Tuesday, February 15, 2011

SIGNS OF CHANGE: GLOBAL AND OTHERWISE

When our world of humor picks up a theme, we know it is uppermost in the minds of most of us.  It is my belief that the reason we are having such divisive tactics in our government is because many people and, especially  conservatives are loathe to accept change.

While it is clear that conservatives do not accept constructive change as Democrats wish it, it is surprising they accept lies so quickly.  A Fox Cable News whistle blower recently said that Fox News is really not a news station but 'thrives on fabrications and falsehoods.'  Do people choose to believe the lies because their their own prejudices and biases get supported?  There is little else one can believe about them when they are so against Obama and insist he is African-American.  They show their belief in the one drop of blood rule to be defined as black.  I, as a Caucasian, believe he is as much a Caucasian and Black.  (My math has always told me that 50% will always be half and equal to the other 50%.)  The rest of us are happy to see this man of mixed race making such a great change in our government and accept a man without reference to the color of his skin.  For more on Fox by this insider's report, click here.

One of the greatest changes we face is the difficulty autocrats and dictators will have in keep[ing their populations ignorant.  Now that the Internet is keeping the world informed, it will be almost impossible to keep the masses down as dictators have been able to do for a very long time.  Yet another change not spoken about as often is that more and more people are abandoning 'faith' in favor of reason. The number of self-defined atheists is rising rapidly throughout the world.

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