It is sad that the over educated in this country have never taken to heart the very principles this country was founded upon and the great sacrifices that the American people have made for freedom since the USA was formed.

Since they are the "elite" they subscribe to some esoteric notion that America is wrong and our European brethren have it right. Sadly, Europe has been in decline for many generations...not a good model to follow.

Maybe the "over educated elite" of Massachusetts should take a walk around their historical sites and really make the attempt to understand what others have done for them in order that they may over educate themselves and sit in judgment on us "bubbas."

And the east coast elitists might also take a walk around their country, you know -the "flyover" part, and realize that a great many of the working class boobs they wish to rule, the ones clinging to God and guns, have also read (and *gasp* understood), Burke. And Thomas Paine. And James Madison. And, yes, Karl Marx.

We all know what a BS is. A MS is more of the same. A PHD is pilled higher and deeper. Most PHD's if they fell would get lost before they hit the ground.

LOL Howard Last, now THAT is funny. Lord knows I can use a good chuckle now and then,,ty.

AS Norge said many of us in flyover countyr understand very well what the founders were saying and what Marx, was saying. The former places importance on individual liberty, the latter enslaves.

BTW, many of us are well read and self educated on these topics. Imagine that, any one of us peons has more common sense than the collective brain matter of the elite statists.

Indeed, if one has read the books Norge mentioned, especially Karl Marx, as well as some books of the early William Ayers, it's not difficult at all to understand this administration.

Yes kev... and Saul Alinsky's "Rules for Radicals" also provides great insight.

God Save the Republic.

I think the overeducated is the least of your problem and should not be derided by you, some may be very conservative.

When was the last time any of you set foot in a classroom where ordinary teachers, with not so stellar education, indoctrinate your children every day?

Case in point, a 12 year old boy called a radio talk show yesterday and complained that his science teacher assigned the question, "how does global warming affect you?" The child answered that it does not since global warming is a hoax and provided supporting evidence. The teacher gave him a zero for not staying on topic. The child was asking what he should do? Is this not indoctrination into the socialist views of the teacher who happens to be liberal and believes in global warming? How can a 12 year old defend himself in front of such teacher dictatorial "authority?"

One more example, a college student in PA dropped a philosophy class after the professor said, before other introductions, that anybody who believes U.S. is a good nation and Wall Street is a good idea is a moron and should leave immediately since he, the professor, does not teach morons. Do you not call this indoctrination? Do you think this country has a prayer with citizens taught in such schools? And we pay good money to have our children brainwashed. That is your main problem.

Howard Last: A bachelor of science and a master of science require approximately 7 years of study, two of which are regular courses that everyone must take and five are specialized courses in a particular are of expertise and the writing of a thesis, followed by a rigorous suject are written and oral exams. A Ph.D. in science requires an additional four years of college courses also specialized in a specific area, including writing a dissertation of 300-400 pages, passing two written exams and one oral exam as well as practicums in a specific industry. For you to derisively insult everyone who has spent so much time and money to acquire this knowledge that results in research and development of the many things in your life that you take for granted, is a shame. If I were you, I would think long and hard next time you make fun of sour grapes, Mr. Last. We strive to be the best at what we do, take pride in it, and I am sure you do too.

Next time you go to Autozone to buy your car parts and the attendant does it quickly and painlessly via his computer, one of us, the overeducated, has written the software and the language behind it that helps you locate or order your car parts.

Good LLeana, I also spent years attaining various degrees, and I applaud your concern. However, throughout my years in academia and in the "real world" I met PHDs that couldn't tell the time of day, clap two hands together, and did not have a clue where ground beef originated or the location of the gas cap. Their attitude also was to berate undergraduate students and to show disdain for good honest, blue-collar, working people. These I call the socialist elite, who look down their ski slope noses at the working classes.

Generally this was seen among folks from the world of social science. Yet again it was seen within the hard science of mathematics and chemistry; and, sad to say, even engineering sciences.

Remember well the folks that repair your car and fix your plumbing. They may not be software engineers, but they sure keep the economy going, your car operating and your plumbing functioning. Bless the blue-collar worker.