U.S. Politics

[guinness77]

Holy excrement, it took me a minute but I found it. Hilarious. I haven't heard this in years.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qu7hUQHqexE

[Ignatius J Reilly]

They included freaking Rachel Ray?

My first thought.

[Ignatius J Reilly]

People care about Howard Dean's opinion?

My second thought.

[Miamipuck]

Yeah that list is a wtf list. That can't possibly be the two best examples of women they could find.

[Tommy]

I feel like comedians shouldn't count.

[Ignatius J Reilly]

I feel like comedians shouldn't count.

To be fair, most comedians aren't worth $300 million.

Yeah that list is a wtf list. That can't possibly be the two best examples of women they could find.

They just went for recognizable faces.  Otherwise, guys like Ron Meyer and Sheldon Adelson would have been MUCH better choices than George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, both of whom came from an age when college wasn't an automatic.  Even Walt Disney and Harry Truman aren't strong examples for the modern day.  Anyway, the recognition factor is why you didn't get Mary Kay Ash or Debbi Fields or Madam CJ Walker.  And all of the modern day men are tech billionaires, AKA people from a male dominated industry.

[Tommy]

Yeah, anyone before the 1930s shouldn't count either. Chances are if you were from an upper class family in the 19th century, you were already more educated than most college graduates today by the time you were in High School.

[Tommy]

Harvard entrance exam 1899:
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/education/harvardexam.pdf

[hawk]

Yeah, anyone before the 1930s shouldn't count either. Chances are if you were from an upper class family in the 19th century, you were already more educated than most college graduates today by the time you were in High School.

How sad, but true.

[Tommy]

How sad, but true.

Not necessarily a bad thing though. Education and knowledge is more spread out today than 100 years ago. You had the wealthy elite being super educated and the general population barely being able to read and write. The difference between a guy like Thomas Jefferson and a farmer in germs of education in 1800 was much much greater than say the difference between Obama and a fast food employee today.

[Ignatius J Reilly]

Yeah, anyone before the 1930s shouldn't count either. Chances are if you were from an upper class family in the 19th century, you were already more educated than most college graduates today by the time you were in High School.

Only if you consider a knowledge of the classics to be the sole determinant of education.

[bojanglesman]

Someone has to be the janitor.  Seemed appropriate to say here.  Not sure.  Just threw it out there.  Carry on.

[Badger]

Someone has to be the janitor.  Seemed appropriate to say here.  Not sure.  Just threw it out there.  Carry on.

Racist.

[bojanglesman]

Racist.

[Badger]

http://money.cnn.com/2015/02/19/news/companies/walmart-wages/index.html