Nice turn, Issodhos, but unfair - you said "your apparent hatred of Drudge because you suspect he is homosexual" - not what was said, very out of context and deliberately (IMV) deceptive. Yes, there was an aspersion cast because of his hypocrisy, but it is completely fallacious to use that to somehow boost his credibility when clearly the rest of the point (which you elided) was that he doesn't do his own spadework but merely plagiarizes from "real" journalists. And while I fully support freedom of speech and press, it is also perfectly appropriate (and necessary) to evaluate the quality and reasonableness of the offerings. In that regard, Drudge really is scummy.

A well reasoned argument is like a diamond: impervious to corruption and crystal clear - and infinitely rarer.

Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich