Brzezinski Speaks His Mind.

Nice personal attack there, Poncho. My intellect isn't omnipotent. In fact, if you have read me before, you will know that when I don't comment on something, it is because 1) I am not interested or 2) I don't know anything about it. I limit my participation to things I am interested in and/or things I know something about. (Sometimes, I will post on something I am interested in to ask questions because I don't know anything about it.)

This case meets neither qualification.

If I were like some others, I would point to the fact that this guy has an obviously Russian type of name, and therefore should be discounted as a globalist. [Edit: I just read page 2 and see that Poncho did call him a globalist. Man, am I good or what ... I saw that coming even before I read it. You are too predictable, Poncho. ) We could say he was in the government and therefore was required to make moral compromises.

If I were like some others, I would point out that this is lying and doesn't know what he is talking about. He is just a political hack like Joe Wilson, trying to cover himself and gain his fifteen minutes of fame.

But since I am not like some others, I will simply say, I don't know.

It does seem to me that this fellow is operating on assumptions and opinions. They seem more well-founded than most (given his background), but they are only assumptions and opinions. But from a purely rhetorical standpoint, his use of "imperial hubris" strikes me as an attempt to win an argument by inflammatory, accusatory words. If he is right, then he does not need to make those kinds of charges. Facts are not strengthened by name-calling and hyperbole. Why wouldn't he just let the facts stand on their own?

 

Pastor Larry always seems to back up his arguments with sound facts or Scripture. The only time I disagree with him is when the subject is George Bush, which kind of throws me at times since there is no doubt we are both conservative in thought.

 

it's likely that no one was even listening. A senate hearing is all about posturing, not about gaining information.

Stupid.

 

Sometimes it "seems" that way becaues you disagree with me, not because I know little or nothing about the subject. You tend to judge knowledge by agreement with you, rather than knowing the facts. I disagree with that conclusion. I have never reminded anyone that they are intellectually inferior. Some have told lies before. But it has never had to do with someone knowing more about a subject that I do. The truth is that I know my limitations and tend to stay in them. I don't draw outrageous or absurd conclusions about issues, particularly when I know nothing about them.