(Originally posted Thursday, October 23, 2008 )
In this time of great panic on Wall Street, of wars, of ethical and moral lapses and lack of faith, many people have begun to re-evaluate what their core values are. What things are we undervaluing and what things are overrated?
Undervalued: Saving for a rainy day
Overvalued: Spending borrowed money
Undervalued: Character
Overrated: Looks
Overrated: Loyalty
Underrated: Personal integrity
Underrated: wit
Overrated: sarcasm
Underrated: Bill & Hillary
Overrated: Spencer & Heidi
Underrated: Newell Rubbermaid (now trading at just 8 times earnings)
Overrated: Hugh Hefner (a surprisingly low sperm count)
Underrated: Community organizers who are also constitutional law professors
Overrated: Shooting at moose from helicopters
Underrated: Protecting your family
Overrated: Protecting your family by abusing your authority as governor of Alaska and interfering in an internal police investigation
Underrated: Reasoned discourse
Overrated: Sex in an elevator
Underrated: Humanists
Overrated: The New Mickey Mouse Club
Underrated: Atheists
Overrated: The Roberts Supreme Court
Underrated: Goodyear sexual discrimination victim Lilly Ledbetter
Overrated: the 2005 SUV line
Underrated: Girls who do math
Overrated: Girls who had body issues in high school but who now work in the adult entertainment industry
Underrated: Girls who are good at math but also work in the adult entertainment industry
Overrated: Supreme Court Justice Sam Alito
Underrated: Having everything you need
Overrated: Getting everything you can
Underrated: Thoughts
Overrated: Things
Underrated: The hell of today
Overrated: The heaven of tomorrow
Beauty is Imperfection 
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