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Use your head.

TB — 9/18/2007 7:10:00 PM (archived)

Combine the information. Look for contradictions. Look for things that don't match up with common sense or known facts. Most importantly, when possible find original information sources. Don't assume that a blog or news story is giving you the straight skinny on what a document said.

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Blackwater security firm banned from Iraq - Jack Herer - 9/17/2007 4:05:05 PM
- Blackwater held â€˜untouchableâ€™ status under State Departmentâ€™s watch - Lindy - 9/20/2007 4:00:38 PM
- Please Explain. - Jody - 9/18/2007 11:14:20 AM
  - They are a para-military organizationin the view of the Conspiracy nuts... - TAFKASE - 9/18/2007 1:49:59 PM
    - This was basically my thoughts too... - Jody - 9/18/2007 3:26:05 PM
      - I think Bush made them exempt from all law - Lindy - 9/18/2007 11:12:00 PM
      - Consider the sources here. - TB - 9/18/2007 4:16:49 PM
        
        Corporate Hitmen - Lindy - 9/18/2007 11:14:32 PM
        
        But...what sources would tell the REAL story? - Jody - 9/18/2007 6:54:01 PM
        
        "How does one truly determine the truth?" - Lindy - 9/18/2007 11:15:45 PM
        
        Use your head. - TB - 9/18/2007 7:10:00 PM
        
        Perspective.... - Jody - 9/18/2007 11:17:01 PM
        
        re: Perspective.... - TAFKASE - 9/19/2007 9:21:43 PM
        
        When is a mercenary not a mercenary? - Fox - 9/18/2007 5:28:00 PM
        
        Excellent answer Fox (n/t) - Lindy - 9/18/2007 11:34:22 PM
        
        If I hire a security guard does that mean I hired a mercenary? - TAFKASE - 9/18/2007 9:40:27 PM
        
        Yup - Fox - 9/19/2007 5:38:31 PM
        
        "The left wants us to lose in Iraq. " - Lindy - 9/18/2007 11:36:11 PM
    - Bush cannot maintain presence in Iraq without his private mercenary army - Eric - 9/18/2007 2:43:18 PM
      - "$21.3 million contract to protect Paul Bremer"?? - Lindy - 9/18/2007 11:39:50 PM
- Oh cripes! - Eri - 9/18/2007 1:09:40 AM
- â€œTheyâ€™re famous for being very aggressive. They use their machine guns like car horns. But itâ€™s not the goal to kill people.â€ - Lindy - 9/18/2007 12:58:41 AM
- Apologies to the Doobies - ER - 9/17/2007 11:10:59 PM
- Oh great, now they'll be working on OUR soil - Lindy - 9/17/2007 10:43:56 PM
- Well this will be a test - azstrummer - 9/17/2007 6:25:09 PM
  - re: Well this will be a test - James Brown - 9/21/2007 5:49:15 AM
    - " Under any name it has a very good chance of becoming a Praetorian Guard for our next emperor. " - Lindy - 9/21/2007 3:02:20 PM
- Don't eat the yellow snow; don't drink the... - Fox - 9/17/2007 5:19:37 PM

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