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Could you explain in plain layman's term what "the way things work in real life" means???

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I see two ways of viewing things here on these particular threads. One way is what I have referred to as (1) the reality of the situation or the way things work in real life. And the other way is what can be referred to as (2) the way that some people wished that things worked, in spite of how they really are working.

Now, wishing that things worked in a certain way is not necessarily bad in and of itself, because many times that results in some changes being made and then (hopefully) things improve. But, one must always distinguish between the way they "are" and the way that one "wishes they would be"...

One example of that would be in the request for a birth certificate. I was one of those, prior to the election that wanted to have the birth certificate produced and shown to the people. I think that is a valid thing to do. But, I also realized (after looking into it further) that it wasn't something that was legally required. So, I wanted it done -- but -- I found out that it was not legally required to produce a birth certificate.

NOW..., in recognizing "the reality of the situation" -- I then started working on the problem by getting my own state legislature to get a law enacted which would require that any candidate produce a birth certificate or else the candidate would not be placed on the ballot in that state. When the law gets enacted in that state -- then -- it becomes a "reality" that can be enforced.

BUT..., in the process of me working on that, I also saw that certain posters were stuck on their "wishes" (of getting a birth certificate shown, when it's not legally required) -- as opposed to "recognizing the reality" of the situation which would then make it clear that they needed to get a state law passed to require it.

So, that's one little example of "the way things work in real life" as opposed to "wishing" that Obama would produce a birth certificate to be seen.

And there are many other examples I can give, but this one should be plain enough to illustrate the idea.

Many here are stuck on the "perpetual wishing" of something being done, when it cannot be legally enforced (and there's been no one who was able to do it before the election and not after the election and we're about one year into Obama's term in office).

I would recommend getting on with the "reality" of the situation and solving it by such a state law.