Great advice from Sam Smith

[John Gear]

From: PROREV NEWS <ssm...@igc.org>
Date: March 20, 2013 14:01:42 PDT
To: ne...@prorev.com
Subject: UNDERNEWS MAR  20

Pocket paradigm

HOW TO AVOID BLAMING THE WRONG THING

1. Count the bodies. If something bad is happening there should be evidence of it. Besides, counting the bodies helps to order priorities.

2. Get facts before you get scared. Just because a politician or a journalist says there's a threat doesn't mean there actually is one.

3. Just because it's on TV doesn't mean it happening to you or your neighborhood. Just because it's at the top of the news doesn't mean it should be at the top of your mind.

4. Fight issues not people. Your gun-loving, anti-abortion neighbor may also oppose plans to store nuclear waste nearby. Find out. After all, most of us are right only part of the time.

5. Don't try to crush those with whom you disagree; convert them.

6.Before "they" can do you any real harm, "they" probably need money and power. If "they" don't have it, you are probably worrying about the wrong "they." -Sam Smith