http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/earthcare/sun-food-agenda-futures-food-footprint/ Photos and Front Porch Musing from Floyd County Virginia Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:53:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/earthcare/sun-food-agenda-futures-food-footprint/comment-page-1/#comment-4993 Lorianne Tue, 04 Nov 2008 12:37:41 +0000 http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/2008/11/04/sun-food-agenda-futures-food-footprint/#comment-4993 If nothing else, it heartens me to know that Obama actually reads the <i>New York Times</i> and has the intelligence to summarize an argument he found therein. That sounds like such an obvious trait in a political candidate (like, duh!)...but after Sarah Palin's famous inability (or refusal) to cite any specific magazine or newspaper she reads, Obama's intellect is such a welcome relief. When Colin Powell endorsed Obama, he mentioned the intellectual rigor of Obama's curiosity, and as a teacher, intellectual curiosity is one of the things I think we as a nation need to foster, not criticize or mock for being "elitist." If nothing else, it heartens me to know that Obama actually reads the New York Times and has the intelligence to summarize an argument he found therein. That sounds like such an obvious trait in a political candidate (like, duh!)…but after Sarah Palin’s famous inability (or refusal) to cite any specific magazine or newspaper she reads, Obama’s intellect is such a welcome relief. When Colin Powell endorsed Obama, he mentioned the intellectual rigor of Obama’s curiosity, and as a teacher, intellectual curiosity is one of the things I think we as a nation need to foster, not criticize or mock for being “elitist.”

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