The Black Box

[wahz]

In all seriousness, I am pretty sure he is not the rockhead he is being made out to be. If we are talking about intellectual capacity, what I have found in my own life is that the folks who have a reputation for brilliance, I find myself having to go slow with, because they don't understand, and are not lisening anyway. This happens far more often than not. And usually the folks who no has told me are bright, when I meet them and I find common ground and get to know them, they will have enormous capacity in some area. The point is that I just don't waste any time wondering if someone is dumb or not, because the stuff I hear is usually wrong.

More imporatnatly, yes, I find it disturbing that "They've acted like they had a mandate to do what they've done, and it was anything but."

"Bale (fiscal conservative, gun owner, social liberal"

Sounds right to me:>)
But although I support your right to own a gun, I don't.