Offhand, it sounds very similar to college students who post stupid
pictures on their Facebook pages and then are shocked!, shocked! that
their parents, prospective employers, university officials, etc. see
them.  By the way, I hear local police officials want to talk with the
students who were with swimmer Phelps when his picture was taken; so
what was the student who took the picture and posted it on the Internet
thinking?  I guess that question answers itself--the student wasn't
thinking, just like the Representative.  Does this mean some (many?) of
the people who make our laws have the same cognitive abilities as many
(most?) of our college students?

In fairness, it's not just college students and U.S. Representatives:
http://chronicle.com/free/v55/i22/22a00104.htm


Just some early morning thoughts . . . Happy Friday the 13th!


Bob @ UWyo

-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Levin [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 2:06 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Intelligence?

Jim,

I personally think this is indeed a proper subject for our list.

I could be wrong, but I think it is politicians such as the 
Representative you referred to, who make and enforce our laws.

I would think that Representative would know better than to broadcast 
his precise middle eastern travel plans on the Internet.  Am looking 
forward to hearing what other ALSBers think about this.

Dan Levin
Daniel A. Levin, JD, MBA
Associate Professor of Business Law
Minnesota State University, Mankato
Dept. of Accounting & Business Law
Morris Hall 150
Mankato, MN 56001
507.389.1827
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>Colleagues, I thought this was a priceless example of why government 
>does not always work
>well.
>
>DOES THIS SOUND SENSIBLE???
>
>The top Republican on the U.S. House INTELLIGENCE committee used his 
>Twitter page to
>update the public on his precise whereabouts while traveling through 
>Iraq and Afghanistan.
>
>  (Terrorists don't use the internet, do they?)
>
>James Highsmith
>P.S.  Apologies to anyone who thinks this is not a proper subject 
>for our list. Judgment call.
>No nasty emails please. :-)
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