You can keep me off your ping list if you're going to take cheap shots like this:
This is a serious allegation which should be dealt with here with more than just screams about drive-by media bias.
Either address me with respect or do not address me at all. I'm not going to let up on your media pals.
Thank you.
Done your way, I have no wish to engage anyone who does not want to participate. But for the record, I've committed no "cheap shot." I have merely brought my comments to your attention to respond if you like. There is no reference to you whatsoever in my remarks, I have merely made an observation about a practice on Free Republic to substitute complaints about the media for the substance of the matter. I felt at liberty to ping you because you were not bashful about intervening in my comments about the same topic on this thread:
Warner Downbeat After Iraq Trip (U.S. at Risk of Losing Bid to Control Baghdad, Senator Says) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1714729/posts post number 53. I guess I was not aware of the of the etiquette which makes intrusions purely a one-way street.
You were not addressed with disrespect, in fact, you were not addressed at all, merely alerted by way of ping.
Also for the record, you'll note I have pinged a series of of posters who are quite vociferous in stating opinions wholly contrary to mine. I cited them to bring this to their attention so that they would have an opportunity to respond, just as I pinged you. I think it is a matter of intellectual honesty. I do not expect these posters to cringe but to openly express their opinions with a reason and facts. Indeed, I hope, I dearly hope they will prove me wrong.
