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Sadly, it is obvious that you will do nothing of the sort.[/quote]

Mead: BINGO! This was the crux of my argument regarding Brian and his inability to understand history, facts or the difference between polemic/rhetoric and reality.

This is someone who is never, ever wrong and has a convenient catchphrase, aphorism or metaphor when backed into a corner.

When confronted with facts, he’ll either “agree to disagree” or toss out some bon mot about Republicans (his particular bete noire) having no teeth and loving Jesus and Walmart. As has been shown repeatedly, he doesn’t know how to argue and relies instead on elision, sophistry or talking points from the Saul Alinsky “Handbook for Socially Awkward Leftists”.

If this all sounds like someone else we know (living at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue), its not a surprise. They are, after all, working off of the same talking points.

Brian, read Amity Shlaes’ (former SEC Chairwoman), “The Forgotten Man”, a history of the Great Depression. She’ll completely shred your position regarding FDR and the supposed benefits of his programs. Again, this is prime Leftist country, and largely because acknowledging the facts of FDR’s abysmal handling would destroy their present position in support of ever larger Big Government paternalism.