I archive stuff I find on the Net or that is sent to me in The Obama File, an opposition website. I am not encumbered by any requirement to be fair and balanced. I am obliged to avoid ugly rumors and anti-social expression.
I don't write the stuff. I cherry-pick it and archive it, unedited. The overwhelming number of items in the archive are from mainstream media sources and what I believe are reliable, if partisan, blogs. I make every attempt to provide attribution and/or links to the original source. Many of the items in the archive have multiple sources/links.
I have no personal opinions on this stuff. 98% of what's on my website, and what I post here comes from a source other than myself. The other 2% consists of my comments, usually for amplification or outrage, and is clearly identified by blue italics.
My purpose in posting here is to share the information I have archived on The Obama File and to mine for new/additional information.
Have I ever expressed an opinion here -- undoubtedly, but rarely. (I think).
I have what I have. If you have a better source of information I would update my website in a heartbeat.
But to express my personal opinion, or to give a damn about anyone else's personal opinion is a a waste of time and distracts from my mission. Opinion is just that -- opinion. I want a source. I want a link.
Now, I understand that there are people that want a place where they can engage in social discussion and speculation, and that's wonderful. I spend 6 to 8 hours a day, 7 days a week, at what I do and I just don't have time for it.
You can accept what I post here as valuable or crap, but unless you have a source/link that will evolve what I have to a higher level of correctness and completeness, respectfully, I'm just not interested.
You know what they say about opinions.
Re: 430 posted on Friday, July 03, 2009 8:43:53 AM by Beckwith
Until a presidential campaign in which there is a contested candidate and a case at the Supreme Court, the issue will remain unresolved. Since you’re not interested in discussion, I will say no more to you.