[MD] Gun smoke in the shape of a fake letter and not a mushroom cloud

[Platt Holden]

> [Platt]
> According to a renowned academic, "Anyone can write anything." 
> 
> [Arlo]
> I trust the numbers. Why don't you?

You show your ignorance by trusting the government. 

 The study was conducted long before
> Obama
> made his comments. What would be the incentive to lie? Why falsify the
> report?
> Do you have a counter study showing different numbers?
> 
> In the previous case, I dismissed the premise that one writer's small
> view
> characterizes the entire Academy, and I draw that dismissal largely from
> years
> of my own experience not to mention many, many counter-studies. I also did
> not
> dismiss the notion that some bad examples could be found (they can in any
> human
> endeavor). In this case, I trust the numbers because there are no
> contrary
> studies, and I can think of no reason why the report should be biased
> (who
> would it benefit? the air-gauge industry?) And my limited experience
> checking
> my own and a few friend's tires supports the fact that many people don't
> check
> or regularly inflate their tires. So the report does not contradict my
> experience.
> 
> So, counter-studies? Reasoned opinion as to why the report is biased/in
> error?
> Years of experience working in a tire shop? Or just more of your typical
> nonsense? (Bet- latter) Thanks for yet another display of "pride in
> their
> ignorance" (are you secretly working for the Obama camp? I mean, I am
> almost
> tempted to submit this exchange to our local newspaper.)

Please do. Yours and Obama's belief that proper tire inflation is 
equivalent to offshore drilling is already the laughing stock of the 
nation.