[TenTec] Reflector is getting effective at killing sales. True? Possible? Do reflectors like ours have more power to sway than we might consider?

[Jerry Volpe]

I only asked for consideration and that you did. Thank you.
>
>> ... The more
>> rigid checks and balances of the traditional press and publishing world
>> are giving way to individual and sometimes irresponsible unbridled
>> personal liberties.
>
> Yes, let's bridle those individual and sometimes irresponsible
> personal liberties!
>
> Let's see... when you talk of "rigid checks and balances of the
> traditional press and publishing world" are you speaking of the NY
> Times' Jason Blair and similar "reporters" who make up stories out of
> whole cloth?  Or are you talking about their use of anonymous
> sources?  And surely their printing an "Editorial comment" on page 17
> to correct a page 1 bogus article is responsible.  Or maybe I've
> missed it and what you are speaking of is NBC blowing up the truck to
> show how it will burn in a crash, or Dan Rather and the forged
> documents and his Mary Mapes who have the attitude that they can say
> anything without proof and it will stand until others can prove the
> untruth of it.
>
> The internet is probably the very best place to get good information
> because of the immediacy of the feedback.  And the folks 'round here
> don't depend on advertising revenue from companies whose rigs are
> reviewed.
>
> Still, we need to avoid what I see as hateful rhetoric and be sure
> that much of that I've heard spouted is just hateful.  It is not
> helpful when viewed in any light.
>
> I am not taking issue with you, Jerry, but with what you said about
> the "traditional press..."
>
> Mike N4NT