“but I've more expertise and experience than you”….
You know *nothing of that* sort.
For all you know, I may’ve had the good fortune, of having c. 50 years of expertise and experience (often rather intense) dealing (incl. personally/ intellectually) with folks from various walks of life, incl. lawyers, cops, reporters, handymen, small bu…
“but I've more expertise and experience than you”….
You know *nothing of that* sort.
For all you know, I may’ve had the good fortune, of having c. 50 years of expertise and experience (often rather intense) dealing (incl. personally/ intellectually) with folks from various walks of life, incl. lawyers, cops, reporters, handymen, small businessmen, IT Dept. wheels, professors, political hacks/ activists, shrinks, and MDs (and their families), here and there across the US, and across the globe (esp. w/ Brits, Germans, Israelis, Argentinians, Russians, Chinese, Afghans, & Persians).
(As it happens, I have had that good fortune. It’s been, at times, wild!)
“I defer to *trusted* experts like the IDSA.”
I don’t, esp. in light of my intimate knowledge, of how so many “experts” cut corners, cover their asses (often much at others’ expense), and play the (often brutally superficial) media, to gin-up a rep for “expertise”.
Alas, as one of my quite knowledgeable mentors put it, the real heroes of American society are the Salesmen (i.e., the BSers).
More later, on others of your specific assertions.
More on, that the real heroes of American society are the Salesmen:
Among veteran lawyers, cops etc., an aphorism goes
"believe nothing of what you hear, and *only* 1/2 of what you see."
To modify this a bit, I say
"believe c. 1/4 of what you hear, and only 3/4 of what you see."
As for those of you, who've never been exposed to, or taken seriously, this line of thinking, I say: please spare me any pontificating, about how well-educated you are.
Also, I’ve been *quite* close, to folks who were close to very major players, in the Admins of Nixon, Ford, Carter, & Dubya, e.g. Budget Director or SecDef., at least one of whom was outright world-famous.
And, I had a sort of substantive interaction with the Big Dog, in his ’92 campaign.
And, c. 20 years before, I had substantial personal/ intellectual interaction with a (influential?) Brig. General, for a good year or so.
And, I’ve dealt face-to face, one-on-one, not just in passing, with at least a few famous/ notorious figures in journalism, historiography, etc.
But don’t worry, I never was (to my knowledge) eligible for a Clearance. I personally was (always?) too far “on the outskirts”.
“but I've more expertise and experience than you”….
You know *nothing of that* sort.
For all you know, I may’ve had the good fortune, of having c. 50 years of expertise and experience (often rather intense) dealing (incl. personally/ intellectually) with folks from various walks of life, incl. lawyers, cops, reporters, handymen, small businessmen, IT Dept. wheels, professors, political hacks/ activists, shrinks, and MDs (and their families), here and there across the US, and across the globe (esp. w/ Brits, Germans, Israelis, Argentinians, Russians, Chinese, Afghans, & Persians).
(As it happens, I have had that good fortune. It’s been, at times, wild!)
“I defer to *trusted* experts like the IDSA.”
I don’t, esp. in light of my intimate knowledge, of how so many “experts” cut corners, cover their asses (often much at others’ expense), and play the (often brutally superficial) media, to gin-up a rep for “expertise”.
Alas, as one of my quite knowledgeable mentors put it, the real heroes of American society are the Salesmen (i.e., the BSers).
More later, on others of your specific assertions.
More on, that the real heroes of American society are the Salesmen:
Among veteran lawyers, cops etc., an aphorism goes
"believe nothing of what you hear, and *only* 1/2 of what you see."
To modify this a bit, I say
"believe c. 1/4 of what you hear, and only 3/4 of what you see."
As for those of you, who've never been exposed to, or taken seriously, this line of thinking, I say: please spare me any pontificating, about how well-educated you are.
Also, I’ve been *quite* close, to folks who were close to very major players, in the Admins of Nixon, Ford, Carter, & Dubya, e.g. Budget Director or SecDef., at least one of whom was outright world-famous.
And, I had a sort of substantive interaction with the Big Dog, in his ’92 campaign.
And, c. 20 years before, I had substantial personal/ intellectual interaction with a (influential?) Brig. General, for a good year or so.
And, I’ve dealt face-to face, one-on-one, not just in passing, with at least a few famous/ notorious figures in journalism, historiography, etc.
But don’t worry, I never was (to my knowledge) eligible for a Clearance. I personally was (always?) too far “on the outskirts”.
And, to my first list, let’s add bankers and published scientists, and (less intensely) Italians & Czechs
Regarding the Contacts on the above lists, I met all of them due to my activities in the private sector.
None of them were the direct result of my rather trivial niche in the public sector, which may be analogous to Einstein’s gig in the patent office.