Links With Your Coffee - Monday
- They all get decent burials, right?
- Education is supposed to make you rich, not wealthy
The error – the heresy – is to think that the entire purpose of education is to get you a better job: that the entire function of an individual life is to make as much money as possible. No one said to me, read Finnegans Wake and you’ll make a bloody fortune; that’s the whole point of reading the damn thing.
It’s a terrible shame, and I feel horribly sad for the people who must go through it all, carrying the burden of economic expectation rather then the spirit of exploration and adventure. - Do you have to be religious to get elected in the US? (tip to Kirk)
- goto Stuck in Iraq, with no good options left
This is the story of the war in a nutshell -- misbegotten, misrepresented and mismanaged.Political Madness Bush Impeachment Poll
Stoned on his own delusions, the president still talks of installing a functioning democracy in a country throttled by civil war and aflame with ancient religious grievances.
Newly doubt-ridden Republicans in Congress speechify about a ''new direction,'' but do nothing. Democrats call for a staged withdrawal, but can't muster the votes to make it happen.
Meanwhile, the Iraqi government remains paralyzed and rudderless. Car bombs continue to explode in open markets, killing and maiming innocents by the score. The Shiites and Sunnis keep on kidnapping, torturing and executing each other.
And American soldiers, caught in the middle, keep on dying. The total now surpasses 3,600, with roadside bombs being the leading cause of death.
Comments
Thanks for the "goto" link. Excellent abstract math humor. Where has this been all my life ?!
http://xkcd.com/285/
Education IS supposed to give one a good grounding in basic English grammar, however. Like the difference between then and than.
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