On "The Assault On Reason" and What Would Thomas Jefferson Do?

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Al Gore has signed with Penguin Press to write "The Assault on Reason" about the difficulty politics has with making decisions based on facts and reason.

So, let's have a closer look at facts and reason:

Al Gore's New Book, "The Assault On Reason"
By LadyInBlack
09/17/2006 12:03:35 PM EST

http://www.politicalcortex.com/story/2006/9/17/12335/6816

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Can we truly get back to this way of thinking as a nation after years of debasement from media and those in government who liken themselves to the very despots we sought freedom from to begin with? I suspect if Thomas Jefferson were alive today he would not run for office in this debased, corrupted, corporate owned political system WE have made either. He would be vocally calling out those who not only have debased it at our expense and at the expense of reason and true Democracy, he would also be forcefully excoriating US for allowing it to happen and to continue and to also perpetuate it by our own inaction while looking the other way when time for responsibility for it rolled around.

A man like George W. Bush nor his ilk would EVER have been tolerated by the likes of a man of reason like Thomas Jefferson. The fact that he is now tolerated only illustrates how far down we have come from the reason that bore this country. Therefore, if Al Gore's new book can in any way shed a light on that and bring us towards turning to that reason again to guide us in our decisions it would be a great contribution to this nation and generations to come that may otherwise never truly understand and respect the brilliant men of reason who believed in this grand experiment and OUR part in making it a success.

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