Half-truths

I've noticed that abstract and vagueness is used to tell half truths all the time. 

Half-truth - Noun - A statement, especially one intended to deceive, that omits some of the facts necessary for a full description or account.

Socialists, communists, tyrants: they all use deception to gain power. They lump in the apathetic and the desperate with the extremists to create a following and thus power. Phrases such as 'all of us,' 'people,' 'they,' or 'we,' are all used to vaguely describe a group. The phrases put people that do not necessarily agree with the speaker together and influences the audience. The audience then feels they need to follow the counsel of the speaker. Using vaguely worded and unmeasurable words with only a part of the truth is deception; plain and simple, it is lying and wrong.

Regrets Vs. Mistakes

Regret - noun - feeling of loss or sorrow

Mistake - noun - error in judgment, action, or belief

For me personally, there is a huge difference between the two words. I've made many mistakes that I do not regret, and many regrets that weren't mistakes. I feel no loss or sorrow for myself, but I did make some errors in judgement. Oh well, life goes on. Live and learn and all that. No remorse :)

A Restoration of Our Character

The past few years I've heard a great deal about a revolution. In music, TV, news, and daily interactions: people want change. What I fundamentally disagree with is their meaning of 'change.' Where some mean a complete revolution, others mean minor changes. I am in neither group.
I am for a restoration of our country. We don't need to "fundamentally change America" (Obama). We do not need socialism or communism (though that is the direction I believe we are headed). We need a restoration to our constitutional roots. We need to end: unfunded mandates; career politicians; over the top political correctness (not tact); the everyone-is-a-winner childhood indoctrination. When everyone is a winner, no one wins; social security; kinsian economics; and unneeded government regulation. Put bluntly, we need to clean house. Every. Single. Vote. Counts.