How the hell did the Canadians figure this out before us? If only our media picked this up in 2002!
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Published on Friday, November 22, 2002 by the Canada Newswire
President Bush May Be "Moron": Stupidity Experts Claim
TORONTO, Nov. 22 /CNW/ - A high-ranking federal official may be correct in an assessment of US president George W. Bush as "a moron" say a group of Canadian stupidity experts. "Technically, a moron is someone who is stupid but looks normal," said Albert Nerenberg, a Toronto-based film director who is completing a television documentary titled Stupidity. A controversy has erupted over newspaper reports that a top Canadian federal aide called Bush a "moron" for his hard-line stance on Iraq at the current NATO meeting in Prague. "Much has been said recently about Bush arriving at a point where he looks presidential," said Nerenberg. "What's intriguing about morons is that they can pass as just about anyone, but inside they're still morons." The original term moron was coined by an American Psychologist in New Jersey during the early part of the century. Moron was added to the US version of the IQ test to screen out people who looked intelligent but weren't. A moron was considered to have an IQ between 50-75 and President Bush has an IQ of 51.
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'The only way to avoid getting crushed by absurdity, is to humbly include the absurd in our calculations.'
'The only way to avoid getting crushed by absurdity, is to humbly include the absurd in our calculations.'
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Published on Friday, November 22, 2002 by the Canada Newswire
President Bush May Be "Moron": Stupidity Experts Claim
TORONTO, Nov. 22 /CNW/ - A high-ranking federal official may be correct in an assessment of US president George W. Bush as "a moron" say a group of Canadian stupidity experts. "Technically, a moron is someone who is stupid but looks normal," said Albert Nerenberg, a Toronto-based film director who is completing a television documentary titled Stupidity. A controversy has erupted over newspaper reports that a top Canadian federal aide called Bush a "moron" for his hard-line stance on Iraq at the current NATO meeting in Prague. "Much has been said recently about Bush arriving at a point where he looks presidential," said Nerenberg. "What's intriguing about morons is that they can pass as just about anyone, but inside they're still morons." The original term moron was coined by an American Psychologist in New Jersey during the early part of the century. Moron was added to the US version of the IQ test to screen out people who looked intelligent but weren't. A moron was considered to have an IQ between 50-75 and President Bush has an IQ of 51.
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'The only way to avoid getting crushed by absurdity, is to humbly include the absurd in our calculations.'
'The only way to avoid getting crushed by absurdity, is to humbly include the absurd in our calculations.'
