[philman_36]

I've still have a few minutes before heading out...
...this is pointless
Very well, then. How about we move on to what isn't pointless. You did make a point, didn't you?

What I do disagree with you on is that he is no longer in a position to do/influence anything!
Pastor is a seriously misguided fellow, and should he ever get in a position where his ideas carry any weight, then I'll be the first to move to a bunker in Idaho.
You don't think that his current job is "a position where his ideas carry any weight"?

[1rudeboy]

I do not deny that co-authoring a paper published by the CFR, or writing a book, makes one weightless. It simply makes one weigh as much as others that co-author papers published by think tanks or write books.

I would argue that someone such as Noam Chomsky has some (my nod to you) weight, but having Hugo Chavez promote one of his books does nothing in the grand scheme of things. Nor does World Net Daily's flogging of this issue give any more weight to someone such as Jerome Corsi (also a professor and author).