Dear Campus Community:

I find the flap about Tommie Brown's remarks interesting.  I am also amazed
that no one has pointed out that Tommie Brown taught here at UT Chattanooga
for a number of years in our Social Work Department.  I believe she knows
this campus quite well and that she has always supported our interests
well.

I guess the distinction between ignorance and stupidity is an important
element in the discussion.  Certainly a lot is done to keep the poor
ignorant of the class system in this country.  I agree with Tommie Brown
that this system could use some illumination or brightness.

Given the choice between ignorance and stupidity let's hope for ignorance.
We can cure that.

Thanks for making me think,

John


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>According to State Representative Tommie Brown, UTC students are poor and
>dumb. I encourage everyone to please email or call the numbers below to
>help educate Mrs. Brown on what UTC is about. I wonder where her degree
>came from?
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>Heather Bridgeman
>Assistant Manager
>Student Labs-Information Technology
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>Words of Wisdom Friday on the Morning Press.
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>"They talk of my drinking, but never my thirst." --
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>Irish proverb.
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>"If there were no women, all the money in the world wouldn't mean
>anything." -- Aristotle Onasis.
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>"Poor children -- that's who goes to UTC. When you start talking about the
>best and the brightest, they're at Harvard, they're at Yale, they're at
>Princeton, they're at Columbia University." -- State Representative Tommie
>Brown, (D-Chattanooga).
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>Ouch. And she thought State Senator David Fowler had made an "insensitive
>remark?"
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>For UTC students who'd like to get in touch with Representative Brown, they
>can call her 756-6062, (615) 741-4374 or e-mail at
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>She's probably not expecting too much from it since UTC students are too
>poor to have computers or make a long-distance call and not bright enough
>to figure out which of the above is the local phone number.
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>You can be bright and not GO to college. Private First Class Jessica Lynch
>was smart enough -- and tough enough -- to stay alive in the Iraqi desert,
>fighting off all those Iraqis who were trying to kill her, then surviving
>her captivity until she was rescued in that hospital amongst the bodies of
>her dead comrades.
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>Tough... bright -- yes. But she'd better not be trying to get into Lake
>Winnie without an adult to supervise her. After all, she's only 20.
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>"If at first you don't succeed, you're about average." -- Anonymous.
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>Words of Wisdom Friday.
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>Monday: The 35-minute commute from 7th and Cherry to the Highway 27
>entrance ramp. ARRRRRRRRGGGGHHHH!!!!!
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>Friday's Website du Jour - www.jailbabes.com
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>Thursday on The Morning Press
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John A. Lynch, Ph.D., Professor of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry, #2252
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Chattanooga, TN 37403-2598


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