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SheilaT

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17. I recall being fully aware ten plus years ago that there were no WMDs in

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Mon Mar 18, 2013, 11:00 AM

Mar 2013

Iraq. Anyone with half a brain was laughing out loud at the ludicrous "proof", including the drawings a ten year old might have made that Colin Powell showed at the UN. Even back in 1962 we had satellite photos of the missiles in Cuba, but forty years later they could only give us drawings? Really.

Then, of course, there was Scott Ritter, who was screaming to high heaven that there were no WMDs, as well as some other UN inspector whose name I forget.

The only people who believed the Bush cabal were those willing to be bamboozled.

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KRUGMAN: "Always be skeptical & Never Rely On Supposed Authority" [View all] kpete Mar 2013 OP

Which is why I don't take Krugman's word, as he is the Op Ed authority in the NY Times graham4anything Mar 2013 #1

Can you point to a few specific times that Krugman's changed his positions? MannyGoldstein Mar 2013 #2

He is an authority, therefore his own headline says don't trust authority graham4anything Mar 2013 #4

You seem to have completely missed the point of his column. edhopper Mar 2013 #5

oh come on G-dogg, we know you luvs you some authority, blindly and without question Dragonfli Mar 2013 #7

I don't think PasadenaTrudy Mar 2013 #19

He said question authority not disbelieve authority. Bandit Mar 2013 #20

Good thing you didn't listen to him about edhopper Mar 2013 #3

That concept has always worked extremely well for me. nt Zorra Mar 2013 #6

Question Authority. Eschew Obfuscation. nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2013 #8

Will we ever? chervilant Mar 2013 #9

One of the most valuable lessons I learned in college was - always ask how do you know? jwirr Mar 2013 #10

That's how I was raised, and how we've raised our girls. Always Question Authority....essential. NRaleighLiberal Mar 2013 #11

I tell mine to not take anything I say at face value, either. randome Mar 2013 #12

Yes - questioning authority means questioning us as well. NRaleighLiberal Mar 2013 #13

And the paradox is, they respect me and listen to me more often! randome Mar 2013 #14

This is why Texas wants to stop teaching critical thinking skills in school siligut Mar 2013 #15

I have to sigh. I have been reading Krugman for a very long time and he has NEVER been wrong in all CTyankee Mar 2013 #16

I recall being fully aware ten plus years ago that there were no WMDs in SheilaT Mar 2013 #17

Yeah well, being right is no qualification for anything in America. Popularity and the Egalitarian Thug Mar 2013 #18

Timothy Leary is NOT dead, bvar22 Mar 2013 #21

He's outside looking in bananas Mar 2013 #22