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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 03:46 PM Original message |
Poll question: Should The Perfect Be The Enemy of The Good? |
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warbustdotcom (49 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
1. what am i missing here? |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 03:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. If you see the Buddha's poll, don't vote in it. n/t |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 06:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. You are not missing anything and welcome to D.U. warbustdotcom |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 07:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. This is a Lieberman related poll. |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-05-06 10:39 AM Response to Reply #16 |
22. Actually no, |
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tocqueville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
3. yes but for a complete different reason |
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daveskilt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
4. Good is the enemy of Great - Jim Collins |
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Ignoramus (610 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
5. yes, because no one is perfect |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
6. Nobody is perfect. Nobody is all good. And "perfect doesn't equal good". |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 06:05 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Thanks for posting applegrove |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 06:31 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I didn't think anyone would notice I was gone. This place..so busy and |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
7. no, but the mediocre shouldn't masquerade as the good, either. n/t |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 06:34 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Mediocre can be great good people. They may not be good at |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 06:38 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. erm... |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 06:52 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Sorry. The OP was about perfection vs. goodness. And when you said |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 07:01 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. no problem. |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 08:24 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Okay. Got ya now. I am a fiscal conservative. I think you have to pay your |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 08:38 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. compromise isn't mediocre in and of itself. |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 10:36 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. I don't know the details of welfare reform. I do not that workfare is |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 07:11 PM Response to Reply #7 |
17. Bullseye. n/t |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
12. There is no "should" about it |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-05-06 12:25 AM Response to Original message |
21. "Robb is a dingbat" wins this poll. |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-05-06 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
23. The question is no good |
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daveskilt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-05-06 03:05 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. opportunity cost - if kobe bryant can type 200 wpm |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 06:33 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Votes don't work that way |
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daveskilt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 10:19 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. exactly my point - mediocrity is a good thing - but not in government |
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