Hi,
This blogger covered the debt ceiling two blogs ago and pointed out the safeguards in place for the various funds like Social Security. I hope you were able to take the time to read it because the mainstream press is into DISASTER, SENSATIONALISM, and BOOSTING Obmerism.
It is a terrible thing when the American media and newspapers turn against the American public and only print what they deem the readers should know. The Press is privy to both sides of an issue but now select only one to publicize. It is not an attempt to EDUCATE BUT TO PROVE THEIR READERS ARE TOO IGNORANT to think about an issue and draw the right conclusions. IT IS ALSO AN ATTEMPT TO SELL FEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!THE PRESS WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE the door to interaction BETWEEN PEOPLE on the Internet and through e-mails BY CAUSING THE PUBLIC TO FEEL ignorant! THE PRESS REALIZES THAT The Internet is DIRECT COMPETITION TO THE MEDIA NEWS AND THE NEWSPAPERS.
I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY FOLKS REALIZE THE FEAR OF INTERNET COMPETITION THAT IS DRIVING THE MEDIA TO EXTREMES!!!!!!!!! The PRESS can see the END in sight. When all the media and other members of Press RESORT to biased reporting, scare tactics, and YELLOW JOURNALISM, IT IS A SIGN OF THE IMMINENT DEMISE OF THE WORLD AS THE PRESS KNOWS IT!!!!!!!!!!!
There is an interesting book I am reading by a roving reporter who points out how fast the Internet has become the leading force in the lives of folks not only in America but all over the world. How SWIFTLY communication between peoples and countries has DEVELOPED so that keeping citizens IGNORANT is becoming more difficult and may well become IMPOSSIBLE. THERE ARE A LOT OF REASONS THIS IS HAPPENING!!!!!!!!!! THE IMPORTANT ONE IS THAT THE WORLD IS IN THE MIDST OF A CHANGE WHICH WE STARTED CALLING THE TECHNOLOGICAL REVOLUTION SOME YEARS AGO.
SHARING information is something that the Internet does naturally. Unfortunately, not all of it is true but that has been the case in all forms of communication. The very act of sharing encourages THOSE WITH AN AX TO GRIND OR OUTRIGHT LIARS to TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT SHARING. This has been the case since MANKIND STARTED INTERACTING!!!!!!! so it doesn't really count as a deterrent. Remember THE ECONOMIC PHRASE TO BE APPLIED TO ALL ISSUES: LET THE BUYER BEWARE!!!!!!! THAT GOES FOR ANY PART OF ECONOMICS. THE INFORMATION HIGHWAY IS PART OF ECONOMICS NOW whether through blogs, emails, advertising, long videos, entertaining movies or media--WHATEVER!!!!!!!
When folks share, they attempt to check out the truth of what they are sharing. BUT IT IS TOO TIME CONSUMING AND DEBILITATING TO HAVE TO CHECK EVERYTHING WE SEND OUT!!!!!!
The Chinese used to have a saying that helped a young reporter: TO LEARN EVERY FACT ABOUT ONE THING WOULD TAKE TEN THOUSAND YEARS!!!!!!!!!! That's ONE THING, remember, NOT A SLEW of things.
So much as folks may try to keep the information shared factual, it is often difficult to know or gain that amount of truth!!!!!!!!!! WHAT TO DO????????? Well, like "Mom" used to say DO YOUR BEST then understand that other FACTS MAY COME TO LIGHT THAT UNDUE YOUR BEST INTENTIONS!!!!!!!!! If that happens then send along the new information and let folks judge for themselves. THAT'S when "LET THE BUYER BEWARE" solution comes into play. This is a SHARED INTERACTION AND THE READER AS WELL AS THE SENDER HAVE RESPONSIBILITIES.
INTERNET has QUICKLY become one of the leading INDUSTRIES IN THE WORLD. IT HAS TO BE factored into BUYING AND SELLING between people anywhere in the world THUS EVER EXTENDING THE MARKETS whether we like it or not. OUR EARLY YARD SALE EXAMPLE IS NOW E-BAY!!!!!!!! THE NET is a less expensive avenue for NEW BUSINESS START-UPS and can provide tremendous income based on some ingenious ideas such as E-BAY, Amazon.com, FACEBOOK, or TWITTER.
Encyclopedias used to be the only way to find information on past events. Now the INTERNET PROVIDES AN UNPARALLELED DATA BASE FOR ALL SORTS OF INFORMATION. Again, much of it is fact, some of it is propaganda, the rest of it outright lies BUT DID WE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE ENCYCLOPEDIA???????????? YES!!!!!!!!!! We simply didn't question it. We accepted that their editors were efficient, proficient and ACCURATE!!!!!! BUT DO WE KNOW THAT FOR A FACT?????????? NOPE!!!!!
So we must realize that when we are "LETTING THE BUYER BEWARE", we do have to take some things on FAITH, some on FACT, and some on our own KNOWLEDGE as well as the KNOWLEDGE of our PEERS. IGNORANCE ONLY HAPPENS WHEN A SUBJECT IS NOT CHALLENGED BY SOMEONE!!!!!!!!! In other words, ONE person's IGNORANCE MAY BE BLISS but it is in danger of BECOMING DANGEROUS when ANOTHER person is not willing to become INFORMED AND EDUCATED enough to correct THE SITUATION!!!!!!!!!!!!
THE WILLING EXCHANGE BETWEEN PEOPLE ON THE INTERNET IS AN IMPORTANT AND EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE. An important part of modern citizen's lives SHOULD BE A WILLINGNESS to forward e-mails, write blogs or articles, and share whatever their knowledge with others. THIS IS THE WORLD WE HAVE ENTERED AND IN FUTURE there will be a tremendous amount of responsibility needed from ordinary citizens of varying societies to keep each other informed ABOUT their locale HERE and across the world.
WONDER WHY THE PRESS IS WORRIED???????????? BECAUSE THEY KNOW YOU....YOU.....AND YOU..........ARE THE "REAL" REPORTERS OF THE "REAL" NEWS OF THE WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!! It will eventually be seen as a good CITIZEN'S RESPONSIBILITY to engage in the kind of INTERCHANGE that is NOW HAPPENING BETWEEN A MINORITY OF PEOPLE. Will you always get it right?????? DOES THE PRESS ALWAYS GET IT RIGHT?????????? NOPE!!!!!!!
Just where will all this CYBER INFORMATION to end up? How it will be managed? How it will be stored? It's MIND BOGGLING!!!!!!!!! It certainly points the way toward NEW BUSINESS TO BE DEVELOPED BY THE INTERNET GENIUSES. Yahoo e-mail recently added more cyber storage but that's a DROP IN THE BUCKET. THE INTERNET'S POTENTIAL HASN'T EVEN BEEN TRULY TAPPED YET and look at the changes already in our lives. Changes like I-Phones that just a few years ago would have seemed to indicate a talent for an OVER-REACHING IMAGINATION. If you have imagination of that kind, this is the place for it. The Internet CAN BECOME the home for new CREATIVITY and replace what has been lost.
SPEAKING OF LOSS, it is clear that whenever there is a major CULTURAL CHANGE SUCH AS THE USE OF CYBER SPACE, there is going to be loss. ENTERING THE INDUSTRIAL AGE, THINK OF THE LOSSES that occurred in AGRICULTURE alone.
This stage in TECHNOLOGY CREATES A NEED TO STUDY what business or professions might be lost to the Internet in order to protect PERSONAL ECONOMICS AND PRESERVE so that growth can accompany change. IT IS A TIME TO REVIEW PAST FISCAL ATTITUDES AND ASK IMPORTANT QUESTIONS!!!!!!!!! What is valid in the changing world???? What businesses will disappear and what types of assets will become invalid; is there a road to long term; and what cyber companies hold promise in the short term.
Whenever there's a MAJOR SHIFT IN ECONOMICS AND CULTURE, it becomes IMPERATIVE that both the EDUCATED AND THE IGNORANT BECOME SCHOLARS to weather the storm. THOSE WHO CHOOSE TO remain IGNORANT WITH THE HOPE OF BEING SAVED BY SOME FORCE OUTSIDE THEMSELVES WILL FIND their hopes unfulfilled as usual. Maybe, cyberspace can provide a light that shines SO STRONGLY THAT THEY TOO will begin to PARTAKE OF LEARNING.
OF COURSE, THAT WOULD BE A PERFECT WORLD WHICH DOESN'T EXIST NOW AND PROBABLY WON'T IN CYBERSPACE!!!!!!!!
CHEERS, CONNIE
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