The Insanity of Short-Term Memory

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Tuesday September 14, 2010 · 5:48 PM PDT

2010/09/14 · 17:48

If you burn your hand on the stove and after trying several remedies it still hurts too much, it would be insane to put your hand back into the flame as a way to ease the pain. Americans are still hurting very much from the crash of the economy, and according to the pundits, Americans are about to "stick their hands back into the fire" by electing Republicans during the mid-term elections. Now, that’s insane!

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Monday September 13, 2010 · 9:10 AM PDT

2010/09/13 · 09:10

How often have we heard things like "all politicians lie" or "all politicians are corrupt?" Is there truth in these statements? Yes, some, but these statements also represent a classic fallacious argument and political tactic meant to deceive and manipulate. Pointing out that a characteristic or two exists in two different groups, and using that to equate the two groups in all things is fallacious. To insinuate that the American people would be just as bad off with Democrats as with Republicans in Congress because there are Democrats who have lied and been corrupt, just as there has been Republicans, is a very big deception.

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Thursday March 11, 2010 · 11:05 AM PST

2010/03/11 · 11:05

All politicians lie! This is a truth, of course, but like all truth, it can be, and often is, used or abused in a way that ends up being a deception. This is one of the tactics that makes up what is generally called "SPIN." SPIN is basically twisting (or spinning) the truth to cause the listener to arrive at a false conclusion and thus hold a false belief.

Politics is the area where SPIN lives and is used the most, and where SPIN has been refined to the point of being an art form. It is true that both sides (in our basic two-Party system) mislead, lie, embellish, deceive, and SPIN. However, stating that fact in an attempt to have people view both sides as equal in the deception business is, in itself, an extreme SPIN.

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Thursday March 04, 2010 · 7:38 PM PST

2010/03/04 · 19:38

Are you ready to live in The United Corporations of America? You can kiss The United States of America goodbye if we do not amend the Constitution to overturn the wildly dangerous and disgustingly political recent decision of the Supreme Court.

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Tuesday March 02, 2010 · 12:14 PM PST

2010/03/02 · 12:14

Please understand that the People of the United States, thanks to the blatant and disastrous attacks on the Constitution and all American ideals by the Bush Administration, are becoming more and more aware of the hidden agenda of the Greedy Obstructionist Party (GOP). The wealthy, big business, and power are your priorities, and ANY illegal, immoral, anti-American, inhumane behavior that achieves those goals is OK with you.

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Sunday February 28, 2010 · 12:31 PM PST

2010/02/28 · 12:31

We now have two ingredients in place that can completely destroy this country, or at least turn it into something never intended by the Founding Fathers and into a place where the "people" no longer are free.

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Friday January 22, 2010 · 9:51 AM PST

2010/01/22 · 09:51

I am not a religious man, just logical and analytical to a fault. Those who already are well off seem to consider "redistribution of wealth" an evil thing, and they may be right. I believe that "redistribution of opportunity" is a much more logical goal. Let’s set compassion and humanity aside for a moment and look at this from a greedy perspective.

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Monday October 12, 2009 · 12:57 PM PDT

2009/10/12 · 12:57

For those Americans who cannot afford health care, especially those almost 45,000 Americans who die each year because they do not have health care, sickness, death, and bankruptcy prevent them from having any of the inalienable rights so boldly set out in the Declaration of Independence.

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Friday October 09, 2009 · 9:21 AM PDT

2009/10/09 · 09:21

Why does President Obama deserve to win the Nobel Peace prize? Because he ran a fantastic campaign, won the Presidency, and STOPPED the continuation of the Bush reign of terror (via McCain/Palin). That alone was a step forward for peace and diplomacy large enough to deserve the prize.

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Tuesday September 29, 2009 · 11:38 AM PDT

2009/09/29 · 11:38

The desire to be "fair and balanced" is a noble goal, and should be the basic tool used in the dissemination of information in order to educate, inform, and provide knowledge to the American public. The problem lies in the fact that the phrase "fair and balanced" is incorrectly defined and applied as "make both sides look just as good." The fallacy in that definition is that both sides are NEVER equally good, correct, honest, factual, and right. To give an extreme example, if the sides of an issue were being fought by Adolf Hitler on one side and Mother Teresa on the other, would it be "fair and balanced" to make these two individuals look equally good and right?

http://reverse-spin.com

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Tuesday September 01, 2009 · 2:29 PM PDT

2009/09/01 · 14:29

It is an absolute and easily verified fact that NONE of the various health care bills and proposals being considered by Congress and the White House include ANY form of euthanasia or denial of care based on age or perceived value of someones life. There are no death panels, and no one will be pulling the plug on grandma. Yet, this particularly heinous lie is still being spread and believed. How the Hell did this happen?

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Monday January 26, 2009 · 7:57 AM PST

2009/01/26 · 07:57

At last we can start being proud of America again! America can once again become the bastion of truth, integrity, and tolerance in the world. The idea that every human being on the planet deserves equality, liberty, freedom, and happiness can once again be demonstrated as the most successful ideology in the history of the human race.

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