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To: MoneyPenny who wrote (112654)	10/27/2008 7:21:02 PM
From: tom pope	Respond to of 206148

Thanks, MP. (Condorcet might not agree.)

To: MoneyPenny who wrote (112654)	10/27/2008 7:25:58 PM
From: James W. Riley	5 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 206148

Eight out of the last nine of his posts have been political. SI does have boards for that stuff.

To: MoneyPenny who wrote (112654)	10/27/2008 9:36:08 PM
From: singletree	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 206148

Moderated By: Big Dog -- (Moderated) -- Started: 12/17/2003 6:10:48 PM Revision History THIS IS A MODERATED BOARD. PERSONAL ATTACKS WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. THE DOG HAS THE WMD BUTTON AND WILL USE IT. Welcome to Big Dog's Boom Boom Room! Established March 19, 2001. This is a forum provided to discuss and share ideas related to the land and offshore oil industry and oil service industry. The Boom Boom Room's motto is: It's the price of oil stupid! All posters are welcome and are encouraged to share, educate, learn -- and have some fun. Never ever forget that without oil/gas the world as we know it grinds to a halt in very short order. It is for that reason that the drilling rig may be the single most important tool of the first part of this new century. Roll 'em. big

To: MoneyPenny who wrote (112654)	10/28/2008 4:08:07 PM
From: Bruce L	13 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 206148

Re: BOYZ 'N THE BOOK: Johnny can read, but won't, and who can blame him? (Weekly Standard, 10/27/08 by Mary Grabar) (Maybe OT - or even political - but arguably could relate to the "tone" acceptable on this Board; you decide, oh my reader..and ban me if you will.) <<<You have... the audacity to suggest(that Metacomet) who is a longtime member of SI post his comments elsewhere... I think that SI has been invaded by political hacks...>>> You neglected to mention that Metacomet never posts anything but political posts... OR... that YOUR previous post was wholly political (you were gracious enough to tell us that you were no longer a Republican, etc.) and this was a response to Kayaker's post that it was incredible that some Americans (could be so stupid)as to still like GWB. But back to the above article, Ms Grabar quotes the Dept of Education that in 2005 57% of new college enrollment was female and that in the years to come the "discrepancy" will increase. Because more boys drop out, graduation rates for bachelor degrees favor girls by 26%, and 33% for masters degrees; this gap too will increase. Why? The DOE also declares that the girl-boy GAP in reading proficiency scores rose over the past dozen years from 10 points to 16 points. The DROP in voluntary literary reading (books, short stories, self-discovery, etc.) among 18-24 year old males was three times higher than it was with girls of the same age. Why? All research shows that boys like to read books on wars, battles, adventure stories, books on facts, science fiction etc. Yet nearly all teachers of literature, librarians etc. are female and these are the people that set the reading curriculum. The books actually pushed are skewed heavily to those that reflect a feminine outlook: not merely largely female protagonists, but books that demonstrate "cooperation and sensitivity." School districts and colleges follow the same path, although most studies show this ill-serves the needs of boys. They urge teachers to "resist" books that reinforce the male stereotype. Is it surprising then that boys turn to video games? HISTORICAL & HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE Nietzsche asks, 'Should we not try to see the world with many different eyes and consciences, from a height and into every distance, from the depths into every height, from a nook into every expanse? And, Even in a soft-hearted and effeminate age, 'shouldn't we look to see how many LIES lie hidden under the best honored types of contemporary morality '? Plato has Socrates say, "The great-souled man is justified in despising other people - his estimates are correct;...He must be open both in love and in hate, since concealment shows timidity; and care more for the truth than for what people will think;.. I've already said that we face calamity: "equality of rights all to easily can be changed into equality in violating rights - I mean into a common war on all that is rare, strange and privileged." SUFFERING Suffering is coming...but there is a consolation. "The discipline of suffering, of great suffering - do you not know that only this discipline has created all enhancements of man so far? That tension of the soul in unhappiness which cultivates its strength, its shudders face to face with great ruin, its inventiveness and courage in enduring, persevering, interpreting, and exploiting suffering, and whatever has been granted to it of profundity, secret, mask, spirit, cunning, greatness - was it not granted to it through suffering, through the discipline of great suffering? MoneyPenny: I am sure I was included in your "political hacks" category, but I will offer Big Dog and this Board one fig leaf, not of exoneration, but mitigation: I believe that approximately one week after BO's election, there will come a modest bull market that will last into February... maybe. bruce