Word: foolishment
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...cutting the deficit, [the Republicans] arebeing penny wise and pound foolish by cutting backon education, which is important in order to movethe United States forward," Sasser said...
...wrongness of the war became fairly widely acknowledged, and yet it went on. The government kept doing foolish things," he says. "It created a sense among students and faculty that the powers of sanity and thoughtful appraisal had left the government...
Unless they like people gazing at their toothless grins when they're interviewed after the games, It's not a manly thing; it's completely foolish...
...What makes it even more foolish," he added,"is that in the end the University will agree tothe union's demands and a lot of energy will havebeen wasted in a pointless conflict...
...confluence of scholarly and popular dissatisfaction with a historically unpopular group will present a very appetizing meal to any number of politicos. Though I do not believe that all politicians are fools and idiots, a fair number are. More frighteningly, recent history shows that the counsel of the most foolish and extremist figures tends to be given the most attention (though fortunately such ideas are not always heeded). So if Orenthal James Simpson is acquitted or let off by a hung jury, we should expect to see talk-show hosts and Congressional firebrands call for an end to jury trials...