Like everyone, I have been thinking a lot about our current political \u201cshutdown\u201d in Washington. \u00a0 The truth is, we have no one to blame but ourselves.\u00a0 This is the government that WE elected.\u00a0 You still have responsibility if you didn\u2019t vote, perhaps more.\u00a0 We have become so polarized that impasse is the norm.<\/p>\n
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Our politicians are very smart, they studied Niccolo Machiavelli and Sun Tzu.\u00a0 They know what they are doing.\u00a0 They know what plays with the voters back home.\u00a0 It is all about power, about getting re-elected.\u00a0 This will only end when the voter starts looking at the big picture.\u00a0 As long as we vote single issues, this will be our government.<\/p>\n
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Don\u2019t worry, I am not going to insult or gratify you with my side of the debate.\u00a0 One thing I learned a long time ago about politics is that everyone has an opinion.\u00a0 More importantly, nobody is interested in yours (or mine).\u00a0 There is no such thing as a rational political discussion.\u00a0 Very soon it gets heated and then people start interrupting or monopolizing the \u201cdiscussion.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Offering political opinions, in any setting, particularly social; only turns people off.\u00a0 The boors just don\u2019t know better.\u00a0 The bullies know better but take every opportunity to offer their opinion.\u00a0 The socially inept bombard friends and family with the same rantings camouflaged with the events of the day; then wonder why people avoid them.<\/p>\n
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News media are the worst.\u00a0 They are masters of provocation.\u00a0 They fuel the fire and fan the flames.\u00a0 Then they report on the behavior of the fools who take the bait.\u00a0 We forget that their principal objective is to sell themselves, otherwise they go bankrupt.\u00a0 If they can\u2019t argue the facts, they subvert truth with perception.\u00a0 Perception can be managed; truth is… inconvenient.<\/p>\n
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