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Originally posted by Komodo
My wife just got done listening to an episode of Jeopardy and Alex Trebeck just asked a 13 yr old on a teen tournament if
"he was the president of the USA what would bring the office that they haven't had in several decades...
I kid you NOT.. here's his answer: ..
"Competency and Accountability" and it was without hesitation~!!!!
I was stunned and so was the rest of the show.. including Alex~! and then they cut to commercial...
Now.. as the titles states, it's not ONLY pathetic, it's embarrassing, for a 'Wold Power' .............
Wow...the world leaders gotta be laughing their asses off behind closed doors....I mean, if the TPTB want to PUT someone in office.. for god sakes, put someone in the damn office that at least be smarter than the 13 yr old ~!!!!
ALEX TREBEK: Barrett Block is from Lexington, Kentucky, a senior at Henry Clay High School. This young man is fairly serious because he’s always dreamed of one particular ambition. And that is?
BARRETT BLOCK: Being president one day, Alex.
TREBEK: President of the United States?
BLOCK: Yes, of the United States, yes sir.
TREBEK: You really want to take on that challenge?
BLOCK: Yes. I think that I could really contribute something to our country – maybe not at this age, but, you know, in the future.
TREBEK: We understand when you get older, but what would you bring to the presidency that we haven’t had say in the last few decades?
BLOCK: Well, a sense of competence and accountability.
Originally posted by wrabbit2000
Give Trebeck his walking papers and give the kid a job. I think he'd do fine running a TV show like Jeopardy.. I promise I'd be watching it with that intellect at the helm. You never know what might pop up!
Proof that not all the youth is lost.
Originally posted by Komodo
and here's the exact quote..
TREBEK: We understand when you get older, but what would you bring to the presidency that we haven’t had say in the last few decades?
BLOCK: Well, a sense of competence and accountability.
Originally posted by okamitengu
reply to post by Komodo
"incompetent"
it doesn't matter who is in charge, its just a shell game
Originally posted by Komodo
My wife just got done listening to an episode of Jeopardy and Alex Trebeck just asked a 13 yr old on a teen tournament if
"he was the president of the USA what would bring the office that they haven't had in several decades...
I kid you NOT.. here's his answer: ..
"Competency and Accountability" and it was without hesitation~!!!!
I was stunned and so was the rest of the show.. including Alex~! and then they cut to commercial...
Now.. as the titles states, it's not ONLY pathetic, it's embarrassing, for a 'Wold Power' .............
Wow...the world leaders gotta be laughing their asses off behind closed doors....I mean, if the TPTB want to PUT someone in office.. for god sakes, put someone in the damn office that at least be smarter than the 13 yr old ~!!!!
edit on 26-8-2013 by Komodo because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by NorEaster
I generally don't listen to 13 yr olds when they parrot their parents' ideological tag lines. I generally don't take adults seriously if they think that a 13 yr old kid knows his ass from a hole in the ground.
Just a basic rule of thumb that's always worked for me, but you guys go ahead and declare that middle-schooler a genius if it makes you happy.
Originally posted by HanzHenry
Like the Jeff Foxworthy.. "Here's your sign"
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Originally posted by NorEaster
I generally don't listen to 13 yr olds when they parrot their parents' ideological tag lines. I generally don't take adults seriously if they think that a 13 yr old kid knows his ass from a hole in the ground.
Just a basic rule of thumb that's always worked for me, but you guys go ahead and declare that middle-schooler a genius if it makes you happy.