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Local2ED · #1 10-13-2011, 02:13 PM

Americans, unlike the Senate, approve of Obama

OOOPS.

Air&Road · #2 10-13-2011, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Local2ED

Americans, unlike the Senate, approve of Obama

OOOPS.

A perfect example of how naive and pi$$ ignorant the American public has become. Was it Einstein who said that insanity is repeating the same action and expecting a different results?

Local2ED · #3 10-13-2011, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by LarryBible

A perfect example of how naive and pi$$ ignorant the American public has become. Was it Einstein who said that insanity is repeating the same action and expecting a different results?

I believe the definition of insanity is storming off like a scorned pre-teen girl vowing never to return only to ooze back like puss from an infected wound, when you realized nobody cared when you left.

Air&Road · #4 10-13-2011, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Local2ED

I believe the definition of insanity is storming off like a scorned pre-teen girl vowing never to return only to ooze back like puss from an infected wound, when you realized nobody cared when you left.

So the definition I quoted is invalid? Einstein wasn't exactly a dummy.

Pooka · #5 10-13-2011, 02:58 PM

After this quote appeared in a film titled '28 Days' the search for the source of the quote has been ongoing. One thing is for sure: It does not appear anywhere in anything that Einstein wrote or is ever recorded as saying.

The first recorded source is from a book put out by the group Narcotics Anonymous. It was then used in 1983 in a book by author Rita Mae Brown. It has not been found in any publication printed before that date except for the NA book, and the author of that book is not credited.

Einsttein did say: The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its' limits.

Air&Road · #6 10-13-2011, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Pooka

After this quote appeared in a film titled '28 Days' the search for the source of the quote has been ongoing. One thing is for sure: It does not appear anywhere in anything that Einstein wrote or is ever recorded as saying.

The first recorded source is from a book put out by the group Narcotics Anonymous. It was then used in 1983 in a book by author Rita Mae Brown. It has not been found in any publication printed before that date except for the NA book, and the author of that book is not credited.

Einsttein did say: The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its' limits.

Thanks for the clarification. You're right, the Einstein being quoted as saying it must have crept into pop culture. Even though it is a valid, slang definition, I guess someone thought it sounded better as an Einstein quote. I stand corrected.

PaulC · #7 10-13-2011, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Local2ED

I believe the definition of insanity is storming off like a scorned pre-teen girl vowing never to return only to ooze back like puss from an infected wound, when you realized nobody cared when you left.

Ouch!

MTI · #8 10-13-2011, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by LarryBible

A perfect example of how naive and pi$$ ignorant the American public has become. Was it Einstein who said that insanity is repeating the same action and expecting a different results?

According to another thread, incumbent politicians should be sent packin' by voters . . . but the "American public" is naive and ignorant . . . which presumably is where new candidates would come from or be elected by . . .

Surely, we are doomed.

PaulC · #9 10-13-2011, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by MTI

According to another thread, incumbent politicians should be sent packin' by voters . . . but the "American public" is naive and ignorant . . . which presumably is where new candidates would come from or be elected by . . .

Surely, we are doomed.

What the Hell are you talking about?

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tjts1 · #10 10-13-2011, 03:42 PM

It must suck to have "The" be your middle name.