This is my nomination for dumbest post of the month. It may be up there for dumbest post of the year.
@murox and
@19MU88 liked the post, so they are also affiliates of this sheer stupidity.
You claim that other than academics and "winning state elections," Obama wasn't accomplished before becoming president. Before president, while in his early 40s, Obama owned a $1.6 million property. Now, I know you are personally worth billions as a result of meeting with top experts daily on every industry known to man, but owning a $1.6 million property is pretty fvcking accomplished at any age, let alone in your early 40s. But why stop there?
The year he bought the property, Obama's tax return showed an income of $1.6 million. So, if he made that much and bought a house for that much, he was far from house-poor. The following year, the household income was about $1 million (about $325,000 from his wife and about $150,000 as a senator, so he was still pulling in an extra $500,000+ on his own even without his Senate pay). In 2007, two years before taking office, their tax return was $4.2 million. He made millions more the following year . . . again, before becoming president. Most of all of this income was due to his book deal. In the four years before becoming president, Obama (and his wife, who had a much smaller income than he did) earned about $8 million. What a loser.
So, since you excluded his academics and becoming a senator, what did he accomplish? Lets pretend your son/daughter accomplished this by the time they were in their mid 40s (again, excluding his academics and senator status):
Grew up in Kenya (cheeto told me so) but was able to own a $1.6 million property while spending 13 years as a professor/senior lecturer at one of the top law schools in the country. Was an associate attorney at a Chicago firm who then was promoted to of counsel. Now, today, associate attorneys in major city firms start off making about $170,000 (with usual raises each year and a hell of a bonus at the end of each year). Being of counsel is a promotion which means they would be making well into the 200s, minimum. Your son/daughter wasn't practicing at a big firm, but it is safe to say he/she was making a pretty solid income as both an associate and of counsel.
Oh, yeah. Your son/daughter also received a book deal which resulted in earning multi-millions of dollars in just a few years during his/her mid 40s, exclusive of academics and winning state elections.
We both know you would be ecstatic over the accomplishments and success of your son/daughter in that case . . . and that is without mentioning his academic and political success.
Shockingly, that wasn't the dumbest comment in your post:
You can pick any one of these. Each of them is far more accomplished than anything anyone on this board has accomplished in a similar comparison:
- Ivy undergrad degree
- J.D. from another Ivy
- editor of the
Harvard Review; first black to do so
- book deal with an advance (which usually doesn't happen unless there is strong promise)
- associate attorney at a major city firm and promoted to of counsel
- 13 years as a professor/senior lecturer at one of the top law schools in the country
- owns a $1.6 million property in his early 40s
- makes many millions of dollars from book sales before and during his time as senator
- elected as a U.S. Senator
- elected as the most powerful person in the world
- ranked as one of the top 15 presidents ever by most major polls
As you can see, this Kenyan boy grew up to be pretty unaccomplished in life.