Ted, <if I told you how to make silicon, I think your reaction would be pretty much the same. This is my field.......my background from school.....I know it well.>
If I told you that Merced (or RDRAM for that matter) was going to be the best thing since sliced bread, and then it turns out to be a dud, you'd doubt my knowledge in silicon, wouldn't you?
If I told you that South Korea is going down the wrong path in appeasing the North, and then it turns out to be the right path, you wouldn't be impressed by my "qualifications" as a Korean-American, would you?
And if some Wall Street analyst makes a bullish call on a certain stock, and that stock heads south over the following six months, you call him anything but an "expert" on investing, wouldn't you?
Same thing goes with politics and government. I don't need a degree in either subject to believe in one thing or another. In fact, I prefer the opinions of the average layman over that of career politicians or pol-sci majors. That's where we can find true, honest opinions and beliefs, not intellectualism and doublespeak. Often times, the intellectuals turn out to be "too smart for their own good," if you catch my point. Or worse, the intellectuals try and push ulterior motives, such as most members of Congress.
So I hope you understand if I fail to be impressed by your credentials. If politics is a subject dear to your heart, that's fine by me, but I'm not going to defer to your opinion just because of your so-called "qualifications."
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