kuro5hin.org || How Home-Schooling Harms the Nation

[mmotyka at lsil.com]

Declan McCullagh wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Aug 31, 2001 at 11:59:04AM -0700, mmotyka at lsil.com wrote:
> > Second, why do you think that when someone is a government employee they
> > are automatically inferior to everyone in the private sector? That's
> > irrational.
> 
> Right. Folks in the policy arms of the federal government can be quite
> bright. I was in a White House office less than an hour ago meeting
> with two WH staffers and they were, as you might expect, smart and
> educated and well-spoken.
> 
> Not sure how this observation translates to state governments or law
> enforcement types.
> 
> -Declan
>
Some jobs do not attract the best and brightest but I think it's safe to
assume that even in what you might consider the least likely places you
will find some very sharp people. Your example of the Bush WH staffers
is proof ;)

A low blow but I couldn't resist!

Mike