I received an email forwarded from a friend of mine last week that had commentary from former Senator Fred Thompson (yes – the actor/senator and former presidential candidate). Except for the content, it was identical to emails I fielded during the campaign that spread FUD (fear uncertainty and doubt) about Obama the candidate. They used the time spread between when they’d release a rumor (plausible or not) and when it’d gets debunked to sow seeds of doubt.

Now – they’re at it again!

Sure there are the crazy things like Sarah Palin’s Death Panel and the town hall staged responses, etc… But then there are the seemingly plausible commentaries that sound just true enough and cite enough passages in legislation that they must at least be a little true and a little disconcerting.

What I/we (the we being all Americans) need you to do: thumbs

1) Go to the white house website where they straighten out what’s going on and call out some of the most egregious myths/rumors being spread: http://www.whitehouse.gov/realitycheck/. That will equip you to at least respond to some of the crap we have in this thread.

2) Send this website out to your email list, put it as your Facebook status, tweet about it .

3) When you receive any of these horrendous emails, reply to the person who sent you the email with the URL – but also send it to all of the other email addresses that they invariably left in the email string.

Here are the 3 principles Obama has stated he believes a House & Senate bill must contain/do:

· reduce costs
· guarantee choice
· make quality health care affordable for all


Oh – and as a preview to the next big crisis that needs to be solved, all I can say is – read Tony Wagner’s the Global Achievement Gap. beathead

http://www.whitehouse.gov/realitycheck/
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Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of
Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter
of the gods.

-- Albert Einstein