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Last Thursday, October 23, 2008, we had a 12 hour "blip" in our blog service. There was an error on our end which was remedied as quickly as possible. And Then Some Publishing LLC apologizes for any inconvenience this may have caused.

There was some great news, however, that occurred on the same day. While waiting for the blog to come back, Richard L. Weaver II, PhD, shot 10 more videos. Yep, ten more videos! We will be releasing the new videos over the next few weeks so stay tuned to all our websites: publicspeaking rules.com and yourulescaution.com as well as andthensomeworks.com

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Thursday’s essay, “The message citizens don’t want to hear,” is the third of three essays designed specifically for this presidential election period.

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Thursday's And Then Some Essay preview
The message citizens don’t want to hear
by Richard L. Weaver II

Excerpt:
If there was one, single, individual requirement I would make for all those who live in a democratic society, it would be to be informed. True democracy demands it. In August, 2008, Bill Maher said to Larry King (and has repeated several times since), “I often think they [Americans] are too dumb to be governed.” Having lived in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) for one year of my life, I contend that there are a number of societies in the world that cannot, and are unlikely to ever be, true democracies — much to the chagrin of some in government. The simple fact is that democracies require an informed populace. An interesting question, of course, is, “How fast are we in the U.S. moving in that direction?” Or, are we already there? It’s a question worth pondering.

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