This
week I found myself at the end of a stick that I have accused the progressive
liberal side of our society of using as a weapon. That stick is the one of honesty supplanting
the diligence of seeking the truth. In
my haste to inform my fellow citizens, those of my age group, of the dangers of
“Obamacare” I forwarded a e-mail blasting the raising of Medicare
premiums. This e-mail has been fact
checked and found lacking in the truth factor.
Retractions have been sent to those to whom I had forwarded this
item. The end does not justify the means,
as that is just too slippery a slope to test ones ethical sense on.
It
is fact that I want to do everything humanly possible to change the Obama
infatuated mind, I want to do it by the use of factual truths rather than by innuendo
and the use of half-truths. We citizens
of the American society have been bombarded, educated, propagandized, and led
to believe things that may or may not have basis in fact. Due to restraints and limitations on time and
priorities we have allowed our eyes and ears to accept those things that fit
our specific set of filters. We need to
quit the ideologue mentality that commits us to no more than a herd of sheep in
our societal obligations. Most of us
have the tools, a problem solving nature, an innate ability to look at cause
and effect, and a gut feeling that warns of imminent dangers. I personally believe that we are in a battle
which is global in nature, one which involves the mental, physical, and yes the
spiritual makeup of mankind.
The
insidious malignancy we know as political correctness has acted as a Trojan horse
eroding societies from within, using our sense of compassion to eliminate the
revulsion normally associated with being lied to. It is no longer wrong, by
convention to lie to someone about how we really think or feel, if those
thoughts do not fit into the proper mold.
This has built insensitivity to the act and the effects of lying. The art of manipulation uses political
correctness, half-truths, innuendo, and repetition to achieve a desired goal. The winning of that power struggle, between
our political and ideological factions, no longer benefits our country as a
whole. We no longer possess that ethical
core that protected and safeguarded our societal direction. We are no longer protected in our decision
processes by truth. We are instead manipulated and herded about by perception
and factual distortions. We are
different than animals and we are different than machines. Garbage in and garbage out is true for we
human beings as much as it is for a computer.
We are also marching to our own demise if we follow blindly, much as the
lemming herds heading over a cliff.
Humans, individually and societally, have advantages over herd mentality
and the simplistic methods of the computer.
We do have reason, and an inner sense of right and wrong. We need to start applying those capabilities,
we need to take the time and we need to expend the energy to search out truth.
I
apologize for being too lazy, in too big of a hurry to check out those e-mails
that fit into my mental framework or my goal set. I will henceforth confirm. I will also voice my opinions and beliefs
which are arrived at by observation, facts and logic. I hope you will do the same. Question, confirm, and be part of the
solution.
This
election is pitting to radically opposed ideologies and methods of governing
the direction of our country. Regardless
of where you come down on the issues you need to re-evaluate your
positions. This is not just about you. This is about where our next generations of
progeny will find themselves, what kind of world they will be living in, will
they have opportunity, creativity, freedom and truth in their lives.
We
need to be able to admit when we have been duped. We need to admit that sometimes what we want
has dictated what we believe. I have watched
a fact emerge. Hope and change has eliminated
the hope factor, transparency has turned to the cloak of deceit, unity has
turned into divisiveness, world acceptance has turned into derision. The only truth has been that of fundamental
change of the once great United States of America. “Hope and Change” has in fact been “Smoke and
Mirrors”
