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And just to be clear-I am as guilty of intellectual laziness as anyone else on a given day, in the same way I think I am a good driver, but on any given day I can commit an error such as pulling out in front of a car whose speed I misjudge.

I subscribe to the "We are all A$$holes" theory, in that most of us try to be consistent and have intellectual rigor (including people who might use those emotional arguments or make moral/intellectual equivalences which I find abhorrent) but, with so many of us failing 5% of the time, it seems like everyone is an a$$hole all the time, so I generally try to be more forgiving about it, though I fail at even that sometimes.

Well. I guess that is what makes us conservatives. We often fail, and when we do, we know right from wrong and try to pick ourselves up and not do it again. Leftists just shrug their shoulders and move on as if nothing ever happened.

And by the way, I don't mind reading long responses, and especially not yours. I have never been able to understand things like Twitter (or even texting) where people are not only forced to be concise, they often mangle words and use acronyms extensively to make it even shorter.

I believe that complex issues require complex discussion, and while many things can be boiled down to their essence (Such as Elon Musk's tweet about wanting to purchase the Bidens, but the Chinese wouldn't sell!) for pithy and entertaining effect, most things need lengthy discussion, hence the length of your posts...and mine!

That means that posts like ours won't be read by a significant portion, but I can live with that. At this point in my life, I have to talk (write) things out in order to understand them, and I can see I am not alone in this.

I know that my questions and replies could be characterized as posts which have hijacked this thread, but I will continue with my "hijacking" by saying this: I don't have time currently to reply to your fine post, but you state so many humble, sage, sober, wise, and insightful things that I will later on reply at length. Later I will do your post justice with a proper reply.

But for now, I will apologize to anyone (including the thread starter, RoosterRedux, and DoodleDawg) for my unintentional hijacking of this thread.

I think Thomas Lifson's blog post referencing Rabbi Michael Barclay's PJ Media article is spot-on. I believe that Rabbi Michael Barclay's comparisons were spot-on. Both Thomas Lifson and Rabbi Michael Barclay raise valid points; both men make statements which have merit.

What we, as in We The People, must or will do about this is an entirely different discussion. One into which I don't have time to delve right now. I wish I did.

Cheers.