i don't believe that people are born thinkers--that they are born with an innate sense of common sense.
i believe this is a skill you learn mostly while growing up. is this skill being taught in homes, in schools?
if no one is teaching this skill anymore, wouldn't the end result be that people just will decide to let others do the thinking for them?
why take the time to approach an issue with an investigative spirit and common sense, if first you haven't even been acquainted with this skill, let alone know how to use it?
why not just let the political pundits and news media give you all the info you want? even though it's usually only one version...theirs.
don't we have a responsibility to act responsibly?
have we been so conditioned, so brain-washed, so indoctrinated all these years into slowly acquiescing to this pernicious type of thought control that is purposefully stripping Americans of their right to common sense, with the result being that many of us just don't care about doing our own homework anymore?
well, maybe we should start looking at issues and events more critically as i believe this common sense failure to think for ourselves, on the part of many Americans, has much to do with where we are headed.
a good case in point is the "didn't have to happen, unfathomable and tragic" attack on the U.S. Ambassador to Libya, his staff and the attack on our Egyptian counterpart.
we now know we were forewarned that some kind of attack was imminent by the Libyan President.
we now have learned that the Marine guards who were manning these outposts had weapons but no ammo.
what? you've got to be kidding me.
Are these the New Rules of Engagement? If so, these new rules just cost four people their lives, humiliated an American President and his Secretary of State, not to mention underscoring for all to see, including our enemies, the abysmal failure of President Obama's so-called foreign policy, and horrified most of us that we were woefully unprepared to deal with a terrorist threat (which never goes away BTW, in case Obama and Hillary are reading this) instead, thinking that we could somehow fend off a bunch of Islamist thugs with kind words and empty weapons.
it didn't work. who are the asses making decisions like this?
and knowingly and embarrassingly, the White House, the State Department and even our own UN Ambassador, in perfect lockjaw, chose instead to do the sorriest PC thing ever, by an end-around-play, skirting the real cause of this tragedy, which was that this was a coordinated and premeditated terrorist attack. planned for and purposefully done on the anniversary of 9-11. this attack had nothing to do with a stupid movie.
i believe President Obama, is setting us up, setting this country up, whether you believe that it is out of his naked, stupendous naivete, or by shere accident, for some very formidable times ahead. couple this with his belief that every thing and every one should be government owned and his dismal failure to handle the economy.
any person or organization who dare speculate or offer their opinion, utter comments about certain people, subjects and/or other matters with those elitists who have an axe to grind, are immediately labelled or denigrated or shouted down till they dare utter no more.
this is what is happening right here, right now. witness what happened to Mitt Romney when he made his remarks about the tragedy. i believe in this case that part of the disciplining came from the GOP. again, never mind the facts, just follow in lockstep.
dangerous times, folks.
this mental downgrading of our common sense acuities has been going on for years. we've just not been aware of how much affect it has had, but i believe more and more of us are becoming more aware.
we've come full circle and we no longer have the luxury of "kicking this one down the road."
now that we know the cause of the problem we face (lack of common sense) what can we do about it?
well, hopefully this post, pointing out the fact that we're "missing in action" on this one and lessons learned can get us all off on the right foot. start educating your kids; have political discussions; write letters to the editor; stand up at school board meetings when you see something you clearly know is wrong, do not believe in; attend city council meetings; and yeah, we can contact our congressmen (good luck).
and, if we haven't learned by now i'll spell it out fer ya... in order to stop evil, you better be carrying a very big club. that doesn't mean you wield it regularly but you damn well make sure that those who hate your guts know you've got one, you mean business and you're acting from a position of strength, not WEAKNESS.
you even get a whiff that someone is thinking of attacking an American embassy, an American consulate, an American citizen, American military you then deliver the blow.
Coffee anyone?
i believe this is a skill you learn mostly while growing up. is this skill being taught in homes, in schools?
if no one is teaching this skill anymore, wouldn't the end result be that people just will decide to let others do the thinking for them?
why take the time to approach an issue with an investigative spirit and common sense, if first you haven't even been acquainted with this skill, let alone know how to use it?
why not just let the political pundits and news media give you all the info you want? even though it's usually only one version...theirs.
don't we have a responsibility to act responsibly?
have we been so conditioned, so brain-washed, so indoctrinated all these years into slowly acquiescing to this pernicious type of thought control that is purposefully stripping Americans of their right to common sense, with the result being that many of us just don't care about doing our own homework anymore?
well, maybe we should start looking at issues and events more critically as i believe this common sense failure to think for ourselves, on the part of many Americans, has much to do with where we are headed.
a good case in point is the "didn't have to happen, unfathomable and tragic" attack on the U.S. Ambassador to Libya, his staff and the attack on our Egyptian counterpart.
we now know we were forewarned that some kind of attack was imminent by the Libyan President.
we now have learned that the Marine guards who were manning these outposts had weapons but no ammo.
what? you've got to be kidding me.
Are these the New Rules of Engagement? If so, these new rules just cost four people their lives, humiliated an American President and his Secretary of State, not to mention underscoring for all to see, including our enemies, the abysmal failure of President Obama's so-called foreign policy, and horrified most of us that we were woefully unprepared to deal with a terrorist threat (which never goes away BTW, in case Obama and Hillary are reading this) instead, thinking that we could somehow fend off a bunch of Islamist thugs with kind words and empty weapons.
it didn't work. who are the asses making decisions like this?
and knowingly and embarrassingly, the White House, the State Department and even our own UN Ambassador, in perfect lockjaw, chose instead to do the sorriest PC thing ever, by an end-around-play, skirting the real cause of this tragedy, which was that this was a coordinated and premeditated terrorist attack. planned for and purposefully done on the anniversary of 9-11. this attack had nothing to do with a stupid movie.
i believe President Obama, is setting us up, setting this country up, whether you believe that it is out of his naked, stupendous naivete, or by shere accident, for some very formidable times ahead. couple this with his belief that every thing and every one should be government owned and his dismal failure to handle the economy.
any person or organization who dare speculate or offer their opinion, utter comments about certain people, subjects and/or other matters with those elitists who have an axe to grind, are immediately labelled or denigrated or shouted down till they dare utter no more.
this is what is happening right here, right now. witness what happened to Mitt Romney when he made his remarks about the tragedy. i believe in this case that part of the disciplining came from the GOP. again, never mind the facts, just follow in lockstep.
dangerous times, folks.
this mental downgrading of our common sense acuities has been going on for years. we've just not been aware of how much affect it has had, but i believe more and more of us are becoming more aware.
we've come full circle and we no longer have the luxury of "kicking this one down the road."
now that we know the cause of the problem we face (lack of common sense) what can we do about it?
well, hopefully this post, pointing out the fact that we're "missing in action" on this one and lessons learned can get us all off on the right foot. start educating your kids; have political discussions; write letters to the editor; stand up at school board meetings when you see something you clearly know is wrong, do not believe in; attend city council meetings; and yeah, we can contact our congressmen (good luck).
and, if we haven't learned by now i'll spell it out fer ya... in order to stop evil, you better be carrying a very big club. that doesn't mean you wield it regularly but you damn well make sure that those who hate your guts know you've got one, you mean business and you're acting from a position of strength, not WEAKNESS.
you even get a whiff that someone is thinking of attacking an American embassy, an American consulate, an American citizen, American military you then deliver the blow.
Coffee anyone?
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