Every thing relates to the 85 percent rule, including the political problems we face now. My goal, my purpose, is to get the average person, the citizens of this country to think ! I'm not looking for people to agree with my opinions, but I do want people to think through their own decisions based on the available information.
There is absolute truth. You or I might not agree with it or like that concept, but there is absolute truth.
The speed of light is a constant ( at least for now) we can discuss methods of going around it, warping it, but the speed of light is a constant. People who believed the sun revolved around the earth truly believed that. The evidence was pretty clear, they were wrong. The phrase in vogue now is that truth is in the perception. That is what people believe to be true ; perceive to be true, is actually true at least for those people. Sounds nice, but its pure bull. Just because something is perceived to be true does not make it so. If every person on this planet believed that the sun revolved around the earth, it still would not make it true. What it would do is help prevent further discovery into fact, and it would make the 5 percent dumber than the 85 percent very happy not to have to think, but its still not true. And the importance of that is, some issues, you don't have to worry about the absolute truth. It doesn't impact your life very much or others around you. So you don't have to sweat the absolute truth. However when dealing with issue that do impact how you live or will live, or how future generations will live, well than you should be as close to absolute truth as you can get before you decide a course of action.
In the name of disclosure. I consider may self a Moderate Republican. I like money, I like stocks, I like profits, however I recognize the need to compromise to get me that money and profits. I have voted republican since 1970, some times just because the word republican was next to the name. (Remember we all slip into the 85 percent ) Didn't vote Democrat until I realized George Bush 2.0 was a spoiled ego theistic puppet. I Wanted McCain but he went over to the republican cultist. So I hope that President Obama could make a difference. He did, just not the one we need to operate this nation effectively
People who use the statement " Every body knows that " are ok as long as they themselves don't believe the statement. Its a nice fill in or stall the conversation statement but not true. Our Politicians our elected officials our appointed officials, those who govern or rule us. They should be held to a higher standard. The position they hold, is supposed to be a position of authority for Something. And when they make statements, not telling us all the facts, or knowingly distorting the facts. When they they use statements by others and leave out portions; they are lying to us. Not a missed communication, its a lie. When they know something, but tell you something else, its a lie. When, they have something important to bring to our attention and speak in generalities, well that's not a lie, but they are bordering on it by trying to pull our focus from the important issues they don't want "us" to think about.
When a certain Texas governor tells the voting public that " His state didn't take any bail out money " and does not add " we didn't take it this time" that my friends is a lying to you. When he doesn't tell you about several tens of millions he took a few months prior, that makes it a lie. When he tells you how "He created jobs" but doesn't add that A) many of those jobs will disappear because of budget cuts in Sept. 2011 B) most of the jobs are created in the government sector, the sector that Republicans say we should make smaller. Well its not a lie, but it fudging the truth. When a female candidate, talks about cutting government spending but refuses to discuss her personal farm subsidies, you should wonder what government spending does she want to cut. When a sitting president is doing a town hall meeting and he is telling the crowd how they have held back inflation, he really should send his staff down the block ( literally) to look at the price of gasoline or the grocery store to look at produce.
The United States borrowing cap is a good example of perception (not based on fact,) but doesn't make it true. We have had the debt limit cap for almost 50 years. I has not been held to in almost 50 years. The nations that loan us money have an unrealistic perception that the debt limit cap has some value. Especially since most of the nations who do loan us money do not have a debt cap. Unfortunately that perception must be met. Yes I realize that I just finished saying perception is not truth, however the reality of the world, makes it important to continue this perception/deception until such time as it can be comfortable proven to be a lie. Not that debt ceilings are bad, no no ... I think they are great, but if you don't use them, they are more damaging than not having them. Witness the fiasco in Washington DC these past months. Our elected officials wasted valuable time arguing over raising the cap.
On how many levels was this insane, border line criminal.
We had a theocratic lunatic fringe ( Tea Party ) who signed and oath not to raise taxes. However they also took an oath to uphold the constitution and protect the citizens and to adhere to the wishes of the people who voted them into office. How do you sign and oath that prevents you from doing what is best for the country, that has the potential to hurt the majority of people, dis-regarding the oath you took entering office. That is almost treason.
How do we justify raising the cap on a rule that we voted into effect to prevent just what has happened run away spending.
How do we justify not raising the cap, because like it or not WE spent the money. Both houses are guilty of spending that money. Our elected officials put a rule into being and ignore it.
The people who run this country or so busy lying to you and me, I think they have forgotten what is the truth and what is a lie.
Pass a bill for 2012 that states any one in congress or any government position that spends money we don't have will be terminated immediately. President down to clerk behind the counter of patent office. Period.
Balance the budget with new taxes and spending cuts.
About three months ago the Democrats wanted to pass a tax bill giving special tax breaks ( cuts ) to companies that hired in America. Jobs for Americans what a novel idea. Republicans would not let it come to a vote. Does this sound sane?
Pass the cap extension ( which they did eventually ) for 2011
For every day without a balanced budget, congress and the senate loose a weeks pay, none refundable ( you want motivation )
Don't tell the voting public, that we have to drill in every location in the US...especially since the oil is not guaranteed to stay in the US. How many voters realize that about 80 percent of the oil drilled in Alaska never reaches U.S shores but heads right to Japan or China because they pay more. Why does the price of natural gas go up in sync with oil. We don't get gas from OPEC. Do your elected officials tell you the voter the electric companies are paying more for coal because more of it is leaving America and headed over seas.
So much of drilling and digging to reduce our dependence. I really don't care. Its money in America pockets, but I do care about the lie of omission. When these Flag waving, chest thumping SOB's we elected do not tell you the truth. Tell Americans we need to drill so we can sell more oil to China, and send the coal there.
The same elected officials who are saying government regulation are stopping America's growth have left out, the de -regulation which a Democrat Clinton really pushed, got us into the mess we are in the last 8 years. Of course they all both parties leave out the fact that the regulations were for the most part over looked prior to de regulation. But the unbridled moving of money by... ( wait for it ) 85 percenters, is why the world economy tanked. Put your pundits on the air to come up with really niffty sounding excuses. The reality is we let really dumb people handle money and play hot potato...pass the bad loans and hope you dont get caught. Except unlike the hot potato of your youth, each pass of bad loans, more interest was added...the potato got bigger with each purchase of the loan. And no one said STOP this makes no sense.
Do you really thing China and India are smarter than the West??? If you have a billion people who you dont pay, really dont care if they are alive tomorrow or not, dont care if you create huge toxic waste lands in the middle of a budding community, you too can have 9 percent growth in this world economy. Dont trust me, read about what is going on over there. But our politicians see the dollar bills and want to create the same thing. Well we know they are dumber than a rock, but are you. Are you buying what they are selling.
400 years ago we didn't try to convert the indians because we loved them we wanted to control them.
We fought a civil war as much about economic decision as freeing slaves which was an after thought. Mexico really did own Texas but we made out real good taking it away. Native Americans were not necessarily peace loving people who communed with nature, They just were not very efficient at killing each other....possible wiped out several hundred species of nature, and were not to fussy about killing their brothers for the white man, for a price. Much like a good portion of the slave trade was carried on by blacks on blacks than sold to whites. There were alot more slaves in the central and south America than ever reached north of the Rio Grande, but than that is the reality of the situation. Not very pretty, nor nice ... nor more important is it a justification for poor action now in 2011, but it is reality. And none of us are going to fix anything unless we deal with reality.
The people who you really like... you just hear and see them and you want to vote for them. Ok just do some research and make sure the reality is as good as the dream. Just be in the 5 percent normal one day at a time. Lets take it back its ours any way
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