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good question. according to the first online dictionary I used, it defines hick as "an unsophisticated, boorish, and provincial person; rube" that definition is not too far off, even accounting for his ability to do brain surgery. denial of evolution is pretty unsophticated. saying that muslims should not be elected to president is pretty boorish, (unmannered; crude; insensitive) "even accounting for his ability to do brain surgery" something none of you ever could do, yet alone get into a medical school. BTW, applying your definition, GGK, TTK, and Crux are all hicks.

Not everyone can invent the internet

blah blah blah Obviously the man is intelligent with some serious accomplishments and impressive career. If you want to call him a kook, fine. It actually seems that high intelligence and kookiness seem to have a high correlation among H. Sapiens. But an "ignorant hick"? Do you idiots actually know what these words mean that you throw about? And are you even remotely capable of understanding what politics is about? The most intelligent politician says exactly what she needs to to get elected. Duh.

Veritas.

He's neither ignorant nor a hick. And probably has a solid 100 IQ points above yours. Probably I would have hard time calling any black dude "a hick", but the fact he is either ignorant or lacks spine and is a total populist.instead of acting as an educated healthcare professional, his response made me question his ethics to the very core. Trump and all the anti-vaccine wackos should be simply ridiculed without hesitation. Anyone not condoning these statements flat out is only propagating this baseless bullshit about vaccines causing autism. NO THEY FUCKING DON'T!!!!! There is not a single double blind study showing other wise. If such things are not flat out ridiculed, the very next thing we will find out, that the Earth if flat and it's the center of the known Universe. Not only Carlson failed, but in that one moment he threw away his entire career as a physician. Rand Paul was not any better. They could have read off Bernie Sander's script and you'd have the same opinion of them. Why even pretend you are listening? LOL

He's neither ignorant nor a hick. And probably has a solid 100 IQ points above yours.

The oligarchy will remedy that situation soon enough...

Fixed that for ya

I assume your mom fucked football team, hence your lack of intelligence. That would explain you thinking 1.1 is larger then 3.8. For posterity... He attended a massage school for gay men somewhere in Mexico. You can see why he's so miserable

good points I say we keep Charter Schools since they may work better for *some* kids. :-)

Awwwwyeah!!!!!!!!!!!!

Also, remember when Clinton was elected - and how folks made a big deal about the WWII generation being finally replaced? And they also made a big deal about his unusual youth (on par with JFK)? Perhaps this will be a one time thing and next time around we'll be back to younger candidates (45-55).

Reagan was the oldest elected president and folks made a big deal about it during his campaign and afterwards. It *is* new and unusual in American politics to have older candidate running and this race in particular is replete with old codgers. Keep trying, Ivan.

Not a snowball's chance in hell. Age is irrelevant folks... not sure why the hell we're even talking about that. Because Hilary is old as fuck too

Trump is 69. Also too old. Hilary's too old (68). McCain... gawd he was all we had but there was an additional problem - his running mate. I think I'm consistent on this. I don't like how old the candidates are mostly across the board. argue? meh. I'm just drinking wine and BSing. Que sera, sera.

i worry about ALL these older (>65) candidates and yes, Bernie is the oldest. Even if he is "fine" now, he's in it for 4 years at least. And often the incumbent wins the second term and we could have an 82 year old in the White House.

are you fucking kidding me? 7 years in is about when reagan may have started to suffer from alzheimers. Bernie is too old. Most of the old codgers running are too fucking old

I was hoping for something fresh and new. You mean you don't want to vote for the septagenarian verging on senility? worked for Reagan, amirite? He's even older than Reagan was.

I was hoping for something fresh and new. You mean you don't want to vote for the septagenarian verging on senility?

the mountain goats feel neglected

*yawn*

Obama did it as a political stunt to talk about global warming... just in time for election season to stir up the old wedge issues and discord. That's all you'll get out of me on that. I find the renaming itself more interesting than discussing B-ho's potential "over-reach". Same old politics is boring. Mountains are fucking cool. Much cooler than politics

next?

I don't know. It is a mountain in a National Park (which has the name already). But like I said, Denali sounds cooler to me than the name of a 19th century assassinated prez.

I've studied several languages and as it turns out, some original names do stick. I recall that some names in Greece for example (Corinth) predate the invading populations. But yes, in general, you are right in names are either replaced or bastardized.