I can go read a Huffington Post or a Daily Kos and it doesn't change the way I feel. I don't need to read posts here to form an opinion. But then I think for myself.

add this to your list of reading materials Mach

Obama's intelligence chief admits the value of tough interrogations

(04-22-2009 08:01 AM)Paul M Wrote:  According to this new administration, raising your voice to your wife is torture.

No, having to listen to her when ... (aw, hell, there's no winning this one)

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I hear what Mach is saying about going to All Sources for info and then piecing it all together in YOUR Own Way .... that is how you gut the Crap Out of it all and can then finally form a Fully Rounded Opinion that 'Is' Self Made.

You have to Read and Listen to the Enemy as much as to your own Allies Ideas or you are only getting half the truth.

I honestly believe it is a mix of differing takes on an issue, that will let you derive and quantify the most exact and honest information regarding that issue.

No matter how biased a News Report is, they usually always Have to Interject some of the Truth into it, or people know it is a Farce or a Lie ... that is if you Want to Know the Difference.

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My opinion changes. It's my sense that people who hold fast to core beliefs in all situations end up manipulating facts on the ground to fit or incorporate their agenda. We all have bias. I do try to look at all sides though.