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Old Jul 22, 2006 | 08:52 AM
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When you feel dumb.....

When you have a problem you just can't seem to solve, and begin to doubt your wits, just read this http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?se...rld&id=4387633
 
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Old Jul 22, 2006 | 09:26 AM
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220,000 dollars?!?!?! this woman is an IDIOT!! no wonder her husband divorced her. and i love how this "expert" says "everyone is vulnerable, even smart people" yea right, get a life, quit trying to sooth things over and be PC.
 
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Old Jul 22, 2006 | 11:30 AM
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Yeah, I kinda bristled at that stupid remark, too. Maybe he was thinking of the UN secretary general Kofi
 
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Old Jul 22, 2006 | 04:47 PM
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i am really glad that idiot was not from new jersey. but i am also sad the con artist was pulling her high jinx here. it still gives us natives a bad image
 
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Old Jul 22, 2006 | 06:24 PM
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Ignorance is going to kill us off. But what else do you expect in a country where most people don't have the rudiments of critical thinking? And by extension, are unaware of it?
 
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Old Jul 22, 2006 | 06:52 PM
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220 grand, Im in the wrong business
 
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Old Jul 23, 2006 | 06:46 AM
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She did have a curse on her. Stupidity.
 
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Old Jul 23, 2006 | 08:31 AM
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There's no excuse for being that freakin retarded.

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Old Jul 23, 2006 | 09:22 AM
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Ignorance is going to kill us off. But what else do you expect in a country where most people don't have the rudiments of critical thinking? And by extension, are unaware of it?
Tsk, tsk. You can't indict a whole nation for one dumb female.
 
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Old Jul 24, 2006 | 12:06 AM
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Tsk, tsk. You can't indict a whole nation for one dumb female.
You're right, my bad for sloppy phrasing. Not "most", but "many". Have you ever seen the stats on how many Americans don't know simple things, like the proper movement of the solar system? Or more to the point, how many are bamboozled by basic statistical arguments?

Anyway, does this mean I have to add myself to the list?
 
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Old Jul 25, 2006 | 05:14 PM
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220,000 dollars?!?!?! this woman is an IDIOT!! no wonder her husband divorced her. and i love how this "expert" says "everyone is vulnerable, even smart people" yea right, get a life, quit trying to sooth things over and be PC.
YES! thats awesome. I couldnt have said it better myself.

People like her deserve to be scammed out of 220,000 dollars. 25 bucks for a candle. I could have dipped string in hot melted wax every 30 seconds for a while and sold it to her for $30.
 
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Old Jul 26, 2006 | 02:30 PM
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I was nervous when I saw the link because it was for local abc station ktrk, our station here in Houston. I was dreading what the latest idiotic event from Houston had made the news. Boy, did I breathe a sigh of relief when I saw that it was not from Houston. You're right tjc transport, that is not going to help NJ's rep one bit. But, c'mon guys, of course it could hapen to any of us - why, I'm getting the sudden urge to give my life savings to the next kook who places a flier on my truck's windshield...did I mention I also just had a frontal lobotomy?
 
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Old Jul 26, 2006 | 03:29 PM
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Yea, I'd say the generalization that it could have happened to anyone is a stretch. It seems like that woman is trying to blame the con artist for her own stupidity! She had to be really out of touch with reality in order to believe that "the spirit of God" would threaten Satan on her family if she didn't pay up. I am just thankful that I have a few level-headed people in my life to help guide me when my own logic fails. But some people seem to have no logic!
 
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