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Post #148,444 by deSitter 3/25/04 3:28:16 AM Reply	Another doomed town [link\|http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2003/11/ma_560_01.html\|http://www.motherjon...11/ma_560_01.html] Sad. -drl
Post #148,456 by mmoffitt 3/25/04 7:31:41 AM Reply	Fsck. I've got cousins who live there. :o( bcnu, Mikem The soul and substance of what customarily ranks as patriotism is moral cowardice and always has been...We have thrown away the most valuable asset we had-- the individual's right to oppose both flag and country when he (just he, by himself) believed them to be in the wrong. We have thrown it away; and with it all that was really respectable about that grotesque and laughable word, Patriotism. - Mark Twain, "Monarchical and Republican Patriotism"
Post #148,461 by boxley 3/25/04 8:27:03 AM Reply	One of the areas I was thinking about moving to thats me find the end of the bandwagon and jump on enthusiasticely. thanx, bill In Bush\ufffds America, fighting terrorism abroad is used as a pretext for vanquishing civil liberties at home. David Podvin questions, help? [link\|mailto:pappas@catholic.org\|email pappas at catholic.org]
Post #148,994 by gdaustin 3/27/04 7:19:01 PM Reply	NC, where secretaries have master's degrees. That's the story I got on the plane. In Raleigh/Durham, if you don't have a least a master's degree, you can't even get a secretary's job. At least we're still moderately illiterate here in Texas, but don't think we're stupid, 'cause there are some really smart people here. Glen Austin
Post #149,001 by boxley 3/27/04 7:45:36 PM Reply	not true, I have met some NC folks with masters degrees and they were dumber than stumps. I never saw degree snobbery in 1999 thanx, bill In Bush\ufffds America, fighting terrorism abroad is used as a pretext for vanquishing civil liberties at home. David Podvin questions, help? [link\|mailto:pappas@catholic.org\|email pappas at catholic.org]
Post #149,173 by mmoffitt 3/29/04 10:27:14 AM Reply	You wouldn't be talking about me, would u box? ;-) bcnu, Mikem The soul and substance of what customarily ranks as patriotism is moral cowardice and always has been...We have thrown away the most valuable asset we had-- the individual's right to oppose both flag and country when he (just he, by himself) believed them to be in the wrong. We have thrown it away; and with it all that was really respectable about that grotesque and laughable word, Patriotism. - Mark Twain, "Monarchical and Republican Patriotism"
Post #149,192 by boxley 3/29/04 11:11:49 AM Reply	Naw a Uni chapel hill prof dummer than a rock "You're just like me streak. You never left the free-fire zone.You think aspirins and meetings and cold showers are going to clean out your head. What you want is God's permission to paint the trees with the bad guys. That wont happen big mon." Clete questions, help? [link\|mailto:pappas@catholic.org\|email pappas at catholic.org]
Post #149,196 by mmoffitt 3/29/04 11:20:12 AM Reply	Whew! ;-) Met > my share as well. Still, I do miss that "academic arrogance" in one regard. During the 80's (up to about 1986 when I left) almost everyone you met (including semi-literate furniture factory workers) held college graduates and even college students in high regard. At least down there then, having a post-secondary education mattered to almost everyone. Being transplanted up here to Indiana, I miss that. Almost everyone here has an almost palpable contempt for anyone with a college degree (we consistently rank 47th or 48th in the nation of "percentage of population with a four year degree or higher"). The vast majority of locals, apparently, are proud of that and want to keep it that way. :-( bcnu, Mikem The soul and substance of what customarily ranks as patriotism is moral cowardice and always has been...We have thrown away the most valuable asset we had-- the individual's right to oppose both flag and country when he (just he, by himself) believed them to be in the wrong. We have thrown it away; and with it all that was really respectable about that grotesque and laughable word, Patriotism. - Mark Twain, "Monarchical and Republican Patriotism"

Another doomed town - (deSitter) - (7) - March 25, 2004, 03:28:16 AM EST

Fsck. - (mmoffitt) - March 25, 2004, 07:31:41 AM EST

One of the areas I was thinking about moving to - (boxley) - March 25, 2004, 08:27:03 AM EST

NC, where secretaries have master's degrees. - (gdaustin) - (4) - March 27, 2004, 07:19:01 PM EST

not true, I have met some NC folks with masters degrees - (boxley) - (3) - March 27, 2004, 07:45:36 PM EST

You wouldn't be talking about me, would u box? ;-) -NT - (mmoffitt) - (2) - March 29, 2004, 10:27:14 AM EST

Naw a Uni chapel hill prof dummer than a rock -NT - (boxley) - (1) - March 29, 2004, 11:11:49 AM EST

Whew! ;-) Met > my share as well. - (mmoffitt) - March 29, 2004, 11:20:12 AM EST

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