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  • Did he support the lawsuit, or was he one of those pooh-poohing its filing and its underlying rationale?

    Rebuttal to Ezra Klein: Supreme Court justices aren't bloggers Jennifer Rubin 2011

  • I suspect there is a direct correlation between the 'dumbing down' of America through a crumbling education system and the pooh-poohing of knowledge as elitist, and the increase in kooky candidates and those already in office who spew brazenly incoherent rhetoric, scientifically disturbing stances, and culturally backward ideals -- a breed of candidates and politicians that is eminently unqualified for offices they hold or aspire to.

    Rizwan A. Rahmani: The Anti-Intellectualization of America and Commensurate Candidates Rizwan A. Rahmani 2010

  • I suspect there is a direct correlation between the 'dumbing down' of America through a crumbling education system and the pooh-poohing of knowledge as elitist, and the increase in kooky candidates and those already in office who spew brazenly incoherent rhetoric, scientifically disturbing stances, and culturally backward ideals -- a breed of candidates and politicians that is eminently unqualified for offices they hold or aspire to.

    Rizwan A. Rahmani: The Anti-Intellectualization of America and Commensurate Candidates Rizwan A. Rahmani 2010

  • How does this — citing short term issues, and pooh-poohing the ability to actually perceive it and the results of it from a distance in a cold, clinical manner — affect, in any way, shape, or form, the analysis that there was a long-term benefit to it?

    Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » The Narrow-Mindedness of Zero-Sum Thinking 2009

  • I suspect there is a direct correlation between the 'dumbing down' of America through a crumbling education system and the pooh-poohing of knowledge as elitist, and the increase in kooky candidates and those already in office who spew brazenly incoherent rhetoric, scientifically disturbing stances, and culturally backward ideals -- a breed of candidates and politicians that is eminently unqualified for offices they hold or aspire to.

    Rizwan A. Rahmani: The Anti-Intellectualization of America and Commensurate Candidates Rizwan A. Rahmani 2010

  • I suspect there is a direct correlation between the 'dumbing down' of America through a crumbling education system and the pooh-poohing of knowledge as elitist, and the increase in kooky candidates and those already in office who spew brazenly incoherent rhetoric, scientifically disturbing stances, and culturally backward ideals -- a breed of candidates and politicians that is eminently unqualified for offices they hold or aspire to.

    Rizwan A. Rahmani: The Anti-Intellectualization of America and Commensurate Candidates Rizwan A. Rahmani 2010

  • It might still be worth it, but with Verizon itself pooh-poohing the idea I have to be skeptical.

    AT&T’s LTE Plans Taking Shape In Slow Motion 2009

  • My comment is, Shannon's presentation was as everyone says and reusing even more of the shuttle hardware than the Ares designs, then why is everyone saying pooh-poohing the Direct architecture which is to do the same thing but with an inline design?

    Downplaying Internal Doubts About Ares - NASA Watch 2009

  • On Talking Points Memo, Dan Gillmor makes some stinging points about the media's complicity in manufacturing the financial crisis by unquestioningly promoting reckless bubble spending while pooh-poohing any idea that the bill would come due some day:

    Boing Boing 2009

  • I suspect there is a direct correlation between the 'dumbing down' of America through a crumbling education system and the pooh-poohing of knowledge as elitist, and the increase in kooky candidates and those already in office who spew brazenly incoherent rhetoric, scientifically disturbing stances, and culturally backward ideals -- a breed of candidates and politicians that is eminently unqualified for offices they hold or aspire to.

    Rizwan A. Rahmani: The Anti-Intellectualization of America and Commensurate Candidates Rizwan A. Rahmani 2010

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