Is this the Joseph McCarthy Scholarship fund? This was a stipulation in the donor's will, so maybe they died in the 50's before communism was viewed as a failed ideology (or at least in my view). I thought about applying and using the evidence that I hate soccer as proof of my capitalist tendencies (there are no such things as ties). Anyway, I just thought this was kind of funny, and I haven't seen language like this and wondered if this was common in the 50's and 60's.
Friday, October 26, 2007
Is it 1950? Where's Joseph McCarthy?
So we get emails periodically for different scholarship opportunities, and this one caught my attention because the email made sure to highlight that you had to be a citizen of the US and:
Is this the Joseph McCarthy Scholarship fund? This was a stipulation in the donor's will, so maybe they died in the 50's before communism was viewed as a failed ideology (or at least in my view). I thought about applying and using the evidence that I hate soccer as proof of my capitalist tendencies (there are no such things as ties). Anyway, I just thought this was kind of funny, and I haven't seen language like this and wondered if this was common in the 50's and 60's.
Is this the Joseph McCarthy Scholarship fund? This was a stipulation in the donor's will, so maybe they died in the 50's before communism was viewed as a failed ideology (or at least in my view). I thought about applying and using the evidence that I hate soccer as proof of my capitalist tendencies (there are no such things as ties). Anyway, I just thought this was kind of funny, and I haven't seen language like this and wondered if this was common in the 50's and 60's.
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I want it to be known that I have used the term Communist now for a couple years now to describe (a) playing on teams when playing Madden, (b) anyone who likes soccer, and (c) anything that opposes a winner-take-all mentality. The new NFL commercial involving fantasy football players ripped me off!
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