Tag Archives: Stupidity

How low can Congress go…

Posted on June 20, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

That is, when we are considering how low their corporate (and individual) intelligence quotient is. Most of us recall from the days of IQ tests that the “normal” human intelligence, taking into account culture and education, is 100. (Genius level … Continue reading →

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What an excuse!

Posted on May 26, 2020 by TPOL Nathan

IN 2020, the threatened (predicted) claims of 1/10 of one percent (1 in a thousand) Americans was sufficient excuse for 31 of the Fifty States to take away the constitutionally-protected right of freedom of expression and exercise of religion. And … Continue reading →

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Eating their own

Posted on April 9, 2020 by TPOL Nathan

Acting Navy Secretary Modly has resigned, Tuesday after publicly apologizing for his “profanity-laced” vitrolic attack on the USS T. Roosevelt Captain whom he had relieved. He called the Captain either “stupid” or “naive.” And demonstrated how stupid he (Modly) was. … Continue reading →

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It is time to impeach, isn’t it?

Posted on July 26, 2019 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton It is time to impeach them all. No, not Trump.  Certainly not if they didn’t impeach the last guy. No, I mean the idiots in Congress who have wasted our time and money with the ridiculous acts … Continue reading →

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It gets so old

Posted on March 2, 2018 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Although I am a lover of liberty and very much (and more and more) an anarchist (self-governor), I tend to sympathize and empathize with conservatives – even conservative statists – more than with their enemies on the … Continue reading →

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Are we’uns stooopid? Too many ‘merkins is, it seems

Posted on February 24, 2018 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton It is a steady drumbeat.  Every day, I get to read a couple – shucks, a half-dozen or more – stories (“news stories?”) in the mainstream media AND the alternative media that point out the stupid behavior … Continue reading →

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Ignorance, hypocrisy, and other character defects

Posted on August 11, 2017 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton While I am concentrating on conservatives and liberals in this article, does it not apply to virtually all of us?  We can all be ignorant, unknowing, hypocrites, inconsistent, and prone to attacking others with hurtful words or … Continue reading →

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Arrogance (and stupidity) beyond belief

Posted on July 23, 2017 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton This was discussed in Laissez Faire today.  It is incredible – and I was sure it must be from The Onion. (It was only in one of LF’s e-mail newsletters, so no link.  But even New Scientist  … Continue reading →

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Spiraling downward

Posted on December 3, 2016 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton There are times when things seem to be swimming around the drain, faster and faster as the spiral gets tighter and tighter. Incompetence in business, in institutions (religious and educational), and in government at all levels grows. … Continue reading →

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Stupidity or malice? A case study

Posted on October 4, 2016 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Did some staffer in the Obama Administration accidentally confuse customs of modern society and give Iranian nuclear facilities a money bomb instead of a high-explosives bombing? Or was it accidental? Was this the large scale equivalent of … Continue reading →

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