All,

I will be away from a computer for a while, so this will be my farewell post until I get myself settled and my PC back online.

I think the Scam-my So-so (Sammy Sosa for you non-baseball types) scandal equates well to countermeasures.  The underlying issue in both arguments is cheating.  

So I think pro and anti poly types should sit back and watch the criticism unfold, taking into account that in Scam-my's case, we are only talking about baseball, but with countermeasures, we are talking about national security.

Similarities in the stories:

We know he used it once, how many times has he done it before?  (am I talking about a corked bat or countermeasures?)

Do it and get caught, and you pay the consequences.

If he has done it, and been getting away with it for so long, how many others have done it, are doing it, or will continue to do it?

How can we find a better way to catch people who do this?


Really, the issue is cheating.  Look at the uproar Scam-my So-so has created by getting caught.  This is baseball?  Why is it that the problem of cheating on polygraphs is so much worse on a national security issue, and no once cares?  Baffling . . . .

I think the government would rather hide the dirty laundry (polygraph and countermeasures) under a rug than hang this issue out on a line.

Take care all,

Chris