re: Pissing match with a fire hydrant.
Bowser, so true. Their minds won't ever change. Tom in particular has become a laughing stock to me. Spends his days "researching" the internet reading blogs that support what he already believes. It's much like using the Bible as the only textbook in a religious history course.
I think it's much like the Teri Schiavo case. The neo-con's brains turned to mush years ago and the only thing keeping them alive is that people keep interpretting the drool that puddles next to their heads as being some form of credible communication.
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