tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post7524569611748420501..comments2023-06-15T09:13:45.467-04:00Comments on Liberty's Torch: AuthoritationsFrancis W. Porrettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-84290493131721661302014-01-18T19:49:27.620-05:002014-01-18T19:49:27.620-05:00Enjoyed the article. Just one comment. G. B. Shaw ...Enjoyed the article. Just one comment. G. B. Shaw stated that all professions are conspiracies AGAINST the laity, not OF the laity. Joseph P. Martinohttp://www.book-resistancetotyranny.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-29883390580773034822014-01-18T19:37:27.369-05:002014-01-18T19:37:27.369-05:00From "Major Barbara" by George Bernard S...From "Major Barbara" by George Bernard Shaw:<br /><br />"He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career."Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04720409839023747889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-66768259192154497142014-01-18T12:34:12.392-05:002014-01-18T12:34:12.392-05:00If you have children, raise children or take care ...If you have children, raise children or take care of children you will discover that they have the ability to detect if you are lying or trying to distract them from something well beyond what you would have guessed possible prior to your extensive experience with them. At first you think it might just be coincidence or luck or chance, but soon you come to udnerstand that humans are very adept at understanding humans. Over time as we become adults we have many distractions in our life and we ignore these natural skills and aren't as acutely aware of them as we should be. But they are still there. Almost anyone can tell when they are being lied to or distracted from something they don't want you to see. It is human to read this in a persons face or voice or choice of words or body language and so much more. So while we may not be "experts" in a field we can often tell when the "expert" is winging it or lying or bluffing or trying too hard to prove his point. We may not automatically know the truth but we know the lie. So how then do they get away with it so often? Mostly because if someone lies and it benefits me I'm not oly not going to expose him I'm going to be in the army trying to discredit those who are exposing the lie. Then there are the many who are either too busy livng their life, or no longer pay attention to this "spidey sense" tingle or simply see no reason to fight "city hall". But none of this makes the lie true. On the other side of this coin is the expert who by virtue of being an expert spends his time with like minded people and has his beliefs and infallibility reinforced on a regular basis and over time tells more transparent lies and gets away with it until he too believes the lie and feels confident to go on TV with no clothes and insist those who say the king is naked simply don't know what they are talking about. Almost anyone who speaks for the Democrats is guility of this. Who among us was able to watch Debbie Wasserman Shultz on TV during the last presidential candidacy without rolling their eyes and wondering if she was simply crazy or pathological or both. She made the Clinton's look honest and that is not easy. The bottom line is you don't have to be an "expert" to know when an "expert" is full of shit. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com