I'm not satisfied. I think that when a person starts a thread, he owes it to the rest of us to tell us what he's talking about. I listened to 1-1/2 hours of post-testimony coverage on NPR this evening, and not a word was said about McCain. Now, after listening to the link that Jeri provided, I know why.

I continue to believe that the person who starts a thread owes us all the favor of giving us a little background information so we know that he or she is talking about. Would it have been too much to expect the original poster to say that McCain seemed confused, or deceptive, or whatever?

I continue to believe that there's too much of this crap in the BS forum. It seems the Usual Suspects who have bullied their way into dominance over this forum, actually have very little to say and very little desire to say anything that might lead to actual discussion. They're too eager to get past that part so they can get onto their battle with the Usual Scapegoats again.

All I'm asking for, is that we make a practice of having actual human discussion in these threads - not links, not telling people to Google it, not castigating people for not already knowing, and not the usual bullying and name-calling. I want to see actual discussion.

But maybe the Usual Suspects aren't capable of actual discussion.

-Joe Offer-