On 24 Mar 2010 at 9:58, Lilienfeld, Scott O wrote:

> I must confess that at some level I envy the supreme confidence and utter 
> absence of any smidgeon of
> self-doubt in the political/economic views of my fellow TIPSTER friends.   
> ...Scott 

after I had said:

> As a spokesperson for my people, I can say we look on with
> considerable bewilderment at the great debate just concluded
> (for the moment, anyway) by our neighbour to the south.
> 
> Health care for all, what could be so bad? But you surely do
> have a bizarre system of government down there.

Supreme confidence? Utter absence of self-doubt? Sorry. I 
think you have the wrong country (or perhaps just the wrong 
TIPster). Try boring and polite (a notable exception being the 
dust-up at the University of Ottawa last night--see 
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2010/03/23/ottawa-
coulter-speech.html or http://tinyurl.com/ykyfjle for which we're 
sorry). 

While my comment was tongue-in-cheek, there was an 
underlying seriousness to it, namely our puzzlement concerning 
how our neighbour went about doing what they did (and almost 
didn't).   But I don't see any supreme confidence or lack of self-
doubt in our confusion.  Now I'll have to add to that my 
puzzlement concerning what TIPSter friend Scott meant as well.

Stephen

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Stephen L. Black, Ph.D.          
Professor of Psychology, Emeritus   
Bishop's University               
e-mail:  sblack at ubishops.ca
2600 College St.
Sherbrooke QC  J1M 1Z7
Canada
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