All lies are truth, all truth is lies

A few years back a person whom I greatly admire and respect was quite upset over some information they had sent me from the "internet".

I thought I was diffusing their anger by sending them information that demonstrated the information wasn't true.  I should have known. They only became angrier.

Keep in mind this was an older person who had lived their life pretty much by their word. Being older they were somewhat naive when it came to the internet.  Especially internet sites that look way official.

I remember them saying, how can they get away with that "shit?"

Well as we all know, because they can.  Freedom of speech also means freedom to lie.

From CNBC:

It is one of the paradoxes of the Internet.

Along with the freest access to knowledge the world has ever seen comes a staggering amount of untruth, from imagined threats on health care to too-easy-to-be-true ways to earn money by forwarding an e-mail message to 10 friends. “A cesspool,” Google’s chief executive, Eric E. Schmidt, once called it.

However as we have often pointed out. Even if the internet was nothing but truth, if the truth did not match somebody's life view, chances are that person would quit looking at the internet assuming it is all lies.

Mrs. Milkkelson, co-founder Snopes.com of speaking of how some of these stories spread so quickly states, “Rumors are a great source of comfort for people,”

and

For the Mikkelsons, the site affirms what cultural critics have bemoaned for years: the rejection of nuance and facts that run contrary to one’s point of view.

“Especially in politics, most everything has infinite shades of gray to it, but people just want things to be true or false,” Mr. Mikkelson said. “In the larger sense, it’s people wanting confirmation of their world view.”

the article ends with the following:

But even though Snopes pays the bills for the couple now, through advertising revenue, they doubt they are having much of an impact.

“It’s not like, ‘Well, we have to get out there and defend the truth,’ ” Mrs. Mikkelson added. “When you’re looking at truth versus gossip, truth doesn’t stand a chance.”

This story originally appeared in the The New York Times

As a person who has worked in an occupation dealing with this sort of thing we can tell you that often times the "truth" doesn't stand a chance, gossip or not.  We tried to, miserably I might add, illustrate how easily one can be led to believe that which is not true in this post: Brainwashing works, we do it to ourselves all the time

We have seen persons for whom denial of the truth is the basis of their reality. Person who would totally decompensate were they have to face certain truths. For those, reality is a lie which they will believe to their death.

It is really not hard to manipulate somebody into believing they see what they don't or or made a decision that they really didn't make. The ability to do that bought me many a drunk back in the day.

Car salesmen use to take courses on how to use such methods to sell a car making the person think it was their decision.

Of course we do not have to remain blind to the truth or allow ourselves to be so easily manipulated by ourselves as well as others.  The hardest truths to accept of course is the truths of ourselves.

Why do we believe what we believe?  In spite of reality?  Why is it I can not see the forest for the trees?

We have all heard the saying, "you can't teach an old dog new tricks!"  

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Tea Party, Republicans, Democrats, Neo Nazis, Libertarians, and the likes be damned. Just another diversion to keep the rich in power and raping us by keeping us divided and conquered as we fight among ourselves.

The answers are simple: Come November get off your lazy butts and vote. When you vote, kick EVERY incumbent out of office, even if it's your own mom or dad or even wife or husband. We are sending a message....NOT GONNA TAKE IT ANYMORE! And every other November for now on, keep voting them out of office, until they truly understand who "We the People", the true and rightful owners of this country, really are!!! 

Ummm, I think we can can give that an Amen! we the peopleAdd to Technorati Favorites

First public health care-Militia Act of 1792, what individual rights?

But you had to purchase a gun too.  In 1792 two Militia Acts were passed.  The first act gave the President the authority to call out the militias of the "several states" for a number of reasons listed here.

One of the reasons we posted on before, "Shays Rebellion:

" Most of Shays' compatriots were poor farmers angered by crushing debt and taxes. Failure to repay such debts often resulted in imprisonment in debtor's prisons or the claiming of property by the government. Seeking debt relief through the issuance of paper currency and lower taxes, they attempted to prevent the courts from seizing property from indebted farmers by forcing the closure of courts in western Massachusetts.  

The second act "required" every "free able-bodied white male citizen" between the ages of 18 and 45 to join a local militia company overseen by the state.  Part of this "mandate" on "individual rights" was that each man was,

required to arm themselves at their own expense with a musket, bayonet and belt, two spare flints, a cartridge box with 24 bullets, and a knapsack. Men owning rifles were required to provide a powder horn, 1/4 pound of gun powder, 20 rifle balls, a shooting pouch, and a knapsack.^[3] Some occupations were exempt, such as congressmen, stagecoach drivers, and ferryboatmen. Otherwise, men were required to report for training twice a year, usually in the Spring and Fall.

It was at this time what many might consider the "first Health Care plan" was initiated:

 The act also provided "that if any person, officer or soldier...called out into the service of the United States, be wounded or disabled while in actual service, he shall be taken care of and provided for at the public expense."

History is amazing.  When we first posted on Shay's rebellion it was in relation to how "veterans" has been treated.  We were pointing out at that time that this country has a poor history of treating it's Veterans poorly.

If your follow the link to Shays Rebellion and to the Whiskey Rebellion you will note that this country also has a long history of  satisfying its debt on the backs of those who can least afford it.

No sooner than we issue a Declaration of Independence and ratify a constitution we began violating it.

The gods visit the sins of the fathers upon the children.

Euripides, Greek tragic dramatist (484 BC - 406 BC)

Our fathers sinned, and are no more;
and we bear their iniquities.  Lamentations 5:7 English Standard version/Bible

 when you over tax the backbone of a nation you will eventually break it! rcAdd to Technorati Favorites