willingness to listen to the experts around him. They have repeatedly stated exactly the opposite. Only to have the loony left suggest they only do so for fear of their jobs, as if they have no more integrity than that.

It's sad. I'm only a few years older than you. You probably more closely mirror my positions than any other poster on this board. We went to the same university, and even the same program within that university. You're capable and entitled to come to your own opinion, as am I. And yet I don't resort to calling you an "easily duped dimwit" when you come to a different conclusion than I. You're becoming more and more RQian by the day, and that's not a good thing. But what do I know, I'm just an uneducated cult member.