What is the actual reality of things going on in the world?
It doesn't matter if it is guns or global warming, each side is trying to get it's base paranoid of the other side. They look for things that may have happened in the past and try and say that the politicians will want to do more of it in the future, even though it isn't the whole story, or may not be a true statement at all now.
Then today, there was talk about how the Goldman lawsuit & profit news broke right when financial reform was having problems and they were trying to 'push' it through.
Dodd?s Decision to Snub Republicans Could Stall Financial Bill - Pew Financial Reform Project The Obama regime must have been behind it all, even though they had no proof.
It was the health insurance companies that were raising premiums a few days before the vote on healthcare (for some reason they didn't want to wait, maybe it was in the bill that the rates when the bill was signed would be the benchmark). And all the major news outlets reported that the nuclear summit was a success on the word of the White House (they weren't invited, nor did any real investigative journalism).
There are definitely facts, proof, and truths about what happens in the world. But, how does one sort through the obvious lies and mis-information, to get to what is the real truth? Or would you rather live in your world where things always go your way and match what you think is happening? (I will say I have a really hard time believing that there is an economic problem in this country. People still drive lots, people are still shopping, and things haven changed in my world for the better.)