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libertango) wrote2010-05-23 05:52 pm
libertango) wrote2010-05-23 05:52 pm
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Most amusing flub of the week
Jerry Pournelle says:
"(W)e are a long way from the day when my professor of political science could argue, in class with discussion, that his tax dollar was the most productive dollar he spent."
It's moments such as these when Mr. Pournelle's profound ignorance of working in the private sector, formed from his 30-plus years since he most recently had a "real" job (and not that of a freelancer working alone), strike one as the most touchingly naive.
"(W)e are a long way from the day when my professor of political science could argue, in class with discussion, that his tax dollar was the most productive dollar he spent."
It's moments such as these when Mr. Pournelle's profound ignorance of working in the private sector, formed from his 30-plus years since he most recently had a "real" job (and not that of a freelancer working alone), strike one as the most touchingly naive.