Politics - 17 August 2007

nice, good job, keep up the good fight.
What the heck is going on at Y/A ?

2007-08-17 14:47:08 · 19 answers · asked by NEOBillyfree 4

what did Bush say to get Putin so ticked off? They have breckfast, go fishing...a nice lunch....There was no problem before that meeting. Did Bush call him names? Is Bush capable of acting like a human being? I mean really, Putin is playing war games 2 weeks after the meeting and recreated cold war posturing...Russia might not have a lot of money, But
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070817/ap_on_re_eu/russia_bombers

2007-08-17 14:35:22 · 6 answers · asked by Ford Prefect 7

2007-08-17 14:29:11 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

Are you surprised?
Just received this email and thought this ...
Just received this email and thought this group might find it interesting. I don't know anything about the research group, but I have a growing respect for them:

DID WE WONDER WHO HAS THE LOWEST IQ?

Report published Monday, by the Lovenstein Institute of Scranton, Pennsylvania, detailed its findings of a four month study of the intelligence quotient of President George W. Bush. Since 1973, the Lovenstein Institute has publishedits research to the educational community on each new president, which includes the famous "IQ" report among others.There have been twelve presidents over the past 50 years, from F. D. Roosevelt to G.W. Bush, who were rated based on scholarly achievements:

Writings that they produced without aid of staff. Their ability to speak with clarity, and several other psychological factors, which were then scored using the Swanson/Crain System of intelligence ranking.The study determined the following IQs of each president as accurate to within five percentage points.

In order by presidential term:
Franklin Delano Roosevelt [D] 142,
Harry S Truman [D] 132,
Dwight David Eisenhower [R] 122
John Fitzgerald Kennedy [D] 174,
Lyndon Baines Johnson [D] 126,
Richard Milhous Nixon [R] 155,
Gerald R. Ford [R] 121,
James Earle Carter [D] 175,
Ronald Wilson Reagan [R] 105
George Herbert Walker Bush [R] 98,
WilliamJefferson Clinton [D] 182,
George Walker Bush [R] 91

In order of IQ rating:
182 . William Jefferson Clinton [D]
175 . James Earle Carter [D]
174 . John Fitzgerald Kennedy [D]
155 . Richard Milhous Nixon [R]
147 . Franklin Delano Roosevelt [D]
132 . Harry S Truman [D]
126 . Lyndon Baines Johnson [D]
122 . Dwight David Eisenhower [R]
121 . Gerald R. Ford [R]
105 . Ronald Wilson Reagan [R]
098 George Herbert Walker Bush [R]
091 . George Walker Bush [R]

The six Republican presidents of the past 50 years had an average IQ of 115.5, with President Nixon having the highest at 155. President George W.Bush rated the lowest of all the Republicans with an IQ of 91.

The six Democratic presidents of the past 50 years had an average IQ of 156, with President Clinton having the highest IQ, at 182.

President Lyndon B. Johnson was rated the lowest of all the Democrats with an IQ of126.

No president other than Carter [D] has released his actual IQ (176). Note the institute measured him at 175.

Among comments made concerning the specific testing of President G.W.Bush, his low ratings are due to his apparently difficult command of the English language in public statements, his limited use of vocabulary 6,500 words for Bush versus an average of 11,000 words for other presidents, his lack of scholarly achievements other than a basic MBA, and an absence of any body of work which could be studied on an intellectual basis.

The complete report documents the methods and procedures used to arrive at these ratings, including depth of sentence structure and voice stress confidence analysis.

All the Presidents prior to George W. Bush had a least one book under their belt, and most had written several white papers during their education or early careers. Not so with President Bush," Dr. Lovenstein said. "He has no published works or writings, which made it more difficult to arrive at an assessment. We relied more heavily on transcripts of his unscripted public speaking. The Lovenstein Institute of Scranton, Pennsylvania think tank includes high caliber historians, psychiatrists, sociologists, scientists in human behavior, and psychologists. Among their ranks are Dr. Werner R. Lovenstein, world-renowned sociologist, and Professor Patricia F.Dilliams, a world-respected psychiatrist. For more information on the Lovenstein Institute, go to lovenstein.org

The smartest president didn't know enough to keep his pants zipped and the dumbest one thinks he can run a war. GO FIGURE!!!

2007-08-17 14:28:04 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

I don't worry about Hizb'allah one bit and do not consider that organization my enemy.

2007-08-17 14:26:48 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-17 13:54:41 · 31 answers · asked by ? 2

Can we start with universal health care, free education, decent housing for everyone, and full employment?

2007-08-17 13:34:04 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

And suggesting that the government should take care of their basic human needs, like housing, health care, education, and a job?

2007-08-17 13:24:43 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

Is Nationalism as a valid or merely useful socio-political force destructive and divisive in and of itself? Great thinkers and many others view it as such. Einstein et al

2007-08-17 13:13:58 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-17 12:56:06 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous

That's what president Cheney says!

Is he insane? Or are the 28% Bush kool-aid drinkers merely stupid beyone all belief?

2007-08-17 12:53:03 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-17 12:44:37 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

When The Republicans went after Clinton..It cost them seats. Let me be pre-emptive here...I know Congress is charged Constitutionally with oversight duties. One quote had the count at 300 investigations in 100 days...

By the way...I know that this question will likely draw smart a@s answers...that's cool...But please...NO DUMBASS answers

2007-08-17 12:44:09 · 9 answers · asked by That Guy Over There 4

2007-08-17 12:20:49 · 7 answers · asked by ThatOneDude 3

2007-08-17 12:18:50 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why can't you lefties and righties just get along with each other without calling each other communists or fascists?

2007-08-17 11:51:26 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

http://perezhilton.com/?paged=3

2007-08-17 11:50:56 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-17 11:24:44 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

So many Republicans are . . .

2007-08-17 11:18:56 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-17 11:11:28 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

They are about to leave office?

2007-08-17 11:09:25 · 5 answers · asked by Jeremy P 2

Since liberals are just nay-sayers and conspiracy freaks, Which DICK CHENEY SHOULD I BELIEVE ??

The one in 1994 where he says that Sadaam isn't worth a great loss in American life...

OR

The one in 2007 where he says that he knows we did the right thing, and that we're doing nothing wrong in Iraq at all ?

2007-08-17 11:01:38 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

It certainly isn't through work, could it be the thought of an impending war-crimes tribuneral?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_crime

2007-08-17 11:00:15 · 14 answers · asked by . 5

2007-08-17 10:55:29 · 19 answers · asked by lip11 3

2007-08-17 10:53:14 · 18 answers · asked by Liberal City 6

2007-08-17 10:44:42 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I prefer not to see it.

2007-08-17 10:43:06 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

what didn,t the man do ,,that he should have done?

2007-08-17 10:36:31 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-17 10:20:40 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

like it was a day of personal triumph or something?

2007-08-17 10:18:21 · 36 answers · asked by Anonymous