As for the gridlock in the Senate on the Iraq resolution, I think this applies

[whistle]

..."ignorantia vera non absentia cognitionum est, sed abdicatio est"

translation: true ignorance is not the absence of knowledge, but the refusal to acquire it
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[drthais]

1. love this quote

I have printed it
in order to put it on the blackboard in one of my university classes

ha

[whistle]

2. I'm not certain of the source, but it may have been Johannes Kepler

...16th century mathematian and astronomer

[sandnsea]

3. As for Republicans blocking the will of the people

That's what is happening.

[TahitiNut]

4. That's been the distinction I make between stupidity and ignorance for a long time.

Ignorance is curable. Stupidity isn't.