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Re: How Bad it Is
Posted:
May 31, 2012 10:54 AM
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Well, you asked "Who is the person who thinks affirmative action is a good
idea and has the power to see it done in American schools?"
I don't recall even suggesting that I like my answer. But it *is* the
answer to your question.
Or do you have a better answer?
On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 11:03 PM, Haim <hpipik@netzero.com> wrote:
> Lou Talman Posted: May 30, 2012 9:59 PM
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> >Whether we like it or not, affirmative reaction is the
> >law of the land.
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> Reading a mathematician on politics makes me think of an economist
> trying to solve a real problem:
>
> A physicist, a chemist, and an economist are stranded on a desert island
> with no food, until a can of beans washes up. But, how to open the can?
>
> The physicist says they could bash it open with a rock. The others object
> because the beans would just splatter all over the place.
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> The chemist thinks they could let the sea water rust through the can, but
> they all agree that would take too long.
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> Finally, after a long, pensive interval, the economist exclaims, "Eureka!
> Assume a can opener."
>
> Haim
> Shovel ready? What shovel ready?
>
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--Louis A. Talman
Department of Mathematical and Computer Sciences
Metropolitan State College of Denver
<http://rowdy.mscd.edu/%7Etalmanl>
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