Dihydroxymonoxide — is it in you?

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“A woman with a petition [...] collected hundreds of signatures to ban dihydroxymonoxide. [...] Much of the stupidity we see today is induced by our educational system, from the elementary schools to the universities. In a high-tech age that has seen the creation of artificial intelligence by computers, we are also seeing the creation of artificial stupidity by people who call themselves educators. Educational institutions created to pass on to the next generation the knowledge, experience and culture of the generations that went before them have instead been turned into indoctrination centers to promote whatever notions, fashions or ideologies happen to be in vogue among today's intelligentsia. [...] Many, if not most, of the leading conservatives of our times were on the left in their youth. These have included Milton Friedman, Ronald Reagan and the whole neoconservative movement. The experiences of life can help people outgrow whatever they were indoctrinated with. What may persist, however, is the lazy habit of hearing one side of an issue and being galvanized into action without hearing the other side — and, more fundamentally, not having developed any mental skills that would enable you to systematically test one set of beliefs against another. [...] When we see children in elementary schools out carrying signs in demonstrations, we are seeing the kind of mindless groupthink that causes adults to sign petitions they don't understand or — worse yet — follow leaders they don't understand, whether to the White House, the Kremlin or Jonestown [the latter being where Kool-Aid was the drink of choice].” [comment inserted]
— Thomas Sowell, March 10, 2010

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“In all my years of study, which continues to the present, what I learned best of all was how to learn.”
— TheBigHenry, April 29, 2008

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So you think you want what The Obama Himself is selling? Then chances are very good that you salivate in response to a metronome.

BTW, dihydroxymonoxide (H₂O) is what makes Kool-Aid Nebraska's "official soft drink".

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