Political Summary - "We Are Being Fed Half-Truths & Distortions!" |
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Let’s Get Realistic! Many may ask, "Why bother"? Some may also feel that we are being "presumptuous" by trying to present these "facts" and viewpoints. Be that as it may! Regardless, the issues that Fogcutters.net is presenting are affecting you now and will in the future! Politicians are asking for your support. Just what are you going to ask of them? How are you going to know when politicians and political activists are feeding you half-truths and ignoring greater issues? Politicians are trying to appeal to voters who are clinging to a single-issue perspective (litmus test) like government debt or abortion or social programs. Selection of politicians on single-issue perspectives ignores a greater field of problems. At Fogcutters.net we seek to raise awareness to a greater, holistic level. Fogcutters.net
was established as a source for those seeking facts and not willing to be
swayed by erroneous emails, rumors and political half-truths.
Fogcutters.net does not make political judgments based upon party or the liberal/conservative continuum – abortion and firearms, etc. That is your responsibility! However, when political posturing starts spewing out distortions and half-truths it becomes time to take a stand and stress the many “facts” that politicians are avoiding as they rigidly pursue their own and /or their party’s agenda. Three clear and consistent facts have emerged: A. The level of venom in political and private circles has risen to levels that are fracturing the country. All sides are standing firm with near religious fervor while condemning others who fail to agree. B. For the most part, our political leadership is damn near clueless and in near total denial regarding their own culpability in regards to the dissention and public disgust they are creating. C. Our country as we know it, and hope it to be in the future, must absolutely reject ridged political dogma and find a workable common ground devoid of scare tactics and divisive posturing. Compromise and flexibility is not a betrayal of values but the only way to establish a viable future for our nation. All of the recent talk about debt, entitlements, taxes, unemployment and other major issues seem to lose sight of several facts that we all must consider and issues that our political leadership is side-stepping. The following 10 talking points are but a brief summary of a near unbelievable set of broad, complex issues. Please review each point of interest and check out the link, “Details,” for more information and documented sources. Don’t try to digest all of this stuff at one time. There is a lot of material here. Regardless, these are issues that will materially affect you and your family’s future. Read at Your Own Pace. Ignore at Your Own Risk!
Okay! Okay! Are we doomed? Nah! We’ve been here before. All the traumas besetting our nation and the world have been visited upon us before. The question is: “Can we still muster the resolve to cooperatively fix the problems plaguing us today?” Sooo… Turn up your volume and check out where we have already been! (Names & places may change, sort of....) In 1968 Buffalo Springfield, In 1958 Kingston Trio, and In 1950 Pete Seeger Feel a bit more positive that we can deal with global problems? Maybe. Just know this- We, our nation, and the world, does have the capacity to alleviate some but never all of the world’s problems. Now the first order of business must be for anyone who cares about their future to learn how to see past political demagoguery and work to remove rigid dogma from the political arena. While preparing these new pages we have spent hundreds of hours reviewing blogs, posts and individual emails across the political spectrum. We have monitored political surveys and announcements from both political parties. This IS serous stuff! A complete bibliography of sources will be added at a later date containing the resources examined and/or used for this study. Fogcutters.net - Finding Where Truth Hides Copyright © 2011 H&H Associates. All rights reserved. |
Essential Links*
Four systemic conditions Sabotaging this Nation!
Four Root Problems that are undermining attempts
to rebuild America! * These links soon to be added. ---------------------------------- Important Facts America is creating an economic underclass that is finding their backs against the proverbial "wall." The housing bubble and subsequent collapse including the financial crisis is fully the responsibility of Congress - Regardless of their vocal denial and excuse making. They were warned as far back as 2004 by the FBI! The Social Security trust funds are a "cash cow" that the government is milking in the name of "Economic Stimulus." However, the Social Security charter does not specify this kind of diversion of assets! What are "Entitlements"? - Politicians talk about it but not all of it. There's much more than just Social Security! (New Material.) Political "parties' are now split into at least 4 distinct factions with separate priorities! We now virtually have a government by coalition. Our national debt has now surpassed our entire annual GNP. Unemployment has been above 9% for over 2 years. U.S. GDP per person has risen from $15,753 per person in 1961 to $41,314 in 2009 but has been declining since 2004 because the population is expanding faster than the economy. The Great Depression of the 1930's had a rebound for about 2 years and then crashed even deeper because of government policies. Can history repeat? ************
How does Reality compare with what we are taught?
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