Comments on: Kilmeade: The Reason We Get Dementia is We Keep Marrying Other Species and Ethnics http://thecrossedpond.com/2009/07/09/kilmeade-the-reason-we-get-alzheimers-is-we-keep-marrying-other-species-and-ethnics/ "A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one." Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:14:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Cameron http://thecrossedpond.com/2009/07/09/kilmeade-the-reason-we-get-alzheimers-is-we-keep-marrying-other-species-and-ethnics/comment-page-1/#comment-22025 Cameron Fri, 10 Jul 2009 06:13:03 +0000 http://thecrossedpond.com/?p=9071#comment-22025 I love the phrase "other ethnics". I love the phrase “other ethnics”.

]]> By: thimbles http://thecrossedpond.com/2009/07/09/kilmeade-the-reason-we-get-alzheimers-is-we-keep-marrying-other-species-and-ethnics/comment-page-1/#comment-22018 thimbles Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:14:44 +0000 http://thecrossedpond.com/?p=9071#comment-22018 I find it interesting how people throughout the ages use different things as organizing principles. Societies used to form exclusionary based on theology and ethnicity, and now we seem to group around political ideology and economic class. I guess it's progress of a sort that we no longer seriously care about your beliefs in sky kings or your family's pedigree.... Except on fox news. Dumb ass troglodytes the lot. I find it interesting how people throughout the ages use different things as organizing principles. Societies used to form exclusionary based on theology and ethnicity, and now we seem to group around political ideology and economic class.

I guess it’s progress of a sort that we no longer seriously care about your beliefs in sky kings or your family’s pedigree….

Except on fox news. Dumb ass troglodytes the lot.

]]> By: rotalmomska http://thecrossedpond.com/2009/07/09/kilmeade-the-reason-we-get-alzheimers-is-we-keep-marrying-other-species-and-ethnics/comment-page-1/#comment-22014 rotalmomska Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:15:29 +0000 http://thecrossedpond.com/?p=9071#comment-22014 I thought he was saying that, if you're married to an Italian or an Irish person or a dog, and you want to get divorced, go ahead. It won't make you any dumber. Unless you, also, are Italian or an Irish person or a dog. I thought he was saying that, if you’re married to an Italian or an Irish person or a dog, and you want to get divorced, go ahead. It won’t make you any dumber. Unless you, also, are Italian or an Irish person or a dog.

]]> By: Brad http://thecrossedpond.com/2009/07/09/kilmeade-the-reason-we-get-alzheimers-is-we-keep-marrying-other-species-and-ethnics/comment-page-1/#comment-22012 Brad Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:45:09 +0000 http://thecrossedpond.com/?p=9071#comment-22012 What's sort of ironic is that the actual findings of the study---that committed marriage, long-lasting familial bonds, and strong interaction with the community are keys to a long, happy, and healthy life---is a perfectly serviceable family values social conservative point. Instead, Kilmeade decides to bypass that entirely and use the study as evidence (despite the fact that, as far as I'm aware, the study had nothing to do with <i>who</i> the subjects were married to) that we shouldn't be marrying across species (?) and ethnicities. It's not just frightening to think of a guy who has that rattling around in his brain, but also a really bizarre non-sequitor. What’s sort of ironic is that the actual findings of the study—that committed marriage, long-lasting familial bonds, and strong interaction with the community are keys to a long, happy, and healthy life—is a perfectly serviceable family values social conservative point.

Instead, Kilmeade decides to bypass that entirely and use the study as evidence (despite the fact that, as far as I’m aware, the study had nothing to do with who the subjects were married to) that we shouldn’t be marrying across species (?) and ethnicities. It’s not just frightening to think of a guy who has that rattling around in his brain, but also a really bizarre non-sequitor.

]]> By: James http://thecrossedpond.com/2009/07/09/kilmeade-the-reason-we-get-alzheimers-is-we-keep-marrying-other-species-and-ethnics/comment-page-1/#comment-22010 James Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:50:31 +0000 http://thecrossedpond.com/?p=9071#comment-22010 Well, this is proof positive that his parents didn't misspell brain when they named him. Well, this is proof positive that his parents didn’t misspell brain when they named him.

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