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Does Truth Have A Future In America?[/b]

Some people just can't see the obvious. · ·

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I'm sure your title question is of the rhetorical kind. The answer is obviously a resounding NO!
The reason is: the country believes its own lies. Critical thinking is anti-American (and yet they criticize the Muslims) and knowledge is anti John Wayne. 50% of the nation thinks that morons have a right to an opinion, no matter how absurd or imbecilic that opinion might be. Some 57% - when polled - didn't know what Roe v Wade was (some actually thought it was a boxing match).
Truth is a stranger to this land.

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Do battery-chickens know the purpose of their lives, or how the farmer thinks ?

Do Americans know how they are manipulated, or how their rulers think ?

I'm one of those who do believe that, but I also believe that it is an ethical duty of the non-morons to help educate the morons when we can and to ignore the absurd and imbecilic when we make important decisions.

For example, I care not at all that a large number of people believe that Professional Wrestling is a sport, and that certain of the performers are "good" or "evil" and therefore deserving of their support or opposition.

Aye, I appreciate your noble sentiment but...
this is impossible when they are running the country

Interesting... but can you be more specific?

Sandy Hook Promise


Last night (1/14/13) The Rachel Maddow Show featured a couple (Mr. and Mrs. David Wheeler) who lost their youngest son (Ben) to the young man who gunned down the First Grade Students of Sandy Hook Elementary School.

The question “What is Worth Doing?” became a question of the moment being asked the morning of the massacre. It is a simple question that should be asked of every American who became aware of what happened that morning in Connecticut.

Immediately, the members of the “Right” began setting off fireworks that they would not ever give up their guns for any reason. Obviously any effort to remove ammunition would be a threat to the 2nd Amendment too.

It would be unthinkable to simply push this massacre under the table to pacify members of the religious right to take away their symbols of strength that they have chosen to replace the cross with assault weapons.

In the last dozen years The Republican National Committee chose to rewrite their platform with an agenda that relied on the Christian Faith to direct the rules of asking all Republicans to follow the New Testament as their party agenda. I questioned these new rules and asked the Arizona State Senator if I had to be a Christian to be a Republican and he said “yes.”

No wonder the GOP is losing members. I joined the party in 1952 and left the party in 2000 when the Party left me.

Last night during the Rachel Maddow Show, I made a commitment called “The Sandy Hook Promise” to work on the concept of banning assault weapons and their ammunition along with other actions that will put an end to the massacre of our babies. I will wear a green ribbon to show my affiliation with this Sandy Hook Promise.

When I hear anyone questioning my promise I will ask “What is worth doing?”

The Senate, The House, Scalia, Thomas, G.W. Bush, Rumsfeld, Rove, Wolfowitz...
and the list goes on.

Cool, I didn't know that it was allowed to do a broadbrush proof (using dated data - bet that could be a new word, data'd) to support a broadbrush hypothesis.

Guess that's why I'm not in the biz of proving things.

Ah, but you have proved yourself to be...