tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post480863856250506524..comments2024-03-28T01:33:22.764-04:00Comments on The DiploMad 2.0: Idle ReflectionsDiploMadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02316439950882822419noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-16472001119764041682011-06-15T16:50:50.331-04:002011-06-15T16:50:50.331-04:00On Palin: Long ago, when I took the foreign servi...On Palin: Long ago, when I took the foreign service exam, one question on the written part was about which country was closest to the USA apart from Canada and Mexico. The answer, of course, was Russia. I later found that I was one of the few in my A-100 class who got it right. I didn't think much of it then, but then, more than 20 years later, I listened to "sophisticated" commentators on Palin's "stupidity" about thinking that Russia was right next door to Alaska. Frankly, I'm now of the mind that the "smart" people around here don't even know how to read a globe, and they claim the right to both inform and govern the rest of us. T'row da bums out! (as we say in Nawt Joysey).Kephahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00999385775493831638noreply@blogger.com