"Cut the child in half 'n divide equally"...

“Arguing is one of those things that most people do but few people do well.”

I ‘uz recently taken to task by a friend of mine for quoting Whoopi Goldberg...

She wuz surprised that I watched ‘The View’...I like The View...well, not all of it ‘n not all the time ‘n more often than not, I ‘fast-forward’ the last half of the show to the end ‘n hit the delete button...I also like a Fox show called ‘The Five’ ‘n for pretty much the same reason...I enjoy a good argument...always have...Whoopi Goldberg is pretty liberal in her views, I don’t think she’d argue with that but overall, she seems t’be a thoughtful ‘n incisive person as opposed to Joy Behar who comes off as so partisan in her beliefs as to make her opinions worthless...sort of ‘can’t see out of one eye ‘n blind in the other’ if you know what I mean...on The View, the role of token conservative is played by Elizabeth Hasselbeck who is more often than not, fighting out of her weight class...The Five, on that proverbial other hand, has Bob Beckel as the token liberal...He is able to hold his own (pretty much) against the four conservatives arrayed against him tho’ t’be fair, the other four consist of two conservatives ‘n two with more centrist views...I expect if they c’d ever get t’gether ‘n combine the shows, what we’d have is one huge catfight with ever’one talking at the same time ‘n no sense coming out atall...sort’a like Congress...or maybe Monty Python:

M: Ah. I'd like to have an argument, please.

R: Certainly sir. Have you been here before?

M: No, I haven't, this is my first time.

R: I see. Well, do you want to have just one argument, or were you thinking of taking a course?

M: Well, what is the cost?

R: Well, It's one pound for a five minute argument, but only eight pounds for a course of ten.

M: Well, I think it would be best if I perhaps started off with just the one and then see how it goes.

R: Fine. Well, I'll see who's free at the moment.

Pause

R: Mr. DeBakey's free, but he's a little bit conciliatory.

Ahh yes, Try Mr. Barnard; room 12.

M: Thank you.