From: Billy Rojas

Date: August 19, 2006 5:34:33 AM PDT

To: centroids@radicalcentrism.com

Subject: Re: RADICAL CENTRISM -The Movie    ( Part  # 1 )  * * * * *   @@@@@

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A New Political World

BEYOND LEFT and RIGHT

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......The IMPLICATIONS are GLOBAL  

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But we should

focus attention on

The UNITED STATES

Because the

REVOLUTION IN POLITICAL THOUGHT

IS BEGINNING HERE.

.....  RADICAL CENTRISM

......................................Is a Movement

                                                       that is

We are well aware that "triangulation"

-a process of half steps toward finding

a "moderate center"- only perpetuates

the problem of characteristic errors

on the part of both

DEMOCRATS and REPUBLICANS.

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The chances of getting where you want

to go by traveling down the middle of

the road are just about non-existent.

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We need a form of politics

that makes it a priority to eliminate the kind of

stereotyped thinking that

by and large dominates today's political system.

Where can we find

?

The Process is called

"Syncretic Politics"

This has 2 PARTS :

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First, there is nothing sacrosanct about mixtures of positions in American politics. One virtue of our system is that it is fundamentally pragmatic.

 There are 2 processes involved :

  ( 1 )  Scientific method, and

  ( 2 )  Historical method.

Political  philosophies,

political  platforms,  &

political ideologies must

be tested. The results tell

us,  as  much  as  we can 

know,  which ideas are valid and which ideas are mistaken.

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The foundational principle

of actual Radical Centrism

is this :

Research each and every

position you take.

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Don't our elected officials

already do this ?

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If you want to be genuinely informed,

If you want to be taken seriously,

here is a suggestion :

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The one bright spot is that

ideological thinking is worse.

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Basic to the Scientific Method is an elementary fact of life : Mistakes are unavoidable.

This is true for politics as much as

it is for everything else.

 but  the alternative is far worse,  namely,

investing in error, which is exactly what

Democrats and Republicans do,

again and again and again.

Cheerleader Politics

Values Politics

The prime examples are :

Additional examples (some more imperfect than others) include:

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Radical Centrism has become

popular in some political circles;

this means that any number of

people are trying to "cash in "

on Name Recognition and

Buzzword acclaim.

However,

Radical Centrism is NOT other terminology

for  "moderate Democrat"

or "modern Republican."

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        Two Examples :

False Absolutes

Homosexuality, after all, IS

a mental illness.

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This is Dr Charles Socarides 1995 book, Homosexuality  -A Freedom Too Far.

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This includes such people as:

and others not pictured here such as

Irving Bieber, Karen Horney and Abram Kardiner. To take the current political view

is no different than saying that the greats of psychology and psychoanalysis were

all wrong and should be disregarded,

which is preposterous.

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Socrates and Radical Centrism

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No-one speaks more eloquently on behalf of women than does

Christina Hoff Summers,

author of "Who Stole Feminism ?," simply the best statement of  women's philosophy available.

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Some roads are long

and winding..

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There is no way to know where it will lead you or how far you will get. What you DO know is that its worth every effort and that if you don't go on the journey you would regret if for the rest

of your life.

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The one other thing you know is that you should be prepared for almost anything. By definition an adventure  is filled with surprises.

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Sometimes it is necessary to take roads that are infrequently traveled...

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Most of the time we need to make use of highways  that everyone else uses...

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with whatever vehicle is available to us...

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And there is no end to all-too-human stupidity...

and apparent delight in belaboring the obvious...

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Sometimes there are roads we wish we had not taken

If only there were warning signs

when you need them most.

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And there are some bridges that can't be crossed until the time is right.

There also is traffic to contend with...

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Effective advertisements can also be as cost effective as a good bumper sticker.

NOW THERE ARE COMPUTERS...

[Continued in Part II]