Did you know that China is run by engineers? I didn't.

Re:Did you know that China is run by engineers? I didn't. by teyc on Monday October 04, 2010 @03:48AM (#1754942)

America isn't exactly a Taliban with nukes. Just yet.

Hoover was an engineer, but that was a long time ago.

I think a country needs more historians at the helm. They might take a slightly longer view.

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Re:Did you know that China is run by engineers? I didn't. by shykes on Monday October 04, 2010 @03:54AM (#1754951)

I disagree. Historians are over-specialized, and seem to always recognize the particular pattern they did their thesis on, no matter what the subject at hand.

The same goes for foreign policy majors, who actually run our country.

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Re:Did you know that China is run by engineers? I didn't. by teyc on Tuesday October 05, 2010 @03:02AM (#1758856)

> seem to always recognize the particular pattern they did their thesis on.

That'll only be true if Hoover ran the country like a mine, or Reagan ran the country like a movie set.

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Re:Did you know that China is run by engineers? I didn't. by shykes on Monday October 11, 2010 @02:34PM (#1780678)

The sentence you quoted was about historians. I'm pretty sure your reply makes no sense at all.

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Re:Did you know that China is run by engineers? I didn't. by drinian on Monday October 04, 2010 @05:14AM (#1755090)

Carter was also a nuclear engineer in the Navy.

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