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It's been a while, folks, and I'll probably go right back into hiatus.  I just had a serious case of de ja vu when I read this. I should have known that a page titled "Why Smart People Defend Bad Ideas" would remind me of at least some of the posters in this place. I won't name names, though there was at least a time or two when it applied to me, so nobody should take it personally. I simply felt that this article would provide the folks here with a laugh and some much needed perspective.
At least I assume that this place hasn't changed that much since I left - I'm afraid that going back to reading the threads here will drop my already dangerously low IQ. 
BlackGriffen
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I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use. -Galileo Galilei, physicist and astronomer (1564-1642)
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I haven't been around lately either (lurking a bit) but I just had to drop in to say where the h*ll have you been? I'd probably hang around more if the old gang showed up more.
Anyway, maybe again in 6 months, huh?
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The only thing that I am reasonably sure of is that anybody who's got an ideology has stopped thinking. - Arthur Miller
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Originally Posted by vmpaul
I haven't been around lately either (lurking a bit) but I just had to drop in to say where the h*ll have you been? I'd probably hang around more if the old gang showed up more.
Anyway, maybe again in 6 months, huh?
Oh, I'm still addicted to politics, unfortunately. I'm just really burnt out on arguing politics - especially when so many of the arguments are so circuitous. Maybe I'll get a bug up my butt about it in another couple of months, but who knows.
Good to hear from you, too, vm. 
BG
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I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use. -Galileo Galilei, physicist and astronomer (1564-1642)
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You probably don't remember but you were involved in one of my first big political arguments. It was pre-Political Lounge. I was defending the inevitable Iraqi-invaison (he types sheepishly). What was I thinking? 
Anyway, that was when you could have an honest debate around here and not spawn ideological hate-speak. Probably the reason I don't hang around much. I pop by once in a while to read zigzag fight the good fight.
Anyway, good to hear from you too. Now if only thunderous and Lerkfish popped by occasionally.
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The only thing that I am reasonably sure of is that anybody who's got an ideology has stopped thinking. - Arthur Miller
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