Monday, February 28, 2011

Liberal Arts not Conservative Design

I was talking to my wife last night and the subject came up as to what a liberal arts education can do for a person. Specifically, how a LAE develops a person's capacity to reason, think analytically, show compassion and stewardship, and, well, just be an all around better person. And then it occurred to me that when I was in the College of Business at the University of Wyoming a few years ago, that the business majors - BS majors - many of them didn't have to take as many Arts and Sciences classes that a BA major would have. Which is why I believe that many of the students in the COB were Republican. They didn't know better. Take our outstanding president Barack Obama. He's most definitely had a LAE. He's pretty damn smart. He's very analytical when it comes to the various problems of this country. He's also very humble. He knows his limitations. My point being, he has had more great ideas in his first two years in office than the past three presidents combined. Which goes back to the LAE, and the JD, for that matter.
Then, I was reading the book "Dude, Where's my Country" this morning, and looking at the publication date, I wondered why, if this information was out to the public in 2003, how in the hell did George W. Bin Laden get re-elected. You know, that former president, that wasn't really elected the first time around. That former president that spent his eight years in office totally destroying the economy and the world view of this country. Yes, and now that we have a president that actually gives a crap about the middle class, not just the billionaires, the GOP want's to undo all of the good change that he's accomplished in his first two years in office. Wake up, people! This country needs change, and the GOP is not going to give it the change it needs. They just want to make sure that no billionaire is left behind. Thanks, Michael Moore. Keep doing what you're doing, dude!