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What is Gospel of The New Truth?
Gospel is defined as unquestionable truth, a doctrine of great importance. So The Gospel of The New Truth (GoNT)simply means the statement of important truths which happen to be unquestionable as to fact. Of course, if you are a deconstructionist, then fact exists only in your "special" interpretation.
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So I can imagine hearing one think that I must be
"quite full of myself". But the fact is my comments aren't mine alone - thousands
of people probably think or have thought the same ideas in the past. But GoNT gives
voice to those rational thoughts, in spelling out just what problems can be foreseen
if we would only give some rational thought to them.
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A little background info on yours truly. Born in the early years of the Great Depression -
a year or so before FDR was elected to the presidency - I've had a pretty good opportunity to
understand the ups and downs of American life, having led a pretty eclectic existence, in both work experience and
life, per se. My parents were strong Democrats, and impatiently awaited the end of Herbert Hoover's term of office. Like many others in this country, they believed that Roosevelt would be the nation's savior, and my father was active in local Democrat Part politics for a number of years - something I also found myself doing in the early 1950s, having been elected to a local ward position a couple of times. My college and post-grad work was in agriculture, and aside from having had the real pleasure of working in the ag industry, I also spent a number of years in sales, teaching/training, and consulting work, all of which helped me to do two very important things - learn and understand about people, and understand in what arena my politics belonged. Now that didn't come about at once, mind you, but only after many years of - to me - a very interesting life. 
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It has been a life of many ups and downs, and since I'm a pretty optimistic guy -
a risk taker - I always figured since I'm a living organism, when I hit the bottom, rather than going thud!,
I would bounce back up - and that's what happened. It's a lot like gambling, you can
have a good run of winning days, but you know that it doesn't keep up forever. So you
understand that when that run grows cold, play it smart, keep managing your play,
and you'll be in a position to recoup and get ahead. Since I live in Las Vegas,
if you don't live that way, you may have to pack up your bags and leave town. Which all comes to the point that, at least in my opinion, if you haven't had a goodly number of years under your belt, if you haven't had a varied work experience, and if you haven't taken all the chances (risks) that life offers, your sure enough missing much of what's needed to gain the knowledge - the understanding - of life in these United States of America. Where has this life finally led me, politically? I would have to say that I'm what Jonah Goldberg describes in his book "Liberal Fascism" - a classical liberal - a believer in economic and political liberty. Today this would description would be more defined as a conservative liberal, which since I'm a registered Republican, puts me on the moderate or "left" side of the party. I also believe that there isn't as much \ difference between the Conservative Right and the Liberal Left as most people may believe. George Bush's Patriot Act, in concept, isn't much different from what the Democrats did in WWI and WWII, for example.
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That includes, in simple terms, a strong belief in statism,
which is demonstrated by both parties pushing the federal government to control the population through laws, etc.,
which are supposed to be "good for everyone". More on that later. I would also state that I believe our Constitution is one of the greatest standards for government ever written (preceded by the Magna Carta and the secular parts of the Ten Commandments). I believe we have a living Constitution - one which is vibrant and meaningful, but not one to be cut apart whenever anyone wants to add or remove sections their own agenda. I believe that both Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton were both correct, in part - about the American citizen's ability to ensure the country would be able to remain as they, and their compatriots, understood it should be. Anyway, here we are in ending years of the 21st century's first decade, where we find ourselves in a land of chaotic dysfunctionality. Actually, not much different from past days - the 1930s, 1960s, 1970s, etc. But the biggest difference in today's life is the high speed dissemination of information - true or false, it makes no difference, as long as you get the underlying message. It's a good thing the Internet did not exist seventy years ago - Goebbels and his ilk would have had a real field day! The following links will take you to the two sites which are currently hosting my blogs. The thoughts.com has more postings, and typedpad.com may have one or two not posted on the other. So link to:
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November 11, 2007
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