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The internet gives us access to unprecentended access to facts as well as BS

Agreed. And would you agree that a lot of people who enjoy participating in, say, the MoveOn site think this site has a lot of BS on it? And vice versa?

it is incumbent on us to seperate the two before we speak.

I get very leery when I hear and see words like that. It is incumbent that we are always free to ask questions. About anyone or anything -- especially regardless of some party affiliation or position. If you have a problem with the questions I raised, for example, or more importantly the tenor of my questions, then your problem is with the First Amendment, not me.

By the way, in your ideal world, who decides whether I did my separating to your satisfaction? You?

There a these things called FACTS, they are out there and available. Users of the internet, have those FACTS available, we have to sift through alot of subjective garbage many times to find them. i.e John Kerry's military record was mistaken for the other Senator Kerry's. You still find people on the internet attacking John F'ing Kerry for something he did not do. He has plenty of other political and personal issue, including how he won his Bronze Star, but the FACTS are that he is not a war criminal. Since I believe in personal responsibility, it is incumbent (a duty) on all of us including myself to search out the facts. Opinions are fine and should be aired, just base them on FACTS, i.e John F'ing Kerry headed an organization funded by "Hanoi" Jane Fonda, FACT, he lied in his testimony before congress in the 70's, FACT he lied about documented behavior of our Viet Nam vets, FACT the vast majority of vets never committed an atrocity nor witnessed one. FACT, in 1993 Kerry tried to stop a pay raise for service members while raising their taxes, FACT George Bush was never a deserter, FACT the correct information has been out there for four years, FACT even Tom Brokaw knew the FACTS do not support that accusation. MoveOn.org is a site that practices political attacks against a President they hate, it is devisive and based less on fact then feelings of hate. We all make mistakes, it happens that doesn't mitigate responsibility.