[catpuppy]

Irrefutable facts make no impression. That's one of the reasons why the situation is pretty much hopeless.

Another reason is that the so-called "irrefutable facts" you folks dream up are neither irrefutable nor facts. You are entitled to your own opinions and to skillfully parade them as if they were enlightened. You are not, however, entitled to your own set of "irrefutable facts" which somehow never seem to be capable of verification.

[Mortimer Snavely]

The following are excerpts from a March 23, 2002 Washington Times piece by Bill Sammon.

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"MONTERREY, Mexico: ----- ------- yesterday said Americans are duty-bound to 'share our wealth' with poor nations and promised a 50 percent increase in foreign aid, but 'We should give more of our aid in the form of grants, rather than loans that can never be repaid,' he said. 'We should invest in better health and build on our efforts to fight AIDS, which threatens to undermine whole societies.'

"In addition to the moral, economic and strategic imperatives of increasing foreign aid, ----- ------- said, it could also help in the war against terrorism.

"'We will challenge the poverty and hopelessness and lack of education and failed governments that too often allow conditions that terrorists can seize and try to turn to their advantage.'"

Here's a small political quiz. Who is quoted above?

a) George McGovern
b) Bill Clinton
c) Al Gore
d) Al Sharpton
e) Jesse Jackson
f ) Ted Kennedy
g) George W. Bush

Hint: He's very popular here at Free Republic.

[Mortimer Snavely]

Have you read the article that tops this thread? Do you doubt its veracity? If so, why? If you don't doubt it, why do you not feel the least bit of embarrassment? Does it not cause the slightest bit of brow scratching, or even a thoughty "Hmmmmm...?"