Intro

It's time for a reality check ...

Maybe we’ve reached the point of diminishing astonishment.

But I suspect that much of what we’re hammered with every day really doesn’t make much of an impact on most of us anymore. We’ve heard the same stories too often. We’ve been exposed to the same issues for so long without any meaningful resolution. We recognize that reality is rapidly becoming malleable, primarily in the hands of whoever has the biggest microphone. How else can we explain a society where myth asserts itself as reality, based entirely how many hits it gets online?

We know that many of the “issues” as defined are pure crapola, hyped by politicians on both sides pandering to “the will of the people,” which is still more crapola. Inevitably, it’s not the will of all the people they reflect, but the will of relatively small groups of people with disproportionate political influence.

Nobody wants to face up to the realities of the issues. Nobody wants to say what’s right or wrong – even when it’s obvious and there are numbers to back it up. Most of us are afraid to bring up the realities for fear of being accused of being insensitive or downright mean.

So we say nothing. Until now.

It’s time for a reality check on the fundamentals – much of which is common knowledge to many of us, already. But it might be comforting to know you are not alone …

Tuesday, March 27, 2012


      There really are two groups of Americans
The divide is not between Republican and Democrats, or the rich and the poor.  Or the young and the old.  Or workers in the private sector and those in the public sector. 

It’s a more fundamental division. 

One side generally accepts the rules and moves to change the rules if they disagree with them, believes there is a right and a wrong, and takes responsibility and feels remorse if they commit a wrong.  The other side believes that gaming the rules is not only acceptable but admirable, it’s okay to ignore rules they don’t agree with, right or wrong depends entirely on the situation, and you are only responsible and should feel guilty if you get caught. 

 When someone beats the system on a technicality, one side senses injustice; the other side cheers. 

With such disparate perspectives, there’s no common ground for one side to engage the other – they cannot understand the other’s views and they might as well be speaking different languages, or on different planets. 

The only thing that brings both sides together – albeit briefly – is a common threat, like a natural or man-made disaster.  Even then, that bond is always fleeting, because while one side will be seeking solutions, the other will be seeking someone else to blame. 

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