More Onion Prophecy

This article is why I advocate, and personally practice, paying less attention to the news items of the day, instead of more (I'm thinking of calling it Informed Ignorance). We are given a small fraction of the amount of information that we would need if we truly wanted an informed opinion about any given subject--and that is not a knock on the media, it is simply a recognition of the resolute dictates of time and space. None of us, not one, have time to have a well formed opinion regarding the Affordable Care Act. You haven't read the 906 page bill, and then paid a lawyer to regurgitate it for you in something hopefully close to English--so no, you do not have a well formed opinion on the matter. But the more important point is this: what if you DID have an informed opinion on the subject? How has all of that time and effort helped you? What have you achieved?

So what is the point? What is the point of waxing about subjects that you grasp 7 percent of? Why do you become angry on subjects you're essentially ignorant to? I leave you only with the questions, but I would submit to you that I believe the questions are rhetorical.

Note: The popular understanding of the word prophecy is that it is a prediction of the future. But it also can refer to a speaking of utter truth. True truth. And that is the way I refer to this prophetic Onion article.

Man Who Understands 8% Of Obamacare Vigorously Defends It From Man Who Understands 5%

NEWS • Politics • Politicians • Healthcare • ISSUE 49•39 • Sep 26, 2013

Sources say both men exhausted the majority of the facts they recall about the Affordable Care Act within the first few minutes of the vigorous debate.

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SEATTLE—As debate continues in Washington over the funding of President Obama’s health care initiative, sources confirmed Thursday that 39-year-old Daniel Seaver, a man who understands a total of 8 percent of the Affordable Care Act, offered a vehement defense of the legislation to 41-year-old Alex Crawford, who understands 5 percent of it.

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