Naked Sarah Palin portrait hung up in Chicago tavern

[WhipperSnapper]

This story is good for some chuckles. It is hitting below the belt, IMHO, but I guess it gets folks into the bar and is good for business.

While journalists scramble to reveal everything Sarah Palin has said and done during her career, a Chicago artist is taking things a step further.

Bruce Elliott has painted a nude portrait of the Republican vice presidential nominee.

http://www.nydailynews.com/new...palin_hung_in_chi.html

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

Hopefully he'll take the increased business and buy some art lessons. Belongs on that terrible art website.

 

[WhipperSnapper]

Supposedly, when asked to name some Supreme Court cases besides Roe v. Wade, Palin couldn't name any...but CBS is covering it up according to this article:

http://www.bluetidalwave.com/2...ing-palin-tape-in.html

Maybe the portrait should include a dunce cap.

 

[Specop 007]

Originally posted by: WhipperSnapper

Supposedly, when asked to name some Supreme Court cases besides Roe v. Wade, Palin couldn't name any...but CBS is covering it up according to this article:

http://www.bluetidalwave.com/2...ing-palin-tape-in.html

Maybe the portrait should include a dunce cap.

Of course the fact you can name 3 or 4 sets you far and away ahead of every one else amiright?

 

[WhipperSnapper]

Originally posted by: Specop 007

Of course the fact you can name 3 or 4 sets you far and away ahead of every one else amiright?

Oh...trust me...you have no idea what my educational background is. I can name a whole lot more Supreme Court cases than just Roe v. Wade and probably lots of U.S. Court of Appeals cases too. I'm qualified to become a MENSA member, so put a piece of humble pie in your piehole.

 

[GTKeeper]

Originally posted by: WhipperSnapper

Supposedly, when asked to name some Supreme Court cases besides Roe v. Wade, Palin couldn't name any...but CBS is covering it up according to this article:

http://www.bluetidalwave.com/2...ing-palin-tape-in.html

Maybe the portrait should include a dunce cap.

I wonder if she can name all the justices on the supreme court.

 

[WhipperSnapper]

Originally posted by: GTKeeper

I wonder if she can name all the justices on the supreme court.

Let's go easy on her. Can she name five justices who are on the Supreme Court?

 

[StageLeft]

Looks like an 8th grader drew it. Terrible.

Let's go easy on her. Can she name five justices who are on the Supreme Court?

Too hard. Does she know what the Supreme Court is even there for?

 

[GTKeeper]

Originally posted by: WhipperSnapper

Originally posted by: GTKeeper

I wonder if she can name all the justices on the supreme court.

Let's go easy on her. Can she name five justices who are on the Supreme Court?

Better Question....

Can she name the 4 conservative leaning ones!!!!!!!!!

 

[Genx87]

Originally posted by: WhipperSnapper

Originally posted by: Specop 007

Of course the fact you can name 3 or 4 sets you far and away ahead of every one else amiright?

Oh...trust me...you have no idea what my educational background is. I can name a whole lot more Supreme Court cases than just Roe v. Wade and probably lots of U.S. Court of Appeals cases too. I'm qualified to become a MENSA member, so put a piece of humble pie in your piehole.

Why is it everybody I have met who is a member of mensa can barely tie their own shoes? Honest question. I have met quite a few. One of them I had to point to the big button on the monitor named power for him to figure out how to turn the monitor on.

 

[bbdub333]

Originally posted by: Genx87

Originally posted by: WhipperSnapper

Originally posted by: Specop 007

Of course the fact you can name 3 or 4 sets you far and away ahead of every one else amiright?

Oh...trust me...you have no idea what my educational background is. I can name a whole lot more Supreme Court cases than just Roe v. Wade and probably lots of U.S. Court of Appeals cases too. I'm qualified to become a MENSA member, so put a piece of humble pie in your piehole.

Why is it everybody I have met who is a member of mensa can barely tie their own shoes? Honest question. I have met quite a few. One of them I had to point to the big button on the monitor named power for him to figure out how to turn the monitor on.

Got $50? You too are qualified to become a member of MENSA! Sign up today!

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

Originally posted by: bbdub333

Originally posted by: Genx87

Originally posted by: WhipperSnapper

Originally posted by: Specop 007

Of course the fact you can name 3 or 4 sets you far and away ahead of every one else amiright?

Oh...trust me...you have no idea what my educational background is. I can name a whole lot more Supreme Court cases than just Roe v. Wade and probably lots of U.S. Court of Appeals cases too. I'm qualified to become a MENSA member, so put a piece of humble pie in your piehole.

Why is it everybody I have met who is a member of mensa can barely tie their own shoes? Honest question. I have met quite a few. One of them I had to point to the big button on the monitor named power for him to figure out how to turn the monitor on.

Got $50? You too are qualified to become a member of MENSA! Sign up today!

I bet he's a member of "Who's Who" as well.

 

[Specop 007]

Originally posted by: Genx87

Originally posted by: WhipperSnapper

Originally posted by: Specop 007

Of course the fact you can name 3 or 4 sets you far and away ahead of every one else amiright?

Oh...trust me...you have no idea what my educational background is. I can name a whole lot more Supreme Court cases than just Roe v. Wade and probably lots of U.S. Court of Appeals cases too. I'm qualified to become a MENSA member, so put a piece of humble pie in your piehole.

Why is it everybody I have met who is a member of mensa can barely tie their own shoes? Honest question. I have met quite a few. One of them I had to point to the big button on the monitor named power for him to figure out how to turn the monitor on.

People project their area of expertise onto the rest of the world as the measure of others education.
For example an attorney or judge would say "Well HUR shes dumb cause HUR she cant name any cases HUR" whereas a chemical engineer might say "Well HUR shes dumb because HUR she cant name 15 elements on the HUR periodic table".

A perfect example of this is listed above in regards to SC cases and dunce caps....... And subsequent follow up posts......

 

[Specop 007]

Originally posted by: WhipperSnapper

Originally posted by: Specop 007

Of course the fact you can name 3 or 4 sets you far and away ahead of every one else amiright?

Oh...trust me...you have no idea what my educational background is. I can name a whole lot more Supreme Court cases than just Roe v. Wade and probably lots of U.S. Court of Appeals cases too. I'm qualified to become a MENSA member, so put a piece of humble pie in your piehole.

Addressed above HUR Oh mighty knowledgable one HUR

 

[dbk]

The original can be found on flickr. The moose is a nice touch.

 

[WhipperSnapper]

Originally posted by: Genx87Why is it everybody I have met who is a member of mensa can barely tie their own shoes? Honest question. I have met quite a few. One of them I had to point to the big button on the monitor named power for him to figure out how to turn the monitor on.

Heh heh. I wouldn't know since I've never been a member of MENSA. Perhaps they just overthink things?

 

[WhipperSnapper]

Originally posted by: bbdub333
Got $50? You too are qualified to become a member of MENSA! Sign up today!

Last I checked you needed to have either scored in the top 2% on an IQ Test (132 I think) or done very well on a standardized professional school exam (MCAT, GMAT, LSAT). I suspect that it isn't as simple as just handing over $50.

 

[WhipperSnapper]

Originally posted by: Specop 007People project their area of expertise onto the rest of the world as the measure of others education.
For example an attorney or judge would say "Well HUR shes dumb cause HUR she cant name any cases HUR" whereas a chemical engineer might say "Well HUR shes dumb because HUR she cant name 15 elements on the HUR periodic table".

A perfect example of this is listed above in regards to SC cases and dunce caps....... And subsequent follow up posts......

No one's asking her to name 100 cases. Just a few Supreme Court cases other than Roe v. Wade. Don't you think that an American with a college education and especially a politician and presidential candidate should be expected to be able to do that? It's really not that hard. After all, there are many important Supreme Court cases that have affected American life and culture besides just Roe v. Wade. In fact, a very famous case was handed down in 1954 that had a dramatic impact on American life and it receives media mentions all the time. (I'll let someone guess what that case might be; it's probably the second (if not first) most famous case.)

And for the record, I can easily name 15 elements on the Periodic Table and pontificate some about quantum mechanics.

 

[jman19]

Originally posted by: Specop 007

Originally posted by: WhipperSnapper

Supposedly, when asked to name some Supreme Court cases besides Roe v. Wade, Palin couldn't name any...but CBS is covering it up according to this article:

http://www.bluetidalwave.com/2...ing-palin-tape-in.html

Maybe the portrait should include a dunce cap.

Of course the fact you can name 3 or 4 sets you far and away ahead of every one else amiright?

Comparing a random AT poster to someone who wants to be VP (and could potentially be the POTUS) - setting the bar even lower for Palin, I see :laugh:

Oh, as for the OP - seems like bad taste to me.

 

[SilthDraeth]

Hydrogen
Oxygen
Plutonium
gold
lead
silver
iron
aluminum
titanium
cesium
copper
brass
californium
cobalt
uranium

There, 15 periodic elements. Not to say that the Chemist remark wasn't valid, but just showing that anyone should be able to, since a lot of the elements are very well known gasses and metals.

Whipper, she isn't a lawyer, she is a Governor. I can't name more than 1 supreme court case by memory. And I scored over 132 on an IQ test myself. But then, I don't really think I am a genius. And taking the "online IQ test" isn't a true IQ test either. I know I am of above average intelligence I even have good charisma, and in my humble opinion Sarah Palin is pretty intelligent. Though I do think she has fumbled up on a few things because of the way she has been getting coached.

It is sort of like those sayings: What happens if you leave a kid with ADD alone? The usually grow up and become entrepreneurs, and make tons of businesses. Brass isn't an element, I threw that in there to see who is paying attention, and who is reading the rest of my post, so insert helium. If you coral them in, and push drugs down their throat you break the part of them that would of set them apart from the heard. But parents and society as a whole look down upon, ridicule, and try to tear apart people that break away from the heard, or aren't "normal" enough for them.

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

Originally posted by: SilthDraeth
Hydrogen
Oxygen
Plutonium
gold
lead
silver
iron
aluminum
titanium
cesium
copper
brass
californium
cobalt
uranium

There, 15 periodic elements. Not to say that the Chemist remark wasn't valid, but just showing that anyone should be able to, since a lot of the elements are very well known gasses and metals.

Whipper, she isn't a lawyer, she is a Governor. I can't name more than 1 supreme court case by memory. And I scored over 132 on an IQ test myself. But then, I don't really think I am a genius. And taking the "online IQ test" isn't a true IQ test either. I know I am of above average intelligence I even have good charisma, and in my humble opinion Sarah Palin is pretty intelligent. Though I do think she has fumbled up on a few things because of the way she has been getting coached.

It is sort of like those sayings: What happens if you leave a kid with ADD alone? The usually grow up and become entrepreneurs, and make tons of businesses. Brass isn't an element, I threw that in there to see who is paying attention, and who is reading the rest of my post, so insert helium. If you coral them in, and push drugs down their throat you break the part of them that would of set them apart from the heard. But parents and society as a whole look down upon, ridicule, and try to tear apart people that break away from the heard, or aren't "normal" enough for them.

Copper and zinc, so a 2 for 1?

 

[WhipperSnapper]

Originally posted by: SilthDraeth

Whipper, she isn't a lawyer, she is a Governor. I can't name more than 1 supreme court case by memory.

Well, Supreme Court cases don't get that much attention in popular culture, but I would hope that people would know enough about American history to have heard of Brown v. Board of Education and Plessy v. Ferguson, not to mention Bush v. Gore. [/quote]

There, 15 periodic elements. Not to say that the Chemist remark wasn't valid, but just showing that anyone should be able to, since a lot of the elements are very well known gasses and metals.

The challenge for most people would be knowing which things are elements and which are merely common compounds or materials. I suppose that college-educated Americans who've never studied chemistry might mistake common materials like water and brass for elements.

 

[gar3555]

Originally posted by: WhipperSnapper

Originally posted by: SilthDraeth Whipper, she isn't a lawyer, she is a Governor. I can't name more than 1 supreme court case by memory.

Well, Supreme Court cases don't get that much attention in popular culture, but I would hope that people would know enough about American history to have heard of Brown v. Board of Education and Plessy v. Ferguson, not to mention Bush v. Gore.

There, 15 periodic elements. Not to say that the Chemist remark wasn't valid, but just showing that anyone should be able to, since a lot of the elements are very well known gasses and metals.

The challenge for most people would be knowing which things are elements and which are merely common compounds or materials. I suppose that college-educated Americans who've never studied chemistry might mistake common materials like water and brass for elements.

[/quote]

the smug is strong with this one...

 

[Desturel]

Originally posted by: Specop 007
For example an attorney or judge would say "Well HUR shes dumb cause HUR she cant name any cases HUR" whereas a chemical engineer might say "Well HUR shes dumb because HUR she cant name 15 elements on the HUR periodic table".

I can name 15 elements on the periodic table easily and I haven't taken chemistry since high school (about 10 years ago). Fifteen elements, for the most part, should not be hard for anyone to remember if they had or have ever paid attention in high school (let alone college).

Examples of 20 elements everyone should know, chemical engineer or not:

Hydrogen
Oxygen
Nitrogen
Helium
Carbon

Gold
Silver
Copper
Platinum
Aluminum

Iron
Lead
Nickel
Mercury
Tin

Titanium
Potassium
Chlorine
Sodium
Calcium

This is without thinking very hard. These are elements we deal with everyday. Even if you don't know that they are elements, you HEAR about them everyday.

Commercials tout every vitamin "from A to Zinc". People who are into military have heard of Depleted Uranium rounds. Computer people (and body augmenters) know of the many uses of Silicon. Lightbulbs (prior to the current florescent craze) has a Tungsten alloy filament. There's a car called the Ford Cobalt.

To get back to the point, it's not absurd to expect someone who is running for a government office to know a bit about what the government does. It is absurd, in my opinion, to state that ignorance about what the government does or the laws that have been made is fine because the person in question is not a lawyer.

This is not like asking a random person on the street what the capital of Nepal is. This is asking a government official if she can tell us what the government is doing. There is no Gotcha question here. I'm not a chemist, but I can name elements. I am not a lawyer, but cite laws. I am not a baseball player, but I know what all of the positions are. The least I could ask is that my governing officials can tell me what the government is doing.

Sorry, I'll go back to lurking.

 

[Vette73]

Originally posted by: BrunoPuntzJones

Originally posted by: SilthDraeth
Hydrogen
Oxygen
Plutonium
gold
lead
silver
iron
aluminum
titanium
cesium
copper
brass
californium
cobalt
uranium

There, 15 periodic elements. Not to say that the Chemist remark wasn't valid, but just showing that anyone should be able to, since a lot of the elements are very well known gasses and metals.

Whipper, she isn't a lawyer, she is a Governor. I can't name more than 1 supreme court case by memory. And I scored over 132 on an IQ test myself. But then, I don't really think I am a genius. And taking the "online IQ test" isn't a true IQ test either. I know I am of above average intelligence I even have good charisma, and in my humble opinion Sarah Palin is pretty intelligent. Though I do think she has fumbled up on a few things because of the way she has been getting coached.

It is sort of like those sayings: What happens if you leave a kid with ADD alone? The usually grow up and become entrepreneurs, and make tons of businesses. Brass isn't an element, I threw that in there to see who is paying attention, and who is reading the rest of my post, so insert helium. If you coral them in, and push drugs down their throat you break the part of them that would of set them apart from the heard. But parents and society as a whole look down upon, ridicule, and try to tear apart people that break away from the heard, or aren't "normal" enough for them.

Copper and zinc, so a 2 for 1?

For those that do not get it, Brass is NOT a periodic element.