Reply #42: At this point, I'm in the thing from a purely [View All]

[Why Syzygy]

defensive position. It is not so much that I have been influenced FOR as I have been influenced AGAINST.
True, it is still my perception. Only a certain percentage of the population is highly susceptible to mindless manipulation. People who are more informed, and accept the challenge to amass facts and opinions from a variety of sources, are less likely to fall for mind tricks. People are becoming more sophisticated. But the mind control racket has been around for a very long time. You know they even have TARGET audiences. They have us figured out! :a little sarcasm:

The only way to have a war is for it to be about "them". "They" did something wrong and now "We" are gonna take care of it. Who is "them"? It can be ANYONE. You cannot get to war without an enemy them. Whatever my market share is, we are interested in avoiding MORE WARS. Of course there is no easy exit plan in Iraq. But someone who is dedicated to avoiding war in the first place will be more likely to find a way to exit. Someone committed to war as a solution and a "them" as the problem, is not going to be as likely to.
Many in this market share have determined that Obama fits better than the alternative.

Whatever market share I'm in, is a group that has decided that Hillary Clinton poses a grave threat to our country. The reasons are multiple and varied. This group overlaps all politico-cultural-gender-religious definition lines. When you have a Mike Huckabee in the finals, with a decent shot at VP, Obama saying a few Amens here and there gets a pass. I wish he wouldn't. But at least he isn't trying to re-write the constitution according to the Baptist Standard! Perspective People!

Bottom line. I care more about keeping the nut cases away from the Capitol than I am motivated by any inspirational feelings to any message.