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Apr 18, 2011, 05:55 PM
 
Jesse Jackson, Jr., a bright young genius among the Democrats.

The iPad is taking away American jobs, Jesse Jackson Junior's sanity (video) -- Engadget

In a technophobic rant to rival all technophobic rants that have come before it, Illinois Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. accuses the iPad's popularity for the current level of unemployment in his nation
I say he'd make a formidable Democratic president

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Salisbury News: Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. : An Ipad For Every Student
Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.) said he stood-by a proposal he made last week that could result in the federal government providing an Ipad for every student in the nation, despite a barrage of criticism he has suffered from the media in recent days.

"Let me be clear about a few things," Jackson said, brandishing both an Apple Ipad and an Amazon Kindle on the House floor. "These devices are revolutionizing our country-- and they will fundamentally alter how we will educate our children."
     
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Apr 18, 2011, 08:23 PM
 
"fundamentally alter how we will educate our children"

I call bullshit, its a tool nothing more. Fundamental education only requires a teacher and ears to listen. If you have a failure for a teacher no iPad or other tool is going to change the outcome of the education the kid will get.
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Apr 18, 2011, 09:20 PM
 
Originally Posted by turtle777 View Post
Jesse Jackson, Jr., a bright young genius among the Democrats.

The iPad is taking away American jobs, Jesse Jackson Junior's sanity (video) -- Engadget



I say he'd make a formidable Democratic president

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I'd say you missed his main point, which is that Congress hasn't done a damn thing to create any new jobs.
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Apr 18, 2011, 09:43 PM
 
Seriously ? THAT was his point ? Obama has nothing on this guy

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Apr 19, 2011, 02:31 PM
 
Originally Posted by OldManMac View Post
I'd say you missed his main point, which is that Congress hasn't done a damn thing to create any new jobs.
Yeah, because it's full of assclowns who waste all their time with incoherent rants about iPads.
     
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I was watching a TV show featuring a giant ball pit with a bunch of 8-year-olds yelling, "Are too! Are not!" Then I realized it was C-SPAN.
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Whodathunk that the C in C-SPAN stands for clowns...

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Apr 19, 2011, 04:57 PM
 
Originally Posted by OldManMac View Post
I'd say you missed his main point, which is that Congress hasn't done a damn thing to create any new jobs.
And remind me where it says that's the job of Congress?
     
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And remind me where it says that's the job of Congress?
But they ARE creating new jobs...

...if you call the state of those welfare and handout-receiving serfs "jobs".

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