Teflon Gets Toxic When It Heats Up
Thursday, July 24th, 2008
Everybody says the election campaign is heating up. In America that has come to mean that the Republicans will start even more spinning and lying and fear mongering and dividing and pandering to everyone's basest fears and insecurities for political gain. We've been living with that for eight years and two questionably won presidential campaigns and now we're at it again. We see, for instance, Obama being criticized for being TOO popular overseas. Are we addicted to being hated because we're addicted to being feared? Only people who make a secret religion of militarism would assume that serving honorably in the military and suffering in prison qualifies someone to run a government. Are we addicted to not seeming too smart...or in fact not BEING too smart...as in not knowing that Iraq and Pakistan don't have a common border, or numerous other incorrect statements that McCain has made in recent days and months? Is it elitism to try to get your facts straight, or eating healthy food for that matter, and be open to considering and reconsidering your position through open communication? (more...)



