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- From: cmr@world.std.com (Charles M Richmond)
- Subject: Re: Affirmative action is dead
- Message-ID: <BzvApH.DDD@world.std.com>
- Keywords: quotas
- Organization: Integrated International Systems Corp. One Longfellow Place, Suite 3309, Boston, Ma.
- References: <BzKC55.6JK@agora.rain.com> <1992Dec21.025537.4756@leland.Stanford.EDU> <1992Dec21.084106.29858@Princeton.EDU>
- Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 12:58:28 GMT
- Lines: 38
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- niepornt@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (David Marc Nieporent) writes:
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- >In article <1992Dec21.025537.4756@leland.Stanford.EDU> jimbo@leland.Stanford.EDU (Godfather of Soul) writes:
- >>In article <BzKC55.6JK@agora.rain.com> robart@agora.rain.com (Joe Bob) writes:
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- >>> The Clinton administration should provide a test of this type of policy,
- >>>as he seems intent on getting a quota cabinet. He says it should look
- >>>like America, but evidently he means this only in a superficial way.
- >>>There will apparently be no low-income people or non-college graduates
- >>>included, for example.
-
- >>Yeah, that's just what we need. I hope it DOESN'T look like America
- >>because it appears that most Americans want everything but don't
- >>want to actually work for anything.
-
- >>A Clinton quote after the "economic summit" was "We don't have all the
- >>answers and we probably never will". I'm glad 43% of the American
- >>electorate voted for someone who admits he doesn't have the answers.
- >>I'm not sure he evens knows the question. What utter incompetence.
-
- >Sigh. Another example of the failure of the American educational
- >system. Reading comprehension, anyone? There's a big difference
- >between "doesn't have ALL the answers" and "doesn't have the answers."
- > ^^^
-
- >Anyone who claims to have ALL the answers is a liar. Or a religious
- >fundamentalist of some stripe. Or am I being redundant?
-
- ...and anyone who would prefer to vote for someone who _claimed_ to have
- all of the answers, rather than one who honestly admitted to not having
- _all of the answers_ ...
-
- Charlie
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