The Constitution of the United States

Have you read the Constitution? Lately? Are you generally familiar with what it says?

If not, why not? It’s easily available (at least for now) on the internet. You can probably get a copy that will display on your PDA or cellphone.

It’s the RULE BOOK that we are supposedly living under. You need to know what the rules are, so that you can spot those times when the government is violating them. The fact that so few people actually know what that document contains is the reason that your government is finding it so easy to screw you.

Swine Flu Hysteria

20 Confirmed cases of Swine Flu across the US, and there is a National Emergency. Sometimes I wonder how this sort of thing grabs the headlines. The cynic in me says that this is for the purpose of distracting folks from noticing little things like Illinois Democrat Bobby Rush’s latest attempt to sneak in a “gun control” bill that would require national registration of all guns and gun owners, among other things. But it seems that no matter how cynical I get, I just can’t keep up.

But ohmygodthere’saswinefluepidemic!!!! I suppose we all need to panic and run around like headless chickens.

Here’s a little health tip: Wash your hands. Frequently. With warm, soapy water. That is absolutely the best, cheapest, most effective simple-minded way ever invented to curtail the spread of diseases like colds and flu.

Just do it. And maybe you can opt out of this particular national emergency.

Now, with that taken care of, check into ways that you can help Representative Rush become unemployed, won’t you? Thanks!

Summarize

Well, I finally got around to writing about the last step in the LEAPS sequence.

“Solve” would also work here, except that you just can’t solve every problem. This step is where you try to move to a win-win solution if at all possible.
As Dr. Thompson emphasized in his book, Verbal Judo: The Gentle Art of Persuasion, you should not care what the other person says, only what he does.

To summarize

L — Listen

E — Empathize

A — Ask

P — Paraphrae

S — Summarize