But your biased sources are the very end all/be all of veracity?

LOL.

Where did you get that masters?

Point to my biased sources in our discussions. Thanks.

http://cellar.org/showthread.php?t=19328&page=6

Post 86.

So this guy,

Craig Meister, a former newspaper reporter, studied diplomatic history at the University of Pennsylvania, worked for the State Department and in various newsgathering operations for national news outlets.

With some pretty good credentials, is less credible than a no-name poster hidden behind a forum name on The Cellar? Ok.

It was an opinion post. You remind me of someone who wants to tell the world the Bill O'Reily is a biased news reporter. :lol2:

So, you view op-ed as a worthy contribution to a debate?

:lol:

Op eds from a person with known credentials always contributes to a debate of nameless faceless forum participatants like you and me. Feel free to make critical comments about the source of the reference and I will feel free to do the same about any of your sources. Isn't that why we are debating? Or are you going to now tell me how fucked up all my sources are so I can turn around and do the same to you and then we both get to put each other on ignore and the discussion ends. Or would you rather discuss the merits of the reference? You choose.:D

God, can we just move on from the tax cheats? Personally, I think one would be hard pressed to find ANYONE in Washington who had never flubbed their taxes in their own favor.

No, it does not. Op eds are opinion, which is useless in debate.

Where did you say you got your masters, again?

I have no problem with it, just don't nominate them to be in charge of the IRS, ok? :D

So you are ready to post your political credential? Ok, go ahead.

Nope. I make no claims of having a masters in political <insert need of the moment>.

I do, however, have a basic understanding of debating, and opinion is of precisely zero use. Anyone who has taken any classes in political science would know this.

So you don't want to discuss anything with anyone who disagrees with you or challenges your thinking. Ok. Just move on and don't respond to any post you disagree with. Or you could just make personal insults about the integrity of the poster or their understanding of the issues.

In the end you will not change anyones mind and no one will change yours. Great, that settles it. Thanks. Later.

btw, I am not the one that brought up education as an issue of understanding statistics.

That's not what I said.

Please exercise more intellectual honesty. Thanks.

Obama's Press List

Membership shall have its privileges.

Why is Obama doing this? I really don't get it. There seems to be no need. He is smart, articulate, savvy and experienced enough. :eyebrow:

Keep that hope.

So much for the unscripted open questions. Not that I am shocked. Bush probably did it as well. Reminds me of the famous stories about never calling on Helen "The Wicked Witch" Thomas.