From: John B. on
On Mar 6, 5:28 pm, bkni...(a)conramp.net wrote:
> On Sat, 06 Mar 2010 10:26:49 -0500, Jack Hollis <xslee...(a)aol.com>
> wrote:
>
> >On Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:55:52 -0600, bkni...(a)conramp.net wrote:
>
> >>>I'm a Clinical Psychologist and spent years studying, administering
> >>>and interpreting IQ tests.
> >>Highly unbelievable.  Sorta like your doctorate from Columbia.
>
> >I couldn't be a Clinical Psychologist if I didn't get a doctorate from
> >somewhere.  My PhD just happened to be from Columbia University.  What
> >you believe, or don't believe, is irrelevant.
>
> But you really should prove it.  
>
> BK

Why should he prove it? Who cares?
From: Jack Hollis on
On Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:03:05 -0800, Don Kirkman <donsno2(a)charter.net>
wrote:

>>Of course, Obama knows that Bush's policies on the war on terror have
>>been very successful, so it was best not to change too much. The one
>>change he tried to make by giving terrorists criminal trials in the US
>>was a big mistake and it looks like Obama has realized this and
>>dropped the idea.
>
>The ship of state is an ocean liner, not a canoe--it takes a while to
>turn the thing around to a new course.

Do you mean things like increasing troop strength in Afghanistan twice
and almost tripling the number of Predator strikes? And that's not
to mention that extraordinary rendition and the NSA wiretap programs
are still going on. That's some course change.
From: Jack Hollis on
On Sat, 06 Mar 2010 16:28:08 -0600, bknight(a)conramp.net wrote:

>>Personal insults usually are an indication that someone has nothing
>>convincing left to say and, of course, they add nothing to the
>>argument. They also make a person look immature.
>
>Not when they state the obvious as I did.
>
>BK

It's obvious all right, but not the way you think.
From: Jack Hollis on
On Sat, 06 Mar 2010 16:28:58 -0600, bknight(a)conramp.net wrote:

>>I couldn't be a Clinical Psychologist if I didn't get a doctorate from
>>somewhere. My PhD just happened to be from Columbia University. What
>>you believe, or don't believe, is irrelevant.
>
>But you really should prove it.
>
>BK

Why is it so important to you?
From: Jack Hollis on
On Sat, 6 Mar 2010 15:28:03 -0800 (PST), "John B."
<johnb505(a)gmail.com> wrote:

>Why should he prove it? Who cares?

Exactly. We all argue about politics. What we have done in real life
is irrelevant. Our arguments have to stand on their own merit.