Welcome!

Welcome to Reality Over Rhetoric!
Here, we are going to discuss the many issues facing Americans today. Health care, gay rights, education, war, the economy and much more will be covered.
Although I will be posting my own thoughts, I encourage all to share your own thoughts on the subjects we will examine, as well as to suggest topics or link your own blogs if you have covered a topic yourself. I am not on an ego trip. This is not a vanity page. I am looking for people who have something of substance to share. And yes, your opinions and feelings have substance. On the other hand, your hatred does not, which brings me to my main point.
We have all visited the so-called "political debate" blogs and forums that are nothing more than a platform for people who have not been able to rise above the partisan gutter-sniping and petty bickering to actually discuss the issue. I don't care about your religion, your political affiliations, your gender, sexual orientation, age, where you live, your ethnicity or anything else.
These are only distractions from the issues. This is not another blog where people can come to whine and kvetch about "flaming Liberals" or "stick-up-their-ass Conservatives." We have more than enough of those pointless, do-nothing blogs as it is. Let's leave that kind of counter-productive rhetoric for the children.
Having said that, why don't we get the ball rolling by tackling the hottest political and social potato currently on the grill...
On Sunday, we will begin a frank, mature discussion about health care. Gather your thoughts, gather your friends and wade in!