The following is an except from an article I wrote on Examiner.com:

"From now until the 2012 elections, I am going to write a series of articles with the express purpose of trying to get the average reader to "think outside of the box"  At the same time, I hope I am up to the task of keeping the subject matter entertaining.  Before the next election occurs, it is my hope to get WE THE PEOPLE aka the Common person aka the General Public to experience a paradigm shift in their thinking with regard to politics and voting.

Ultimately, I want to change your perception of reality to one that reflects your own true thought processes.  This as opposed to the your current perception of reality induced by the propaganda, censorship and duplicity of America's Major Media, Entertainment Industry, Big Business and our own alleged political leaders.  All this with the goal of having you vote your own mind, rather than vote in the manner your Government and major media have manipulated you to.

That having been said....

I was first introduced to Chaos theory in college.  It was one of those hazy late night philosophical discussions we often had in college. 

FREE WILL vs CHAOS THEORY

In America, during our youthful years of public education we are indoctrinated with a belief that everything we choose to do is a matter of free will.  If I choose to turn left,  kick a can, drink water, blow off class, cast a vote or any act you can think of, we are taught to believe we had the ability aka free will, to choose to do something else.  Turn Right, not drink, not skip class, not vote. We are taught that every action we take is fully within our personal control and we make our choices of our own free will.

Chaos Theory (Determinism) states that no matter what we do, we have no choice... we have no free will.  According to Chaos Theory, so many external factors have acted upon you that you have no choice but to do what ever action you have done. Your choice has been predetermined by a multitude of previously occurring, external influences.

Being much younger then, of course I knew it all and immediately dismissed this proposed Chaos Theory as psycho-babble. Yet, almost half a life time later, I am willing to consider chaos theory as a viable explanation of certain political events and attitudes.

WISCONSIN PUBLIC EMPLOYEES

My personality is that of an analytical driver.  I gather facts and make decisions. It has been my life’s presumption that the vast majority of people also act out of reason and logic.

It escapes me by what logic Rank and File Wisconsin Public Employees do not recognize..."

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Those were my thoughts.

Don Mashak

The Cynical Patriot

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