who that Team Medic said that to...

It seems I'm far more in accord with Dayuhan and Carl than with thee, Bob's World. Your somewhat unique take on history and governance -- and on what the US has done and / or should do does have some inconsistencies and people simply tend to point those out -- much as Gian did on the Blog this morning. As Bill Moore and I have done for years -- recall that we both agree with you on some things, disagree on others but, to my knowledge, you didn't construe either of us as agents provocateur...

You may not realize that you sometimes address the expressed concerns in a post by apparently modifying your position slightly and often then proceed to repost the same thing later. Volume and repetition in a sales pitch is good but it can invite more questions or comments...

Still we can discuss all that, hopefully, without rancor or getting personal.

Now I gotta go find my pipe.