Tuesday, December 22, 2009

What are Americans' general impressions about Ivy League students? Rant all you want here!?

I don't go to an ivy league school...I'm a college guy doing a quick poll about something class related. I know I know, I shouldn't be using YA for this. I'm not This is just a quick sample.





So what are Americans' general impressions about Ivy League students? I just did a street poll (I live in Boston) and I've gotten responses anywhere from ';Hardworking, smart, ambitious'; to ';ARROGANT SNOBS!! Snotty kids!'; to this crazy guy's ';no idea, but I know I'd never hire one because they tick me off. Lucky punks. I'm a 40 year old business owner and I never needed an Ivy League degree to get to where I am!';





All right. I figured YA is anonymous, so spill your emotions to your hearts content!





annnnnd...GO!What are Americans' general impressions about Ivy League students? Rant all you want here!?
I agree with the hardworking, smart, ambitious answers. If you're smart enough and dedicated enough to get into an Ivy League school you deserve to be there. Now on the other hand if you get in merely because your parents are rich and/or you had a relative get you in - I think thats bullSht.What are Americans' general impressions about Ivy League students? Rant all you want here!?
Lets see...I know you have to have the grades to get in (obviously) and everyone's dying to get in and all, but most of it is shady connections made by rich families.

If you want to hear Americans rant and rave, is it true that you only have to mention guns or religion?

This is one American who has both, and if needs be, I'll use the former to defend myself and the latter.





Considering that we did pretty good both times the English tried to take them away from us, I'd say no argument is necessary. Some things are self-evident.If you want to hear Americans rant and rave, is it true that you only have to mention guns or religion?
Yes for sure!


Human's are basicly clueless and judemental beings. If you know that Lord's prayer it tells you so... It tells you that you will be judged as you judge others. So, true, but unfortunatley most Christians or relgions or any sort don't understand that concept.. those are empty words to them. Most humans see this life on a very narrow spectrim and have extreamly low mentalities. Every thing is to be judged and debated and they believe their opinion on things is the only right answer... If you have a teen age kid you know what I mean, when I say that they get to a point where they ';think'; they know everything and you the parent are an idiot!!! Ha! That is how most humans continue to be in there lives. We need to love eachother not to actually accept what they do or believe, but just allow them to have a right to their own opinons and beliefs. Hear them out... that doesn't mean you have to agree... or even tell them your own opinoin... Chuckle from with in at their leval of mentality... Arguing doesn't get anyone any where... In fact one can't even hear the other when voices are raised or mind are shut.If you want to hear Americans rant and rave, is it true that you only have to mention guns or religion?
You left out politics.





And all countries have their crazy things that will set the people off ranting and raving. Nearly all of Europe will work themselves into a hysteria over football. (Soccer.) And I've had friends of mine from France practically need a sedative when someone mispronounces something in the French language. lol. Name any country, and there can be found something like that...
No. I don't rant and rave over those.





I will, however, rant and rave over the problem we're having with ILLEGAL immigration.





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I guess Americans are opinionated. They seem very happy.
.....They took ar jobs......


Eventually we will need the guns to fight off the religious fanatics.


So, yeah, I guess you're right....
Dont forget politics you democrat.
You try and take our guns and pervert God we will get in your face and tell you like it is.
You forgot foreigners. I rant and rave about foreigners too. Why is this question if the RS section?
That....and American Idol.
No, you should hear my father rant and rave about politics.
Nah, abortion, gays, or foreigners will set a lot of them off too.





Or the Red Sox/Yankees.
So true...
immigration. There are a lot of hateful patriots in this place.


You know Rednecks!

If you want to hear Americans rant and rave, is it true that you only have to mention guns or religion?

Wtf? lmao at this question xD That's not true xP If ya wanna piss an American off, just say how good a job Bush is doing lol Or say ';CANADA IS THE BEST! and AMERICA SUX!'; heheheIf you want to hear Americans rant and rave, is it true that you only have to mention guns or religion?
I have walked thru many a mine field in my time........but none as dangerous or as perilous as mentioning POLITICS.





The burning white HATRED in this country between Republicans and Democrats is STAGGERING.





There just isn't any talking rationally to some people about the TRUTH .





As soon as you open your mouth, about anything POLTICAL------------you are IMMEDIATELY pissing off 50% of the people in the room.





and that's ASSUMING you are in an evenly divided room.





It's been my experience, that the best SHOUTERS and most rabid posters and bloggers, without a DOUBT come from the RIGHT.





There, ....see??? I just pissed off at least 50% of the people in the room .





what other topic is as DIVISIVE?????





why can't we all just get along? It's OKAY to have different views and opinions.........





that's how we learn..........





why all the shouting and name calling?





Why the negative ads? Why not just tell me..........calmly and intelligently, why I should VOTE for you.........instead of insulting my intelligence and running those clearly bias ads?





all that does is make me hate the candidate more.





And that refers to ALL candidates.





Appeal to my INTELLIGENCE.........not the assumed lack thereof, to be able to decide for myself.If you want to hear Americans rant and rave, is it true that you only have to mention guns or religion?
No, that's not all. Just mention George, immigration, Hillary, gas and food prices, outsource jobs, real estate and much, much more social issues.
You can also try questioning their supremacy or their support of the illegal regime in Palestine. Just watch then.
No, there is poltics, illegal immigration and white pride.
No, its liberties and rights.
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  • If you want to hear Americans rant and rave, is it true that you only have to mention guns or religion?

    Don't listen to those who object. Fact is that if you mention guns, religion, gay rights, abortion rights, and politics---they will rant and rave and go on and on and on.....If you want to hear Americans rant and rave, is it true that you only have to mention guns or religion?
    No. Guns and religion are for the political hacks to dredge up for vote buying during election cycles. People in this country are not being slaughtered on a daily basis because of guns and religion. You could bring up the idea that the US should ';share'; its wealth (usually food and/or money) with the poor unfortunates of the world that are unable to do for themselves because of corrupt governments, inter-tribal warfare or religious hatred. This will get you some ranting and raving from us ';uncouth and uninformed'; Americans.If you want to hear Americans rant and rave, is it true that you only have to mention guns or religion?
    I AM AFRAID YOU ARE CORRECT. I KNOW SOME PEOPLE THAT VOTE SOLELY ON GUNS AND THERE RIGHT TO OWN THEM. I PERSONALLY HAVE ONE. I ALSO KNOW MY RIGHT TO HAVE THEM IS PROTECTED. UNLESS THE CONSTITUTION WOULD BE AMENDED AND THAT WOULD NOT HAPPEN WITHOUT THE VOTE OF THE PEOPLE. AND AS FAR AS GETTING RILED ABOUT RELIGION, AGAIN YOU ARE RIGHT ABOUT THAT. AGAIN THIS COUNTRY WAS FOUNDED BY PEOPLE THAT CAME HERE SEEKING RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, COMMON SENSE DICTATES THAT WE ARE ALL FREE TO WORSHIP AS WE SEE FIT. MAYBE THE PROBLEM IS THAT WE HAVE ALL LOST OUR COMMON SENSE.
    No. You have been listening to too many of Barack, the ';pope of hope'; and ';the Messiah';, Obama's speeches. As an American, appreciate my right to bear arms and the right to worship God, and if you have a problem with that, then go to hell.
    That's a surefire combination to get any American liberal excited. One should always have a clean handkerchief nearby, in case they start foaming at the mouth.
    Or Politics, during a political election season, but ranting is good, complacency is what causes all Europeans to look like WIMPS.~
    No, Americans are a little more complex than just dealing with these two issues. The media wants to dumb down our political thought process, and I for one, won't let them.
    Yes. I'm actually in a tizzy right now. I just flipped a table over and now I'm screaming obscenities at my wife.
    Depends on the company you keep, brother...
    The old saying really holds true. Don't talk about politics or religion.
    you need to say these three things


    1)Gays


    2)Guns and


    3)God





    that should get it going
    or politics
    LOL I think Edward I answered your question quite effectively!
    gays too and abortion that gets them fired up
    Or Bush........

    Do too many Americans get their news & views from rant TV/radio and fake news shows?

    Limbaugh


    Olberman


    Stewart


    Colbert


    Hannity


    etcDo too many Americans get their news %26amp; views from rant TV/radio and fake news shows?
    absolutely..and it scares me that some people take these folks as complete gospel and only get their news from one source like an o'reilly or hannity or Stewart. it's for entertainment but some people can't see the difference.Do too many Americans get their news %26amp; views from rant TV/radio and fake news shows?
    I could not help but notice on that list you listed two shows that a





    fourth-grader could see are obviously not meant to be taken





    seriously (Colbert and Stewart), and, of the five on the list,





    three are liberal (Olberman, Stewart, Colbert), and you did





    not even bother to include the uber-spearhead of the Thought





    Conservation 2.0 Movement, thin-skinned compulsive liar





    and crybaby chronic lover Bill O'Reilly. Just something I





    thought worth pointing out.





    But yes, obviously, too many Americans are jackasses who





    refuse to listen to anything that is in the least intelligent,





    instead opting for flashy, melodramatic crap about cigars or





    ***-stains. What's scary is that in this age of masturbatory





    electro-revolutions, it is not even possible to get any





    homegrown coverage that is not sensationalized,





    underhanded, mud-slinging crap except for NPR. In the past





    ten years, the mainstream media-including Rupert Murdoch,





    Richard Ailes, and Father Charles Coughlin (er, I mean, Lou





    Dobbs)- have taken note of the fact that the magazines with





    the highest circulation in this country are ';womens';'





    magazines and tabloids. Therefore,with collusion from





    advertisers, most media gets dumbed down to the





    level of ';Entertainment Tonight,'; while the Edward R. Murrow





    of this generation, Greg Palast, is consigned to the Suicide





    Girls website.





    Personally, I think one thing that might at least balm but not





    entirely cure the problem would be if the snide limousine





    liberals at the few publications left with any journalistic





    integrity, like Harper's, The New





    Yorker, and The New York Times, would dramatically expand





    the amount (AND QUALITY) of free content available online,





    and charge something less than your first-born to purchase





    physical copies.
    I think too many people get their news and views from late night comedy shows...In that list Stewart and Colbert are comedy, not news. Limbaugh, Olberman and Hannity are pundits paid for their opinions, not necessarily news.





    I don't think talk radio is a bad place to go for information. Talk radio listeners as a whole, and it doesn't matter if the host is left or right in his or her ideology, are far more informed than most other people. As a conservative, common sense kind of guy that I am, I have far more respect for an Obama voter that listens to Ed Schultz or Randi Rhodes, and knows who Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, and Barney Frank are. At least they are making an informed decision.
    All the shows you mentioned are opinion shows, not news.





    Fox News is different than Oreilly and Hannity.





    Of course, MSNBC News, CNN, ABC News, CBS News, NBC News all lean left and Fox News leans right.





    Fox News makes all news ';Fair and balanced; they balance everybody else.';
    Since very few of us are political insiders, our only sources are secondary sources, including the ones you list and the MSM. We have no other choice but to rely on SOMEONE to tell us what is going on.





    There's nothing wrong with getting your views from others as long as you do it with a critical mind. A Daily Show routine doesn't even try to be accurate; the Wall Street Journal at least tries to be.
    Actually, PEW studies suggest that people who watch or listen to these shows (left or right) are actually more politically informed and know more about what's going on than the people who get their information from the traditional national news.





    The most uninformed are the people who get their info from morning news shows.
    You left out the really biased and biggest offenders ABC, NBC, CBS, MSNBC, CNN - Whose coverage seemed to indicate only Barack Obama was running for President.
    Isn't it funny....the commentators you mentioned are ';rant' and ';fake';...unless you happen to agree with them. Then, it's the ones YOU watch that are the ranting fakers.


    Funny how it works that way.
    Rush I comfortably live without but Hannity is good. I love watching him, of course I don't take everything he says as gospel but I do like watching his show.
    I like the Jon/Stephen shows. I don't get my news from there though. It's a satirical news show. The people who get their info from radio are the ones who troll the most.
    No. But too many people accept the watered-down version of the news we get on local channels as being unbiased.
    Unfortunately not just many do, but most. And then they express their ';opinions'; on Yahoo Answers.
    Yes, but you forgot ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN and MSNBC





    Do 'real' news shows even exist anymore?
    Yes
    Every one except for Hannity, he ROCKS...sorry
    I just like watching Stewart and Colbert. I don't get my news from them though.
    Like its any better with MSNBC, CNN, etc.etc.

    I would hope Hillary would stop ranting and move on to issues that are really a concern to Americans.?

    Newsday printed a retraction %26amp; openly stated that Obama's pamphlets were misleading and attributed comments to Clinton; that were not true.





    Newsday further stated that it was in poor form %26amp; politics of the ';same old'; for Obama to mislead the voters by using pieces of the article that their publication retracted.





    This fact was accessible in the Yahoo article just yesterday, yet the people on this forum fail to read it - or read it %26amp; just prefer to ignore it.





    I think that the fact that proof that Senator Obama %26amp; the campaign he leads, will manipulate fact for personal gain is of relevance to the American people, only as much as he has protested being like the ';same old'; Washington insider....





    Guess that is not quite true. Politics is a dirty business %26amp; no one has washed their hands.....I would hope Hillary would stop ranting and move on to issues that are really a concern to Americans.?
    Like what ? Whether or not Obama uses bleach lip gloss for his cracked tarred lips.......Hillary has only been fighting for the issues way before this campaign began...WAKE UP...and you OBAMA fans only care for words not actionI would hope Hillary would stop ranting and move on to issues that are really a concern to Americans.?
    So does the rest of thw world
    I thought that was the only things libs were good at I haven't heard either of them say anything of substance. It is fun to watch the libs fight with eachother .
    Seems like poetic justice in some ways... how easily we forget Bill Clinton's comments about Obama before Super Tuesday.





    The real issue is that Hillary is on the ropes. She showed her jealousy by talking about speeches and huge rallies. Be sure that she is lobbying the super delegates and making contributions to their personal campaigns. She'll be considering legal tactics to get votes from MI and FL. She'll pull out all the stops to smear him behind the scenes. She will have Larry Sinclair on TV. She is a Clinton with millions invested, and a personal dream that looks like it could be crushed.
    If Hillary did the same thing to Obama, the media and all you Obama-lovers would be all over her like flies on sh**.
    Maybe whenever Obama stops ranting about Hillary she will have time to get to important issues.


    Clinton '08
    Why the double standard? Does Obama not do just exactly the same thing, talk for hours and say nothing?
    SHE WANTS TO BE PRESIDENT SO BAD THAT NOW SHE IS STARING TO GET DIRTY ABOUT THIS WHOLE ELECTION PROCESS.SHE IS SUCH A FAKE AND I HOPE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE CAN SEE RIGHT THROUGH HER LITTLE PLAN.AS A DEMOCRAT I WON;T VOTE FOR HER.SHE MADE A FOOL OUT OF HERSELF OVER THESE FLIERS THAT OBAMA HANDED OUT MONTHS AGO.SHE;S DESPERATE TO GET INTO THE WHITE HOUSE AND IS STARTING TO SHOW IT IN HER ACTIONS AND CONDUCT.
    I want her to drop out and support the democrats. Her selfishness is costing the American people who deserve a competent government for a change.

    Survey> Do you think I should have a rant at Americans, for being so selfish?

    Now I have your attention.......HOW DARE YOU!





    I know you have had them for a while, but Rascal Flatts have only just released over in the UK.





    Now, I'm a dedicated Rock man (AC/DC), but RF, albeit a little bit country (lol), are simply fantastic.





    Why did you keep them to yourselves for so long? That was just selfish and mean.





    Do you have anything to say for yourselves? ;o)Survey%26gt; Do you think I should have a rant at Americans, for being so selfish?
    I'm not American but I still have no idea what you're talking about. Thanks for the earful anyway.