I wish I had the time going through it, however, ALL this was “settled” once and for all, when some Chicago-Godfather-Thugs “whispered something” quietly into John Roberts’ ears on January 14, 2009 just one week before he could NOT get the swearing-in ceremony right, and other things happened to him later on!!!
I know what you mean about that thread. It's long and getting longer, the repetition gets tedious and after a while I just skip the usual posts from the usual posters trying to remake the same point to the arguments that defeated it the first 50 times.
All sides of the issue are there, though, and after a while, I had a few "come to Jesus" moments where the lights came on about it and the players, along with the various motives and techniques of the players and of the posters, the good, the not so good, and the bad.
The NBC issue is a perfect door in if you wanted to usurp the White House. Like with the confusion and controversy around the Electoral College, the NBC is not widely understood and has been historically misunderstood. It gets otherwise patriot Americans to fight amongst themselves, and some to fight for the usurpers, defending their now fortified position.
And, here we are, in the tangled web.