"The unexamined life is not worth living"

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	• Big Fat Liars: How Politicians, Corporations, and the Media use Science and Statistics To Manipulate the ... Morris E. Chafetz Thomas Nelson, 2005 - 320 pages view larger image
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The Politically Incorrect Truth

Chafetz punctures many of the politically correct positions dear to the heart of the liberal establishment who are determined to run our lives. If you doubt that conclusion just read the other reviews here which are clearly written by those same liberals who cannot abide any challenge to their politically correct beliefs.

He got my attention with comments on smoking. My wife and I have read all of the government reports and examined the data. She actually interviewed the author of the EPA report on two occasions and he stated categorically that there is "no science behind it (the report) it is a social program". The fact that there has never been any empirical connection between smoking and the ever increasing smoking associated diseases is ignored by the politically correct who want to run our lives. So today Nicotine is viewed as the most addictive drug while cocaine and marijuana get ignored even though most people who stop smoking do it without assistance while this isn't true of the hard drugs so popular among the elite.

The same is true for obesity, diabetes, and cholesterol -- all the result of manipulated statistics with little to no empirical evidence to support the position that all of us need to take drugs and contribute to the profits of the pharmaceutical companies.

There is an epidemic of obesity and diabetes in this country -- but this happened overnight because the government changed the threshholds. A simple case of manipulation and a further indication of how science has been corrupted through statistical manipulation.

This is a good book and a real eye opener for those who have suspicions that all is not well in the world of science. Chafetz takes on virtually all of these politically correct and liberal causes and exposes them for what they are -- unfounded and manipulative. No wonder the liberal establishment hates this book. I recommend reading it just to get another side of some very important points ranging from global warming to obesity to anti-business bias.

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"The unexamined life is not worth living"

"The world is richly populated with those who would use what little we know or pretend that we know to gain power over us."

A critique on government and institutions. I disagree with some of his perceptions (and book title), but this does not distract from his main focus. His words are sensible, refreshing and humorous at times. He brings up excellent points and raises important and interesting issues. Further study resources are offered. Chafetz's life work is alcohol abuse, which he discussed in his chapter on addiction. The final chapters are a rap up and a workable philosophy: The recipe for life--"we each do more than our share"

"The unexamined life is not worth living."-----------------Socrates

Morris tackles political correctness, unfairness, victims, addiction, "global warming", frivolous lawsuits, the cigarette debacle, the increasing numbers and power of lawyers and the creation of the nanny state.

"Stealing the ideas and words of one person is plagiarism; stealing from many people is research"---------------Wag (gossip)

It's about making our own choices; learn to discern, to question. "Positive conservationalism [is] turning into negative environmentalism." Some would believe freedom is self destructive, we must turn over our power to the experts; they know what's good for you. The government routinely diverts around the constitution and the amendments through bribes, leading to lost rights and inferior products. How far is going to far? The truth may not be what it seems.

"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience."------------------C.S. Lewis

Wish you well
Scott

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These days, you can't turn on a television without hearing that you're probably fat, engaged in unhealthy behavior, failing to get sufficient exercise, destroying the environment through the use of practically every product that makes your life more convenient, and likely to fall victim to just about everything and everyone around you. But not only are the statistics that prove these points based on false information, much of our national dialogue is dictated by this patently bad science-encouraged solely by public and private organizations that leverage these demonstrably untrue facts to bolster their own philosophies and fatten their own pocketbooks. With mounds of solid evidence that contradicts common thought, Morris Chafetz shows the lies behind the facts about today's big issues (for instance, the "obesity epidemic" we hear so much about is the result not of a fatter population but instead a change in bookkeeping in a federal agency, and the evidence used now to frighten us about "global warming" was used a generation ago to frighten us about "global cooling") and encourages readers to look through the money-motivated façade of statistics and government controls and return to a strong attitude of personal responsibility.

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