GG Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 He had some fun in college.Same with Clinton. Same with probably 75% of your elected officials. BFD. 247692[/snapback] How 'bout considering some legislation to legalize the crap then? Unless they don't remember smoking pot..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobody Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 How 'bout considering some legislation to legalize the crap then? Makes no sense to me - all that tax money that the govt could be making if they just legalized drugs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 Actually I wasn't even thinking about the president with my comment - well I lumped him in with the rest I guess. My thought behind the "running america" comment was more about the corporate world - not just the political world. Some drink, some do coke - we all have our vices. Some are morally more acceptable then others. 248397[/snapback] Some of the smartest and most driven people I've worked with in the corporate world are also the hardest partiers. The work hard/play hard mentality goes hand in hand with people who are risk takers. At one company, the #1 sales guy was also the company's best coke connection. One guy who founded his own company and built it into a successes ($100MM, over 500 employees) used to talk about all the acid trips he had taken and regularly got high with his employees. He was the most brilliant guy I've ever met. On the other end of the scale are the loser burn outs, but they aren't going to be running America (or anything else) anyway. Like Ed suggested, it's just as easy to screw up your life with too much booze as it is with too much drugs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 Funny how national reaction to this story is just completely apathetic. Having an elected official smoke a joint or blow a line when they were younger means nothing to most anyone these days, primarily because the only reason people care is if they're being lied to about it or treated like a gradeschool student (see: I didn't inhale). The president isn't walking in and out of rehab, blown out of his mind like Matthew Perry or Charlie Sheen. He had some fun in college.Same with Clinton. Same with probably 75% of your elected officials. BFD. 247692[/snapback] so what if an elected official did coke or pot as long as they stay off the hot pockets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toledo Bill Posted February 23, 2005 Share Posted February 23, 2005 Some of the smartest and most driven people I've worked with in the corporate world are also the hardest partiers. The work hard/play hard mentality goes hand in hand with people who are risk takers. At one company, the #1 sales guy was also the company's best coke connection. One guy who founded his own company and built it into a successes ($100MM, over 500 employees) used to talk about all the acid trips he had taken and regularly got high with his employees. He was the most brilliant guy I've ever met. On the other end of the scale are the loser burn outs, but they aren't going to be running America (or anything else) anyway. Like Ed suggested, it's just as easy to screw up your life with too much booze as it is with too much drugs. 248818[/snapback] Many "brilliant", "high IQ'd" individuals have many problems to deal with. Whether it involves being antisocial, insecure, pompous, etc... brilliant individuals rarely have a combination of intelligence and common sense. They occassionaly turn to drugs, alcohol, or other ways to help themselves better deal with their situations. I think you make an excellent point. However, I would not call these people "smart"... I cannot define any drug using, hard partying individual as "smart"... but I will call an individual with these qualities and a tremendous IQ as "brilliant". I would call someone with a high IQ that decides to avoid illegal drugs and has a good portion of common sense as "smart". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobody Posted February 23, 2005 Share Posted February 23, 2005 Many "brilliant", "high IQ'd" individuals have many problems to deal with. Whether it involves being antisocial, insecure, pompous, etc... brilliant individuals rarely have a combination of intelligence and common sense. They occassionaly turn to drugs, alcohol, or other ways to help themselves better deal with their situations. I think you make an excellent point. However, I would not call these people "smart"... I cannot define any drug using, hard partying individual as "smart"... but I will call an individual with these qualities and a tremendous IQ as "brilliant". I would call someone with a high IQ that decides to avoid illegal drugs and has a good portion of common sense as "smart". 249111[/snapback] That's why everyone should be put on prozac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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