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Too Much Rhetoric 1/3/2007 11:51:26 AM
There is far too much rhetoric and not nearly enough honest argumentation in America. This was from one of my Logic classes in college.
Whether or not debates are changing for the better can be shown to be negligible through politicians, preachers and pressure groups whom promise us a kinder, gentler nation. They sidestep the argumentation that needs to be brought to the pulpits and legislative bodies.Instead they sow a field of flowery rhetoric in hopes of reigniting the memories of the city on the hill. All the while an Orwellian nightmare grows as economic shockwaves hit us coast to coast. Freedoms that once protected our Constitutional rights appear to be blatantly cast aside for the good of the people. A permanent air of Martial law shakes our cities, as Homeland security approves yet another measure to boaster what some call a police state.
Yet the country once portrayed as the richest on the earth appears unable to help their own countrymen properly before and after the city of New Orleans disaster. Infrastructures dependent on the Federal tax dollars (Fema) instead weave a golden dam made of straw. Gambling casinos and new lotteries are flaunted as the saviors of each state, while jobs and education are replaced with what some see as proverbial wampum beads.
As fears of impending attacks reverberate through the states,stocks fall, further fueling the decline of the once proud dollar . The Eurodollar becomes the new investment of drug cartels as our Petrodollar slowly loses its value. The dream of owning a home are slowly replaced by foreign investors who see new investment opportunity's in beachfront property. Farms once owned by individuals are rapidly becoming Feudal kingdoms run by distant LandLords. To implore change through Free speech is now painted as being unpatriotic . Where is the Thomas Paine of yore, drawing the Nation together under the reality of another revolution in need of a tea party, instead of the soothsaying politicians weaving an alchemy of words into fools gold? Therefore, to implore rhetoric instead of deductive reasoning leaves America into a quagmire of futility.
