Tag Archives: ignorance

Incompetent Elected Official of the Month: Indiana State Senator Dennis Kruse

The Senator thinks that evolution is a “Johnny come lately” theory. Continue reading

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Where Should The Alarms Sound For THIS?

Watch this student’s video, and weep. Well, after you finish laughing. Continue reading

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Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Character, Citizenship, Education, Family, Government & Politics, History

Occupy Brain Pans

If Occupy the Courts won’t convince the pols and journalists that they made an epic mistake, nothing will. But at least it settles the matter. These people have no idea, none, what they are doing. Continue reading

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Poll: 84% Don’t Have a Clue What “Ethical” Means

If asked whether cloning a pet is unethical, your proper response is, “What a stupid question!” Continue reading

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The Incompetent, Iowa Stubborn News Media, Wasting Our Time and Theirs

Who cares about the Iowa caucuses???? Continue reading

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Filed under Around the World, Citizenship, Government & Politics, Journalism & Media

The “Your Right To Engage in Ignorant and Dangerous Speech Doesn’t Mean It Isn’t Unethical For Me To Help It Be As Loud As Possible” Dept.: ABC Full Circle and WordPress

As the New Year dawns, we see two companies in the communications business, and two situations raising the question, is it ethical or unethical to allow someone to use your product or service to broadcast harmful speech? Continue reading

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The Damage Incompetent Pundits Do: Criminal Defense Misconceptions

Myths that won’t die: guilty defendants can’t testify that they are innocent (they can) and lawyers can’t defend criminals they know are guilty (they must.) Continue reading

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Filed under Government & Politics, Journalism & Media, Law & Law Enforcement, Professions, U.S. Society

Incompetent Elected Official of the Week: Texas State Board of Education Member Ken Mercer

The problem with this particular breed of proud, unapologetic and arrogant idiot is that if given the power, they will try to replicate themselves, soon flooding the land with dangerously ignorant people just like them. Continue reading

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Occupy Wall Street: Unethical Demonstration, Unethical Supporters

At a time when the nation needs solutions, serious debate, constructive analysis, and non-partisan and non-ideological cooperation, a major party has embraced a movement with a message that is negativity and nothing else, rooted in ignorance and emotion. Continue reading

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Ethics Quiz: Who is the Most Incompetent Elected Official—the DA Who Doesn’t Care If A Convicted Prisoner Is Really Guilty, Or The Assemblywoman Who Doesn’t Know About The First Amendment?

For this weekend’s Ethics Alarms quiz, I am asking readers to help me determine the Incompetent Official of the Week, when two unusually qualified candidates are running neck and neck. Continue reading

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