"I just did." <--- This irrational ploy is called argument from incredulity. That's two, now:

-Argument from ignorance (absence of evidence is evidence)

-Argument from incredulity.

Not so rational. Not so "great".

"So that means that Barr is not a swamp creature," Our suspicions about what happens behind closed doors has absolutely no rational connection to what really happens behind closed doors. You're told what you need to hear, because you have no "need to know". If either of us had that kind of clearance, we wouldn't be discussing it here. No one important who might be in this forum provides information without authorization, unless they're breaking the law. The public (especially the VOTING public) is told what they need to be told and that's not necessarily the straight story. Anything else is coming from your collective imagination.

"I just did." <--- This irrational ploy is called argument from incredulity. That's two, now:

-Argument from ignorance (absence of evidence is evidence)

-Argument from incredulity.

Not so rational. Not so "great".

"So that means that Barr is not a swamp creature," Our suspicions about what happens behind closed doors has absolutely no rational connection to what really happens behind closed doors. You're told what you need to hear, because you have no "need to know". If either of us had that kind of clearance, we wouldn't be discussing it here. No one important who might be in this forum provides information without express authorization, unless they're breaking the law. The public (especially the VOTING public) is told what they need to be told and that's not necessarily the straight story. Anything else is coming from your collective imagination.