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		<title>Fighting yesterday’s battle</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:45:14 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is a popular activity these days to exchange insults and criticize along partisan lines while jousting about the direction of our nation, but unfortunately that does absolutely nothing to fix the extraordinary problems coming our way.  Generally, the exchange centers on justifying the horrendous and destructive agenda of our current Government by pointing [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hikingartist/3554540625/"><img src="http://doseofclarity.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Cliff1-196x300.jpg" alt="Cliff" title="Cliff" width="196" height="300" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-674" /></a>It is a popular activity these days to exchange insults and criticize along partisan lines while jousting about the direction of our nation, but unfortunately that does absolutely nothing to fix the extraordinary problems coming our way.  Generally, the exchange centers on justifying the horrendous and destructive agenda of our current Government by pointing to the bad decisions of the previous Administration.  These justifications and criticisms are irrelevant and useless since they are focused on the past therefore little attention is being directed to the destructive proposals going on right now.  Also, many of the criticisms are universally shared anyway, it may come as a surprise that many conservatives are disenchanted with a host of the previous Administration’s policies as well, thus arguing them are just distracting from the real issues that are threatening our nation today.  The partisan banter is analogous to the band playing on the Titanic’s fateful night, it may have been gratifying, but that did nothing to prevent the ship from sinking.</p>
<p>It is very difficult to comprehend how we will navigate our way out of the formidable circumstances we have brought upon ourselves.  This is the challenge that each citizen should be concerned with at this time.  People can <span id="more-659"></span>incessantly argue their respective conservative or liberal positions while asserting blame about our predicament all they want, but the bottom line is that significant changes are being considered and implemented right now that will fundamentally affect the future direction of this nation, and we need to focus on these activities.  We all need to wake up and pay attention because regardless of ideology, both conservatives and liberals will be going over the cliff by the devastation that is being laid before us.  Like it or not, everyone will suffer as the nation declines, and this approaching reality is what should be of concern to each and every one of us at this time. The decline of our nation is being set into motion, and if all we are going to do is squabble about ideology, then we may as well go ahead and strike up the band?</p>
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		<title>Divided and conquered</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:05:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our population seems so engrossed with fighting each other that we are not keeping our eye on the true scoundrel which is our Government that is undermining each and every one of us for their own benefit.  This is not a rich versus poor, republican versus democrat, conservative versus liberal, old versus young, business [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Our population seems so engrossed with fighting each other that we are not keeping our eye on the true scoundrel which is our Government that is undermining each and every one of us for their own benefit.  This is not a rich versus poor, republican versus democrat, conservative versus liberal, old versus young, business versus individuals, or black versus white.  It is about our Government officials caring so much more about retaining their offices and all the power involved that they are willing to sell us down the river to preserve their status.  Does anyone really think they have any interest in really solving America’s issues and not just appearing to do so while continuing to make us more dependent on them?  Subjecting us to dependence is an effective way of building and retaining power because how else would we ever be able to take care of ourselves if not for our benevolent Government?  Why would they not keep taking more of our money in taxes to continue perpetuating this dissipation of our individualism and freedom as long as they continue <span id="more-496"></span>to benefit with strengthening their stately power?  They could care less about any future reckoning from this unsustainable behavior because they will either be long retired or dearly departed by that point, plus “certain” power today is more desirable than any distress of “possible” disaster at some point in the future.  There simply is no motivation for them to upset the applecart because it is the eternal spring that supplies the spoils of the nation upon them, and the people can suffer the consequences since they were not the “chosen” ones.  Besides, if the nation is suffering, it gives them yet another opportunity to pretend they care enough to fix it for us so they gain even more influence.</p>
<p>America had better awaken to this picture for what it truly is and realize that we are being subordinated in importance to our politician’s self-centeredness.  We are a distant thought in their minds, nothing more than an electorate to be manipulated in order to attain and retain political office.  Once attained, it is all about them from that point on.  This will continue until the day Americans quit bickering among ourselves over our differences and turn our full attention on them to start demanding solutions and accountability.  Politicians like nothing more than the voters to be at odds with one another because a divided people is a conquered people, and it gives them openings to begin pointing fingers and propagating blame thus keeping the focus off of their own incompetence and exploitations.  If we can not find enough common ground as Americans to come together and focus our energies on the insanity that is our Government, then we had better be prepared for the outcome of that inaction.  Our Government has become a cancer that is eating this nation from the inside, and at some point it will severely weaken and overwhelm us.  Regardless of how people may classify themselves in our society, we are all going to suffer from a declining nation as our politicians would rather have power and control over a dying nation than no such power over a prosperous one.  </p>
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