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2016 Postmortem

frazzled

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7. As John F. Kennedy said

Reply to portlander23 (Reply #2)

Mon Dec 12, 2016, 04:12 PM

Dec 2016

The great enemy of truth is very often not the lie--deliberate, contrived and dishonest--but the myth--persistent, persuasive and unrealistic. Too often we hold fast to the cliches of our forebears. We subject all facts to a prefabricated set of interpretations. We enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.

Try thinking about the facts, and not clinging to the myths.

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Joe Trippi: Everybody can point to something that went wrong and theyre right [View all] portlander23 Dec 2016 OP

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