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Mikes Pace says:
It's the elite's excess cosumuption and ever eroding moral compass that piss off the Islamists so much.
That's right - elites like drivers of F-350 Super Duty SuperCabs with decals of a kid pissing on a Chevy logo. There's nobody the creators of algebra and preservers of civilization through the dark ages hate more than an academic.
If you need me, I'll be getting my hands dirty like a man.
Good government requires getting your hands dirty with little details like effective education, prudent investment in science and the arts, just health insurance, and wise diplomacy. Attempting to turn the country of differing opinions such as Jefferson's and Adams' into a single party banana republic where elites of no philosophic tradition are welcome doesn't seem like the work of a sane puppet master.
P.S. - I presume Monica Goodling had to hire a lawyer who wasn't blessed to attend RU-666 because all the other graduates are working in the administration, too...
