Propagandize Me Please!

Are you downing the propaganda? It's being dished out like cheap diner food and served anyway you like it. Propaganda entree' has been successful for the most part, but upon reports of some consumer dissatisfaction with the low quality food, the candidates have begun serving it with a side of issue fries. Much like the French fry, the issue fry is long, thin on substance, and heavy on the grease. The people love it! Their propaganda dishes are more popular than any candidate has ever served.

Not me though. I'm not interested in their entree'.

See, before I eat anything, I always examine the utensils and the plate for cleanliness. The utensils are easy enough to inspect, but what is the meal concealing? Are there "extras" on my plate? It could be anything: dirt, hair, socialism, a bug. I always look beneath the food, moving it around to see if there are any surprises. No meal, no matter how good it sound or looks, is worth getting sick over or for that matter losing self sovereignty over.

Bottom line is that candidates tell us what they think we want to hear. When vagaries about themselves don't work they move to issues, not being much more specific, but tempting us to down it whole. But what is behind the issue? Why do they choose one side of the issue over the other? The trick is finding out what is behind their position on the issues. The trick is in understanding that there are underlying "issues" to the issues. True intentions on specific issues can be better viewed through the lens of agenda. Agenda is what demonstrates the real direction we will go in-not just the direction they say they'll move us. The agenda will either be dirty or clean. Unfortunately, and hence the need for elections, what one American deems as clean, is dirty and contaminated to another.

Have you checked the plate in which your serving of propaganda rests? Don't be so sure you've looked well enough. I challenge you to look into the terms below and ponder their implications, both past and present. Ask yourself where our country has been and where it is headed. Ask yourself which terms you see reflected in the candidate's positions on the issues, especially the issues of the economy and environmentalism. Take note in the sometimes extremely subtle differences in meaning from one word to another. If you study the terms and look into some of the organizations that currently support these ideas, you may be surprised to find that they have more relevance to you and your world view than you would have ever imagined.

Socialism                              Communism                      Fascism