Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for December 31, 2009
December 30, 2009
January 01, 2010
Transcript:
B.D.: Palin is the future, Boopsie- she creates excitement! Boopsie: I thought you disaproved of celebrity candidates... The last person the party needs to lead it out of the wilderness is a polarizing know-nothing! You're wrong about her! B.D: I... I don't believe this... Boopsie: What? B.d: How long have you had your own opinions? Sam: For years! Ha Boopsie: Thanks for noticing.
du55: your argument would be more convincing if you had spelled “Lincon” (Lincoln) correctly. And G.W. Bush would be a better example of a college-educated disaster than the Unabomber, wouldn’t he?
Still, you are correct that people with little or no formal education do occasionally perform brilliantly. On the other hand, they are (statistically speaking) relatively rare. The smart money bets on the guy with the college degree, not on the dittohead in the tinfoil hat.