It's not the Stupidity, It's the Money Behind the Shutdown
Crisis  This article was originally published by The Huffington
Post    Here are the three laws.  Almost everyone has suffered
through examples of the first two in their own lives.     First
Law: It is almost impossible by rational argument to persuade
people to believe what they do not want to believe.     Second
Law: Almost any argument, no matter how feeble, will convince
people of what they do want to believe.  The third law is the
non-obvious one; I learned it the hard way, by making mistakes.
   Third Law: If you think your opponent's position doesn't make
sense, or that he or she is stupid or uninformed or irrational,
think again.  Almost certainly, YOU are the one who does not
understand.  The meaning of the Third Law is this:  Your
opponent may look stupid or irrational to you, but in fact he or
she is probably doing something that does make sense.  Most
likely you simply don't know enough about your opponent's real
motivation; if you unders