NationStates Jolt Archive

http://www.campaignmoney.com/professor.asp
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12679288
http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=518312

Most college professor campaign donations go to the Dems.

"College professors have already donated $7 million to presidential campaigns. This puts them ahead of contributors from the oil and drug industries."

Notre Dame is totally not into it though:
http://media.www.ndsmcobserver.com/media/storage/paper660/news/2007/04/30/News/Faculty.Withholds.2008.Campaign.Donations-2887930.shtml

Because college professors are totaly known for being stable individuals who make good financial choices.
Not to say that Im opposed to Obama. Anybody is better than Robo-Clinton.

http://www.campaignmoney.com/professor.asp
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12679288
http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=518312

Most college professor campaign donations go to the Dems.

"College professors have already donated $7 million to presidential campaigns. This puts them ahead of contributors from the oil and drug industries."

Notre Dame is totally not into it though:
http://media.www.ndsmcobserver.com/media/storage/paper660/news/2007/04/30/News/Faculty.Withholds.2008.Campaign.Donations-2887930.shtml

Since when has anybody listened to their college professor?

Since when has anybody listened to their college professor?

When I wasn't sleeping in class, I listened.

Because college professors are totaly known for being stable individuals who make good financial choices.
Not to say that Im opposed to Obama. Anybody is better than Robo-Clinton.

Well yeah, that can probably apply to the small percentage that have donated to the Republicans.

Since when has anybody listened to their college professor?

I don't know about you but if a college professor gave me money, I'd listen to what s/he had to say.

Since when has anybody listened to their college professor?

never

http://youtube.com/watch?v=CKGwKSSNYTQ

Especially when the guy portrayed in this is your CS Professor.

int main()
{
if(questions == 1)
{ you = you + dead;
}
return(0);
}

So to continue this discussion... I think that college professors probably make the most educated decisions

They probably want to be "politically correct" by making reparations for slavery. Or they're giving money to him because of some grandiose sense of "affirmative action" -- he's black, so he must be placed ahead of better-qualified whites.

I think that college professors probably make the most educated decisions
How come? What makes you think a Professor in Molecular Chemistry, Quantum Physics, Ancient History or Women's Studies understands what's going on in politics any better than anyone else?

God knows I've seen my fair share of dimwitted professors.

I would think there are only a few disciplines in which you'd see professors make reasonable decisions, and they're things like macroeconomics, international relations, political science and maybe some areas of law. And that's simply because they know the terms and principles involved, not because they're inherently smarter people.

never

http://youtube.com/watch?v=CKGwKSSNYTQ

Especially when the guy portrayed in this is your CS Professor.

int main()
{
if(questions == 1)
{ you = you + dead;
}
return(0);
}

function understand () {
printf("Understood.");
}

When I wasn't sleeping in class, I listened.

I've been Mod pwnt.

I don't know about you but if a college professor gave me money, I'd listen to what s/he had to say.

True.

How come? What makes you think a Professor in Molecular Chemistry, Quantum Physics, Ancient History or Women's Studies understands what's going on in politics any better than anyone else?

God knows I've seen my fair share of dimwitted professors.

I would think there are only a few disciplines in which you'd see professors make reasonable decisions, and they're things like macroeconomics, international relations, political science and maybe some areas of law. And that's simply because they know the terms and principles involved, not because they're inherently smarter people.
It's called a pun.

http://www.campaignmoney.com/professor.asp
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12679288
http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=518312

Most college professor campaign donations go to the Dems.

"College professors have already donated $7 million to presidential campaigns. This puts them ahead of contributors from the oil and drug industries."

Notre Dame is totally not into it though:
http://media.www.ndsmcobserver.com/media/storage/paper660/news/2007/04/30/News/Faculty.Withholds.2008.Campaign.Donations-2887930.shtml

And people still say the colleges are not biased in educating the youth of America. :rolleyes:

Because college professors are totaly known for being stable individuals who make good financial choices.
Not to say that Im opposed to Obama. Anybody is better than Robo-Clinton.

Anyone? Anyone? Even Rudi or Fred?:eek:

So to continue this discussion... I think that college professors probably make the most biased decisions

Corrected. :p

And you know that the oil and drug industries can just whip out their checkbook and triple that of the college professors on a whim.

Aside from that, what does this have to do with anything, really? If more people believe in A than B, that doesn't necessarily make A true and B false... In this case, Obama good and Hillary bad.

(I feel that way, but still...)

So to continue this discussion... I think that college professors probably make the most educated decisions

or they have fallen for the notion that people like themselves make the best candidates.

they are supporting one of their own, arent they?

i bet all the oil executives voted bush/cheney.

i bet all the oil executives voted bush/cheney.

Yep, I'll bet you are right but who will they vote for in the next election? I doubt it will be Clinton or Obama.

or they have fallen for the notion that people like themselves make the best candidates.


No. Tell me that it's not true.

(Actually, 90% of college professors are the biggest wastes of space imaginable. I have no problem with people living off the public dole, but for god's sake, at least be humble about it and don't be a pig at the trough. Still, I expect that college as we know it will become a thing of the past within the next twenty years or so, so it's not all bad).

Yep, I'll bet you are right but who will they vote for in the next election? I doubt it will be Clinton or Obama.

hmmmm maybe one of the VP candidates will come from the oil world. i hate to think that the oilmen should have to vote on something other than their own base interests just like the rest of us.

No. Tell me that it's not true.

(Actually, 90% of college professors are the biggest wastes of space imaginable. I have no problem with people living off the public dole, but for god's sake, at least be humble about it and don't be a pig at the trough. Still, I expect that college as we know it will become a thing of the past within the next twenty years or so, so it's not all bad).

Most (meaning those who teach subjects outside of engineering and the sciences) professors are people who work in a university because they lack the ability to produce the results demanded in the real world. This is especially true with business and liberal arts.

At least professors who deal with science and engineering do real work on the side. One of my professors freshman year was working with Boeing on the 787.

At least professors who deal with science and engineering do real work on the side. One of my professors freshman year was working with Boeing on the 787.

That would be the 10%. Medical guys and the good fine arts ones are okay too.

It's called a pun.


:cool:

It's called a pun.
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